Prairieland Talk -
Sheriff Wanted Kickback
By BO MAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51st St., Lincoln 6, Nebr.
1JNCOIJM Many come to the newspaper
plants, some are sightseeing, some have news for
the editor, others on business, others to renew
their subscription or give the publisher a "baw'ling
•ut .’*
It was in the days of many land sales conduc
ted by the sheriff in Holt county. The sheriff came
n one day with a bunch of sheriff sales notices
for publication, informed the boss at the desk
that he could have that bunch
of sheriffs sales notices on
condition that he share the
publication fees with the sher
tff The boas agreed to this on
condition that he publish the
‘dory of a Holt county official
coming in and demanding a
raki-off for doing what the
law required of him. H e
placed the bunch of sheriff
sales notices on the boss’
desk and stalked out. r,
It was in a small Nebras- Maunders
ka town where I was publishing a paper and tak
ing active editorial interest in the election. A dele
gation of prominent guys from the countyseat
caHi d on me to shape my editorial policy to their
notions I countered by a threat to tell the story
in the next Issue of my paper. They shook hands
and left
A liiuy came in wtui oioua m ner eye anu ue
mandod that the paper coming to her be discontin
ued Turning to the list of subscribers and locating
her name, something over a dollar was due on her
subscription. Pay up and we will stop it, she was
told And with blood in both eyes she tossed out
the amount due and made her getaway.
The paper is still published and a growing list
of readers remits regularly. I had not been at it
long enough to meet personally my subscribers.
A gent from the farm came in one day to renew
his subscription and acted as if I had known him
for some time. Turning to my records I said to
him. "How do you spell your name?” S-m-i-t-h,
came his reply. To dodge my confusion and em
barrasment, I came up with, you know some spell
it S-m-y-t-h-e. .
• • •
It was about the year 1886 modem civilzation
in the form of a typewriter was introduced into
the wild and woolly west by a polished gent from
beyond the Mississippi who opened an office in an
upper room of the First National bank building
and launched a k»n and insurance business. That
typewriter was followed by another. The late
M P. Kinkaid, with an office in the bank building
on the other comer and who could not read this
own writing, turned to typewriting. Typing is now
taught in the schools. In the year 1911 The Fron
tier went from hand set type to the machine com
position, installing Holt county's first linotype.
Ernest Henry, since laid away in the abode of the
edad, became the first linotype operator. Ernest
also published the first paper at Chambers, The
Eagle, started some time in the 1880 s. The
Eagle a homestead kid on the open prairie of
Holt county, Ernest may have taken a fancy to the
golden crested eagle of prairieland and named his
Chambers paper in honor of a native bird
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This last day of the first week in March we
look out upon a white world. Not just a snow
crowned peak but a broad sweep of prairieland
cuddled under a blanket of snow where never more
is heard the music of sleigh bells. . . Ladies in
Lincoln have a Toastmistress club Do not know
which "toast” they serve up, that which comes at
breakfast time or that which is adorned in words
of flattery at an evening banquet board?. . . A state
senator operating two of the institutions that turns
them out as a finished product favors the employ
ment of tax money for the care and cure of alco
holics. . . Congressman Weaver of Nebraska’s
First district sends me a cook book issued by the
federal department of agriculture. Would much
rather have him send a meal ticket. . The na
tion's dress makers out on strike, but Nebraska’s
barnyard hens laid the Easter eggs
• • *
F. W. Johnson of Oaracus, Venezuela, be
comes a member of the Nebraska State His
torical society. Others from out of the state to
join the society recently are Florence M. Felts
of Newport, R. I., Harry Svanda of Kansas
City, Mo., and Richard C Janslnski of Chi
cago, III.
• • •
A modem prophet, what he imbibed from the
glass or over flowing bowl to inspire a vision of
the future was not disclosed when he came up with
the startling information or misinformation that
the man of the future will be spindly legged with no
toes attached to those grounded extremities we
call feet. Twenty-five hundred years ago an in
spired captive within the historic walls of old
Babylon looked ahead across the centuries, saw
you headed for O’Neill behind the steering wheel,
and wrote for those of our generations to read,
"Man shall ran to and fro and knowledge shall be
increased.” Here we are on the go and think we
know it all, even that we are going to lose our toes.
• • •
The governor presiding over affairs of state
in our 20-million-dollar statehouse now has an
ornate mansion that cost you and me something
over $200,000, has 134 doors and 137 windows, land
scaped beautifully without. Some previous gover
nors did not occupy the old abode of our state ex
ecutives but doubtless none in the future will pass
up the mansion now provided for them.
• * *
Though the fellow’s chatter may bore you, it
catches your attention when he says, Here’s the
ten-spot I owe you!
• • •
Convince a liar that it’s not so, and he’s a
Liar still
Editorial—
Want to Ruin Your Town?
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Frankly we pinched from a Minnesota
weekly newspaper this list of ways to ruin your
hometown.
In reproducing the list we have no axe to
grind, we're not pointing our finger at anyone,
and we don’t think this town has any more of
this type of person than any other.
Here’s the list:
1. Don't pay taxes. Let the other fellow pay
his Vote against taxes always. Then fuss when
the streets aren’t in good condition.
2. Never attend any of the meetings called
for the good of your town. 11 you do, don’t have
have anything to say. Wait until you get outside
and cuss those who made suggestions. Find fault
with everything that was done:
3. Get all the city will give you and don’t
give anything in return. Write unsigned letters to
the editor demanding more for your tax money.
4. Talk cooperation but don't do any work for
your city unless you get paid for it. And by all
means refuse to serve unless they make you chair
man
5. Never accept an office. It’s easier to criti
cfee than to do things. Accuse anybody who serves
in an elective office as being a publicity seeker.
6. Don’t do any more than you have to. When
others willingly and unselfishly give their time to
make a better town, howl because that town is run
By a clique.
7. Don’t back your fire department or your
poRce department. Don’t thank them for endanger
ing their lives that you might have a safer town
in which to live. Demand special treatment, raise
cain if anybody expects you to obey traffic and
parking laws.
8. Ix»ok at every proposition in a selfish way. If
you are not the one that gets the most out of it,
rote against it. Never consider what it will do for
the town as a whole.
9. Don’t do anything for the youth of your
town Criticize them as potential delinquents. Keep
your feet on them. Encourage them to move away
when they grow up.
10. Don’t support your local retail stores and
tadustries. Take the attitude that goods, prices
mmi services are better in just about any other
town Claim industry and payrolls do not help
the town. But if you need a donation, be sure to
ask all the local stores and industries. Expect
thorn to stand back of you but don’t support them.
If above steps don’t ruin your town, don’t
frel bad—you did your best.
Doug Gets Caller
Vice-President Richard Nixon is said to have
made a call at the Waldorf on Gen of the Army
Douglas MacArthur, who is now chairman of the
Sperry Rand corporation.
The call was said to have occurred on Mac
Arthur’s birthday anniversary’; it was impromptu
anl lacked any formal white house clearance.
Our newsletter reports that MacArthur dis
coursed for an hour on the dangers of inflation and
the crushing burden of taxation which the nation
has had to tear. He warned Nixon that overtax
ation undermined the Roman empire and led to
the debacle which ushered in the dark ages.
MacArthur pointed out the little man has to
pay most of the tax bills. Only’ about 15 percent of
the government’s revenue comes from the higher
brackets.
The former military leader (who was fired
by President Truman and has teen largely ignor
ed by President Eisenhower' wound up with Nix
on with the opinion that foreign aid is of very little
importance, and that the administration should
not rely to any extent on this factor in shaping its
domestic and foreign policies.
Double Taxation on Corn, Oats
(From the Pierce County Loader)
Nebraska farmers are subject to double taxa
tion on com and oats under the new grain tax
law. It’s doubtful but it is possible some farm or
ganization could break this law.
If a farmer owns and operates his own farm
and produces 5,000 bushels of corn, he is taxed
four mills per bushel on this com.
If the farmer is a renter and produces 5,000
bushels of com he pays tax on all 5,000 bushels
and gives the landlord 2.000 bushels that is “tax”
free” as far as the landlord is concerned.
Here is the douhle taxation. Every kernel of
that com fed into cattle or hogs is taxed again.
The livestock gain, from the time the com is pick
ed until March 1, is all taxed under livestock.
Next year all corn and oats fed on a farm into
cattle that will be assessed March 1 will be doubl
ed taxation, once on the com produced and again
on the livestock that were fed the corn.
This is definitely double taxation in one year
on grain crops fed into livestock that are on hand
March 1 of any calendar year.
This is certainly a clear-cut case for some
statewide farm organization to start action at
I once to protect farmers who feed their own grain—
| both owner-operator and renters.
It is laws like this that bring about a lack of
confdence in the taxpayers towards those elected
to pass laws.
Free Circuses Did It!
It wasn’t the Goths that defeated Rome—it was
the free circuses. Luxuries, power, indulgence had
made the once-tough Roman people soft To stay
popular, their emperors gave them more and
more of the ease they craved—free bread, free
circuses, easier living. So the Romans softened up
themselves for the ambitious, hard-working bar
barians. And in 410 A. D. the greatest nation the
world had ever seen was invaded and destroyed.
The greedy cry of ‘‘something for nothing", the
stupid whine of “somebody else should sacrifice,
not me"—could do exactly the same for this nat
ion, NOW.—Reprinted from a WARNER & SWA
SEY (Cleveland) advertisement.
It’s a sure sign that daughter is growing up
when she cleans out her dresser drawers and
starts dividing accumulated loot which months
ago she wouldn't part with for anything. Then the
problem is compounded when the younger kids
scatter the loot at housecleaning time.
FrontTEr
CARROIX W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt coun
ty, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1X79. This news
paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Associa
tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit
Bureau of Circulations.
Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, 52.50
per year; elsewhere in the United States, 53 per
year; rates abroad provided upon request. All sub
scriptions payable in advance.
"Henry ofwoy* fixe* thi* rear mirror *o efl yon con tee h fhe car MM*
When You & I Were Young . . .
Lowrie-George
Nuptials Told
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Co uple United in
Philippines
50 Years Ago
A telegram from Mr. Cronin,
who is in Omaha attending hte
state republican convention, says
that Snyder of O’Neill and
! George of Broken Bow were
elected delegates to the republi
can national convention. . . Miss
Anna Lowrie, daughter of the
Rev. N. S. Lowrie and a for
mer minister at the Presbyterian
church in O’Neill, and Jesse
George, prosecuting attorney for
the city of Manila, were married.
Miss Lowie, who has been teach
ing in the Philippines for a year,
resided in Lincoln before sailing
for Manila. . . A birthday party
wTas given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Enright, five miles
north of town in honor of their
daughter, Bea.
20 Years Ago
James O’Donnell and daughter,
Mrs. Stuart Meech and Montana
Jack Sullivan returned from a
six weeks’ trip through the south
ern states and Mexico. . . Fred
Watson, C. N. Thompson and Les
ter Thompson, all of the Amelia
section, reported a two inch rain.
They were very jubilant. . . Bur
ton French, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. French of Page, won a
scholarship to the University of
Nebraska School of Agriculture.
. . . Miss Veda Stewart and El
mer Juracek, both of Star, were
married. . . Cap Uhl left to go
through the clinic at Rochester.
10 Years Ago
Dale Revell, 5, son of Mr. and
Mrs Dale Revel of Star, died of
a brain tumor in an Omaha hos
p i t a 1. . . “Conductor Commo
dore”, as he was affectionally
called, died at Chambers. His
real name was L. L. Fairbanks,
age 87, who was a colorful rail
road man. . . The trailer home
of a newly married couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Keim of Lynch,
burned and was destroyed. . .
H. E. Coyne was drafted for may
or in a caucus.
One Year Ago
Charley W. Peterson of Atkin
son filed a petition in Holt coun
ty district court seeking to re
strain the state and agricultural
departments , from proceeding
with a burcellosis testing pro
gram. . . Deaths: Little Mary
Ann Pribil, 214: Andrey Cizck,
90, /of Spencer: J. Q. Archer, 66,
of Ewing; William L. Dodge, 79,
of Spencer: Clara B. Springer,
82, of O’Neill: Soren G. Jensen,
59, of Spencer. . . A feature story
on Dr. Guy B Ira of Lynch ap
peared in The Frontier. . . Lt.
Robert Beckenhauer has arrived
in the United States after an
assignment in the Far East.
Social Security Rep
to Holt, Boyd—
A representative of the Norfolk
social security office will be in
the assembly room of the Holt
county court house in O'Neill
from 9:30 a.m., to 3 p.m., Thurs
day, March 27, and at the court
room of the Boyd county court
house at Butte Friday from 9
a.m., to 1 p.m.
Self-employed applicants should
bring extra copies of their 1956
and 1957 tax returns, receipts,
showing that the self-employment
tax is paid, and proof of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Lysle Johnson
and family visited with Mr
Mrs. Bruce Johnson in O’Neill
Friday evening, March 10._
Attention!
Auto Owner*
PREMIUMS for all Auto In
surance has been increased
by some companies as of
March 12, from 25% to 50%.
I CAN place Auto Insurance In
reliable companies for a pre
mium less than that charged
by these companies before
they raised their rates
— SEE —
L. G. GILLESPIE
AGENT
before writing or renewing
your Auto Insurance.
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Letter to Editor
1001 South Chestnut
McPherson, Kans.
Want to let you know I ap
preciate your paper as I can be
sure to get the news, weather ami
so on concerning my home.
I tramped around that Amelia
valley about 74 years and my
roots have gone down a long
ways.
I am living with my daughter
and family at McPherson, which
is about 350 miles south of O’
Neill. It’s been a bit warmer
here.
By early March the wheat had
started to turn green and looks
fine. There has been plenty of
moisture.
If you see any of those Amelia
folks strolling around in O’Neill
you might tell them I am still
alive and write me a line.
—HARRY S. WHITE
“Skip” McKenny, who has been
stationed with the navy at San
Diego, Calif., has been transferred
to Camp Pendleton, Calif., where
he is a staff personnel at the
U. S. naval hospital. His brother,
Jim, is also stationed at Pendel
ton. They are sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Harding.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Gilbert and
daughter of Burke, S.D., were
Saturdaoya guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Pau Shierk.
OOl’NTV COURT
February 28. Daniel J. Kirwin
of Norfolk, speeding rught, fined
$10 and $4 costs, oficer E. M.
Hastreiter.
February 28, Arlen R. Messier
of Fremont, speeding night, fined
$14 50 and $4 costs, officer E. M.
Hastreiter.
February 28: Ben E. Vidrickson
of O'Neill, speeding day, fined $10
find $4 costs, officer E. M. Has
treiter.
March 3: Virgil R. Webber of
Norfolk, speeding night, fined $11.-!
50 and $4 costs, officer E M. Has
treiter.
March 4: Richard Burdine dri
ver for A. J. Shelton of Steele,
Mo., overgross weight, fined $50
and $4 costs, officer Cliffrod L. j
Kizzire
March 8: Merle Edwards dri j
ver for C. J. Wockersham of Oma
ha. overweight, fined $50 and $1
costs, officer Clifford L. Kizzire
March 8: Merle Edwards dri
ver for C. J. C. J. Wockersham
of Omaha, overweight, fined $50
and $4 costs, officer Clifford L.
Kizzire.
March 11: Alvold L. Blacketer
driver for Lincoln General Tire of
Linocln, overweight on capacity
plate, fined $10 and $4 costs, pf
ficer Clifford L. Kizzire
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beverage. Serve it, enjoy it, as United States
the right beverage—in any com- Brewers
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I Sandhill Angus Ranch
Selling 55 Registered Cows and Calves
| MARCH 25,1958 I
Atkinson Livestock Market, Atkinson, Nebr.
Featuring the Service of Kurd oiler IVI IHth, Soil of the
19.M International tirand Champion
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A COMPLETE DISPERSION OF OlIR OLDER COWS
Kin the drouth years of 1955 and 1956 we culled about 50 cows so have only the
* best producers left. We have been keeping 12 to 15 heifers per year, so we have
too many registered cows.
All the good old cows must go to make room for their daughters.
These cows are responsible for the top selling calves in the Black Friday Salt's
as we have been using our own bulls. Our calves have topped the Black Friday Sale
the last three years and in lx>th the carload lot anti pen of five club calves last fall.
BLAINE GARW00D& SONS
Amelia, Nebraska
Here be is at last—Just a few miles oat on his maiden
Journey—with his hands on the wheel and his head
in the clouds. It’s hist
And yet, trnth to tell, be does have one regret.
For he knows that he needn’t have waited this long,
had he but realized what an easy step it is from
irsaming of a Cadillac to driving in a Cadillac.
Like a great many motorists, for instance, he was
not aware that a Cadillac—in view of its obvious
virtues—could be so modest in price.
Nor did he appreciate, until the facts were pre
sented, how economical a Cadillac is to maintain or
bow wonderfully it holds iU value over the years.
And little did he suspect how accommodating his
dealer would be in welcoming him to membership iu
the great and distinguished family of Cadillac owners.
So, if you have your heart set on a Cadillac, you
should hesitate no longer to investigate this happy
set of circumstances.
In fact, why not visit your dealer today? He will
be happy to help you select your favorite Cadillac
model with your favorite Fleetwood interior—be it
the luxurious Sixty-Two Coupe or the magnificent
Eldorado Brougham.
VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER
"■ ■— - Light the Way to Safety—Aim Your Ucadlighti-——.
Your Authorized Cadillac Dealer in O’Neill is
A. MARCELLUS CHEVROLET COMPANY
1>7 North Fourth St, O’Neill • Phone 100
