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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1958)
Pasture Conditions Promote Excellent Livestock Gains Rainfall every day in July! Heavy rams and sodden fields have kept small grain harvesting operation's at a snail's pace dur ing the past week. In the Cha miters and Amelia localities much water is standing Some of the com is beginning to tassel Near ideal pasture and range conditions promote excel lent livestock gains. That's almost the literal record Ais month as he total precipita ton during the first 23 days pushes the five-inch mark. Early last Thursday morning O’Neill received a trace of rain while Norfolk and Madison each received more than a quarter of an inch. Friday was dry judging from /uly, 1958. standards — but .7f of an inch of rain fell here be tween 6 pm., Friday and 8 pan., Saturday. At the same time Creighton received -80; Winne twon, .75; Lynch, a light shower; and the Harry Sparrow farm, nor th of Orchard, reported in excess one inch. Early Sunday morning another 8T7 fell here. Sunday night about 1 o’clock a half-inch downpour visited O'Neill after earlier heavy rain in the vicinity between Mid way and Eagle creek. Lynch received a one-inch shower Sunday afternoon, com mencing about 5 o’clock. But the Show* rs were local in character. In the early hours this morn ing rain set in at O'Neill. A half inch, unofficially, had fallen until press time. Week's weather summary: hi lo pr. July 17 86 59 T July 18 89 61 July 19 82 58 .75 July 20 82 61 .07 A»ly 21 80 59 .49 July 22_ 83 58 . July 23 88 60 O’Neill, Page Teams Lose in Tourney O'Neill’s Legion baseball team Monday defeated Creighton, 6-4, in the district II class B Legion sponsored baseball tourney at Plainview. Wednesday they played Battle Creek. O’Neill Midgets, meanwhile, Were defeated by Osmond, 16-8. Plainview defeated the Page Midgets, 10-9, in an extra inning game on Tuesday night. It was Page’s first defeat in 12 starts. (The Page team is pictured on page 10). Mbuly Family in Reunion— Mr and Mrs. Paul S. Elam and family left Tuesday for their home in Denver, Colo., after vis iting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Victor Halva, over the weekend. The Elams and Halvas attended the Mlady family picnic dinner at the Verdigre park Sun day. There were about 50 present. Therr are five widowers in the Mlady family, including two of Mrs. Halva's brothers and three brothers-in-law. Mr .and Mrs. Fred B. Soucek of Norfolk were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Halva. Annual Firemen's Ball of Creighton Volunteer Fire Depart ment at ljikevlew Pavilion, Mon day, August 4th. Tommy Allan £ orchestra, featuring Jeanne Carrol. J8-14c Preferred Bisk Insurance NON-DRINKERS AUTO INSURANCE AI REDUCED RATER tor Information Robert Paul Phone • IS — O’Neill Pack Horse Falls on Woman Rider Continued from page 1). flit's his own plane. There are two doctors in the town and one stayed with Mrs. Huffman. It was Doctor Smith who initially believed a helicopter could land high in the mountains to aid the seriously injured Nebraska wom an He thought a clearing near the scene would permit the heli copter mission. Mr and Mrs. Huffman and Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left Bassett Sunday i n Huffman’s private plane for a vacation. They were to headquarter at the ranch owned by Fred Bosselman. The mountain expedition was to take the group to a high lake where fishing i' unexcelled. The trip had been planned many months. The Huffmans' two daughters are Mary, 14. and Susan. 11. The family lived at Ewing until about two years ago. "The "Voice of the The Fron tier” (WJAG, 780 kc, 9:30 a m.) Wednesday morning broadcast the first news of the accident.. No other news agencies including the Associated Press were “on" the story until after The Frontier’s accurate report had boon broad cast. Communications were dif ficult into Pinedale. For a time the only information out of Pine dale was through Doctor Smith’s office girl. ‘Wild Irish War’, Gen. O’Neill’s Story, Told in Magazine "The Wild Irish War" by Char les McCarry is an exciting and entertaining feature article ap pearing in the August issue of True, the man’s magazine. McCarry tells of the back ground and exploits of Gen. John C. O'Neill, who headed a Fenian landing party in Canada in an abortive attempt to wrest Canada from England. McCarry tells of O'Neill’s Civil war heroism and of his role in the Fenian movement, which had early blessings from the United States president. The blessings, McCarry writes, melted under protests frorrt the British. General O’Neill's Fenian army was fortified with battle-seasoned Civil war Union vets. When the well-organized Fenian assault of Canada failed, O’Neill turned to more peaceful pursuits and induced Irish immigrants to settle in agricultural communities in Ne braska- including O’Neill, Greeley and Spalding. General O’Neill was the founder of those towns. An artist, Bruce Bomberger illustrates the article in color. Chmiels to Observe Golden Wedding EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chmiel of Ewing will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 27. Open house observance will be held from 2 until 5 o’clock at their home. The couple requests no gifts. Miss Jennie Zabrozski and Mr Chmiel were married July 18, 1908, at Stafford. They spent six years in Chicago, 111., before returning to Ewing in 1918 to farm. • Their children are: Eugene and Felecia, both of Grand Island; Roman of Coughill, Ore.; Hattie of Julesberg, Colo.; Alexander ol Granada Hills, Calif., and Carl of Ewing. Arrive from Denver— Mr. and Mrs. Russell McKee I and four children of Denver, Colo., were visitors at the home of aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen. They left Wednesday for Wayne to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Gray visit ed Mrs. Cecelia Liewer at Butte Saturday and also Mrs. Leo Rei sor. For Iced Tea Without Waiting Use Powdered Instant Tea Product ■ A vi; Nothing is mom refreshing with a summer meal than iced tea. And many's the time you set the table for such a cooling repast only to find you've forgotten to make it Too late now. you think, to boil water, measure tea leaves and strain, or count tea hags and drain. Not to mention waiting for the steaming brew to cool, or else diluting it beyond recognition with large quantities of ice cubes. This summer you can toss all such cares to the winds by using Neatea. an instant powdered tea product, to make iced tea. Nestea makes iced tea the easiest drink of summer. There is no fuss, no muss, and no advance planning necessary. It dissolves in ■tantlv in cold tap water. So you can have iced tea any time with practically no work and no waiting. Allow 1 rounded teaspoon of Neetea for each glass of tea. Add it to the cold water. Then add ice cubes if you wish. And there's your iced tea—as easy as that! You'll find Neetea Iced Tea has a wonderful, inviting color, as well as authentic tea fragrance and flavor. It’s a perfect way to toast the pleasures of modern living this summer. Mrs. I.-IIU Connot poses with her children on her !H»th birthday: Standing—John of Spencer, Jo seph of \ alentine, Frank of Dallas, S. I)., Andrew, Kdward and Wiliam, all of Spacer, Paul of Bristow and Cornelius of Dallas; seated—Mrs. Marcus (Ann) Syverson of Chicago, 111., "Orandma" Con not and Mrs. Vincent (Tina) Norton of Omaha. Not present when photo was taken, Mrs. Anton (Kona) Topf of Omaha.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Caufield stricken Mrs. Caulfield, 76, Succumbs Here Funeral services for Mrs. Hulda Caufield, 76 who died Monday, July 21, at St. Anthony’s hospital will he conducted at 10 am., to day (Thursday) at Biglin’s funer al chapel. Rev. Glenn Kennicott will of ficiate. Burial will be in Prospecl Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers chosen are Dale Potts, Harry Jolly, Ray Orsborn Ernest Pierson, P. C. Donohoe and H. E. Coyne. Hulda A. Skondell was born Mar I ch 8, 1882, at Stein Bay, Wise., the daughter of Patrick Skondell, a native of Sweden, and Alfen Ol son Skondell, a native of Wiscon sin. She was married to Andrew Caufield 55 years ago at Verdigre. I They became the parents of 12 1 children. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1949. a son, Joseph, and daughters, Sus an and Mary. The Caufields were long time residents of Lynch and also lived at Inman and O'Neill. A month before Mr. Caufield’s death their house was destroyed by fire. Survivors include: Sons- M/Sgt Lloyd of San Beroadino, Calif.; Herbert of O’Neill; Andrew of Spearfish, S. D.; Clarence, Walter and Gilbert, ajl of Lincoln; daugh ters Mrs. Ernest (Lottie) Pier son of Ewing; Mrs Edward (Mary) Howard of O’Neill; Mrs. Joseph (Sylvia) Cunningham ol O’Neill; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Timms Honored— A dinner was held Sunday on the lawn of the Harold Williamson home in honor of the birthday an niversaries of Herbert Timm and son, Ronnie. It was given by Mrs. Timm. Others present were Mrs. Harold W’illiamson and Bonnie and Donnie and Mrs. Helen Hitch cock. W'illiam Anderson, 79, the grandfather of Ronnie Timm was unable to be present. Return from Trip— Mr. and Mrs. Mike London re turned Saturday from a vacation trip with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Francis London and Ronny of W'ichita Falls, Tex. They visted Mr. and Mrs. Vern Tarr of Column, S.D., and in Spalding visted the Richard London fam ily and in Omaha they visited Mr. and Mrs. Michael London Relatives Visit— Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lowry and son, Paul, of Memphis, Tenn., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowry Visitors Monday were Mrs. Glenn Hull and Mrs. Bill Spencer and family of Lynch. Sick & injured I O’NEILL Kay Jeffers, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Jeffers, is ill with the mumps. . . Mrs. Ben V'onasek's condition is "sat isfactory" at Our Lady of Lour des hospital in Norfolk . . Jude Ryan, daughter of Neil B. Ryan, submitted to an appendectomy Tuesday, July 15 at St. Anthony's hospital. . . Reginald Pinkerman is recovering from pneumonia. . . . Fred Appleby was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha Monday for consultation about his back. . . Mr. and Mrs. Slyvester Zakrzewski went to Orchard Sun day to visit their daughter, Mrs. Leonard Fox. who recently came home from the hospital. She is “much better". . . Mrs. Herman Orsborn and daughter, Beverly, have poison ivy acquired from a fishing trip. PAGE Mrs. J. E. Smith sub mitted to surgery at the Univer sity hospital in Omaha this week. Her condition is “satisfactory”. . . . Fred Nashlund is hospitaliz ed at Antelope Memorial hospital. His condition has not improved enough to allow home care. . . Mrs. Jerry Asher returned home Tues day, July 15, from St. Anthony’s hospital in O'Neill and returned on Friday for X-rays. AMELIA — Charlie Sigman has been suffering with infection in his hand. . . Ralph Rees was a patient in the Atkinson hospital last week and was still there at this writing. VERDIGRE Mrs. Anna Vavak submitted to major surgery Mon day at Our Lady of Lourdes hos pital in Norfolk. O’Neill News Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Contois left Saturday for Glenrock, Wyo., to attend the 50th wedding anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Intneen. Mr. Intneen is her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Marcellus left Monday for Pico, Calif., after visiting two weeks at the M. B. and Billie Marcellus home. Mrs. John De Hoegh and Jack left Monday for Sheldon, la., af ter visiting the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rob ertson. Miss Barbara McCarthy of St. j Catherine's hospital in Omaha is spending a month’s vacation with her parents. Mr. ami Mrs. George McCarthy. Guests visiting the week with Mr. and Mr. Albert Klinger are Mrs. Florence Manford and Clark Kerr of Tyndall, S.D. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Krugman attendi'd the 50th wedding an niversary' of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Georve Timmer man, Sunday at Creighton. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Clark and family of Allen and Mr. and Mrs. Qetus Durr of Stuart were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Laursen. Robert L Lawrence, S N., of San Diego, Calif., arrived Monday to pend a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Law rence. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Layton of Ontario, Calif., are spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Loy. Mrs. C. E. Jones and sister Esther Morgan returned Sunday from two weeks vacation. Mrs. Jones visited her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Ander son in Vinton, la., and her son, Mr. and Mrs. C Vincent Jones of Columbus. Esther Morgan vaca 1 tioned in Colorado and Utah. Guests at picnic at the Edward Boyle home on Sunday were Rev. Robert Duffy and his brother, Thomas Duffy of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs.Charles Mahony, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ramold, Mr. and Mrs Frank Rohde, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gallagher and the Ed Boyle, sr., family. f lodern Women Are ‘Sickly and Crab’ (Continued from page 1). because it was believed a change in climate would benefit her health. She made the Atlantic crossing with a girl friend and! lived initially in Platte and Madi son counties. She met John Connot at Hump hrey and they were married March 14. 1893, at Madison. The couple immediately went to Boyd county and purchased homestead rights near Spencer. Two of their 13 children are de ceased. Mr. Connot died in 1948. Mrs Connot vividly and joking ly recalls pioneer hardships! “The year 1894 was so dry the pastures didn’t even turn green,” she re members. Mrs. Connot is well-preserved, reads every day, enjoys television and works daily in her garden. “My tomatoes are the biggest I’ve ever seen; bigger than any apple,” she insists and readily introduces specimans as proof She does knitting and sewing and tends her flowers. “If they deal me the cards T can beat anyone in the block in canasta or pitch,” Mrs. Connot proclaims with a twinkle in her eye. Mrs. Connot was interviewed on Monday’s “Voice of The Fron tier” program (WJAG, 780 kc). District Court John J. Jasso of Kansas City, Mo., plaintiff, vs Roy King of Holt county, defendant, suit on Missouri court judgement, $30,628; plaintiff’s attorney is Norman D. Gonderinger. O’NEIIJ, TiOOALS Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wrede of Rranon, Mo., were Saturday and Sunday guests of his sister, Mrs. Henry Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar met her brother, Don Larson, in Ainsworth on Wednesday. He was returning from service at Okina wa. She took him to his home in Clearwater. Guests over the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Moses were Mr. and Mr. J. D. Mullen of Pale stine, HI., Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Moses and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sweigard of Wayne, Cora Erode and Mrs. Ben Lewis, both of Win side. Mrs. Ruby Wyrick of Dallas, Tex., left Tuesday for her home after visiting a week at the home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Newton. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh attended the funeral of Mrs. Herb Harris in Ainsworth Monday mor ning. Mrs. Emma Lawrence returned Saturday from several weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs Ear] Wrede and family of Branson, Mo. Dick Lieb spent the week of July 14th visiting at the Earl Spangler home. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ix)haus wdth Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fangman of Omaha left Sunday for a two weeks vacation in Minnesota. Coining to NORFOLK Friday & Saturday July 25th & 26th TWO BIG DAYS TWO BIG NIGHTS 4 SHOWS ALL NEW MAT.: 2:30 EVE.: 8:30 Popular Prices Don’t Miss It! Bucking Horses a Vanishing Breed? What’s happening to the buck ing horse, symbol of the cowboy west and trademark of the Ameri can spoil of rodeo? The question is raised because of the upcoming Holt county fair in which there'll be a two-night rodeo stand, RCA approved. Some say he's a vanishing breed, already a victim of the same progress of civilization that killed the buffalo and drove the red man off the prairies. Others say he is just becoming a breed in the true sense of Ole word, whose golden age is still years in the future. Either way, it is clear that the cantankerous brono has reached some sort of crossroads. These days bucking horses are harder to come by than ever although those bucking in the arenas of 1958 are among the toughest ever to dust a cowboy. Gone forever are the once plentiful herds of wild horses that ranged the high country of the Rockies. Gone too are the big western horse-raising outfits that succeeded them. With mechaniza tion all but eliminating the horse Pulsed for work, breeding empha sis is now largely on pleasure mounts, a specialization that pro duces few outlaws suitable for the rodeo arena. Coupled with the general decrease in horse popula tion over the past JO years, hastened by the voracious packing schedules of dog food producers, these factors make the job of supplying the expanding sport of rodeo with enough bucking stock tougher than it ever has been. Helping to complicate the prob lem is the fact that nobody knows for certain what makes a bronc buck—or what makes it stop buck ing. Most modern buckers are not horses l>orn wild hut good horses gone bad. Many began their careers as saddle horses or farm horses. Midnight, perhaps the most famous of all broncs, was 11 V nuaui.iu StUUUUIlalm s mourn before be was spooked permanent ly one day by a blowing tumble weed. Miss Klamath, who amassed the greatest buck-off record of re cent years until she died in 1955, was born, ridden and packed on for several years by an Oregon rancher before she "went bad”. Once proven a steady bucker and accepted in a rodeo string, the saddle bronc leads a pamper ed life reserved for the true aris tocrats of the equine kingdom. A bout all the stock contractor can do to keep the horse in a bucking mood is to provide him with plen ty of good pasture, water and lots of rest. Still bucking horses are sought in the old manner. Each year "talent scouts” for the big rodeo producers comb the hinterlands of Montana, Washington, North Dak ota and Canada searching out strong horses with a mean dispo sition and a penchant for dusting the local hands. And the annual Bucking Horse Auction at Miles City, Mont., still dumps demons trating cowboys to the auction eer’s chant. But pickings get slimmer each year. Twelve hundred prospective broncs were put up for auction at Miles City in 1951. Last year the total had dwindled to less than 300 head. The most promising answer to the dilemma, in the eyes of many stock contractors, is to breed hor ses specifically as broncs. Indi cations that it can be done are en couraging. Miss Klamath’s foal Miss Red Bluff, is almost as tough as her great mother. Three re cent greats, Gold Pheasant, Gold Nugget and Vitalis, were bred of Clydedale mares by the same Shetland pony stallion. Best combination for breeding the desirable qualities into a pro spective bronc are generous strains of Percheron or Clydesdale, for big-boned strength, and “hot blood” from a thoroughbred for spirit and “heart”. Biggest de terrent to the program of breed ing is the risk. Most horses will not buck im WHEN YOU WANT THE “COOLEST ”. . Tri-Sherbet Floats Generous appearing and refreshing on a hot summer day are these frosty sherbet floats. No work to the eye-catching thirst quenchers either, for ready to serve lemonade poured from a carton to glasses is simply topped off with brim-high scoops of a new sherbet, called Triple Fruit. A small amount of carbonated water is added for sparkle. Popular flavors combined in the new sherbet are lemon, lime and orange. It is the current flavor-of-the-month. I Lngagement 1 old Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schindler of Ewing, are announcing the en gagement of their daughter Pat ricia Ann to Lanny Chart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chart of Ne ligh. A fall wedding is being planned. pressively until they are at least five, often two of three years old er. And to take a good bucking mare out of action for a year while she foals is costly in these days of scarcity. After five expen sive years of feeding and pasture, the horse may turn out to be a dud, worth no more to the breed er than the $60 he can get for it from the dog-meat canners, far less than it has cost to keep the horse even one year. But if poor horses are dirt cheap good broncs are getting priceless. Kalmath’s owners refused offer of $10,000 for the mare the year she died. And they insist that their current star, War Paint, a pinto gelding named the outstand ing bucking horse of 1956 by the year’s top 10 saddle bronc riders, is not for sale at any price. Dr. J. L. Sherbahn CHIROPRACTOR Complete X-Ray Equipment Vi Block So. of Bus Depot O'Neill, Nebraska t lL|IMIM,l l- _ _ - - - Hand Will He Heard Saturday— Municipal band practice will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m., at the band room. A concert on the school grounds will be held at 7:30 p.m., on Sat urday, Duane Miller band direc tor has announced. Breakfast at tirays— Thirty Girl Scouts met at the home of Mrs. H. L. Lindberg Mon day and hiked lo the home of Mrs. Duane Gray where they met another leader, Mrs Henry Ben ze- The girls cooked their break fast outdoors. To Valentine— Mrs. Harry Spall and children returned Tuesday from Valentine where they had visited a week with her parents. FEDERAL LAND BANK Loon Rote REDUCED - All Land Bank loans now out standing at b percent also vill be reduced to 4J/2% effective with the July 1 installment payment. We are proud to be able to nelp farmers cut interest costs nt • time when other farm expense* are at an all-time high. Now is the time to ure a Land Bank loan to improve the effi ciency of your farming o^.*m tion. See us for a Federal Land Bank Loan on Your Land Your cooperative . . . Elkhom Valley National Farm Loan Association LYLE DIKRKS, Sec. O’NEILL