Prairieland Talk—
Out of Old Rome Comes a Call
By BO MAINE SAUNDERS, ill* South Slat St., Lincoln *. N>br
LINCOLN Out of old Rome comes a call from |
the great Roman Catholic church for a unity of
purpose of church groups of all faiths. Is that unity
of purpose to be in these closing years of the
twentieth century a reverberation of the commission
ordained by Christ llimself as He stood on the Mt.
of Olives in A.D. 33 just before leaving this world;
a commission to go to all na
tions with- the gospel, baptizing
them and "teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I
have commanded you?" Or
will it be a uniting of elements
to bring about the enforcement
of human demands? There is
but 35 per cent the world’s
population known as Christian,
and probably not half of these
are church members. This
troubled old world will doubt- [
less turn on its axis as usual Komalne
and we prairieland patriots will Maunder*
continue to support the church of our choice or
none at all. No “uniting'’ will stop you from at
tending divine worship and services in the church
of your choice.
• * •
It was a night in February 75 years ago that Kid
Wade of the Big Sandy in northwest Holt was taken
from Sheriff Ed Hershiser by a band of vigilanters
and hung. Poor Kid, not a bad lad at heart but
thrown into frontier life to become a horse thief.
Yes, he would steal a horse from a settler who had
a herd of them and give the stolen horse to a hard
pressed settler who had none. His bones are under
prairieland sod but I do not know just where. The
hanging took place in what is known as Rock coun
ty, the hangmen fearing that when Kid was taken
to court in O’Neill he would incriminate them. They,
too, have long since been laid away to some day
face a Higher Court. Boys, don’t let friend Glea
Wade right here among you frighten you or seek to
win your hero worship by telling you he is of the
Kid Wade tribe—he is just kidding you He can
catch a black bass but would not lasso a horse and
take it over into Iowa to sell, as the Kid did when
he was caught at it. Or is there a horse left today on
the prairies of Holt county?
• • •
Midwinter winds blow, and days come and go
as we travel life’s highway at work and at play.
Down the lane ahead awaits an early or late spring,
but as I look upon the white cold snow no hope of
such a thing. Yes, prairieland lies today white and
cold; but flowers will bloom again you need not l)e
told And a silken green robe spreads across the
land, a scene of beauty on every hand. Winter’s
chill, springtime’s awakened life, summer’s bloom
ing rose and city dwellers out squirting water with
the hose!
• • •
My esteemed friend and former prairieland patri
ot, Ralph Leidy, has been heard from again out of
the Democratic stronghold of Arkansas. Not so long
ago Ralph disposed of his fine home on East
Everett street here in O’Neill and headed south
with his charming wife and family. He writes to
set former editor Cal straight in his thinking, but
Cal is sleeping it off now Ralph came to O’Neill
from the Inman community and was active in i |
business at the county seat for some years. Mr. ,
Leidy can make successful tracks anywhere, but |
he and family belong up here with us. <
• • • | i
It was a week in February in 1901 —Tuesday was |
like a midsummer day, said The Frontier's local (
items writer. E. H. Benedict w'as serving the cit
izens by making farm loans. . . . Judge Kinkaid
spent that week in Lincoln. . . . Miss Kate Mann
was spending a few days in Atkinson looking after
her mercantile interests. , . . Attorney M. F. Har
rington was attending district court in Antelope
county. . . . Parnell Golden came up from Lincoln
to spend a few days with home folks. . . . Charley
Stout went to Plainview with the thought of buying
a collection of jewelry but did not like the looks of
the layout so bought none. . .Dave Stannard was
in Beatrice attending a state gathering of the Wood
men of the World. . . . Mr. and Mrs John Harmon
had returned from their honeymoon trip and were
at home in the west part of town.
• * •
Senator Fern Hubbard Orme sponsors a measure
which, if enacted into law by the unicam, will just
about exalt city clerks above other functionaries
directing city affairs. The clerk will have the
added duty and honor of advising the mayor as to
what course to follow. Senator Fern was not a part
of the O’Neill picture until later and since has
served on the Lincoln city council, but fancy the
compiler of Prairieland Talk as a young gent a
half-century ago serving as city clerk in O'Neill
telling Mayor Gus Doyle where to head in! Senator
Orme explains that Lincoln citizens asked her to!
draw up the proposal. An added duty imposed upon
city clerks in my day, or an added official title, was
registrar of vital statistics.
* • •
The Capital City has among its multitude of so
cieties, organizations and clubs to promote human
happiness and direct human conduct, a child guid
ance organization functioning under the supervision
of psychiatrists and social workers. No mother
pressing her child to her breast, no daddy holding
his first born on a fatherly lap called on for "guid
ance” suggestions. Those who have never known
the joy, the worry, the hope of parenthood can tell
you how to raise your kids. But father and mother
continue to do a pretty good job of directing the
lives of young America, though they may never
see a psychiatrist or professional social expert.
• • *
Over a million in cash up there in the court
house in charge of County Treasurer J. Ed Hancock.
That's what has been published. Do you know that
65 years ago we were told there were but thirteen
cents in the till in the treasurer’s office of Holt
county.
• • •
Grandsinger in jail again—stole an automobile.
Maybe he wanted a bite to eat and place to sleep.
Editorial—
The Hodtwalker Case
(Guest editorial from The Laurel Advocate) «
Northeast Nebraska has always been noted as
the home of people who want to see justice meted
out to everyone EQUALLY,
They have again lived up to this reputation
when they rallied behind State Trooper LeRoy
Hodtwalker of Randolph, who many persons
honestly feel is being "railroaded” from his job
as a patrolman.
Details of the case have been pretty well aired
in daily newspapers and editorials written on the
case. So, feeling that all you readers are aware
of the details, none will be given here.
However, we think a few points should be
dwelt upon more thoroughly.
One of the reasons for Hodtwalker’s transfer,
as given by the state patrol officials, was the ac
cident rate in this area.
That seems to be sort of a lame - brained
statement as far as we are concerned. How is
a patrolman supposed to stop accidents, either
minor or fatal? Is he expected to remotely con
trol every vehicle in the area? How can a trooper
keep cars from colliding? That is up to the in
dividual drivers.
The answer is not that Hodtwalker was lying
down on the job, but the fact that the patrol is
undermanned in this area.
Hodtwalker’s superiors also stated that they
had a hard time keeping radio contact with him.
Hodtwalker has been quoted by daily papers
that 60 percent of his assigned area is out of
reach of the transmitter at Norfolk. To date the
patrol has not denied this explanation.
Another pertinent point is that a request for
funds to build a relay station at Crofton for the
patrol radio was submitted to Gov. Victor Ander
son as a part of his proposed budget for the
biennial. Doesn’t this indicate that the Norfolk
transmitter is inefficient in many parts of this
parol area?
Higher-ups in the patrol seem determined to
nail Patrolman Hodtwalker’s hide to the wall,
but from where we sit we believe that the people
of northeast Nebraska won’t sit idly by and let
this happen. In fact, we think that all the people
in the state of Nebraska will rally forth and see
that justice triumphs.
The following letter was sent by The Advocate
editor to Gov. Ralph Brooks:
“As an editor of a Nebraska newspaper, I
would like to see justice done. I firmly believe
that persons in high capacities are just as prone
to laws and regulations as are their subordinates.
Further, I believe that "the little guy” deserves a
fair shake and that he should not have to bow to
"the big wheels”.
Following this feeling, it sort of turns my
stomach at the injustice being publicized in the
state’s newspapers as to the Patrolman Hodt
walker case.
"In my years of being at the helm of this
newspaper, I have always considered Trooper
Hodtwalker as a conscientious law enforcement
officer. This, I believe, echoes the thoughts of
many in the perimeter of his area.
“I urge that an investigation of the patrol is
in order and that the people of Nebraska have
a right to such, nay, will demand it. Furthermore,
I think that this investigation should be performed
by a private, impartial group . . . from the top
down, not from the bottom up!
"My belief is that such an investigation will
bring to light many things about the patrol that
have been suppressed by those in high positions in
the patrol.
DUANE KUNTZMANN,
The Laurel Advocate”
Playing a Man’s Game
If there is one quality for which a woman can
be proud, it is the spirit and drive to compete
in an area fashioned for men.
This is the case of Dr. Nadene Coyne, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne of O’Neill.
She has recently been promoted to a high pos
ition of responsibility in the medical profession —
a man’s world, it would seem—in New York.
When Nadene was a little girl attending St.
Mary’s Academy she was an “independent”, ac
cording to her father. She was a good student,
knew what she wanted, and didn’t let the con
vention of time stand in her way.
She will soon direct the mental energies of
69 fellow physicians, both American and foreign,
and will supervise and plan the training programs
of these men of higher learning.
We have the feeling*that Nadene will be heard
from again and again. We would like to “tip our
hats” to the O’Neill girl who “fights the man’s
game” and probably knew she would succeed be
fore she began.
Nadene has the distinction of being the
only O’Neill native girl to become a doctor of
medicine. In recent months her mother, the for
mer Anna Dwyer, has been confined to her home
here because of a circulatory ailment that is the
object of continued studies of learned medical
people. Doctor Nadene’s most recent visit to O’
Neill was in the interest of her mother's welfare.
Power-Minded State
Nebraska, the Nation’s real power-minded (elec
tricity) state, can boast of kings and things (Ak-Sar
Ben, forthcoming nuclear power plant, its “navy”,
etc.) and its continued growth in population, in agri
culture, livestock and in the industrial field.
Along with this progress it is interesting to note
during National Electrical Week, Feb. 8-14, that Ne
braskans are using more electricity at an average
annual lower cost per kilowatt-hour (the measuring
unit for buying and selling electricity).
In outstate Nebraska (outside of the Omaha
areal, Consumers Public Power District served
120,581 customers in 1958. The average annual cost
of electricity pier KWH was 2.56c. This compares
with 2.92c in 1948 and 4.08c in 1942! The average
annual use (KWH) of electricity pier residential
(householder) customer in 1958 was 3,025 (over
4.000 in some areas). The figures for 1948 were
1,497. In 1942 the annual average KWH use pier res
dential customer on CPPD lines was recorded at
844!
apfl6 FRONfffeft
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JERRY PETSCHE, Editor
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When You and I Were Young—
Gun Shots Sound
ou Cattle Drive
Addition to Convent
Is Planned
50 Years Ago
Miss Ethel Burge entertained
a number of her friends last fri
day evening in honor of her cou
sin, Miss Clara Stanley of Bloom
field ... On account of the crowd
ed condition of St. Mary's Aeede
my, the sisters have rented the
the club rooms in the Knights of
Columbus hall and the seventh and
eighth grades will attend school
there the balance of the school
year. A large addition will be
built to the convent as soon as the
weather becomes favorable. . . .
The Wood brothers, Charles 21,
and Joe 13, of Swan Township got
into trouble while driving cattle
and engaged in a quarrel at their
father's home and are said to have
exchanged shots. Noliody was
hurt.
20 Years Ago
A pre-nuptial shower was held I
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. |
Jo nohoe in honor of their son Fr- j
ancis' approaching marriage to
Vliss Ardis Chase. . . . the real es- j
Late of the Late John A. Crandall I
was sold at an admistrators sale, j
About 1,500 acres of land was sold i
with about onedozen bidders ac-1
tive at the sale. The land brought j
about $5 an acre, except one tract I
which sold for $1.10 an acre subject |
:o taxes due ... Of the total number
who filed claims in Holt County, 72 j
have been declared eligible and will I
receive their compensation checks I
through the mails this week . . . I
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz have
rented a farm near Inman . . .
Eighth grade pupils from Emmet
taking the state examinations
were: Nadine Kee. Marion Mc
Nally, Dorothy Barrett, Gilbert
Fox, Merle Forman, Bud Cole and
Roy Tenberg.
10 Years Ago
Four hundred twenty three extra
copies of last week’s issue of the
Frontier were sold at the circula
tion counter in the newspaper’s of
fice and on newstands. . .‘‘Opera
tion Snowbound” suffered a set
back, army rescue units continue
mercy mission . . .Omaha World
Heralds, Paul N. Williams, reports
relief operations of the blizzard in
this week’s issue af the Frontier. .
The Jack and Jill Comer this week
featured the Stauffer brothers,
Kent, Randal and Val, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin D. Stauffer of
Page. . . . Deaths: Mrs. D. H.
Cronin, widow of the late Frontier
publisher.
One Year Ago
Eskimo boy, 18-year-old Percy
Ipalook, enrolled at O’Neill high
school, finishing his senior year . . .
Dietrich Dierks, part-owner and
general manager of KTIV Channel
4, Sioux City, and A1 Smith, K’llV’s
chief engineer, inspected O’Neill’s
TV booster installation and said
they were ’’greatly impressed” . .
. Little Miss Kay Held underwent
rare heart surgery and has return
ed to normal . . . Rail commission
in unexpected verdict, C & NW is
given OK on 13 & 14, STA will ap
peal passenger train matter to
court, were headlines in this
week's issue of the Frontier, that
were of much interest to everyone.
. . . O’Neill Rodeo association has
been formed, state’s 2nd largest
rodeo is objective. . . The Serck
sisters, Leah and Linda, make
news in education. . . .Sgt. Dale
Beilin helped organize benefit
clothes lift for Korean youngsters.
. . Mrs. Marie L. Salisbury and
Walter H. Crook are wed. . . Miss
Mary Lou Wilson received degree
from the University of Nebraska:
. . .Atkinson high balers became
the NCNC tourney champs by de
feating Bassett in the finals, Val
entine won third .place. . . .Deaths:
Little Joan Kathryn Pettinger 21
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raphael Pettinger of Emmet.
Lynch News
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ducker, Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Courtney, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Mulhair, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Schinder, Mr. and
Mrs. Lorie Micanek and Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Micanek surprised
Mrs. Leslie Stewart in honor of
her birthday anniversary Friday
evening, February 6, at her home
north of Lynch. The Ducker’s and
Lorie Micanek's had made plans to
spend the evening at the Stewarts
completely surprising Mrs. Stew
art %vhen the six couples came to
gether. Cards were played with
Mr. and Mrs. Mulhair winning
high scores. The ladies brought
and served lunch. The local bas
ketball boys accompanied Lyle
home after the game to have sup
per with the self invited guests
that same evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulhair
were Friday visitors at the Wal
lace Moffett home.
Mrs. Elmo Barnes was a Thurs
day business visitor in Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stewart
were Wednesday, February 4, Nor
folk visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ducker
and Mr. and Mrs. Lorie Micanek
were Friday evening visitors at
the Leslie Stewart home in honor
of Mrs. Stewart’s birthday anniver
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Emme
and family visited Sunday, Febru
ary 1, at the Veldon Lee home in
Bristow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson visi
ted Tuesday, February 3, at the
Vernon Dahlberg home.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mulhair and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulhair
spent Thursday evening at the
Harold Micanek home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Alford have
been visiting in Omaha the past
two weeks.
Mr and Mrs. Bernard Allen,
Mrs. Margaret Pribil, Mr. and
Mrs. Duane McKay and family
of O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Schinost and family of Page
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Don Allen home.
Charles Courtney, Lorie Micanek,
Don Allen, Frank Weeder and Rev.
Charles Kamber were Friday busi
ness visitors in Petersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Weber
spent Friday evening at the How
ard Anderson home
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson
attended the Federal Land Bank
corporation banquet Wednesday,
evening. Fehruary 4, at O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalkowski
spent Monday evening, February
2, at the Walter Wells home.
Mr and Mrs. Glenn Davy drove
to Norfolk Friday, taking Mrs.
Gladys Spencer there from which
place she left for Texercana, Tex.,
to visit her son, Calvin, and fam
ily.
Air and Mrs Charles Courtney.
Mrs Clarence Kolund and Lorie
Micanek were Wednesday, Febru
ary 4, visitors in Yankton, S.D.
Airs. Leland Moody and Mrs.
John Rossmeier were Thursday
dinner guests at the Lumir Cizek
home in Spencer.
Mrs. Roy Lowry of O'Neill vis
ited her daughter, Mrs. Peter Alul
hair, and husband several days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Christen
sen, Mr. and Mrs. Lorie Micanek.
Mr and Airs. Herman Heiser, Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Stewart and Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Mulhair enjoyed
an evening at cards Saturday, at
the Edwani Heiser home.
Mr. and Mrs Junior. Liska of I
Siobraru were recent visitors at
[he parental Wiiliam Halva home.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd France, Mr.
and Mrs. George Courteny and
family also Mr and Mrs. Sid
Frahm of O'Neill brought their din
ner and surprised Mrs Delores
Courtney on her birthday anniver
sary. Glenna and Carolyn planned
the affair in honor of their mother.
Mrs. Roy Lowry' and Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Mulhair were Wednes
day. February 4. supper guests at
the Bill Spencer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weeder
were Wednesday, February 4, busi
ness visitors in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moffett j
were Thursday visitors at the Har- j
old Micanek home.
Jerry Dean Christensen spent
Wednesday evening, February 4,
with Dwight Stew'art.
The Monowi Ladies Aid held its
monthly meeting Thursday after
noon at the Moody cafe.
Mr. and Mrs Floyd France were
Tuesday, February 3, supper guests
at the Sid Frahm home in O'Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weeder left
Tuesday, February 3, for their
home in Omaha where they both
have employment.
Mrs. Harold Bennett visited
rhursday afternoon at the Harold
Hansen home.
Mr. and Mrs Martin Jehorek
visited their daughter, Mrs. Robert
Connelley, and family in Lincoln
the weekend of January H-Febru
ary 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cassidy re
cently returned from a three
weeks vacation with friends and
relatives in San Diego, Calif.
O’NEILL TRANSFER
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Tour business will be appreciated
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Phone: O’Neill 578 Omaha AT 0500
As I have decided to leave the ranch, I will sell the following described personal pro
perty consisting of live stock and machinery at public auction at the place known as
the Hughie Carr ranch located 9 miles west, 3 miles south and 1 Yl miles west of Cham
bers. . . OR ... 2 miles east, 3 miles south and Yl mile west of the junction of highway
95 south of Atkinson on highway 1 I on. . .
Thursday, Feb* 19
Sale begins at 12:30 p.m. Lunch on Grounds
85 - HEAD of CATTLE - 85
47 Hereford Cows. Mostly com- Registered 4-year-old Hereford bull
mg 4 year olds 12 Little calves
5 Hereford heifers with calves at 2 Guernsey milk cows to freshen
side soon
Cow and Calf Roan Milk cow to freshen in March
1 Span of Mules, well broken, with harness and collar 160
10 Bred Gilts. These Yorkshire hogs weigh about 100 pounds apiece Hens
Machinery and Equipment
1949 C Farmall tractor, A-l condition
No. 21 IHC power mower
No. 24 IHC 7 ft. power mower for H or
M, like new
New 7 ft. mower sickles
Wagon on rubber with good box
Set 12x38 tractor chains
2 rake hitches to mount on tractor
1- 12 ft. Case hay rake, nearly new.
Single row corn picker
Hay rake 2 years old
2- section harrow
Over Shot hay stacker and guard cage
2 bottom tractor plow
Corn planter with furrow openers
Feed bunks and troughs
1946 Chevrolet, 2-door
Shop tools, wrenches, shovels and forks.
McCormick Deering cream separator
Ice Cream freezer
Registered Brand
Some household furniture
Ear Corn and some Cotton Cake
Fuel barrels and other items too numerous
| to mention
ALSO TO BE INCLUDED I
IN THIS SALE
12 — HEAD OF CATTLE —12
1 coming 2-year-old Shorthorn heifer
2 coming 2-year brockle-face heifers
2 coming Roan whiteface heifers
1 Coming Brockleface heifer
1— 3 year whiteface cow with calf at side
Brockle-face cow milking now, just fresh
Whiteface cow milking now, just fresh
2 whieface milk cows, to freshen soon
MACHINERY
Regular Farmall tractor on rubber
F-l 2 Farmall tractor on rubber
7 ft. IHC Power mower
1 2 ft. Hay rake
Horse cultivator Wagon box
2 section harrow 8 ft. disc
Hay rack on rubber
2- botto mtractor plow
About 100 hybrid hens and pullets
Mr. and Mrs. John Schipman
TERMS: Strictly Cash. No property to be removed until settled for.
Mr. & Mrs. Anton Svatos, owners
Col Ed Thorin, O’Neill, Auctioneer and real Estate Broker Chambers State Bank, clerk