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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1959)
Prairieland Talk 'How About It, Will?' By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. 4110 South 1st St.. Lincoln 6. Nebr. Mari Sandoz, a native of praireland who wrote ter story of her father. Old Jules, and several other •arks of pioneer life in north Nebraska, now comes •* with another, "Hostiles and Friendlies. ’ I have mt yet read it, but understand It temg* to the reader the scenes M Indian camp fires. And now ( wonder if our own Holt county •■•ter of letters, Will H. Spind fcr, will not soon be heard from main as the author of another <irfi tale of romance and adven tare. such as adorns the "rim at the Sandhills. ” that hares his •une as author The scene and ateractrrs of the story being teill s youthful happy land in Saun teaaHarming region of north Holt county. Let us mar from you Will up there at Wounded Knee. • • • rhe sun rose in golden glory this morning, bathed tea land in light and warmth to cheer the sons of tea soil after rains of a week. And out for a time, Emat her at a city bus stop a young woman student te a college She was taking off for her home In ■aw Mexico, of which land she is a native, and was tere in Lincoln to prepare herself for life’s work as ■ teacher. But when told that her destiny may be teat of a house wife, she smiled knowingly. Her par mtal home is a New Mexico cattle ranch 20 miles •mu the nearest settlement and she was antic ipat 1 with pleasure a two week’s vacation, away from mowded human haunts here in our Capital City, and •ten back on the ranch to mount a horse, swing a teao rope over a critter’s head and throw it to run ■ i brand. She would recall her brief contact with this old gpy who also had tossed a lasso rope over a steer to Ite branded. And we hope to meet again when she returns to college. m m te li was one day in April 66 years ago. Throe men bp the Yard livery and teed barn on east Dou Pu street, stood there In the drizzling rain, their bit deploring weather conditions. Joe Hunter spoke •ord of encouragement It will be plenty dry before turner is over, he said. Rain every day that April, sb rain again for a year. Hot winds of 1894 scorched MB »«nd and made beggers of us all. Joe had the bsitlnrt of a weather prognosticator. Weather con ations make or break prairie!and dwellers, and for ■b moat part through the years the seasons lay a newiMMw in our laps. The blizzard of '88, the hot binrin at ’94—and the prairies of Holt county are rob sd: still fct rich and gorgeous plenty. • • • Hia hands stained with human blood, eleven in ■»«ni citizens under the sod the victims of that mur dtaous youth now in the pen awaiting the day of his aracution. Now from him comes a cry for mercy. may direct his appeal Cor mercy, for pardon, to nJUgher Court than that presided over by man. But MB voice of the dead, if the dead could speak, would Ota those of the living that Starkweather pay the pen stty for his crimes in the death chair without fur ter legal monkey business. • • • Mother worked with infinite care to build a tem gltet* stand as the years roll an. No one saw a moth er's hand at work, no one knew how much pain and teO went into the building of that temple, but all may know that the temple built by that mother was the soul of a child to live eternally. Walking the city street that led to my deshny tor the day. out from a home along the way there came on the run with hands outstretched three of Young America’s precious ones. They call that passerby the Candy Man. One her little baby hands white and clean held out to receive the little but precious bit of candy, and then a childish thank you! and so it is— from childhood to old age- human hands reach out to gather in, and human hands bestow in love and tenderness a gift to a childish hand, to mature or wrinkled hands of the aged in need along the way. He was spending the cold January night in a railway depot. I was there awaiting the train that was to bare me far away. He, a fellow being out of work, out of money, planning to hitch-hike to a distant point when daylight came. No hand held out, no plea for aid; but I saw a tear moisten his eyes as a bit of money was handed him. Gratitude too deep for words. Drop a little in the outstretched baby hands of that which cheers childhood, and something more subs stantial if you can to a needy fellow traveler as along the path of life we go, more than likely with a hand held out from time to time. • • • Their remains now lie up on the hill in the abode of the dead. But in 1901 they were part of the O’ Neill human picture. It was a week in August that year: M. M. Sullivan was visiting in Montana. . . Miss Coykendall was back from a trip to Omaha. . . Miss Clara Zimmerman was down from Atkinson on a visit to her home folks. . . Emil Sniggs spent the day between trains in Norfolk. . . The ladies of the Catholic church served meals on the church lawn to the hungry, proceeds to help the Academy. . . Charley Meals, an O'Neill boy, was "doing'*, his first year at the West Point military academy. . . R. R. Dickson as chairman and C. L. Bright as secre tary issued the official call for the Republicans of Holt County to gather in convention at the county courthouse, 125 delegates from the various sections of the county. * » * At a spot on the main highway of traffic and bus iness of the city of Lincoln will be laid some sod as one of the tokens that the Capital City of prairieland has arrived at the century mark. Have you a name for that spot on O Street? Are you the one who con ceives the name the committee thinks the best and will be given a free trip to Lincoln. • • • A year ago a manufacturing concern that fur nished jobs for 1500 Lincolnites folded up and quit the Capital City. The Western Electric, manufac turing telephone equipment, that had furnished jobs for an army of workers in Lincoln, is moving to O maha. Some of their Lincoln force of workers go to the new location, others look for jobs here in the Cap ital city, but little is available for human hands that work at this center of education, culture and state government. • * • • He was a friend of my youth. He lives today in a city far distant from my holing-up place. He informs me by letter that his wife is a helpless invalid, aged and memory of the past blotted out. But, fellows, get this: He adds that "She is the same beautiful and refined woman she was when we were married.” The devotions of a lifetime to his mate are reflect ed in those words. Warren Danskin of Norfolk, a student at Nebras ka Wesleyan University in Lincoln, has been chosen as the university’s senate leader for the coming year. These students dispose of some weighty problems on the "senate floor,” but when they get out of classic halls to face life as it is they may wonder. Editorial Our New Councilmen Lets wish our new city councilmen good for me and the wisdom to make firm and thought id decisions in their terms of office. A city council job can be thankless at times, re spiring heart, courage or just plain guts, depend ed on the way you look at it. Let’s remember this when we're out bowling, —►ing a movie, watching television or reading • book: These men will be seated in a "not coo aamfortable city hall" going over the dry routine Business of keeping a city organized. Sometimes they must vote one way when they ■t not too sure their neighbor win speak to them due next morning. A good councilman worrys more about what is right than how people feel. But on the other hand which one of us is not taman enough not to wish the friendship of our neighbor? Quality and the degree of leadership has been expressed as that part of a man's intellect which shines when his neighbor bums. It has also been expressed as the ability of a man to make a decision convince his neighbor that it is the right one. If you think either one is easy, try it sometime. t - Death for the Living The communities of Orchard and Royal were Shocked last week when they heard of the death of • little six-year old boy Qraig Walmer. As reported in the “Orchard News”, Craig was -a manly little fellow, bright beyond his years, with ar winning personality and a smile that made a place lw him in the hearts of all who knew him.” Oalg was killed in a tractor accident near his tame. It makes a person think. When such a young per «m dies, that life is taken far granted so easily. It menu strange that with the pain and hardship so often associated with birth, a life can ne taken so MnQy. It Is — ■»—g*», when we are old and -ready for the abode ot the dead.” but at such an ^e, death tor the living seems particularly painful. The Real Spectator Sport It has been said by many an observer of sports ■tat track and field events are just not spectator ^nrts. Nothing—but nothing vouid be further from the truth. We have some local boys in O’Neill high and St. Mary’s that tire not only worth watching, they are worth observing very closely. Track might seem dull, but who calls vaulting over an 11 foot bar or jumping over a six foot bar—dull? If you’ve watched a boy run the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds or so, it just can’t be dull. If you’ve watched a 220 or 440 yard dash, and observed it closely—the sheer effort, the greatest competitor of them all (the clock)—you will have found out that it is actually the most interesting of all sports. It is true that there is very little body contact in volved. But who needs body contact when pure skill and stamina are involved? Something should be done with the idea that track and field events cannot be watched easily by the average or even the casual observer of sports. The only way in which the idea can be stamped out is the effort required to get in you car and watch the boys perform—just once. As with many other things, the ancient Greeks knew how to participate in sports. They called it an art after they originated the games, and as usual, we are the recipients of their first efforts. We can’t repay the Greeks, but we can repay our own boys by taking an interest. JAMES CHAMPION, Co-Publisher JERRY PETSCHE, Editor Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt coun ty, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press Association, Nation al Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year: elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; rates abroad provided upon request. All subscriptions payable in advance. NATIONAL EDITORIAL 3&1 lA#c5T#* ~~ ~i Vnu* N»w» By Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser Cecil Moser and daughter mo tored to Norfolk Saturday and Mrs. Moser and Eugene returned home with them Eugene was dismissed from the hospital where he underwent a ma jor operation April 1. Mrs Moser had been staying with him. They were dinner guests at the Oscar Moser home that day. The Work and Fun Club met with Mrs. F. E. Pierce on the afternoon of April 8 with 13 members pre sent. The afternoon was spent in sewing carpet rags for the hostess. 'Mrs. Pierce sewed a luncheon at the close of the meeting The May meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser. Mrs. Harold iVter and Mrs. Lester Raff \ Kited with Mrs. Mo ser and Eugene and Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser at a Norfolk hospi tal on April 3. Mrs. Brookhouser returned to her home Sunday evening. Ray brought his mother home. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Finch were April 6 evening visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Finch. Mrs. Ted Kinnison and Mrs. Don ald Kinnison and family were Creighton visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tyler and Chuck and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Caskey were April 7 evening visi tors at the Donald Caskey home. Mrs. Harry Caskey was a visi tor at Edna Boelter home. April 4. She spent Wednesday with Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser. Lois Els berry, Lois Saltz and Mrs. Ora Caskey, teachers in the locality were busy making flags April 6 at Venus school house for the track meet, which will take place soon. They made over 100 of them. Mrs. Donald Caskey and chil dren and Mr. Harry Caskey mo tored to O’Neill April 7 where they called at the LaVern Cas key home. Tax Reform Too Fast Legislature Discussion CAPITAL NEWS By Melvin Paul Statchousc Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN The Legislature is toying with the problem of whether it is going too fast along the lax reform road. And if this is so, what should it do about it: Those items have been aired by the lawmakers and un doubtedly will again before the session is over. So far the only major controver sial legislation passed by the sena tors concerns reformation of tax laws. Basically they give more author ity to the tax commissioner and otherwise tighten tax laws. Debate is becoming more heated on the tax question and some sen ators say this is the result of pres sure being applied by interests who will be affected by stiff sta tutes passed earlier in the session. Other lawmakers contend the senate is hurrying too fast with tax bills and can do- great harm this way. The tax reform program that has emerged into law so far has been that resulting from the Leg islative Council tax study commit tee. This was headed by Sen. Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff who gen erally held one man hearings. Carpenter la the pushing force behind the tax bills, and was In strumental In drawing them up, although this was done at a con ference of Interested officials. The Scottsbluff senator has ser ved notice he will do everything possible to get the reform program through the Legislature. He has told fellow senators this several times on the floor of the Unica meral. Carpenter has sailed into Tax Commissioner Fred Herrington and Gov. Ralph G. Brooks over state j merits they made on bills passed by (the Legislature. Herrington said that there is I some concern among businessmen | that laws are getting so tough they j may have to report their intangi ' ble property at 100 per cent of va I lue while large out of state corp | orations could get by with a lesser figure. What is needed. Herrington said, I is a bill or an amendment requir ! ing out-of-state firms doing busi ness in Nebraska to keep records readily accessible in Nebraska for inspection by county assessors. Brooks said he nearly vetoed LB47, levying a $3.50 per person head tax on all Nebraskans be tween 21 and 60 years old. The reason, Brooks said, was that this law takes about $430,000 from the state yearly from the cur rent head tax and gives it to local government. Herrington also said the new law did not abolish the poll tax as lawmakers apparently intended. These are the statements that irked Carpenter. He said the views should have been presented to the Legislature instead of in the news papers. But Herrington said he on ly answers questions when they are asked by senators and no one asked him. Phone Your News To 188 Paul Shierk INSURANCE AGENCY O'NEILL., NEHR. Insurance of All Kinds LOTS of spectacular (Just ask ’em) The O'Neill American Legion Post has planned a talent show patterned after a late television show on: Friday, April 24th % 8 P. M. at the Legion Auditorium: Cast of Characters (And We Mean Characters) i James Earley as Bat Masterson; Hugh Benson as Roy Rogers; Joe McElligott as Chet Huntley;Virgi! Laursen, Verne Reynoldson, Marlin Wichman, Chuck Fox as the Lennon sisters; George Janousek as Charie Weaver; Jack Everitt as Johnny Cash; Bud Cole as The Lonely Tramp; William Cousins as Jack Parr; Earl Hunt as Kate Smith; ArchieBowen as Houshay; Wayne Fox, Irish McGinn, D. Worcester, Ed Winkler as The Mills Brothers; Al Carroll, balloon salesman; Bob Cole as Genivieve; Francis Belzer, Bob White as trigger; Dean Streeter as the Man with the Fiddle; Don Becker as The Commerical Man; Dale Curran, Sam Fuhrer as The Brats; George Bosn as Tennessee Ernie Ford; Russell Moler, William Kelly as Charlie Weaver's parents; Fred Appleby, Al Hamik as Casey Stengel and Ole from the Old Country; Bill Jansen as Red Foley. i *( ^ Director—Bill Jansen Don’t Miss This Late, Late, T V Revue! O’NEILL Legio: . 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