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    ?rairieland Talk
The City Council-and Booze
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 1st St., Lincoln 6, Nebr.
The Citizens of Oklahoma voted to have their liqu
r on tap in that state One state only m our country,
Mississippi, remains dry. O'Neill, where booze has
towed in unending stream through the years, turns
town in application of one concern to fill the bowl,
he artion of city authorities inspired, perhaps by liqu
r dealers already here with a monopoly on the l»us
nes If other dealers of alcoholic drink are granted
tenses, why not another?
• • •
Dorsey, Star and Red Bird communities of north
*sf Holt survive where human
drKMeps pressed the virgin sod
Horn the beginning of things
at north Nebraska. Is the hello
fcy telephone now to replace the
neighborly handshake, personal
iwni't one with another
mhere Mary looks into Ann’s
■tiendly eyes, speaks face to
tee Telephone if you must.
m forsake not the friendly per- Romalnc
anal visits, Saunder*
• * *
tn the pioneer village of O'Neill, six hotels made a
p. of it The Valley blouse, run by the pioneer O'Don
h4| family was the first to open its doors to the pub
dr and stood on east Douglas street alxiut where the
Davidson concern now stands. The Mitchel hotel, two
fans west of where the bus depot now functions, the
Cyans Hotel later known as the Potter Hotel and the
Commercial on lower 4th street, the Arcade that stixxi
•here the K. C. hall now stands and another in a
kidding that stood where the O'Neill post office build
up now stands. In addition to these, Jim Campbell
ukI Tom Grant each had public eating places on the
.friuth side of Douglas street between what now are
■noun a> 3rd and 4th streets. At all of these hotels
you would get a whale of a feed for two-bits and a
mdit's lodging for 50 cents. Hotel Evans where
tie Western now is, was in operation in the early
BO s and was the classic place to dine and hole-up
tor the night until the Golden opened up some 40
fears ago.
• • •
Two young women and two young men of our
ip-an ieland 4-Hers have been selected for outstanding
achievements in that youths' organization to attend
tie t-H Conference in Washington, D.C., June 13-19.
They are Elaine Bath of Auburn, Kathryn Sides of
ioup City. Kenneth Swartz of Fairmont and John
Sinhu of Lexington. '
* • *
The sun shines in golden glory out of the deep
due sky spread across prairieland this calm day in
mid April. A day to walk abroad, to meet a fellow
traveler along the trail of life here and there; to
took into friendly eyes and speak a word face to
koe A bright spring day, children out to play,
ards gathering twigs to build a nest where they may
T*st .jut of sight of man and bring forth a brood to
wig as others can. Human hands raking lawns,
planting gardens, impatient now to pluck the first
jraicie rose and loiter again along the stream where
•ystaf water flows. And human hands at work
ttpur, what will the harvest be?
• * *
«Tinrf fanning from out of the frozen Arctic, the
■in stoning bright, he found the south side of a
brick wall of a business building a comfortable wind
break. He greeted me as I came by, he a stranger
to me and me a stranger to him. No. two from the
grass robed prairies of Nebraska are never stran
gers. To please his wife he was making the best of
it here in the crowded human haunts. He had come
to the Capital City from Valley county where he
lived on a farm near Ord and told me his name was
Hayes or Haines. Unless it is Smith of Jones I do
not remember names. He had farmed for a life
time in the beautiful region around Ord, had fed
cattle he bought in Holt county and moved to his
feed lot in the good old way seated on the hack of
a saddle horse. On one such trail he anti his helpers
with their herd spent the night at the McCarthy
ranch, a hospitable home in the Inez neighborhood
three miles north of Prairieland Talker's rural re
treat. He had bought cattle at the Atkinson sales pa
vilion. Those were his happy days, he admitted.
Atkinson coming into our talk, he informed me that
he recently read in an Omaha paper of extensive
cattle shipments to the Omaha market of Charley
Peterson. On*1 million, a few hundred thousand dol
lars and one penny went into Charley’s pocket for his
Holt county grass fed beef.
• * •
Tall if not stately, great for size if not graceous
he swung out of the store door followed by his attr
active lady—his long legs reached out in steps to the
sidewalk edge, his lady following behind. Two steps
from sidewalk to street below and he swung around
the front of their car to swing in at the steering
wheel. Unaided by her leige lord, the little cultured
lady walked to the sidewalk edge, down the two
steps to the street below, opened the car door and
climl)od in. Just a street scene, an ungallant guy
with not a helping hand for a life’s mate. Mayt>e
that mate preferred it that way. But was it so court
ship days?
* * *
Beef on-the-hoof in the sales ring 20 cents a
pound, the 20 in 6-point type. Beef on the meat
block in the marts of trade 89 cents a pound, the 89
set in 84-point black type. Where now is Fred Gatz
with his butcher knife gripped in a capable hand
cutting you a choice slice of beef for a thin dime?
Should crushing sorrow flood your soul and dear
est things seem forever lost, just calm your troubled
heart with the prayer that this will pass away. If
fun and frolic make you bounce along for joy and
smiles and laughter—hold on a minute—this, too,
shall pass away!
• • •
The mail carrier brought you no letter? Then
no dun letter with statement of what you owe—
please call and pay up!
* • * *
He owns a few square yards of mother earth
in the Capital City, so he shakes a capable fist of
disapproval at a proposed measure in the "Unicam”
that would authorize cities in the state to kick out
the property owner and take over his real estate for
some municipal project. Haven’t heard whether or
not it has been added to our mounting list of state
laws.
* • •
Still bare the wounds of a cruel wrong a thought
less friend inflicted, or does the day that brings
life's heavy burden seem endless long? Cheer up—
tomorrow comes a song!
factorial
Fuel To The Fire
A severe split of opinion will soon face the com
nunities in and around O’Neill. Discussion of school
iedisfricting is becoming more and more prevalent.
Referred to as a ‘‘double headed monster” by
aome. and the only way to solve our educational
problem by others, the actual result of redistricting
w as old as education itself.
Any time that imaginary school boundaries are
•hanged, ‘‘redistricting’’ has taken place. But the
special kind of redistricting that is being discussed
aow is not just the changing of boundaries. The re
arrangement of children's lives is at stake.
To give you an idea of just how hot an issue this
■ne is, consider this: The Neligh Chamber of Com
anerce voted to take a "hands off” policy where
Bedistrrcting is concerned.
In effect, the Chamber voted to leave the matter
with the school board. Why it ever got to the
Chamber in the first place is more than can norm
ally be understood.
Those who are against redistricting have been
warned for years that the small communities would
“fay up” at the hands of those towns who were
“fartunate” enough to get the children. Although
fefa is. perhaps, only partially true, no Chamber
fea its right mind would go on record favoring it,
regardless of what each individual thought.
There are so many advantages and disadvantages
fa redistricting, and to ask a group of merchants to
give • “group opinion” on an educational problem
Jnat adds fuel to the fire.
A New Crop
(.From the Btasrt Advocate)
Don’t lose Heart, you skinheads. Read in a rival
(aver the other day where a 98-year-old man in
■MValo. Wyo , is sprouting a new crop of hair. Not
•air that but a new tooth is pushing through his
tower gum. Imagine that he is probably going
famugh his second childhood, don't you?
• • •
4 B has been called to my attention, to oall to your
dtitontian, that it is mandatory, according to law, to
•rfl to far side of the road and stop when meeting
m a-uy followed by a fire truck. In fact, the law
□to do so the minute you hear a vehicle with
. The rule has been flouted locally many
in the past when the fire department is mak
tog a fire run. Please pull over and atop. Don’t
tonw up. It is much mote important that they
yt Aere as soon as possible, than for you to. An
•■wr that saves many minutes, and con
possibly much property, is Bar someone
fa (jade the boys whan they near the destination of
• Ore An evened cattle gate or twa, awi a leader
way save that etack of hay or houoe.
It’s too bad that the Academy Award winners
have already been announced as I understand that
there is a future Kim Novak and future Jane Russell
to be unveiled at the Home Talent Show Friday
night at the auditorium. One gentleman told me
that the Hat Shop style show is just an excuse for
him to show off his legs. Wonder if he is going to
wear two hats on his feet? We’ll bet you’ll get a
laugh or three if you remember the date and time—
8:00 p.m., and attend this annual P-TA thing.
* * *
Overheard in Stuart: Housewife: “I hear the
school board is eliminating (subject) from the cur
riculum because it is a “frill”. I agree, as my John
ny is not taking it.” Other housewife: “What do they
mean "frill”? It is a necessity because my Mary is
taking it.”
A Thousand Babies Ago
A thousand babies ago the Atkinson Memorial
hospital, with a staff of a few nuns (who are also
registered nurses) began a modest operation.
When Richard Lee Davis came along the nuns
cut out a square piece of cardboard and placed it on
Richard's crib. “God bless you, Richard," it said.
Richard was the 1000th child bom there.
But this was not the only thing which impressed
The Frontier reporter as he was shown the “modest
little hospital.” Accustomed to seeing and visiting
much larger ones in much larger cities, he was sur
prised to see a very well equipped hospital.
The people of Atkinson are very fortunate. Few
towns the size of Atkinson have such facilities and
such fine people running them. The Atkinson Graph
ic featured the event with a full page in their news
paper_it reflected, we think, the spirit of the people.
JAMES CHAMPION, Co-Publisher
JERRY PETSCHE, Editor
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Frontiers
THE FRONTIER WAS YOl .Mi
The O'Neill Grocery Company
kvith F. M. Raymond manager, had
a coffee advertisement in the April
13, 1899 issue of the Frontier. It
read: Coffoe-8, 10, 124, 15, 18, 20.
25, 30 and 35 cents per pound.
Walter O'Malley still holds the tro
phy as the best shot in Shields
township, by shooting two geese.
One weighed eighteen pounds —
This correction item appeared in
the April 13. 1899 issue of the Fron
tier "An item last week in this col
umn relative to some trouble be
tween Mike Fallon and George
Gaughenbaugh was slightly incor
rect. George was not in it, but a
brother of his.H. W. Wood
ward of Ainsworth rented the Doyle
building occupied by the postoffice
and put in a stock of general mer
chandise., ... An article in the
April 13, 1899 issue of The Fron
tier stated that more farm imple
ments had been shipped into O'
Neill this spring than any time lor
the past ten or twelve years.
Tom Hopkins got mixed up in a
runaway and bruised a hand slight
ly. He bought some hogs from a
farmer and while driving to the
pens to unload, the team started to
run. Tom scrambled out of the wa
gon, sustaining the above bruises,
while team, driver and hogs rushed
onward. The horese were brought
under control without any serious
damage occurring.
MOST OF I S REMEMBER
On April 7, 1953, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Snelson, former residents of the
Chambers and Ewing localities,
observed their 63rd wedding anni
versary at Long Pine. Mrs.
Floyd Hershiser was honored at a
baby shower April 9, in the home
of Mrs. Alvin Vorce...Lt, Bryan
T. Postman, liaision officer for the
air force research center at Cam
bridge, Mass, and Dr. Guenter Loo
ser, a renowned meteorologist from
Germany were in O'Neill on a pre
liminary visit discussing plans for
the wind tests conducted in Aug
ust of 1953.Two hundred and
three persons attended the K of C
Jubilee banquet held April 12 for
Charles Carroll of Carrollton coun
cil.The Misses Marilyn Lind
berg, Janice Holsclaw, Charlotte
McVay and Marjorie Norman were
the four O’Neill high school Fu
ture Homemakers ol America, who
attended the 1953 state FHA con
vention in Lincoln.Coach Mar
vin Miller's high soaring O’Neill
high eagles flew to an easy victory
over Neligh and Norfolk, April 10,
1953 in a bone chilling 40 degree
weather.A freakish spring
storm moved into the O’Neill re
gion late Tuesday, April 14, 1953,
with high wind gusts up to 70
miles-per-hour . DEATHS:
Cherri Kaplan, 3Vis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vere Kaplan of At
kinson, fatally burned, April 13,
1953 at their farm home, died en
route to Omaha hospital; Mrs. Ro
bert Keating, 34, wife of an Atkin
son Implement dealer, April 12 at
her home, of a heart attack; Ne
braska State Safety Patrol Sgt.
John Meistrell, in an auto acci
dent March 31. 1953. died April 10
at a Fremont hospital.
THE CENTURY TURNS
A meeting of the local organi
zation of the Lzaak Walton League
was held at the band ball Monday
evening, April 14, 1930.The
choir of the First Methodist church
of O’Neill, under the direction of
Miss Ruth Kramer, came down
Aprli 15, 1930 and sang at the ser
vice held here that night. Wil
lis Johnson has sold the Sanitary
Meat Market at Page to Mr. and
Mrs. Fetrow Muller, who took pos
session April 14, 1930....A son was
born in April of 19:40 to Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Kennison, residing
about 7 miles southeast of O’Neill
.A large crowd gathered
at the home of Mrs. Louis Ermer,
April 15, to help celebrate her bir
thday . • • Miss Mary Sauser re
turned to Hines, 111., April 16, 1930
where she is employed as a regis
tered nurse in Edward Hines, jr.
hospital. She had been visiting with
her mother, Mrs. A. F. Sauser and
other relatives... .R. L. Arbuthnot
and family have moved to the Par
nell Golden house....The Mellor
Motor Company are putting a ce
ment floor over the vacant space
east of the garage, which will be
used for oiling and greasing cars.
Money To Loan!
Household Goods, Personal
Property, Oars, Trucks,
Warm Equipment
HARRINGTON
Loan and Investment
Company
LOW RATES
CAPITOL NEWS
B> Melvin Paul
S(alehouse Correspondent
The Nebraska Press Association
LINCOLN The labor-manage
ment fight has broken out into the
open in the Nebraska legislature
The scrapping revolved around
basically the measure to outlaw
secondary boycotts until G o v.
Ralph G, Brooks stepped into the
; picture.
Brooks introduced a measure
calling for a State Labor Relations
act, governing tvoth employe and
I management situations.
Labor and management has teen
i testing strength on sev eral hills of
| less importance overall than the
secondary boycott bill. Most of the
j early maneuvering has teen the
| silent type in the nature of lobby
! ing of senators, done by both labor
| and management.
Brooks says his bill, LB 708,
would apply to activities within
Nebraska and “guarantee the right
of employes to join or refuse to
join lalxir organizations without
retaliation by management or by
labor unions.”
Also, the chief executive com
mented, it would define “unfair
practices by both management
and labor.
A commissioner of elections
would supervise and administer
elections involving union problems.
Said the governor: “This propos
al also seeks to substitute orderly
procedure for economic combat
and provides that an employer and
a union can agree to submit to
nmr iccitn \fhinh is: n
proper subject of collective bar
gaining.”
There is no question but what
the Brooks proposal will provoke
some heated discussion among
state senators.
Brooks said all persons involved
in a State Lalwr Relations Act had
publicly stated the need for it, but
that a Legislative Council commit
tee studying the problem could not
come up with a proposal that it felt
would be fair to everyone.
The governor said he introduced
the legislation since both manage
ment and labor publicly had ex
pressed a need for the law.
legislature Sessions
The legislature should swing in
to all-day sessions in about two
weeks.
This will start taking a healthy
bite out of the heavy load of bills
backed up awaiting first debate.
Thirty-one measures were slat
ed for public hearing this week.
Some committees have completed
their work. The Legislature’s bud
get committee expects to wind up
its calculating in about two weeks.
Roughly, the Nebraska legisla
ture is half through the session
Most observers do not hesitate
to say it will be the last week in
June before the lawmakers can go
home Of the first 708 bills intro
duced, 147 have been killed in
committee or on the floor, as
against 116 for the same period
two years ago when there were
only *615 bills introduced. This,
however, was the record until the
current session.
Veteran observers say the rea
son for so many bills each year
Is that annually lawmakers are
representing more people than
they did 10 years ago and also
that government is becoming
more complicated.
Harr Resigns
State Aeronautics uirecior in
land Harr’s resignation caused con
siderable fussing.
Harr quit his $10,200 per year
iob with a blast at Gov. Ralph G.
Brooks, stating that the governor s
“indecision” in announcing who
would be areonauhcs director
“hurt” the department
The governor was told in a letter
from Harr that the aeronautics
chief could not obtain and keep
qualified personnel because he did
not know “from day to day
whether he was in or out of °f,'ce:
Harr also charged Brooks had
asked him to fire Asst. Atty. Gen.
Rush Clarke of North Platte‘. who
with Harr, helped bring Nebraska
into national prominence in tne
local airline service picture._
“If the situation continues much
longer,” Harr warned, “the state
will certainly lose some of the air
line service which has been grant
ed it on a trial basis."
Brooks said he has assured
members of the aviation indus
try «h«-t Harr’s replacement
would be made “only in the in
terest of advancing aviation In
Nebraska,” and denied he asked
Harr to remove Clarke.
Harr was appointed two years
ago by former GOP governor Vic
tor Anderson.
A bill was recommended for in
troduction to remove the aero
nauties department from the juris
diction of the governor. The bill
had been prepared long before the
Harr resignation, however. Under
the proposal, the aeronautics com
mission would appoint the air chief
and set his salary._
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Budget Matters
Gov. Ralph G. Brooks notified
the Legislature m a personal ap
pearance that he will veto any
spending bills that require general
fund tax money above hts recom
mendation.
A short time later, the governor
announced he had increased his
recommendation for the University
of Nebraska. Brooks originally sug
gested a $2 million tax fund hike
for the school, but he has raised
this to $4 million.
Brooks said additional informa
tion was presented to him which
showed the need for the change.
Sen. Otto Libbers, chairman of
the Legislature's budget commit
tee, said he thinks the governor
had misunderstood that cash funds
were available to meet salary prol>
lems at the University .
Check Finds 29 Cattle
With No Ownership
Meeting at the brand office in
Alliance, the Nebraska Brand Com
mitte reviewed the operations of
the committee for the past fifteen
months, January 1, 1958 through
March 31, 1959. Members ol the
committee present at the meeting
were Bern R. Coulter, Bridgeport',
Chester Paxton, Thedford; Mose
Trego, Sutherland, and J. H. Vin
ton, Gordon. Frank Marsh, Lincoln,
was unable to attend.
Inspection records in the office
at Alliance for the above period
show a total of 2,767,521 head ol
cattle inspected for brands. Of this
total, 13,742 head were held by
brand inspectors for proof of own
ership. During the above period
the committee settled claims on
■ _ .*_. _..ik...■ rtt tu.ik'o 4L/\i
were 29 cases considered by the
committee for which no rightful
owner could be found. Proceeds
of these 29 cases with a total of
$2,760.37 were paid to the school
funds of the counties where the
shipments originated.
The Investigation Department,
with cooperation of local authori
ties, aided in the ‘prosecution of
eight persons involved in cattle
theft, with one additional theft case
now pending in the courts in South
Dakota. Thirteen other court ac
tions were conducted and fines im
posed for a total of $650.00 Two
more arrests were made and turn
ed over to South Dakota authori
ties for prosecution. It is the policy
of the committee to cooperate
with authorities of neighboring
states as far as it is practical.
Cattlemen of Nebraska generally
are familiar with brand inspection
in this state and are aware of the
purposes and necessity for com
plete, effective and impartial in
spection. It is the desire of the
committee to conduct the work
thoroughly and with the least pos
sible inconvenience to everyone.
The cooperation of the cattle
people in the state is essenial for
the most complete protection. All
losses or suspected thefts should
be reported immediately to the
Nebraska Brand Committe as well
as your local authorities.
O'Neill Locals
Crowded Out Last Week
Mrs. Rosa Bowers and Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Woidneck were
among the guests at the Soukup
Kruse wedding in Spencer Satur
day.
Claude Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.
D., was here Wednesday at the ■
homeof lus mother, Mrs. Chun
Johnson.
Guests at the Marion Muhin
rok home SuiHta> were Mrs. Min
nie llingens and Mrs. K<>sa Bow
ers.
Dale Stems. Hastings, was lu re
aver the weekend to visit with his
mother, Mrs. Nina Sterns Also
here from Grand Island was Dor
rest Smith, whose wife is curing
for Mrs. Stems.
Mr and Mrs Ed Tharnish atten
ded the First Comnumtion of their
iodson. Handy Tharnish. in Colum
bus Sunday.
At the (H*orvo Van K\er> home
ruesday was their swat, Marvin,
jlrom Norfolk.
>|r<i. ('. .lone* and Mr*. Es
ther Morgan *pent Monday after
noon In Sioux Uly.
Mr and Mrs Norris George and
| family recently spent a weekend
| at the Darol Switzer home, Omalu.
Mrs, Sidney Anderson, Elgin,
spent the weekend at the Howard
Mansivy home.
The J. C. Bazelmans were guests
at the Louis Vandersnu k home in
1 Ewing Sunday. •
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