Prairieland Talk There Passed Tragedy By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51st St., Lincoln 6, Nebr. With the [Kissing at Holt county s old court house more than twenty years ago, there passed also out of the picture tragedy and comedy political turmoil, atones of defaulting county treasurers and scundeb Political factions poured in the fantastic propag anda and kept the pot boiling Barret Scott was hung for doing in a small way what F. D. R. did in a big way County Attorney Butler was fired and debarred from court practice as a political shake-down and about every county officer was raked over the part isan fire But as I recall John McBride, Ed Hershis er, Charley Manville, Bennett Gillespie and one or two others of the old school were considered to be of ihe saintly official kind. And I believe one who held down a job in the stately new courthouse served a term in the state prison down at Ijncoln. The pres ent notables in the county courthouse seem individu ally and collectively to be doing a good job of it. • • • She is but 11 years old, her home down in Florida. Had saved her nickles and dimes and quarters to accumulate a fund of $61. She planned to buy a horse. But the weight of our national debt rested upon her young heart. She sent her sav ings to President Ike with the request her $61 be used to help wifte out the national debt Give us more 11-year-olds who would rather contribute to wipe out our national debt than to have a Romaine horse Saunders As you lay a flower on tin* grave of your dead you may lx- inspired by your memory of the worthy life they had led. • • • A gentleman of learning that has become a univer sity instructor, in a talk before a group of parents and teachers in Denver, tells us that only one in sev en Americans are ‘mentally normal.’ Is he the ‘one’ or a slip over from Red Russia7 But if it is that way and you are a little off in the upper story you have a lot of company. Maybe it is the six that are mental ly normal and the seventh a highbrow. • • • The clock struck 6 the morning of May 22, the time set for Charles Starkweather to die in the elec tric chair. He lives, another stay, another prolong ing of Nebraska’s most disgraceful juggling of the course of justice. The young killer says he is at peace 'with God.' Get us hope so But should not that peace inspire him to raise his arms and declare that these blood stained hands condemn me. I have killed, kill me! D»ng drawn out court procedings many thou sands of dollars of taxpayers’ money to pay lawyers and court costs, and two youthful murderers live on. • • • Glen White, a native of the Amelia community of southwestern Holt county and a worthy citizen, heads a temperance organization that entertains a vain hope to do away with the flowing stream of intoxicat ing liquors. Multitudes want it and the revenue col lectors have out an eager hand for that booze tax. But Glen and his group can do their bit to promote a worthy cause, as Mrs. Dustin in the long ago did up there in the Dustin community of northwest Holt county, and as Rev. N. S- Lowrie and others in O' Neill did in the closing years of the 19th century . • • • June 1, 1833, first permanent settlements in Iowa. June 2 John Brown rescued his sons from Virginia raiders. 1856. June 5 Ben Franklin 'juged' the light ning, 1752. Third Sunday in June Fathers' Day. June 16 Alaska gold rush, 1897. My father died June 16, 1887. June 14 Flag Day. Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes 1777. June 18—U. S. went to war with Great Britain, 1812. June 20—great seal of the U.S. adopted by Confinenial Congress 1782. June 27 Bos ton-New York telegraph line open 1847. • * * Medical findings as to the effect of smoking and its relation to certain diseases seems to have promoted rather than reduced smoking. The record for 1958 of 436 billion cigarettes went up in smoke in the mouths of Americans, * ♦ * p In large black type across the top of page 1 of a fcrecent issue of this family newspaper we saw it— K Dollars Days, three of them listed. In O'Neill as else Iwhere the human hand is extended—Give me a doll Iar! The dollar, how good it looks, and like other plea sures of life, how soon it is gone. And why? It is not what that dollar gets for you that inspires you to hold out an open hand for another dollar to land there. I recall the James A, Ikinohoe telling me once that he stuck strictly to business because he loved money, and then modified that by saying he liked the things money will get. And that’s it, the nice things, the needed things, money buys. And some times we have a ‘dollar’ surprise, like when you get your bank statement and you have nearly a hundred more than you thought you had. It was a week in June in the year 1904—Mrs. Jen nette Taylor, a notable citizen of O’Neill in the 1890’s, but at the time living at Lynch, was spending a few days with O’Neill friends .... Master Bryan Hall had a birthday party, a bunch of his kid friends help ing him celebrate .... A. M. Sutton of Inez was a Frontier caller to renew his yearly subscription . . . . Miss Mable Martin was home from Omaha, where she had been receiving medical treatment . . . At torney Dickerson had legal business, maybe some pol itical stakes to set up at Stuart .... Tom Simonson marketed four loads of hogs raised on his place north of O’Neill, the porkers selling for $4 a hundred pounds .... Miss Bessie Snyder was home from Lincoln where she is a student at the state University . . . Miss Mamie O’Donell, home from Omaha where she had been a student in a business school, and took over the work of a stenographer in the office of F. J. Dishner. * * * Man controls about everything in nature-except human nature. Put on your coat and hat and get go ing. * • * State senators are still grinding away, upsets and turnovers at the behest of our governor, congress on the highway to set the affairs of the world straight, and Nebraskans have survived another winter to come to bask again in the golden glow of summer sunshine, quite unmindful and although indifferent as the country’s statesmen wind up their little ball of twine. Editorial Representation of Jackrabbits The representation of Jackrabbits in our state leg* islature couldn’t be much worse than a government which has such little flexibility that the minority is doomed to remain a minority. ' Senator Frank Nelson explained, on a recent visit to O'Neill, that one of the favorite remarks of a sena tor from eastern Nebraska is that people, rather ‘ban jackrabbits, should be represented at Lincoln. “Those senators from the east would be very firm in their intention to do away with any type of rep resentation on the area rather than the population basis,” he said. A lot of people are getting sick and tired of this business of looking at legislative representation on the basis of area versus population. And they have very good reason to feel this way. The proponents of selecting representatives on the basis of population believe they have a strong argu ment when they say a fair method is one where an equal number of people have access to speak and legislate for them. The proponents of the area plan say the fair meth od is one that will take into consideration the vast and relatively unpopulated areas which the highly populated areas are dependent upon. They say, for example, that one reason the stock yards in Omaha have become the largest in the world is because the western Nebraska cattleman on the vast range must yell to his neighbor to be heard. For innately for eastern Neorasxa. mere is a symaciy jpopulated western Nebraska, they say. Both groups have a point, of course, and although some talk of a combination area-population plan is heard, the legislators are overlooking something very basic in the formation of any government which pro poses to be democratic the majority faction must never be so strong that change in the method of se lecting representatives is made impossible. You can bet your last dollar that those eastern legislators will have nothing to do with changing the present system and that any discussion of a combin ation aiea-population plan is just like so much wind In the air. To begin with, the present population system of legislator-choice, controls its own destiny and cannot be changed by seven or eight western legislators. And it makes little difference whether it would require a constitutional change made by the vote of the people or net since the majority (or should we say the eastern half of Nebraska) feeds upon the unicameral system while the western half suffers representative starvation. Any state or government examining tlie unicam eral system should realtor, before it is accepted, that once formed in such a geographically split city range area, it Is created to stay. It is like the yiMiiit who discovers he has made a monster, but finds it cannot be destroyed. This, then, is the very serious shortcoming in Nebr aska's legislatiye set-up—that the minority has no chance of change. For years the school child has been confronted with a dilemma and because both horns are rarely presented at the same time, the child doesn't realize the principals conflict. "Yes, Johnny,” the teacher says ,"we are the only state which has a unicamerial legislature.” And she says it in a way that evokes pride as though its un iqueness were something to crow about. And then on another day, perhaps, teacher tells Johnny that our government is so arranged that the minority opinion is always heard and that the minor ity is not left without chance or fair play. She might even back up her point by reaching back into history to name a couple of statesmen who first recognized this necessity or at least, who first voiced it. But what the teacher does not say is that the min ority will remain a minority in a state which has the geographical make-up that Nebraska has because the majority of legislators do not want to be selected in any other way and are satisfied with their self preserved roles and their dictatorial power to main tain the status-quo. Those who subscribe to legislative selection based upon population can always say, after all, the same number of people are l>eing presented with the same number of legislators, and ask how much fairer you van be. Apparently their thinking stops there. But equality based upon principals which do not recognize or will not permit change or even chance for change cannot serve the minority. The government which prides itself on this type of ‘equality’ cannot be called democratic but is a dic tatorship of the minority at the hands of a majority. If this is the type of government the eastern legis lators want, perhaps the jackrabbits have just as much right to be represented as people. 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. _| Frontiers Ago 3* YEARS A(.0 Memorial Day services in 1909 were well attended despite the rainy dav The old soldiers present were: M Slattery Samuel Bea vers. Jake Ernst. E 11 Thomp son, John Skirving, W. E. McRo hert., Benjamin Sanders and Bar ney Jones.The local high school boys added another pelt to their belt by winning a signal vic tory over Ainsworth, the liest all home hall teams in the state. Fourteen of Ainsworth's gladi ators fell victims to Hugh Clement Coyne's deceptive curves as a pit cher.The graduation class of the O’Neill Public school was the largest ever graduated from that school. It contained fif teen members, nine boys and six young ladies.John Hunt was called to his old home at Winona, Minn , to attend the funer al of his brother-in-law. Tho m a s Burke.Everett Whitcomb and Miss Eva Thompson of Amelin were granted a marriage license on June 1 by Judge Malone. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gallagher left for a visit with relatives at Buffa lo, N.Y, and Scranton. Pa. The regular spring term of the district court convened in the city June 1 with Judge Westover on the bench and J. D. Scott reporter T. J. Coyne and Stephen McGinnis I wrere selected a s bailiffs. . . J Death: John Larson, 83, father of the Larson boys of Paddock town ship and for many years a resi dent of Holt county. >0 YEARS AGO The city erected a band stand on the lots owned by the county north of the A & R service station and the first concert was given Satur day evening, June 3, 1939. ... A j demonstration team from the Page Poultry Club won the right to rep resent Nebraska in international competition in Cleveland, Ohio at the Worlds Poultry Congress. . . . Miss Ruth Leach, O’Neill was one of 65 seniors granted a degree at the 50th annual commencement exercises at Nebraska Wesleyan university. . . . The Council Oak Store in O'Neill had meat adver tised in the June 1, 1939 issue of The Frontier: Round, Sirloin, Porterhouse and Short Cut steak for 29c a pound; Spare ribs, 11c per pound; Beef Roasts 15c and 18c per pound and Bacon Squares, 11c per pound. ... In 1939 there were 33 4-H cluhs organized in Holt county with a total membership of 279. The Emmet Elkhorn Val ley Feeder Calf Club with P. W. McGinnis of Emmet as leader, had the largest enrollment of any club in the county having a mem bership of 20. . . . State Auditor Ray C. Johnson wrote a letter to The Frontier which was published June 1, 1939 regarding a recent audit of the offices of the Holt county officials and commending them for the neatness and com pleteness of their records. . . . Deaths: George F. Kivett, 79, of Inman; Mrs. Stella L. Friday, 53, Inman; Mrs. Hans Storjohann, 77, of Spencer; Emmett A. Harmon, 35, O’Neill, a prominent young attorney; Mrs. John McCaffery, 53, was instantly killed when an oil truck in which she was riding overturned rounding the corner at Danceland while coming to O’Neill. 10 YEARS AGO Rev. Wayne A. Hall accepted a pastoral call from the Assembly of God church in O'Neill. . . . Earl Medcalf, Chambers farmer, met with an accident when the tractor he was driving overturned and pin ned him beneath it. . . . Married: Miss Joan Calkins and Walter Spangler. . . . Lee Wells, west of Redbird, hooked a 9Vfc pound cat fish in the Niobrara river. . . . Birth: Linda Sue, born May 25, 1949 to Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Park er, O'Neill. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes, Page, observed their gold en wedding anniversary. . . . Mrs. Robb Ailmore spent a night at the Mr. and Mrs. William Fryrear home west of Amelia on her cross country ride from Bucklin, Kans., to the White Horse ranch in west ern Boyd county. . . . Clarence Hicks took 18 altar boys of St. Pat rick’s Catholic church to a dinner and also wiener-marshmallow roast at Hidden Paradise. . . . Mrs. Roy D. Johnson was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower at the home of Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr. . . . Married: Miss Eunice Chudomelka, Inman and Dean Stucky, at Hast ings. . . . Deaths: Mrs. Arthur Waldman, 61, wife of an Amelia carpenter. . . . Donors to the St. Anthony’s hospital building fund stopped daily in increasing num bers to boost the push for a min imum of 46 thousand dollar med ical center. FTVE YEARS AGO Rev. Basil M. Price, S.J., son of Mr and Mrs. Ernest G. Price, O’Neill was ordained into the prist hood of the Roman Catholic church on June 16, 1954 at St. Mary’s col lege, St Mary’s, Kans. . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Wells, O'Neill celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. . . . The O’Neill Rockets kicked up their heels in the second round of play in the North Central Nebras ka day and night league subduing Stuart’. 17-6. . . . Married: Janet Alene Christensen and Reginald B. Pinkerman, at Spencer; Miss Max ine Bauer, Ewing and Dewayne Borg, O’Neill at Ewing; Miss Pa tricia Carson and Ernest H. Durre, jr. at O’Neill. ... 238 persons at tended the fourth annual Page high school alumni banquet. . . . Eight nuns from St. Mary’s acad emy have been given new assign ments. . . . Death: Minnie C. Gam el, 56, Page, widow of the late Harvey Gamel, at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk, fol lowing an automobile accident near Venus. . . . Nearly 500 per sons toured the municipal swim ming pool during open house. . . . The U S. Senate confirmed the ap pointment of Ira H. Moss for post master of O’Neill. . . . Pfc. Ralph H. Lindberg was assigned duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. Controversy at Pen Continues This Week CAPITAL NEWS By Melv in Paul Stalehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN Attention has again | i t>een focused on the state peniten I tiary, after a 4-year dearth of con troversy at the institution The ruckus lvegan when Gov. Ralph G. Brooks demanded the re- I signal ion of Warden Joseph Bovey j from the post he has held since I April. 1955 The job pays $550 per j I month, plus food and shelter. Brooks alleged mismanagement j of the institution, but the Board of Control said it investigated state- j meats of the governor and its find ings "indicate that the governor’s I statement is insufficient to war- j rant the discharge of the warden." Bovey resigned after a week of controversy and charges by the j governor's office. The warden said the governor, who is chairman of the state Board j of Panions, and the warden must ; work in "close relationship.” In view of thai and the present "situation," Bovey said, he in sisted the board accept Ids re signation. The board unanimously agreed j that the charges of the governor iwere insufficient to warrant dis j missal of the warden. Vice Chair man Charles Leeman said. Deputy Warden John Greenholtz was immediately named acting warden and Bovey was given per mission to remain in the warden’s residence until July 1. After a long meeting attended by the hoard, Robert Conrad, ad ministrative assistant to Gov. Brooks, who is recuperating from a light stroke, and Bovey, three terse statements were handed out. One was Bovey's another the , board's and the third was under the name of the governor. The governor's statement said: "I have conferred with the Board of Control relative to my statement about the penitentiary. I recognize their administrative authority in such matters and I am confident that they have been prompt and fair.” Billboard Ban A bill to ban billboards on right of-way of the Interstate Highway was killed by a legislative com mittee. The measure, LB 714 which had the support of Gov. Ralph G. Brooks, bit the dust after a pub lic hearing by the Legislature's Banking, Commerce and Insurance committee. Sen. Joe T. Vosoba of Wilber introduced the legislation at the request of the governor. Another sponsor was Sen. Harold Stryker of Rising City. Vosoba said the bill was de signed to take advantage of bo nus offered by the federal govern ment which would have been In the vicinity of $1 million. Outdoor advertising people, and Max Towle, a Lincoln attorney re presenting outdoor advertising in terests, opposed the bill. Towle said about 20 states had already re jected similar legislation. One of the main proponents was former Gov. Robert Crosby, who said he would like to see “just one highway in Nebraska not cluttered up with billboards so the public can look at the rolling landscape.” Brooks Conference Gov. Ralph G. Brooks held his second news conference since suf fering a light stroke April 17. He appeared fit and had gained about 5 pounds, he said. The governor showed no evidence of a paralysis of the left side of his face, and moved his right arm -weakened by the stroke—easily. However, it is known the gover nor has difficulty walking any dis tance because of a weakened right leg. His left foot has been braced since early in his cam paten. The right leg was weakened by the stroke. But the governor says he goes up and down stairs. Water Pollution A tentative plan has been okayed by the State Water Pollution Con trol Council. The plan is designed to encour age large up-stream towns to take the lead in a 7-year program of stream pollution abatement. T. A. Filipi, state sanitation en gineer, said planning is going ahead on the assumption that Ne braska will get $688,000 in federal aid for the 1960 fiscal year. In seven yeads, he added, Ne braska’s pollution problem could be pretty well under control. The federal government foots 30 percent of control projects, and communities the remaining 70 percent. Filipi said applications for 1960 funds can be received no later than July 15 of this ytar. Politics The Republican party is looking for a new state chairman to re place Richard E. Spelts Jr., of Grand Island, who says he plans to resign as soon as a successor can be found. The Democrats, meanwhile, have j been busy in rebuttal to charges - ■ -- : LAMB BANK LOANS M J FARM ] NODS iow cost .. long mm Borrow wM rmiMmib ■atltaal Farm Laaa An*i LYLE P. DIERKS, SECRETARY TREASTRER Phon* 91, O’Neill • | d * * *.* « ♦ of State Sen. Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff. a Republican who is believed to be lining up for a try at governor. Carpenter charged 'X'moeratie Gov. Ralph G. Brooks is a ''pup pet” whose strings are pulled by Bernard Boyle of Omaha, national committeeman, and former com mitteeman James Quigley of Val entine. Bruoks attacked Carpenter, as did Boyle. Commented the gover nor about Carpenter: "I still love him. If it weren’t for him we wouldn’t have any fun.” Brand Inspection Up Over One Year Ago Inspection records released by the Nebraska Brand Committee show an increase on cattle in spection in April 1959 as compar ed to receipts of one year ago. Direct shipments increased 12,905 head during the month of April while the sale rings showed a gain of 31.888. The two terminal mar kets at Omaha and Sioux City were up 2,251 and 161 head re spectively. During the month, a total of 1775 head were held for proof of ownership. Seven estray cases were settled and proceeds paid to the rightful owners and in addition, proceeds of $300.35 on two case were directed to the school funds of thn rountips vvhon* the estrays originated. Floyd Beezley and E. E. Bailey, investigators for "the committee, had four court cases and fines totaling $200.00 and costs were imposed by the county judges. The Nebraska Stockgrowcrs As sociation is now offering a $500 00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a cattle thief who steals from any of the members of their organiza tion. It is the desire of the Ne braska Brand Committee to co operate with all agencies and associations to help curb cattle theft. In line with this, the com mittee at present is publishing a list of all no brand calves sold at the various sale rings in the brand area of Nebraska. This list is published monthly in the N e b r a ska Cattleman magazine, official publication of the Ne braska Stockgrowcrs Association. With the cooperation of the cattle people and state associations, the Nebraska Brand Committee feels that cattle theft can thus be maintained at a minimum. Social Security A representative of the Norfolk social security office will be in the assembly room (basement) of the courthouse in O'Neill from 9:30 a m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday. June 10. A person reaching retirement age tins year and expecting to earn $1200 or less is urged to ap ply for social security benefits about a month before his birthday. Area Farmers to Help With 1959 Crop Survey Several thousand Nebraska far mers will be asked to help in the June 1 surv eys on farm crops ami livestock in the state and nation. The mid-year survey of crop acre age and livestock numbers will be made during the period of May 20 to June 3, A V. Nordquist, j State Agricultural Statistician an nounced today. Tin* information from the sue- j vey on the number of acres plant- | ed to corn, sorghum, wits, soy- | beans, and other crops will pro v ide the basis for the monthly esti mates of crop production during [ the 1959 growing season. In the j same way, the reports on livestock will be used in estimating the call, crop spring ami prospective fall pig crops, milk and egg production information which is used by far- I mers and ranchers in making their marketing plans. Rural mail carriers and their jvostmasters will cooperate in se- * leeting farmers to receive the I blank forms for the livestock sur vey. "We hope," said Mr. Nordquist. "that every farmer and rancher who receives a blank form ask ing questions about his crop ! acreages and livestock and, poul- I try numbers will take a few min- | utes to fill out the form accur- ! ately and put it In his mailbox, j The more reports we get, and the j more carefully they are filled out, the better we can make these esti- | mates of crop and livestock pro- ! duction.” (mini Iiiu DiMiiMiHl Victory Inns and gals beef club held a meeting May, 24 at the George Kick home. Six members were present ami two aksent. We discussed the factors irn portant to goixl feeding, The se lection and mixing of rations and the essential nutrients in feeds Each member told akxit some experience they had had in tlie last month while working with their calves. Each member is to give a re l*ort on some livestock disease at the next meeting. Kathy Kick, reporter Orville W. Banks In Weapons Matches FORT RILEY. KAN Sergeant First Class Orville W. Banks son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Banks, O' Neill. recently participated in the Fifth Army rifle and pistol match es at Fort Riley, Kan, Sergeant Banks, a tank com mander m Troop B. of the 1st In fantry Division's 4th Cavalry at Fort Riley, entered the Army in 1954) and was Iasi stationed in Greenland. The 25-year-old soldier, whose wife Marilyn, lives in Manhattan, Kan, attended O'Neill High School. Paul Shierk INS! RANGE AGENCY O'NEILL. NEBR. Insurance of All Kinds AT AUCTION Wednesday, June 10 — 2.30 P.M. REMINGTON ARMS MOTEL Ainsworth, Nebraska This Is one of the best Motel’s on U.8. 20 lit way, the Yellowstone and ftlaek Hills Route. There are 20 unite, 1« single and 3 doubles and t two room unit, 2 units have tub baths, balance showers, all in ceramic tile. Heat is hot water from central heating unit with circulating pump. The furnishings are high grade and com plete in every way. Telephones in all rooms and 13 rooms air conditioned. 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