THE FRONTIER. O'NrUI. N>bra<»Va, Thursday. July 1«. 1M»
Prairieland Talk
Irrigation Hang Over
By RO MAINE SAUNDERS. 4110 South 51st St., Lincoln 6, Nebr.
Some of trie modems now stepping about on the
prairies of Holt county propose to wet the growing
com and beans by pumping water. The Irrigation i
dea is a hang over or revival from the past. The
first citizens of this section of prairieland thought
irrigation was the making of the country and had
plans to open an irrigation ditch from the lakes in
Cherry county on down across Holt. Heavy rains
dampened the idea. Grass robed as the prairie is. it
was discovered that this is cow country. A forgot
ten generation aspired to great things- artesian
wells, factories, brick yards, packing plants, flour
mills, and even coal mines. Pat Bibbons, who had
holed up with his family where The Frontier editor
now parks to perform his editorial duties, had start
ed to dig in his hack yard. Cbal mines were in the
talk of the day, so some jokester dumped chunks of
coal where Gibbons hart oeen digging and covered
the coal with dirt while Pat slept. Then when he
went out and liegan to dig again he struck the coal,
raised up and shouted to his wife "We are rich; we
have a coal mine " But somewhat depressed later,
Pat returned to his job as section hand down on the
railroad.
It was a hot week in July 58 years ago. The Sunday
schools of Holt county sent delegates to their annual
convention held in O'Neill. Some few
over forty delegates were pre
sent but others interested in
Sunday Schools listened in and
looked on. Rev. Mr. Rominger
gave the opening address. Del
egates reported interest and pro
gress in their communities in
Sunday school work. Officers
of the county association ol
Sunday Schools were elected, T.
A. Moss of Amelia president.
Charles Phelps, Page, vice pre
sident. secretary Blancn Adams .
of O'Neill, and treasurer E. H. Saunders
Benedict of O’Neill. Mrs. l-ena Peck of Atkinson
and A. T. Carson of Ewing were selected to super
vise certain features of Sunday School work.
• • •
Mrs. Orme assures me that she will be a can
didate for another term in the state legislature.
She will no doubt be re-elected. Senator Frank
Nelson is back home again in overalls pulling weeds
and bringing in the wood for Mrs. Nelson. But Frank,
too doubtless will try another swing at the State
house job and I shall look for him at the next ses
sion But for now he may look out upon the green
robed landscape at his ranch in picturesque northern
Holt county and when the Old Settlers picnic comes
off next month, join in pretending to be one of them.
I don't know how many of the 400 new laws to regu
late the conduct of Nebraskans Senator Frank or
Senator Fern helped to put through, or opposed, but
trust they both have conscience clear and void of
offense
The death of John Kennedy lays another in the
abode of the dead who had serves with this writer
on the election board down in Swan precinct. Two
others that served as judge of election dowm there in
Swan preceded Mr. Kennedy in death, Jessie James
and Rafe Shaw, and two remain down there that
were on the election board in my day, Howard
Berry and Art Doolittle. And Mr. Moss, another pi
oneer of southern Holt county, has been layed a
way in the graveyard. The aged pass away, babies
are bom to continue this march from the cradle to
the grave.
• • •
Four score years had left their wrinkles on his
brow and touched the auburn hair above that brow
with the marks of time, slowed his manly stride. But
soul and mind, for young, expand and grow to ab
sorb the things most enduring.
• * •
The automobile was then something of an exper
iment. We rolled along the prairie trail gayly with
a self-satisfied attitude toward the world about as
much as to say, Look at us! Then boastful pride and
exalted self-achievement received a jolt—we were
stuck in a little puddle of water and mud. Along
came a cowpuncher his bay gelding on the cow-horse
trot. The rider tossed us the end of his lasso rope
which we tied to a front bumper. The puncher snub
ed his end of the lasso to his saddle horn, and out
of the mud and water rolled our outfit pulled to dry
"terra firma" by the lone cowboy's mount.
* * A
I have seen the ocean waves as they beat upon
the shore. I have stood where mountain peaks rise
high where eagles soar. But these are not robed in
beauty as is the open prairie when day begins to
dawn and holds the admiring eye until the shades
of the night are drawn.
• • •
He was said to be the richest man in Kansas,
his name Garvey and at the age of 66 met his end
on the trails of travel. Highways are no respectors
of persons—aged, youth, childhood, rich or the have
nothings have all the same chance of crack-up or
safety on our highways. The ancients incased them
selves in armor when on the hunt or warpath.
Maybe some sort of armor can be made to crawl
into when taking off on the highways and land you
safely at journey’s end.
* • •
September 26 is some distance away. We may
not travel that far; but if so, the annual gathering
of our State Historical Society members at Hotel
Comhusker in Lincoln holds a lure. Prof. John Hicks
of the University of California will be present to
address the gathering.
• • •
Yes we can all smile and be pleasant, as life
moves on with a song. But some one has said that
the fellow worth while is the one who can smile
when everything goes dead wrong.
Editorial
Water--A Yardstick
In the Stuart Advocate last week there was in
cluded an observation of the newspaper’s fine editor
publisher on the short supply of water in O’Neill
and the abundance of it in Stuart
By cutting the water rates in half in Stuart, the
council has a right to expect to see greener lawns,
more beautiful flowers and all the community pride
and satisfaction that goes with them.
Whether or not this will be the result (all other
factors eliminated) will depend upon how much
personal effort the townspeople will exert since
making water available at half the cost doesn’t
make people more energetic and willing to drag
hoses unless they believed the water rates were too
high in the first place.
But before one community is contrasted with
another- particularly where civic improvement is
concerned—you must realize that the shortage of
these facilities is a far more healthy sign than the
abundance of them in most cases.
Growth is the magic word. And the use of water
is, according to the best statitldans, one of the best
indicators of population growth. As communities
increase in size, so does the retail level, and the
economic health. And If you do not have these in
creases, you will never have those many green
towns and pretty flowers that become so important
to a community.
We do not wish to imply that money alone makes
the green lawn. But the kind of people who have
the leisure time to make certain their lawns are
something to be proud of. will, more often than not,
be the same people who are the most concerned
with the economic and social health of their com
munity.
In other words, we believe -taking the average
borne owner- those who have the greenest lawns
also buy the most shoes, the most new suits, the
most new cars, the most retail goods. There are
exceptions, of course.
Sure, O'Neill has s water shortage. O’Neill is
growing and has a few growing pains.
And so what if we do need a new well and a new
pump? The improvements will pay for themselves
In ways that we cannot now even imagine. Every
2b3he FnomfB
JAMES CTAMPKMt, Ce-PuhHsher
JERRY MBISCHK, Editor
Tenns of Sabseripttna: to Nebraska, >2.50 per
year; elsewhere in the UWtad States. >3 per year;
rates abroad provided van request An subscriptions
payable in advance.
Entered at the piiVdEna in O'Neill. Holt coun
ty, Nebraska, as seccnd-dnas mail matter under the
Act at Congress of Man* S» W». This newspaper is
a member of the Nefanofes Frees Association. Nation
al Editorial Association an* Audit Bureau of
Circulations.
time one new family moves to town an increase of
tens of thousands of gallons of water will be con
sumed.
Every time a new air-conditioner—also a good
economic health indicator—is introduced in town,
thousands more gallons will be used.
Every time a new business moves to town more
water is used. As our way-of-life is made better,
the more water we use.
It is far better for a community to be short of
water and be doing something about it than to have
an abundance of it and with no particular reason
to believe that the day to day supply will not
diminish-the indicator of social and economic
growth.
Why Not, Indeed?
(Ord Quiz)
Why not do it in Valley county?
Why not establish turkey raising and processing
in our region? That’s the question occuring to me
while reading about the marvellously successful
growth of turkey marketing in Minnesota; (only
California does more with turkeys).
Beginning a few years ago, Minnesota turkey
factories are now a big money business, and new
processes are putting on the menu such unusual
treats as turkey burgers, turkey sausage, meat loaf,
and baloney made of turkey, quarter-turkey roasts,
turkey soup, in addition to all the commonly frozen
types of ready-to-use birds.
The turkey steaks are served nearly every day
in restaurants in this state, a thick, inviting cut of
white meat about a third of an inch thick. Since they
are high in protein, low in fat, and easy for troubled
stomachs to digest, as well as simple to prepare, the
welcome for them is great.
But nearly 80 percent of the market continues to
be found between Christmas and New Year's, and
the turkey growers want to teach housewives to
think of turkey for meals throughout all 12 months.
Women have shown that they do not wish to buy
the whole bird, necessarily, and the cut-up fryers
are selling faster and faster. Gone are the days
when turkey meant only a large, whole roasted
bird, as the easy-to-fix pieces of a small six or
eight pound bird prove to be tender and easy and
quick to fry.
Turkeys like quiet. They like the open spaces.
They spook easy, so it is best to raise them several
hundred yards from roads and residences. They
use a shelter or perch at night . . . heck, I don’t
know about them . . . but don’t they sound like a j
crop we could concentrate on to our own advantage?
If we don't get a shot in the arm here, with some
new interests, we may fold up and blow away!
In 18 Minnesota towns turkeys have brought
$60,000,000 worth of processing business. Hatching
and all the allied lines mean a $100,000,000 business
in this state. Nebraska could use this kind of money.
In the modem processing not a thing is wasted.
The heads and feet and viscera go into mink food.
Even the feathers are processed into a protein food
supplement.
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F rontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
John Horiskey was carrying Un
cle Sam's mail bag to and from
the station and "talking as much
as ever", between trains.An
item appealing in the July 15, 1909
issue of The Frontier, in the Kola
items read as follows: By the time
these items reach the press we
will be greeting our neighbors and
saying “Hello” over the phone
. . . Miss Bea McCafferty went to
Butte, Mont, where she spent a cou
ple months visiting relatives. . . .
Col. Neil Brennan's new residence
progressed rapidly under the ac
tive swing of saws and hammers
. . .Jas. B. Ryan and William
Froelich attended a horse sale in
Omaha. . . -Shady O’Neill, Hugh
McKenna's fast little pacer, won
first place money in the 2:19 race
at Auburn. The purse was 5400
.The following is a Redbird
item as seen in the Lynch journal
in 1909: J. A. Pinkerman won first
place in the foot race at Dorsey
the 4th. S. J. Halstead, second.
This was the old man’s race, any
one over 90 years eligible to en
ter. J. A's early experience in Holt
County stood the test. . . .Death:
I R. Smith died on the Black Hills
train near Long Pine.
20 YEARS AGO
The District 4-H club camp hold
at Hidden Paradise in Long Pine
planned at attendance of at least
25 boys and girls, members of the
Holt county 4-H clubs.Warren
Hall, Burnell, was in O’Neill vis
iting his mother, Mrs. Georgia
Raceley. . . .Little Genevieve Jones
fell and broke both bones in her
arm.Will Harvey finished
plastering the new house on the
Will Kaczor place and also re
built the chimney on the old house
. . .Births: A son to Mr. and Mrs
A. L. Borg at the O’Neill General
Hospital: A daughter Mary Su
zan. to Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Nally.John Lee Baker en
tertained sixteen of his young
friends at a birthday party at his
home.Married: Francis Cur
ran and Miss Dorothy Ott. O’Neill
.The new filling station be
ing erected by Ed Chudomelka on
the highway northwest of Inman
i is rapidly nearing completion. Mr.
Chudomelka will handle the Stand
ard products and do all kind of re
pairing.Misses Mary Lois and
Margaret Hammond visited a few
days in Omaha before going to
Denver. Colo, where they planned
to spend two weeks visiting their
aunts. Misses Mayme, Kathryn and
Rose Grady. Deaths: Joe David
Barnes, 2 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Art Barnes; O. W. Wittchen,
drowned in Criss’ Lake northwest
of Stuart when the boat he was im
capsized throwing him into the wa*
ter.
10 YEARS AGO
Last minute preparations were
made in readiness of the St. Anth
ony’s hospital benefit all star game
to be played here. . . Mrs. Anna
Davidson, O’Neill was selected as
the "Nebraska Auxiliary Mother
of 1949’’. . . .Among the newly
elected directors of the Niobrara
river basin project from the O’Neill
region were John F. Dick, O'Neill,
Walter Ries, Atkinson and Car
roll (Cal) Stew'art, O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle cele
brated their silver wedding anni
versary. . . Fourteen Holt coun
ty veterans made applications for
on the farm training. . .James
(Jim) Harty. 34 was appointed
manager of Osborne's Shoe Store
here.Mrs. J. W. Walter was
reelected president of the Cham
Tiers American Legion Auxiliary
. . . .Deaths. Harold Kaup, 15,
Stuart, died from a skull fracture
as a result of a fall from a horse;
John Wright Hitchcock. 72, Atkin
son.
5 YEARS Atill
The O'Neill city officials have
placed into effect a schedule for
consuming water for any purposes
other than household uses, due to
the excessive heat which has been
bearing down on the city, the water
supply is being rationed. . . .Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Whetham, Lynch, cel
ebrated their 50th wedding anniver
sary. All but two of their children
were present, also 22 grandchil
dren. . .Pvt. Rolland Closson com
pleted basic training at Ft. Leon
ard Wood, Mo.Married: Ma
ry Joan Jarman. Chambers and
James Anthony Ringel, Omaha. . .
. . .Chester J. Staples, 18 year-old
Butte youth, drowned in the lake at
the state recreation park west of
Atkinson. . . .Elgin Ray, manager
of the Spelts Ray Lumber Com
pany here, was elected comman
der of Simonson post 93, Ameri
can Legion, succeeding John C.
Watson. . .Deaths: Miss Hyldred
Joyce McKim, 31, O'Neill died fol
lowing several years of illness;
Mrs Hannah Idela Dalton, 88,
O'Neill, died after a 12 year ill
ness; Mrs. Elsie Mary Karr, 83,
retired Atkinson farm woman; Wil
liam J. Harris, 88, Ewing.
beautyland
Beauty Salmi
Phone 565 for appointment
Located aeroea street from
bakery. Closed every Monday
moraine.
Money To Loan!
Household Goods, Perianal
Property, Oars, Tracks,
HARRINGTON
Loan and Investment
Company
low asms
CAPITOL NEWS
Lively
Politics
Expected
By Melvin Paul
Statehouse Correspondent
The Nebraska Press Association
UNOOLN Nebraskans can look !
to some lively politicking between!
now and the I960 elections.
From the preliminaries, which!
began the minute Gov Ralph G.
Brooks—first Democratic governor
in 18 years in Nebraska stepped
into the chief executive's suite in
the Capitol, the game will be
rough.
It may well be a year of the
roughest mud-slinging in many a
moon in the Cornhusker state.
Stinging exchanges have taken
place between Sen. Terry Carpen
ter of Scottsbluff and Brooks
Neither is at a loss for words, ;
even when not engaging in politi
cal maneuvers.
Carpenter has been considered
a prime Republican candidate for
governor and even many long-time
GOP members say Carpenter will
be tough to beat in the party pri
mary.
The fussing in Nebraska, once
again a two-party state after 18
years, may not quit with the gen
eral election in 1960.
If the Democrats hang on to
their foothold in the statehouse, or
spread into new areas, the Repu
blicans will be hard at them with
renewed vigor.
On the other hand, if the GOP
gets back into the Capitol, the
Democrats will go sailing out of
statehouse posts like the Republi
cans are being booted out now.
Some observers look for a re
newed drive in the counties to
get more Democrats to run for
the legislature, even though
members are elected on non
political tickets.
There were 31 Republicans out
of the 43 senators serving in the
1959 session the most political in
the 22-year history of the non
partisan Unicameral.
In 1958, the Republicans made
a determined effort to elect party
emebers to the senate. Some of
those elected were designed to cut
down Carpenter on the floor but
this job was not done very effec
tively.
Brooks was hampered in the
Legislature on major programs by
the Republican bloc.
The governor did not miss the
opportunity to "lay it on the line”
in his final message to the law
makers before they adjourned.
Said the chief executive: "There
were many divergent expressions
of opinion in the painstaking pro
cedure of providing constructive
legislation for our people.”
Some of these, conceded the go
vernor, were the result of diverse
philosophies.
But, he added, others were on
the "sole ground of partisan .poli
tics” And, in cases where politics
were involved, the "best interests”
of the people of the state were
submerged, the governor conclud
ed.
As a result of the renewed sta
tus of two-party politics in Ne
braska the usual "summertime
lull” in the Capitol may not be
present.
Instead, the summer heat may
be accentuated by that from the
potential office seekers.
urwvrj I iiwrivcu
They are going to preserve for
posterity the oratory of state sena
tors in floor speeches.
That is, if the next session of
the Legislature decides to adopt
rules put into effect by the last
group of lawmakers.
A rules change was approved
calling for recording all debates
on the floor. Now, this Is not
done, and senators argued that
the fact debate Is not taken
down has hampered courts hi
determining intent of the Legis
lature where ambiguous bills
are concerned.
Clerk Hugo Srb will have the
job of finding out exactly what
method should be employed.
There are microphones in the
legislative chamber and Srb is toy
ing with the idea of hooking a tape
recorder to the speaking system,
thus doing away with the necessity
of a shorthand reporter taking
down the millions of spoken words.
It was suggested that a tape re
corder would be less expensive
than having a stenographer take
shorthand, then type up a tran
script of proceedings.
Srb says he is going to carry
the problem to a national meeting
of clerks of the Legislature
throughout the country and see
what they can come up with
Senators emphasized they did
not want an elaborate setup like
the Congressional Record where
debate is printed at considerable
expense.
Srb says he will use discretion
in coming up with a suggestion
for the next Legislature.
Blood TjVO
A step is going to be taken by
A1 Scissors, State Motor Vehicle
Director, that could save lives of
those involved in automobile ac
cidents.
ScisHors state* a space will be
made on drivers’ licenses where
motorists can write dowpi their
blood type.
This could be used in an emer
gency for giving of blood to ser
iously injured persons.
The suggestion was made by
State Sen. A. A. Fenske of Sunol
New Tillage Tool
Seen in Midwest
The land leveler—a tillage tool
imported from the irrigated fields
of the West—is literally carving &
name for itself in Midwestern far
ming.
Atcually the machine is much
more than a leveler, says an arti
cle in the July Issue of Successful
Farming magazine. The most po
pular use is a regular tillage tod,
which works down ground, fills in
wet spots, builds terraces and wa
terways, and improves surface
drainage.
The secret of the leveler is that
its working blade puts clods into
a churning motion, grinding them
together and working them down
The fine dirt sifts to the bottom,
and is discharged under the blade,
and the remaining clods keep
turning until worked fine.
Deposit of fine dirt in this man
ner is possible because of the ma
chine's principle of operation ac
cording to the magazine. The main
weight is carried by the front and
rear so that the blade pressure
and cutting depth can be adjusted
to do the desired job. When ad
justed for working down ground
the blade carries enough earth to
work clods continuously, then de
posit fine dirt.
TIPS ON FREEZING
Your "winter garden" from the
freezer can give fresh summer fla
vor if you take steps to maintain
the original quality of the vegeta
bles.
An article in the July issue of
Successful Farming magazine says
to blanch, chill rapidly, and pack
age your vegetables for best quali
ty in freezing.
Handle asparagus, snap beans,
lima beans, and peas quickly from
the garden to freezer. Discard
tough, overmature, or damaged
parts, and snap or shell before
freezing. Blanch lli minutes in
lx>iling water, or 3 minutes in live
steam. Plunge the vegetables in
to ice water; cool, and package.
For sweet cut corn, first husk,
silk, wash, and trim the ears,
then blanch on the cob for 11 -
minutes. Cut then cool the corn.
For sweet com-on-tho cob. follow
the same steps, extending the
blanching time to 6 to 8 minutes,
and omit cutting, the magazine
says.
Blind Intersections
Major Accident Cause
Blind intersections on rural roads
are the major cause of automobile
and truck accidents, according to
an article in July Successful Far
ming magazine. About one out of
ten deaths on highways occur at
rural intersections on secondary
roads, and about half are during
the growing months, July through
October. Cornfields, weeds, brush,
and trees all contribute to the high
accident rate on secondary roads.
Key problem at these intersec
tions is rapidly growing corn, says
the magazine. When fields are
planted up to corners, motorists
cannot see approaching vehicles
from other roads in the intersec
tion.
‘‘Topping" corn at the corners
of these fields has been a major
solution in one state. Stalks were
clipped 100 to 175 feet l>ack from
the corners on each field, for us
ibility on all four sides
Agronomists agree there is lit
tle loss in production from "top
ping." As soon as the stalks form
ears, tliey can tie clipped off a few
inches above the ears. This pro
vides an open view on intersec- ,
tions. yet lets the ears complete
near-to-normal development.
In some areas, farmers are be
ing urged to plant smaller crops
in the corner of fields, and to
clear trees and brush, says the
magazine.
tXM>IA HOUS Q( l( kl,\
Contrary to the old wolf stories,
a straw house is just the thing for
pigs these day Successful Farm
ing magazine reports that a straw
roof is ideal for keeping hogs cool
and in gixxi appetite during the
hot summer months
Tests at the University of Cali
fornia reveal that straw-shaded
pigs gain was about l 35 to 1 75
pounds a day. substantially more
than gains for the next best shel
ter matrial
Straw shades can bo built in any
width and length, says the ma
gazine Stretch chicken wire across
2-by-3-inch cross hoards, within
the framework of the shelter. Stack
straw about one foot deep, cover
ing with another layer at wire.
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Where Your Dollar Buys More!
THIS WEEK SPECIALS:
Hi Lass Cattle Fattner ..ton $58.00
80% Corn Wafers. ton $58.00
18% Chick Grower Crumbles. 100 lbs. $4.25
32% Concentrate Pellets . 100 lbs. $5.00
16% Complete Hi-Energy Egg Ration, cwt. $3.50
Cracked Corn . 100 lbs. $2.60
K-D Ranger Blocks. each $2.75
11% Calf-Creep with antibiotic.Ton $68.00
Tankage. 100 lbs. $6.00
Meat Scraps. 100 lbs. $6.00
Bran . 100 lbs. $2.60
40% Hog Supplement. 100 lbs. $4.50
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WHEN BETTER FEEDS ARE MADE . . .
ROGERS WILL MAKE ’EM !
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