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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1960)
Prairieland Talk A Helping Hand By RQMA1NE SAUNDtrtS, 4110 South biat 5L, Lincoln 6, Nebr Groundhogs Day, Valentines Day this month of February'. Birthdays of two great Americans — Washington and Lincoln It was in the year 1732 that Washington was bom. died peacefully the last month of the last year of the century' *n which he was bom. Lincoln bom Feb. 12, 1827, childhood in a log cabin, a pov erty stricken home. Kmancipat ed the slaves and saved the na tion from a rebellion, died a victim of a murderer. Wash ington and Iincoln — their names live on. And with many of us the memory of the pio neers of Holt county lives on. mmmlae She came to the open prairies of Holt county in the long ago, Saunders bom 110 years ago in Pennsylvania, saw the falling stars in 1833, pioneered in two states, walked the prairies of Holt county and served her day as a pioneer housewife and mother: lies today in the abode of the dead, her birthday and her memory a sacred treasure to only one or two, a surviving son •»r daughter. One or two still here on the prairies if Holt county who experienced the struggles and privations of frontier life. Yes, Grandma Hull, now approaching her 105th birthday still lives north of O'Neill in the prairie home where she went as a bride more than four score years ago. One night >ut in the rain I met an aging man who spoke a I.. T . 1 a #1 nut unrlnrvfun/1 lint virith tl err Ji <* i rtl smile he offered me the shelter of his ample um brella. I looked up into his eyes and them I under stood He too had heard the tread of pioneers along life's highway anti wished to extend a helping hand. • • • If you desire your character to be finer, more >f a rejoicer and less of a whiner, then cut out the snarls and turn to smiles. • • • Crime and evil deeds get the headlines. Very little told of what the gotxl men do. Juvenile devil try and adult crooks. Hut there is much to be said af what the good men do. Crossing a snow and ice block street on my way to the uptown barber shop I fell. A young man approaching in his car got out and came to help me up and inquired if I was hurt, tait fortunately not. Then on over snow and ice to the sidewalks that had l>een clean'd of snow and ice to that barber chair. When the job was done that kindly barber offered to close shop and take me back to my holing up place, but a minister of the gospel about to get into his car took me in and on home. A groceryman proposed to do just that after he could get away for a few minutes. There are good guys today as always, ready to extend a aelptng hand. • • • Somewhere along the way in early life he reach ed a hand to take that which was anothers. One wrong act led to another. Now that young fellow from O'Neill is over west a mile or two from where my typewriter clicks out these lines, incarcerated where crime stained Nebraskans are kept to “sin no more". Lake a few others I had known up where the tall grass grows this young man got started on the criminal trail for reasons he alone can tell. But like some of the others I had known, there may rest with him a background of better things and after two years, under prison locks, can come out to live and do honestly and honorably. • • • Having been well fed she rests upon her bed. eyes closed in slumber and snoring like thunder. Now at four up to do a little more until time to stretch out again and snore. • • • Editor Jim informs us that no irrigation at the court house assembly room but out there on the open country where I was a prairie boy 75 years ago. Mike Carroll to the north of us, McTaggerts ind the Barnes household to the east, George Lath rup and the Bentley family to the south of us, Flo Bentley enough of homestead life then serving cus tomers in her store on east Douglas street. My father would go a calm day in September to his fruitful garden north of the homestead house and come in with a watermelon as big as a wash boiler. CJarden pnxiucts and potatoes such as only can be found around O’Neill, com and oats those days in the long ago, no irrigation only as a dark cloud came roaring out of the northwest and poured out a torent of rain. Father closed his eyes in death the summer of 1887, and no more watermelons. ) These days beef herds grow fat feeding on the grass that grows forever out there on the prairie. Let them have it. • • • It was in the days of populist political suprem acy in Nebraska. W. V. Allen of Madison was elect ed to the U. S. Senate. He got the floor and then the wise statesmen of the east snickered a bit, wondering what that jackass from the prairies of Nebraska could tell them. They found out. Our senator from Madison county poured it forth for ; a day and a half in eloquent oratory' as if touched ; with the fragrance and beauty of the prairie rose. The patriots of the east discovered that Nebraska had men of ability and soon a Nebraskan w'as a candidate for president. Editorial Honor for A Great Man some sou people uimeu oui sunnay to nonor a man who richly deserved the honor. Monsignor Timothy O'Sullivan sat silently while O'Neill dignataries sang his praises and told his life history — and what a history of service it is. No one could tell what he was thinking, but perhaps he was tracing his life from the time, as a young man in Ireland, he placed himself in the hands of Cod and embarked on his priestly voyage to Sunday afternoon when his flock turned out in numbers to honor him. Words cannot express his charity, his sincerity, his honesty and we will not attempt to do so here. But a great man was honored Sunday and we would like to offer our congratulations. Statements of Intent Needed Farmers and ranchers have been attending ir rigation meetings around the county and at these meetings they have been given statement of intent forms which they have been asked to sign. The importance of these statements cannot and should not be under rated. The whole project hinges directly on these statements. Gaining the "king's” ear is just as important today as it ever was at any time in history. With the statements, congressmen can be definitely informed as to the wishes of Holt county farmers concerning the project which these representatives will be asked to introduce to con gress. The statement of intent is not binding, does not require you to vote for the project later when you vill be asked to vote, or will it cost you more than the stamp needed to mail the statement to The Frontier or Dale Wilson. Whether you are for or against the project is also immaterial. The committee does want the state ments back though, signed or unsigned. In this manner the committee can tell which ranchers have been informed as to the possibilities of the project. The O’Neill irrigation project should be given a chance though. Unless enough interest is shown in irrigation the proposal will never be brought to a vote. Give the project a fair chance. Mail those state ments of intent today! Curtis Deserves Support Albion News Outside labor bosses, speaking a few weeks ago at a meeting in Lincoln sponsored by AFL-CIO, urged the people of Nebraska to defeat our U. S. Sen. Carl T. Curtis. The Lincoln meeting, elaborately staged by Labor's Committee on Political Education (COPE), opened what undoubtedly will *be a well-financed, highly-organized effort on the part of national labor bosses to defeat Senator Curtis. Why do these outside labor bosses come into Nebraska to plot the defeat of Senator Curtis9 How has he offended the Jimmie Hoffas and the Dave Becks of the labor movement? The News believes it’s because Carl Curtis has waged an effective, honest fight to protect the rights of the individual union member. Further, we be lieve it s Because tan vui us is lunutunciucuiy « sincere friend of the working man, and, even more imiwrtant, Carl Curtis has shown his friendship by helping to pass legislation which preserves the rights of the individual worker and which promises to cor rect the graft, corruption and un-democratic activ ities of the few labor bosses who have abused the union movement. Nebraskans have suffered farmers, small bus inessmen and ordinary citizens alike -from the ef fects of secondary boycotts and blackmail picket ing. We think the people of Nebraska have every reason to be grateful to Carl Curtis for his con structive efforts in the field of labor-management legislation. The people of Nebraska know where Carl Curtis stands on important issues. He believes in economy and practices what he preaches in the halls of Con gress. If ever we are to have a reduction in federal taxes it will come only as a result of the efforts of patriotic, knowledgeable, determined supporters of The News believes the people of Nebraska will pay more attention to Carl's record as a man who ?ets good things done than they will to the voices af outside labor bosses. Senator Curtis obtained passage of laws for insured loans for water and soil development. He supported the small watershed program. He intro duced legislation which led to the Missouri River Development. He obtained tax credit for soil con servation expenditures and for realistic deprecia tion on livestock and machinery. He backed rural electrification. He sponsored legislation for develop ing industrial uses of farm surpluses. The News feels the arrogant attempt by out side labor bosses to invade our state and dictate the election of a United States Senator for the state of Nebraska has removed this contest from a normal pattern of partisan politics. We believe the people of Nebraska- Republicans and Democrats alike—should and will vote for the return of Carl Curtis to the U. S. Senate. Frontier JAMES CHAMPION, Editor and Co-Publisher Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, J2.50 per year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; rates abroad provided upon request. All subscrip tions payable in advance. 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 news paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Asso ciation. National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. NATIONAL EDITORIAL | AS<p>C0iTl0N Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO One of our citizens has receiv ed a letter from a resident of Oshkosh, Wis., who is desirous to starting an electric light plant here, providing, a satisfactory franchise can be secured. Local parties are now corresponding with the genf.emen and something definite will be learned about the matter during the next few weeks . . . .Mrs. P A. Just came through with the mail on Tuesday, the day of that terrific wind. It blew so hard it picked up a pair of shoes, box and all out of the rig, landing them not tar from the road side, fortunately, she found them on the return trip. . . .Last week S. H Trussed purchased the Selah drug store building from A. Drzewiechi, consideration being $14<X). Mr. TrusseU contemplates erecting a brick structure, single story and eighty feet long as soon as thy weather will permit. 25 YEARS AGO The farm home on the farm of William Beha, which has been farmed by Laveme Thorson the past year, burned last Monday about noon. Mr. Thorson was away from home at the time and the fire was burning fiercely when discovered bv Mrs. Thorson. who ran to notify her neighbor, but before they returned the fire was beyond control. . . For the second time in its history St. Patrick's Parish, O'Neill, Nebras ka, has been honored in having its pastor raised to the dignity of a Domestic Prelate. The beautiful ceremonies of the Investiture of Rt. Rev. Msgr. John G. McNa mara took p.ace on Thursday morning, February 21, at 10 o' clock with His Excellency, Bishop Joseph F. Rummel presiding. . . The later part of last week Clark Hough found a nest of Black Widows in a head of cabbage in the basement of their cellar, lie j brought them up town and Art | King has them on exhibition in a i box in the corner drug store. 10 YEARS AGO Volunteer firemen battled for hours a blaze of undertermin ed~ origin that destroyed the O NeiVI Livestock Market. Flames broke shortly before 11 p.m. Sat urday and in a short time flames enveloped the frame structure. . . On Sunday evening. February 12. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Funk celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They received many gifts. Great strides have been made in conservation work in recent years, and Holt county, thanks to long range planning on the part of many of the farmers and ranchers. and to leadership provided by the Soil Conserbation Service, is one of the ranking counties in the western half of the United States in conservation progress. . • .Mrs. Henrietta Alida Woods, 90, who with her late husband, James T Woods, had the honor of helping found the town of Spencer, died Wednesday, February 15, in Oma ha. 5 YEARS AGO Miss Diane Baum will go to Nor folk today to enter the district American Legion oratorical con test. Miss Baum, a senior in Ewing high school, won first place in the local contest. . . .Blizzard conditions and snow-blocked roads contributed to the destruction of the D. W. Baah farm home near Atkinson by fire Sunday afternoon . . .The much talked about "mountain lion’’ that has beer roaming these parts for many months and has provoked lots of conjecture and specii.ation turns out to be a timber wolf. At least Kenneth Wettlaufer. Harold Free meyer and Kenneth Asher figure the’ wolf they bagged about 4:30 p.m. Monday is the culprit. . . Col. W. E. “Buv” Wanser on Sat urday, Feb. 26, will celebrate his 40th anniversary in the auction business. The first sale he ever cried was the Bill Nelson sale on the William Riege farm. Try The Frontier Want Ads — It Pays ! 1 ~1 Homemakers Corner... The miHm'nk m«*>t complete ly loot axe those spent In ted iiig sorry tor yourself or In think big of what might have been. - .Anonymous. Another week has rolled by and the days are getting longer but not much warmer. Most housewives these days are doing their sewing for the summer Then when gardening, taking care of litfie chickens, and house clean ing comes along they will have their sewing out of the way. Eggs, a product which brings the farmer a small amount of cash, has many uses when it comes to cooking and Ivaking. They are rated high tx>th as a health re- I quirement and a budget sheer. If eggs are kept at room tern- I perature their quality will deteri orate in three days, if stored in the refrigerator they will keep two weeks. When keeping left over egg , ydiks, place the yolk in a dish or cup and add enough cold water to cover. For leftover whites they may be put in a jar or dish and covered tighly and kept cold. During these winter months many 4-H clubs are meeting and starting on their years’ work These clubs, through the help of their 'leaders, have made many youngsters feel the joy and pride of ownership and exhibiting ani mals or of constructing or sew ing things that may be useful around the farm or home. These projects give the young sters the know-how in the fields of conservation, homemaking, ani mal husbandry, forestry, sewing baking and home decorating There are other projects which are indirectly rrtated to the main projects, such as, leadership and money management, just to men tion a few. CARAMEL CINNAMON MUFFINS Grease muffin pans, and into each eup put teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon brow-n sugar. Ratter: 2 cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder V> teaspoon cinnamon i/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk Z lanieSJKMHlN IIIUHCU am/i ICIIIMN Sift flour. baking powder, salt and cinnamon together. Beat egg add milk and shortening. Add brown sugar. Add egg mixture to flour, stirring only until flour is moistened. Fill prepared muffin nans 34 full. Bake in moderately hot oven (425 degrees F.l 20 minutes, or until done. Yield: 16 or 18 two-inch muffins. You may want a special recipe, idea or help, send me your questions and I will include it in the column and a reader may have just the answer you want. Send your queries to Mrs. Sarah Mieha elis, Box 155. Inman. Nebraska. I Chocolate Mint Parfait Very Popular Dessert Suggests Rex Stowell Ice cream is one of our most popular desserts, according to food surveys, especially when it is dressed up with an appropriate sauce. If you agree, here’s an ice cream sauce combination called Chocolate Mint Parfait which Rex StoweW, local route salesman of the Meadow Gold Dairy feels sure your family will enjoy. Beatrice Cooke, director of the company's Chicago test kitchens created the luscious marshmallow mint sauce for Meadow Gold newest Chocolate Bon Bon ice cream. Chocolate Mint Parfait (Four servings) Sauce V4 cup water Vt cup sugar 12 marshmallows 2 egg whites Peppermint extract Green food coloring Boi'i water and sugar slowly for 5 minutes. Add marshmallows and allow to stand until soft. Beat egg whites stiff, and slowly add j sirup drop by drop, beating con stantly. Add a few drops of pep- 1 permint extract anti tint a deli cate green. Let cool. To make parfaits, alternate layers of Chocolate Bon Bon ice cream and sauce in chilled parfait glasses. Top with whipped cream. 1 ■ 0 ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR HOT WATER?? t Then let us install a genuine Permaglas glass lined automatic GAS water heater. Engineered to save you big operating dollars year after year after year. And with a full-value guarantee to assure you years of trouble-free, dependable service. Pferma las' WATER HEATER Prices begin at less than $100 linUfV Most Liberal ll U W ! Trade Yet! This same appliance may be purchased through your favorite gas appliance dealer. For Dependable GAS Service O'Neill Locals “t Mr. and Mrs Marvin Strong • and family of Wahoo arrived Sum 1 day for a visit in the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Bob Stivng ami with other relatives .uid J friends TTiev returned home Tues- , day 5 Mrs Harold Hlain and sons 1 were Sumlay visitors in the home v f her brother and sister-in-law, Ir. and Mrs Walter Anson where ley also visited her mother, !rs. Willie Anson, who has been ll. Mr and Mrs, Vernon Beckwith mi family of Page. Mr. and Mrs truce Johnson ami Mr. and Mrs tul Claussen, all of O'Neill were undav afternoon visitors in the ome of Mr and Mi's. Guy Beck ’ith. Mi's W. J Biglin returned Mon day from Denver, Cblo, whore she \ isited her daughters, Mrs. John Fox Carroll and Mrs Don A. Borg and families. Mr and Mrs. Anthony Sindelar ami sons and his mother, Mrs, Catherine Sindelar of Norfolk wen? 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