Prairieland Talk "Six Weeks Til Frost" By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South Si*t St., Lincoln 6. Nebr We shook hands and had a few minutes to gether this morning, two old timers that knew Holt county in earlier times. My friend. Dr Johnson, now a practicing physician of many years experience as a young man lived in the In man community acquired hit life's companion in that charm ing spot of Holt county prairie land His wife being a sister of Mrs Claude Hancock, mother of Holt's capable county treasurer Claude and Mrs. Hancock were at the Johnson home here in Lincoln during the recent illness of the doctor's wife but he In formed me that Claude and his Homalne wife had folded their tent like the Arabs and silently stole away 8*an er* to their home in Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Johnson has passed the four score period of life, is still active in medical circles and goes to his downtown office daily. • • • Another summer month now past. September is here again as we march along the road that leads to winter and then days to come leading to the winter of life. Warm and frequent rains, good grow ing weather, conditions unusually favorable for starting another winter wheat crop. And my guess is that Melvin and Marvin Meals up south of Atkin son have their many tons of hay not just in stacks but in bales for shipment. And Tom Baker down near Amelia has dug up the dough to pay for having the ranch hay meadows mowed and put into stacks for his herd of Short Horns another season. Maybe Howard Berry ran beef herds on his extensive meadows this season and has no hay stacks to worry about. And Rancher Ray Bly his season's ranch work done will one day be getting out those tax schedules to get about and assess the patriots of southwest Holt. • • • A Nebraska youth shot and killed by the owner of a few ripening watermelons who should be dealt with on a charge of murder. A melon worth more than a human life! Had I caught that prairie wolf fifty years ago as It was going after one of the best melons in my garden there may have been a dead coyote. Oddly enough a wolf never goes after an un ripe melon but always the best one on the vines . . . She is on the job at 4:30 six days a week and sticks to it until 4:30 in the afternoon, the grocery clerk where I get my fresh fruit, one of the best in the business here in Lincoln, no equal since the days of Flo Bently at her grocery counter on east Douglas street in O’Neill . . . His father asks that he might take his son’s place in that prison over in Russia. A devoted Dad indeed. The first Katiedid told us the evening of August 30 that it will be six weeks until frost. Sweat a while yet. • • • The great and the small that once were part of the O’Neill picture are here no more. M P. Kinkaid was one of the greatest. Dave Sulkerk one of the no bodies. The building where Kinkaid holed up still stands at Fourth and Douglas streets. I no not what has become of the Sulkerk house that stood 70 years ago on Fremont street between First and Second streets. There still stands a house at the eastern end of Douglas street where the seven members of the Mann family holed up 75 years ago. The Meredith home at First and Everett streets is still there, as is also the Corbet house on south First street. The Lowrie home on Everett street between Second and Third streets still stands. And O'Neill’s early day hotel at Fourth and •Everett streets is still there, a home for a few superanuated has been. Yes, the great and the nobodies of long ago are no more, a few buildings of those time remain and the soil beneath your feet is there as it was when General O'Neill, his wife, his son Johnnie and daughter Kitty walked about where your four ward notable town now serves a great community. * • • The song of prairie birds the human ear delights to hoar. Brings a smile to grouchey lips, checks the flow of sorrowing tears. The far flung open land scape robed in summer green, its lovely beauty the choicest of nature’s scene. The green beneath, the blue above arouses in us an admiring love. Shall we bow the head and whisper a prayer to that Guiding Hand that leads us every where. And as we pass a fellow traveler coming our way give him a smile and a pleasant word to cheer him as he travels life’s highway. • • • Our Governor Brooks is a sick man, much under the watchful eye of nurse and doctor. The two candi lates for president of our country, one a crippled leg, the other an affected throat. Yes, the great among us are as U and I, made of flesh and bones that at times grunts and groans. • • • It is known as a State Fair. Fair or unfair it draws the crowds. Something to go to, things to be seen, amusement and the races. It was reported that on the second day of the 1960 State Fair, 97,000 citi zens attended the fair. Races, not the horse races that we had in A1 Heilemans and Ed Tierney’s day at the O’Neill county fair but race mad guys at the steering wheel of an automobile whirling like mad around the track. Cattle, horses and other creatures from the prairie farms are on display in large numbers that many go to see. * * * Hot?—Sit in the shade. Cold?—Turn on the heat. Editorial Is it Impossible? County and state fairs are in progress all over the mid-west. The last big family event of the sum mer will now be followed by gathering in the crops and then, for most farm families, comes winter, with chores and the job of getting the kids to and from school. In spite of a wet. late spring, some flooding and some drought, the harvest is bountiful. The fair grounds swarm with prosperous, well fed men, wo men and children. Well fed to the point of a national over-weight problem. No one here needs to be in need of plenty of good food -it is to be had for money or in case of neces sity, for free. We could, and do enjoy this blessing. However, there may be humane and intelligent people who are unhappy in this state of abundance for ourselves because of the millions of people in cluding little children throughout the world who never know what it means to have food enough to satisfy their hunger. The farmers here are a wonderful group—ready and capable to produce food if only they could be free to do so. Instead they are shamed and insulted by subsi dies and the sight of good grain rotting in storage bins. Both jKilitical parties are whooping up farm pro grams based on the assumption that all the Ameri can farmer asks is a bigger and bigger hand-out. That is no way to put across the idea that what is needed is a better marketing plan and world wide distribution of food. A bureaucrat with a load of heavy complicated farm machinery is of small use in a backward, un tillable country. Surely the problem of distributing this surplus shouldn't be an impossible one to solve. Maybe we are dreaming an impossible altruism but our vote will go to the man who restores the fanners dignity by putting his surplus food into hungry mouths in stead of government grain bins. As For Lobbying Indiana Publisher The words “lobbying” and “lobbyist” have al ways carried a somewhat sinister meaning in the mind of the average individual. Why this is so has never been clearly or satisfactorily explained. As a matter of fact, every person who exercises any thinking for or against legislative proposals in Con gress or in the state legislatures is a lobbyist whether the thinking goes no further than just that or takes the form of writing a letter to a lawmaker to ex press an opinion on some proposed law. Undoubtedly, the impression that lobbying is something evil and sinful stems from the methods which have been and are often pursued by those who profess to be lobbyists but in truth are charlatans. These methods include bribery, girlie parties, liquor orgies, lavish spending and costly gifts for those they set out to influence. It is their sneaking and underhanded designs that have given a bad name to an activity that is an inalienable right of every citi zen. and which should be encouraged rather than retarded by government. When the Internal Revenue Service adopted a regulation last December prohibiting deduction for income tax purposes of money spent for the purpose of influencing legislation affecting the business of the taxpayer it played into the hands of those who purposely or inadvertently would deny the right of citizens to express their opinion. Granted that this is a strong accusation and would be disputed by IRS it cannot be denied that the regulation originated from a small group in government which has con sistently advocated public ownership of power facili ties and has just as consistently be-rated advertising as being an economic impediment. Thus, the regula tion curbs the possibility for citizens to lobby and at the same time swats advertising media if citizens resort to open and decent lobbying in the form of advertising. If the regulation was intended to add revenue to the coffers of the U. S. Treasury it might serve some justifiable end even though the means employes is questionable in implying that citizens who lobby for ar against legislation affecting their business are in the category of charlatans. Or if the lawmakers at state and national levels clamped a gag on lobbying by bureaucrats within the government because of its costly burden on taxpayers, the smell of the regulation would be less malodorous. Indiana news papers will recall the spectacle of public welfare workers and personnel on the public payroll who spent days and weeks in the legislative halls during the 1951 session of the state legislature lobbying against the bill which opened welfare records to public inspection. What the IRS regulation does is to say to citizens, be they individuals or corporations: “While the law permits you to deduct for income tax purposes all ordinary and necessary business expenses, if those expenses involve expressing your opinion on legisla tion that might ruin your business, it will cost you through the prohibition against deducting such ex penses.” What the regulation does not say is: "You yould be foolish to spend money on advertising to express your opinions on legislation, even though proposed law might put you out of business and you consider it necessary business expense for your survival, because you cannot deduct the expense of the advertising. You should realize that you cannot cope with the lobbying by those in official positions, so why try?” Regardless of the impression which some folks have of lobbying it represents a form of freedom that should not be imperiled by the exercise of queer philosophies such as appear to be the basis for the IRS regulation that is a deterrent to lobbying. The best way to clean up lobbying of the corrupt type, whether in or out of government circles, is for every citizen to become a lobbyist. JAMES CHAMPION. Co-Publisher BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year, rate abroad provided upon request. All subscrip tions payable in advance. Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt coun ty, Nebraska, as second-class mall 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. Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO J B. Mellor has been selected a member at the jury at the next term at the United States Circuit court which wiU be held at Nor folk on September 19.. P J. Frttchoff of Celia was an O’Neill visitor last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs Fntchoff returned two weeks ago from Sweden where they had spent the past eight months vis iting relatives and friends in the land of their birth .. ,T. B. Harrison, one of the pioneers of the Black Bird coun try, sold his farm near Meek to Eric Berg and will move to this city to make his future home He thinks he will move to this city to make his future home. He thinks he will like O'Neill’s colony of retired fanners.. Stephen Mc Ginnis returned last Sunday morn ing from Cody, Wyoming, where he spent the past three months visiting at the home of his son R. J. Steve .. Dewitt Derby hnd a narrow escape from getting ser iously hurt last Monday, when he fell from a load of baled hay. The team being a little frighten ed began to run, the front wheel of the wagon running over his foot. He is unable to work for a few days. 25 YEARS AGO Everything is in readiness for the great O’Neill Free Day, which is next Wednesday, and if ycu want to spend a delightful day and witness some splendid enter tainment, do not fail to come here that day and be the guest of the business and professional men of O’Neill. . .Mrs. C. C. Marr of Walthill, Nebr. is the winner of sored by the Nebraska Farm Bur eau Federation during the state fair. Mrs. Marr was formerly Helen Sauser of O’Neill. . .Wed nesday evening about fifty auto loads of O’Neill people, headed by the High School band and Mayor John Kersenbrock, drove to Stuart to attend the annual fall festival held in that thriving little city. . Helen Cleary became the bride of John Turner Tuesday, September 10, at Emmet with Fa ther Byrne officiating. . .Frank Nelson returned last Thursday night from a week’s visit with relatives in Omaha. 10 YEARS AGO In a scene that was reminiscent of 1917 and 1940, 9 Holt county draftees boarded a bus here at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and headed off to a new war. Members of the group were: Ernest H. Darre, jr. of Ewing; Emil Junior Adamson of O’Neill; Maynard G. Morrow of O’Neill; Francis Laveme Moore of Atkinson; Richard M. 9chmit of Atkinson; Oran W. Long of O’Neill; Edwin J. Nacht man of Amelia and Bruce Van Ostrand of Ewing, Joel Birming ham of Atkinson was to join the group at Fort Crook. . .:TWo Amel ia youths, Donald Withers and Donald Fullerton, captured a pur ple ribbon award and were judged the best demonstration team at the Nebraska state fair in Lincoln last week. . .At least 3 groups will have representatives at the next council to urge installation of traffic signals in behalf of safety for 850 O’Neill school children. . . Workmen are making steady pro gress on the 30-thousand dollar Memorial Baptist church in Cham bers to be dedicated to the mem ory of the late Jennie Clare Adams, a missionary nurse who was executed by Japanese sold iers on December 29, 1943. . 5 YEARS AGO Mrs. Earl Eppenbaugh of O’ Neill has been announced the win ner of a freezer in Admiral’s "count the circles” contest. . . Charles E. Chace, Atkinson attor ney, Monday was elevated from vice- commander to commander of District XI of the Nebraska de partment of the American Legion ... An enthusiastic group of member- workers of the O’Neill Community Concert association at tended a banquet at the Knights f _ 1.__ i _ 11 « _3_ n _ v-vyffomu/uo nau, juhuuj', ucfr tember 11, to launch the 1955-’56 membership drive for this area. . . Mrs. 0. Ross was elected president of the Holt county extension coun cil at its fall meeting Tuesday, September 13. . Dr. L. A. Bur gess was honored Monday by the North Nebraska Dental asso ciation at its annual meeting held in Norfolk. . .Mrs. G. Owen “Bud” Cole of Emmet defeated Mrs. A. P Jaszkowiak of O’Neill to win the women’s golf tourney at the O’Neill Country dub. The title match was Sunday. Bus Schedule Leave Sioux City 11.30 a.m. Arrive O’Neill 3:30 p.m. Leave O’Neill 3:45 p.m. Arrive Sioux City 7:15 pm. Leave Winner 6:00 a.m. Arrive O'Neill 9:00 a.m. Leave O’Neill 9:30 a.m. Arrive Omaha 3:50 p.m. Return Leave Omaha 8:30 a.m. Leave Norfolk 12:30 p.m. Arrive O’Neill 3:00 p.m. Leave O'Neill 4:00 p.m. Arrive Winner 7:15 p.m. Leave Valentine 9:10 a.m. Arrive O’Neill 12:15 p.m. Leave O'Neill 12:25 p.m. Arrive Grand Island 4:05 p.m. Leave Grand Island 4:05 p.m. Arrive Omaha 7:45 p.m. Return Leave Omaha 7:45a.m. Arrive Grand Island 11:20 a.m. Leave Grand Island 12:30 p.m. Arrive O’Neill 4:00 p.m. Leave O'Neill 4:15 p.m. Arrive Valentine 7:15 p.m. The Long Ago At Chambers S* YEARS AGO F, H Leonara left Monday for a trip through Kansas and Mis souri . The Chambers Band is playing at Sheridan today at the Kmkaid picnic . Purley is bunch ing cattie, getting ready to make another shipment. . Mrs. Rose MoGowen, wife of C. L. McGow en passed away last Tuesday... Mr. Jacob Springer who has been living «t Francis for some years has sold out and was in Cham bers Friday last bidding his many friends goodbye before starting for his future home at Platte, S.D. - Die carpenters are build ing some new buddings at the Fair grounds. Z5 YEARS AGO Miss Flora Grimes who is a nurse in the Queens Hospital in Honolulu and her sister, Mrs. Paui Gaiser of Lincoln have been visiting relatives and friends in Chambers since Sept 7th. . Mrs. Ed Porter called on Mrs. Arnie Mace Wednesday afternoon . . .At a beautiful ceremony Sunday eve ning at 7 o’clock Miss Beata Dan kert was united in marriage to Mr Arnold Lenz. . .Another fall wedding torfc (dace Saturday, Sept 14 at Bartlett when Miss Lucille Wright, eldest daughter of Mr. and M'S. Charles Wright, became the bride of Vernen E'kins, eldest son of Mr. Clyde Elkins, both of this community. . .Nine members of the Rebekah Lodge of Cham bers attended the District meeting at Page Tuesday, September 17 .Ezra H. Cooke passed this life September 11, 1935 at the Lu theran Hospital at Norfolk. Smoke from "Brandin' Iron" Crick By J. C. Fudd Things is pretty jumpy along the Orick this week. Folks has took to locking their doors and staying inside after the sun goes down. As much as they reason ably can. There’s a varmit loose in the neighborhood. Nobody knows what it rightly is. Nobody has seen it close enough to actually swear to, but there are them that have heard it, seen it’s tracks and got their own opinions. One thing everyone agrees on, it’s big, it’s savage and it’s a killer. Newt Bundy discovered it first. Went up to the steer pasture to take up some mineral after the last electric storm and found one of the steers (The little brindle one he bought off of Orley Hindi) deader than a melt and half eat up. Claims he went up close to see if it was lightning struck (on account of the insurance claim) and By Gravy, there was tracks big enough to make a grizzly bear jealous. Newt’s theory is, the critter was killed by lightning then this big cougar, he thinks it was, came in to fill up. Don’t know if the inSarance company will pay off yet or not. The next night, Tuesday, after Newt saw the tracks, Alex Goreys was coming home from the cattle sale kinda late. They stopped to open the gate. Mrs. Alex was sitting in the idiot’s seat but wouldn’t budge so Alex had to do the honors while the Mrs. slid over and drove through. They claim it was a good thing he did. He’d just got the gate laid flat when he saw something moving out of the corner of his eye. Looked as big as a box car and kinda striped or spotted. It gave off with the awfullest snarl and yowl, scared Mrs. Alex out of _ _ ru _ a_ _ I acvcu* jc cxio giunui. uuc 11 wmj/vu down on the gas and would have left Alex in a cloud of dust if he hadn’t caught hold otf the stock rack and swung up as she went by. He claims the thing clawed at him as they sailed past. (Probably just scared.) Otty Camber claims he saw it We