Prairieland Talk
"The Dough Goes"
By HO MAINE SAUNDfcrtS, 4110 sooth bu«t 5t-, Uncoin 6. Nebr,
High living costs. High income, a pay check of
many dollars, takes them all to pay living costa.
Low cost of living a half century and more ago,
low income that went to pay the low living costs
Hig pay or little pay, that thing
we call living emits has a hand
out to take it all. It was in 1888,
I then a young fellow went to
work for Jim Higgs in the old
Frontier shop, a ten-hour day
six days a week and two or
three hours at night a night or
two each week. Pay? Five dol
lars a week. And living costs
took the five, as living costs
have ever taken the most of
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man s earnings. Then in the
90 s I was in business employing Saunders
helpers; and they got their living costs week by
Week whether I did or not. High living costs—
whether high or low your dough goes just the same.
• • •
A Lincoln couple, husband and wife with whom
I am acquainted, were called to South Dakota be
cause of a shooting involving a relative of the Lin
coln couple. The unworthy husband of the Lincoln
man's near relative and a lustful dame said to be a
school teacher who hart two kids from two husbands
are in custody of authorities, because the evil fe
male genus shot her paramour's lawful wife. Not a
very good shot at that, the victim still lives after
being shot five times.
• • •
Via the bond route taxpayers of the school dis
trict down at Seward go in debt $800,000 to build a
high school edifice for the youth of the community
. . . Former Governor Val Peterson, now in federal
diplomatic service says U. S. prestage is at an all
time high level in Denmark . . . The parents of a
little one down at Plninview sorrow because their
little one was drowned ... A friend of Prairieland
Talker who manages a printing plant here in the
Capital City is minus three fingers, an electric saw
got them.
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From day to day, weather permitting, he sits on
a seat accommodating three at a time, out in the
open facing a busy street. He has nothing of this
world's goods, no visable means of support, but
can tell you just what is wrong with the country
and the "big shots” running it. Aged beyond work.
Just over the street and up a flight of 21 steps sits
another aged one, crippled all his life and gets
ahoul on cratches. He has much, bonds, cash and
property. Not critical of others, enjoys life and has
spiritual vision. Two citizens representing two ele
ments of society that goes to make up the world in
which we abide.
As you walked abroad in the open country the
past summer what did you see and hear, here and
there a mud puddle, here and there just drifting
sand, the hiss of a snake, the howl of the coyote?
Or did you see the landscape rot ed in velvet green,
the blooming roses and hear the song of birds? Now
this November day do you see the beauty in autumn
colors adorning our prairieland. Open the eye to
the recesses of your soul to behold the beauty of
life all about!
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Four girls and two boys in the automobile down
at Omaha trying their hand at speeding along. Three
girls and two toys dead, one girl still living. How
come? A tree as trees for ever will did not get out
of the way of that on coming group of joy riders.
* • •
Rain, gloom and cold winds closed the door on
bright autumn days of October. Now November and
overcoat time has come.
• • •
Crazy, insane so once known. Now a gentler way
to speak of the unfortunate, mentally ill. In the long
ago they said, he hath a devil. But in that long ago
one could say, "Come out of him." And that wild,
insane person was free again. Rarely today does
one committed to the abode of the insane come out
mentally sound again. There are three state dir
ected and supported institutions in Nebraska for
the care of the mentally ill.
• • •
Going down Fourth street and crossing over
Everett street I came to the office of another native
son of the O’Neill community, R. H. Parker, his of
fice just next door to the hotel building that has
stood on that corner since about the year 1880. Mr.
Parker buys, sells and loans money on real estate.
He was born in the home of his parents near the
Elkhorn river just southeast of town and informed
m? he owns the place of his birth, though I happen
to know that he makes his home with his life’s
companion in a beautiful cottage a block away from
his office. I had known Mr. Parker’s father, also
his grandfather who was one of the earliest of the
pioneers of the community. On south from Mr.
Parker's office, on south across the railroad tracks
and to the Northwestern—what now. Friend Parker
ventured to inform me there was one of those dis
penseries of the stuff that first cheers then makes
a fool and often a brute out of those who soak it up.
As I have survived a long life having yet my first
drink to take I sometimes stand outside and look
in to see a staggering fool or two go to it. Down
south Fourth street were many worth while com
munity enterprises in years now gone, but not there
today the sidewalks hardly safe to travel over. Mr.
Parker and the hotel, two of the communities best
along lower Fourth street still going strong.
Editorial
Who Really Won?
The hullaballoo of election is (lying to a rumble
. . . and as the cries of defeated candidates slowly
die away in the distance we hear the crowing of
■winners. And along with the winners’ chortles—
comes tin? supporters of winners with palms out
stretched.
Many of these supporters will get appointive
jobs on state and national levels in bureaus, depart
ments, divisions, commissions, agencies, sections,
services or wtiat-have-you. Most of these jobs will
bo little more than gratuities designed to express
monetary thanks from the winners and produce
further drains on the public pot.
Some unseated candidates will lie given the
same treatment because “good ol' John was a faith
ful supporter of all my give-away programs."
Each of our Congressmen and Senators needs
assistance to handle the many duties we taxpayers
dmand of them once they art' in Washington. These
are not the jobs of which we speak.
We are referring here to the obsecure posts
created in the multiplicity of government offices
that seem to be designed solely for the purpose of
compounding confusion and increasing the budget.
Meanwhile—back at the ranch—John Q. Public
slaves away, pouring more of his money into taxes
to support non-essential activities such as research
on the effects of salt spray on igneous rocks of the
pre-Cambrian era, or publications of pamphlets de
signed to teach beginning tatting or advance rail
splitting.
No matter who wins the election, it is the tax
payer who loses, and will continue to lose, until he
stands up on his hind legs and snarls long and loud
at his elected representatives in seclusion in
Washington.
Thank goodness we see little of this nepotism
and pork-barrel-ing in local government. Perhaps
it is because our local officials are too close to
the man who pays the bills . . . perhaps it is be
cause we have a different type person in local of
fices . . . perhaps it is because the local officers
are also local taxpayers and only slightly removed
from the status of private citizens. At any rate—we
can l>e happy such a condition exists.
With our representation in Washington it is a
different matter. We see them rarely, we can com
municate by mail or telegram—but we don't and
any one economy-minded individual in Federal
government stands little chance of accomplishing
reductions in spending when representatives from
the other 49 states can out-number, out-vote, out
finagle and out-deal him.
Nebraska has long been noted as an economy
minded state. Witness the fact that it still has no
sales or income tax and citizens here pay far less
tax per capita than in most states.
But- when it comes to a question of Federal
legislation, hand-outs or creation of another post for
a good political supporter, we can do little except
dig a little deeper to find money to finance Santa
Claus.
Until we—all the people of these United States
-band together to keep government expenses at a
minimum, we will be required to pay more and
more each year for our government.
A Real Danger
Too many people today either refuse to recog
ni7C or lose sight of the many factors that together
make America stronger than ever before.
It is an old truism that bad news has a habit
of getting more attention than good news. There is
a real danger of forgetting- if only momentarily—
how sound our country really is, how great its ac
complishments are and how dynamic its future will
lie.
No one denies that there are flaws to be found
in America ond the American economy, and that
many problems are yet to be completely solved.
But this is no reason for selling the country short—
or for allowing us to te blinded to the enormous
strides that have been made in bettering the materi
al well-being of our people, and the still greater
strides the future promises.
Joe Missed a Lot From Life Recently
The Neligh Leader
Thanksgiving wasn’t much fun for Joe. And he
looked forward to Christmas with a certain under
standable sadness. The mere thought of putting up
the Christmas tree made him tremble. The thought
of another turkey to carve brought beads of sweat
to his forehead.
It wasn’t always this way. Once Joe looked for
ward to holidays with great happiness. He enjoyed
them, and loved sharing the extra holiday chores
with his family.
But Joe enjoyed everything more in those days.
He enjoyed his work, his family, his leisure time—
everything was easier, more fun.
That was before his accident. That was when
he had both hands.
Now—well, it was almost impossible to carve
a turkey with only one hand. And fishing isn’t any
fun when you must depend on another to bait your
hook.
Everything wa§ more difficult now. Even the
most routine things were a nightmare. The days
were filled with hour upon hour of wasted time in
lighting cigarettes or shining his shoes or a hundred
other little jobs he formerly did without thinking.
“What a shame," thought Joe, “That I didn't
take an extra few seconds to turn off that picker.”
BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher
BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
Upon request of the members
of the Holt county tar Judge Har
rington has adjourned the regular
term of district court which was
called to convene in this city
upon November 15, until January
9 , . . Walter V'. Oliver and Miss
Fern Gordon both of O’Ne il were
married by county judge Malone
at the county court room last
Monday . . . Arthur Ryan left
for St. Joseph. Mo., last Tuesday
afternoon to spend a few days
visiting relatives . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Cowperthwaite re
turned last Monday evening from
Excelsior Springs. Mo., where
they had b:en spending a few
day's with Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Cowperthwaite . . . F. J. Dishner
went down to Omaha Tuesday
. . . Rep. H. A. Allen was dowm
from Atkinson last Wednesday
wearing the smile that won’t
come off.
25 YEARS AGO
The electors of Ilolt county
decided at the polls last Tuesday
that they wanted a new' court
house for Holt county. A very
good vote was polled for a special
election, 4,549 electors going to
the polls . . . The first of the
w:ek Charles Richardson sold
his building on lower Fourth
street to the Putnam Implement
company. The store will be man
aged by L. D. Putnam, formerly
of Gregory, S. D. . . . Cliff
Bridges of the corner filling sta
tion and a traveling Chevrolet
salesman, drove over north on
Monday afternoon to see the big
balloon They were about a mile
away when the balloon landed
and say it was a very pretty
sight . . • Donald Mitchell re
ceived cuts and bruises when
knocked from his wheel by a
car . . . Deaths: James H. Me
Pharlin, 67, died on his way to
town Sunday morning; Judge Ro
bert Baker, former resident of
this county, died at his home in
Ainsworth; M. J. Dailey d;ed in
Salt Uake Citv. Utah Tuesday.
10 YEARS AGO
O’Neill’s Frank Nelson, a far
mer north of here, was returned
to his Twenty-eighth district seat
in the unicameral legislature in
Tuesday’s balloting in the four
county district . . . Leo Tomjack
holds a 31-vote edge over A. B.
Hubbard in the H0I1 county
sheriff’s race . . . O’Neill report
ed snowfall last Thursday after
noon, November 2—first in the
state . . . O’Neill’s Don Calkins
scored touchdowns on runs of 70,
50 and 3 yards to lead the Eagles
in a 26-0 win over Valentine Fri
day night at Valentine . . . Had
Friday night’s St. Mary’s-Spald
ing academy game lasted another
minute the outcome might have
been different. But. St. Mary’s
26-point lead withstood a strong
second half bid and the Cardinals
won 26-24 . . . A. E. Bowen went
to Norfolk Wednesday, Nov. 1
to attend a Lion’s meeting. Mr.
Bowen is now the Deputy Dis
trict Governor . . . I-eo T. Adams,
president of the Chambers State
lank, has sold his stock in the
eornoration and he will retire
from the bank.
5 YEARS AGO
The O’Neill high school seniors
will present a three-act comedy
farce. “Let Me Out of Here,"
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
the high school auditorium . . .
Knights of Columbus council 701
of O’Neill and council 3720 of
Butte, Spencer and Lynch con
ferred degrees on candidates
Sundav at O'Neill ... Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Marcellus of Stuart
held open house for friends and
relatives on their 50th wsdding
anniversary at their home Sun
day, November 6 ... A veterans
day gridiron classic, featuring
the undefeated Ewing high school
Tigers and the rugged class B
Gordon Broncos, has been can
celled . . . Twenty-seven Nebras
ka 4-H club members, including
Robert Beelaert of Page, have
been named winners of trips to
the National club congress in
Chicago ... All roads will lead
to Chambers Friday, Nov. 11, for
the Veterans Day celebration.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
■
50 YEARS AGO
The editor is limping around
today having taken a header
from the I. O. O. F. stairs caused
by a defective railing. Dr. Col
man took an inventory of us and
found the damage to consist of a
broken 4x4 of the stairs not us,
about 8 square inches of cuticile
gone from us, not the stairs (we
carry proof of this fact right
with us) and many bruises on
both us and the stairway. Colman
patched us up all right but says
he’ll be darned if he will doctor
that stairway . . . Rex Grimes
held the lucky number that drew
Fall Planting
FLOWER BULBS
Tulips
Hyacinths
Crocus
Daffodils
Narcissus
Grape Hyacinths
4 to 15 Bulbs per package
66c per pack
PATTON’S
BEN FRANKLIN
O'Neill, Nebraska
I
a fine fur coat In Chamber*
Tuesday . . . About forty-five
guests were most royally enter
tained at the home of Mrs.
George Anderson in Amelia last
Friday . . . Mrs. Roy Fluckey of
Omaha who with her children
have been visiting at the Fluckey
home in Chambers, left here on
the stage Tuesday for 0'N?ill
where she will visit her brother.
15 YEARS AGO
Chambers people witnessed
landing of the Strato Balloon
which reached a record altitude
of 74.000 feet. C. F Gillette, Otto
Greenstreet. Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Tibbets and Mr. and Mrs. Chet
Fees, drove to the scene of land
ing ... At the annual meeting
of the South Fork Fair assn.,
held Saturday afternoon at Rich
ard's Cafe, Carl Lambert and
Lloyd Gleed were reelected to the
board of directors and Henry
Wood was elected to take the
place of George Row’se, who has
moved out of the county. E. A
Farrier was elected General
Superintendent and Henry Wood
elected as sports manager . . .
Monday Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Minahan and daughter were com
ing in on No. 95 from the east
in their new' V-8 sedan and
Grandpa John Ott?r and Roy Hil
liard were coming on to highway
95 when they were in collision.
"The I
EDITOR"!
We see now where hi-fi record
ings of actual sounds of an oper
ating rocket engine is one
method that the manufacturer
uses to insure rocket reliability
and performance.
The tape recordings are made
and then played back to an ex
tremely sensitive shake table
where components under deve
lopment get virtually the same
“shakes” they would receive at
tached to a Ki>cket engine fir
ing at. full thrust.
We shudder to think what’s in
store for us if these records are
ever released to the nation’s disc
jockeys. “Just Me and You in
Oar Little U2” may soon be list
ed in the “Top Ten.”
—BJR—
We pass this story on to you
as it was told to us. You be
the judge. It seems that this
fellow was walking through a
grove of trees when a rattle
snake struck at him. missed and
and hit a small pine tree. In
a matter of minutes the pine
swelled up so large that when
the sawmill cut it down the
next day the wood from it was
enough to build a house com
plete with garage. The problem
now arises that when it rains
the rain washes some of the
poison out of the wood and (he
house shrinks. Every time it
rains the family has to sleep
next door at the neighbors so
they won’t get trapped in the
house.
In case you’ve ever wondered,
your eyes move up, down and
sideways some 36,000,003 times a
year and you blink some 84,COO,0(0
times.
A Poem
From Mrs. Eby ...
—Memory. Treasures and—
Scrapbooks
I have a well slacked storeroom
Us a memory storehouse of
mine.
Tnat s filled with all the trea
sures, all the happiness I
could find,
I ve gathcYed them with plea
sure, tho‘ years pass they re
main like new.
So anytime I want them they arc
reauy there in view.
Gathered fiom many places, are
me th ngs of beauty and hap
piness in this room;
But any time I’m lonely, or my
mind is full i f gloom,
I go into my treasure house and
enjoy my memory store ur.t 1 I
feel so cheerful I go out and
gather more.
Then there's my scrapbooks
they’re tried and true, these
friends of mine
And always el se at hand, ne
glected they may be for days
yet patiently they stand.
I turn to them for company,
these frinds I love so well
They counsel, comfort, or amuse
arid weave a magic spell.
Old or new, plain or fair, 1
never mind their looks;
They’11 be my comrades through
the years, my shelves of favor
ite books.
(Selected)
Homemakers
Corner...
By Catherine Indra
Home Extension Agent
This week let’s take a look at
Home Economics. The reason—
it’s National Home Economics
Week.
This is an opportune time to
look at the opportunities open to
girls and boys carcerwise in
home ec.
WHAT DO THEY DO—They
combine an interest in food, in
clothes, in household equipment,
in children and in families, with
opportunities for many kinds of
work. Home Economists present
radio or TV programs on home
making subjects. They write and
they teach. They are interior
decorators, research workers,
home extension agents, full time
homemakers.
WHERE DO THEY WORK
Home Economists work in the
country, in small towns, in cit
ies. You find them here in the
United States or abroad. They
work in schools, department
stores, hospitals, magazine and
newspaper offices, business firms
public utility companies, test
kitchens, in the Armed Services.
By far, Home Economists find
full- time homemaking the most
challenging career. Training in
this field is perfect preparation
for marriage and full time home
making—or a combination of ca
reer and homemaking.
WHAT DOES “HOME EC” IN
CLUDE—It includes the subjects
associated with homemaking and
family living, housing, fo; d, cloth
ing, family relationships, child
development, interior decoration
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;o You Know Your Neighbor?
Know Your Neighbor" i. not a contest There are noprtje, given
correctly identifying the person Poured The only reward
si action of knowing your neighbor
w
Last week's guess who was A. J. Snyder, Holt county Farm and
Home Development agent.
This week’s guess who is a man we know you’ve heard of even if
you haven’t met him.
home management, budgeting and
spending, household equipment,
and many others are covered in
home making.
WHAT DU CAREERS IN
CLUDE—Home Economists are
employed as teachers on all lev
els of education: business home
economists in commercial com
panies; Extension Service work
ers in rural and urban areas;
research worker, managers of
dining halls, dietitions in hospit
als and eating places, advisers
consultants, and counselors in
welfare and health agencies.
OPPORTUNITIES—The field is
wide open—salaries are gcxxl
The demand is much greater
than the supply. Homemaking and
a career can be easily combined.
Compensations are many—the
greatest of which is probably the
satisfaction of helping others live
happier lives.
ARE YOU INTERESTED—Ask
us for more information or con
tact any home economist in the
county. She will be happy to tell
you all about her career as a
home economist, either as a
homemaker or a professionai.
ATTENTION
O'NEILL AREA
MEN WOMEN
Industrial prospects who may be interested in locating in O'Neill must know
how many persons within driving distance of O'Neill would be interested in
working in a factory here. This survey is conducted at the request of the
state New Industries Commission. j
If you are interested and will be available cut out the form below, fill it in and
mail it today to the address listed.
I All Replies Will Be Kept Confidential and must be returned
by November 15, 1960
I AM INTERESTED IN FULL TIME WORK IN O'NEILL
Mr.
NAME Mrs.
Miss
Age .... Highest Grade of School Completed.
Are You Working Now?.What Is Your Present or Last
Job?.
Miles From O'Neill.
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Your Address.
MAIL AT ONCE TO: O'Neill Chamberof Commerce
Box 487
O'Neill, Nebraska
