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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1960)
P^aineland Talk "Asks About 'Home'" « Rv ROMA INF SAfVDf.rtS 4110 bi.i 4? Ijrw^ln H N*hr I learn from a recent letter from Homer Camp bell, a pioneer Holt county youth and a Frontier printer, that his latest published work, a small book dealing with some national untouched resources, has been called for by state and federal government officials and •iso copies sent to New York stall* officials. Homer was the kid expelled from O'Neill's one room schoolbouse at the town's western limits in '84 or '85 for something he was not guilty of. For many years Homer and Mrs. Campbell have been in Seattle, Wash , Mrs. Campbell being now a helpless, sick wo- „ , Romalne man. Homer s parents home steaded in Green Valley south Saunders of Stuart in early times and he asks me about that beauty spot In western Holt county. Well Old Pal, it is still the lovely valley you knew 80 years ago, still mix'd in summer in vilvet green, stately trees and quiet ranch homes, peaceful, law abiding citi zens and herds of those critters that go to make Nebraska the Beef State. • • • In and about the Capital City the earth is as summer left it this first day of December, not any snow. But out in the middle of the state and beyond considerable snow is reported. White Christmas is Hut lu Uu> rtf mumi eittlfine II hi In ntlmeo nenfnn ♦ n stand on their grass robed lawns and look out upon the deep blue sky where shines the unclouded sun. • • • An ad in this household journal comes out with the assurance that "All your dreams come true.” I hope not! • • * An interesting letter comes to me from St. Louis, Mo,, WTitten by Mrs. John A. Frenking, a daughter of that pioneer O'Neill couple, J. J. and Mrs. Mc Cafferty, and from the scholarly way the lady writes I see she is much like her father in literary matters, Mr, McCafferty being a fluent writer, printing many of his writeups in The Frontier. Mrs. Frenking pays her tribute to Prairieland Talker and goes so far as to add that this gent should be connected with the bigs ones in New York City. An O’Neill newspaper publisher of the long ago, John Mc Donough, went from his First National Bank base ment print shop to the New York Sun. However, Prairieland Talker sticks it out here. Mrs. Frenking is a sister of Mrs. John Melven, the only one of the McCafferty family still in O'Neill. Their father wrote a beautiful word picture of the Elkhorn river in the early 1880’s. In the 90 s one Ham Kautzman got out a sheet here in O'Neill called the Beacon Light. He stole McCafferty s glowing word picture and ran it in his sheet as his own production. Mrs. Frenking is happy that one of her political and reli gious faith is to be our president. 1961 and a full century since the North and the South w nt to war, the soldiers of the north, my father one of them, wearing the l lue, those of the south the grey Some of our Nebraska State His torical workers are working on plans to observe th? century date and call to mind what that con flict meant to the few on the Nebraska prairies, • • * It was in 1892 Arthur Coykendle took on the robe of “devil” in The Frontier print stop then located in the Millard building at what is now Fifth and Douglas street wh:re stands today a great building housing a modem food marketing center, Arthur had come to town with his parents from out in the country. He learned the printing l usiness, went from O'Neill, a country kid, to the gr?at city of Washington, D. C., and went to work in the government printing plant, may or may not be living today. His parents and sister, Alice, lived out their days in O'Neill. The Frontier's first printer lat?r became the publisher of three other papers: two other Frontier printers later became owners and publishers. And the remains of these three lie in the abode of th? dead up there at the northwest limit of O’Neill. Another Frontier printer ended his typographical career in Omaha, another in Des Moines, la., still another in the prairieland town of Mullen. Two surviv?, Homer Campbell of Seattle, Wash., and the old gent in our Capital City— Prairieland Talker. • t * State Senator Fern Hubbard Orme of Lincoln was a recent visitor at O’Neill, the guest of her friend, Mrs. Frank Dishner, a gst-together of two girlhood chums of other days before Mrs. Dishner was to take off for the southwest to hang up her 1 onnet for sometime. Senator Orme noted the growth and changes in O'Neill since her girlhood days when the Hubbard family was part of the O’Neill picture. * * * She is old, has a home of her own, little or no money. Three weeks on a bed of illness in a hospi tal and a bill of $600, another for $200 that doc wants. She has one son, two daughters with home expenses of their own to meet day by day, but they will see that mother's medical and hospital bills will be met somehow. It costs money to be sick. Costs still more to close your eyes in death and be layed away among the dead. When my father went the way of all mankind 73 years ago, $25 paid for the coffin bought at J. J. McCafferty’s, neighbors did the rest. Close the hospitals and give doc a job cleaning the streets. * * * Another December 4, has passed down the high way of time, another birthday for Prairieland Talker, and 90 years ago he was a babe in arms of a loving mother. Sons and daughters, other relatives and friends did me honor with gifts and greetings for which I am rejoicing. During the march of time life has taught its lessons and I cling today to the Hand that upholds all things. Editorial Compulsion Not Needed Next year will witness a full-scale effort to eli minate the present voluntary federal-state program of medical aid for the aged, as passed by the last Congress, and to supplant it with a compulsory sys tem til'd to Social Security. It is to be hoped that President-elect Kennedy and other national leaders will think long anil hard before embarking upon this. For as many authori ties, the American Medical Association among them, point out and substantiate with impressive evidence, the compulsory system would be bad for the aged, bad for the nation as a whole and, in the long run, bad for the new Administration itself. The present program goes to the root of the problem by providing help for those who actually need help. Need is the criteria, not just an arbitrary age bracket. It was approved by Congress after care ful and protracted study, and after all points of view had been heard and considered. It does the required job, it does it practically and economically —and it places heavy responsibility at the local government level where they belong. The existing law does not waste tax dollars on aged people who are perfectly willing and able to take care of their own medical care costs, and it is not based on a compulsory, socialized approach to the problem. It deserves a full chance to work— and, there is every indication that it is working and will continue to do so. No Mandate Writing In U. S. News & World Report, just af ter the election. David Lawrence said: "This is the time when we are all exhorted to let bygones be bygones and to give our new leader the whole hearted support of all the people. But It is a time for more than mere exhortation to the populace. It is a time to remind the successful party and the victorious candidates for all offices that elections do not settle fundamental issues but merely serve as vivid reminders of the diversity of interests and pressures that make up the modem political strug gle." This it not a carping observation. It takes nothing away from Senator Kennedy's victory. But it does spotlight a development of a unique nature. This presidential election, unlike any other presidential election of modem times, supplied absolutely no mandate for a party or a candidate. The popular vote was practically evenly divided between Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Nixon. A switch of a handful of votes would have swung the scales the other way. Mr. Kennedy has been charged with an awesome responsibility-to keep this country strong, secure and free in a chaotic and unpredictable world. But neither he nor anyone else has been directed by 180 million people to make sweeping and revolution ary changes in the philosophy on which this nation was built, and which has made it great The highly vocal advocates of an ever-expanding, ever-more cosfly welfare state, got nowhere in this year's his toric election. One Egg Equals 100 Taxes The Tax Foundation recently counted the num ber of “hidden taxes” that are imposed on items in every-day use. It found that there are 100 taxes on an egg, 116 on a man’s suit, 150 on a woman’s hat, 151 on a loaf of bread and 600 on a house! In case you’re wondering who ultimately pays these taxes, the answer is simple. You do! Why Gold Is Needed Blair Enterprise Gold rings bind marriages. Gold blocks support the American dollar. For neither is gold essential. Without gold, however, would either be quite the same? Remove many of the gold blocks supporting the dollar and the chance exists that the dollar would tumble, knocking down currencies of other nations in a worldwide financial panic, the Chamber of Com merce of the United States says. For many countries use the dollar as a reserve for their own currencies. Right now the dollar is sound. For 35 American dollars the U. S. government will sell an ounce of gold to another government. For 145 West German marks you can buy 35 American dollars. For 171 French new francs you can buy 35 American dollars. For 437 Mexican pesos you can buy 35 American dollars. For 166 Indian rupees you can buy 35 American dollars. What this means is that as far as all other countries in the world are concerned, the American dollar is as good as gold, according to the National Chamber. With about half the free world’s eold suDDly. it seems unlikely that the U. S. would renege on its pledge to redeem dollars with gold, the National Chamber believes. But suppose some countries thought there was a possibility of the U. S. reneging. Then they would profit by changing dollars into gold as fast as possible. It a run on gold occurred, the U. S. actually might be forced to half gold pay ments for dollars. In other words the U. S. would go almost com pletely off the gold standard (this country went part way off in 1933). Other nations rightfully might fear a rapid drop in the value of the dollar. (The dollar fell in 1933). There is the chance that a financial panic might re sult. In financial panics people lose Jobs. Remember 1929. These then are reasons why America needs gold to support the dollar. Our gold hoard helps assure confidence in the dollar. The chance of this chain of events occurring and leading to a panic might be small, the National Chamber says. But it exists. And the U. S. govern ment plainly is concerned and is taking several steps to maintain confidence in the dollar. For ex ample, consider the government’s drive to boost exports or its efforts to get other governments to help pay for overseas, military expenses. Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO I can sell you a four and half horse Olds Gasoline engine, a power corn shelter, that will shell 100 to 120 bushels per hour, and feed grinder that will grind from seven to twelve bushels per hour, all for $250 All new and war ranted. Frank Campbell. . .Miss L. B. Monroe lost a valuable mare two weeks ago. In some way it got caught in the manger which had to be torn down in order to get the animal out, and it only lived a short time after it was free. . .Now if you people that owe me don’t come in I will have to look for another job. Flour and feed is the same as money, see. Would say more but it is 5 cents a line- Con Keys. . .DeWitt Eager, for many years a ranch man and resident of Rock county, was in the city Tuesday visiting' his old friend J. A. Cowperth waite. Mr. Eager has disposed of his general merchandise business in Rock county and was on his way to Lincoln where he ex pects to make his future home. 25 YEARS AGO About 150 4-H poultry members and their parents gathered in O' Neill last Saturday for a final acheivement day. Club members exhibited both turkeys and chick ens. First prize in toms was won toy Joe Curran with Willard Bus kirk second and Loretta Kaup third, Margery Rees fourth and Dale Curran fifth. , .John Koll man of Stuart, placed second in the permanent class in the an nual pasture improvement con test. . .Mrs. Minnie Bowen cele uraieu ner wn oirmuay iusi tn day and in observation of the event several relatives from* out of the city gathered with relatives and friends here and spent the day with her. . .After living for seventeen years in the county jail you would imagine that the aver age person would be glad to get out, but not so with Clarence Bergstrom, he is lost. For seven teen years this popular and ef ficient deputy sheriff and his fam ily have made their home in the county jail, as Clarence was the jailer, but as it is to be torn down to make room for the new court house and jail Clarence and his family had to move. 10 YEARS AGO Fair weather with temperatures above the freezing mark has speeded construction at St. An thony's hospital here. . .Two Holt county women were hospitalized following a headon auto collision about 7:45 p.m. Friday night on a county road 11 miles northeast of O’Neill. Mrs. Clyde Streeter of O'Neill was taken to O'Neill hos pital suffering from shock, and Miss Patricia Bowring of Cham bers was taken to Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch to receive treat ment for a broken arm. . .O’Neill egg prices Tuesday continued skidding downward after reach ing 49 cents per dozen at last we-k’s end. . .O’Neill city council met in monthly session Tuesday night and the principal item on lilt? UgcllUd tUIJLCl Utu ticitaiv OIB nals. The city’s main intersec tion-Fourth and Douglas-has been without an automatic signal for more than a month because the guidewire moorings yielded under a strong wind. . .Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on Sat urday, December 9. 5 YEARS AGO Thirty per cent of the holders of deer hunting permits were suc cessful during the deer season in area four. The hunt opened Sat urday and closed Tuesday night. . .Insurance adjusters Tuesday were studying the ruin and rubble at Johnnie's Grocery, Meat Market and Locker Plant at Clearwater, which were virtually destroyed by fire which started about 8:30 p.m. Sunday. . .A fire which broke out about 3 o’clock Friday morning destroyed the John Gal braith Phillips 66 service station in Spencer. H. McNulty, who lives near the station, noticed flames lapping from the roof. He aroused • neighbor, Marlowe Johnson, who phoned in the fire alarm. . .George Otte of Beit Lahia, Lebanon, Asia ROYAL THEATER Thursday, Dec. 15 Family Nlte—Entire Family for $1 MAN ON A STRING Ernest Borgnine Kerwin Mathews FrL - Sat. Dec. 1$ - 17 CHIEF CRAZY HORSE Victor Mature Suzan Ball John Lund In Technicolor Plus COUNTRY MUSIC Sun. - Mon. • Toes. Dec. IS • 19 - SO ALL THE YOUNG MEN Man Ladd Sidney Poitier rames Darren Mort Sahl ifed. • Thurs. Dec. SI • SS Family Nlte—Entire Family for $1 MY DOG, BUDDY London — Famous Dog Star Travis Lemmond Muior, arrived in Chambers Fri day on business. He is a cousin of Joe Daaa and is a guest in the Daas home , Death.* Anna M. Dickover, 81, pioneer resident of Atkinson: Mark 0 Howard, 74, retired O’Neill realtor and a pi oneer resident of the Page com munity. The Long Ago At Chambers SO YEARS AGO H. L. Smith went to O'Neill to day after cement for the founda tion to the store room that the IOOF are going to build back of their hall. . .Mr. Clair Grimes while in O'Neill on Sunday last had the misfortune of having his team run away, which became frightened at a train, leaving him minus a buggy top, the horses were unhurt. . .Strayed: A small boy about the size of a big man, has very fine straight curley hair, and answers to the name of John nie or Walters, last seen wander ing around Shamrock. Finder please leave at Barnums shop in Chambers. . .Congressman Kin kaid, and other western congress men, m behalf of their respec tive states, have united in a joint resolution providing that home steaders, owing to the drouth of this year, be relieved from the necessity of residence upon their claims from the date of the ap proval of the resolution until May 15. 25 YEARS AGO A state man was in the Dumas community recently, and approv ed a highway running east and west through Dumas and Erina Valleys connecting Highways 11 and 281. The road is expected to be built some time next summer and will hit 281 three miles north of the Elgin road. . .One of our traveling Grocer salesmen had quite an exciting time when a little mouse in search of a new home, located it in the sample case of said salesman, who stopp ed overnight in an O’Neill hotel. . .Miles Minahan who has gotten a patent on the only power blue grass stripper made, left Monday tor Hays, Kan. with his “Buffalo Grass Stripper” in response to an invitation from Government Of ficials to come and try it out while they were working there. . .Mr. Gilbert Winchell and Miss Anna Jansen of this city, were united in marriage Saturday at the Catholic Manse, Rev. B. J. Leahy officiating. "The EDITOR" The British call the day after Christmas “Boxing Day,-' but it has nothing to do with heavy weights of fighting. This is the day when families give money to the milkman, postman and others. Around our house this day comes around once a month, but after distributing our paycheck to the milkman, the gas man, the tele phone man, the grocer, the garb age man, and all the rest, my wife and 1 usually have a good fight, so it is easy to see how customs change from one country to another. —RJR— The Japanese version of Santa Claus is the ancient god Hotei osho, who has eyes in the back of his head to help him see how children behave. Reminds us of the young mother who was shocked to learn that young Sammy had told a falsehood. Taking the lad on her knee she graphically explained the con sequences of lying. “A tall, black man,” she began, “with red fiery eyes and two sharp horns grabs little boys who tell falsehoods and carries them off at night. He takes them to Mars where they have to work hard in a dark canyon for 50 years. Now, you won’t tell a false hood again, will you Sammy?” “No mama,” replied the lad, “you can tell ’em better than I can,” —BJR— Women today rank companion ship first among reasons for mar riage according to a recent re ixirt. Second is the chance to have children; third understand ing and emotional support; fourth, love and affection; and fifth, financial benefit. Although our marriage may not always be first rate, I can definately say that it has never been “fifth rate.” It used to be that a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everyone. Help Fight TB \ Use Christmas Seals Do You Know Your Neighbor? “Know Your Neighbor'* is not • contest. There are no prises given for correctly identifying the person pictured The only reward is the satisfaction of knowing your neighbor I I i Iiwm MM I liwmii lllll l — Last week’s Guess Who was Allan Jaszkowiak, owner of the O Neill Western Auto store. This man is a prominent O’Neill businessman. * K i I * -\i ' ’i- * * In any company—in any land—there is one word that is instantly recognized and understood. The word is "Cadillac”—and the meaning, of course, is "quality”. And it is understandable, we think, that Cadillac should have become a part of the universal vocabulary. For its devotion to excellence has been of such a degree—and of such a tenure—that the car has become the world-wide symbol of everything good and desirable in a manufactured product. This truth has never been more beautifully expressed than it is in the current Cadillac. Inspiring to look at . . . thrilling to drive . . . rewarding to own—it is truly the master achieve ment of motordom’s master builders. And Cadillac has imposed on its construction the most rigid standards and restrictions ever placed over the assembly of a motor car. More than fourteen hundred separate inspections now guard the quality and goodness of every Cadillac—and the results of this crusade for perfec tion can be seen . . . and felt . . . and sensed. Here is superb craftsmanship in every body line . . . skillful tailoring and magnificent workmanship in every interior . . . and wonderful solidity and quietness in every mile of ride. Don’t you owe yourself a personal appraisal of this 1961 "car of cars”? Your Cadillac dealer will provide the car and the keys for a demonstration at any time. We know you’ll agree that it says "quality” with an eloquence all its own. VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER VAN VLECK MOTORS, INC. 1X1 NOBTH FOURTH ST.. O'NEILL
