Prairieland Talk
"We Printers Stay With It"
By RO MAINE SAUNDh-RS. 4110 South 5j.M S!., Lincoln 6. Nebr
I saw him yesterday, slopped to say hello. He
was over to the Capital (ety from his home in Hast
ings. And then O'Neill wa . mentioned. He was going
to ho there in a day or two on his way to Lynch and
would think of I* r a i r i e I a n d
Talker as lie stopped for a time
in ttie thriving city of O'Neill.
Mr. Harle is in the flooring busi
ness and goes to Lynch to floor
a school building . . . And a
printer friend came to see me
when he learned that 1 as a lad
lived in the same community in
southern Wisconsin that he
came from to Nebraska. Mr.
Hockey has been to Holt county
Komatne
a number of tunes and a
brother of his was once the Saunders
manager of the Golden ranch of the Ewing com
munity. My printer friend does but little now at his
trade, being 77 years of age. Yet at times called to
work at a linotype at night setting the stuff that
goes into Lincoln's morning paper. Yes, we printers
and newspaper guys live long and stay with it.
* * *
The headline reads, "Ask for Stiff Fund Hike.”
What it tries to get across is that the boss at the
state industrial school at Milford demands more
money to run the institution or a cut in enrollment
will be necessary if the legislature does not vote
the “more mony." More money! Everybody wants
it moreover, al out everybody needs it.
* * *
Mr. Kennedy has selected the members of his
incoming cabinet. But here comes another state, the
great state of Texas, switching the electorial vote
to Mr Nixon. Vico president may be president yet.
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Again I reach a hand across the land and hope
for all friends who read Prairieland Talk the mer
riest of the Christmas season.
Among those who sent me birthday and holiday
greetings a good letter came from Mr. and Mrs.
George Mellor whose postoffice is Spencer but their
home south of the Niobrara river in lovely northern
Holt county. And with their cordial greetings they
turn back the pages of time to two years ago when
Prairieland Talker was a guest at the Old Settlers
picnic. A gracious word and kindly thanks for my
little talk at that picnic assembly of patriots who
settled in that community. Good letters, too, from
Mrs. Barnett of Amelia and Mrs. Brown of Atkinson
touching memories of the past. And then again
from Seattle, Wash., kindly greetings from Mr. and
Mrs. Segelman, one time citizens of O’Neill who
have treasured memories of life here. And who
doesn’t who have walked up and down Fourth
street, traveled the green robed landscape and
plucked a prairie rose! So good to hear from all
these dear friends, and may heaven’s Guiding Hand
be with them.
T. inorial
You, Too, Can Raise A Delinquent
Juvenile delinquency, as FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover and others emphasize, becomes a graver
problem all the time both in the extent of the
crimes committed by juveniles, and in the crime’s
seriousness. If you, as a parent want to join the
parade and raise a delinquent, there are certain
rules to follow. Frank Brabant, an authority on the
subject, who lectures around the country, recently
listed them. Here arc a few:
b rom infancy onward give the child everything
he wants, so that he’ll grow up thinking the world
nves him a living. Don’t give him any spiritual
U'iiining. Avoid use of the word “wrong”— it may
give him a guilt complex. Do everything for him,
so that he’ll become accustomed to throwing all
responsibility on to others. Give him all the spend
ing money he wants, and never insist that he earn
any of his own. Satisfy his every craving and sen
sual desire after all, denial may fi'ustrate him.
lake his part against neighbors, teachers and the
police. When he gets into real trouble, apologize by
saying, “I never could do anything with him.”
These rules aren’t hard to follow and abide by
great numbers of parents have, as surging
juvenile delinquency shows. You, too, can produce
a delinquent, simply and easily. The authority adds
one more observation: “Prepare for a life of grief.
You will he apt to have it.”
How Far Can We Go?
Pierce Leader
The Nebraska State Education delegates as
sembly in Lincoln passed several resolutions that
might lie best described as “leaving the taxpayers’
mouths gaping in wonder.”
Here is one example in the following resolution:
Asking the federal government to come up
with an unspecified amount of financial help, to
be given without any federal ear marking or con
trol.
It's just a short time until Christmas . . . but
the age old myth of Santa Claus is only for children.
Federal aid for schools will never come as a gift
from Santa Claus, if federal aid to schools ever be
comes a fact it will come with more strings at
tached to it than a homemade rag rug.
Here is another resolution passed by the dele
gates of Nebraska teaching profession:
Recommending the state provide financial aid
to local school districts at a rate of $100 per pupil.
No mention is made of a state sales tax or a
state income tax or a combination of both, yet this
resolution means a broader tax base. Can you im
agine any farm owner or tenant helping to seek a
state sales tax when his local school district of
maybe four or five students may get a tax relief of
only $400 or $500 dollars per year?
Another resolution passed that would bring
chaos to the state school systems is as follows:
As adopted, the Delegate Assembly’s resolu
tion puts the N8EA on the record as favoring re
districting of the entire state so that every school
is in a K-12 (Kindergarten through high school)
district by September 1, 1965.
No group . • • educators, taxpayers or any other
organization with good leadership would endorse
such a resolution. A mere suggestion of compulsory
K-l'> school districts in Nebraska by a specific date
of September 1, 1965 is not constructive criticism of
... v problem that may exist.
Miss Lindsey down at Amelia gives Frontier
readers the story of life down there where the flow
ing wells continue to flow. The people of that com
munity are friendly. In parts of the world today
there is strife and hatred among mankind. But not
so down by Amelia. Friend greets friend. Neighbor
visits neighbor. A smile and welcoming hand for the
stranger. Miss Florence has a “nose” for news.
Keep it up, gifted lady.
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Snow and ice in parts of prairieland. Sun shines
bright in the cloudless heavens, no snow or ice in
the Capital City as our state senators gather here
today to vote themselves a raise in pay.
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Wash day clothes hang out on the line to dry,
clean and white. And then the housewife goes to it to
get us something so we can eat a bite.
* * *
For some days after the event that marked
Prairieland Talker as an Old Timer letters and
greetings came from friends at O’Neill and from
down there in the beautiful flowing well country in
and about Amelia. And again a word from Ethel
Hammer out at Parma, Ida. Mrs. Hammer and her
husband were citizens of Chambers and published
the Chambers Sun. The Sun has long since set and
Mr. Hammer is no more, but Ethel keeps going and
is doing nursing in a hospital. And my esteemed
friends the Leidys down in Arkansas send me greet
ings. They too are from O’Neill and we would like
to have them back here again. Mrs. Summers, an
O’Neill girl and daughter of one of the DeYarman
brothers, sends me cordial greetings from her home
in East Orange, N. J. It is heart warming to have
greetings from friends. And from a business concern
over in Omaha came a surprising word of greeting.
The manager of that business place had seen my
picture and read the story in Lincoln’s morning
paper; wrote me that in a troubled world and the
daily stories of disaster it was so good to see the
story about old man Prairieland Talker.
* * *
We met in John’s barber shop, he a son of the
soil from his farm home some 15 miles out. He has
been at the farm home where he was bom for 60
years, told me the past season was the most fruitful
for crop production in all those years.
* * *
Senator Frank Nelson was in Lincoln last week
for the special session of the legislature. Mrs. Nel
son came with him from their Holt county ranch
home and while Frank was on the job in Lincoln
Mrs. Nelsen spent the week at the home of Frank’s
sister near Omaha. The senator brought with him
a collection of pictures of some of their grandchild
ren that Mrs. Nelson had got together for Christmas
gifts and among them was the picture of Grandma
Hull taken on her 105th birthday anniversary of
which Prairieland Talker was especially glad to
see. Senator Nelson will be back in Lincoln next
month for the regular session of the legislature.
This is clearly a resolution of spite against the
activities of the anti-reorganization organization.
You need not agree with the opposition in any ques
tion hut this is the United States and both sides of
any question is entitled to its thoughts.
Here is one more thoughtless resolution:
Requesting tin- Legislature to enact a statu
tory tire code and establish a state plan of fire in
surance for school buildings.
State education officials have been opposing
safety regulations as required by the Nebraska Fire
Marshal’s office . . . the educators feel they are
betier qualified to establish fire regulations than the
trained men in the Fire Marshal’s office. It would be
just as fitting and proper if the Fire Marshal’s office
would decide to try and establish a set of teacher
certifications for Nebraska educators.
The resolutions as adopted by the Nebraska
State Education Ass’n delegate assembly did ac-®
complish one tiling ... the high esteem held by thc-S?
public of the teaching profession dropped 25 per-w
cent in the last few days. ^
The state educator’s organization lost a lot of
prestige in just a few days that will take years toS
restore in Nebraska.
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All In The Wording
Dakota County Star
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We maintain that a good segment of Nebraskaw
voters are uninformed. |
We believe we have a case against them. judg-|j
ing from the results of the 1958 and 1960 elections. I
The proposition of a much-needed raise in salary^
for members of the Nebraska Legislature was ad-|
vanced to the voters in each of the last two general!?
elections in the form of constitutional amendments.p
In 1960, Nebraska voters approved a consti-^
tutional amendment which provided: “Each mem-;
ber of the Legislature shall receive a salary of notjj
to exceed $200 per month during the term of his *5
office.” That means that legislators can, and pro-i
bably will, receive $2,400 a year.
Going back to 1958, however, we find that Ne-CS
braska voters soundly defeated a constitutional *5
amendment which proposed that: “ Aggregate i
salaries of all members shall be $75,000 per annum, jj
divided equally among the members and payable §
in such manner and at such times as shall be pro-fi
vided by law.” The amendment would have paid thejjj
43 legislators $1,741.86 a year.
The legislators receive $872.50 annually at pre-*j
sent, which is far too little. But why was an in-jt
crease to $1,741.86 defeated in 1958, yet an increase jj
to $2,400 approved in 1960? jj
The reason isn't because Nebraska voters in two*
years, suddenly became over-generous. It was just*
that voters were "fopled” into voting an increase^
for state senators. 2
How was this done? |
The ballot, in 1958. read as follows: “Consti-I
tutional Amendment to change the salary of mem-j
bers of the Legislature.” *
In 1960, the ballot read: "Constitutional Amend-*
ment to provide that each member of the Legisla-jj
ture shall receive a salary of not to exceed $200 per jj
month.” 3
Through a simple procedure of changing the*
wording on the ballot. Nebraska voters were led into*
approving a salary raise in 1960, far greater thanjj
that which was defeated in 1958. *
Apparently it takes a little skulduggery to ob-»
tain that which is needed from Nebraska voters. i
Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
Guy Freen and Romaine Saun
ders were up from their Wheeler
county ranches Monday. The boys
brought up a load of hay stuffed
with potatoes. Guy wanted to
bring some potatoes to O’Neill and
to get them here without freezing
was the problem. So they finally
decided to put the potatoes in the
center of the load of hay and thus
bring them to town. They did so
and made the thirty mile trip
without a potato even getting a
chill. . .A goodly number of old
friends and neighbors met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Coy
kendall to help them celebrate
their 60th anniversary Dec. 15,
1910. . .Patrick Shea, who has
been holding down a homestead
near Buffalo, S. D., the past two
years, arrived in the city last
Thursday and will spend the win
ter visiting relatives and friends
here. “Buck” says that things are
fairly prosperous in that section
bat that he perfers to winter
where the winter is not quite as
severe and where he can get to
see a railroad train occasionally.
25 YEARS AGO
At the meeting of the County
Board last Tuesday they sold the
county jail building to Jake Har
ley and Ed Pavel, both of Cham
bers, for $200, this being the best
offer received for the property.
They are to have the building
torn down and removed on or be
fore February 1, 1936. . .Camp
fires built for warming and often
cooking purposes along the river
here constitute a danger not re
alized by many who never wit
nessed a prairie fire. . .Last Sat
urday night, or nearly Sunday
morning, an oil transport went in
to the ditch north of this city while
pninp down the T.iddv hill and was
badly damaged. The transport
was loaded with gas for South Da
kota. . .To fill the vacancy in the
position of postmaster in this city,
the United States Civil Service
Commission has announced, at
the request of the Postmaster
General and in accordance with
an order of the President, an open
competitive examination.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny will
hold a reception for their friends
at the Knights of Columbus hall
on Sunday, December 24—marking
their golden wedding anniversary.
. .The eyesight of Eileen Wag
man, 12, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wagman, of Atkinson
will not be impaired as a result
of injuries suffered when struck
in the left eye with an air rifle
shot. . .Radio’s well-known “Stop
the Music” nationwide program
was focused on O'Neill for a
short time Sunday night. But Burt
Parks, master of ceremonies, and
the melody, “The Night Is
Young”, stumped H. L. Lindberg.
O’Neill businessman. For failing
to identify the tune, he lost a
chance to win an elaborate lug
gage outfit. . .Mrs. Anna Carson
left early Wednesday, December
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Use Christmas Seels
20, for Odessa, N. Y., where she
will spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. W. T. Beattie. She
will arrive in Odessa late today
(Thursday) traveling by rail.
5 YEARS AGO
George Rock will be 94 years
old today (Thursday). A longtime
resident of the Redbird communi
ty, he now resides at the Mason
ic home at Plattsmouth. . .A sev
en-year-old Bristow boy, who was
a polio victim three years ago,
and has been wearing braces on
his left leg most of the time since,
fractured the weak leg Saturday
afternoon while riding a sled at
his home. He is Charlie Prokop,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Pro
kop. . .A five-county rural tele
phone group Wednesday was no
tified a v45-thousand-dollar loan
has been authorized in Washing
ton, DC., by the rural electrifica
tion administration. The Boyd
County Telephone company head
quarters at Lynch. . .Dr. and Mrs
H. D. Gildersleeve and family
left Sunday night by train for
California to spend the holidays.
The Gildersleeves plan to attend
the Rose Bowl football game.
Deaths: Mrs. Thomas Murray |
67, a lifelong O’Neill resident; Jo^
seph A. Miller, 36, Nebraska
homesteader.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
50 YEARS AGO
Ervin Crotty came in on the
stage today on a visit to his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I.
Baldwin. . .Clair Grimes was on
the sick list Monday but is now
able to continue his school. . .The
collector of weather samples could
have gathered nearly a full set
during the past 24 hours. . .A
rain storm yesterday and a
snow storm has stopped the work
on the new addition to Smith
Bros, store. . .Mrs. Ben Earl will
commence teaching school in the
ThftmnRAn flicitri/'t Ihn firefr rtf fho
year. . .Don’t forget that we pay
the very highest prices for farm
produce. Eggs 30c per dozen, but
ter 25c per pound. Call, look
around and get our prices whether
you wish to buy or not. Smith
Bros. . .During the first week in
January next we will open an ab
soultely new stock of general mer
chandise in the storeroom for
merly occupied -by F. M. Boyce.
The stock will consist of Dry
Goods, Shoes and Groceries. Ray
mond Atwood.
25 YEARS AGO
A pre-holiday wedding was so
lomized between the hours of five
and six o’clock Saturday, Dec.
14, 1935 when Miss Mary Ruth
Fleek and Mr. Lysle Archie
Wright were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony. . .Mrs.
Oscar Fullerton had the misfor
tune to fall on some ice Monday
of last week, hurting her spine.
She was taken to her sisters
home near Atkinson and returned
home Sunday. . .John Kohlman
of Stuart was recently announced
as the Holt County Pasture Con
test winner. He gave a short talk
over WJAG at Norfolk Sunday,
Dec. 15 at 1:45 p.m. . .The Dash
ing Demons basketball team again
proved to be the better team in
an encounter with St. Joseph De
cember 13. It was a hard victory,
for the boys had to exert them
selves to the best of their abili
ty to -win by even the narrow
margin they did, which was 11-10.
St. Joe took the lead at first and
the score at the half was in theirj
favor, 8-4.
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ust a friendly greeting to wish
you and yours all the joys of a
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Merry Christmas and a New Year I
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full of healthy and happy days.
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GAMBLES
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O'Neill, Nebraska
"The
EDITOR"
We noticed an advertisement
in the Pender paper advertising
free beer delivery to your home.
We also read in the Thurston
county court notes where a com
mon fine for intoxication is 20
days in the county jail, two out
of every three days on bread and
water. Wonder how this com
bination works in combating the
problem of intoxication among the
Indian population in Thurston
county?
—BJR—
Some people’s idea of cele
brating the holidays is to have a
Christmas they'll never forget
and a New Year's Eve they can’t
remember.
—BJR—
Dr. James Bonner, noted biolo
gist of the California Institute of
Technology, paints this rosy pic
ture for the future: In 175 years
the world population will grow
from today’s 2.7 billion to 50
billion. At that time. Dr. Bonner
says, ’’one could not afford the
luxury” of maintaining animals
because “all edible material
would have to go down the throats
of hungry people.”
And in only 700 years, Dr. Bon
ner believes, there would literally
be “standing room only” in the
world.
Now we don’t know whether to
be afraid that the world will
come to an end, or that it won’t.
—BJR—
One of the novelties of Robert
Fulton’s steam-powered warship,
Demalogos, constructed in 1815,
was that it could discharge 100
gallons of boiling water a minute
at the on-coming enemy. That
puts it in about the same class as
some of the recent missiles that
Uncle Sam has been trying to get
off the ground.
-I».» IV
And in this same cheerful vein
we offer this little quote from
Samuel L. Clemens: “Most
people are bothered by those pas
sages of scripture they do not
understand; but the passages that
bother me are those I DO under
stand."
Homemakers
Corner...
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By Catherine Indra
Home Extension Agent
From Our Various Specialists
Some suggestions you may find
helpful during the holiday season.
By now, you may have your tree
up. If not, perhaps you will want
to fire proof it and any other
greens you plan to use in decora
ting your home. Greens close to
lighted candles or electric lights
should be treated. To fireproof
the greens mix a solution of 9
oz. of borax, 4 oz. of borac acid
and 1 gallon of water. Spray this
on your tree, thoroughly cover
ing every branch.
Christmas Centerpiece
For a Christmas centerpiece
that is different, try a dramatic
fruit arrangement. Look about
your house for an unusual con
tainer that might hold fruit. You
might try a basket on its side, a
huge brandy snifter, punch bowl,
Lazy Susan or a glass cake stand.
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Do You Know Your Neighbor?
“Know Your Neighlior” is not a contest. There are no prizes given
for correctly identifying the person pictured. The only reward is the
satisfaction of knowing your neighlx>r.
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Last week’s Guess Who was Delbert Robertson of the Robertson
Motor Company in O’Neill.
What’s your guess as to the identity of this O’Neill business person.
Select the prettiest fruits in the
market, not forgetting such un
usual ones as kumqjats, persim
mons and pomegranates. Include
a few out-of-season items and
look for extras such as dates, nuts
and dried apricots. Trim with
waxy green leaves or pine bran
ches.
Perhaps you would like an ar
rangement down the length of the
table. On a row of pine branches,
group red, white and green
grapes. Scatter walnuts, brazil
nuts, pecans or almonds over the
top.
Children’s Toys
From the National Safety Coun
cil comes a special precaution at
this time of year to buy children’s
toys for safety. Check those you
have purchased to see if they
meet these requirements.
Z.'-Z.
Rattles: Should be non-brittle;
Large enough to stay out of the
baby’s mouth, and firm with notv
detachable parts.
Wooden Toys: Should be made
of hard wood with no sharp cor
ners or edges.
Stuffed Toys: Should be made
of firm material, well sewed,
with eyes, hair, tongue, etc. firm
ly sewed on—never win'd, and
should be color fasj.
Pull Toys: Should not have sharp
corners, sturdily built, and minus
small parts that unscrew easily.
Metal Toys: Should be minus
small parts, fold-over tabs, small
nuts, bolts, or screws, and should
be made with all edges rolled.
All Toys: Should be selected to
suit age and ability of child,
free of elaborate, realistic de
tails, and stimulating to the
child’s imagination.
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. . . representing bright Christmas wishes from
