Prairieland Talk
"The City Lives On"
By ROMAINE SAUNDfc,R.S, 4110 South hist St., Lincoln 6, Nebr
I see by the Spalding Enterprise, which a
friend who takes the paper let me have, that a
Frank O'Neill, a native of that community had died.
It was General John O’Neill who got things going
down there in Greeley county
when he brought a colony there
and started the town of Spald
ing alKJUt the year or soon after
that he started things here in
Holt county. A colony of natives
from Ireland and a village and
community called O’Neill got
going to make history and has
become the fine city by the
crystal flowing waters of the
Elkhom river, the river of _
, „ Romalne
story anti legend of frontier
days. Frank O’Neill, who died Saunders
down there in Spalding, may or may not have traced
his ancestry to the noted General O’Neill family.
Our town up here by the Elkhorn had at one time
a son and a daughter of General O’Neill, and also
;t gent by that name not related to the general who
founded and ran the Commercial hotel on lower
Fourth street. And there was that Irish sage of
northern Holt county Hugh O’Neill, a statesman,
master of literature and authority on human history.
Hut Hugh met his undoing along these lines when
he ran into the late Paster Ohmart of this city. But
the name O'Neill lives on and the city of its founder
is north-central Nebraska’s best.
* * *
He is of the third generation, not yet come to the
21st mile stone along life’s highway. Yet clean of
soul, a mind for solving life’s problems and a hand
that do life’s jobs. He will lead the charming young
Miss of his choice to the marriage altar. Why, it’s
the way with we creatures of earth—in love. Love.
What is love. Just two souls that feel as one, and
two hearts that beat as one. So I will give my grand
son and his bride the glad hand—with one of those
hits of paper money in it.
« * *
Out one couple go from the White House. In
another couple go through the White House door. So
it has been since the time of George Washington.
* * *
Our governor is education minded, the money
needs or supposed needs of the state University
being about bis first concern as he comes into of
fice. State senators now on the job at the statehouse
look with disfavor on the appeal of the governor in
t>ehalf of the university.
* * *
The headline reads, “Modem cars for every
purpose to fit every purse.” No, not to fit every purse
but to empty every purse. They both earn money,
husband and wife, and now comes the 3961 call for
$125 taxes and insurance on their “modem car.”
But we can not return to horse and wagon times,
as much as you and I would like to hang onto the
lines over the backs of that well matched span of
buckskin mares.
Our governor and party stood on Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington 1,500 miles distant from our
State Capital and took in the big event on January
20 that installed our lately elected president and
vice president. But most Nebraskans took it all in
lolling in an easy chair by their TV. The honored
American patriots are now serving as president
and vice president and we can but wish them well.
A Democratic president, a Democratic congress—
we’ll see what they can do ... A big headline on
page one of a recent issue of The Frontier informed
the reader that bank deposits in Holt county totaled
fourteen million dollars last year. Democrats now
having taken over the national official scene will
they run that up to fifteen million in ’61 or fade
away the fourteen million.
* * *
In Prairieland Talker’s one time neighborhood
a few miles out from the flowing well town of
Amelia Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Baker still are living,
as also Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy continue to make
their home by the cross roads. But Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Berry have "gone to town,” their son
Vernon and wife now living on the Berry ranch. And
I am glad to learn by a greeting card from them
that Mr. and Mrs. Bly are still at home in Swan
precinct, but their daughter, the charming little
prairie maid of other days, now a wife and mother,
is in Canada.
* * ♦
The closing days of January and no snow and
ice on the streets and walks of our Capital City thus
far this winter. The sun glows in golden glory today
out of the bright blue sky above Prairieland. De
lightful winter days roll on the scroll of time and
the gracious Hand guiding us as the days pass on
points forward to another spring time and the grow
ing season will come again. But now—lay in bed late
mornings.
♦ * *
The Russians and Chinese that were going to
set the world straight and hang we capitalists on a
sour apple tree are starving with hunger, famine
throughout their lands. We capitalists continue to
have a belly full.
* * *
He may be seen and heard on TV from time to
time. He had visited in recent times distant lands
of historic interest and one day stood where the
ancient city of Babylon had been, now not a stone
wall left but the earth remains where was erected
that great image the proud monarch had erected for
his princes, governors, rulers and people to bow
before in worship. Three young fellows of a captive
people, there were teenaged lads those days too,
would not bow and worship that image, so were
thrust into a burning fire, walked about unharmed
among the flames and came out of the fire un
harmed because they were loyal to their God. And
2,500 years ago another of that captive race of
people looked down the stream of time to see in
vision what we see today on the streets of O’Neill
many “running to and fro.”
Editorial
A Smile Goes A^Long Way
Did you ever wonder why you always return
to certain stores for your purchases?
Chances are it’s partly because someone in these
stores has a warm smile and a friendly greeting.
After you leave the store, the day is just a little
bit brighter, although you often aren’t aware of the
reason.
On the other hand, think how you feel when
you've made a purchase or done business with a
grouch. You’re so darn mad inside you take it out
on the next person you see, just because a clerk
or official didn't take the time to smile or make a
friendly remark in appreciation for your business.
A smile goes a long way—it’s given to you and
you pass it on to another person. He in turn hands
it over to someone else or takes it home to his
family. No one in the family is aware of the reason
for the wonderful evening at home, but that fami
ly glow can be traced back to a single smile.
It works both ways, too. Maybe you can cheer
a tired clerk and remind a businessman of the im
portance of friendliness by treating them to a smile.
Life is fast and hard these days. Sure, you’re
tired and worried but the next person you talk to
may have troubles bigger than any you’ve ever
heard of so far. Lend him a hand. It’s cheap—only
takes a smile.
Will It Be "Public Be Damned"?
Does it make you nervous to realize that a
bunch of strangers are getting together to plan
ways of spending your money? Well it should, be
cause the 87th Congress is now in session and there
will be strong pressure to undertake new programs
more costly than any that have gone before. The
question of whether the American taxpayers can
pay the bill should come first, but it won’t, in the
minds of many lawmakers, until there is pronounced
public opposition to the free spending philosophy
that has depreciated money and brought this
country to the point where every employed person
works four months out of the year just to pay taxes.
Government—local, state and national—is forced
to seek tax money from every conceivable source
and in maximum amounts in a losing battle to keep
up with spending programs. Many of these taxes are
ill-conceived, unfair and self-defeating. One of the
outstanding cases is the “federal sales tax” on
gasoline. Combined federal and state gas taxes
now average 10 cents a gallon and this is close to
50 per cent of the price (before tax) of every gallon
of gas you put in your car. Although gasoline is a
basic necessity, fueling the motor vehicles that have
become essential to our whole way of living, it car
ries a higher tax than such exclusive luxuries as
mink coats and perfume.
There is evidence that the “temporary” one
cent increase in the U. S. federal gasoline tax im
posed about a year ago may have been the straw
that broke the camel’s back. Many state officials
are reportedly worried because gasoline tax receipts
a direct indication of consumption—are not reach
ing hoped for levels.
Both fairness and reason dictate that this “tem
porary” tax be allowed to expire on schedule June
30, 1961. Extending it, or worse yet, increasing it,
won’d lie a perfect example of a public be damned
attitude
Welfare Costs Continue To Grow
If our government had been in existence at the
time of Christ and had started then to spend ten
million dollars on public welfare every single year,
the total expenditure over those hundreds of years
would be less than the government will be paying
out in welfare benefits during this year alone.
The trouble with this kind of spending is that it
is habit forming, almost like a narcotic. In 1935, for
instance, during the depth of the depression, federal
welfare spending programs cost two billion dollars.
And this year the government’s expenditures for
so-called welfare programs are at the rate of 21
billion a year. That is an increase cf more than
1000 percent over such expenditures in 1935.
Literally, we are spending more on these public
welfare programs than we are spending for aircraft,
missiles, ships and other military equipment for the
Defense Department. We are spending four times
as much money on welfare programs as we spend
for vitally important research and development.
The shocking fact is that this terrific expansion
in public welfare spending has come in a time of
general prosperity. It has come in a time when we
are setting new records for production and income.
We are suffering from accepting as valid the theory
that a welfare program represents something for
nothing. That is one of the most shameful of all
economic delusions. All the people of America are
paying for each one of these programs—and we
are paying plenty. A something-for-something pro
gram wrould be a welcome change.
This would mean, first of all, facing the fact that
government resources are limited. They are not
inexhaustible. Every new program must therefore
result in either more taxes or more deficit spending.
We must recognize also that we can afford to
undertake federal spending only for purposes which
yield benefits that outweigh the costs. And we should
make it quite clear to govermental officials that it
is not politically smart or even politically acceptable
to wangle unnecessary appropriations for unneces
sary projects. We simply can never get something
for nothing. We cannot undertake new programs
without added costs. We can and must adjust our
thinking to a strictly something-for-something basis.
That is the way the founders of this nation
planned that we should manage our affairs, and
that is the way the affairs of the United States were
managed until the new economic softness of the
last 25 or 30 years set in. But it is still true that the
basic laws of economics have not been repealed and
they never can be repealed. They can be ignored
for a while—but even then it is a dangerous evasion.
And to attempt to evade them persistently is to
invite ruin and disaster—is to toss our freedom
into the waiting hands of the Mistaken ones who
seek to enslave the minds and bodies of mankind.
Writing in Nation’s Business, economist Robin
son Newcomb forecast that households with more
than $10,000 income will increase by 6 million in the
1960’s, more than twice the rate of increase in the
1950-60 period. The $7,500 to $10,000 group will in
crease by 5.75 million, he goes on, while households
with incomes under $5,000 will decline by 2 million.
Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
J. M. Beaty of Chambers hauls
in 8120 pounds of hay over 30
miles distance at $8 per ton. . .
Margaret Holland accepts teach
ing position at Royal. . .Thomas
McMahon holds public sale at his
place four miles north of O’Neill.
. .0. O. Snyder advertises good
burning coal with two teams de
livering at all times.
25 YEARS AGO
Fifty new cars registered in
the county since the first of the
year. . . .Mayor Kersenbrock
gets good soaking while flooding
ice skating pond. . .County ex
pense estimate is down over 13
thousand. . .Workers put in Ita
lian terazza floors at new Inman
schoolhouse. . .Area hit by severe
cold wave.
10 YEARS AGO
Daylight temperatures reach as
high as 55 degrees. . .Patrick E.
Coyne, 78, life-long resident, dies
January 18 after lingering illness.
. .Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bruder
celebrate golden wedding anniver
sary. . .Tax valuation of pure
bred calves fixed at $35. . .Clear
water defeats Oakdale in Sandhill
Gateway conference for first
place.
5 YEARS AGO
MoCarville’s, men’s clothing
store, moves to new building. . .
Fay Miles, Holt County Indepen
dent editor and co-publisher, dies
in Veterans hospital at Omaha
January 21. . .Elaine Reimer,
Deloit community miss, is nam
ed as semi-finalist in “Miss Auto
Show” beauty contest in Omaha.
. .Floyd Butterfield of Atkinson
named president of Holt county
4-H leaders.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
50 YEARS AGO
Mike Englehaupt of Shamrock
has purchased 40 tons of hay
from Mr. Graves which he will
bale and haul to Emmet. . .The
Baptist Ladies Aid will give a
“State Supper” in the Band hall
February 14. . .Born to Mr. and
Mrs. John Bogart, January 30,
a son. . .The Icemen are putting
up some splendid ice in Smith
B’s new ice house.
25 YEARS AGO
C. F. Gillette and Son unloaded
a carload of Chevrolets in O’Neill
Monday including Master Town
Sedans and Standards. . .Sliced
bread at Richards cafe eight cents
per loaf. . .The Chambers Dash
ing Demons were trounced by the
Clearwater basketball team, 37-10.
GIGANTIC
Truck Load
Pre-Lenten i
FISH SALE
at the
OUTLAW
"The
EDITOR"
It costs the U. S. government
for storage $14,000 a day foi
flaxseed and rye; oats $15,000;
rice $17,000; soybeans $23,000
milk and butter $29,000; barley
$64,000 and cotton $76,000. '‘Bui
these are peanuts, comments th<
Arlington, Tex., Citizen, “compar
ed to the big boys. Have a look
Grain sorgums cost $262,000 i
day. . .Corn costs $444,000 a day
. .wheat $579,000 a day for stor
age.” Total cost of storage for al
these commodities comes to ov
er $550,000,000 a year. And tha
ain’t hay!
—BJR—
Since the birth of Christ twenty
centuries ago a million days havt
not yet passed. And how mucf
is a billion? Well, right now only
a little more than one billior
minutes have passed since Chrisl
was born.
The next time you hear thal
the big boys in Washington have
decided to give away a billior
dollars don’t just shrug it off . .
it costs every family in the Unitec
States $25 every time they spend
a billion dollars.
—BJR—
A navy fighter plane built by
U. S. aerospace company can fly
more than twice as fast as the
muzzle velocity of a .22 calibre
ballet. In a race with a .30 cali
ber machine gun bullet, the plane,
crossing the starting line the same
instant the gun is fired, would
catch up with the bullet in a
fourth of a second and then rap
idly forge ahead of it.
This brings us back to the puz
zle of whether or not guns could
be operated from the plane. If a
gun were fired at an enemy plane
flying behind, would the bullets
do any damage or would they
simply roll oat of the end of the
gun barrel as the plane sped
away from them. Would it be
possible to fire a gun straight
ahead of the plane or would it
run into its own bullets? We’ll
let the aerospace people worry
about this.
Meek News
By Mrs. Fred Llndberg
The Green Thumb Flower club
met with Phyllis Dobrovolny
January 25. Roll call was an
swered by naming an annual
flower which blooms in the fall.
After the business meeting Min
nie Boshart gave the lesson on
“growing herbs and their uses.”
Mary Peterson had charge of the
entertainment. Helen Nelson read
poetry before she opened her
birthday gift.
Lunch was served at the close
of the meeting by the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor were
visitors Monday of Grandma
Hall and Bill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sanders were
Monday evening visitors at the
John Schmitz home. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Devall and Kathy
were Friday evening visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson
of Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Wells and family of Wiscon
sin were supper guests Wednes
day evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Merlin Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Borg vi
sited with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hull at Lynch Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rouse
and boys were Sunday dinner
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guests of Howard Rouse. Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Rouse and boys
called in the afternoon.
A group of children gathered
at the George Mellor farm Sun
day to lee skate. Among those
attending from this community
were Sharon and Carla Anson,
Larry and Sue Nelson, Diane
and Kathy Devall.
Dinner guests Wednesday at
Bennie Johring’s were Merlin
Anderson, Henry and Allen Wal
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson vi
sited Tuesday evening at Carl
Kroghs.
Mrs. Dave Jensen called on
Mrs. Jessie Kaczor Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindberg
were Saturday dinner guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fox of Spencer. Charles Malcom
of Spencer was also present.
I Dinner guests Monday at Allen
Walters were Mr. and Mrs. Mer
lin Anderson, Nancy, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Walters and Bennie
Johring.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Devall
and Gary and Mrs. Oswald
Drueke were Norfolk visitors Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hull of Sioux
City were Friday visitors at
Grandmas Hulls and Bill and
Levi Hull was a visitor Saturday.
Debbie Anderson went home
from school with Sharon Anson
Friday. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Merlin Anderson, called for
her later in the evening.
Leon Odenback from Sidney,
Mont., and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wells and Lorene Wetzler were
Sunday dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Walters
and boys and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Walters attended the
Rueben Redlinger sale at Ew
ing Friday. The weather was
cold but in spite of it, things
sold well.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Zach,
Loretta and Bernetta were Sun
day visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Kennis Hansen. The
Zach’s home is in Niobrara.
Sunday dinner guests at John
Schmitz were Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Pierson and family of O’Neill and
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Huston and
Cindy of Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fernau
were weekend guests of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Kinzie of Butte.
Mrs. Della Harding plans to
leave Wednesday to visit her
children in California.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson,
Larry and Sue were Saturday
evening visitors at Dewayne An
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters
were supper guests Wednesday of
Mrs. Christine Johnson.
Diane Devall was an overnight
guest of Kathy Devall Saturday.
Russel Borg called home
Monday night from St. Paul,
Minn., telling of the serious il
lness of their daughter, Debra.
She was taken to the children’s
hospital and it was necessary
to feed her through the veins.
The last reports were that her
condition Is improved and they
hoped to bring her home soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Borg helped
Tony Borg, their grandson, cele
brate his fourth birthday.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Worth were Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Wetzler and
family of Verdigre, Mrs. Viola
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Do You Know Your Neighbor?
“Know Your Neighbor" is not a contest. There are no prizes given
for correctly identifying the person pictured. The only reward is the
satisfaction of knowing your neighbor.
. . ---mu.hi— if.mi n -r > I tl—MTi ill!
Last week’s Guess Who was Tom Cronin, manager of the Safeway
store.
Here’s an O’Neill businessman you’ve met.
Hall, Mary Wetzler, Maude Ful
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindberg
and Jerry Rosenkrans.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kaczor and
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby at
tended services at Center Union
Monday evening. The film shown
was entitled, “The Missing Chris
tian.”
Warranty Deeds
WD-Laura Mae Stracke to
Sylvia Mae Case, ct al 1-23-61 $1
SW>4 28-31-16 Grantor reserves
a life estate.
WD-David E. Bowen to Anna
W. Bowen 1-20-56 $1 NM> 27 N%
23-29-9.
WD-Victor L. Harley to Duane
K. Miller and wf 7-28-60 $2,500
Lot 8 and West 4 ft. lot 9 Blk C.
Chambers.
WD-Mabel A. Funk to Raymer
L. Funk 12-12-60 $1 SW>/4 27-31-14.
WD-Mabel A. Funk to Beulah
E. Atkins 12-12-60 $1 NW»/4 27-31
14.
WD-Mabel A. Funk to Bethene
W. Morris 12-12-60 $1 SWy4 4-30
14.
WD-Vema Mae Revel 1 to Bobby
L. and Billy D. Revell 1-25-61 $1
NE!4NEy4 - WM>NEy4 - NW‘/4
27-31-9 Grantor reserves ife estate.
REFEREES DEE D-Norman
Gonderinger, Ref. to Bob Matt
hews and Darrel Adamson 1-3-61
$12,000 NWy4 20-29-11.
WD-James L. Berigan to Roy
L. Ries and wf. 12-16-60 $13,500
Lots 6 and 7 Blk 26 Bitneys Add
Atkinson.
Here s a man
hasn t learned
ABOUT
TRUCKS
. but be doesn't live in our town!
Our folks are wise to motor transport They know that speedy
delivery is only one of the advantages of truck service — only one
of the reasons why trucks move three out of every four tons in in
dustry, agriculture and business in Nebraska and the nation.
TP RUCKS can go where and when they are needed. They can
make long hauls or short hauls economically, and they can do all
sorts of special jobs. Trucks are indispensable for reaching remote
places and making direct deliveries. Most everyone knows that —
unless he’s got a basket over his head.
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