TIIK FKONTIKK, O’Neill. Nebraslui. Thursday, August 31, l!*.l Prairieland Talk "Jesse James' Hangout Cave" By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51st Sr.. IJncoln G, Nehr. Robbers’ Cave. Just another of our Capital City's places to go to if you have the two bits to meet the cost of getting into it. A cave in the south west limits of the city that is said to take you hack to the days of Jesse James, who with other thieves and cut throats of many years ago made that cave their hangout where they planned their un lawful deeds. A one-time don of robbers, now a show place to day where many go from time to time. An elderly lady, a widow, living in a large white house a few steps from the cave entrance, has been placed in charge of the cave visitors Kmnalne and is there at her home to Saunders take your 25 cents and show you to the cave. * * * A heavy rain wet our Capital City as 1 write. And it is the weekly wash day, so out there beyond my window they hang clean and white from daugh ter's wash room and rain soaked. It was the com plaint of some that we needed rain for a bit of gar den growth to bring about the cabbage heads and other things we eat. The clothes on the line will dry, the grass on lawn and garden things fresh and green Wo needed rain they said. We have had it, and now may we open our soul to receive the spiritual rain that feeds the inner life. Midway between Third and Fourth streets on Douglas was a street crossing walk which served us to get to and from Holtel Evans and the Gatz meat market on the south side of the street and to Brennan’s hardware and the Mann store on the north side. But when Dr. J. P. Gilligan was in stalled as mayor of O’Neill out came that cross walk, the gifted medical mayor feeling that a cross walk at both Third and Fourth streets was all we needed. So, as this lone pilgrim stepped out to cross where that walk had been one day there came a voice from the mayor’s office over the drug store ordering me to ’’get hack.” But 1 sneaked across once more. * » * What rntikes that ear of yours so attractive to the flies and other flying bugs as you sit out in the open? * * * The blue of the summer skies will fade again, flowers wither and their beauty fade, birds take to wing and away to southern lands, the rich blanket of green across the landscape turned to autumn brown and silken leaf on tree and bush turned to a golden glow. Summer and autumn days fold their wings and "like the Arabs” silently float away. The snows of winter, again the north winds sullen moan, and all through the long winter night the frost lays in cold but. poetic beauty a picture on window pane that tells us another winter has come. Turn on the heat! Editorial The Merchant, Magician And the Mad Housewife The subliminal transformance of items needed by the housewife from old standard-sized containers to new, compact, colorful, and smaller-but-larger looking, packages has been exposed by a Senate Judiciary subcommittee inquiry. Working with the feverish ambition of a side show magician, some genuises at packaging have turned up some optical illusionary containers that appear to be as large—or even larger—as the old fashioned kind. Browsing housewives come upon these gay treasures, pay more, and get less on their daily or weekly soirees through the supermarket. While most of the major-name brand companies have not been named in the investigation, a few are known as well as the name of the hero of a Friday night TV western. Like the well-known wine bottle w'ith the hollow bottom (now so long known that it is accepted as honest flair) some of the newr packages are said to have trick tops, bottoms, sides, color schemes . . . anything that a designer or a packager could use to make the hurried housewife think she is getting the same quantity when actually she is getting less. A few air-blown grains of cereal gained from the old fashioned box and candy saved from a pound container that now holds fourteen ounces, can become a major contribution to a manu facturer’s profits. As we continue to get. less and less for more and more, we can assume that the next dreadful step will be to decrease the value of boxtops. A card comes to me with greetings from Nellie Hunt, who with her son are visiting the scene of her laic husband's, Den Hunt, boyhood home in Minnesota. Nellie and Den both were of pioneer families of the O’Neill community. Most of their married life was lived in Lincoln where Nellie still has her home. Her husband died in Lincoln two or three years ago, his death the result of being hit by a driver near his home. » * * There were three who were known by the name John O’Neill in this town of ours in the long ago. Genera! John O’Neill, his son, John, and the other John O'Niill who in the lS80’s was in the hotel that still stands at Fourth and Everett streets. I count full 40 citizens of the community who we knew as John. How many if any now in the city of O’Neill respond to the name of John. One of the last I re call by that name was John Green who moved from his homestead in Wheeler county to O’Neill some 30 years ago. * * * Fifty years ago down in Boone county farmers saw and envied her ability to toss 70 to 100 bushels of corn in the wagon during cornhysking time, a woman cornpicker. Today, aged and in poor health, she makes her home with her daughter in daugh ter's 1 eautiful home in southeast Lincoln, mother and daughter, both widows. And the old gal still works out in the garden; rather hoe a growing gar den row than to make up her bed. Some 30 years ago she and her husband spent a year or two in the Amelia community and some down there today may remember the Clarks. I was an 11-year-old. Coming down the steps at school recess time the one just behind me tried to trip me. Reaching the floor below I doubled my boyish right fist and swung; it took the kid behind me a jolt in the jaw, and that kid was a bully that had been picking on me everyday. That jolt in the jaw subdued him and from then on he courted my friendship. A blow like that is what the Russians need now from American and British fists and may soon get it. * * * Walking by it again in memory the building :>n the spot where The Frontier was started and came forth for many years. No, Doc Matthews. Jim Riggs, Clyde King, Denny Cronin are there no more. Step on to the next door—Noah and Susan Gwinn are gone as is Con Keys. And another door or two along the way, Pat McManus greets us no more, and another step to where J. P Gallagher and Miss Meir were in the picture, now no more. The lumber yard is still there across the street, but where are Clyde and Joe? O. up on the hill under the sod. And just across the street to the west the hotel building still stands where it stood in the days of Kid Wade and Doc Middleton, but Roscoe and Jack O'Neill are no more. But I see one just next door, a native son, R. H. Parker still here after all these years. Give us a handshake, Parker pal. Biggest Job For Agriculture At more or less regular intervals we hear talk— apparently a trial balloon nature—to the effect that wage and price controls may be in the offing. And existing and proposed agricultural programs im pose or would impose on American farmers stricter and more unpredictable controls than any they have ever experienced. So something said in a recent speech by H. R. Davison, president of the American Meat Institute, is of real importance now. In his words: “The live stock and meat industry has. during the last 20 years, done the biggest job for American agricul lure. All the talk about programs, all the talk about government, all the talk about quotas, all the talk about production controls, etc., are meaningless in contrast to the fact that the biggest increase far mers have had during this period has been the mar ket for meat food products. It has accounted for an increased feed grain outlet of 75 per cent in 20 years. Of harvested forage 60 per cent. Of pasture and range forage—30 per cent. The production of beef, for example, has almost doubled in this period.” And during those years, never forget, meat has moved in the free market—the market which is ruled, not by fallible human judgement, but by the natural laws of supply and demand. The consumers have benefitted right along with the farmers. Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO Miss Rose Fallon, who has been studying voice culture in Chicago the past year, returned home last Monday evening for a few' weeks visit . . . T. V. Golden has commenced the erection of a building just south of the Royal theatre for office space on the lower floor and sleeping quarters above . . . The old set tlers picnic held near Meek last Thursday was one of the most successful events of the kind ever held in the county; 2,500 persons were present . . . The Misses Leonore Daly, Bea Mc Caffrey, Dora Testman and Bea McGinnis went to Long Pine Sat urday where they expect to spend a few7 days camping at Amusement park . . . Howard M. Bryan and Miss Flossie S. New ton, both of Page were issued a marriage license last Tuesday. 25 YEARS A(K) For the second time in recent months, the Emmet State bank was robbed Monday night but the loss was only $60 ... A prairie fire in the Opportunity country last Saturday afternoon destroyed 90 stacks of hay and burned over a strip of country one mile wide and two and a half miles long . . . Superintendent McClurg is back to his office after some 10 days spent at Dallas. Tex . . . Chester Calkins is biking a week off from police duties and Bill Lew'is is replacing him ... A truck of Holt county bales pulled out of O'Neill Tuesday for Ekla ka, Mont . . . Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s catholic church for Margaret Harte, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Harte. 10 YEARS A(K) The 59th Holt County Fair is ready to open Thursday at Chambers . . . Mrs. Henry Mi ehaelson. Page, died at her home August 20 following a stroke that afternoon . . . Nine Holt county men have been ordered to re port for military service . . Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Lybolt of Chambers celebrate golden wed ding anniversary- ... St. An thony’s hospital cement floors were finished this week; land scaping will start soon . . . Capt. Herbert O. Brennan, O’Neill jet fighter pilot in Far East theatre, has rounded the 100-mission mark . . . Rodney Perigoy, Stuart, dies August 17, when hurled from truck in which he was riding. 5 YEARS A J. W. Walter, president; George Kelly, vice president; J. C. Baker, secretary, and Clair Grimes, treasurer, are the new officers of the Chambers Com mercial club . . . Seventeen acres of stubble, burned on the east side of the Ernie Earl farm home and no one can fathom the cause of the fire . . . George B. Clark left Monday to attend cases in county court at Albion, Schuy ler, Fremont and David City . . . Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hammer and George Voorhies spent Sat urday at the News office in Orchard stapling the Fair books ... A family reunion was held at the Leon Hertel home Sunday when Pete Nielson and all his children and their families were present . . . Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Honeywell will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a picnic at their farm Septem ber 4. A Poem From Mrs. Eby ... Beauty A Sunday school teacher, a min ister’s wife Taught a group of girls from the slum areas, life. Ill-fed and ill-clothed they had a dreary existance. The teacher prayed to help with out resistance. I want you should look for some beauty at home. Not in things outside as this week you roam. Next week a sad faced little girl Said no beauty I found till the sun shone on my baby sister’s curl. Thus the teacher taught them early in life To look for beauty above squalor and strife. True, our circumstfmces we can’t always change But if we look above we can somehow arrange. To look for beauty like the brave little girl Who saw the sun shine through her sister's curl. iviaiij jt.cn o iciiti men itrcLdicri (no more) Her husband paused at a beauti ful door. A gracious lady met him with this , happy greeting I once was a member of your wife’s little meeting. She taught us to look for beauty and love And from there we turned to Jesus above He taught us to look for the good in folk Though the slum condition could not be broke Then He taught me to think of lovely things Then sordid thoughts flew away and took wings. For you see, kind sir, I’m that sad little girl Who first saw beauty in her sis ter’s curl. Della Stuart Eby Riverside News By Mrs. Lionel Gunter i Mrs. Wilmer Mosel, Mrs. Mel-1 vin Rexin, Mrs. Earl Pierson, Mrs. Frank Schmidt, Mrs. Keith I Biddlecome, Mrs. Raymond Schmidt and Jeanette, Mrs. Har ry Van Horn, Mona Mosel and Mrs. Lionel Gunter attended a miscellaneous shower for Miss Sharon Schmidt Friday evening at the St. Dominic hall. Eddy Shrader consulted a doc- , tor Monday concerning a back ailment. The Wayne Fry family were dinner guests Sunday at the Z. H. Fry home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Napier and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hord were Sap per guests Wednesday at the Al fred Napier home. Mrs. George Keller and Nan cy and Mrs. Alfred Napier, Glen da, Leroy and Dennis were Nor folk visitors Friday. Deanna Emsick was an over night guest at the Wayne Fry home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Pollock j and Phil, Omaha, came to the | Dave Pollock home Saturday to I spend the weekend. The Art Buss- ! hardt and Kenneth Polock fami- j lies, Neligh, visited Sunday in the i Pollock home. Mr. and Mrs. Er-1 nst Norwood called at the Dave j Pollock home Thursday evening, j Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fink and j family, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fry and Terry, Diane and Gor don Shrader, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Shrader and family and the Lynn Fry family went to Grove Lake i Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rose and sons were dinner guests Wednes day at the Lynn Fry home. ^■ j Mrs. Robert Hobbs assisted Mrs. Dewitt Hoke in entertain lag the Star kensington Friday afternoon with 15 members and one guest. Mrs. Lester Spragg, present. Reed Emsick returned to his home in Omaha last Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fry and Terry were dinner and supper guests Thursday at the Lynn Fry home. Other supper guests were Mrs. Kitty Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fink and family, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Shrader and family and Diane Shrader. Mrs. Bert Fink accompanied Sandra Shrader to Fremont Mon day and spent the night at the Russel Fink home. Sandra stay ed with her girl friend, Joan Har per. Joan came home with Sandra and Mrs. Fink Tuesday for a few days visit at the Willie Shrader home, returning to her home in Fremont by has Friday morning. Mrs. Kittie Fry and Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Fry visited Friday evening at the Z. H. Fry home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierson joined Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woeppel. Mrs. Marilyn Burk and children and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pribnow and children at the Marcus Pierson home Sun day for dinner in honor of Mar vin’s and Earl’s birthdays and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pierson’s and Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Pier son’s wedding anniversaries. Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Napier, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Fry and Richard and the Lynn Fry and Willie Shrader families were dinner guests Sun day at the Kitty Fry home. Deanna Emsick was an over night guest at the Dale Napier home Friday. Z. H. Fry left Thursday morn ing to fish at Pierre, S. D. Lna Bennett, Mrs. Ruth Wap les and Mrs. Wayne Shrader and family visited Tuesday at the Keith Biddlecome home. Al Gibson visited Friday eve ning at the Wayne Fry home. The Leo Miller family left Tuesday to visit at the Dan Rob bins home at Racine, Minn., for a few days, planning to be home by Saturday or Sunday. Mrs. Gerald Wetlauffer helped with the painting at her mother’s, Mrs. Martha Shrader, Tuesday. Judy Gunter went home with her for a visit, returning to Owing by bus Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. William Lofquist and family left last Saturday eve ning for Scottsbluff and spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs Mary Rotherham. Monday they went to the Hidden Paradise park near Long Pine for a couple of days, returning home Wednesday. Lucille Rotherham is visiting at the William Lofquist home for a few' days before returning to her home at Gallup, N. M. Wilmer Mosel and Robert I>an away and two sons went fishing Tuesday in South Dakota, return ing home Wednesday. Mrs. Gerald Hadduck and children, Denver, Colo., came Fri day evening to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller, and other relatives for a few days. Mrs. Dale Napier and Anna Marie Jensen met Anna Marie's mother in Tilden Thursday morn ing and accompanied her to Lin coln. Mrs. Duane Jensen brouglu Mrs. Dale Napier back to Tilden that night and she returned home from there. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shrader and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shrader attended Mrs. Mary Luzio’s fan eral services at Homer Wednes day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Napier and family took Deanna, Joan and Peggy Emsick to their home in Omaha Sunday morning and were guests at the Frank Emsicl. home. Mr. and Mrs. George Montgorn ery and Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Fry were dinner guests Wednesday at the Millie Mahood home in Orchard. Mrs. Esther Mae Barnhart and children, Neligh, were dinner guests Sunday at the Grant Mott home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hobbs and Bobby, Omaha, came last Satur- . day evening to the Dewitt Hoki | home. Robert returned home Sun day afternoon and Mrs. Hobbs and Bobby stayed for a week's j visit, returning home Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Web Napier and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rose were | supper guests last Saturday at the John Napier home. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Fry arid i Richard, McPherson, Kan., spent Friday night at the Lynn Fry home. Saturday both families joined Mrs. Kitty Fry and Mr. ' NOTICE ! All drivers licenses will expire September 1, If01 and must be renewed during the months of September and October. None can be issued before September 1. Ilue to late legislation there might be a few days delay in receiving our forms from the printers. Please check your old license* for errors before sending them in for renewal. We must have your old license and a fee of $2.00 for persons 20 years old and over and $1.50 for persons under 20. Also include a self addressed stamped envelope for returning your new li cense. The simplest way to get your renewal is by mail. J. ED HANCOCK County Treasurer 18-19c find Mrs. Willard Fry and Ter ry for dinner at the Willie Shra der home. Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Hike vis ited last Sunday at the Lee Fink home near Page. Mrs. Z. H. Fry, Deanna, Joan and Peggy Emsick, Mrs Dale Napier and Mrs. Richard Naipier, Nancy and Reta attended the An telope County Fair in Neligh last weekend and watched the judg ing of the clothing find cooking. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Switzer and the Wendell 9witzer family at tended the Fair Friday evening. Mrs. Alfred Napier and Glenda and Mrs. G. I>. Ryan and Seila took the sewing and cooking ex hibits to the Fair Thursday after noon. Try The Frontier Want Ads — It Pays ! Bankers Life and Casualty Co. Underwriters of the WHITE CROSS PLAN Hospitalization Medical and Surgical Income Protection Life Insurance LEONA SHOEMAKER I*h. 73.3 Ilf* N. 8th St. O’Neill, Nebr. lb-19 —.....jrjuOT—- __ rsa .1 II | 1 MUTUAL- INC II || I 1 STOCK FUND. INC. | | II selective fund. INC- I 11 I i 1 GROUP CANADIAN fund ltd. 1 * II I I VARIABLE PAYMENT FUND. INC. I For prt>tpm ing the investment company ee cese penfcm checked below: MAnt hat. Sleek Paad, tea. To Our Gas Cust owners: LIGHT UP TIME IS IV El IE! 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