Prairieland Talk
"Try the Old Man Once"
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 411J South 51st St., Lincoln 6. Nebr.
A flash of lightning and Andy Potter lay dead
down by I try Creek south of O'Neill. He and two
friends were on a wild duck hunt out that way,
caught in a thunder storm and one of them lay
dead. Potter had lived on a
ranch in southern Holt county
before coming to town to take
over the hotel management of
the town's first pretentious
hostelry that stocxl at Fourth
and Fremont streets, later burn
ed. His sister and brother were
operating Hotel Evans, now the
Western. Lightning — look out!
Mrs. Saunders and I were
awakened a night some twenty
years ago as we lay sleeping in Bosnalne
our bed at home five miles Saunders
west of Amelia, awakened by the thunder storm.
Then suddenly our house was lighted up, and I
jumped out of bed to hasten to a window to look
out. A hay stack some forty rods from our buildings
was on fire, a bolt of lightning did it. But rain pre
vented the spread of fire. A horse out in the pasture
was killed by lightning that night, but the owner
of that horse did not do as one gent did we had
once heard of. One of his horses was killed by light
ning which made that fellow so mad that he cursed
and swore, shook a defiant fist at that over-hanging
cloud and shouted "Try the Old Man once”. The
thunder cloud responded and that man fell dead
under a bolt of lightning.
* * *
The officer escorted the convicted man from
his stately mansion in our Capital City to the state
prison at the southwest limits of Lincoln where he
will be for the next four years, having been con
victed of a crime. No it is not the teenagers and
ignorant and unlearned among us that are up to
all the devilment. Here is a cultured informed
medical man, a citizen of our Capital City, led
away to prison because first being led away by the
Devil.
* * *
During my brief Memorial Day visit to O'Neill
I happened to bump into my good friend Walter
O’Malley, that sturdy north Holt county ranchman.
He told me it had been a hard winter in his region
and 20 new bom calves of his had died. When I
suggested that at his age he retire from the cowboys
job and come to town he turned a longing vision
toward California, but his poodle dog was holding
him still to Holt county Prairieland. His sister Miss
Elizabeth, now 93 years of age and most of her
long life spent in the O'Neill community is now
with her younger sister in Omaha. The O'Malley
family were among the early pioneers of Holt
county.
Sunday closing laws about everywhere. Maybe
Jack and Jim are hoping something can be done
to put a stop to having to milk those cows one day
each week, watering and feeding the livestock and
tossing com out to chickens.
• • •
Once again You and I and most all of us stood
by the graves of our dear dead ones, placed there
a bunch of flowers and recalled memories of the
past. From our Capital City to where my dead are
buried it is 250 miles, along green robed open
country and through several towns out on beautiful
Prairieland. Turning away from where our lifeless
loved ones lay we meet friends who with us cherish
memories of pioneer life of the homestead days in
good old Holt county. There they lay our own dear
»nes and friends and neighbors we had known. Yes,
one by one the dead are laid to resst and some
day we too go under the sod to be called forth to
meet our Lord on the resurrection morning. May
we all so have lived on this old earth that we may
inherit that "home over there”. And while yet up
and on the go it has been a pleasure to grasp the
hand and speak again with friends we had known.
* * *
The month of June starts out wet, no roaring
tempest but a steady drip from a clouded sky. North
Nebraska is well wet up and that great cattle and
hay country looks promising for another season.
And down here in our Capital City we are pretty
well behaved.
* * *
On the highway out of O’Neill in the southern
regions of Holt county you see a sign by the highway
that invites the traveler to go east four miles to
the inviting shore of Goose Lake, a beautiful body
of water. Holt county has two large lakes and a
number of smaller ones.
* * *
We looked again at that gleaming white house
on south First street, where daughter, who sat be
side me, was bom and where she had spent her
childhood, the white house that had been my home
for 25 years. But no fellow beings there today that
were there in our day. New homes all about hous
ing those who come along on the march of time.
And so it is along the highway of life, here for a
time and then gone. We drove about the neighbor
hood and daughter recalled where this one and that
one had made their home, now no more. Yes, now
no more, but memory lingers.
* * *
We knew it 70 years ago as Hagerty’s Lake, a
little body of water on west side of Hagerty’s quar
ter section just south of O’Neill. Driving down by
there Memorial Day the whole quarter section was
under water, but the highway was dry.
. Editorial
Those Square Envelopes
Dakota County Star
There’s a new post office directive which is
scheduled to become effective next January 1 which
may not be too popular.
If you gals have any thank you notes or greet
ing cards which go into square envelopes you’d
better use them up before January 1.
After that date, envelopes having shapes other
than rectangular are non-mailable. The post office
department says envelopes of standard sizes and
shapes are essential to the economical handling of
mail. In addition, envelopes less than three inches
in height or 4 Vi inches in length will not be per
mitted.
Envelopes more than 9 inches in height or 12
inches in length, are not recommended. Neither are
envelopes having a ratio of height to length of less
than 1 to 1.414 (1 to the square root of 2).
Handling junk mail at a tremendous loss—mail
that folks didn't want in the first place and usually
toss into a waste paper basket—is permissible for
the Post Office Department.
But square envelopes, even though bearing
enough first class postage to pay its fair share of
the postal distribution cost, are taboo.
It looks like all the squares which should be
eliminated are not in envelopes.
Faulty and Dangerous
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States
has succinctly and compellingly summed up the
main arguments against providing medical benefits
under the Social Security system, to be financed by
increased SS taxes. They run like this:
The proposed program is compulsory. Employes
and employers would have to pay for it whether or
not they wanted to participate.
It is not needed. Private insurance plans are
available in ever-increasing numbers for those need
ing and wanting health insurance. The Kerr-Mills
Act of 1960, which provides aid under a federal
state system for those who cannot afford a private
plan, hasn’t been given a chance to prove its effec
tiveness.
It would pervert the Social Security system. For
the first time, a beneficiary would be forced to ac
cept part of his benefits in the form of government
paid service instead of cash. He’d have no choice
in the matter.
It is unfair. A young married couple would be
forced to pay higher Social Security for a lifetime
to finance health benefits for wealthier older citizens
who have contributed relatively little to the fund.
It can be added that people of large means can, and
do, draw’ Social Security payments, so long as they
don’t work at a paying job.
It is illusory. Many aged people seem to think
the program would take care of all their medical
costs. In fact, it would cover only a part of hospital
and nursing home expenses. It is said that for the
average older person, only about a fourth of his
health and medical costs would be met.
No one minimizes the medical problems of the
aged. But those problems would be compounded,
rather than solved, by the faulty and dangerous
Social Security approach.
Frontier
BILL RICHARDSON. Publisher
BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
The hitching posts were taken
up from along the business
streets by order of the city coun
cil. . .M. P. Sullivan and Ellen
Mari Murphy were united in wed
lock at St. Patrick’s church Mon
day morning. . .Rev. J. B. Cher
ry, Ponca, has been secured as
pastor at the Presbyterian church
. . .Dr. Smith, Veterinarian,
holds the record for heighth in
town, he reaches an altitude of
six feet four inches. . .The work
of construction began Tuesday
on the new hotel.
25 YEARS AGO
Canker worms, another pest to
be reckoned with, is infesting
scores of trees in Holt County.
. .D. C. Schaffer and James W.
Rooney returned Friday from a
farm credit conference held on
Thursday and Friday in Broken
Bow . .On June 20-21-22 the O’
Neill Country club will hold the
sixteenth annual golf tournament.
. .Wed Tuesday morning at St.
Patrick’s church in this city, Miss
Eileen Enright became the bride
of Thomas Semlak of Norfolk. . .
Mrs. Florence Jensen, state man
ager, and Mrs. G. A. Miles, state
president, attended a district
meeting of the Woodman Circle
held Saturday at Chadron.
10 YEARS AGO
William McIntosh was elected
president of the Chamber of Com
merce June 1. . .Elgin Ray new
Lions Club head. . ,31st annual
gold tourney will be held June
14. . .Marilyn Fritton graduated
from St. Catherine’s school of
nursing in Omaha, June 5. . .
Marriage licenses were issued to
Donald Grant Walton and Miss
Irene Norman Jackson both of
O’Neill, June 6. . .The first tele
vision set in the community was
installed recently in the Lambert
Bartak home.
5 YEARS AGO
Miss Elizabeth Schaffer was
graduated from the University of
Nebraska Monday. . .170 attend
banquet honoring William J. Froe
lich. . Rev Robert Daffy is new
assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here. . .Eight con
firmed at Christ Lutheran church.
. .Pat DeBolt and Larry Kruse
married in First Presbyterian
church. . .Mrs. Franklin and Ken
neth returned Sunday from a
week’s visit with her sister.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
i
50 YEARS AGO
Try a chocolate ice cream soda
at Wood’s place. Taste it you will
not waste it. Adv. . .Flora
Grimes and Lovena Adams left
Monday morning for Peru, Neb.,
where they will attend the Peru
Normal this summer. . .Rev. Eg
gleston came out Sunday to per
form the baptismal services of
the Methodist church held at the
creek near A. E. Holcomb's, a
good many being sprinkled and
several immersed. . .The farm
ers are rejoicing over the heavy
rain which fell Wednesday morn
ing as the ground was beginnig
to get quite dry. .Born to Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Jones Sunday, a fine
baby girl. . .Charles Allen has
purchased a new Oakland car
from John Nelson of Atkinson.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walters
Saturday a boy. We haven’s seen
Charles yet but expect he will
soon be able to be around.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Nancy White conducted
the services at Swan Lake Sun
day. . .Mr. and Mrs. Earl Med
calf departed last Friday early
to take their daughter, Miss Eliz
abeth, to Chadron for summer
school at the state normal. . .The
Glee Grimes Family drove to
Wayne Sunday, taking Dorothy
there to attend the summer col
lege term. . .Over eighty guests
were entertained at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Walters and Mrs. J.
A. O. Woods, the occasion being a
shower for Mrs. Hale Osborn
(nee Thelma Cooper). . .The fan
days for this year are Septem
ber 7-8-9-10.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, BADGES
AND OTHER MARKING DEVICES
THE FRONTIEnT
Phone 788 114 N. Fourth St. O'Neill, Nebr.
Venus News
By Mr*. Ralph Brookhouser
Memorial Day guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Faulhaber, were his sister, Mrs.
Nora Haxshiser and daughter
and family. Cedar, Minn, and Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Linguist, Platts
mouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brookhou
ser were Sunday evening visitors
in the Frank Bartos, sr. home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Bar
tos were Monday morning visitors
at the Ralph Brookhouser home.
Mrs. Fred Uhlir visited in the
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Luebcke
were Monday evening visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Heggemeyer and Eddie.
The hard rain in this vicinity
Monday night damaged a lot of
trees. It is believed a small twist
er hit in an area near the George
Heggemeyer and Ernie Boelter
farms. Four windows were blown
out in the latter’s home.
Ernest Smith, Santa Ana,
Calif., visited in the Fred Uhlir
home Monday and Tuesday. Er
nest is a former resident of
Knox County.
Saturday overnight guests in
the Ralph Brookhouser home
were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Da
vey, Belleview. Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Brookhouser and Jeffrey sipent
Money To Loan!
Property, Cars, Trucks,
Farm Equipment
Household Goods, Personal
HARRINGTON
Loan and Investment
Company
LOW RATES
Sunday with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Davey
called at the Roseoe Groeling,
Arden Laursen and Russell Ick
ler homes Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. WilLs Boeker
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Caskey
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Block, Neligh, Mon
day evening.
Annett Uhlir spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
Fred Uhlir. Annett resigned from
her employment at the Verdigre
bank and entered Wayne State
Teachers college June 4. She ac- j
companied Marlen Soucek anti
Mrs. Henry Vonasek to Wayne, j
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cihlar and
daughters and Mrs. Paul Cihlar j
were Thursday evening visitors in
the nome 01 Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Kinnison.
Mrs. Irwir Held entertained the
Help U cl.ib in her home Wedne*.
day, June 6. The hostess served
dinner at noon. The afternoon was
spent doing needle work fo^ the
hostess Mrs. George Jeffrey re
ceived the door prise. Mrs. Ken
neth Waring will have the next
meeting.
. * I *
DR. D. E. DAVID
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FEDERAL LAND BANK
Real Estate I»ans
On Farms and Ranches
Boyd. Barfield, Holt Wheeler
Counties
Through Federal Land Bank
Assn.
FARM CREDIT BUILD IN O
Lyle P. Merlin, Mgr.,
O’Neill, Nebr.
ROYAL THEATRE
Thurs. June H
Family Night
Man Ladd Shelly Winters
“SASKATCHEWAN’*
Frl.-Sat. June Ift-16
Audie Murphy Dan Duryca
Joan O'Brien
“« BLACK HORSES”
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Sim.-Mon.-Tues. Wed.-Thurs.
June 1MH-19-20-21
Rock Hudson Doris Day
Tony Randall
“LOVER COME BACK”
It happened 100 YEARS ago
The oldest incorporated trade association in the country,
the United States Brewers Association, was organized in
1862 ... the same year that
Skttcb of first HomtiltjJ in Tbt Ntbraikn Ttrrilory
IN NEBRASKA the people cheered when they learned Con
gress had passed the Homestead Act, making it possible for
them to get free land in the territory. Throughout the west
the event was toasted with foaming steins of beer.
For then, as now, beer was the traditional
beverage of moderation — light, sparkling
refreshment that adds a touch of Western
Hospitality to any occasion. Nebraskans have
always enjoyed the good fellowship that goes
with every glass.
TODAY in its centennial year, the United States
Brewers Association still works constantly to
assure maintenance of high standards of quality
and propriety wherever beer and ale are served.
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