Prairieland Talk
"Outlaws In O'Neill's Past"
tty ROMA INK SAUNDERS. 411) South 51st St .. Lincoln 6. Nebr.
We have in this department heretofore men
tioned tin* notables that were in business, profes
sional and political affairs here in O'Neill. Now we
will pay a little attention to the notables on the
other side of the schedule. The
outluw.s. There was Doc Middle
ton who came to his end on a
cot in a jail in Wyoming where
Ik* had spent the night. And
poor Kid Wade! The last word
that he spoke was this, "I have
been feeding you fellows and
no > you are going to hang me.”
So they did, some of his asso
ciates took him away from the
sheriff and hung him. Sheriff
.... . Rooiaine
Ed I lershizer had the Kid in
cus'ody, bringing him into O’- iamrtrirs
Neill to Ik* tried in court when the hunch of bad
hoys got together to take him away from the sheriff
to take him out and hang him. The Dutcher Broth
ers : three of them lived their days out in the Eagle
Civek country and came to their end out there.
A1 llylman as far as I know ended his days out
near iho Whiting Bridge.
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I was at work late that night in the old Frontier
office. I had started to go home and had gone a
Work south, turned to go west to my home when
it man jumped out in front of me. I thought it was
« holdup. I was friglgened but it was a friendly
holdup. He said. “Where is the convent?” What
today is St. Mary’s academy was then a convent.
.1 told tin* fellow where the convent was and he
Heft me unharmed. I went on to my home to spend
jthe rest of the night at rest. And then the next
•day 1 learned that a girl in the convent had made
her get-away the night before. So I felt that I had
thail a hand in getting a young lady away from her
■chore h obligation to join her sweetheart,
t * * *
Twohill bought a load of corn from me and
gave me 22c a bushel fur the com. That was my
.first income from the products of the country here
jin the O'Neill community. Another income source
iof a little money was from Fred Gat/, who gave
jme sixteen dollars for a nice fat coming three year
;old heifer. Those two items were the beginning of
Ja little income from the investment here in the
community.
I mounted my horse that morning and spent
the day riding the cow trails. Late afternoon toward
evening I rode into an Indian camp and there at
the camp were three squaws cooking something at
the campfire. I sat there on my tiorse and off a
little distance were some Indian men, bucks they
were called and they were communicating with one
another and pointing to me as I sat on the horse.
1 watched them for a minute and then got uneasy.
I thought I )>etter get out of there. So I touched
him with my heel and made my getaway. I still
have my scalp, those Indians didn’t get it.
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I have received a letter from a woman who
signs herself Mrs. C. (Florence) Jensen, from Gar
den Grove, California. Her memories do not reach
back into the 1880s but since her mother was bom
in the 1890s she is interested in that period. So she
asked me to deal in Prairieland Talk with that
jxriod. Very well, that was a time that we were
looking for railroads to come our way. And one
came. The short line from Sioux City to O’Neill.
And that induced some O'Neillites to move to Sioux
City. And 1 travelled a month or more on that short
line lietween O’Neill and Sioux City travelling hack
and forth, aside from spending a winter in Sioux
f if T nmnt I sin 4lw.r>st to » I ■ M I . 4 L
east and was there for a few years. Then back
again to O’Neill and from there to California for a
year or so. And now today railroads are but a
memory and we have bus lines going north, south,
east and west.
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And it was in the 1890s that Barrett Scott was
taken by the Vigilantes to the Whiting Bridge and
hung and dropped in the icy waters of the Niobrara
River.
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My son Ned an active lad in the thirties in Swan
precinct west of Amelia has now for some years
been in the building work here in the city of Lin
coln directing the construction of buildings. Last
night was the opening of a beautiful building. A
building of an educational institution here in the
city of Lincoln. It was pronounced a very beautiful
structure and now Ned takes over the supervision
of building the Christian Record, a new structure
for printing for the blind. Then he has some thought
of going to Boulder, Colorado to engage in building
houses out there.
Editorial
Not Acceptable
One ol the penalties of being an outstanding
success in any field is to be criticized, if not reviled,
by those who are envious. From the Orient we take
the story of Buddha whose reputation in his time
for holiness was widely known.
A man met him in the street one day and began
to call him mean and ugly names. Buddha listened
quietly and thoughtfully until the man ran out of
epithets and had lo pause for breath. “If you offer
something to a man and he refuses it, to whom,
then, does it belong?” asked Buddha. The spiteful
man replied, "It belongs, I suppose, to tiie one who
offered it". Then Buddha said, "The abuse and vile
names you offer me, I refuse to accept.” The de
tractor slunk away.
Look Behind the Money Screen
Only the letter "It" separates federal aid from
federal raid.
This is more significant than coincidental. His
tory lias repeatedly shown that when Washington
extends financial help to states and communities
it also invades their prerogatives for self-determina
tion of their affairs.
PORT HURON, MICH., TIMES HERALD: "Is
it •chance' that prior to 1948,. the U. S. and Britain
were tied in the number of Nobel prizes awarded
for medicine in each country—hut that in the years
since Britain adopted socialized medicine she has
produced only four Nobel medicine winners while
the U. S. has produced 19?”
Only an arm’s length away
Reach for your light switch and you command an entire army of personnel and
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than 4,000 miles of transmission lines, more than 100 million dollars worth of
equipment all working to make your work easier, your life more enjoyable. To 356
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Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
Miss Lenora Daily arrived in
the city Tuesday from Lincoln
and will remain here to perform
the duties of stenographer in the
office of J. J. Harrington. . .
Frank Bighn came up Saturday
from Columbus where lie has
been the past year. He returns
to take charge of his father’s
implement and furniture store. .
Carl Homes and Clara Bernholtz
both of Randolph were married
at County Judge Carlon’s office
Thursday . .T. V. Golden says
his new hotel building is all com
pleted now and ready for the fur
nishings. . .Peter Curtis has
bought an interest in the Hard
ing drag line which will now be
operated under the firm name of
Harding and Curtis. . .Monday
a case against the village board
of Ewing restraining them from
installing a new pumping outfit
came on from hearing before
Judge Dickson, who had previ
ously issued a temporary re
straining order.
25 YEARS AGO
Sixty-four Nebraska counties
have been designated commercial
corn producing countries by Sec
retary Wallace under the new
corn bill. Holt county is notice
able by its absence from the list
of counties. . .Both of O’Neill bas
ketball squads won in their first
round games at the Class C tour
nament in Atkinson. The Cardi
nals of St. Mary’s won from Bas
sett 18 to 16. O’Neill high swamp
ed Lynch 42 to 13. . . Elmer Jur
acek and Miss Veda Stewart both
of Star, are announcing their
coming marriage by giving a free
wedding dance to be held at Oak
View park on March 9. . .The
city election gives every evidence
of warming up and there will be
a real old time campaign. Pa
pers were issued the first of the
week and will be circulated to
morrow, placing in nomination
for the office of Mayor, Hugh E.
Coyne.
10 YEARS AGO
or Man Winter delivered his
third history making assault in
four years Thursday and Friday,
February 19 and 20 in a 48 hour
siege that left 18 foot snowdrifts
in the heart of O’Neill. . .An 18
year old Atkinson youth, Clifford
Boettcher, a senior in high school
and a member of last tail’s At
kinson high football team died
Sunday, Feb. 22, in a two passen
ger aircraft in which he was tak
ing off from an improvised air
field. . .Army Pvt. Patrick Boyle
of Camp Roberts, Calif., and Ma
rine Pfc. Edward Boyle, who is
stationed on Hawaii, were grant
ed emergency furloughs in or
der to be home because of the
critical illness of their mother,
Mrs. Edward Boyle, who is a pa
tient in St. Anthony’s hospital. .
Tuesday night’s game with the
Albion Cardinals at Albion was
a rouser, but Coach Paul Baker’s
O’Neill high Eagles trailed by
one point, 57-58 when the final
gun sounded.
5 YEARS AGO
Neal Kelly and Carol Cadwal
lader were crowned King and
Queen of Sports following In
man’s 65-27 romp over the Oak
dale cagers. . .Alvin H. Heese,
World War II veteran and a Page
farmer, has been appointed coun
ty service officer succeeding J.
Grutsch. . .Funeral services will
be conducted at 9 a.m. Friday in
St. Patrick’s church for Anton
P. Tomjack, 88, an O’Neill res
ident since early January. . .John
R. Gallagher, O’Neill, attorney,
Monday filed for the nomination
for Holt county attorney on the
Democratic ticket. . . Kenneth
Waring, chairman of the Holt
County chapter of American Red
Cross has appointed Howard D.
Manson as chairman of the 1958
Red Cross campaign for member
ship and funds. . .Dr. R. H. Gal
lagher, 85, who practiced den
tistry at Page and Ewing for
many years, died Wednesday in
California.
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The Long Age
At Chambers
Se YEARS AGO
A cross country trip in autos
from Chambers to Ord was plan
ned by the Commercial club lor
the first of the week, but was
postponed on account of the snow
until the road gets better, . .Dr.
Gtll reports a fine baby boy bom
to Mr. and Mrs. Evert Whit
comb of Swan Monday, Feb. 25. .
Just as we are going to press it
is reported to us that Mr. Krue
ger of Bliss was found dead in
his bed this morning and Mrs.
Krueger found sitting by the road
side nearly frozen, havmg started
to one of the neiglitjors to call
a doctor for her husband and got
lost , .The WCTU will meet at
the home of Mrs. E V. Sageser
on Thursday, March 13 at 2:30. .
Sr. F. A. Bernard went to Om
aha Tuesday to attend the auto
mobile show there this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brittell
came down from O’Neill Sunday
and visited at the home of Mrs.
J. D. Grimes until Monday.
25 YEARS AGO
Victor Harley received his ar
tificial arm and hand Saturday;
also a hook to use for work; this
device can be coupled on the arm
when the hand part is removed
and will be quite a help to Vic
tor. . .The marriage of Miss Ma
ble Raymer. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Raymer of Atkinson,
to Vladek Sladek, son of Mrs.
Julia Sladek of Chambers, took
place Monday morning at 10 o’
clock at O’Neill. . Mr. and Mrs..
John Wingert and Robert Bruce
left yesterday for Omaha to at
tend a welders’ “conflab” they
expect to return home Friday. . .
March came in quite “lamb
like”, Tuesday; and Wednesday
morning was just like spring. .
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stewart are
the proud parents of a 10 pound
son, Edward Vernon, born Thurs
day, Feb. 24. . .An 8‘4 lb. daugh
ter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Asa f
Watson, Amelia at the hospital in
Stuart, February 27.
Pages Past
50 YEARS AGO
Arthur McClure was down from
O’Neill the first of the week and
departed Tuesday for Des
Moines, la., where he will work
this summer. . .The team be
longing to John Maple of Venus
took a lively spin from the Ed
wards-Bradford lumber yard
scale Saturday up main street.
The horses ran into the rear end
of a wagon belonging to Tom
Roche, doing some damage which
the owner of the team paid for. .
Miss Hazel Walker won first
prize as the most popular lady at
Page at the Medicine Show Sat
urday night. . .Another keg of
cider arrived Tuesday. Better try
some at Timmermiers. . .The
Downey family returned from In
dependence, Mo., the latter part
of last week. . .A bouncing baby
boy arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Harper Wednes
day, Feb. 19. . .Mrs. Roy French
returned from Kentucky Monday.
. .Mrs. Will Townsend of John
stown visited here Tuesday. . .
Vernie Hoshaw departed Monday
for Lang, Saskatchewan, Canada,
to look over the homestead coun- j
try. . .Mrs. Ed Carter and two !
children are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Waring. . .
Hot meals and quick lunches any ;
hour of the day at the Snell cafe.
40 YEARS AGO
The Venus entertainers, coach
ed by Mrs. S. O. Juelson present
ed a program Wednesday eve- j
ning at the Page church. Those
taking part in the plays were: :
Margaret Walker, Amy York, Ma- 1
ble Balber, Pat Hamilton. Ear- j
nest Matschullat, Laurance Mun
derloh, George Hamilton, Adeline
Grosse, Charlie Vrooman, Char
lotte Hooge, Miss Hatfield, Ear
nest Ames, Herbert Kemper, Ed
die Bright, Willie Wellman, Bes
sie Hildreth, Forrest West, Had
ley Gentsler, Rose Vroman and
was concluded with a reading by
Forest West, "Spartacus To The
Gladiators”. . .Luella Rakow, An
na Park, Alma Michaelson and
Viola Park were initiated into j
the Rebekah lodge Tuesday eve
ning with the Inman camp invit
ed guests. A shower was held for
Evelyn Faulhaber. . .Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Tegeler entertained
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the Eden Valley Sunday school
<-'las* Friday evening. Roy Sny
der won first prize for eating
30 pop corn ball* and Ed Cuon
ate the moat taffy. In the inter
e»t of jug balancing, Luke Rakov*
x-y-x'd mat) on top of a jug, in
tux hand a pencil and paper and
wrote "George Washington"
(without his hatchet) and got a
prize for not falling off the
< Hootchless) jug — Ray Sider sale
Feb 23. . Mrs H A Skelton of
Texas wrote her fattier, poslmas
ter, P. E Chase, that a northern
storm struck down there and kilt
ed 10,000 head of cattle (frozen
stiff) in one county and where
they were the bech trees were
blooming and the strawberries
ripe. . JusbA Mere club met with
Mrs George French Thursday
with one guest, a daughter of
Mrs. Blain. . F B. I>wigganx of
Orchard was a Page visitor Mon
day.
Report from
Washington
By Congrewmaa Dave Martin
Fourth District, Nebraska
The Education and Labor Com
mittee, of which I am a member,
has started hearings on the
Youth Employment Act - a bill to
set up the old CCC camps for
youths between the ages of 16 and
22 to be called the Youth Con
servation Corps. The number of
enrollees shall not exceed 15,000
the first year and 60,000 in sub
sequent years. This section of the
bill provides that the young men
shall be provided ‘‘opportunity for
healthful employment in carrying
out such programs of conserva
tion, etc., planned by govern
mental agencies, and (2) to help
to develop natural resources and
recreational areas.”
The second section of the bill
would set up the "Local Area
Youth Employment Program" to
provide useful work experience
opportunities for unemployed
youths, same age limits, and with
a limit of 50,000 in this phase of
the program. Total estimated
cost of both sections - $100 million
the first year - $300 million annu
ally thereafter. Secretary of In
terior Udall led off the list of
witnesses, followed by Attorney
General Bobby Kennedy, Secre
tary of Agriculture Orville free
man and Secretary of Labor, Wil
lard Wirtz - the big guns of the
Administration.
President Kennedy in his spec
ial message to the Congress on
this subject said, "A common
subject for discussion in mid
century American is assigning the
blame for our mounting juvenile
deliquency to parents, schools
courts, communities and others..’ j
But the place to begin, he went j
on, is with the "malady which I
underlie* so much of youtMu
frustration, rebellion and idleness
and that malady ta a lack of op
portunny ”
it'a true enough that, by an*]
targe, fewer Job* are avail abl<
these days for young {wople, c*
penally for those without aunt
sort of training It la also tru*
that opportunities oi*n up foj
those who seek and for those wN
risk Could it be that we are get
ting so many government pro
grams that Individual Initially,
is being stifled and that our peo
pie are becoming more and niort
dependent upon Federal pro
grams? Mr. Kennedy's progranr
would go far to extend that Fed
eral sway In weighing his pro
posals, it is well to ask whethei
people who are willing to trans
fer the responsibility for youtf
to Washington may be foollni
themselves about the location ol
the malady
Brief hearings are winding ut
on the President's Omnibus Ed
ucatiim BUI - 25 separate propo
sals wrapiwd into one • $6 billioi
over the next four years, Thu
will probably be killed m Com
mittee for even the Chairman
Adam Clayton Powell, isn't keer
on this one. The Chairman op
ened the hearings the first day
then skipped off to Puerto Hue
for two weeks, turning the pre
i .. . ...-.
siding chair over to the No I
man <*n the CumoUtte*. .‘tome at
the Chairman's escapades hare
been brought out lo Utc prraa and
by a speech on the Flow at the
Senate by Senator Williams at
Delaware His actions etpoarraas
hi* own juirty roemlwca aa well
a* the AdmtiustraUuA.
Even though the Congress baa
rxd yet even considered or au
thorized a domestic peace corpa.
tiie New Frontier has launched
it* Domestic Peace toips by
simply using surplus staff of the
wux kl-wair parent teganisatam as
a nucleus. Twenty-two people
we i* borrowed from the over
staffed Pesce Corps, aet up in of*
ficee d*rwn town, and are send
mg out letters <«n the Attorney
General s letterhead. One of the
first “projects” undertaken by
the group waa a $250,boo gram
under auspice* of the Health. Ed
ucation and Welfare Department
to an organisation known aa As
sociated Community Teams, Inc.,
in New York Kepresentative
Adam Clayton Powell waa one of
the sponsor* of the group The
‘pilot'' New York project haa
paid out $157,000 in salaries
ranging up to the $12,000 to $1$,*
000 brackets. It also rented the
basement of Powell's Harl*ro
church for $17,000
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Good Chambers valley combination farm and pas
ture land located V/2 miles West of Chambers,
Nebr. on Highway 95. Land will be offered at pub
lic auction at the premises on ...
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Sale open from 1:30 - 3 p.m. Coffee and rolls at sale
The land consists of two quarters laying across the highway from
each other, convenient to school and on mail route, REA and phone, and
will be offered separately or as one unit.
LAND DESCRIPTION: NWVi, Sec. 26, R 13 and SWV4, Sec. 23, Twp 26,
R 13, Holt County, Nebraska.
The SW!4 is improved with good modern 7-room dwelling, bunk
house, garage and several small buildings. It has about 40 acres in pas- ;
ture, 20 acres in meadow, 90 acres under cultivation and about 10 acres i
in building site, windbreaks and corrals with a corn base of about $380.
House has automatic propane wall heaters. Excellent grove for windbreak £
for cattle.
The NW% is all grassland or pasture with flowing well. Excellent grass ’
for carrying 30 to 40 cows when used for pasture. Part may be used for j
meadow.
These two quarters make a well balanced unit and the good sandy loam |
produces good crops as all the land is subirrigated. Highway 95 separates \
the two quarters.
TO INSPECT: Contact the owners who live on the place or see Ed Thor
in, licensed real estate broker and auctioneer.
TERMS: 20 % down day of sale, balance on settlement when merchant- J
able title and abstract are delivered. There is a loan of approximately $9,
000 at 4% % on the unit that may be assumed by the purchaser.
POSSESSION ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1, 1963
Leonard & Doris Swanson
Ed Thorin, Licensed Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer ?