The Best of . . .
"Prairieland Talk”
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
Reprinted from April Ti, IW*
What are you signing lilierty’s death warrant?
Registering as a soverign citizen and voter they take
your age, color of eyes and hair, place of birth and
previous condition of servitude, then require that
you sign your name-.
doing into the jwlling place
to cast your supposed secret
ballot the process is repeated,
and you sign again.
Many taxpayers, property
owners and Jife-long citizens
were deprived of voting at the
primary because they had for
gotten or did not know about
•registration requirements in the
city of Lincoln, foisted upon the
community by a group of busy
txxlies adding another burden
of expense to top heavy gov
ernment.
• • •
Do you tiiink your pay cheek, allowing you
Irorn 1 to 2 dollars an hour for your time, is not
big enough? The Roman day wage was one penny,
which would lie worth in U. S. coin 17 cents. Let’s
go back to work and stop complaining.
South Sioux City fellows have incorporated what
they call the Tri-State Rodeo corporation and will
pul on a show in July. Exhibitions of this nature
are becoming numerous but are rather a tame
affair compared to daily display of horsemanship
of another generation. Maybe rodeo is as gfx>d a
wont as any to apply to such performances but the
word primarily means roundup and is borrowed
from the Spanish.
* * *
Imagination was given to man to compensate
iiirn for what he is not, and a sense of humor to
console him for what he is. Wall Street Journal.
* * *
A party of capital city gents drove to the water
holes near the west end of the state and got a four
]K>und trout on a recent weekend. From the state
i Diiiiiiio'iiwii na.t i /< « t i u;mni^ uir »uiu ui
plentiful trout to bo had, like unto the lioat load
caught in the Sea of Galilee, hut the party from
Ijncoln with their fish rods met with disappoint
ment.
Wars, disasters, wholesale slaughter among
civilized races and still the old globe has 2x/\ billion
of us strutting about. The question of over-popula
tion concerns some writers on economic themes.
Can the soil produce enough to sustain a growing
world population? It is said the antediluvian world
was much more densely populated. Why not? Dur
ing a period of nearly a thousand years, the common
life span what a family of ltoys and girls, dad and
mother could have. The early race did not passout
because of Jack of grub; they had more water than
they could use. Nebraskans seem to be doing their
full and honorable duty in contribution young Amer
icans and adding to the fears of over population. A
doctor tells me his information is that there will
be a bumper bloom in the Lincoln area this Spring,
and nicely groomed young mothers walking three
abreast wheeling fine samples of the new genera
tion are now seen on the streets.
* * *
Apartment houses in the city of Lincoln are to
be assessed as business property by the county. The
city has set up certain sections known as business
districts, outside of which you are prohibited from
operating a business. Apartment houses are just
about every where and how county and city will
manage is up to the several officials. At least one
of the city assessors is going around with his sched
ules as in previous years.
Two cookbooks lay side by side. The size of
each aroused curiosity and they were opened in
turn. One. a haughty volume of 900 pages, was the
late offspring of one of those aristocratic publica
tions for the feminine tribe; the other no less swanky
had 800 pages of grub-stake. We are mighty eaters
and these two volumes give an assortment of 1,700
pages from which to choose.
Another Lincoln school teacher left to heirs a |
sizable estate u|>on her death -36 thousand dollars.
It may be that it is not that the teaching profession
is underpaid, but how the individual manages with
what they get
• • •
I see The Frontier carried a state report on
one of O'Neill's public eating places. I trust that
having nin the same on the bias had no significance
as to the report itself.
• • •
The Beacon light, an O'Neill newspaper of
another generation, was an imitation of a publica
tion known as the Iconoclast that flourished down in
Texas until its editor was shot by an enraged citi
zen who had been treated to an editorial scorching.
The Beacon Light also drew inspiration from Appeal
to Reason which flaunted inflamable editorials from
its seat in a Kansas town until the postal department
confiscated an issue containing seditious matter.
The Yellow Jacket is still going strong down in North
Carolina. It has been stinging Democrats for more
than 50 years and its estimate of our Iiemocratic
president runs in this vein: "Truman has a cast
iron cheek to think he will be the White House
occupant for many more months.” This in view
of that new porch the president is having added
to the presidential dwelling.
* * *
Of the seven able gentlemen represented on the
Republican primary ballot with an eye on the White
House, Mr. Stassen was high man in the voting
yet he lacked many thousand of receiving half of
the Republican votes cast. A case of the minority
ruling. It would have been interesting to see how
the two top candidates would have fared had they
been alone gamering votes.
* * *
The author of a book recently appearing puts
it this way: “Anyone seeking to ‘get somewhere’
must work in committees, commissions, societies,
comerences, leagues, loouies, Bureaus, pssoeiauoiis,
unions, chambers, clubs, assemblies and conven
tion.” This leaves the “rugged individual” high and
dry on a lonely island.
* * *
A shrewd bachelor of the Arkansas hills listed
the wife and daughter of a neighbor as dependents
on his income tax return — until a federal agent
rectified the error.
The pair boarded the bus, she carrying a huge
bundle of merchandise just purchased. He, groomed
in shining apparel, white collar and cuffs, flashy
tie and shoes polished like a mirror. They sat down
together, she supporting on her lap the bundles that
reached to her chin. He sat with empty hands as
though a parcel would defile his finery and humble
his “gentlemanly” dignity. They were Europeans
who had not acquired the American conception of
gallantry. Another bus scene: She dropped grace
fully into a front side seat, peeled the wTapper from
a candy bar and went after the sweet morsel with
ample bites, unmindful of gaping passengers.
* * *
A swank outfit on O street with a hook on a
silk cord thrown out to bait the few Nebraska maids
and matrons devoted to the ultra in fashion desig
nates the corner set off for foot wear as a shoe
salon—pronounced "sa-long” Parisian if you please.
Some monstrosities they call “wedges” suppose to
lure milady into the gay gad-about life are offered
in lieu of dainty shoes. Just when and where these
marvelous creations are to be worn I don’t know,
but maybe the shapes, with opening for a pink toe
to protrude are offered as something cute for sum
mer street wear.
* * *
A 13 year old Wahoo boy is facing trial for shoot
ing to kill one of his companions when three of
them were out writh a shot gun. A California kid of
the same age confesses drowning a 6 year old girl
because he was affraid the girl would tell her par
ents “what I done to her”. Is that “juvenile delin
quency” or unvarnished human depravity manifest
in young America not yet dry behind the ears?
Editorial
How Do You Stand?
Q: Mr. Rehberg, the last time we talked was
just after you left college and began working for
a newspaper. At that time I remember you had
formed opinions on many subjects. As part of a
research project I wonder if we could go over those
questions again and see if the past nine years have
changed any of those opinions?
A: That's right, sir. I feel that my experience
in the newspaper field lias definitely made me wiser
and brighter. I remember that just after I left
college 1 was prone to roly on the judgment of others
but now when the mistakes are made I'd rather do
it myself.
Q: I remember that when you left college you
expressed an interest in television. Do you think
that it has achieved its purpose and become a
worthwhile addition to our civilization?
A: Could we stay away from the controversial
issues please? Several of our big advertisers are
appliance dealers you know. Besides a lot of our
readers do watch television.
Q: Well, then what about federal aid to educa
tion?
A: Well, personally, as you remember when I
was in school I needed all the help I could get and
if the federal government or anybody else could
have helped me I'd have voted for it. However,
you know that there are two schools of thought on
that and I'd rather not get involved in a lengthy
discussion today.
Q: What about the situation in Washington these
days?
A: Just off the record I’d say that there is a
lot of spending going on but I'd rather not go into
politics. Although somebody must have voted for
these fellows who are spending all this money we
can’t find anyone who'll admit they did. However,
you can't tell when you’ll step on somebody’s toes
so can we skip Washington"
Q: Alright, we'll skip Washington. What about
our state legislature?
A: LOOK, if you don’t stay away from those
controversial subjects you can stop this interview
right now!
Q: Well sir, just how do you stand?
A- Corrected sir . . . mostly corrected.
B J R
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CARLSBAD, N. M., CURRENT-ARGUS:
Communist China . . . has ordered accountants and
bookkeepers to spy on their tosses and report any
dereliction at once. An official story of the order
declares that it was issued ‘to ensure supplies and
prevent waste and corruption': . . . The decree has
leen long delayed, not because all was well, but
because the leadership was reluctant to make any
public admission of such bourgeois faults as graft
and inefficiency. Now the cat is out of the bag. And
a little more stuffing is kicked out of the myth of
Communist efficiency and incorruptibility.”
LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.( BEACON: ‘‘We ob
serve here quite frequently, our views of growing
government spending at all levels. Our motivation
is not hard to determine; we pay taxes and so do
the readers of this newspaper ... It seems to us
that somewhere, somehow, this trend must stop.
We realize that politicians, in order to perpetuate
themselves, need to put people on the government
payrolls, but there must be a limit somewhere. We
think we passed it several years ago.”
BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher
BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
A new exchange comes to The
Frontier's table whereby we learn
that Ham Kautzman, formerly id
tlie newspaper game in O’Neill,
is at it again out at Jioulton,
Ore. The paper is the Columbia
Herald and Ham is one of the
owners. . .Ambrose Biglin, son of
Mayor Biglin of this city, is a
new resident of Norfolk, having
accepted a position with the Nor
folk National Bank. . .By a unani
mous decision of the judges, Pres
ident U. S. Conn, of the Wayne
Normal, Ralph Graham, dean of
expression of the Fremont Nor
mal and Ralph Garrett, law stu
dent at the University of Nebras
ka, the O'Neill High School de
bate team defeated the Valen
tine high school team for the
championship of this district, in
the debate held here last Friday
night.
25 YEARS AGO
Joe Pongratz, about 29, had a
narrow escape from death last
Saturday afternoon when he was
struck by lightning, while in the
barn at his farm home about 12
miles northwest of this city.
Lightning struck the barn, set
ting it on fire and struck Mr.
Pongratz just as he was putting
a set of harness on a hook in
the barn. . .The postoffice at
Emmet was broken into Monday
night and abo.it $33 in cash taken.
. . Carl Dahlstein, who has been
the Service Station Manager for
the Texaco company in O’Neill
for the past several years, has
resigned his position effective the
first of May, and Mr. Wallace of
Whitten. S. D. will arrive to take
his place. . -BIRTHS: Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Donohoe, a son, Mr.
and Mrs. John Harrington, a girl
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox.
a girl.
10 YEARS AGO
The Holt county tuberculosis
association met Thursday night
and laid plans for the new year.
The newly elected president is
L. A. Becker of O’Neill. . Plans
are being made to honor Page’s
venerable Dr. E. J. Bild on Sun
day, May 13. On that date he
will complete a half-century in
the medical field. . .The O’Neill
Lions club second annual home
talent minstrel show opens a two
day run tonight at the O’Neill
public school auditorium. . .T/Sgt.
Harold Winkler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Winkler of Emmet, re
turned last week after spending
one year in Korea. . .The O’Neill
high Eagles blazed a glory trail
in track and field events this sea
son, handily captured the Holt
county honors last Thursday on
the new Stuart cinders.
5 YEARS AGO
Wet skies and a wet track
greeted Holt county prep athletes
for the annual county track and
field meet won by the Stuart
Broncos in a waltz here Tuesday.
The Broncos with 75 points near
ly doubled the margin over the
nearest competition, O’Neill. . .
Miss Marilu Uhl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Norbert Uhl and an ed
ucation major at the College of
St. Mary’s, Omaha, was reveal
ed as the student body president
for 1958-59 following elections at
the college, Wednesday. . .Mrs.
Dagny Jensen of Copenhagen.
Denmark, announced the engage
ment of her daughter, Miss Tove
to Carroll G. French, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Merwyn French sr. . .
Miss Marde Birmingham will be
honored at a kitchen shoawr Fri
day at the home of Mrs. H. J.
Ix>hau». Hostesses wiU be Mrs
John L. Baker, Mrs. Don Becker
and Miss Marilyn Wilson
The Long Age
At Chambers
SO YEARS AGO
Dr. Oxford reports the birth of
a baby boy at the home of C N.
Storey, Little, Monday. . Ro
maine Saunders was in Chambers
Saturday on his way home to vis
it his family over Sunday. . Bak
ers have just installed their soda
fountain and are now serving ice
cream and soft drinks. . .Another
fine ram Tuesday night and Wed
nesday gives more assurance of
a large crop this year. The farm
ers are all wearing broad smiles
today. . .Mr. Vanme Hubbard died
here at his sisters home last Sat
urday morning of Brights Dis
ease. He had been here about
three weeks, having come from
Omaha where he had been in the
hospital for sometime, the re
mains were taken to Rushville,
where he had been living, for
burial. . .Dr. Oxford reports the
birth of a baby girl, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McDonald.
25 YEARS AGO
The first wedding of one of its
members, to take place at the
Kellar Presbyterian church was
solemnized there Sunday morn
ing, April 24, when Miss G. Ruth
Grubb was united in marriage to
Eugene R. Baker, by Rev. Ken
netn Nye, Lincoln, close friend
of the contracting couple. . .Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Lohaus and son,
John Lee Baker, arrived Satur
day evening, and spent until Sun
day afternoon with the relatives
here then leaving for O’Neill
where they spent the night with
Mrs. Lohaus’ relatives, returning
to Omaha Monday morning. . .
Last Friday at the Chambers
High school field, a triangular
track meet was held between
Chambers, Liman and Page. The
Chambers boys were the winners
of this meet with 99 points.
Pages Past
50 YEARS AGO
A fine baby girl arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Tuck
er last Thursday, Apr. 10th. . .
Frank Clyde visited the poor
folks this week carrying his as
sessors book with him. . .F. M.
Cullen shipped two collie pups
to a man at Tecumseh Wednes
day morning. He makes the
breeding of these dogs a spec
ialty. . .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wade and Owen Wade returned
last Saturday from Norfolk
where they had gone to visit the
formers mother who is ill. . .
Charles Lazure of Tekameh, was
in this vicinity several days this
week looking after his personal
property on the Newton farm.
His wife died last week, leaving
him with a little boy, six month
old. He relinquished his lease on
the farm and went to Blair to
live. . .J. B. Anderson of Dor
sey hauled out some lumber to
improve one of his farms near
Dorsey. . .Miss Vera Trowbridge
was a passenger to Wayne Mon
day where she is attending Nor
mal. Probably the highest price
ever paid was paid at Niobrara
Saturday. Rival stations started
out at 33c a pound and raised
to $2.91 per pound before the
day’s end. One farmer’s wife re
ceived a check for $73.00. Busi
ness was practically suspended
for a time with all interests cen
tered in the produce station.
«• YEARS AGO
Herbert Webb ts doing carpen
ter work tor Frank Hunter this
wee* Fran* is building some
fancy new individual bog bouses
. George McColm, a one tune
resident of Page was shot to
death at Bartlesville. Okla. . .
Mr. Rasmussen and Habit- Rosen*
crans set the prairie a fin.- while
burning out fence rows The lire
burned three miles before a
brisk wind, before it was put out
No buildings were burned but a
lot of hay turned to smoke. . .
Lyle Werts returned to his old
stamping ground, Saskatchewan,
Canada. . George Tbieroi is go
ing into the poultry business
wholesale this year . .McKinley
Alder has hired out to work for
F. P. Hunter this spring.
Meek News
By Mrs. 1ml ISutlberg
A basket dinner was held at
the Austin Seaxles borne Sunday
noon. Those participating were
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Perron and
family, Long Pine, Mr. and Mrs
Anderson, Portland, Ore., Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Rouse and
family, Mrs. Howard House, Mr
and Mrs. Virgil Hubby, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Kaczor and Gerald
Marilyn Risor and Dennis Hard
ing, District 1 and Enid Johnson,
Terry Lang an, Dist. 27, took 8th
grade examinations in O'Neill
Tuesday a.m. District 1 pupils
and teachers visited District 27
Friday afternoon and the pupils
practiced for the track meet to
be held in O’Neill Saturday.
Mrs. Carl Krosh. Mrs I.vie
Wyatt, Mrs. Merlin Anderson,
Mrs. Carl Hallgrimson and Mrs.
Henry Walters attended a WMC
meeting at Ainsworth Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Johring
and family visited at the Allen
Walters home Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Armfield
went to Omaha Sunday to visit
his parents. His mother has nev
er regained conciousness since
the accident. They were adviced
it would be a long slow process
Melvin Johring and Kent were
Saturday afternoon callers at the
Martha Johring home.
Gerald Harding and Loyal Hull
moved Bill and Grandma Hulls
furniture to O’Neill and it was
sold at the auction Saturday with
the L. A. Otts personal property
and estate.
Mrs. Duane Booth, Creighton,
was a Sunday p.m. visitor at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Loyal Hull.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Bennet Devall home were Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Mitchell and
Boyd, Butte, Mr. Frank and John
Fundas, afternoon callers were
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Devall and
Diane and Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Mitchell and family, O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and
family were dinner guests Sun
day at the Joe Schmitz home,
Bonesteel.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrance Rouse
and family were Tuesday evening
visitors at the Edward Kaczor
home.
The American Jr. Citizen club
District 27 met April 17. Roll call
was answered by what country
we would like to see. All mem
ber* were present Roll call for
next meeting, our favorite flow
cr, Wayne House, orwa reporter
Mr*. Blanche House, Hunan,
spent last week at the home of
her aun-uilaw and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Garokl Riaor.
Mrs. Howard Rouse was a din
ner guest st the home of tier
mother, Mrs. Carrie Borg, Thurs
day.
Mr. atid Mrs. Carl Krogh, Mr
and Mrs. Nyal Rows*-, Chambers
and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Wyatt,
O’Neill spent Sunday with Ruth's
jiarents, Air and Mrs. Chris Jen
sen, St Edward*.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crawford
heard from their daughter, Mrs.
Eddie David, that their grand
daughter, Debra, was slightly im
proved and is home but they will
not be able to determine the re
sult* of her hearing until the
tube* are removed from her ears
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crawford
and Pamela attended the talent
contest in Bristow Fndsy eve
rung. The George Mellor girls
won 3rd in the intermediate divi
sion.
Construction workers have
started to open the ** mile of
road south of Allen Walters. This
will be an improvement and used
for the mail route when finished.
Monday supper guests at the
Henry Walters home were Mrs
Fred Mauch and Mrs. Christine
Johnson.
The Dave Jensens are adding
a new room on the east side of
their home at Midway to be used
for utility and storage space for
garden tools.
Thursday evening, Mrs. Grace
Borg attended a dinner at the
town house honoring the past
presidents of the American Le
gion Auxiliary and election of
officers was held.
The Rev. Turner plans to be
present Sunday for the morning
services at Paddock Union
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Rouse
were supper guests Friday eve
ning at the Herman Meyer home
Atkinson.
Mrs. Jessie Kaczor, Mrs. Virgil
I OOF IXHHiK NO. 57
meets every Wednesday at 8
p.m. All members are urged to
be present. Visiting Old Fellows
welcome. tl
Hubby and Mrs Fred lJndbeff
spent Tuesday aftanwen with
Grace Hor* That evening 8am
and Louise Robertson smenpen
led Grace and And to tbc Town
House for dinner. The ttfcaaioe
marked Orsee’s birthday aturi
veraary
Mr sad Mrs Dave Jensen and
Mr. and Mrs. Wake Uenaon en
toyed an oyster swprr at the
home of Martha Juhnni Friday
night ami Dave ami Elsie called
on die Have Molar family
duy afternoon.
The Cactus RancbrUe projeel
club met Tuesday, April, I* •*
the home of Twila Ricks Eleven
members and 2 guests were pre
sent Mrs. Art Mann gave the
lesson on drapes and curtains
which proved very interesting.
Future events were diacumeg.
Phyllis Dobrovolny guessed,
■'What's in Ute House". Ne*
meeilng will be May 21 at Wilma
Anson's. ' 1
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