The Best of . . . "Prairieland Talk" By ROMAINE SAUNDERS i R>-|irint<-. Mrs. John O’Con nell lielfl aside the flap of her tent and stepped out into the open The tent was a white dot in the vast wilderness of the Hesnnfae upper Elk horn where the good fla cinders town of Atkinson now takes care of the needs of a thrifty community. Two starved, footsore, unshaven and disheavel ed men carhe stumbling crawling out of the north west toward that tent And Mrs. O’Connell, alone at the time. John having gone down the valley for supplies, watched the painful and uncertain ap proach of these strange figures. She had given food to a party of Indians the day liefore and or dered them to clear out. The Indians paid little Jheod to what his squaw might say. so she said BoUiing. hut he had wholesome respect for a plucky white women. So do most men. Her visitors this day were two disillusioned gold seekers who had come from the Black Hill country, a restricted district under military rule. Cold seekers got in there at the risk of their wa gons, horses and other |>ossessions being taken from them and being sent to military prison for a short time But gold seekers take risks. The two men, whose names have been lost in the fogs of the past, had walked and crawled the entire dis tance from the Black Hills to this lonely camp on the Elk horn. Mrs. O’Connell put hot coffee into them at the start and little hy little revived them with sul> slanfial food. In recounting their experience to the pioneer women, they said they were at the point of dropping to earth ;ind give up thought of surviving when a white speck in the distance arrested their attention and revived ho|>e. Under this inspiration, they pushed on. After a few days in camp the men moved on down the valley, and some years later the O’ Connells heard from one of them who had given UP the idea of prospecting for gold and had become a resident of Grand Island. Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii - in the scope of Uncle Sam’s possessions - are said to be the most promis ing fields for the young lady who would he pleased to hear trie wedding bells. Ur may?* sun greater opportunities in this respect in the Far East where unattached men from America are plentiful. And the government is in need of five thousand young women right now for jobs in Japan, the Phillippines, and other eastern outposts at salaries ranging from $2,700 to $10,000 a year with travel expenses and inexpensive living. That a husband will be thrown in to boot is not exactly promised but chances along that line are hinted. • • • As of the date of this writing, the rampage of Nebraska university students has resulted in the forming of a committee of highbrows to make an ‘'investigation'’ of the parking situation at Ne braska's classic halls of learning and football achievements. "Against the background of blue May sky and the soaring capitol tower’’ began the story of a Lincoln reporter to his paper to inform the town patroits that 350 matrons had taken the pledge of reaffirmed loyalty to country, one of the features of this freedom week. Yes, the May sky was the us ual blue, lait we are wondering whether the "soar ing capitol tower” was an expression inspired by exuberant patriotic thrill or the newspaper com patriot had taken on something which put the capitol tower in a whirl. • • * The official count of the Republican primary vote gives Mr. Stassen 80,979; there were cast for the other six republican candidates a total of 98 - Ill ballots. Gov. Dewey receiving 64,242 of these and carried seven counties. According to Mr. Truman, there are govern ment records which are sacred to a chosen few and says he will veto any measure Congress passes which would bring these records into the open. The Congress is the people’s representative and enacts all laws. But the idea has been growing among cabinet officers and heads of bureau that they can make laws independent of the Congress. * * * When workmen drop the tools and walk out on strike they have quit the job. If personal liberty means anything it means that other men who want work can take over. And they do so under the unionized stigma of “scab” or “rat”. Great in dustries could settle strikes by saying "all right boys, we are locking the doors and going fishing. When you are ready to go to work let us know and we will open up.” » * * Senator Wherry, something of the so-called isolationist himself, led the procession in the late lamented primary in a number of counties. Holt one such. And in the light of the senator’s vote in the state the claims of the one-world dreamers that Nebraska has gone all out against isolation look pretty silly. Editoi ial Mr. Jansen's Strange Logic Omaha World Herald Hans Jensen, as head of the Nebraska Agri cultural Stahlization and Conservation Service Com mittee, is ramrodding the campaign for the wheat referendum in Nebraska. Farmers will vote May -1 on whether they want to accept intensified Fed eral Government controls over wheat production and marketing. Addressing a meeting at Wahoo the other evening. Mr. Jensen employed some rather strange logic. The loss of 16,700 "family farms" in Nebraska in the last decade, he said, is "a by-product of low farm income,” and he went on: "In 1961, Iowa lost three thousand farms and Nebraska lost two thousand. Loss of the wheat refrendum will add impetus to this loss. It so happens that the last decade of which Mr. Jensen spoke covers the period of the most intensive governmental control of agriculture in the nation’s history. It was in 1954 that many of the nation s wheat producers discovered that a Federal farm "pro gram" was no longer something they could accept or reject as a matter of personal choice. For the last 10 years, wheat farmers have had to put up with Federal agents trespassing upon their pro perty. measuring crops, assessing penalties, and c\en hauling farmers into court on criminal char ges. In a few notable cases, farmers who were thus harassed not only left their farms but fled to foreign lands where the prospect of freedom looked brighter. Mr. Jensen is asking farmers to regard events of the last decade as grounds for intensification of Federal control and enlargement of the agri cultural police force. We wonder how many farm ers will buy that. LISLE. ILL.. ADVERTISER: “. . . Dr. Paul Dudley White, a past president of the American Heart Association, believes human beings need a mixture of both physical and mental stress to live a normal, healthy life. He has this to say . . . ‘Forty hours of work per week is probably too little for healthy humans. We spend so much time trying to entertain ourselves in our leisure time that we are probably less culturally adapted than were our grandparents, who, fortunately for them, did not have automobiles and television -they walked, and read.’ ” NEW YORK MILLS, MINN.. HERALD: “It is true, that in the face of economic depression and loss of income with which to provide for one’s needs and for one’s family, men will turn to almost any hing that will promise some type of relief. In des perate cases, people turn to communism for this relief ... It is in times like this that people act in haste and repent in leisure, if there would be any leisure thereafter.’’ Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO Dr. J. P. Gilligan left Sunday morning for Omaha to attend a meeting of the Nebraska state medical association which is be ing held this week .. Monday night's down pour of rain was the next thing to a cloud burst at O’Neill, the government rain gauge at the McGinnis creamery showing a fall of 3.63 inches of water... The McGinnis Cream ery company has started a 24 hour electric service. This gives the town full night and day light ing service and is another step toward a greater O'Neill... D. H. Cronin left Sunday morning for Grand Island where he goes to attend the state convention of the United Workmen... 3. J. Weekes made a business trip to Omaha the first of the week. 25 YEARS AGO Madeline Mane Ullom, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ullom, of this city, was awarded the Jefferson Alumnae medal and prize and the William Potter med al and prize at the Commence ment exercises of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital school of Nurses in Philadelphia. . Duke Kersenbrock suffered a severe Hash in his forehead and left cheek Sunday evening when he ran into a barb wire while rid ing his bicycle... This issue of the Frontier is number 1 volume 59. For fifty eight years this paper has been published weekly in this city boosting the city of O’Neill and Holt county... Sunday after noon May 15, Elmer Lorenz, O’Neill and Ruth Scott, Plainview were united in marriage. 10 YEARS AGO .. Miss Marlene Waring was awarded 1953 O’Neill high school senior class valedictorian honors Tuesday evening in commence ment exercises at the school aud itorium. Salutatorian honors went to Lavonne Rieck... Patrick J. Boyle, former Riverside club member who was home on a 10 day furlough, left for Seattle Thursday. He was honored at a party, at the IOOF hall, Inman... St. Mary’s seniors sneaked to Lake Okoboji, la., leavmg at 4 a. m. last Thursday and return ing late Saturday... About 220 friends signed the guest register when open-house was observed here in Page Wednesday, May 13 in honor of Dr. F. J. Bild. Doctor Bild has completed 50 years of medical practice. 5 YEARS AGO The 5,760-acre Lakeview ranch, owned by John Q. and Jim Hos sack, Wednesday sold at auction for $22.50 per acre or $129,600... Miss Cecelia Ann Arbuthnot has been announced as valedictorian of the class of 1958 at St. Mary’s Academy, and Miss Jean Scho enle is Salutatorian... Holt coun ty voters went the polls Tuesday in slightly greater number than two years ago. Chief interest cen tered in the republican balloting for district court and county as sessor. H. D. Manson, O’Neill incumbent defeated Keith A. Ab art and William F. Wefso, Atkin son incumbent out-distanced Opal Keating and L. G. Gillespie. Phone Your News to The Frontier Phone 788 i The Long Ago At Chambers 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Shearer went to O'Neill Monday after a new Ford car. He a staying there a few days learning how to operate it... Dr. Oxford reports the birth of a baby boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lewis... Asher Hol comb has the saw mill at his place this week sawing lumber from trees which he cut on his place, and with which he expects to build a fine large barn... Rev Price closed a very successful series of meetings in the Chain Lake school house Wednesday night... Sam Anderson, Supt. of the David Cole Creamery Co. visited with his agent, at Cham bers, Wednesday and decided to install a now cream testing ap paratus in the near future. 25 YEARS AGO This locality was visited by a tornado, around 5 o’clock, Tues day evening, which did even more damage than the one of a few weeks ago. The "twister" which was accompanied by a heavy rain, and some hail struck first at the Theo Friedrich farm. From there it traveled east strik ing the Leslie Lieswalds. From this farm the H. W. LaRue place was next and the Frank Urban Farm was the last place to be hit... Friday, the 13th of May was the 50th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Harley sr., Atkinson... The Commencement exercises held at the town hall. Friday meht were attended by a large crowd who came out to honor the 19 seniors who made up the 1938 graduating class Pages Past 30 YEARS AGO A new girl arrived at the home of Leslie La mason on Saturday, April 19. . .O. L. West has five acres of [wtatoes (Early Ohios) planted and will plant 25 acres of Prolifics later. O. L. is a good authority on tater culture. . . George D. Rich informs us that the Mineola post office has been discontinued, mail now going to Opportunity. . .Three inches of rainfall for this week, is not so dry as it might be. . .P. T. Ste vens moved the first day of May to the building he recently bought and will fit up the back room for a cream station while he has his harness shop in the front. . .Leo nard Heiss called at this office with a sample bushel of his fine Prolific potatoes. . .C. A. Town send were at Plainview between trains Tuesday. . .Barney Stewart and wife went to Creighton Tues day. . .Mrs. T. Lord visited rela tives in Creighton Thursday. . . Doc Stewart will sell his belong ings at auction Saturday after noon and will leave this state on account of his wife’s health. They will try the Pacific Coast country. . .Mrs. R. McBeth was a passen ger to Bancroft Thursday where she will visit a few days, that vicinity being her old home. 40 YEARS AGO John Hayne and P. A. Grass shipped cattle last Monday. John Hayne accompanied them to Sioux City... Evelyn Faulhaber of O’Neill, daughter of Mrs. C. A. Auten has been visiting in Page... Marie VanSlyke has open ed the Page hotel for business... Mrs. George Roberge left on the morning train for her field work as deputy distict for the Royal Neighbor Lodge... E. L. Darr and ~1 SEE KROTTER’S FOR! 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Ray mund Sprague was in this neigh bur hood driving cattle to his father's ranch on the Niobrara... Emmet And Community Dolor** i uim'ikW Mrs. Leonard Dusatko, Mrs Bernard Pongratz visited with Mrs. Jim Conway, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pongratz, Dewey and Debbie spent Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pongratz Mr. and Mrs. Larry Donlw and family, Central City, spent the weekend at the home of he par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schaaf. George, Duane and Joe Pon gratz, Bob Givens, Lloyd Ruts and Clarence Eniest helped Ber nard and Dick Pongratz with cat tle, Friday. Tuesday, Mrs. Elmer Schaaf took some eighth graders to At kinson high school. They were Bernard Schaaf, Roy Fox, David Cole, Jim Newton, Gene Schon, Anita Schaaf and Sandra Alder. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Havranek and Jan, O'Neill, wore Sunday din ner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fehringer. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wasson and family, Atkinson, were Fri day night guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marcellus. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Havranek and Jan were Saturday afternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Bar bara Dvorak, Atkinson. Mrs. John Babl visited at the home of her mother, Mrs. Agnes Heeti, O’Neill, last Friday eve ning. Edgar Fischer and Ellen Frost were last Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ray Tun ender. Art Givens was a guest at the home of Joe Pongratz, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hanus and family, Omaha, spent last week end at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler Mr. and Mrs. John E Babl jr and family were last Sunday evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Babl sr. Leisure Hour Pinochle club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Len Ullrich last Sunday evening. Pri zes were won by Mrs. Charles Mlinar, Helen Beck, Leon Beck with and Ralph Ries. Mrs. Ralph Ries won traveling. Helen Beck was a guest. Next meeting will be May 19 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hitchcock. Mrs. Elmer Schaaf attended a pre-deanery meeting of Presi dents at St. Mary’s hall, O’Neill. Mrs. Jesse Wills, Mrs. A1 Hav Alice's Beauty Shop 325 E. Doug I an St- Phone 263 Complete Beauty Service Slimliner Reducing Machine ranrk and Mrs. Bernard Pon grata sttended. Mrs Elmer Sc ha si visited her mother, Mrs. Ruth Barnes, Mon day. Her brother and wife, Mr and Mrs. Jim Barnes, are visit' mg from Alameda Calif Jim u in the Navy. Mrs. Bernard Pungratx, accom panied her sister, Mr*. Lyle Ve quist, to get her daughter, Rita, from Mt. Marty college Victory Homemakers club met at the home of Delores Tunendrr May 8 with a noon dinner Co buetesaes were Mrs Don Mar cell us and Mra. Ray Tuncnder. All members were present but one. Mrs Charles Deer mer and I Annette Schaaf were guests Mrs Kay Conway, reading leader, read several articles Mrs Ray Schaaf: led the group in singing "On | This Day Oh Beautiful Mother”. Special prize was wou by Mrs Charles Deermer and Gjoss What by Mrs. Joe Gokie. Roll cal] was answered with <»ur Pet Peeve. Next meeting will be at the home oi Mrs Donald Marcellus, June 12. Roll call will be our hub bies. Mother's Day callers at the home of Mrs. Joe Kamokl were Mr and Mrs Cyril Peter and family, Mr arid Mrs Andy Hu mould and family, Mr and Mrs Joe Ramold and family and Mr and Mrs. John Ramold, all of O Neill. Mr and Mrs George Kumold and family, Inman. Mr and Mrs. Kay Timmerman ami family, Mr and Mrs Charles Deermer and family, Mi aiu! .Mrs. John Schaaf and family and Mrs. Kay Tunender, Bob and Gene, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marcello* and family wore Wednesday night guests at the home of Mr and Mrs. Melvin Marcelius, O'Neill Dolores Tunender uttendrd a wedding at Valentine, Sunday, of Carren Fischer. Mothers of School District 89 were honored with coffee and cookies, from the teacher and pu pils of the school. Mr and Mrs Hubert Kauter kas and family, O'Neill, visited at the home of Mr «m