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' EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
necessarily a reflection of the policy
are those of the writer and noi
of The Voice —Pub
This Is Your Opportunity to Help
Much interest is being ex
pressed as a result of the speech
of M. E. Jacob which he gave at
the Urban League’s annual dinner
meeting, Omaha, February 6th
(The Voice, lviarcn zz;, in which
he stated, “I think I have the so
lution of the inter-racial prob
i lem.” The hope of the inter-racial
; situation in Lincoln, in Omaha
and in Nebraska lies in the fact
that more people are alive to the
seriousness of the situation and
are willing to do something about
it. Even the casual observers are
expressing awareness of the lack
of opportunities given to the
Negro. It is so unlike what one
would expect of Nebraska.
The pre-conference meeting
scheduled for April 2nd, is a great
step in the right direction. Persons
being victims of segregation or
discrimination in housing, em- (
nloyment, public service, recrea- .
tion or health are asked to meet1
at this time for an open discussion
of the facts. This is an opportunity
!o make a real contribution to the
vork of the Social Action Council
n determining community atti- I
udes.
i h UNIS c. OLSOM, Superintend**
, IT1TI ■ItTOBICBt fOCIBTT
Among the thousands who
thronged across Nebraska in the
spring of 1859 to seek riches in
the gold fields of the Rocky
Mountains was E. H. N. Patterson
of Oquawka, 111. He recorded his
observations for the benefit of his
home town newspaper, and his
diary was published by Lery R.
Hafen in Overland Routes to the
Gold Fields (Arthur H. Clark Co.,
Glendale, Calif., 1942). As a re
sult, we have a valuable contem
porary account, not only of the
Colorado gold rush, but of the
state of civilization in the Platte
| Valley during 1859.
Patterson had gone over the
trail in 1850 and was much im
i pressed with the changes that had
been wrought in less than a
decade. He was particularly
struck with the progress of
Omaha, where only empty prairie
had greeted him in 1850. The ter
ritorial capitol, then in the process
of construction, he described as
“of magnificent proportions.” The
town, though, seemed “quiet,”
and, he believed, would be, ‘a
very dull place’ as to busienss,
were it not for the Pike’s Peak
emigration passing through.”
He followed the Military Road
from Omaha to Fort Kearny, and
commented favorably on the good
work the government had per
formed in the construction of
bridges. At the crossing of Pap- ;
pilon Creek, he found a hotel. !
Elkhorn City was “beautifully lo
cated, contains a post oince,
looks as though it would some
day become the nucleus of a
thriving farming settlement.
Fremont did not impress oui
journalist quite so favorably, and
he described it as “a Massachu
setts settlement, which was orig
inally quite small, and has grown
‘beautifully less’.”
Columbus he found to be a
little border village, containing
ten or a dozen houses, including
a tavern, store and post office.
Exhorbitant prices charged at the
ferry across the Loup, promptec
Patterson to describe it as ‘‘con
siderable of a humbug.’
Once across the Loup, settle
ments began to thin out, but in
four days he did come to a
i German colony of two years
standing, known as Grand Island
City, containing thirty-five fami
lies, each possessing a separate
homestead.”
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