Sheridan County Newspapers & Publications
Echoes of the Past
June 30, 2004
columns by Helen Selee
100 Years Ago - 1904
At the school board meeting Monday, W. E. Mitchell was el3ected for one year to fill the vacancy of Roy Beckwith, who resigned. Wed Woodruff was elected for two years to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Chas. Sailor. L. Schmitt and C.C. Parker were elected for three years.
Roy Beckwith has bought the clothing store of J.F. Fleming of Alliance, and expects to move there about the second week of July. We regret that Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith are going to leave us. Somehow or other we believe they will drift back this way in the future; most of the people who leave here do.
Pearl and Earl Ireland went to Belle Fourche Monday morning, Miss Pearl went on a visit and Earl went to accept a position that was offered him.
When the Journal press was first set up in Gordon, it took an expert drawing a salary of $200 per month and expenses. This time we went out on the street and drew in Ferdinand Johns and Del Wilson by various deceiving promises and through their mechanical genius and our fatherly advice, the press and engine have been put in first class condition and it did not take all week to do it either. For conscientious and good all-around workmen we can recommend Del and Ferdinand.
On Wednesday of last week a very sorrowful accident occurred at the home of George Glover northwest of town. Mrs. Glover was washing and had set a pail of hot water on the flour and took the caution to warn her little daughter Carrie to keep away from the same. But in a short time the child fell backward into the bucket of water, being sufficiently scalded over the bowels and lower part of the back as to cause death. Carrie Glover was born October 5, 1899, and died June 24, 1904. The funeral services were conducted from the home by Rev. Scamahorn on last Saturday.
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Card of Thanks
The undersigned hereby sincerely thank our friends and neighbors for the many kindnesses shown to us in our recent bereavement in the death of our little daughter Carrie.
Mr. and Mrs. George Glover
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Miss Vivian Norman recently returned from Manning, Iowa, where she was employed in the school of that place the past year. She informs us that she was unanimously elected to again take a place in the Manning schools at an increase of wages, but preferred to take a similar place in the schools at Hastings.
The state Journal is of the opinion that the good people who swig down medicine of 42 percent alcohol have no kick to make on the fellow who drinks beer. There is not much doubt but the temperance people drink nearly as much alcohol in medicine as the beer drinkers get in beer.
The Journal is in its new headquarters now, and as soon as the plant gets settled and some more fixing done to the building, we believe we will have about the best newspaper office in these parts.
Fred Duerfeldt and Lewis Oberwetter are getting out a patent on a new hay stacker that Mr. Duerfeldt has commenced the manufacture of here in Gordon. This stacker has many superior advantages and it will pay any one needing a stacker to examine into the working of this one. Two stackers are now being put up; one for Ranchman Saults and another for the Spring Lake ranch.
A reliable report to us from Valentine says that 435 lined up at the land office to file on the 640-acre homesteads to say nothing of the filings made by mail. Most of the parties were there the day before and stayed in line all night. Everything passed off pleasantly. Your attention is particularly called to the fact that you MUST have your papers made out before the day of entry, and that Fred Hoyt of Gordon, can make these papers for residents of Cherry and Sheridan counties and for either land office; the one in Valentine or the one in Alliance.The problem of teaching our boys better behavior is becoming a serious one, and if some of our parents do not look into this matter a little more closely, there will be much unhappiness in the community in order to teach the boys a lesson which should have been taught by their parents. There is no sense in allowing growing lads to grow up into rowdies in pursuit of so-called fun, which is another name for unadulterated cussedness. Boys like men need to be disciplined once in a while and we protest against the necessity of being compelled to put our boys in the county jail in order to teach them they cannot disfigure property or run the town. There is a good deal of sound philosophy in the saying found in the Holy writ, spare the rod and ruin the child. A barrel stave is better than the county jail and the alternate penitentiary. If the former fails, then the authorities must take up the matter. The scribe has lived in a large number of towns himself once and used to have lots of fun, but we never was in a place where writing fluids, white lead and soap was used to disfigure the windows and fronts of business houses. This thing must stop or there will be trouble.
Salutatory
To the patrons and the interested. Greetings:---Being already acquainted with a great number of the subscribers of the Gordon Journal, it is not necessary for me to introduce myself but to those who are strangers, I, as the future publisher of this paper take this opportunity of briefly sketching the policy of the Journal in the issues to come under my management.
Politically, it will remain strictly independent, discussing paramount and other issues from a non-partisan standpoint.
We will attempt to push the village of Gordon to the front thereby promoting the general welfare. Next we will advertise Sheridan county in such a way that the true state of affairs may be known to out-siders who may be induced to settle here to the benefit of everyone. We will endeavor at all times to run a clean newspaper giving you such material that may prove of special help or service to you.
In conclusion we wish to state that our columns are open at all times to that which may add to the moral and intellectual elements of this community.
HENRY RAUBACH.
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FAREWELL
On Friday the Journal was disposed of to Prof. Henry Raubach in whose tender care and guarded keeping it now is. He, having his whole time and energy to devote to the paper, will no doubt better serve the readers and other patronage than the undersigned has been able to do. It is with regret that we leave the Journal, but we have had too many irons in the fire and have taken one out, for the practice of osteopathy is something we intend to follow all our life. We sincerely hope that Editor Raubach will make an all around success of the Journal. And now, dear readers, our friend Raubach, as he gets out the Journal from week to week, will need your sympathy and your prayers, but he will also be needing those $$$$ that are inclined to gravitate toward the bottom of your long jeans pockets. Support your local paper. Many of the business men in Gordon have done their whole duty to the Journal, but some have not, from the newspaper standpoint. Do the right thing so that your paper will not dwindle to where you do not want it. Now that we are out of the paper we feel free to suggest along this line, hoping it may be profitable to all. Trusting that with all our faults, you love us still,---we say goodbye. LAUREN JONES.75 Years Ago - 1929
Following a dry and windy period, three-fourths of an inch of rain fell Saturday night and Sunday, bringing relief to small grain which was apparently beginning to suffer.
On Friday, June 21st, at Pensacola, Fla., occurred the marriage of Miss Jane Seaman and Ensign Clifford H. Duerfeldt of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Duerfeldt is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Duerfeldt of this city. He graduated from Gordon high school in 1920, and after attending the Kansas State Agricultural college for one year, he entered the Naval Academy from which he gr4aduated in 1926. During the past year Ensign "Duerfeldt has been attending the Naval Aviation school at Pensacola, where he will finish this summer as a pilot. The new Mrs. Duerfeldt’s father was Captain in the Medical Corps of the navy, recently dying in Guam; and it was through the service connections that the bride and groom became acquainted.
Mrs. Paul Johnson had the misfortune to break her collar-bone in a car accident when the brakes failed to hold on the car in which she was sitting. The car started going backwards and Mrs. Johnson jumped out and in that manner injured herself. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Mrs. Paul Johnson and John Pageler were on a trip in the Black Hills when the accident happened. Mrs. Johnson is now in a hospital in Rapid City and is getting along nicely.
Folks in the Billing area were surprised to learn that Miss Dorothy Leach and Carl Petshow were married on Sunday, June 23. Friends and neighbors join in wishing them success and happiness.
Walter Sanderson, Mrs. Lahaye’s brother, had a narrow escape Saturday when one of the horses he was driving on a hay rake rubbed its bridle off and ran away, throwing him off the rake and breaking his collar bone. He was rushed to the Rushville hospital and is now getting along nicely.
The C.M. Waterman home in southwest Gordon is quarantined for small pox.
Charley Parker fell last Sunday and cut his wrist very badly on a pail he was carrying.
Mr. and Mrs. Ami Wuthier or Rushville are the parents of a baby girl, born Saturday, June 22nd. Mrs. Wuthier was formerly Lucille Sturm.
On Sunday afternoon, June 23 at the Methodist parsonage in Gordon occurred the marriage of Miss Irene Griffith and Chester J. Mathis. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Griffith, recently of Aurora, Mo., and now of Clinton. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mathis of Gordon. They left by auto on Monday for Casper and other points in Wyoming and expect to be away about a week. They will make their home on the farm near Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gilmore are the parents of a boy, born Wednesday, June 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moore are the parents of a baby girl born Sunday, June 23.
Miss Helen Maurine Stevenson and Mr. Arthur M. Perry were united in marriage at Wray, Colo. on Thursday, June 20. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Stevenson of Wray, and formerly attended school at the Normal college at Greeley, Colo. The groom has been the manager of the Western Public Service company of Gordon for the past year and has made many friends by his pleasant and courteous manner. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Perry wish them much happiness in their married life. They will be at home in Gordon after July 20, after a trip through Wisconsin.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Weber of Merriman on June 28.
Hull - Jenkins
Kenneth Hull, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert R. Hull, and Miss Josephine Jenkins, of Scottsbluff, were married in the presence of relatives and close friends on Wednesday, June 26, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Pasewalk in Norfolk, the Rev. P.M. Orr, minister of the First Presbyterian church reading the marriage lines. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hull graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan university. The latter taught kindergarten classes in Grant schools in Norfolk for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hull left for Omaha where they remained a short time before going on a trip to the Black Hills. They will make their home on the ranch north of Gordon.
James A. Miller
James A. Miller was born at Albia, Iowa, June 22, 1876, and passed away in Long Beach, Calif. at 4 o’clock on the morning of June 10, 1929, being 52 years, 11 months and 21 days old. At the age of 12, with his father and sisters, he came to Gordon, Nebraska, remaining in Gordon until November 5, 1927. The remainder of his earthly life was spent at Long Beach. He was twice married. In 1907 he was married to Miss Cora Z. Stephens of Rock Ford, Colo.; and on Oct. 2, 1919, to Miss Martha C. McKinney of Paxton, Ind., who survives. Mr. Miller was an active member and an Elder of the First Presbyterian church of Gordon. The funeral was held in the Gordon Presbyterian church on the afternoon of June 28, 1929, being in charge of Rev. J.W. Embree, and interment made in the Gordon cemetery.50 Years Ago - 1954
Mrs. R.J. Bottorff and Miss Mildred Tausan of Rochester, Minn. entertained 28 relatives and friends at the Mike Tausan home in Gordon Thursday evening in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tausan.
Some 22 Gordon golfers, taking part in the tournament staged Sunday at Hay Springs, brought home a fair share of the trophies. Carey Spangler copped honors in the championship flight, defeating John Sweeney of Iglo, S.D. Trophies were awarded to Jim Wheeler, consolation, second flight; Laurence Spindler, consolation, third flight; and Gordon Mills, first in the third flight.
William H. Drabbels of Gordon is the newly appointed member of the Sheridan County Farmers Home administration committee. The appointment becomes effective July 1, 1954. The other two members of the three-member committee are John W. Dykes of Rushville and Walter J. Barnes of Hay Springs.
The fabulous name of Sitting Bull is back in the news once more. And this time Eugene Wounded Horse, Oglala Sioux employee of the Oglala Community high school, Pine Ridge, reveals--with quite substantial proof--that there were really and truly two Sitting Bulls, both of them chiefs. The Chief Sitting Bull who participated in Custer’s last stand on June 25, 1876, who was killed by Indian police on Dec. 15, 1890, and whose remains were recently transferred from Fort Yates, N.D. to Mobridge, S.D., was a Hunkpapa Sioux. His namesake, who was an Oglala Sioux chief of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation was killed by Crow Indians in Montana. As far as is known, they were not related. The Hunkpapa Sitting Bull of historical fame, often took the warpath against the whites. On the other hand, the Oglala Sitting Bull, much less known in white circles, was a real influence for good toward the white pioneers, and he devoted much of his later life to maintaining peace between the might Sioux and the whites. In fact, he was on what was to be his last mission of peace between the Sioux and the whites when he met his untimely death from the rifles of Crow Indian scouts lying in ambush near Miles City, Mont., in 1876. Eugene Wounded Horse, his grandson, recently related the story to clear up the controversy over the two Sitting Bulls. It is a strange irony of fate that while the remains of the warlike, arrogant Hunkpapa Sitting Bull who fought the whites lie in an honored grave over which two states have been quarreling, those of the peacemaker and real friend of the whites, the Oglala Sitting Bull, lie in an obscure grave on the lonely stretches of the vast prairies of Montana.
Recent births at the Gordon Memorial hospital are:
*Mr. and Mrs. Darold Dotson, a daughter, Janelle, born June 24, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Metzger, a son, Michael Kevin, born June 25, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fuchser, a son, Gary Richard, born June 26, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Dick Minor, a daughter, Deborah Jean, born June 27, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. James Ogle, a son born June 28, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fankhauser, a son, Larry Edward, born June 28, 1954.25 Years Ago - 1979
The board of trustees chose Elgin Bad Wound as the new president of the Oglala Sioux Community College, at a Monday evening, June 18 meeting in Pine Ridge. Selected from four applicants, Bad Wound succeeds Tom Shortbull who resigned in March after four years as president. Bad Wound started with the college as an adult basic education instructor for the communities of Allen and Kyle in 1972. Married with three children, the most recent being born just last Saturday, Bad Wound resides in Martin, S.D. and has been a life long resident of the Pine Ridge reservation.
Re-elected during the 90th annual Nebraska Stock Growers convention that was held recently in Kearney, to serve as the association’s president for the coming year was Pat McGinley of Oshkosh. Elected to serve as president elect was Jim Gran of Gordon. He is engaged in a ranching cow-calf operation at Gordon. He and his wife, Helen, a native of Gordon, have five children.
The wedding of Miss Fayanne West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orvis West of Gordon, and Kelly Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jensen, also of Gordon, took place Friday afternoon, June 8, at the Grace Lutheran church. The bride is a graduate of Gordon high school and her husband, also a GHS graduate, attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is engaged in ranching and farming with his father. After a honeymoon trip to Oklahoma and Kansas, the newlyweds are living in Gordon.
Lavern Thayer of Merriman hosted a birthday party for his wife Tuesday evening after the Bible study. The Bible study group were the guests to the party.
Michael Cerny was honored on his ninth birthday Monday evening at a supper given by Mr. and Mrs. Duane Cerny and Dianne. Guests were Leon and Sharon Eberly and the Levi Blair family.
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