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. Monday, May 2, 1935
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Deputy. Shrift of Colorful Wild West
Quits After 48 Years as Peace Officer
By ART SRB
United Press Correspondent
Lincoln. Neb. (U.R) Ne
braska Deputy Sheriff E. E
Clark, 71, a colorful holdover
from the old West, put aside his
shooting irons Sunday after 48
years of chasing law breakers
'I can't remember when I
didn't carry a gun and I don't re
call when I got my first pair of
boots," he said.
Beiore he was 15 he saw a
couple of men killed in gun
fights.
When he was "just a little
shaver," Clark recalls sitting
around camp fires and listening
to ranch hands brag about how
they killed a sheriff or commit
ted some other crime.
"When I heard killers talk
ing," he said, "I thought to my
self, by golly, some day I'm go
ing to grow up and be a sheriff."
Now, after almost half a cen
tury of chasing cattle thieves
and ether law violators, he said:
Final Draff for
Union Merger Talked
" Washington flJ.R) AFL
and CIO officials met today with
plans to complete preparations
for the final step in their mer
ger a joint convention by-the
end of the summer. There were
indications a joint unity commit
tee may be able today to ap
prove a final draft of a constitu
tion for the merged organization,
arrive at a proposed name for
the combined AFL and CIO, and
'agree on a date and place for a
joint convention. -
There was some expectation
that thc-y might decide to post
pona both the AFL and CIO 1955
conventions until December and
Jiold a joint ratifying convention
immediately afterwards at the
same place.
The AFL convention now is
scheduled for September at Chi
cago and the CIO convention for
October at Buffalo. The merger
agreement and constitution must
be submitted to both these con
ventions and then to a joint con
vention for ratification.
"I'd do it over again exactly the
same way if I had the chance."
But Sunday Clark quit and
retired to Arizona, "to a land
where there are lots of good cow
people."
Born in Graneros, Colo., Clark
spent the early, years of his life
rounding up cattle taking part
in rodeos and worshipping at the
feet of such western heroes as
Buffalo Bilh Cody.
The old West was drawing to
a close when Clark pinned on
his first badge and started chas
ing rustlers on horseback.
Later he was to use automobiles
A language thai is whistled,
not spoken, flourishes in the
Canary Islands. On hilly Go
mera, people must communicate
across long distances, and
whistling carries better than
shouting. By a series of higher
and lower tones, pauses, intona
tions and stresses, a whistler
can convey most of the infor
mation necessary for day-to-day
existence.
135 Students End
Pre-Registration
At Talent High
Talent Pre-registration was
completed at Talent High school
Friday with some 135 students
indicating their schedules for the
coming school year. This is the
second year that this extensive
program has been followed.
Four Year Plan
Each incoming freshman is
asked to plan his four year high
school course schedule. He then
takes his preregistration form
home, and talks it over with his
parents, making any ' changes
that seem desirable.' Each fresh
man parent is then asked to come
to the high school for an indi
vidual conference with . school
authorities.
The total school program is
briefly explained to the parents,
as well as what is expected of
Talent High school students. The
parents have an opportunity to
talk over their child's schedule
with the high school principal,
and any special problems that
their child may have.
Started Last Year
This plan was first started
last year, and was received so
favorably by both parents and
educators that it has become a
permanent part of the pre-registration
program.
The final steps of the plan
occur during the spring of each
succeeding year, when -the stu
dent's pre-registration form is re
turned to him, and he has an
opporunity to make any changes
that he desires, or that his advis
or believes to be advantageous.
The student then takes his re
vised schedule home, talks it
over with his parents,-secures
their signatures,, and returns the
schedule to the school.' :
and planes.
In 1920 he was made a state
deputy sheriff and now he is
assistant chief cattle lnvestiga
tor for the Nebraska Brand Com'
mittee.
The advent of the roaring
twenties and the automotive ag
did not greatly reduce cattle
rustling, he said.
"Stealing was so bad there for
a while ranchers couldn't get
loans on their cattle," he recall
ed.
Clark said he had several
"close scrapes" with irate mobs
that wanted to take his prisoners
away from him. Once, he bluffed
a mob by threatening to return
to a prisoner his guns.
The desperado had killed two
men and wounded another, and
Clark told the mob, "you'll have
to come and get both of us."
They didn't take him up on
it, and Clark put his prisoner
safely behind bars.
GRANGE
Phoenix Grange met in regu
lar session Apr. 26 with all of
ficers present.
The charter was draped in
memory of Sister Anna DeGroot.
Mr. and Mrs. Patton and Eve
lyn Niedermeyer were obligated
in first and second degrees and
Myrtle Ferns and Christine Dins
more presented tableaux which
were enjoyed by the Grange
members.
It was decided to participate
in the Community May Festival
and Olen Poe was elected to rep
resent the Grange in a co-ordinating
committee.
At the May 10 meeting the lec
ture hour will consist of the
Grange Memorial program.
Refreshments were served by
the Bates, Lacys and Jacksons.
Roxy Ann Grange
: H.E.C. will meet Wednesday,
May 4, at 1 p.m. at Roxy Ann
Grange halL Hostesses will be
Caroline Wolfe and Lillie Meadows.
Reese Creek Club
The Reese Creek Renegades
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Moore on April 26. Our
leader, Cliff Moore, gave us a
test over several difxerent ar
ticles which had been read at
previous meetings. Marrelna Nel
son read a short piece on "Re
modeled Cows Fit Today's Mar
ket," from the Better Farming
magazine.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Moore.
-Next meeting will be held at
Mr. and Mrs. Esps' home on May
10, at 7:30 p.m.
Carole Nelson,
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"Vow NrA'P'A Jobber it a Good Man to Knowl"
Today's Okinawa Would Surprise
Veterans of World War II Fight
(Following is the first of two
dispatches about Okinawa.)
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Correspondent
Fort Buckner, Okinawa (U.R)
Japanese and American troops
who took part in the World War
II battle for Okinawa would be
surprised if they were to visit
the place today.
The scars of battle are just
about all gone. It doesn't even
look like Okinawa any more.
From the air and frcm the
ground, this place looks like an
American community.
That's what it is.
Okinawa not only is one of
Uncle Sam's major military
bases, it also is a bit of authen
tic America transplanted in
Asia.
Things are so good here now
that American servicemen are
asking to be assigned to duty
here. That's a far cry from the
old days. Immediately after
World War II, Okinawa was
known as "The Rock" and it was
the place all persons hoped to
avoid.
Duty waj terrible. Livh.g con
ditions were bad. Morale 'was
low. The place has nothing to
offer.
But all that is changed now.
Happy People
There are four-lane super
highways, concrete typhoon-safe
houses, golf courses, fancy clubs,
Wrap leftover cooked meat
tightly and store in the coldest
part of the refrigerator.
suburban housing developments,
fine beaches, resorts, good
wealher, nice shops and many
other changes brought about by
10 years of hard work.
The United States probably
doesn't think of Okinawa pri
marily as a nice place to live.
Uncle Sam really is interested in
this place as an important base
in its line of Far Eastern de
fense posts.
However, in rebuilding this
island and in constructing the
necessary military facilities, it
was only natural that things
should develop along American
lines.
The American theme has been
developed not only in the U.S.
construction but also in that of
the Okinawans who appear to
have had access to . a lot of
American books and magazines
including the mail order cata
logs. In three days of looking
around Okinawa, I found more
people who were happy where
they were than I've met around
any other military installation
in Asia.
'Things Work'
A large number of Americans
here are "signing over" for an
other tour. .
"Things work here," one
American housewife explained
to me. "We drive on the. right
hand side of the road. Hot wa
ter comes out of the hot water
faucet. We have good schools
and wonderful recreational fa
cilities. It's just about like back
home."
mis ract is impressed on a
person who has an opportunity
to fly around the island in a
small plane. I spent an hour on
such a sight-seeing tour and had
to keep reminding myself I was
over Okinawa and not over some
booming community in the
U.S.A.
Not all of this new American
community was built by the U.S.
military forces. There are pri
vate American business con-
mti Mil
uano
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