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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1947
Page
2
The Telegraph is a semi weekly independent newspaper serving Sidney Nebraska Cheyenne County and western Nebraska. It announces publication two issues weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays with local society editor and circulation management noted.
Lake development officials in Hastings will hear a proposal to open Lake McConaughy shore area to cabin, business, and concession leases. If approved, cabin sites would be leased at 25 dollars yearly with funds reinvested in roads and trees. A local boat club aims to lease a lake cove for 7060 dollars of facilities, with 200 memberships planned.
27-year-old David Wagoner of Broadwater escaped from Box Butte county jail Thursday night. He squeezed through a 10-inch square pipe opening used for a stove pipe, leaving broken furniture and doors. Wagoner, sentenced Wednesday in district court to one to two years in a state reformatory on a no fund check charge, had pleaded guilty.
Quarter pound boxes of genuine rubber bands priced at 50 cents each advertised at The Telegraph store.
John R. Jirdon of Morrill was high bidder for the Bushnell lumber yard buildings at auction. John Gracik bought the property from Foster Lumber Co. Jirdon plans to remodel the buildings for wheat storage, leveraging broad wheat holdings in Kimball County and land bought recently from Union Pacific.
An 11 point checklist will be used by field representatives from the tax commissioner’s office to assist county assessors in obtaining full valuation of personal property. The items cover oath, itemization of household goods, completion of schedules A and B, inventory-based listing, itemized fixtures, asset schedules for businesses, professional equipment, lodging properties, corporate schedules, cross-year comparisons, and correcting omissions to reach true value.
Western Nebraska farmers attend the 17th annual spring Feeders Day at the University of Nebraska experimental substation in North Platte on Friday May 2. Guy N. Baker announced the complete program. Morning tours visit feedlots on the farms of R. B. Miller and Son R. A. Frame and K Matsutani near Hershey starting at 9 a.m. CST from the North Platte courthouse.
A new information center for migrant workers from Texas and other southern states opens in McCook at Gilenn's Service Station on U S Highway 83 near the junction with U S 34 and U S 6. Owen Burton leads the center with Calvin Duncan assisting. Duncan will later liaison between Texas Mexican workers and Nebraska employers. The site acts as a check point for freelance workers and offers guidance on roads and destinations in Nebraska.
The Cozy Corner Club gathered with Mrs Elmer Nagengast and guests for an afternoon of entertainment and prizes for Elsie Schaffert Evelyn Shoemaker and Jessie Rogers A lunch followed The next meeting set for May 15 at Mrs Lee Shoemaker s home Other local items include travel to Curtis for commencement and Lake Minatare recreation plus estate proceedings for Julius Neubauer Deceased in Cheyenne County Nebraska with a May 1947 hearing and details of real estate including Sidney and township 13 north range 49 west kept for heirs distribution R P Kepler attorney and Robt A Barlow county judge 66-8-70
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the county court handles the estate of Marie Neubauer deceased. Creditors and interested parties may file claims and necessary proceedings within the court’s deadlines. The notice announces probate actions and required steps for those with claims.
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