EREES WILL GROW IN PANHANDLE IF PROPERLY CARED FOR
A Panhandle farmer notes that irrigation and careful soil management improve yields. He cites corn planting sequences, continuous cropping versus rotation, and summer fallow as factors. Cattle on corn-alfalfa pastures perform well with no bloating observed. Wheat harvest in Cheyenne county nears completion with high prices and shrinking yields. moisture conservation and field prep for 1930 loom. The irrigation test area around Schye tsbluff showcases irrigation advantages versus rainfall reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erees
Panhandle
Cheyenne
County Faces Historic Heat Wave Across Summer
Residents report the longest heat spell in memory with days over 90 degrees though rare heat prostrations. Crops thrived in many areas despite relentless drought and high temperatures, sparking concerns about ongoing heat and its effects on daily life and agriculture.
Council Holds Regular Meeting Friday Night Resigns
The council held its regular meeting Friday night as Stanley Wolfe resigned. The meeting included the passage of appropriation ordinance 158 and the acceptance of the police judge's financial report for June and July.
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Council
Stanley Wolfe
Firefighters battle loft blaze with no grain damage
Morning alarm sent firefighters into a loft above an elevator where they battled a fire. They extinguished the flames without causing any water damage to the stored grain, ensuring minimal loss.
Federal Farm Board Hails Wheat Storing as Wise Move
Trading was heavy at the Omaha exchange with corn tumbling from 114 to 134 as the wheat decline eroded corn strength. Weather across the corn belt was favorable with showers forecast for heavy growing regions. Harris and Winthrop expect buyers to take profits on corn amid pessimistic southwest reports, while rye and oats mirrored grain weakness.
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Omaha Exchange
Harris
Winthrop
Harvest Progress Boosts Grain Harvest Rates Across County
Harvest is well on its way as farmers continue cutting golden grain with good quality and prices. Most feeding grains remain on farms for livestock while barley finds strong western markets. A soaking rain would aid corn, with fine stands reported countywide and moisture this month as a potential deciding factor. Perfect corn weather has persisted for two months.
Canning Contest Open to Sidney Ladies With $1200 Prize
The contest invites all U S women and girls to enter one two or all three divisions with prizes totaling over 1200 dollars Lesser merchandising prizes are offered Entries must be sent between August 15 and October 1 and will be donated to a charitable institution They will be judged by three experts on color pack neatness flavor and texture Meat entries will be judged on pack neatness texture and flavor Steam pressure canners recommended for safety and efficiency
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United States
Anne Williams
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Canning Contest Sets Entry Rules and Jars
Canned foods must retain natural flavor and texture for judging. Entries must be in quart size glass jars with prizes and labels supplied by the National Canning Contest at 925 S. Homan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Contestants in multiple divisions must provide their own jars and shipping cartons.
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S. Homan Ave
Chicago
Sidney Set For Boeing Cross Country Endurance Flight
The Army Air Corps, Post Office and Boeing plan a five plane cross country endurance mission using a Boeing model 95 named Shuttle. Two assistants will man two refueling aircraft while the ship flies 125 mph with a 525 hp engine at 1700 rpm. Start in San Francisco at 10 am with stops at Elko Cheyenne Omaha Chicago Mitchell Field and Cleveland before returning to San Francisco. The mission includes night flying with a lighted route and 111 emergency fields along a 2700 mile trek.
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Baker
Thompson
San Francisco
Army Air Corps
Post Office Department
Boeing Company
Elko
Cheyenne
Omaha
Chicago
Cleveland
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Golden Gate
Statue of Liberty
Plains
Capt
Lieut
Enthusiasm for Omaha Air Tour Gathers Support
The meeting backed an Omaha air tour with about 50 passengers per trip and most ships open to local sponsorship. A flight commander and trip length to be decided within a week by the tour committee chaired by Sam Houser, with Major Houghland named as possible tour manager. A pathfinder plane will depart August 15 to inspect the chosen airports.
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Sam Houser
H. J. Houghland
Corps
W. A. Ellis
Chamber
Iowa
Kansas
South Dakota
Skelly Oil Company
Thomas
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha Pacer
Texas Couple Arrested on Mann Act Charge
Lee Mullins and Mrs. Alice Clark of Texas faced United States Commissioner Joseph Oberfelder after a Mann Act charge. Clark escorted Mullins from Texas with two children, deserted her husband, and now awaits trial while Mullins is bound over on $1,000 bond. Clark posted $500 cash bond and plans to return to Texas.
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Lee Mullins
Alice Clark
Texas
United States
Joseph Oberfelder
Nebraska editors meet in Hastings for three day session
Hastings hosts Nebraska Press association summer outing with about three hundred editors and guests. Highlights include a Thursday banquet at the Hastings municipal auditorium and a Saturday tour of oil regions and Pawnee site near Red Cloud. An informal Razzy program lists misc events and humorous notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Nebraska
Clarke Hotel
Nebraska Press Association
Association
Omaha
Will Maupin
The
Hastings Democrat
the Association
Maupin
Hastings Municipal Auditorium
Kansas
Red Cloud
Lieutenant Pike
W. E. Hill
Hasting
Nebraska Historical Society
Clarke
Irrigated crops praised in state by inspection group
A Nebraska University field trip class reports irrigation improves state crops while dry land yields remain solid. Wheat yields range from 10 to 35 bushels in Cheyenne and Kimball counties. Cheyenne County harvests about 75 percent of the small grain. Pump irrigation is established between Gibbon and Kearney and east of Grand Island, with limited use west of Kearney and promising trials near Sidney. Potatoes and certified seed crops draw attention near Alliance and elsewhere. Dr. E. D. Keim leads the party, which includes bankers, farmers, and extension staff traveling through plains regions and returning via Elkhorn Valley.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Cheyenne
Kimball
L. D. Willey
Gibbon
Kearney
Grand Island
Sidney
Jake Pedrett
Alliance
E. D. Keim
The
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Plains
South Platte
Central City
Platte Valley
Black Hills
Valentine
Elkhorn Valley
Murphy Will Address Sidne y Meeting of Salesmen Friday
James H. Murphy, president of Murphy Products of Burlington Wisconsin, will address a Sidney session for salesmen and managers in the territory. Doctor C W Zike, district sales manager, helped bring the meeting, to be held at the Commercial Hotel at 11 oclock, with about twenty five salesmen expected. The topic will be mineral nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Murphy
Murphy Products Company
Burlington
Wis
Sidney
C. W. Zike
Murphy Concern
Murphy
Murphy Company
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Federal Farm Board
Boeing
Kaynee
Greenlees’ Inc
Sidney’s Style Store
Telegraph
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