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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1946
Page
8
Nebraska hunters received hopeful news as the state game commission reported a 10 percent rise in pheasants in the annual survey. Research director Levi Hechler cautioned that some areas did not share the statewide gain. The season was to be set at a commission meeting yesterday.
Golf qualifying for the Sid ney Country club annual championship runs August 17 through 25. Players must post a full 18 holes on both inside and outside courses. Pairings follow qualifying with the Calcutta Pool dinner set for August 28 as flights are planned for all entrants.
The city council held the final hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance Friday night. The city attorney proceeds to prepare the actual ordinance and a new zoning map will be published with it. Very few changes were made since the original law was declared invalid by the district court weeks ago.
Nebraska ranked third in the nation for Series E U S Savings Bond sales versus redemptions in the first half of 1946. Nebraska sold 36.159 million dollars of E bonds and redeemed 29.609 million, a surplus of 6.55 million and a sales to redemption ratio of 122.12 percent, behind only the District of Columbia and South Dakota.
Mrs Albert Runion and daughter and Mrs Jake Osborn visited at the Ed Miles home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs W T Sharman and Mrs Earl Sharman and children were dinner guests Thursday at the Verne Sharman home. They helped Verne celebrate his birthday. Mr and Mrs Harker Harvey and son and Mrs Augusta Runion spent Thursday evening at the Albert Runion home. Miss Donna Best spent Tuesday night and Wednesday at the Verne Sharman home. Harold and Paul Flinn of Denver spent Friday night at the Albert Joanne Gade visited over the weekend at the Cecil Tremain home. Mr and Mrs Jake Osborn and son Eugene were supper guests on Friday at the Ed Miles home. Mr and Mrs Albin Johnson called at the Harry Stately home Saturday forenoon. Mr and Mrs Leroy Glantenjoyed Saturday evening at the Verne Sharman home. Albert and Martha Workman and Ray Herrich called at the Ed Miles home Friday afternoon. Roland Green and Elsie Glant spent Saturday evening at the Albert Runion home. Mr and Mrs Wm Badziong were entertained at dinner and supper Sunday at the Verne Sharman home. Alice Miles attended the Frontier Days celebration at Cheyenne Friday and Saturday. Mr and Mrs Albert Runion and daughter Mrs Julia Rasmussen and daughter Dorothy and Mr and Mrs Frank Rasmussen and children motored west of Peetz Sunday and visited at the Elmer Rasmussen home. Mrs Julia Rasmussen and daughter remained for a longer visit. Mr and Mrs Harry Stately and children were dinner guests Monday at the Albin Johnson home.
A historical overview traces world population rising from 545 million in 1650 to 906 million in 1800, 1,608 million in 1900, and 2,171 million in 1940, noting that recent increases rival the entire earlier world total.
Walter Smith of Sidney and B J Barnhart drive to Ontario for a two week visit. Many local residents host or visit kin and friends. Harvest reports say yields are good despite May frost and a push to invest in U S Savings Bonds.
Firefighters answered two alarms last week. A blaze on the roof of the Harry Stover building caused slight damage and was extinguished before spreading. The next day, a fire two miles south of town, starting in a borrow pit along the road, was likely caused by a cigarette.
Bart Armstrong of Chappell recounts decades of stubble mulch farming since 1934. He cites erosion control, moisture retention, and 5 to 10 bushels higher wheat yields per acre, with no wheat crop loss since 1933. He works with the Devel County soil district and Soil Conservation Service, using a staged implement sequence to keep a firm seed bed and protect soil during seed time.
A memorial to the Sioux Indians may be built seven miles south of Chadron along a pine ridge. Lincoln Borglum, son of Mount Rushmore creator, will carve it. The Sioux memorial commission switched from granite to bronze for durability and defense against souvenirs. A state and national fundraising drive is planned, with costs yet estimated.
The Chadron association names P. Welson as president and announces assets valued between $175000 and $200000 will be mated for sale.
Five thousand men of the U S Army Transportation Corps rebuilt a completely demolished railroad through rough country from Pisa to Florence a distance of about 40 miles with 14 bridges. Planned for two months the job was finished in one month.
The South Pacific coast leads in total fish landings across America while the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts gain value from fishery resources, particularly shrimp, noted as the region's most valuable resource.
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