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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1963
Page
1
Western Nebraska farmers are not expected to deviate from the long standing planting pattern as seeding time approaches. Despite a strong public vote against the administration's 1964 wheat referendum proposals, officials indicate no major changes in wheat acreage plans.
Cheyenne County wheat farmers weigh participation in the 1964 feed grain program as prices fall and supplies rise. ASC chair Herbert Krauter notes diversions, price supports, and soil conservation measures shaping acreages, with farmers seeking guidance after a clarifying Department rule.
Nebraska farmers may begin grazing diverted acreage on October 1 instead of November 1 under a new U S Department of Agriculture ruling. The change aims to help cooperative producers plan fall and winter operations, with southern growers starting earlier to avoid excessive regrowth and northern growers advancing grazing dates.
Herbert Krauter ASC chairman announces 1963 corn price support will average 1.07 per bushel in Cheyenne County plus an 18 cent per bushel special payment, making total support 1.25 per bushel. 1963 program differs from 1962 by allowing all production from participating farms to qualify for the price support loan.
Cheyenne County and area levies rise with higher state and local taxes. County Clerk Ralph Englert notes state levy up 1.40 mills to 10.75. Free High School levy up one mill to five. Cheyenne County levy set at five mills, including 1.30 mills for operation and a one mill building fund for courthouse expansion. Gurley unchanged. other towns cut levies, Sidney down 2.25 mills, Lodgepole down .70.
The Cheyenne County Rural Area Development panel is reviewing state and county highways for safety upgrades. RAD seeks traffic counts on Highway 30 intersections at Potter and Sidney near the overpass. They plan surveys on hard surfacing rural roads and a committee led by Lee Foster, Clifton Berry, Stewart Brown, and Charles Ham will oversee. A Northwest county Canada thistle spraying program is ongoing. The next meeting is September 19 at the 4 H building.
The Cheyenne County Fair 4 H livestock sale yielded an average price of 2465 per hundredweight for beef cattle with 173 head selling to total 161048 pounds and 39706.44 dollars. Sheep averaged 21.20 per hundredweight from nine head totaling 84 pounds and 204.07 dollars. Nine hogs brought 438 dollars, weight 2091 pounds, averaging 209.80 per hundredweight. checks mailed this week per Fair Board secretary Lowry Lindel.
Mrs Mildred Heitmann Pittack a former Dalton resident died in Hawarden Iowa Thursday morning Survivors include a son a daughter two sisters and one brother Her widower Rev OFWW Pittack served the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church at Dalton for a time
Citizens in all incorporated Cheyenne County communities face higher levy totals next year. Sidney rises to 91.5 mills from 88, Ledgepole to 63 from 62, Potter to 60.3 from 57, Dalton to 70 from 68.8, and Gurley to 74.6 from 74 mills.
The Sidney Telegraph notes levy shifts across Cheyenne County schools. Sunol district jumps from 31.70 to 37.00. Sidney rises 52.55 to 56.00. Potter and Dalton show sizable increases. Lodgepole drops from 33 to 32 and Gurley from 37.45 to 35.35 mills. Rural districts largely steady. total village levies rise overall. A summarized table is in Section Two, Page Four.
The Farmers Co-Op Grain Co of Sidney announces readiness to store flaxseed under the Uniform Grain Storage Agreement and Federal loan program. Delivery may occur at Sidney or Minneapolis with Nebraska loan rate set at 2.47 per bushel and premiums from four cents per bushel for seed under 9 percent moisture to none above 10.5 percent.
A H Read Co of Cheyenne Wvo submitted a low bid of 62841287 to build 1088 miles of gravel road in Banner and Kimball counties as access roads for the Fort Warren Minuteman Missile Complex. The bid covered grading gravel culverts bridges and guard rails as part of 4.2 million dollars in highway construction bids opened by the State Department of Roads.
Dalton prepares for the Queen pageant with 18 Dalton High School girls named as nominees. Events include a Saturday 3 p.m. tea at the Dalton Legion Hall and a Thursday Aug 29 dessert at Mrs. J. B. Pankau’s home. Ballots must be in by 2 p.m. Saturday Aug 31 with the pageant crowning that evening to begin the Sept 9-10 observance.
Committees to lead restoration of the old post home for a museum will be named soon. Roy Mac Adam will supervise exterior repairs and plumbing removal, while Mrs Elmer Ladine heads interior restoration research and will form a committee with countywide representation. Exterior work completed includes a new roof, siding, and chimney repairs. bills approved.
Walter Knight 23 is sentenced by District Judge John H Kuns to two years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex for stealing Barney Smiths automobile. Knight had a brief jail vacation after release from the Nebraska Penitentiary on August 6 and was arrested in Sidney shortly after for the theft.
Mrs James P Mohatt 69 of a farm near Sidney died from head and chest injuries after a two car collision two miles north and one mile west of Peetz Colorado. Her husband and others survived with minor injuries. The crash occurred at 7 12 am when a southbound Mohatt car was struck broadside by a Ruhter vehicle. Both cars left the road into borrow pits. Mrs Mohatt died at the scene. seat belts were absent. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gehrig & Son Funeral Home.
A strong late afternoon storm drenched the Dalton Gurley region with up to 1.5 inches of rain and hail. Reports show varied rainfall across farms and towns with hail stones golf ball size in places and visibility zero at times. Local observers record rainfall totals from fractions to nearly an inch, with some areas near Sidney Bridgeport and Lodgepole noting lighter amounts.
Merrill A. Johnson 54 of Gurley died unexpectedly Thursday morning from a brain stroke. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 am at Gurley Methodist Church with Rev. George Wheat of Sidney officiating. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Craig Mortuary handles arrangements. Johnson was born June 14 1909 at Ames Nebraska. married Marie Goranson February 26 1952 in Sidney. He served in World War II and was active in local civic and church groups. Survivors include his widow and other relatives.
The Sidney Tree Service is sold to Walter Skrdlant as Bob Lauters prepares to move to California. Skrdlant will run trimming spraying and landscaping with Frank Thompson as assistant. Skrdlant a Sidney native served in the army 1955 57 and has worked in oil with National Tank.
A workshop for all rural teachers will be held in the district courtroom of the courthouse on Friday August 30. John Webb Cheyenne County Superintendent of Schools says from 9 to 12 am teachers will confer with Wilfred Semrud Director of field services for the Nebraska State Education Assn.
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