Fall Crop Outlook In Sidney Area Is Rosy
The Sidney area faces a promising harvest with timely rains and strong growing weather across Cheyenne County and surrounding regions. Photographs and notes by Gary Bennett and Extension Agent Ivan Liljegren highlight lush crops and diversified farming, while warning a premature frost could jeopardize gains.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Gary Bennett
Sidney Telegraph News
Ivan Liljegren
Bennett
Rites Today For Prominent Dalton Man
Funeral services were held at Dalton Presbyterian Church for John A. Poppen 85 who died Friday morning at Memorial Hospital. The Rev Gordon Harmon officiated. Burial in Dalton Cemetery with pallbearers Henry Hinrichs William Frerichs Charles Bancroft Arnold ThuroW Lowell Larson and Louis Kraft. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. Survived by widow Alice May Harbaugh son Robert of Dalton two daughters Ellagene Mayfield Laurel Miss and Naomi Poppen San Jose Calif and three grandsons. Memorials to Dalton Assembly of God Church. Born June 18 1883 in Aurich Germany he came to the U.S. at age two and lived in Nebraska before settling in Dalton area. He married June 27 1926.
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Dalton Presbyterian Church
John A. Poppen
Memorial Hospital
Gordon Harmon
Dalton Assembly of God Church
Dalton
Henry Hinrichs
William Frerichs
Charles Bancroft
Arnold
Urow
Lowell Larson
Louis Kraft
Craig-Holechek
Robert
Ellagene Mayfield
Laurel, Miss
Naomi Poppen
San Jose
Calif.j
Empty Bank Bag Reported Stolen
A theft was reported to CID Ney Police on Wednesday afternoon at the Ben Franklin store. The incident involved an empty bank bag and deposit book removed from a safe. no money was taken.
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Cidney
Ben Franklin
West Dalton Area Reports Latest Oil Discovery in Nebraska
In Cheyenne County about six miles west of The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reports oil recovery at the No. 1 Blach well drilled by Toltek Drilling Co for J.W. Vandeveer and Triangle J. Oil Co. A 329 feet oil show in a J sand DST with no water. commercial production possible after completion. Also a wildcat test No. 1 August Miefert in Dawes or Sioux County underway as first exploratory venture since the region’s oil lease surge earlier in the year. More than 425000 acres in Dawes County now under oil gas lease, about two-thirds of its total acreage.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Toltek Drilling Co
J.W. Vandeveer
Triangle J. Oil Co
Sioux County
Miefert
William K. Davis
BW Drilling Co
Dawes County
Weather Panhandle Forecast
A generally fair period this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with a small chance of brief thundershowers Tuesday afternoon. Highs 85 to 95, low 50, rain chances under 3 percent. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 7 degrees above normal, highs in the 80s, lows in the 30s, with a few thunderstorms possible.
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Panhandle
Caption Contest Honors Go To I. R. Kreutzer
The Huntsman State Bank reorganizers awarded the first prize to I R Kreutzer of the CB&Q Railroad Sidney for a caption about Chamber of Commerce Manager Ed Cole in a corral with two burros. Second place went to James Neuman of Sidney for "Okay, men He’s Ed with enough to make a quorum We can start."
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Huntsman State Bank
L R
Kreutzer
Cb&q Railroad
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Mabel
James Neuman
Newton St
Mr. Neuman
O.K
Mr. Cole
Dawes County Leases 425000 Acres for Oil Search
CHADRON Dawes County Clerk reports 425642.75 acres have been placed under oil and gas lease in the recent search by several oil firms. No drilling has begun yet.
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Chadron
Dawes County Clerk’s Office
Sidney businessmen oppose single interchange plan at council meeting
A group of disenchanted Sidney businessmen plans to voice disapproval of the move to change the two interchange plan on the State 80 Highway to a single interchange. They fault lack of official action and seek transparency after prior public hearings favored two interchanges. They urge attendance to challenge “power politics” and insist the city follow public sentiment. The group includes downtown business owners and gas station and motel operators on Illinois Street.
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Sidney
Bob Decker
Lincoln
Decker
Norbert Tiemann
John Hossack
Ilinois Street
Ed Caywood Victim Of Long Illness In Sidney Neb
Edward M. Caywood 81 of Sidney died after a five week hospital stay at Memorial Hospital. Funeral 10 AM Wednesday at Govier Brothers Funeral Home Broken Bow with burial in Broken Bow Cemetery. Surviving eight daughters, two sons and 31 grandchildren. He moved to Sidney in 1940. Also preceding were one brother and five sisters. West Nebraska I 80 bids came in under estimates as work advances toward end of 1969.
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Sidney
Edward M. Caywood
Memorial Hospital
Govier Brothers Funeral
Broken Bow
Craig-Holechek
Edward Milton Caywood
Malcolm, Neb
Lily McCaslin
Department of Roads
Devel
Keith
Lincoln
Chappell
Nebraska
Deuel
Us~ 183
Oshkosh
Beatrice Construction Co
Beatrice
Beatrice Construction
Roscoe
Paxton
Robinson Seed Co
Hill’s Sand and Gravel
Polk
Bruce
Ogallala
Robinson Seed
Hill
Big Springs
Missouri Valley
Grand Island
North Platte
Paulsen Building
Cozad
John Hossack
Cheyenne
Kimball
Hossack
Wheat greenbugs threaten Nebraska fall wheat
Nebraska farmers face risk of greenbugs moving into fall seeded wheat. Entomologist Robert Roselle warns infestations could transfer from sorghum and other grasses, despite natural controls. Farmers should destroy volunteer wheat to lower infestation chances before seeding.
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Nebraska
Robert E. Roselle
University of Nebraska
South Dakota
Texas
Roselle
Lisco Woman Blanche Dailey Rites Set in Oshkosh
Blanche V. Dailey 81 of Lisco dies Saturday at Oshkosh Hospital. Funeral at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Oshkosh at 10 a.m. Wednesday, burial in St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Holeciek Funeral Home. Survived by Ed Dailey, three daughters, two sisters, one brother, 20 grandchildren, one great granddaughter. Memorials to the heart fund.
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Oshkosh
Blanche V. Dailey
Lisco
Oshkosh Hospital
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth Cemetery
Holeciek
Blanche V. Plummer
Garden County
Ed Dailey
Hugh Gardener
Mildred
Springfield
Bob Guerin
Dorothy
James Carroll
Mary Lou
Rochester
N. Y
Bill Johnson
Raymond Golden
King Hill
Idaho
Jack Plummer
Backersfield
Calif
William R
Heart Fund
African Sorghum Varieties Show Breeding Promise
About a dozen county farmers attended the sorghum and millet field trip at the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory. University experts noted millet plots yielding six to ten tons of green forage per acre, and millet grain averages around 50 bushels per acre. African sorghum varieties surprised researchers with potential for a breeding program, while mini millet varieties showed up to 60 bushels per acre.
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High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Norman Malm
Jim Wietzel
High Plains
Charles Fenster
Louie Daigger
Scottsbluff Station
Africa
Ivan Liljegren
Cheyenne County Hosts 38 Local Government Agencies
A Census Bureau report on the 1967 Census of Governments shows Cheyenne County has 38 local government units, 36 with taxing power, including 5 municipalities, 22 independent school districts, and 10 special districts. The county density is one agency per 440 residents, reflecting a national trend toward streamlined, autonomous and school district driven governance.
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Cheyenne County
U. S. Census Bureau
United States
West North Central States
Nebraska
30 Youngsters to Attend Cheyenne County Fair
van Liljegren will take about 30 local 4-H youngsters to Lincoln Thursday for the Cheyenne County exhibits to be entered in the State Fair August 29 to September 5. They will participate in judging and exhibit events with livestock judging on the agenda this Saturday.
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Ivan Liljegren
Lincoln
Cheyenne County
Grass Fire Reported Near Burlington Tracks Crossing
Firemen responded at about 10 30 a.m. today to the 6th Avenue crossing of the Burlington Railroad tracks for a small grass fire. The blaze was extinguished immediately upon arrival by the department.
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6Th Avenue
Burlington Railroad
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North Elementary
Betty Hutsell
Front
Carol Spangler
Jo Ann Kinnersley
Telegraph
Dalton Man
John A, Poppen
West Dalton
I. R. Kreutzer
Dawes
Nebr
Sidney, Nebraska
Edward M, Caywood
Ed Caywood
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