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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1927
Page
5
McKinley McIntosh Miss Grace McIntosh and Mrs. Lillian Lyman guests of the McIntoshes attended a Rotary meeting Friday. Mrs. Lyman spoke on China and Shanghai, where she resides, sharing insights with club members.
Paul Simpson, a Darbor resident formerly of Alliance, was arrested in Durango Colorado on charges he removed a mortgaged Oldsmobile from the state to defraud. The dealer Chase Feagins had financed the auto for 385 dollars and Simpson allegedly drove the car to Colorado to avoid payment before Sheriff Jones located him.
The Dalton Delegate reports very good average yields from J A Vogt’s farm. Eleven lines note 15 acres of barley at 53 bushels per acre, 25 acres of oats at 50 bushels, and wheat on summer fallow at 34 bushels per acre. Figures were checked. guesses are noted but actual data is preferred.
Despite rumors no additional victims were found in the wreckage east of Ovid where freight train 2492 derailed. One unidentified man was killed and buried at county expense. North Platte wreckers cleared the line by night, trains routed via Cheyenne, and eight carloads of wheat were salvaged nearby.
T. E. Etherton formerly a barber in Sterling was arrested in Kimball by the county sheriff. He is charged with running a confidence game by selling suits for 8.80 to 9.00 on a payment plan and failing to deliver or misrepresenting the goods. Reports claim similar activity in Sterling Sidney and other Cheyenne county towns.
Latest returns on the six and a half percent compromise show Pine Bluffs State Bank depositors voting in favor. Depositors representing 75 percent of deposits approved the plan, with 65 percent needed for approval. Since closure last May, two 15 percent dividends have been paid, December’s totaling 16,901.51 and July’s 18,044.62, leaving 35 percent to be paid, adding about 87,800 to the total 72,643.13. A stockholders meeting was held to arrange the final dividend. checks will be mailed within 30 days.
James Lynch a former Sidney resident visiting Holdrege Nebraska writes old-time friends. Lynch once led the Sidney band and is returning to reconnect with friends from his hometown.
Nebraska in July, the first month of its new fiscal biennium, spent nearly two million dollars on all government purposes and to assist semi public enterprises. Half supported road work. new appropriations totaled 1,027,710, old funds overrun 286,161, accounts payable topped 900,000, and obligations incurred but not met reached 793,838.
Nebraska hunters face lower bag and possession limits for game birds this fall. Waterfowl season runs September 16 to December 31, prairie ch ickens and grouse October 11 to November 1. Daily limits cap at five brant, 20 coots, 40 ducks and five geese, with total per session capped at 25 plover 6 prairie chickens 25 rails 25 snipes 5 brant 40 coots 40 ducks and 6 geese. No rifles larger than ten gauge or hunting from vehicles. Birds may not be killed between sunset and half an hour before sunrise. Game birds reportedly plentiful in Nebraska this year.
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