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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
5
Merchants report broad good Christmas sales across classes with strong demand for practical gifts. They foresee 1931 bring another solid year, driven by careful merchandising and planned sales, as Sidney aims to maintain normal prosperity despite national ups and downs.
A Nebraska economist notes no current sign of a material wheat price rise and limited upside for corn. Omaha corn runs five to seven cents under wheat. hog prices likely stay weak through much of the 30 day period with no material downturn expected. Hedges sees possible strength by period end amid usual late year hog price uptick.
The census shows 14 778 unemployed lasting 1 1 percent of Nebraska population with 12 322 men and 2 466 women. Additional groups include 4 292 on layoff, 3 664 men and 628 women, plus 1 210 out of work and unable, 1 970 sick or disabled, 785 not looking, 858 idle without pay, and 1 095 employed but paid yet not at work.
The obituary notes a prominent western Nebraska figure who left railroad work in the 1890s to enter real estate in Ogallala, retiring in 1918 and moving to Los Angeles where he died at his California home.
A 1930 survey shows western Nebraska farms facing about normal income, with no farm movement away from the area and limited damage compared to eastern Nebraska. Power machinery dominates panhandle cultivation, horse use persists for some farms, and homes gain radios, electric power, cars, and trucks. Rural roads remain poor in winter, with improvement hoped within five years.
Two men knocked at the door of Mr. Trester and demanded $100 for two dogs he killed on Thanksgiving. Trester fired twice into the air, a shot then pierced a window wounding him slightly. Bean restrained Trester as they both waited for aid.
A man shot his wife abuzz with pursuit. Trester lay dead from a short range weapon while a large knife and a 32-20 bullet marked the scene. Bean claimed no knowledge of the assailants who were said to be trappers. The Negrette Lopez case widens as authorities scour western Nebraska for a suspect described as 36, five foot seven, 165 pounds, with a scar over the left eye and a black leather coat. Reports detail federal dairy research efforts, breeding methods, and cooperative work with state colleges.
A celebrated cast led by Eric von Stroheim William Holden and Crauford Kent joins Charlotte Walker and others in the wartime spy drama at Fox. Roy Del Ruth, director of Gold Diggers of Broadway and Hold Everything, helms the new film Three Faces East among others.
A bank on the Panhandle was looted on Tuesday prompting a widespread police dragnet across the region. The locked machine had been parked in the street for about two hours before the robbery occurred.
Efforts to restart the stalled machine failed as Mr and Mrs Harms tried to push it off the track. They attempted to open the car doors to rescue children inside but found them locked. They narrowly escaped death while the onrushing engine bore down.
Mrs. Frank Kinton dies Monday after taking suddenly ill. She is survived only by her husband, there are no children in the family.
The dairy bureau and allied agencies push improved milk quality for current farmers and future producers. It highlights progress in quality, efficiency, and research on cattle production costs, cow metabolism, seed vitamins, milk chemistry, and processing of dairy products.
Custer County led the nation in forestry outreach over the past year. Extension foresters W. K. Williams and C. W. Watkins reviewed results with M. L. Gould and Leona Davis, noting 700 families cooperated and 250000 seedlings planted in 1930, with plans to expand in 1931. Women’s clubs aided beautification, and lessons emphasized shrubbery, trees, and lawns.
Nebraska women join extension service clubs from the college of agriculture. 12 736 in project clubs receive monthly instruction, 2400 in study clubs via circulars. 115 new project clubs this fall, total club membership up 2500 from last year. Forty four percent of project clubs and 41 percent of members live in 12 counties with assistant county agents for women and 4 H clubs. Custer County leads with 59 clubs and 912 women.
Six appeals in criminal cases will be included among 26 appeal arguments to be submitted to the supreme court commission the week of January 5. No court will be held January 8 when new state officers are installed. Among the appeals will be that of Henry S. Westbrook an Otoe county banker convicted of receiving deposits after his bank was insolvent.
The J C Penney company store in Sidney announces a novel event, the Thirteenth Month, with special prices in effect from Christmas until New Year’s. Manager Ewing says the prices offered shoppers are absolutely the best values since the war.
Sterling issued marriage licenses Tuesday to Clair Teeters and Agnes Weeland of Dalton and to Marcus Wilson and Amelia Jarecke of Sidney. No record of the marriages was provided.
Estate No 739 of Andy Ladine is presented for final report in the County Court of Cheyenne County Nebraska. The notice indicates filing of the final account and requests further proceedings as required by law. The court is asked to approve the final report and discharge the estate.
The court will hear the final account and report of the administrator and request for final settlement and discharge as to the heirs at law of the deceased. The hearing is set before the court on January 12 1931 at 10:00 AM. Attendees may appear and contest the same. Dated December 23 1930. Sean Ce Dana Eastman Acting County Judge W K Hodgkin Attorney.
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