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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
6
J L Hand announces he will operate the Lincoln Case branch while maintaining Sidney as service center. He will split time between Sidney and Lincoln, keeping a full stock of machinery and parts for local Case users. His family plans a spring move from Sidney to Lincoln after the school term ends.
Chief Moore stated patrolmen may stop inspect and arrest violators within city limits and prosecute infractions. He noted complaints from several drivers stopped in Sidney for minor driving violations. Local and county authorities pledged full cooperation to curb driving law violations.
The bureau details administrative transfers and program shifts including land utilization to the bureau of agricultural economics, tenant purchase loans, and state county advisory committees. Ward highlights progress in rehabilitation and a move toward balanced farming with more livestock, silos, and cooperative interest across Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas. Debt reduction and loan repayment show solid gains despite drought, with 9,626 Nebraska farmers on standard FSA loans and $7.25 million extended by December 1.
November grant rolls show 10,488 families receiving aid at an average monthly grant of 17.73 dollars. Total grants certified in Nebraska reached 186,039 this month and 3,888,111 year to date. The Bankhead Jones tenant loan program seeks 6,000 dollar loans in Cedar, Dawson, Polk, Gage, and Merrill counties with 197,105 dollars allocated for Nebraska. County committees will include three farmer members. A board meeting is planned to map the program and budget 1938 expenditures.
Business and city leaders in Scottsbluff and western Nebraska oppose government control of utilities. The Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation district offers cities a path to buy their own systems, while a committee will study the cost of a competing system to protect local power markets and prevent selling Guernsey and Lingle plants downstream.
The act requires the budget making authority to submit a proposed budget to the county board by the first Monday of next May. The county board must publish notice of a hearing on the budget to be held the first Monday of June. The state board of equalization certifies its findings to the county clerk, then the county board adopts the budget and makes its levy.
The Chamber of Commerce reports satisfactory response to a drive for 100 new members. E B White recently elected president and C C Jones led the drive, with others assisting. If White accepts, he will relinquish his duties on the membership committee as the group plans a busy year focused on pump irrigation promotion.
The Red Cross reported 302 members in its roll call, highlighting 1937 flood relief in Ohio and Cheyenne county's steady local efforts. It notes voluntary membership, prudent use of funds, and a focus on aiding the greatest number of those in need.
In Lodge Pole valley irrigation pioneers led by O A Olson plan larger plantings after proving 13 tons per acre from 20 acres in 1937. By 1938 about 25 wells will be completed with civic groups targeting 100 wells in two years. Financing obstacles curb rapid expansion though land values hold steady and buyers seek pumping tests.
DeMolays meet in Scottsbluff with an afternoon program featuring the DeMolay degree for two youths. Officers are elected and the convention center chosen for the next gathering. A. J. Jorgenson delivered the welcome address at the morning meeting.
Franklin Hornaday will be heard on the National Broadcasting Co. network in a Metropolitan Opera audition broadcast Sunday afternoon January 2 at 3 o clock mountain standard time. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hornaday have been informed. Station KFEL Denver and others on the network will carry the program.
Telegraph Wantads advertise Dr. Leo J. Thomas as chiropractor and naturopath at Osborn Building with reswits and try them appeal.
Western Nebraska’s potato and turkey industries gain notice in Farm Credit News January issue. H V Anderson of Henry and North Platte Valley Cooperative Poultry Marketing is pictured with a turkey tom. Turkeys supported over 40,000 holiday dinners. potato growers show seed potatoes and fancy pack stock. Local social notes cover Christmas visits, church events, and a death in the community.
Heaton named member of Birthday Ball Group as Keith Morgan announces county and city chairs for Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign. Chairs will organize fundraising and events statewide on Saturday January 29 in honor of President Roosevelt.
W M Bird president of Western Public Service Co Scottsbluff says Platte Valley public power and irrigation district will not pursue the purchase of the company western division properties Myers representing the proposed buyers notes Sutherland district directors will meet at North Platte to decide on formal action The proposed 100 million dollar transaction aimed to merge major private power firms in the state with Sutherland and two other districts
Members of the Presbyterian aid gathered at the J. J. Heizer home to pack Christmas baskets for shut ins and needy families. The Simla Womans club held a Christmas party at Mrs. Nels Noonan with gifts exchanged. Upcoming meeting set for January 5 at Herman Rehling’s home. The Eddy family traveled to Cheyenne to visit Mr. Eddy then returned for Christmas. George Vogler family joined Gertrude Vogler for supper Friday. Eldo Blomer enjoyed a Christmas dinner with Kenneth Frandsen and others. Ed Ewing and Mrs. Henry Mayer planned a Omaha trip for Christmas with relatives. Dennis Cortney visited his sister in Gurley. Leonard and Marguerite Cortney and Jake Vett’s family shared Christmas at the Vogt home. Rev and Mrs Kenneth E Reeves attended holiday events.
William Homer Wiker, born December 8, 1876 in West Liberty Indiana, died December 21 1937 in a local hospital. He moved to Cheyenne County as a child, studied optometry in Omaha, practiced in Sidney for years, then sold his practice about three years ago. He was known as a man of remark.
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