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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1923
Page
16
Nebraska farm guidance notes progress in home orchards and fruit production. Census data show fewer bearing fruit trees now than in 1910, with old orchards aging and replacement lagging. A small, well kept orchard adds home fruit and value. seek county extension help or circular 1230 from the University of Nebraska.
Home meat canning proves successful and satisfying for residents in remote regions with limited fresh meat and for those in warm areas where ice keeps meats only briefly. Many meat varieties are seasonal, so canning preserves surplus during abundance to diversify the diet. Agricultural College extension workers hold demonstrations across counties and offer free circulars through county extension agents or the College.
In Cherry Creek precinct farmers from the surrounding area brought ten clipper engines for repair during a gas engine school conducted by the county extension agent and an Agricultural College engineer. The session covered care and operation of single cylinder engines and planned advanced training on tractors and automobiles for next year. A magneto that had not run since purchase was diagnosed and made to operate during the demonstration.
The University of Nebraska Agricultural College urges hog raisers to keep young pigs growing from birth to maturity. From birth to eight months, pigs should access corn and proper protein in self feeders with exercise and proper feeds. A slogan says the profitable pig never stops growing from farrowing to market.
Everett Williams aged 13 was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge from his playmate Ira Hurst at the Hurst home three miles from Cedar Bluffs. Both families, including Charles Williams and the Farmers Merchants bank president, mourn the tragedy as funeral plans are set for Thursday.
Paul Sandman sixty five was fatally injured and four youths from Fairbury were hurt when a Cadillac failed to pass a wagon on the Lincoln Highway north of Jansen. The car veered into the ditch, overturned the wagon, and Sandman died after an operation at a Fairbury hospital. He was a Jefferson county pioneer with extensive holdings.
Neighbors fought back flames near Wann Nebraska as a suspected arson tied to a Saunders County farmer prompted a posse led by Sheriff Dailey of Wahoo and ex Deputy State Sheriff R N Fulton of Beatrice. Bloodhounds traced from charred hay to a farm house. state fire warden to act.
A 1869 grave marker for David Cook, five years old, lies on a land point by Indian Creek near Wymore, once in a prairie burial without a cemetery. The red stone slab inscription notes his death September 5, 1869. The site is overgrown. no family remains in the area. land recently changed hands with timber clearing underway.
A Christmas day gathering at Mr and Mrs A W Atkins home in Bridgeport brought four generations together. Present were their three sons and three grandsons, Allen Atkins with two sons, Clarke Atkins of Cheyenne and Auburn at Lincoln University, and their daughter Miss Virginia. Mrs B A Barnhart, mother of Mrs Atkins, attended and celebrated her 50th birthday on December 23.
At the annual Ne braska Potato Improvement Association gathering in Alliance Box Butte County which has lacked a county agent for years drew a strong point from the exhibit contest Western potato counties competed for prizes but Box Butte’s space was empty due to no agent A local businessman pledged he would not contribute again until his county hires a county agent The Farm Bureau notes the value of a scientific advisor for exhibit preparation and broader farming applications.
Burlington orders 60 fast freight Mikado locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia at about 3.18 million dollars with delivery planned for early spring. The line also has 2000 reconditioned steel coal cars 500 new automobile cars 500 re conditioned box cars and a contract for reconditioning 200 refrigerator cars.
Three million dollars yearly is saved to the country in livestock value by hunters and trappers of the biological survey waging war in the west on wolves coyotes lynxes and mountain lions. These animals were destroying livestock at twenty million dollars per year when the survey began. Hunters and trappers killed over fifty thousand predatory animals in one year, with the Custer wolf of Wyoming listed as the era’s greatest livestock killer, reputedly slaying twenty five hundred dollars worth of cattle in seven years. A five hundred dollar bounty had stood on the wolf’s head for years.
Residents in the west end of Nebraska City form a vigilance committee refusing to wait for police protection. They say women in the district have been assaulted, frightened, and followed by an unknown man on several recent occasions after dark while walking home from town.
A historical dentist office sign for Dr. M. B. Pettibone is shown with unclear location and routing details, mentioning Nagonn Mei Ree in faded text on the storefront or advertisement.
A brief ad item notes a phone number for a commercial telephone office offering bus service to any part of the city. The readable fragment emphasizes contact by phone for wide-area transit or courier service, suggesting a local business hub.
The Nebraska American Legion reports a push to grow from about 20 000 members to at least 25 000 through a statewide intensive campaign. State leaders J Ed Fisher and Frank B O Connell devised a post ranking contest with prizes, Omaha and Lincoln posts included, and tabulation by post size. Legislative highlights note support by the Legion for the Fordney McCumber adjusted compensation bill and various veteran care measures, with significant appropriations set in the 7th Congress for hospitals, reclamation, and naval maintenance.
At the request of Joseph Sparks of the American Legion, Colonel Charles Forbes of the Veterans Bureau ordered managers of 14 districts to start an intensive hospital campaign for disabled World War soldiers. The Legion posts and departments unite with Veterans Bureau staff to ensure every eligible claimant receives a check by Christmas.
Former fighters who upheld the nation's honor in the war form the American Legion now carrying its ideals in peace. The 1922 annual report to Congress details the Legion's growing national service across communities, with posts in 28 foreign countries and a focus on Americanism guiding its program through departments.
Commercial production of tomato seed in 1922 totaled 238000 pounds, up 200 percent from 1921 and 10 percent above the five year average, per the United States Department of Agriculture.
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