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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
5
Notices announce real estate sold at public auction in Cheyenne County on July 8 1940. estate creditors meetings set July 18 1940 and October 18 1940. foreclosure sale of part of Tract Five Wellners Third add Sidney scheduled July 20 1940. bids opened with City of Sidney waiving formalities and bidding rules.
Notice to creditors of Rahymond Buchan deceased in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Claims must be filed by October 17 1940 and debts paid by June 29 1941. A hearing to receive examine and adjust claims will be held July 17 1940 and October 17 1940 at 10 00 AM in the County Court room. Seal Robin A Barlow County Judge. Earl R Kratz Attorney Sidney Nebraska.
Ruth A Leafdale must answer by August 12 1940 to a Home Owners Loan Corporation petition in Cheyenne County District Court seeking foreclosure of a mortgage on property described as six sixteenths of an acre in Potter nearby Section 5 Township 14 North Range 52 West. The petition filed May 11 1940 asks for foreclosing the lien and other relief.
By order of Dan Campbell District Court Clerk the sale will occur September 9 1939 in an action where James R Hanson and Alfred L Hanson are plaintiffs and C F Klinge and Tena Klinge are defendants The property described is the East Half of Section 27 Township 17 North Range 49 West 6th P M Cheyenne County Nebraska Attorneys Sheriff
Dan Campbell Clerk of the District Court announces in an action pending where Home Owners’ Loan Corp is plaintiff and H W Cruise and others are defendants that he will proceed with further steps on a date to be set.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Sidney Nebraska City Clerk until 7 30 PM July 5 1940 for furnishing and installing a turbine pump and motor rated at 1000 gallons per minute. Engineer's estimate is 1750 dollars. Plans may be obtained from the City Clerk. The City Council may accept or reject bids and waive informalities. Attest City Clerk C C Jones Mayor R E Roche.
Bids due July 5 1940 7 30 P M for street paving curb and guttering in Sidney Nebraska to be financed by the Works Progress Administration. Work includes grading concrete curb asphalt paving alley returns and driveways with engineer estimate 9500 dollars. Plans available at City Clerk and Special Engineer deposits 5 dollars. Bid requires 5 percent bond and 100 percent contract bond with workers compensation coverage.
Sidney Nebraska announces sealed bids due July 5 1940 for a 1000 gallon trailer type tractor flusher with full equipment matching the 1000 gallon Street Flusher made by Standard Steel Works North Kansas City Missouri. Engineer estimates 1800 for the flusher and 1400 for the tractor with trade-ins: a 1929 GMC truck and 500 gallon water tank for the flusher and a 1929 John Deere Model D tractor for the city.
In a pending action Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation is plaintiff and Joseph Jensen and Maude M Jensen husband and wife are defendants. On July 6, 1940 at 10 a.m. a sale will be held to highest bidder for cash to satisfy a foreclosure decree dated August 28, 1939. Property: all of Section 30 Township 15 North Range 52 West 6th Principal Meridian containing about 640 acres per government survey. Sale open for one hour. Heaton and Heaton, Attorneys. Sheriff.
With 65 of 93 counties reporting for the 1940 census, Nebraska likely remains near the 1,300,000 mark. Morrill county lists 9,425 residents, 39 fewer than Cheyenne, both down since 1930, while Omaha and Scottsbluff report gains. Western counties show about a 20,000 drop, with farm totals also dipping from 26,716 to 24,741.
The Telegraph lists a complete ledger outfit offered for sale for four dollars. The notice is brief and markets the item as ready for purchase. It identifies no seller or contact details in the readable text.
Preliminary figures for 81 of Nebraska's 93 counties show 1,155,979 residents, down from 1,205,806 a decade earlier. Douglas County reports 246,923 and 232,982 in 1930, while Scotts Bluff reaches 33,875, lifting the panhandle county to third in the state after Douglas and Lancaster. If remaining counties mirror rural losses, Nebraska may trim about 9,000 more, bringing total near 1,280,600 from 1,337,963 in 1930.
A citizen with a wife and one child estimates federal tax hikes aim to fund defense. Congress raised exemptions and added a 10 percent surcharge, boosting his taxes from 27 dollars to nearly 4970, with further increases in cinema, fuel, alcohol, radio, and tobacco taxes. Comparisons show higher rates for single earners and various excises. FOR SALE: Remittance Books and Order Books. Also inventory books and sheets, The Telegraph.
Nebraska Farm Bureau backs an initiative to cap property tax at seven mills on farm property and 15 mills on city property with a 20 per cent cap threshold for higher levies. If 54,000 signatures are gathered by July 3, the measure could appear on the November ballot but would take effect Jan 1, 1942.
Dr C Ray Gates Grand Island school superintendent told an institute audience at the University of Nebraska that average Nebraska teachers earn under 658 dollars yearly and rural teachers about 484 dollars, well below WPA wages. He questioned whether teaching is a suitable life career and noted only 167 percent of rural teachers meet two years of college training standards.
Preliminary census figures show Nebraska has 48 cities above 2000 population, up from 43 ten years earlier. Total state population stands at 589,058, up from 514,621 in 1980, while the state as a whole loses an estimated 55,000 to 60,000 residents in the decade. Some cities report gains, including Ogallala nearly doubling to 1,631 and Scottsbluff rising from 8,465 to 12,045, with further shifts possible as final city tallies are tabulated. The 1930 figure noted was 1,337,683.
Unofficial state estimates show Nebraska’s share of new federal defense taxes set to begin July 1. Projected revenues include liquor 1,056,000 dollars, beer 443,000 dollars, gasoline 1,116,000 dollars, cigarettes 986,000 dollars, and movie tickets 550,000 dollars, plus smaller amounts from other items. Internal Revenue Collector George O’Malley orders liquor beer and retail firms to inventory stocks in preparation for the tax start.
The 1940 spring pig crop in Nebraska is down about 20 percent due to higher feed costs and hog prices, with an estimated total of 2,454,000. The fall farrowing is expected to be 22 percent lower than last year, western portions most affected, while the national and corn belt declines are 8 and 5 percent respectively.
George Baker of St Louis County Missouri says the cats became a nuisance by triggering an electric eye burglar alarm in a grocery warehouse waking neighbors and calling him out on false alarms six and seven times a week.
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