Local Snaps of Injuries In Brief
The Potter Review items report several minor injuries from falls and accidents. C E Fecht’s son fractured collar bone in a fall. Byron Johnson bitten by a dog with a healing lip. Mrs M G Challburg fractured ankle in a game. Georges Reetz’s son burned from a match in an oil can. Frank Mueller’s son bruised after a horse kick. a Ford car with five people overturned on West Tenth street after rain, owner Morrisy of Hemingford. no serious injuries, Morrisy had a nose cut and a daughter suffered two broken ribs.
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C. E. Fecht
Kirk
Potter Review
Byron
Clarence Johnson
Potter
Georges Reetz
Mirl
Frank Mueller
West Tenth Street
Morrisy
Hemingford
Alliance Times-Herald
Lawyers Meet in Bridgeport for Western Nebraska Bar Event
About 40 to 50 lawyers are due at Morrill county court house in Bridgeport Friday at 2 pm for the Western Nebraska Bar Association meeting. The day includes golf, luncheon, a 2 pm program with welcome by C G Perry and talks by Motheread, Tewell, Barron, and Dean, plus officer elections and a banquet with a dance to close.
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Morrill County Court House
Western Nebraska Bar Association
BR. O. Canaday
Old Sol
Fraternity
Union Pacific
C. G. Perry
Bridgeport
Western Nebraska Associaton
Bridge
Fraternity Hall
E. F. Carter
Bayard
Bridgeport Herald
Neal Barbour Joins Golf Immortals With 105 Yard Hole In One
Neal Barbour of Scottsbluff Country Club carved his name into the Golf Immortals after holing out on the 105 yard Number 4 hole during a match against Bayard Bridgeport. Only Lou Schwaner, who previously did the feat on No 8, shares the city’s hole in one club. Local lore says Barbour’s shot is the 10,800th hole in one on the course since Lou’s earlier success.
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Neal Barbour
Scottsbluff Country Club
Bayard Bridgeport
Barbour
Lou Schwaner
Neal
Lou
Carman
Beil
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Barley Seed Inspection Planned for Loose Smut In Valley
The Farm Bureau will inspect a limited number of barley fields to identify seed free from loose smut, as the disease spreads at blossom time and resists seed treatment. Interested growers should apply at once. officials, including Mr. Sheldon, will arrange inspections for uninfected seed to be sold next spring.
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Farm Bureau
Sheldon
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Announcement of Sugar Factory Site Location Likely Soon
The Great Western Sugar company has not yet announced where the Sedgwick county sugar factory will be built. Surveyors have worked east of Sedgwick and will survey Julesburg next, with no survey planned for Ovid as a plot there is owned by the company. Officials expect an early site announcement amid local speculation in Julesburg Oriol and Sedgwick.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Sedgwick
Julesburg
Ovid
Oriol
Grit-Advocate
Fine Showers Bring Crop Hope Across Scotts Bluff County
Scotts Bluff County received timely rains over the weekend boosting crops and reducing irrigation needs. A half inch fell Monday evening near Scottsbluff with heavier showers in the northeast. Pathfinder reservoir levels rose, signaling no water shortage this year, unlike northern Colorado where 40 000 to 45 000 acres of beets were replanted due to drought.
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Scotts Bluff
Scottsbluff
Colorado
Great Western Sugar Company
Scottsbluff Star- Herald
Judge Tash Logs Five Court Cases in County Session
Judge Ira E. Tash presided over five cases in county court on Saturday. John V. Griffith was fined 25 and costs after a larceny finding for pawning a clarinet valued at 40 dollars. Charles Brown faced liquor charges with a confiscated car and $500 bond for district court. Joe Sears, a Pine Ridge Indian, received 30 days in jail for accompanying Brown in the incident. Clifford Porter cleared on a no fund check after paying 7 and 7.30 costs.
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Ira E. Tash
John V. Griffith
Lillian Gasaway
Clifford MacMadden
Griffith
Jake Sters
Charles Brown
Brown
Patterson
Joe Sears
Pine Ridge
Indian Agency
Clifford
Porter
Sam Levin
Alliance Times-Herald
Cars from many states at rodeo grounds
Floyd Lucas counted 416 cars from ten states and 22 counties in Nebraska at the rodeo grounds Friday afternoon. Box Butte county accounted for 216 vehicles. California to South Dakota totals are listed with small counts. Nebraskan cars include 261 from Box Butte and entries for Sheridan Scottabluff Dawes Grant Morrill Sioux Garden Douglas Cherry Burt Lancaster Hall Loup Sarpy and Devel. Alliance Times-Herald.
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Nebraska
Floyd Lucas
Box Butte
California
Missouri
Massachusetts
Maryland
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Sheridan
Scottabluff
Dawes
Grant
Morrill
Sioux
Garden
Douglas
Cherry
Burt
Lancaster
Hall
Loup
Sarpy
Devel
Alliance Times-Herald
Lost Boy Returns to His Home near Alliance
A 15 year old boy from the E. W. Becker family near Alliance disappeared into the hills on Sunday evening. Sheriff Jones, Deputy Ed Thompson, and local volunteers searched through Saturday and Sunday with bloodhounds but found no trace. Fresh tracks suggested he had been in the area, yet the search ended without results until the boy returned home Monday night around 10 o'clock with no explanation of his whereabouts.
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E. W. Becker
Alliance
Jones
Alliance News
Fair Grounds Erection Work Set To Begin
The Bridgeport News Blade reports that foundation work for the fair’s big barn and poultry house will start this week with contracts for the educational hall to be closed soon. Directors approve planned improvements, and County Superintendent Mrs. Shepherd notes most districts have met their quotas for the educational hall. Bids for building are opened, street grading and irrigation advance, and nine hundred dollars has been raised locally to add to premiums, boosting exhibits for a strong fair.
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Fair Association
Bayard
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Ford touring car stolen. body found north of Lusk Wyoming
Roy Strong's Ford touring car was stolen Saturday night and the body found discarded 40 miles north of Lusk. Thieves likely met with an accident and drove off with the chassis after discarding the body. Officers pursue three Alliance suspects, expected to be caught soon.
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Roy Strong
Lusk
Wyo
Aliance Times- Herald
MIKK AND HONEY ARE COMING PRODUCTS OF PLATTE VALLEY
The North Platte valley attracts beekeepers as dairy growth rises and bees move in from Mor rill and Henry districts. F C Hilker relocates over 1200 colonies from Boulder Colorado to Morrill Nebraska by truck seeking a permanent base. He plans to house three workers in Morrill and expand operation to meet local honey demand.
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Platte Valley
North Platte Valley
Morrill
Henry
F. C. Hilker
Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Hilker
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
State Officers Review Garden Co Lake Country
Wednesday Secretary McLaughlin of the department of agriculture W J O Brien and other officials toured lake country and inspected Coldwater creek on their eastward return They considered opening lakes Crane or Crescent to public hunting and fishing pending land terms They favor stocking lakes Watton League to stock the water and discussed appointing special deputy wardens via local Isaak Walton chapters Rush Creek was noted as an ideal trout nursing pond The party left Thursday afternoon and the visit left a favorable view of state game stewardship per Garden County News
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McLaughlin
Department of Agriculture
W. J. O'Brien
Gretna
J. C. Jenkins
Sheriff Smith
Crane
Crescent Lake
Blue Lake
Swanami Blue Lakes
Crescent
Watton League
Garden County
Jenkins
Isaak Walton
Oshkosh
Rush Creek
O’brien
Nebraska
Garden ‘County
New Swimming Pool Progress At Julesburg
Work on the new pool advances with a large crew laying cement under L Wonderling, as plans envision a finished facility filled with water. The project stands as a lasting asset to Julesburg and honors today’s Volunteer Fire Department for backing the enterprise.
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Wonderling
America
Julesburg
Grit-Advocate
Platte Valley Bus Line Begins Service Sunday
J. D. McCommon of Torrington promotes a new North Platte Valley bus line linking Guernsey Bridgeport and Torrington. Service started last Sunday from Guernsey at 7 30 a m with an evening return. Next week a second coach from Bridgeport at 8 a m with daily trips, plus a Torrington to Cheyenne route via Yoder. The schedule lets west valley residents reach Scottsbluff by 11 a m and return by 5 p m, with expanded eastward service planned if needed to improve regional travel.
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J. D. McCommon
Torrington
North Platte Valley Bus Line
Guernsey
Bridgeport
Cheyenne
Yoder
Scottsbluff
McCommon
North Platte Valley
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
State officials inspect Broncho Lake for park and fish stock
A Nebraska visiting party led by W J O'Brien H J Mc Laughlin and J C Penkins surveyed Broncho Lake Alliance to push land acquisition for a potential fish and game preserve. Officials discussed parking planting trees and state funding. $50 000 was appropriated for lake front parks with $12 000 already spent. The Isaak Walton League and Alliance business leaders support state involvement and future recommendations are awaited.
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W. J. O'Brien
Gretna
H. J. McLaughlin
J. C. Penkins
Alliance People
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Mrrs
M. G. Challburg
Judge Tash
Bridgeport News Blade
Garden CO
Lake Country
Platte Valley Bus Line
Isaak Walton League
Citizens of Alliance
Chadron
Broncho Lake
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