Nebraska Good Roads group shifts to four cent gas tax plan
At a Lincoln meeting the Nebraska Good Roads association abandoned a bond issue for highway building and endorsed an eight point program. The plan includes retaining the four cent gas tax, opposing tax exemptions, keeping funds for highways, and creating a bipartisan non salaried highway commission.
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Nebraska Good Roads Association
Lincoln
Highway Department
State Department
Fred Putney
Association
Oliver Stephenson
Nebraska City
College View
Belcher
E. H. Polley
Idaho
Utah
Nebraska
Ray Turner
Kearney
Sorensen
Emergency Scout fund drive planned in Sidney
An emergency fund drive will be held in Sidney on Monday July 11 to aid Sidney Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, maintain Camp Fuller, and sustain local troops with the national organization. A committee led by E R Woolley will solicit voluntary donations, aiming to complete the drive that day amid economic hardship and past fundraising challenges.
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Sidney Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp
Fuller
Sidney
E. R Woolley
Leon Fine
L. A. Donahoe
Boy Scout and
Girl Scout Movement
Woolley
Third of Winter Wheat Crop Maturing in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne county reports only about thirty percent of winter wheat sown last fall has matured for harvest this year. Total maturing area is about 78 021 acres, with expected variation minimal. Despite reductions in winter wheat, other grains rose sharply, including spring wheat up to 40 950 acres.
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Seven Counties Lower Assessed Valuations Drop in Nebraska
Seven Nebraska counties Adams Greeley Nemaha Sarpy Franklin Valley and Cuming reduced their assessed valuations after Cheyenne county cut its ten percent rate. Sarpy fell from 20847101 to 20261753 while Cuming dropped from 49781319 to 36502323 Adams from 45117540 to 37980803 Greeley from 16796280 to 13969250 Nemaha from 29834450 to 22942875 Franklin from 17622023 to 14927685 Valley from 19287026 to 15795570.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Greeley
Nemaha
Franklin
Valley
Poole Encouraged As Oil On Black Hills Highway Promised
Nebraska state aid will pave 20.7 miles of rough road on the Denver Black Hills highway between Angola and Alliance. A. H. Read Co. of Cheyenne won the $79 957.01 contract for bituminous mat surfacing as part of over 1.5 million dollars in highway work. Poole hopes South Dakota and Colorado follow Nebraska's lead to permanently improve No 19, the main Black Hills route.
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Denver-Black Hills
Nebraska
Angola
Alliance
Sand Hills
Lincoln
L. T. Poole
Sidney
Wyoming
A. H. Read Company
Cheyenne
Roy Cochran
State Highway Department
Poole
South Dakota
Colorado
No. 19
Black Hills
Minor Accidents Mar Fourth of July in Sidney
Two Cheyenne county youths suffered injuries during Fourth of July festivities. George Averman, a grocery store employee, received lacerations on his hand and thighs when a firecracker exploded in his hand at the country club. he was treated and expected to recover. James Mohatt was injured while playing kittenball, struck by a bat, with a deep scalp laceration needing stitches. he is recovering well according to his doctor.
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Cheyenne County
George Averman
Averman
Country Club
James Mohatt
Sidney
Mohatt
Advertising Series Is Started By Mission
Mission Super Service inaugurated a weekly cartoon ad series for Telegraph News issues this year. Designed by a well known artist, the cartoons are prepared for Western Nebraska Oil and will be used exclusively for Mission station over the 12 month period, offering readers amusing local interest.
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Mission Super-Service
The
Telegraph News
Western Nebraska Oil Company
Mission Station
Merchandise Dividend Paid By Farmers Gas & Oil Co
The Farmers Union Co operative Gas and Oil company began an eight thousand dollar dividend payment to stockholders this week. The dividend is in merchandise due to harvest approaching and would have been about sixteen thousand dollars if not for the Liberty State bank failure. Sidney headquarters notes the firm, a major Nebraska depositor, absorbed losses from the defunct bank. Manager Henry Johnson says merchandise dividends will aid farmers this year as harvest prep begins benefiting stockholders who run grain farms.
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Farmers’ Union Cooperative Gas and Oil Company
Sidney
Liberty State Bank
Farmers Union Co-operative Gas and Oil Company
Reccnt
Nebraska
Henry Johnson
Johnson
City Employees Drop From Softball League Prompting Schedule Shuffle
Withdrawal of Sidney city employees from the softball league forces rescheduling and the removal of Saturday night games after 21 entries. The Green Lantern shifts to the American League roster while American and National leagues list updated matchups and venues. New rules require 60-foot bases and a 6-foot baseline, with rosters, diamonds, and schedule details outlined for the season.
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Sidney
Green Lantern
American League
Piggly Wiggly
de Molay
Knotholers
Chevrolet Garage
Finke-Hutchison and Stover
Western Nebraska Oil Company
Bottlingworks
Western Public
West
East
Union Pacific
National League
Western Creamery
Conoco
American Legion
Os‘born
Upiegrove
Zwicks Safeway
Boyd’s, Telegraph
Postoffice
Lions Club
Knights of Columbus
Bottling ‘Works Club
Chevrolet
Western Nebraska Oil
Ozborn-Uptegrove
Lions
Fine-Hutchison & Stover
Western Public Service
Zgwicki - Safeway
Pleas Of Panhandle Prisoners At Board Of Pardons Meeting
The Nebraska board of pardons will meet in Lincoln on July 12 to hear pleas from western Nebraska inmates. Parole requests include John Copie for burglary, Peter Nielsen for jail breaking, Gordon Fenn and Glen Ford for grand larceny, Will Dayton for auto larceny, Jake Molir for forgery, and Emmett Moody for breaking and entering. Also to be considered are Fred and Durbin Trimble for alleged threshing machinery robbery and Henry Bottorff for jail escape.
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Board of Pardons
Lincoln
Nebraska
John Copie
Sheridan County
Peter Nielsen
Morrill County
Gordon Fenn
Kimbrall
Glen Ford
Yce
Kingball County
Will Dayton
Garcen County
Jake Molir
Emmett Moody
Scotts Bluff
Fred
Durbin Trimble
Henry Bottorff
Corn Grows Rapidly In State This Week
The Nebraska corn crop is in good condition and growing rapidly reports the state department of agriculture. The period covered includes last week through Monday, with dry early days followed by frequent showers from Saturday to Monday, aiding cultivation and leaving most fields in clean condition. Winter wheat harvest is general and nearing completion in several counties.
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State Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Socia
Weather Bureau
Thirteen Farmers Attack Trade Practices Again
Thirteen Cheyenne county farmers accused the federal farm board of harming agriculture and cited a proposed platform plank to the Democratic party Their protest cites a tax increase on future trading as the cause of dull wheat markets and claims Senator Frazier pushed the plan to hurt grain dealers The group cites the National Farmers Grain Dealers Association and says farmers petitioned against the tax Continued on page 6
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Cheyenne County
Robert G Simmons
Federal Farm Board
Democratic Party
Voters League
Liverpool
Telegraph
Nebraska
Kansas
Red River Valley
Minneapolis
Congress
Frazier
Northwest
Thomas R. Cain
National Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Wheat Belt League Renewals Four Sunday Games
The Wheat Belt League schedules four Sunday games with standings in mind. Sidney's Seals host Lodge Pole as Myron Hornby, ex Seals star, faces his old club from the mound. Peetz meets Dalton at Peetz, with the north county team the underdog despite effort.
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Sidney’s Seals
Lodge Polo
Seals
Lodge Pole
Myron Hornby
Hornby
Sidney F
Down East
Peetz Nine
Dalton
Peetz
Logan County Boys
North County Lads
Labor Trades Likely To Solve Harvesting Costs
Western Nebraska farmers expect little hired labor as the wheat harvest begins. High wages due to market conditions push farmers to new methods like labor exchanges with neighboring farmers. Manpower and machine pooling replaces wages, meals only remaining as a minor expense. This system helps reduce harvesting costs this season.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Shoe Store Changes Hands In Sidney sale announced
Ownership of the Central Shoe store in Sidney has passed to R E Cressey of North Platte, who operates five Nebraska stores. He launches a reorganization sale opening Saturday and lasting through July 16, closing out old stock for fall merchandise to be received soon. Cressey will continue Central shoes and plans a larger Sidney Cheyenne county selection than ever before.
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Central Shoe
Sidney
R.E. Cressey
North Platte
Nebraska
Gas tax payments to ten Nebraska counties reported
June gas tax collections to Nebraska counties totaled 171449.04, slightly below May. Cheyenne county received 1570.95, though not yet in the treasurer's office. Scotts Bluff led Panhandle payments at 3706.95. other western counties included Banner 274.30, Box Butte 1515.44, Dawes 1202.06, Deuel 777.66, Garden and additional counties.
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Nebraska
Bass
Cheyenne County
Scotts Bluff
Panhandle
Box Butte
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Bee Invasion Triggers False Fire Alarm At Lodge Pole
A wandering swarm of bees caused a false alarm at Lodge Pole this week. An eastbound traveler saw smoke from the Kilgore home, summoned help, and fire fighters arrived to find Kilgore attempting to smoke bees from the house.
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Lodge Pole
William Kilgore
Kilgore
Sweetheart Night At Fox Theatre Tonight
Tonight only the Fox Theatre offers a Sweetheart Night with Greta Garbo in As You Desire Me. Boys under twenty one can take the best girl for free by buying a ticket for themselves. the secret passion is admitted without a ticket. Call now for a date.
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Fox Theatre
Greta Garbo
Alert Bus Driver In Heroic Role Friday
Harold Crowe, an eastbound interstate bus driver, saved passengers by quickly swerving at Lodge Pole to avoid a team of runaway mules pulling a wagon. The wagon owner Harry Heath was slightly injured when thrown from the wagon.
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Harold Crowe
Crowe
Lodge Pole
Harry Heath
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Black Hills Highway 15
Mission
Farmers Gas & Oil Company
Western Creamerys
Store
Postofficce
de Molays
Knotholes
Osborn- Uptegrove
Department
Board For Trade
Simmons
Wheat Belt League
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