Parallel System Of Parking Decreed In Law Passed Friday
City council approved a traffic ordinance Friday night establishing parallel parking on Illinois street and two blocks of Tenth avenue with two hour limits from 9th to 12th avenues and Hickory to Jackson. Fifteen minute loading zones will cap the end of each time limit block and the measure awaits signage, markings, and formal publication before taking effect.
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Illinois Street
Tenth Avenue
Hickory
Jackson Street
9Th
12Th Avenue
Jackson Streets
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Dan Mathews Named Top Rifle Marksman At Northwest Meet
Dan Mathews of Sidney won three firsts three seconds and one third in restricted matches and placed second and third in open events at the Northwest Regional Smallbore rifle matches held July 4 to 7 at Fort Francis E Warren. Attended by shooters from thirteen states the meet serves as a qualifier for Camp Perry in September where aggregate winners advance. Mathews narrowly missed a trip by two points in aggregate. Unofficial North Platte state 30 caliber tryouts list Alvin Kahler of Sidney among the high fourteen riflemen earning Nebraska team placement for national matches.
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Dan Mathews
Sidney
Fort Francis E. Warren
Camp Perry
Mathews
Dewar
North Platte
Alvin Kahler
Nebraska
Sidney Junior Team Wins Slugfest Over South Divide
The Sidney junior baseball team defeated South Divide 17 to 10 on Sunday in a high scoring game. Both teams combined for 40 hits, with Sidney totaling 25 hits and every Sidney player recording at least one hit. Four Sidney players had three hits apiece. The Sidney junior club is sponsored by the Modern Woodmen, which had purchased the team.
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Sidney
South Divide
Sidney's
The
Modern Woodmen
Stits
Park Board Chosen To Direct Program In Sidney
Sidney city council selected a three member park commission to guide future park expansion and improvements. Glen Spearow will serve one year, John E Cosello two years, and Ed Runge three years. The panel will work with the park committee to reflect public opinion and determine the scope of park developments.
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Sidney
Glen Spearow
John E. Cosello
Ed Runge
4-H Members Ready For Chadron Outing
About 200 Nebraska 4-H boys and girls from Cheyenne County prepare for the state conservation camp at Chadron State Park in the Fine Ridge from July 16 to 19. Betty Jean Peters earns the wildlife conservation award. Charles S. Horn of Minneapolis will be the featured speaker. Enrollments go through the County Extension office.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Betty Jean Peters
Ruby Sparks
Mary Lou Spiker
Kathleen Cruise
Ethel van Aelstyn
Chadron State Park
Fine Ridge
Charles S. Horn
Minneapolis
Minn
Ward's Color Book Aids Buyers In Paint Choices
Montgomery Ward introduces a new color harmony selector to show how paint shades blend before decorating. The bound volume uses plastic binding and matches wall and ceiling tones with fixtures to give a clear view of the finished room. The local store received its copy last week, says manager J. W. Barnhart.
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Montgomery Ward
J.W. Barnhart
Confession Details Bold Smuggling In Aun To Stick Up
Sheriff reports Ira Mae Ulrich and Cordelia Puckett sentenced to three to eight years in Canon City Colorado for assisting in the John Ulrich theater bandit case. Puckett, 19, and Ulrich, 29, signed a three point statement detailing visits to Sterling and movements surrounding the June 23 incident. The gun used by the undersheriff was taken to the courthouse by Puckett, per her account, corroborated by Ulrich and sheriff notes.
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W. W. Schulz
Ira Mae Ulrich
Cordelia Puckett
Colorado
Canon City
John Ulrich
Undersherif Eldred W Dersham
Tia Mae Ulrich
Cordelia Parkett
Ray R Powell
Sterlitg
Sinsie
Mrs Ulrich
Sterling
Miss Puckett
Ulrich
Control Of Blister Beetles Outlined
With gray blister beetles appearing on potatoes and in gardens Agricultural Agent Swinbank notes many inquiries on control. The beetles are gray cylindrical insects that damage potatoes and other crops, often arriving in large numbers and spreading quickly. Control is difficult as they resist contact insecticides. observation and prompt action are essential.
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Swinbank
Population decline in Nebraska counties shown
Nebraska’s counted population stood at 1,117,104 for 83 counties, a loss of 51,853 and a 4.3 percent decline. Ten counties remain to finish counts, with 149,026 in 1930 and likely a total loss bringing the state to about 1,280,000. Thurston reports 10,676 population and 1,213 farms, up from 1930.
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Nebraska
Custer
Dawson
Hall
Howard
Jefferson
Loup
Sherman
Thayer
Valley
York
Thurston
104 Degrees Sees Warmest Reading Of Summer In Sidney
The unofficial Sidney high reached 104 degrees on Saturday then cooled to a maximum of 89 on Sunday. The 104 degree reading was the year’s highest and the first above 100 this summer. Dry conditions spurred storm threats in the panhandle but no moisture fell over the weekend. The heat delayed the normal Saturday shopping rush with lighter morning and afternoon trade, though business picked up from four p.m. to close.
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Mercury
Sidney
Panhandle
Das Merchants
Ped & Nice
Wheat and Rye Loans Open to Farmers in 1940 Program
James H Campbell Cheyenne County Agricultural Conservation Association Chair announces that loans will be made this year for wheat barley and rye. Eligible producers may store grain at farm storage or warehouse facilities and secure a loan with a written certification of ownership. The program requires farm ownership or tenancy and adherence to 1940 allotment rules, with eligibility limited by grading standards and prior year production.
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James H Campbell
Cheyenne
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Chiairten
Conodit
Tocter
Eligibl
Cqnuis
July Fourth Observed Quietly in Sidney Despite Ban
Sidney marked a calm Fourth of July with no fireworks after a city ban on explosives. A few cap guns were used by youths at Krueger's Lake where several hundred gathered, while no injuries or other disturbances were reported at the lake or nearby. The holiday weekend brought seven violent deaths across the region, including drownings in sandpits near Valley and Grand Island, and two fatal injuries from a car crash weeks earlier. The tally included Curtis G. Lana of Bradshaw, Arthur Hoyse near Beatrice, Herman Brunten of Platte Center, and Martin Bader of Grand Island, with bodies recovered days after the events.
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Sid.cxy
Sidney
Krueeer’s Lake
Arta
Nepraka
Curtis G Lana
Bradshaw
Beatrice
Arthur Hoyse
Wiliam Webber
Episcopal c
Montgomery
W Va
Herman Brunten
Platte Center
Valley
Webbe
Martin Bader
Weekend Accidents Injure Several Near Sidney
Multiple weekend crashes in and near Sidney injure several people. Mrs Herman Treinen suffers a fractured vertebrae and other injuries. Cathrine Rosa and Norma Tremen also hurt. Janmie Crabb and Dale Glaukitz sustain head injuries. Conditions vary from serious to stable as hospital treatment continues.
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Acc
Sidney
Herman Treinen
Taylor Ho
B H Grimmane
Cath Omine Rosa
Norma
Herman Tremen
Grimm
Restaminas
Rose Maze
Auchormries
Tremen
Janmie Crabb
Locespae
Taylor Hospital
Moda
C VU Bitner
Slar
Telegraph
Bitner
Dale Glau
Inland Matting And Alley Paving Contract Awarded
Inland Conservation Company of Onia won the bid Friday for street work in district eleven and eleven. The project covers three and a half blocks of oil matting and curb gutter in one district and five blocks of concrete alley construction in the other. Downtown alleys will be surfaced with concrete as soon as possible. Western Public Service Company is inspecting steam mains before pouring concrete. Affected alleys include blocks between 9th and 11th avenues, Hickory and Illinois streets, and between 9th and 12th avenues, Illinois and Jackson streets. Oil matting and curb gutter will cover blocks on Sth and 9th to 11th avenues, connecting the downtown paving area.
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Inland Conservation Company of
Onia
MYp_roceuent
Western Public Service Company
9Th
11Th Avenue
Hickory
Illinois Street
12Th Avenue
Illinois
Jackson Streets
Sth
11Th
Ilfth Avenue
Ilinois
Tax Limit Petition Kimo Is Held Up
Tax limitation petitions were rejected by Don Devries deputy secretary of state when presented by E T Winter secretary of the sponsoring Nebraska Farm Bureau federation late Friday unofficial deadline for filing Devries said the federation had not complied with a statute section requiring filing copies of a constitutional amendment petition with the secretary of state before signatures are obtained Winter said petitions were in circulation and some completed before the law passed by the 1933 legislature It became effective June 8 and some petitions continued on page 6 Col 3
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Don Devries
E. T Winter
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Frid
Devries
Secretary of State
Winter
Sixty Day Season Proposed for Ducks and Geese
The state game commission recommended a 1940 migratory waterfowl season from October 15 to December 15, totaling 60 days, with last year’s 45 day period noted. They asked federal authorities to approve sunup to noon shooting on the North Platte and Platte rivers east of Garden county and sunup to 4 p.m. elsewhere, citing warm weather and late goose flights as reasons. Bag limits would stay at ten ducks and four geese, with possession limits of 20 ducks and eight geese.
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State Game Commission
Nebraska
North Platte and Platte
Garden County
Scouters Choose New Leader at Scottsbluff Dinner
The Wyobraska Scout executive board will dine at Reynolds cafe in Scottsbluff tonight to select a successor to A W Makela who resigns to take an executive post in Denver. Harold W Lewman of Kansas City will attend with a list of recommended candidates as potential Scout workers and one candidate will be chosen. Scouters and troop chairmen are invited to attend the dinner and meeting.
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Wyobraska
Reynolds Cafe
Scottsbluff
W. Makela
Denver
Harold W Lewman
Kansas City
Co-Op Elevator Organized In City Under Farmers Co operative Grain Co
A new Farmers Co operative Grain Company with capital stock of 50000 was incorporated as printed in The Telegraph. Arnold Braasch, noted north table farmer, is president. The elevator owned by I E Grabill was leased and repairs completed for the 1940 harvest. Plans include a large storage building in Sidney on the spur between the Burlington and Union Pacific railroads, with a fifty year term starting last June 25. The firm will be run by five directors elected by stockholders, stock at 100 dollars per share. The notice outlines its grain and farm produce business.
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Farmers Cooperative Grain Company
Telegraph
Arnold Braasch
North Table
I E Grabill
Sidney
Burlington and Union Pacific
Dead Rites Wednesday for Swan Pearson
Swan Pearson 78 died after four months illness in a local hospital. Born in Sweden he came to the United States in 1889 and lived in Woodhull and Keene before moving to Dalton then Sidney. Survived by widow Mary Rapp two children Vern Pearson and Mrs. Andy Rapp and three grandchildren. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church Wednesday at two with Dr W T Ekahse officiating. Interment at Sidney Greenwood cemetery. Rice Funeral Home in charge.
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Swan Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sweden
United States
Woodhull
Minois
Mary Rapp
Andy Rapp
Vern Pearson
Tyler
Texas
Pearsons
Nebraska
Keene
Dalton
Jackson Street
Trinity Lutheran Church
W. T. Ekahse
Sidney Greenwood Cemetery
Rice Funeral Home
Special Matinee Showcases Joe Louis and Dempsey-Tunney Films
At the Fox Theatre a Friday noon matinee presents Joe Louis Arturo Godoy fight films plus secured Dempsey Tunney footage. Tickets cost 20 cents with no tax, and the program runs about 50 minutes starting at noon. Louis Godoy will appear again on the regular Friday night and Saturday programs.
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Fox Theatre
Arturo Godoy
A C Stalcup
Louis-Godoy
Dempsey-Tunney
Harvest Expected in Cheyenne County as Binders Prove Active
Signs point to a busy general harvest in Cheyenne County with early reports from Chappell and Sidney. Two dozen combines operated near Sidney as weather shifts favor harvesting, while binders have been active for over a week. Despite a dry June, moisture and cooler days helped crops, and farmers expect yields to exceed 1939 though grasshopper losses seem limited this year.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Barley and Oats Variety Tests Planned This Week
Agricultural Agent Swinbank invites Cheyenne County farmers to evening meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 o clock to inspect barley and oats variety tests. The barley plot is at Henry Elsen farm near Colton. the oats plot at Arthur Schuessler farm near Brownson.
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Cheyenne County
Swinbank
Henry Elsen
Colton
Arthur Schuessler
Brownson
Roy Thomas Recovering After Abdominal Operation
Dr Roy Thomas who underwent an abdominal operation in a Seattle hospital last week is reported to be recovering. Friends here are advised that the anticipated progress is being maintained and full recovery should occur within a few weeks. Thomas was stricken on June 9 and doctors could not immediately diagnose the ailment.
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Roy) Thomas
Seattle, Wash
Thomas
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