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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1936
Page
8
Hollywood dance instructor Gene La Verne will give free dancing instructions to 20 Sidney girls over 16 on Fox Theatre stage next Thursday July 16. Manager Ned Collins seeks participants for the session and notes La Verne is a well known Hollywood expert.
Frank McGrath and other fans faced unmannerly reception when visiting President Roosevelt and Jim Farley. Roosevelt offered help but felt bound to Uncle George, while Farley dismissed the effort as pointless. The piece also notes rising campaign tensions among Griswold Cochran in Nebraska, with Griswold plotting a third gubernatorial bid and Cochran’s statewide campaigning amid potential Capitol upheaval if Griswold wins.
Farmers urged to order grasshopper poison two days in advance. government supply limited to one car, with county providing labor and equipment to reduce costs. Wet bait to be spread within a day of receipt. Farmers report success using hopper dosiors on binders with oil mixtures to destroy hoppers.
The 1935 federal farm program announces an average county rate of 7.50 per acre for Cheyenne county, with individual farm rates tied to land productivity. Some farms may gain higher or lower payments, while class I payments cap at 15 percent of base acreage.
The proposal set the farm land rate at 90 percent of the county rate, equating to $6.70 per acre in the cited assessment. The figure anchors the rural land valuation under the new schedule discussed by officials.
Cheyenne County farmers push into harvest as top wheat prices hover around 90 to 94 cents per bushel. Reports note 53 to 55 pound test weights, varying yields from 20 to 25 bushels, and insect threats to corn while some growers expect strong net returns. Farmers report binders in use, early field work, and haste to get grain into bins or elevators.
County residents are invited to a graphic study of crop pasture and livestock conditions. The event requires cars and J. W. Niesen asks for offers of machines to transport participants.
Cheyenne county Republicans call a July 13 meeting urging full precinct representation to clear up misunderstandings. The ticket led by Landon Knox Simmons and Griswold aims to win back voters who shifted to Roosevelt in the last election.
Officers probe a freight robbery linked to O'Brien and Calahan by Special Agent Hansen. A third old man is held for questioning as the trio, tied to robberies in this area and Bridgeport, face possible transfer for trial. Jackets from Bridgeport, traced to the suspects, are rare makes. A recovery at DeSmet, South Dakota, tied Calahan to a silk shop theft.
A multi-page Callahan record lists numerous charges and arrests spanning from coast to coast, covering extensive typewritten documentation of alleged offenses and legal actions.
Gov. Cochran offered no comment on the ruling declaring void the act for paying delinquent taxes in installments without interest. State Tax Commissioner Smith supported the aim but noted constitutional void. Auditors Ayres and Smith disagreed on funds collected, with Ayres directing distribution to proper funds and Smith urging hold and later return or interest.
Postmaster Leroy Larson issues mailing schedules for pouch closings and window hours. West bound No 121 closes 8 10 am, west bound No 7 5 pm, east bound No 8 9 30 am, south bound No 303 12 30 pm. Night trains close 8 30 pm. Windows open 8 am to 6 pm, no Sunday window service. For Sunday arrivals, call Saturday night or 8 am Sunday to reserve items. Clip schedule and keep handy.
Cheyenne county faces drought and grasshopper damage raising risk of livestock feed shortages. County Agent Swinbank urges farmers to cut and save small grain as hay and to use binders to maximize straw. Report excess feed to aid stock men across Wyoming Nebraska and the Dakotas.
The Nebraska state railway commission informs grain growers it does not loan money on corn or other grains and has no involvement with loans, mortgages, or collections. Its sole duty is inspections and certifying bushel counts and crib condition. Loans are handled by the Commodity Credit Corporation or local banks. After inspections lapse, the commission’s jurisdiction ends and mortgage actions are between owners and mortgagees.
Charles A. Weir 67 a Union Pacific railroad employee and official and a well known Sidney figure died Tuesday at his son’s home in Chicago. Born December 25 1868 at Julesburg he moved with his family to Sterling and later joined the UP in 1888 as a brakeman rising to freight and passenger conductor traveling conductor trainmaster and safety agent of the Nebraska division.
State Sheriff Flake announced a campaign by ten highway patrolmen to enforce the state law requiring motor trucks and buses to stop at all railroad crossings. He also reported 10,659 highway violations checked during the first period of the enforcement effort.
The operation ran from January 1 to June 30 and yielded 72 295 in fines and license fees. Sixty percent of the total went to the counties where collected, while thirty percent was allocated to the highway department. Sheriff Flake cited the motor truck and bus stop campaign at railroad crossings, spurred by a recent Blue Springs gasoline truck train accident that injured three and claimed a fatality.
A Telegraph error turning biggest sports attraction into currant season drew ribbing after a Sidney vs White Elephants baseball feature. Protests followed the misprint as editors joked the spelling did not imply bush league origins.
Market quotes show wheat at 90, corn 65, oats 30, barley 40. Old roosters 5, colored hens 12, leghorn hens 9, leghorn springs 12, heavy springs 15, butterfat 29, eggs 15.
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