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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
2
President Harding comments on immigration policy asserting a preference for quality over quantity to avoid idle men and wasted jobs. The piece notes demands on seized funds in Turkey and announces Al Smith's presidential nomination candidacy as part of Edward W. Pickard's commentary.
The Krupp owners and 70,000 tons of coal quota sign a pact with the French allowing continued work under French bayonets at Altenessen. Communists refuse, denouncing the move as a blow to passive resistance. French troops to stay unobtrusive, barbed wire adjusted, protests heard by workers councils. Other German magnates reportedly negotiating with French railways as reparations talks shift.
Amid Lausanne diplomacy and Turkish concerns, Grew seeks a share of Turkish gold seized after World War I, while Ismet Pasha pushes for immediate evacuation of Constantinople. League probes French Saar administration as Washington treaty talks loom and U S views widen. News notes on prohibition politics and 1924 Democratic previews follow.
President Harding sailed for Alaska from Tomna after Yellowstone rests and Oregon Trail celebration at Meacham. He addressed Independence Day in Portland praising immigration policy while defending congressional restation on alien admission. He urged deportation or imprisonment for those who threaten American institutions.
Ray Silver, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urges President Harding and Secretary Wallace to authorize storing at least 200,000,000 bushels of wheat on farms under the new warehousing and intermediate credit act. He argues this would double wheat prices by withdrawing supply this year and carrying stock forward to next year’s harvest, financed through banks. The telegram outlines projected crop, home use, seeds, and export outlook to justify the move.
Ammany Hall denounces the Volstead act and enforcement while praising Governor Smith. In London, Solicitor General Beck blames foreign liquor shipments for harbor tensions. U.S. freight totals for the week ending June 23 top a million cars for the third straight week, with gains across merchandise, grain, and live stock compared with prior years.
The Board of Equalization met to finalize county assessments. Members present were Chairman Wm. M. Goding, L. R. Barlow, A. D. Rose Jr., County Assessor P. C. Collart, and County Clerk Oakley O. Otten. C. W. Smith appeared regarding chattel mortgages, which were exempted as tied to Farmers State Bank of Gurley capital stock. The day covered final examination of assessments and adjourned to meet by call of the chairman.
Work on the Scottsbluff tunnel, a major engineering feat piercing the hills west of Scottsbluff, has begun in earnest. The tunnel will stretch over a mile and carry water from the Mitchell valley through hills into the Roubadeau and Gering valleys as part of the Ft. Laramie canal, delivering irrigation to vast new land after years of anticipation.
Governor W. E. Sweet will visit Peetz on Thursday July 19 to discuss State and National Cooperative Marketing. Attending are Joseph Passoneau state director of markets and Bruce Lampson Colorado Wheat Growers Association GM. Lampson will explain how much of Colorado 1923 wheat will be marketed via cooperative profit sharing.
An emergency test of a battery may be done by using pliers or a single wire across the terminals and posts. The battery’s condition is indicated by a weak or strong flash.
Cc G Conn band instruments are taught at no charge by Larson's Music Store, offering free instruction to aspiring players.
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