Over Two Hundred Crop Insurance Applications Filed in Cheyenne County
More than two hundred wheat insurance applications for the 1938 crop have been written in Cheyenne County. FDIC county supervisor James A. Sparks notes most come from Potter and Dalton where writers are stationed, with plans to expand to every town after harvest. The August 15 deadline is not expected to change. About half of local farmers may enroll, Sparks says, and if all Wheat growers enrolled, it would guarantee three fourths of a crop annually, aiding farmer prosperity. Equitable Life Insurance of Iowa has applied for farm-level coverage and will approve after checks. Some large resident and nonresident landowners are also pursuing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
James A. Sparks
FDIC
Sparks
Potter and
Dalton
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Sidney
Beulah Mae Hicks Dies at 15 in Potter
Beulah Mae Hicks of Potter aged 15 died in a local hospital after a year of illness. Born April 18, 1923 she lived all her life in Potter and attended Potter schools until illness. She is survived by her parents four sisters four brothers and grandparents. Funeral services are at two today at the Potter Methodist church with Rev. Tanner. interment Potter cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mae Hicks
Edgar I. Hicks
Potter
Sidney
Beulah Mae
Carol
Ruth
June
Patty Jean
Elgin
Kenneth
Lyle
Donald
George Hicks
Gary Bratton
Alexandria
Minnesota
Methodist
Tanner
Fox Schedule For The Fox Theatre Next Week
The Fox Theatre announces show times for the coming week. Friday features Port of Seven Seas and Pioneer Trails, with multiple daily screenings. Saturday adds Cowboy from Brooklyn and Saint in New York along with Pioneer Trails and a prize at 9 03. Monday lists Cowboy and Saint programs, while Josette and Wives under Suspicion appear midweek.
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Fox Theatre
Port of Seven Seas
Pioneer Trails
Brooklyn
Saint
New York
Fireproofing Of Schools Nears Completion In Sidney
The Sidney School Board advances summer fireproofing, finishing second floor and north stairway work at the 1915 junior high, with earlier cement floors and south stairs replaced. Maintenance continues at East Ward and senior high. Miss Atkins resigns. new hires pending interview. Birth certificates required for kindergarten entrants and transferring pupils to verify ages.
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Sidney
G. F. Liebendorfer
East Ward
Liebendorfer
Miss Atkins
Iowa
Sheep Investments Favored On Farms
Farmers are advised to buy a small band of sheep while prices are low as a hedge against grain losses from hail damage. Sheep require minimal attention and may rise in value. many counties plan to purchase 40 to 50 sheep this year. Financing agencies reportedly view sheep purchases favorably amid high cattle and hog prices.
Machinery Man Denies Wheat Expertise after Field Visit
Earl Morgan of Sidney, an implement man, insists he knows nothing about wheat. He advised cutting grain for feed when a field looked brown. Weeks later a farmer using a combine harvested 35 bushels per acre at 62 pounds per bushel, proving Morgan’s visual judgment unreliable.
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Earl Morgan
Sidney
North
Morgan
Woman Sees Missing Boy With Man Near Here
A Nebraska woman reports sighting a man walking with four year old Alfred Beilhartz eight days after he vanished. Colorado authorities ask western Nebraska officers to probe. The Beilhartz boy was last seen July 3 near a Rocky Mountain National Park cabin in Denver. A week of searches found no trace.
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Nebraska
Alfred Beilhartz
Colorado
C. A. Linch
Big Springs
W. R. Linch
Lincoln
Ogallala
Beilhartz
Rocky Mountain National Park
William H. Beilhartz
Denver
Lorenzo Ships Four Cars Of New Wheat
The first shipments of 1938 wheat moved from Cheyenne county on Tuesday with four cars labeled Lorenzo. Markets were reported at all county railroad points as combines work through Gurley and Dalton areas. Wheat tests reached 62 pounds per bushel with 35 bushels per acre, easing concerns over dockage.
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Lorenzo
Cheyenne County
Burlington
Bronson
Gurley
Dalton Territories
VFW Convention Held by Scottsbluff Veterans and Auxiliary
Veterans and auxiliary units joined in Scottsbluff for a district VFW meeting at Odd Fellows hall to address post officer work and benefits. The event included a special morning session and a picnic for veterans and families at East Overland Park.
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District Veterans of Foreign Wars Group
Scottsbluff
Odd Fellows Hall
East Overland Park
Jim Libby 81 Weds in Cheyenne
Jim Libby 81 and a former Union Pacific engineer, long known by residents here, wed this week in Cheyenne. Libby, retired several years, said he felt like a million and expects to live many more years after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Libby
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Libby
Sidney
Kimball Gets First New Wheat This Monday
Herbert Peterson sold the first road of 1938 wheat to the Kimball elevator Monday. It yielded 30 bushels per acre and tested 53 pounds a bushel. With combining starting in the heavy wheat growing area some farmers report grasshopper damage to oats and spring wheat, cutting oats for hay due to hoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Peterson
Kimball
Gage County Tops Wheat Crop Forecast In 1937 Nebraska
Agricultural statistics show Gage county leads Nebraska with 2,486,400 bushels from 165,760 harvested acres at an average 15 bushels per acre. Cheyenne and Fillmore follow, with 2,464,000 and 2,338,720 bushels respectively, as statewide 1937 outlook notes gains in western districts and declines in others.
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Gage County
Nebraska
Anderson
Gage
Cheyenne County
Fillmore County
Scottsbluff County
Dundy
Deuel
Garden, Chase and Richardson
Cheyenne
Morrill
Sioux
Hitchcock
Keith
Lincoln
Furnas
Antelope
Gage and
Jefferson
Pioneer Resident of Sidney Dead
Eric O Lif a longtime Bridgeport resident born in Sweden in 1854 died Sunday at his Bridgeport home at 84 after a long illness Funeral services are set for 1 30 pm at the family home in Bridgeport with Rev Howard Osborne of Minatare officiating Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery near Broadwater Lif homesteaded near Broadwater in 1886 and ran a boot shop in Sidney before ranching He retired in 1926 and moved to Bridgeport He is survived by five children Arthur Albert Christina Fred W and Anna E and six grandchildren
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Eric O. Lif
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Canaday
Howard Osborne
Presbyterian Church
Minatare
Bethel Cemetery
Sweden
Lif
United States
Arcadia
Nebr
Sidney
Arthur
Albert
Christina
Fred W
Torrington
Anna E
Grand Island
Huge Crop Forecast In State This Year
Nebraska is forecast for a big comeback in crop production with federal experts predicting a 69,488,000 bushel winter wheat crop, 187,800,000 bushels of corn, 54,152,000 bushels of oats, and 17,225,000 bushels of potatoes. Better moisture reduces abandonment and yields are expected higher, with corn at 24 bushels per acre and winter wheat at 16. Anderson notes improved prospects despite rainfall risk. details continue on Page 6.
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Nebraska
Washington
A. E B. Anderson
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Anderson
Tourists Narrowly Escape Drowning in Potter Flood
Four Illinois tourists barely escaped drowning when floodwaters covered highway 30 near Potter. Their car skidded off the road and filled with water within inches of the top before a Potter garage man rescued them. The car was towed to Potter the next morning amid minor washouts and general rainfall across the county.
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Illinois
Potter
Highway No. 30
Herbert Stevens
Potter Review
Stevens
Dalton Territory
Sidney
Grain Fields Hit by Two Blazes in area
Lightning started a fire in an 180 acre winter wheat field belonging to Matt Treinen near its east edge on Monday. Neighbors fought the blaze with shovels and wind prevented spread. A separate blaze from a car backfire burned thirty acres of Morris Jessen’s wheat east of Dalton Wednesday night, damaging equipment before a rain arrived.
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Matt Treinen
Treinen
Morris Jessen
Dalton
Jessen
Barley Shoots Thicken as Binder Stuck in Field
In Cheyenne County drought has scarred barley fields for years. A farmer using a binder to shock grain found the shocks so dense he could not pull the binder from the field after binding and shocking the crop.
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Drouth
Cheyenne County
One Club One Ball Match Set For Sunday
A one-club, one-ball golf tournament for men is scheduled at the country club Sunday. Open to members only, with a twenty five cent entry fee. Suitable awards will be given.
Heaton Wins Primary Ballot Place in Fifth District
Secretary of state rules P J Heaton’s congressional filing legal and his name will appear on the democratic primary ballot August 3. Crites challenged timing, arguing 50 day rule for sitting officeholders. Heaton’s lawyers contest legislature authority and intent. Heaton plans a districtwide campaign touching principal cities, joining three other Democrats and three Republicans in the race. The fifth district covers 32 counties and roughly one third of the state.
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Congress
Swanson
Secretary of State
P. J. Heaton
Fifth
Heaton
Edward Crites
Chadron
Forgetful resident seeks extra tax add ons
A Scotts Bluff county man told the county board of equalization that he forgot a bank account of 27000 dollars when making his tax schedule and asked to add it. Moments later another man sought 2000 dollars added to his assessment. both requests were granted.
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Scotts Bluff
Board of Equalization
Transients Swarm Into City As Wheat Harvest Peaks
Police report an influx of itinerant harvest hands this week as wheat cutting peaks. Night officers handle a few trouble cases. one man arrested twice in twelve hours was ordered to depart within twenty minutes, and he left town. Trucks from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and eastern Nebraska surround Court House Square as residents are advised to lock homes during evening departures.
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Court House Square
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Valuation Drop Is Forecast for Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County will show a sizable reduction in taxable property this year as the 1938 abstract of assessment is sent to the state tax commissioner. County Assessor J H Foster estimates railroad valuations will drop by more than 300000, with a general ten percent cut expected. Total 1938 county valuation is projected at 19949520, down from 20281855 last year, plus details on land, improvements, livestock, grain, and tractors.
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Cheyenne County
J H. Foster
Cheyenne
Rail Valuations Reduced Ten Percent in Nebraska
Nebraska state board of equalization cut the 1938 rail road valuations for tax purposes to 142,837,295 dollars, down 16,592,915 from 1937. Tax commissioner W. H. Smith cited recession and lower stock and bond values as of April 1. Board figures exceeded railroad requests, listing specific valuations for Burlington, Union Pacific, Northwestern, Missouri Pacific, Minneapolis and Omaha, and Rock Island with totals and requested amounts shown.
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State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
Smith
Burlington
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Minneapolis
Omaha
Rock Island
Gas Tax Shares Are Sent Out This Week
Gas tax collections for June credited to the gas highway fund totaled 997,399 with 44,840 moved to the highway department and 23,581 refunded to dealers, yielding 928,976 after refunds. Distributions include 602,226 to refunds and 278,693 to counties, with Cheyenne and other counties receiving smaller allocations.
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Gas Highway Fund
Highway Department
Cheyenne
Banner
Box Butte
Deuel
Garden
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Harold C. Tennyson
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Young Tennyson
West Coast
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Losey
Jewell
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Richard Agnew
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Romberg
Goldman
Johnny
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