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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1929
Page
1
Wheat prices eased yesterday after a brisk rally that sent December grain to 1.54 and marked the year’s record high. Estimates from Chicago traders indicate Canadian yields may fall with drought risk, while large buyers expect continued market steadiness amid ample supply and soft demand.
The seventh anniversary sale at Greenlees opens Saturday at 7 in the morning and runs for one week. The Telegraph ad lists many bargains across all departments with additional items noted as available. Greenlees’ two major sales annually draw buyers, with founder Mr Greenlee tied to the city’s commercial growth since 1922 after taking over Sidney Mercantile.
A bulletin from D. H. Propps of Mitchell for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service urges turkey raisers to emphasize sanitation to prevent contagious disease. It highlights blackhead and coccidiosis as major threats, notes no cure for blackhead, and warns coccidiosis spreads via contaminated feed or water and through contact with chickens. It recommends frequent worm treatment with tobacco or nemac capsules and stresses prevention over medical treatment.
Kimball erupted for 11 runs in the first inning as Watts struggled on the mound for Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill answered with six in the second before Kimball added four more behind pitcher Bales, who allowed only four hits in seven innings. Borcher had five errors but salvaged with a triple, while Watts and T. Borcher each doubled.
In Sidney and along the main coast to coast air route aviation shows growing importance. About 50 ships have passed Sidney since week’s start with planes of all kinds seen daily traveling east or west. Bombers and monoplanes appear frequently as groups fly west, while servicing fields along the Boeing route reduce emergency landings.
Jack O Hara Lawrence Johns and Waldo Elias are jailed in Sidney charged with breaking into the Skaggs Safeway. A theft of cigarets and pennies prompted the arrest after they were picked up in Cheyenne and brought back by sheriff. Entrance was gained through a rear door with a wood panel smashed. Fingerprints were taken for identification.
John E. Shelley born April 12 1881 at Hildreth Nebraska died in an Omaha hospital. He moved to Cheyenne County in 1897 and lived there since. He married Anna Volkerts November 26 1904 and they had nine children. A Gurley Lutheran active member, he left a wife seven children a father and four sisters Alice Beard Alvin Farley Emma Neike and Catherine Neike.
A week of July weather accelerates wheat readiness in Cheyenne county. Farmers plan to delay harvesting until grain is fully opened and dry. Yield prospects appear smaller than last year but hail damage is light. A county tour finds few total losses, with stands heavy and grain quality good.
The Cheyenne county fair premium list is issued by the Telegraph job department and ready for the fair board. The board discusses a dance pavilion at the fair grounds to host dances, meetings, and exhibits. Racing stables, damaged by a twister, are being rebuilt with a concrete foundation. The 1929 fair purse totals include 1800 dollars for racing and an extra 500 dollars for rodeo.
George Wells formerly superintendent of Winters Pie in Los Angeles has joined Breternitz Bakery in Sidney. Wells brings years of experience and strong recommendations. Breternitz adds James Allen and Mrs Royal Hostettler to expand operations as demand grows for pies and related products.
O G Brown, manager of the local playhouse, stages a glamorous prologue for the feature Four Sons. Grabill's Merry Makers join the presentation with a rich stage setting and several vocal and instrumental numbers planned for Sunday and Monday nights.
Nels Olson, a leading stock feeder and cattle grower from Sidney, is in Denver this week with a large shipment. He travels with his sons Carl and Albin, part of extensive dealings in high grade cattle from their model stock farm west of Sidney.
A quiet home wedding took place Thursday afternoon July 11 at the residence of Mr and Mrs Phil Etherton. Their daughter Vivian Etherton became the bride of Cecil Andrews of Longmont Colorado. The couple left Sunday for a brief honeymoon in Estes Park.
Co. G Brown, manager of the US A theatre, received word Tuesday morning that his father had died at Boulder, Colorado. No funeral arrangements were included in the message.
Cheyenne County is apportioned 4364.33 from a statewide school fund totaling 516172.87 for July. Charles W Taylor, state superintendent, announced the distribution to county superintendents noting 6327 districts share roughly 20.39 each from one fourth of the apportionment and the rest via local fines and licenses.
Fred Lehmkuhl pioneer Cheyenne and Liberty State Bank owner and vice president at Sidney is critically ill in Methodist hospital Omaha. An operation was performed Wednesday to restore his health and his condition is described as extremely serious by local sources. He has long been a prominent farmer and barker in the county.
Mrs. F. O. Burgess left for Indianapolis after a message stating her daughter Mrs. Max Critchfield formerly Exlie Burgess, was critically ill with acute appendicitis and a burst appendix before surgery. She is remembered in Sidney with many friends here.
The Scottsbluff golf team travels to Sidney Sunday for the annual match between the two clubs. Scottsbluff previously beat Sidney on the Bluffs course, but Sidney hopes to reverse the result on home links. The ladies from both clubs will host a bridge tournament at the clubhouse.
Beckmann Motor Company, Pontiac and Oakland dealer, establishes a branch at Rapid City South Dakota with H F Beckmann taking charge. Harold Ells will run the local office for the company.
Miss Frances Bridges will be featured as the new beauty parlor operator for Dr. Niblack after July 23. Bridges comes to Sidney from Wyoming, where she has had substantial experience.
Sheriff Nelson took several Black men and two white men into custody on suspicion yesterday. The men were fingerprinted before being released.
Nebraska crop officials report heat in early July injured small grains and vary moisture across the state while more than half of the wheat is harvested. Wheat yields average 16.4 bushels per acre, down 1.5 from last year, with southern counties at 14 and eastern Platte Valley at 19.4. Corn remains in good shape but flood damage in the southeast and late planting temper prospects. Oats yields range from 22.5 to about 36 bushels across regions.
County commissioners approved quarterly county office reports. An agreement with Western Public Service Company allows continued use of county power poles for a county telephone line, with the county absolving the company of liability. Western paid 425 dollars for 710 of a mile of transmission line, previously county property. A resolution creates a public highway along the south side of section 22-14-51. The section line between 22 and 27 is impracticable for a highway, and a 66 foot wide strip was donated to the county by W A.
Sidney Tennis Club earned its sixth consecutive victory by a 3 to 1 win on the Sidney court Tuesday, securing the county championship with an undefeated pre harvest schedule. Maley leads tourney points with 19, Delubel and Schenck also notable contributions as Gurley fielded a strong lineup.
Federal Judge Woodrough ruled the Bridgeport Irrigation District cannot repudiate its contract for perpetual water rights with the Pathfinder dam. The two year case now goes to the circuit court of appeals. The district owes $54,334 after stopping payments while claiming seepage and extra waters supplied adequate irrigation for Morrill County land.
A intoxicated man enters Mrs J W McDaniel’s basement bedroom Monday night and roams the house before collapsing. Robert McDaniel discovers the intrusion and police take the man to jail. The suspect claims liquor sales and a mental lapse as causes. About $45 found on his person.
Bernice Foster presents a student expression recital Saturday evening July 20 at 7 30 in the Methodist church with performers including Donald Baker Mona Livoni Billie Tewell Billie Larson Zepha Roberts Josephine Jordan Jeanette Larson Helen Jordan Floy Thayer Ferne Paquette Joan Bicknell Helen Harper Julie Bicknell Virginia Larson Dorothy Dimick and others. There are no admission charges.
The Nebraska state board of equalization raised the valuation of Union Pacific by about five million dollars, cut Northwestern by over two million, and reduced Rock Island by 375000, with minor shifts for three other steam carriers. Total assessments for seven principal roads rose from 255,277,760 to 275,890,733, a 2,612,773 gain. The approach used stocks, bonds, track mileage, and Nebraska earnings to apportion system values, with Union Pacific receiving the largest rise due to stock and bond strength.
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