Additional Capacity To Be Available Very Soon At Sidney Power Plant
The Sidney Public Utilities board approves adding a 1980 horsepower engine to the Sidney power plant boosting capacity to about 3100 kilowatts. The upgrade comes as a January peak of 1850 kilowatts stressed the plant. The Reclamation Bureau delays on grid projects prompt the board’s decision, with federal funding cuts hindering transmission lines reaching Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Public Utilities Board
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Power Board
Reclamation
Wyoming
Gering
Bridgeport
Sterling
Colorado
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Brighton- Valmont- Flatiron
Nebraska
Colo
Cheyenne
Ogallala
Bureau
McPhail
Columblo Public Service Company
Army and Air Force recruiter visit joins Sidney event
City residents can meet Staff Sgt. Betty Dandiiker, WAC and WAF recruiter from Grand Island, at the City Auditorium Friday. The announcement is from Master Sgt. Ray Treadway of Scottsbluff Recruiting Station, inviting interested women to inquire about enlistments in Army and Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Dandiiker
WAC
WAF
Grand Island
Sidney
Ray Treadway
Scottsbluff
Dandliker
City Auditorium
Intermediate Girl Scout Troop 4 Enjoys Week of Badge Work
The Intermediate Girl Scout Troop No 4 earned Ramblers and Foot Travelers badges with a week of activities. They hiked to the city park for a wiener roast on Monday, swam at the pool on Tuesday, and visited Jensen farm on Wednesday to observe the harvest process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen Farm
County Exceeds Quota in Bond Drive Across Nebraska
Cheyenne County reached 132 percent of its bond quota as of June 30, disclosed by county chairman Glenn Spearow. Nebraska’s 93 counties ranged from 10 to 379 percent, averaging 119 percent with one week left. Panhandle totals included Banner 227, Box Butte 157, Dawes 111, Devel 110, Garden 67, Kimball 109, Morrill 139, Scotts Bluff 101, Sheridan 156, Sioux 31, with McPherson at 379 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Glenn Spearow
Spearow
Nebraska
Queta
Panhandle
Banner
Box Butte
Dawes
Devel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
McPherson
Nelson Heads Legion Area Nelson Heads Legion Area
The Nebraska American Legion elected Lyman Stuckey of Lexington as commander, unopposed, at the Omaha convention. Emil Nelson of Potter was unanimously chosen Area D vice commander after floor nomination and a county vote withdrew Gene Somerville of McCook. Rev. John P. Downey became department chaplain. Dwight Griswold was among delegates-at-large. No 1950 site chosen yet with Lincoln and Kearney candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
John P. Downey
St. Peter’s Parish
Stanton
Dwight Griswold
Gordon
Lincoln
Kearney
Howard Ready To Take GOP Post
A. T. Howard, Nebraska Republican chairman, said Wednesday he would accept the national party chairmanship if offered. He pledged united support from all party factions to weld them into a potent instrument for sound government in the days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Howard
Nebraska
National Party
Howard
National Committee
Bertha Libsack to Compete as Queen at Valley Contest
Bertha Jane Libsack 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Libsack and the Colonel's Lady at Fort Sidney Days will compete with beauty queens from Scotts Bluff Gering and Bridgeport in a queen of the valley contest at Scottsbluff on August 16 with final judging at the Midwest Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Jane Libsack
Carl Lipsack
Fort Sidney
Scottsbluff
Gering
Bridgeport
Midwest Theatre
Demonstration Day Set For Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County 4-H Demonstration Day will be held Thursday August 11 at 10 a.m. in the Sidney City Auditorium. Miss Violet Shepherd county home agent says the later date reflects Wes Antes joining the state staff July 1 and unavailable until August 11. Demonstrations aim for final polish before the Cheyenne County Fair a week later with Antes assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Violet Shepherd
Wes Antes
Sidney City Auditorium
Miss Shepherd
4-H
Soil Conservationists of the Week at Leafdale Farm
C Edgar Leafdale and Leon Larson of the Leafdale farm ten miles north and three miles west of Potter are named Soil Conservationists of the Week. They collaborate with Cheyenne County SCS to build level terraces, windbreaks, contour grass strips, and other practices to conserve moisture and protect soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Edgar Leafdale
Leon Larson
Leafdale
Potter
Mr. Leafdale
Mr. Larson
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation Service District
Lee Girardot
Cheyenne County
SCS
Nebraska
Larson
Bicycle Collision Injures Boy in City Alley
Ray Frahm rode a bicycle that was damaged in a collision with a truck at nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Sidney police said the boy watched other children throwing sticks and did not see the vehicle until impact. The crash occurred in an alley between King and Linden streets. The truck was a 1935 Chevrolet 1 14 ton driven by August Jurgens. No one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Frahm
Sidney
King and
Linden Streets
August Jurgens
Building Permits Log July Entries Named Properties
July 15 L J Wagner filed for a one story frame garage at 1057 5th Ave with an estimated cost of 150 dollars. July 15 Deluxe Motel applied for a one story confectionary cement block building at 2201 Illinois costing about 5 000 dollars. July 18 Alvin Hedges submitted a one frame and stucco house for Lot 4 Block 15 Callahan's Addition on Osage between 16th and 17th with an estimated cost of 7 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wagner
5Th Ave
Illinois
Alvin Hedges
Callahan
Osage
Never Underestimate The Power Of A Woman Waving in Park
Karen Dell Larsen of Kimball cashed a worthless 49 dollar check to James Wills at Larsen Jewelry. Wills and Charley Smith were captured after a park sighting. Wills pled guilty in Kimball county court to bad check charges and was bound over to district court. Smith held for investigation over another 48 dollar check. A second 48 dollar check was also cashed for them at T M Jorgensen store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Park
James Wills
Karen Dell Larsen
Kimball
Wills
Larsen Jewelry
Karen Dell
Sidney Pool
Roscoe Tatum
Kent Fritzler
Sidney
Charley Smith
J. L. Roberts
District Court
Smith
J. C. Penney
T. M. Jorgensen
Sidney Oil Boom Threatens Local Stability
Western Nebraska faces an intense oil play as The Ohio Oil Company launches two producing wells in the Sidney field. Ohio holds over three hundred thousand acres in Cheyenne Morrill Devel and Garden counties with more than a million dollars in lease money spent last year. If ongoing wildcat tests prove productive, Sidney could see oil excitement rivaling early East Texas discoveries, while residents fear a powder keg effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Ohio Oil Company
Sidney Field
Ohio
Cheyenne
Morrill
Devel
Garden Counties
Sidney
East
Texas
Landholders Urged to Back New Wildcat Oil Test Near Sidney
Roberts Brothers of Shreveport plan a second wildcat near Sidney pending landowner cooperation to surrender about 600 acres of mineral rights. Roberts will cover drilling costs near 25 thousand dollars with a 60 day start clause and escrowed mineral deeds. The Thompson No 1 well sits at 3200 feet, 15 miles from the Egging discovery, as talks continue with local landowners for a profitable gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roberts
Township 14
Range 50
Town
Sidney
Robert
Egging
Roberts
The
Telegraph
Roberts Brothers
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
Thompson
Bogus Magazine Peddlers Target Boys Town
The Telegraph reports officials of Boys Town are asked to halt a magazine racket in which solicitors claim representation by Boys Town and say a portion of commissions goes to the Omaha home. Rt. Rev Msgr Nicholas H Wegner says no authorization exists for such representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Boys Town
Omaha
Nicholas H. Wegner
Johnson Appointed to State Soil Conservation Board
Clyde Johnson of Sidney is named supervisor for Cheyenne County on the state soil conservation committee for a three year term, announced by the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Soil Conservation Committee
Clyde Johnson
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Unusual Letters From Oil Excitement Prompted Inquiries
The Cheyenne County oil discovery sparked odd mail from residents and outsiders. A. J. Jorgenson of The American National Bank received a letter from an Omaha woman claiming a film of oil appears on her backyard spring. He sought guidance from an oil man and warned he is no expert, stressing his role as a banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
A. J Jorgenson
American National Bank
Omaha
Oir
Jorgenson
Exas
Train Hits Truck Near Sunol, Family Escapes
A pickup driven by Billy Dickinson and his wife and three children stalled on Union Pacific tracks two miles east of Sunol. They jumped clear as an eastbound freight demolished the 1937 Ford. Sheriff W. W. Schulz said all five occupants escaped uninjured. the engine was hurled over 100 feet from the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Sunol
Billy Dickinson
Leonard Dickinson
Cheyenne County
W. W. Schulz
Arnold Braasch
Prisoners Try To Burn Sidney Jail
Two prisoners Bennie Tanner and Roy Edwards attempted to set the Sidney jail ablaze on a smoky Wednesday night. Police extinguished a fire caused by blazing paper and then left the pair to endure the fumes. Tanner and Edwards, harvesters from California, were arrested near Huntsman by highway safety patrol and jailed to await a county judge hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Tanner
Roy Edwards
Harvesters
California
Huntsman
Highway Safety Patrol
Tanner
Edwards
Robert A. Barlow
More Oil Gas Leases Offered in Western Nebraska
The state will sell oil and gas leases on 17 920 acres of school lands over the next four weeks, increasing total western Nebraska leases since oil was found near Gurley last month to 30 950 acres. The schedule lists Deuel Kimball Keith Morrill Cheyenne Garden counties with specific acre totals on July 23 July 30 August 5 and August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Nebraska
Gurley
Deuel Co
Kimball
Keith
Morrill
Cheyenne
Garden
Two Firms Seek Oil Pipe Line Rights in Nebraska
Ohio Oil Co and Parker-Simmons Drilling Corp file applications for pipeline rights after oil discovery near Sidney Nebraska. Public hearing set August 2 in Lincoln. Ohio seeks ten inch line from Gurley field to connect with Stanolind, nine western counties for Parker-Simmons. Ohio may connect near Lisco or Oshkosh. line expected before winter. Production prospects for Cheyenne County field influence feasibility. Knievel No. 1 deeper tests planned. Roberts Brothers test watched. Ohio seeks common carrier rights in Cheyenne Garden Devel Morrill. Parker-Simmons seeks common carrier rights Sidney Bridgeport and in Morrill Cheyenne Kimball Banner Scotts Bluff Box Butte Sheridan Garden Deuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railway Commission
Sidney
Commission
Lincoln
Ohio Oil Co
Gurley
North Platte Valley
Oshkosh
Knievel
Discovery
Healy
Ohio
Cheyenne
Garden
Devel
Morrill
Parker-Simmons
Bridgeport
Kimball
Banner
Scotts Bluff
Box Butte
Sheridan
Deuel
Agents To Meeting Kenneth Van Skike and Violet Shepherd
Cheyenne County agent Kenneth Van Skike and home agent Miss Violet Shepherd will travel Wednesday to Ogallala for a district program planning meeting and outing conference. The event, for all county and home agents and spouses, is directed by district supervisor L. D. Willey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth. van Skike
Cheyenne
Violet Shepherd
Ogallala
L. D. Willey
Grass Fire Quelled Near Sidney Home
Sidney firemen responded to a grass fire beside the road at the John Treinen home south of Sidney around 10 45 Wednesday morning. The blaze burned grass along the roadside and caused little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
John Treinen
Concealed weapon charge filed against Billy Williams
Billy Williams 25 of Fort Branch Ind was arrested by city police Saturday for carrying a concealed weapon He refused to enter a plea at a Monday preliminary hearing before County Judge Robert A Barlow and was bound over to district court on a 1000 bond He was taken off a bus en route from Oregon to Indiana police said he carried a revolver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Williams
Fort Branch
Ind
Robert A. Barlow
Williams
Oregon
Indiana
Dairy Cattle Group to Continue in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County farmers favor continuing the Cheyenne County Dairy Breeders Association which aims to improve herd quality through artificial insemination. After initial hesitance and a canvass, a July 15 meeting reaffirmed support. Kenneth Van Skike notes that timing and technician experience affect results despite a harsh winter, with 92.6 percent settled by the third insemination period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Kenneth van Skike
Cheyenne County Association
Dairy Breeders Association
van Skike
Deer hunting licenses hit 161 paid with deadline near
The state game commission reports over five hundred applications for deer licenses, but only 161 include the $10 fee. Applications must be filed by August 15. If more than 1,500 are received, a drawing will be held in September to determine deer numbers. Hunters must arrange with landowners to hunt on open land as no public shooting grounds exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game Commission
Paul ‘Gilbert
Commission
Gilbert
Gurley and Dalton Wheat Harvest Shows Strong Early Yields
Harvest across Cheyenne County shows a better crop than forecast with Gurley and Dalton delivering top quality wheat. No. 1 grade wheat tests 60 to 64 pounds, moisture low, with yields around 30 bushels or more. Lorenzo sees weaker results due to hail damage. overall county average near or above 20 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Gurley- Dalton
Lorenzo
Potter and Lorenzo Territories
Lodgepole
H. W. Quinn
Farmers Coop Elevator
Smith
Delverers
Gurley
Gurley Grain Co
Joe Vogt
Farmers Union Cooperative Association
Herman G. Miller
Geo. Bartels
Dalton Elevator Company, Inc
J. A. Siefer
Blome Brothers
Dalton
Dalton Cooperative Society
Home Grain Company
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Nelson Heads Legion Area
Bertha Libsack
Potterites
Frontier
Johnson
Dairy Cattle Group
Gurley and
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