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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1928
Page
5
Entry shows rents and tax sales under real estate accounts with cash recorded as 80 91 98. Sale on contract indicates a transfer of property under a payment agreement. Source text brief and lacks full context for further detail.
Nebraska faces record prison population at 70 per 100k, above national and world rates, plus 245 stateside insane patients. The state lists 364 water systems, with 26 percent of 1244 tested sources impure, and 42 percent spring water showing tests. Immigrant flow under 450 in nine months, emigration at 25 percent of immigration, with Canada Germany and Mexico leading. 3399 miles of graveled highways, 3246 completed in four years on a pay as you go plan.
Sidney defeats North Sidney 15 to 3 at Athletic park in a one sided game. Poor defense and errors by North Sidney doomed them as Sidney dominated every inning powered by strong hitting and disciplined base running. Major contributors include Graham Willis Swenson Witters Thomas Cook Francis Hornsby Bales for Sidney while North Sidney was led by Sparks Neary Jones and Parks among others.
Nebraska bankers report extensive county by county wheat crop survey. Hail damage is limited to Wayne Pierce Redwillow while grasshoppers affect Scotts Bluff and the fly is noted near Utica Seward and Danbury. Labor shortages exist in nine counties but other regions report adequate help. Farmers hedge storage ideas while combines dominate harvest with 95 percent of grain cut by combines and most selling before August 25. Moisture noted in Nebraska City and shattering observed near Utica as prices set at 90 cents for corn and $1.07 for wheat.
Friends of Mack Radcliffe marked his 74th birthday at Circle Bar Ranch a place with historic ties to early pioneers. The event brought old neighbors and friends together to celebrate the pioneer and stockman famed in local lore.
President Coolidge approves a special five member commission to study the Boulder Canyon project. Three engineers and two geologists from Columbia New York Wisconsin will file a report by December 1. Members are General William L Sibert D W Mead Charles P Berkey Warren J Mead. They will be paid 50 dollars daily plus expenses during the study of a government investment of at least 125 million dollars.
Farmers warned to cut weeds to conserve soil moisture for corn. Weeds like sunflowers and artichokes consume significant water. a thorough weed control with cultivator followed by cutting remaining big weeds after harvest helps prevent seeding for next year. August cutting of artichokes and plowing under stubble land are effective to kill tops and reduce regrowth.
The Bridgeport News-Blade corrects a Western Nebraska misattribution about scavenger tax prosecutions. The Telegraph’s report wrongly credited Morrill county. the prosecutions are in another county. Both papers apologize for the error and urge accuracy.
Wayne Big Munn the Nebraska wrestler drew a year suspension from Tulsa athletic commission for stalling in a match with Marin Prestina. The decision bars Munn from states under the national wrestling commission. his purse from the bout was forfeited. Prestina won the first fall in under thirty minutes with body slams in both falls.
John Bowman age 20 of Hemingford Nebraska pleaded guilty to forging two checks totaling 17.50 drawn on his uncle Ben Price. He received a one year sentence in the state reformatory.
Agricultural concerns note widespread inability of country elevators to test protein content. Premiums for high protein wheat depend on lab testing, but most elevators lack laboratories, trained chemists, and storage for separate bins. Small farmers benefit only if they can pool or large producers stock and test.
Burt county poultrymen following all five planks of the grow healthy chick project raised 81 percent of their hatched chicks this year. Those using only part of the suggestions showed 67 percent, illustrating the platform's effectiveness in hatch timing portable housing sanitary management and continuous complete ration feeding.
Clarence Brown, 33, a transient, was sentenced to one to 20 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty in Alliance district court to malicious destruction of property. He admitted breaking switch lamps and digging ballast from beneath Burlington track rails 12 miles northwest of Alliance.
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