Nebraska livestock sets yearlong record at 7.77 million head
Nebraska marketed 7,771,058 head of livestock last year, surpassing prior totals and ranking the state as a leading livestock producer. A I Anderson notes Nebraska produced 5,811,338 head for market while 1,899,220 were shipped in for feeding. Total receipts exclude farm slaughter and local markets.
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Nebraska
A. I. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
Idustry
Womangets 30years for slaying mother
Mrs. Roy Wilson, 31, was sentenced Friday night to 30 years in the state penitentiary for murdering her sixty year old mother in Rushville Nebraska. She confessed and told doctors orders led the couple to take poison capsules, the mother dying within a half hour and the father collapsing but recovering. The husband was released on recommendation of the county attorney. She demanded the electric chair, which the judge refused, and she received the 30 year term.
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Roy Wilson
Rushville
Nebr
Marple
Jordan
Wilson
Meyer
Lincoln
Meyer Sai
Willard oil test well reaches 4240 feet
Reports from the Willard oil test well east of Peetz say the well reached a depth of 4240 feet. Six inch casing is down to within a few feet of the bottom and the formation where the bit works indicates encouraging prospects despite the bottom caving condition.
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Willard
Peetz
Well Known Gurley Man Injured Falling From Windmill Tower
Theodore Poppett a resident west of Gurley fell 23 feet from a windmill tower near Rev Tolster’s home. He was unconscious on impact, received cuts and bruises, but no bones broken. Brought to Gurley for care, he slowly recovered after several hours. He and others had pulled pipes from a water well when a 2x4 plank broke beneath him causing the fall.
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Theodore Poppett
Gurley
Rev. Tolster
Mr. Poppett
Poppett
Rev. Polster
Sidney Golfers Defeat Scottsbluff on Local Course
The Sidney and Scottsbluff country clubs met on Sidney’s course Sunday, with Sidney winning 48 to 21. Sidney total strokes were 1251 to Scottsbluff’s 1278, and the five low scorers on each side posted 2 under par or better. Jay Closman, in his final Sidney tournament, shot 71 over two rounds, with Bud Robineau at 78 and Stev ens and R. P. Kepler tied for third at 7). Blip Doran’s 81 kept him among the leaders alongside Emery am Mc Donald. The bridge tournament followed, with continuation noted on Page Eight.
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Sidney and
Scottsbluff Country Club
Sidney Course
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Bluffs
Scottsbluffs’ Course
Jay Closman
Bud Robineau
Stevens
R. P. Kepler
Valuable horse killed on highway near Gurley
A valuable black horse owned by Charles McRoberts of the Gurley area was killed near the Burlington crossing south of Gurley on Friday while being driven with another horse hauling wheat to the railroad. A passing truck startled the team, a line broke, and the animal plunged an embankment. its neck was broken in the fall.
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Charles McRoberts
Gurley
Burlington Railroad
Miss Anna Windsheimer Leaves for California
Miss Anna Windsheimer departs with her parents from Gurley to visit her brother John in Anaheim California for an extended stay. She left on an afternoon train as relatives said the Telegraph will keep them posted on home affairs during the trip.
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Mike Windsheimer
Gurley
Miss Anna
California Coast
John
Anaheim
Sidney Ball Club Slump Hits Sunday Losses
The Sidney ball club endured a hitting slump with two losses in a week, one to Oshkosh via protest and another to Bridgeport 4 to 0. A crippled lineup lacking Heinzman Slack and Peck faced North River star Irwin, while Sherrod pitched well until an outfielder error sparked three Bridgeport runs in the seventh. The Oshkosh win two weeks earlier was credited to Oshkosh, per Garden County News, amid Big Four directors’ split policy.
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Oshkosh
Bridgeport
Sidney
Heinzman
Slack
Peck
Harvest
Irwin
North River
Sherrod
Garden County News
Garden County
Record Wheat Shipments in Cheyenne County Aid Rail Trade
After church on Sunday 6000 bushels of wheat were received by a Sidney elevator, most from one large south table grower. The firm recently expanded to handle higher volume as combines ran on many farms. Elevators countywide operated at full blast with roads crowded by trucks and wagons to move grain to market Sunday and Monday.
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Sidney
Telegraph
Cheyenne County Prospects Lead Over Other Districts
L. T. Poole manager of a John Deere implement firm with Frank Baker and A G Holm salesmen returned from an inspection trip of crop prospects in Kansas and Nebraska. They found farm activity improved but Cheyenne county showed yield indications unmatched by any district visited.
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L. T. Poole
John Deere Implement
Frank Baker
A. G. Holm
John Deere Company
Kansas
Nebraska
Mr. Poole
Cheyenne
Sidney National Guard to Attend Encampment
The Sidney post of National Guards will leave the city in the first week of August to attend the annual encampment at Ashland Nebraska for guard units in the state. About 38 men are expected to participate in the training offered at the camp.
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Sidney
National Guards
Ashland
Nebraska
Nebraska-Colorado Grain firm buys two Oshkosh elevators
The Nebraska-Colorado Grain company expands across the panhandle belt by purchasing and leasing elevators in Oshkosh district. President L. G. Lowe says harvest tonnage will rise as stores at Lewellen and Sisco stations receive management and capacity increases. B. B. Hine of Sidney oversees territory activities while Lewellen’s elevator gains new charge Thomer Anderson.
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Nebraska-Colorado Grain Company
Prain
Nebraska
Panhandle
L. G. Lowe
Sidney
Platte River
Oshkosh News
B. B. Hine
Union Pacific
Burlington
Rock Island
Colorado
Sisco Lumber * Company
Sisco
Lewellen
Wisco
Thomer Anderson
Lisco
State officials tour western Nebraska to inspect fish hatcheries
A state inquiry team led by H. J. McLaughlin and E. B. O’Connell visited Sidney on a westward trip to evaluate sites for a state owned and operated fish hatchery. They inspected Radcliffe ranch Greenwood site and other proposed areas along with stream headquarters and reviewed conditions at local commercial hatcheries seeking licenses. No decision on site selection was announced.
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Nebraska
Game and Fish Bureau
Sidney
H. J. McLaughlin
E. B. O'Connell
State Game and Fish Commission
W. J. O'Brien
Radcliffe Ranch
Greenwood
Band of roving nomads camped briefly in city
A parade of gypsies arrived in Cad, traveling in Cad Hacs and other new cars. Sheriff Nelson ordered them out of the city after a brief dusting off, marking a sparse, temporary visit in modern times.
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Nelson
Aged couple wed by judge at Kimball
William L. Bays of Sterling and Mrs. Jemima B. Arnold of Sterling were united in marriage at Kimball by County Judge Wolger on Tuesday of last week. The groom is 76 and his bride eleven years his junior.
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William L. Bays
Sterling, Colo
Jemima B. Arnold
Sterling
Kimball
Wolger
Union Pacific official confirms plan to build main line branch
Dispatches quote BK I Adams assistant to Cary Gray saying Union Pacific has definitely decided to build a line from Scottsbluff toward the main line between Pine Bluffs and Cheyenne to connect the North Platte valley with Denver. Engineers are reviewing the project, construction expected in time.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
BK. I. Adams
Cary Gray
Pacific
Kk. I. Adams
Scottsbluff
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Adams
North Platte Valley
Denver
Hessian fly reported in northeastern Colorado wheat fields
The Hessian fly, a bread pest of wheat, has appeared in Northeastern Colorado. Deputy state entomologist George S. Langford confirms farmers’ fears in Sedgwick County. The fly, common in Kansas, damages wheat. control is hard, with late planting of winter wheat as a noted method. Farmers seek a study from the state college of agriculture to map life cycles and attack plans.
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United States
Colorado
George S. Langford
Sedgwick
Kansas
State College of Agriculture
Morrison
Gulls Help Fight Grasshoppers In Valley South Of Here
Gull flocks numbering in the thousands have appeared around Proctor and Crook to prey on grasshoppers threatening the valley. Farmers, who had used poison in the affected district, plan to stop spreading poison and let the gulls continue the pest control effort.
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Proctor and
Crook
Former residents return to Sunol from Ohio
Mr and Mrs George Held and their daughter Marie arrived Thursday from Toledo Ohio after living in Sidney. They will reside in Sunol for now and have many friends awaiting their return to Cheyenne county. They traveled by car from Toledo.
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George Held
Marie
Toledo
Ohio
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sunol
Colorado Wheat Growers Free From Contracts On Wheat Sales
The Colorado Wheat Growers association announced releasing members from marketing agreements to build larger cooperative volume. Members may still sell their 1927 crop individually or through the pool, gaining bargaining power with the Southwest Cooperative Wheat Marketing association. Directors resignations await new board appointments once sign-up reaches target levels.
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Colorado Wheat Growers’ Association
Colorado
Association
Petits . Gazette
Southwest Co- Operative Wheat Marketing” Association
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado Wheat “Pool
Catinpaterp
Sarrie
Agricultural College
Sidney Telephone Co seeks higher rates in magneto to central system
The hearing on Northwestern Bell Telephone Co's bid to convert Sidney's magneto system to central energy and raise rates began before State Railway Commissioner F E Curtis. Chief accountant Livermore presented cost, revenue and expense figures. The upgrade entails $25,000 extra investment, $16,000 for land and building. Livermore said 5 year earnings varied 1-4 percent. proposed rates would lift earnings to about 7 3 4 percent.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
F. E. Curtis
Livermore
Sidney Exchange
Chappell Banker Named to State Guaranty Commission
Governor Adam McMullen announced Friday the appointment of H. C. Peterson of Chappell to the state guaranty commission. Peterson, president of the Chappell State Bank, succeeds W. Kimball who left the post.
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Adam McMullen
H. C
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Sidney Ball Club
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Guaranty Commission
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