G W G Expands Gas Field With New Compressors and Unitization
G W G installed new compressors in a fresh building to raise field pressure from 680 psi toward a target of 1000 psi by next winter. The plant processes dry gas by extracting gasoline butane propane and water, selling about 1 million cubic feet daily and reinjecting some gas. Gasoline blends with crude oil into a pipeline while butane and propane move by tank car. water is waste. Unitization faces questions as Ohio hosts two western wells whose pool connection remains unproven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G-W-G
Ohio
Warren
Two New Drilling Sites Prepared In Northwest
Ohio Oil Co. runs casing at Grabill Field and reports Chambers No. 6 as sixth producing well nearby. British-American Oil Co. starts Wills No. 1 and Rangers No. 1 in Cheyenne County with Johnson No. 1 nearby. Pan American Petroleum hits Herman Gehrke No. 1 south of Bushnell with 16 feet saturation and strong oil flow. Multiple companies drill in Kimball and surrounding counties, with several tests yielding oil, mud, and water results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Co
Grabill
West Sidney Gas Field
Nwsw
Ohio
British - American Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Wills
Kimball County
Pan American Petroleum
Herman Gehrke
Pan American
Sohie Petroleum Co
Rodman
Kimball
E. A. Obering
Shell Oil Co
Forsling
Chandler - Musgrove
Kuyper
Thames, Inc. and
Balderson Drilling Co
Boys Admit Vandalism in Legion Park
Three Sidney youths aged 12 to 14 confessed to vandalism in Legion Park on Wednesday. Police Chief Sol Willis said they admitted taking rocks to break windows and damage a restroom toilet. The case was referred to the county attorney to decide on juvenile charges.
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Sidney
Legion Park
Sol Willis
Willis
Franklin County
J. C. Hatcher
Minden
Neb
Kansas
Polio Cases Rise in Nebraska in First Half of 1957
Nebraska reports 35 polio cases through 28 weeks of 1957, double the 17 cases by the same point in 1956. The Public Health Service notes only one paralytic case so far this year, compared with three by the end of 28 weeks in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
US Public Health Service
Power District Divisions Sought For State Public Power
Wheat Belt Public Power District asks the Department of Roads and Irrigation to create east and west sub divisions. District Manager Charles Ham says this would simplify director elections while keeping nine directors. If approved at a Lincoln meeting on Aug. 16 eastern voters choose eastern directors and western voters choose western directors, reducing ballots. Western directors would be Hawkins Bond Weed Hornicek. eastern directors Peetz Smith Patrick Zimmerman Johnson. Cheyenne Morrill counties form the west. Keith Deuel Garden counties form the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Belt
Ham
W.W. L. Hawkins
Wayne Bond
Raymond Weed
John Hornicek
Arnold Peetz
Theodore Smith
Thad Patrick
George Zimmerman
W. C. Johnson
Cheyenne
Morrill County
Keith
Deuel
Garden Counties
Budget Needs Discussed At Fund Meeting In Sidney
United Fund of Sidney heard operational stories and 1958 budget requests from Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Red Cross Kings Daughters Salvation Army and Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Chairman Knicely urged formal membership applications within two weeks as others may join and a fall campaign goal will be announced after final approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund of Sidney
United Fund Board of Directors
Jack Knicely
United Fund
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Kings Daughters
Salvation Army
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Knicely
Sidney
H. C. Q. Nelson
Aerial Spraying Planned Across 10 000 Acres in Colorado
Kenneth Bakke of the Agricultural Research Service says spraying will start early next week to combat grasshoppers north of Proctor and Cliff in Logan County Colorado. 7500 to 10000 acres damaged with up to half of the grass destroyed. costs shared by ranchers and government about 20 cents per acre. The pest, small due to a late hatch, could move to cropland when grasses dry this fall.
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Proctor
Jliff
Logan County
Colo
Kenneth Bakke
Agricultural Research Service
Bakke
Mrs. J. C. Hatcher 82 Dies. Rites Planned in Sidney
Mrs. J. C. Hatcher, 82, longtime Cheyenne County resident, died Wednesday at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after ten days as a patient. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church in Sidney with Rev. R. Townsend. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Grover and Oscar and daughter-in-law Mrs. Oscar Hatcher, of Sidney, plus two brothers and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hatcher
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
First Methodist Church
Rev. R. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Roeville, Ill
Effie Jane Gray
Walter
Mary Ann Hubbard Gray
Nebraska
Franklin County
Sidney
Oscar Gray
Upland
Neb
Ernest Gray
Orleans
Wheat price quoted by local elevator at 180 per bushel
Grain markets report a New wheat price of 180 dollars per bushel from local elevator sources. The figure reflects current trading levels for the commodity in the area.
Romance Of Mud Springs Relived At Historical Meeting
The Cheyenne County Historical Association met in the Dalton Legion Hall to relive Mud Springs heritage. Ralph Scherer traced Mud Springs as a buffalo watering site, Oregon Trail water stop, Pony Express relay station, telegraph route, Ft. Laramie outpost, stage station, and Burlington construction camp, noting naming uncertainty and buffalo wallows and a 1865 Indian battle at Mud Springs.
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Mud Springs
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Dalton Legion Hall
Highway 19
Dalton
Buffalo
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Simla
Ralph Scherer
Scherer
Longmont
Cole
Scnerer
Nebraska Territory
Plains Country
Lodgepole Creek
Ft. Laramie
Sidney
Sidney - Deadwood Trail, Mud Springs
North River
Burlingtons
Colorado
Ft. Mitchell
Lisco
Rain Threat Delays Cheyenne County Winter Wheat Harvest
Cheyenne County farmers move grain samples to eastern elevators as moisture levels vary. Some fields in Colton and Sunol stay too wet while Potter wheat nears ripeness. A $800 loss from a fire on the George Schnell farm south of Colton underscores the danger to this wet harvest season. The five day outlook warns of more scattered thundershowers and potential soaking rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Colton
Sunol
Panhandle
Edgar van Tassel
Scottsbluff
Highway 19
Potter
George Schnell
Truckers Won't Seek Repeal Of Gas Tax
The Nebraska Motor Carriers Association announced it will not circulate petitions to place the seven cent gas tax on the 1958 general election ballot. Executive Secretary Paul Halpine said a member poll showed no justification for the carriers to join the Farm Council led effort. Observers had predicted carriers would stay out to avoid reviving the ten mile tax issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Motor Carriers’ Assn
Association
Paul Halpine
Halpine
Farm Council
Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
State Grange
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