Harvest Advances Despite Weather Delays Across Regions
Weather continues to slow the wheat harvest with hail and heavy rain in Lodgepole Peetz and Chappell areas. Peetz reports up to 60 percent of wheat damaged. yields around 20 bushels per acre and 56 pounds per bushel at the Co-Op. Lodgepole area plants expect 35-40 bushels later. Chappell leads in volume, dumping 380,000 bushels at Farmer's Elevator with moisture near 12 percent. North of Dalton cutting has begun with 57 pounds per bushel and no flat land harvest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Peetz
Co-Op
Dalton
Chappell
Wheat harvest notes in Sidney area midseason update
In Sidney fields farmers report wheat moisture 12-18 percent with average weights near 57 pounds per bushel. Over 60 000 bushels cut and stored at the Co Op Elevator, 20 000 on Monday. Weather with 88 degree highs and 50 percent humidity slowed cutting Tuesday until 2 pm. Overall Cheyenne County grain described as average with quality varying by cut, later harvest expected to improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Sidney
Co-Op
Cheyenne
Wheat Harvest Progress and Severe Hail Losses Reported
A 50 bushel per acre wheat stand was cut east of Huntsman on the Spiker place Tuesday with good quality. Nearby fields show similar promise. Thunderheads formed but did not bring disaster. In Dalton territory the recent hail destroyed 30 sections, damaging 5,000 to 9,000 acres. farmers planned to harvest 25 to 35 bushels per acre. Insurance hail claims are rising across the southern Nebraska Panhandle and northeastern Colorado, though payments cannot replace crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsman
Spiker Place
Dalton Territory
Nebraska Panhandle
Colorado
Colton Grain Co Reports Heavy Harvest Weather
Colton area farmers face heavy hauling as 60 pound wheat and yields near forty bushels per acre drive a rush to harvest. Custom cutters attract new users amid storm threats, pressing elevators to handle rapid grain flow and boosting harvest speed. Storage concerns rise as FDA rulings prompt doubts about keeping grain in farm bins. Thunderheads drifted near Colton, then moved east, dampening fields nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Deaver
Colton Grain Co
Deaver
Food and Drug Administration
Colton
Sunol
Lodgepole
Gurley Wheat Run Reports Mixed Quality and Heavy Traffic
Gurley grain reports from Lee Foster at the Farmers Elevator describe a good Tuesday wheat run with cutters awaiting drying. Test weights ranged from poor to good, making overall quality hard to gauge. One small field averaged about forty one bushels, with fifty bushel wheat possible but rare. Quality varies by field, and many farmers expect later wheat to be best if weather permits saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Foster
Gurley
Mr. Foster
Foster
Hail and Showers Halt Northwest Nebraska Wheat Harvest
Box Butte County and surrounding areas saw mid afternoon rain and hail that paused harvests across Northwest Nebraska. A northeast south west corridor about five miles by one mile bore the worst hail, with severe damage to a 70 acre Neal Hoelthus wheat field and beets and beans at Alliance Postmaster Paul Kosmicki’s farm six miles north on Highway 385. Corn and other crops were stripped but recovery is expected. Crawford reports no rain while Harvest progress resumed there. Alliance logged .76 inches and .41 inches at the Municipal Power Plant and the Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box Butte
Nebraska
Alliance
Paul Kosmicki
Neal Hoelthus
Kosmicki
George Duerksen
Alliance Office
Nebraska Division of Employment
Hemingford
Hay Springs
Rusheville
Gordon and Martin
S.C
Crawford
City Bus Line To Start Next Week In Sidney
Guy Fulbright announces a new city bus route starting August 1, with four daily runs on a trial basis. The route covers north first, then south, west, and east, with 25 cent fares and stops about every other block. A house pickup option is allowed. A map will be printed later. Fulbright also seeks to run a Sidney to Alliance line, with details to follow.
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Guy Fulbright
State Railway Commission
Fulbright
Cedar
Forrest
Hinois
Dainois
Jackson
Hickory
Pasa
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Alliance
Sidney Nebr newspaper subscription rates and postage note
The notice lists Second Class postage paid at Sidney Nebraska 69162 with subscription rates of eight dollars per zone and eight dollars per year by carrier. Single copies cost ten cents. Volume 98 Number 146.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebr
Exchange Students Prepare for Year in Finland and Australia
Sidney youths David McCumber and Liz Cunningham leave in July and August for Rotary Exchange programs. David, 15, to South Australia, and Liz, 16, to Helsinki, Finland, will live with Rotary families, study local curricula, and travel widely. They pay travel and clothing costs, receive a $15 monthly allowance, and plan to pursue higher studies after their year abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Rotary
David McCumber
Kay McCumber
Australia
Liz Cunningham
R.C. Cunningham
Finland
Tho
David
Ren Park
South Australia
Liz
Helsinki
Beckmann Rites Set
J Martin Beckmann 69 died in sleep from apparent heart attack at home in Brownson found by employer Tuesday. Funeral Thursday 10 at The Gehrig & Son Funeral Home with Rev John Stayton. Interment Lanham Kan. Survivors include four sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Martin Beckmann
Brownson
Mr. Beckmann
Chet Killham
Gehrig & Son
John Stayton
First Methodist Church
Lanham
Kan
Julius Martin Beckmann
Barneston
Neb
Henry
Mathilde Wegner Beckmann
Odell
Denver
Sidney
H. F. Beckmann
Lutheran Church
BPOE
American Legion
Elizabeth Fischer
Washington, Kan
Anna Blackwood
Marie Kisling
Mathilde Kisling
Diller, Neb
Onno H. Beckman
Hebron
Fred W. Beckmann
Beatrice
Damaged Calf Killed In Tuesday Wrecks
A Tuesday night crash on Highway 30 eight miles west of Sidney killed a black angus calf as Margaret Doyle of Supland California struck it at 2 30 a m. The incident follows a separate tractor trailer mishap causing $75 damage to the truck and $500 to the combine near the shoulder. No injuries reported for Jerry Warkentine 18 Joel Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Jerry D. Warkentine
Joel
Colorado
Combine
Warkentine
Margaret E. Doyle
Upland
California
Tax Valuation Hikes for Cheyenne County Sought
Cheyenne County faces state scrutiny over property valuations with an proposed 27 percent rise for rural and 13 percent for urban properties. The State Board of Equalization plans hearings starting August 2, with Cheyenne County asked to appear August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
State Board of Equalization
Ed Swanson
Sidney Telegraph
Equalization
Lincoln
Norbert T. Tiemann
Wilbur Houchens
Swanson
Cheyenne
No Change in I-80 Interchange Near Big Springs
Nebraska officials and opponents clash over the I-80 Big Springs interchange design. Highway Commissioner Dan Ramsey of Scottsbluff defended the plan as the safest, while local civic groups and panhandle residents warned the design would divert traffic to Colorado and hurt Nebraska towns. Despite protests, state and federal approvals stand, with work planned in 1969 and I-80 reaching Sidney area in the early 1970s.
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Big Springs
Dan Ramsey
Scottsbluff
Commission
Lincoln
Panhandle
Nebraska State Highway Advisory Commission
Denver
Cheyenne
Colorado
Nebraska
the Panhandle
Southern Panhandle
Ramsey
Jack H. Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Mr. Ramsey
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Hyannis
Lowe
State Highway Department
State Highway Advisory Commission
WMCC
Chambers of Commerce
Norbert Tiemann
Thane Davis
Highway Advisory Commission
John Elwell Jr
Sidney
Bureau of Roads
Davis
Sidewalk Sale Set Saturday in Sidney
The Sidney Retail Committee sponsors a sidewalk clearance and promotional sale on Saturday July 29. Prizes for Centennial costume winner and a drawing prize. At 10th and Clinois the band booth sells homemade ice cream and baked goods by a sorority. Merchants offer discounted summer and regular items. Costume judging at 4 p.m. first prize $10 second $5. Prizes awarded at 4:30 p.m. Drawing registration for free rodeo tickets at the band booth where judging occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Retail Committee
Clinois
Levy Hike In Sidney For 1967 Mill Rate Estimated
Sidney plans a smaller 1967 operating budget than 1966 but faces a levy rise of just over three mills if approved. The 1967 levy is forecast at 18.15 to 1 compared with 15 last year, based on a projected $12.6 million assessed valuation and a $506,754 total budget producing $228,710 from taxes.
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Sidney
East Sidney Drilling Set In Schnell Field
East of Sidney a new oil test is planned in Schnell Field. Howard W. Kaler's No. 1 Kavanaugh (NW SW Sec. 30 14 48) with B W Drilling Co. as contractor will start after harvest. Nearby activity includes a 1950s Kavanaugh farm well and other dives near Sutton and Henry fields by Toltek and Sun Disk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Schnell
Howard W. Kaler
Kavanaugh
B-W Drilling Co
Montana Petroleum Co
Cheyenne County
Hagemeister
Sutton Field
Henry Field
Petroleum Information
Toltek Drilling Co
Sun Disk Petroleum Co
Banner County
Young
White Feather Petroleum Co., Inc
Dalton
Benedictine Sisters
Clifford Field
Weather Panhandle Forecast Shows Warm, Variable Clouds
Panhandle forecast calls for variable cloudiness with scattered late afternoon thundershowers and little temperature change through Thursday. Lows near 50 to 60 tonight, highs around 90 Thursday, rain chances about 10 percent. Five day outlook: temperatures Thursday through Monday near normal, highs near 90, lows near 60, with occasional afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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Panhandle
Reception for Frances Craig in Sidney Legion Club Rooms
The ladies auxiliary of VFW Post No. 610 in Sidney plans a Saturday reception from four to 5 30 for Frances Craig the Nebraska Department Commander Invitations have been mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Potter Days Set For Sept 15 16 Centennial Theme
Dates of the annual Potter Days celebration are September 15 and 16. The organizing committee announces Dave Thies as chairman D Fred Enevoldsen as co chair man Bud Gaston secretary treasurer Carl Larson Gil Hougan and Les Wickhorst as members. An advance carnival ticket sale will be six for one dollar and a planning meeting is set for August 24 at the Lee tion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Thies
D. Fred Enevoldsen
Bud Gaston
Carl Larson
Gil Hougan
Les Wickhorst
Leetion Hall
NFO Set To Meet In Cheyenne County August 15
The National Farmers Organization will hold its next regular Cheyenne County meeting on August 15 amid harvest conditions. July session covered routine business and officer and board reports.
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National Farmers Organization
Cheyenne County
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City Bus Line
Book Keepers
Fort Sidney Mootor Hotel
Beckmann
Panhandle & Woming
World-Herald
East Sidney Drilling Set
Frances Craig
NFO
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