Better Farming Is Proving Its Worth in Sidney Area
The Sidney trade area stands among the Rocky Mountain west’s luckier regions this year with crop production near normal in a hot dry spell. Western counties face repeated storms and crop diseases while eastern Wyoming is in a drought area. The article argues moisture preservation through soil conservation improves farming resilience and credits science for mitigating 1954 drought impacts, comparing it to the Dust Bowl era.
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Sidney
Rocky Mountain
Nimbeau County
Wyoming
United States
Colorado
Nebraska
Soi Conservation Service
Drouth
Senatorial race hinges on Curtis seniority and party support
Nebraska Republicans weigh Carl Curtis for U S Senate citing long House tenure and potential cross over seniority, with prospects of moving to Senate committees. They face rivals Governor Bob Crosby David Martin and Terry Carpenter, as Wherry Griswold Butler losses left GOP with limited Senate prestige.
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Nebraska
Kenneth Wherry
Dwight Griswold
Hugh Butler
Senate
Curtis
Washington
Bob Crosby
David Martin
Kearney
Dved-In-The Wood
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Republican Party
Oil’s oil revolution powers industry and farms
A 1900s industrial boost story notes petroleum’s vast impact on lubrication and fuel, transforming labor and production. It highlights that machines now do 96 percent of work, enabling fivefold farm output and a thirtyfold income surge in 95 years, per an American Petroleum Institute booklet.
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Iian
American Stroleum Institute
U. S
National Editorial Association protests mail regulation in Baltimore
Grass Roots Opinion from Bellingham and Mansfield comments on a rule allowing local post offices to deliver advertising mail to boxholders on routes. The association calls the policy flagrant as mailboxes fill with unwanted letters and pamphlets. Mansfield urges citizens to learn from history to strengthen self government.
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Bellingham
Wash
National Editorial Association
Baltimore
Too Blue Nosey About Law Enforcement Practice
A regional column argues against overzealous policing of harmless private games in Nebraska. It defends small social bets in churches country clubs and similar venues, warning strict enforcement may foster greater crime and urging common sense in applying laws.
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Nebraska
Country Club
Armory Site Purchased by Sidney Chamber of Commerce
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce has secured a suitable site for an armory after years of planning with Local National Guard leaders and city officials. The Union Pacific Railroad offered a plot at a reasonable cost, pending board approval, marking a major community improvement.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
National Guard
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Famous Landmark
A compact weekly crossword hints at a famous landmark across horizontal and vertical clues. It lists entries like thoroughfare merciful Seine and war god of Greece, with adjacent terms covering land measures and elemental symbols.
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Caius Julius
Farmers Are Many Sided Businessmen
A farmer is more than a grower he is a buyer investor consumer and supplier. In 1953 rural business activity included 20 billion dollars invested 3.4 billion on food and 3.5 billion on clothing and household goods. Agriculture contributed 31 billion dollars of new wealth to the U.S. economy.
Sweden abolishes liquor rationing after four decades
Great Falls readers learn that Sweden’s Riksdag voted to end its liquor rationing system on October 1. The finance minister, a teetotaler, says benefits did not justify the red tape. He cites education and enlightenment as methods to curb alcohol abuse in a semi socialist state.
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Great Falls
Montana
Sweden
Riksdag
Mind Your Own Business When Couples Fight
A writer reflects on nosy bystanders, police involvement, and marital brawls. He notes both sides abuse and defend spouses, jokes about observers, and suggests avoiding stepping into domestic disputes. He recalls a humorous rescue gone wrong and laments the urge to intervene in fights.
Weather and agriculture notes from Cheyenne County
Rain was plentiful in parts of Cheyenne County while other areas stayed dry. Harvest of small grain mostly complete except some barley. Hail caused localized damage but overall county yield decent. pastures greened with additional rainfall expected. A hay procurement service was created by the Colorado State Department of Agriculture and will contact counties with surplus feed. Sorghum growers must apply for certification by August 1. Cheyenne County Fair starts in five weeks with a 4 H demonstration by K C Fouts. Wheat samples requested for experimental plot with 100 samples of one pound each to seed this fall for quality comparison. Johnson County Hereford Breeders Association directories received. call Cheyenne County Agents Office for copies.
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Colorado
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Just
Johnson County Hereford Breeders Association
Buffalo
Wyo
Fresh GoCder-Team water boy fined in Toronto
A strict fresh go coder team water boy in Toronto Ontario was fined ten dollars after dumping water on a referee. The incident drew critics who joked referees are always wet and wasting fans time.
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Gocder
Toronto
Ontario
Dizzy Dean Forges Dual Life On Texas Ranch
Jerome Herman Dean known as Dizzy Dean, 1934 NL MVP, now splits time between sports commentary and running Double D Ranch near Kaufman Texas. With wife Patricia, he converted 200 acres from depleted cotton farming to native grasses and improved clovers, repairing soil and eroded gullies. Last year the ranch grazed 86 registered Herefords and produced seed crops before cattle turnout.
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Jerome Herman Dean
Dizzy
Kaufman
Texas
Patricia
Dean
Deans
Dean Ranch
Dizzy Dean
Dallas
Beef Cattle Dwarfism Reported as Serious
National Live Stock Producer magazine warns that dwarfism in beef cattle could reach 15 percent of the calf crop within five years if nothing changes. The trait is inherited, not caused by feeding or disease, and all major breeds are affected. The profilometer offers the best available nonbreeding test to identify potential breeders of dwarfs.
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National Live Stock Producer Magazine
Farmer’s release rope system keeps barn door open
A farmer solved barn door trouble by using a release rope and sliding rod that drops to the ground to hold the door open. Rubber stamps and stamping machines are available from The Telegraph with delivery in three or four days.
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Telegraph
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Arizona Livestock Inspection Board
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