250 000 Bushel Elevator Planned for Sidney
Sidney stockholders of Farmers Co op Grain Co plan a June 24 meeting to approve a 160000 dollar 250000 bushel grain elevator. If approved, construction would start soon with tax amortization and federal support aiding storage for Cheyenne County wheat identified for higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Farmers Co-op Grain Company
Sidney and
Huntsman
Yendis
Farmers Co-op Grain
Warren M*llen
Nebraska
Mettlen
Internal Revenue Department
Department of Agriculture
Sam Chambers
Bob McKay
Art Brauer
Frank Morey
Harry Statley
Fox Theatre
Cheyenne County
Farmers Co-op
Warren Mettlen
Sidney Shippers
State's Wheat Harvest May Begin Friday
Weather conditions favor an early wheat harvest in eastern Nebraska with a potential start by Friday or Saturday. The Nebraska Department of Labor reports regional timing across McCook Hastings Holdrege and North Platte areas with earlier cuts along the Kansas border and July 1 targets for Holdrege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Labor
Nebraska-Kansas
Panhandle
Labor Department
McCook
Kansas-Nebraska
Dundy
Hitchcock
Hastings
Kansas
Holdrege
North Platte
Grant
Ogallala
Keith
Perkins Coun
Wheat Harvest Prospects in Cheyenne Kimball Counties
Sidney reports heavy wheat damage in Southern Cheyenne and all Kimball Counties from breath and disease, hail and insects. No demand for outside workers or combines in Kimball and Cheyenne, though Northern Cheyenne holds plenty of good wheat. Deuel County sees hail damage of several thousand acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne
Kimball Counties
Kimball County
Deuel
Mercury Climbs On Summer's First Day
Cheyenne County endured hot dry weather over the weekend with highs near 89 degrees on Sunday and 81 by 9 30 am Monday the first day of summer. A forecast of possible thundershowers offered minor relief while Fort Sidney Days drew thousands from nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Fort Sidney
CAA
Masons Mark 75th Milestone in Sidney
Frank Welch Lodge No. 75 AF and AM, Sidney, will mark its 75th anniversary with a Friday program in the Masonic Temple. Most Worshipful Grand Master Charles F. Adams will deliver the main address, with a full lineup of prayers, music, and tributes tracing the lodge's 1879 founding and 1908 temple dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Masonic Lodge
Frank Wech
Masonic Temple
Henry Baeckel
C. Fred Parks
Glen Hornbeck
W. P. Ackerman
Walter Cork
A. F. Whitmire
Our Lodge
Leon Fine
Jack Knicely
Robert L. Townsend
Charles F. Adams
the Masons
Nebraska
Frank Welch Lodge
9Th and
Ilinois Sts
Harold Bond
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Frank Welch Lodge LL. D
A. F
A. M
Norman F. Hazen
Peter Smith
John A. Carley
John W. Griffin
Robert C. Howard
George W. Russell
Dennis Carrigan
Henry Snyder
Henry Crowherst
Alfred Johnson
Robert C. Oberfelder
John Blickauf
Julius Neubauer
Albert B. Per
Forrest Green Co
Omaha
10Th and
Jackson Streets
Hardy-Clark
Jackson Street
Henry Baeckel, Jr
Weldon Stewart
Lloyd Talich
Marius Christensen
H. K. Bond
Forrest Belieu
Gordon Richards
L. K. Nelson
Warren A. Stewart
Ralph W. Gentle
Tyler
H. C. Craig
Ralph Gentle
Rev
C. F. Parks
Roy E. Greenlee
D. E. Ells
D. W. Jorgensen
Roy T. Depew
Fort Sidney Days praise and future plans urged
Bernie Goldstein, General Chairman, thanks all who helped Fort Sidney Days and notes the parade and crowds. He will poll area residents on continuing, discontinuing, or altering the celebration and invites postcards or letters to Fort Sidney Days, Inc., Box 214, Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Goldstein
Goldstein
Sidney Trade Area
Fort Sidney Days, Inc
Sidney
General Committee
Kimball County Gets Emergency Wind Erosion Aid
Governor Crosby, informed by Sen. Bowring and Merriman, secured approval from Secretary Benson for Kimball County to receive emergency wind erosion control funds up to 1.25 per acre. It becomes the fourth Nebraska county aided after Hayes, Dundy, and Hitchcock. Crosby cited severe conditions in western Kimball, including drought, mosaic wheat disease, and a recent hail event, threatening harvest prospects for about 10,000 acres of wheat from 185,000 seeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Crosby
Sen
Bowring
Merriman
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Kimball County
Kimball
Nebraska
Dundy
Hayes
Hitchcock
Low Bidders Named On Road Contracts
State highway department lists apparent low bidders on five bituminous armor coat projects and 14 maintenance gravel jobs totaling 172112 dollars. Armor coat work ranges across Cheyenne Devel counties Sidney Chappell and Sioux Ordnance depot south with Nichols Construction Geneva for 28887 dollars. Seridan fourteen miles Rushville Gordon Inland Construction Omaha for 20007 dollars. Fifteen miles Hay Springs south with Inland at 19722 dollars. Six miles Alliance Antioch with Inland at 7536 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Cheyenne - Devel
Sidney-Chappell and
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Nichols
Geneva
Seridan
Rushville- Gordon
Inland Construction
Omaha
Hay Springs
Inland
Alliance-Antioch
Banner County Seeks Oil Spotlight In Julesburg Basin
In Julesburg Basin a top well lies five miles south of Sidney on land bought in 1889 by a pioneer who traded a horse for ownership. The Buchan No. 1, initially rated at 600 barrels daily, now produces about 80 and could reach 125. Four wells share the Maley pool with South Texas, British American, and Magnolia firms active, all producing and trucking oil out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julesburg
Sidney
Buchan
South Texas Development Co
Maley Pool
Jay Buchan
Illinois
Nebraska
South Texas
Wytex
Magnolia
Bowman Asks Commutation in Cheyenne County Murder Case
William Bowman, convicted of first degree murder on December 2, 1937, seeks commutation and parole. A July 28 hearing date is set for him and three other Cheyenne County inmates J E DeJardin Foster Gross and Donald Adams. Bowman and Orville Childers killed Sidney resident William F Moore during a home invasion believed to target money. Authorities said Moore had little cash in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bowman
Cheyenne County
Board of Pardons
J. E. DeJardin
Foster Gross
Donald Adams
Bowman
Orville Childers
William F. Moore
Sidney
Childers
Moore
Avai
Here’s A Chance To Buy 4-H Beef At Cheyenne Fair
Twice as many 4-H beeves will go to auction at this year's Cheyenne County Fair as bidders are urged to support the sale. Last year 25 beeves sold at top prices and encouraged 4-Hers. Sidney businessmen and local residents helped drive demand, and this year more bidders are needed for full beef auctions or for quarters and halves via Star Packing or local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Star Packing
Mobile phone service expands in Sidney area
Northwestern Bell Telephone completes mobile telephone setup in Sidney with twenty units installed and more planned. The system lets users in or out of vehicles place and answer calls, promising reception within a 35 mile radius of the nearest headquarters. Oil industry workers and travelers are keen buyers of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Kimball
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. R. Miller
Sidney Exchange
N. W. Bell Teléphone Company
Telephone Company
Mr. Miller
Thompson
Hotel bids reviewed to fit budget in Sidney
Nienhuser and Fischer of Sidney were low bidders for the general contract at 219000 dollars. Mechanical bids pushed total above available funds by about 37000 dollars prompting revisions in specifications and a board review in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nienhuser and
Fischer
Sidney Builders
Sidney Community
Carl Christ
Platte Valley Plumbing and Heating
Scottsbluff
ABC Electrical
Cmadron
W. L. Gunnarson
North Platte
Gunnarson
Hutchison Plumbing and Heating
Sidney
Crawford Electric Co
Grading Planned In School Addition
The State Board of Educational Funds issues bids to move about ten thousand yards of dirt in the School Section Addition to Sidney. Work aims to improve drainage, fill low spots, and raise property value for residential development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Sidney
State Board of Educational Ands
State Bankers Head Visits Local Group
Harris Osterberg, Nebraska Bankers Association state secretary, spoke at a Tri County Bankers special meeting in Sidney. A dinner was served at the Sidney Country Club before the gathering Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Osterberg
Omaha
Nebraska Bankers Association
Tri- County
Sidney Country Club
Banner County Oil Boom Sees Record Lease Prices
Banner County bids for the Julesburg Basin oil spotlight with renewed exploration as Stanolind reportedly offers up to 25 per acre to reacquire abandoned leases. Independents and Magnolia Petroleum advance tests in Banner, Kimball, and Scotts Bluff counties as Bishop Oil tests in the Torgesohi field and others plan additional wells. Ohio Oil shifts to Marlow area with new Clyde Sparks location while past wells are evaluated for production and depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner County
Julesburg
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Kimball
Stanolind
Magnolia Petroleum Company
S. P. Andrews
Bishop Oil Company
Torgesohi
Kimball County
Nebr
Clan Oil
Bishop's
Torgeson No. 1
Coring
Torgéson Nd
Illint
Bishop and
Nebrisk Hers, Inc
Benes Oye Rae A de Nébraska
Hair
Scottsblue
Scottablatt Apler
Sattird
Wrng
W. Downer
Harrisburg
Kathryn Lee
Downer
Royster
Lee
Rogers Oil Co
Scottsbluff
Charles F. Fastenau
Sidney
Fastenow
Rogers
Ohio ‘Oil Co
Ohio ‘Oil Co. Is Moving Back Into the’ Marlow
Huntsman
Clyde* Ji
Sparks
East Line
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Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Mercury
Masons
Sidney Heads
State Bankers Head
Marlow
William Sparks
E. L. Uptegrove
Clyde Sparks
Uptegrove
Marlows
Ohio
East Gurley
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