New Oil Exploratory Area Staked In Morrill County
The Ohio Oil Co will move a rig into Morrill County near Bridgeport for a wildcat test No. 1 Dunlap. Other new drill sites include Jessop near Potter and Ehlers near Dalton. Additional wells span Kimball and Morrill counties with multiple wildcats and new fields such as Mintken and Vowers.
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Morrill County
Nebraska
Ohio Oil Co
Bridgeport
Ohio
Stuarco Oil Co
Denver
Murfin Drilling Co
Jessop
Potter
Sage Oil Co
Lakes No
Kimball County
CSW
Mintken Field
Shell Oil Co
Forsling Estate
Keefer Field
O'Donnell & Edmondson
Panhandle
Wildcat
Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Republic Natural Gas Co
Beranek
Chandler & Simpson
Black
Bedrock Oil & Gas Co
Anderson
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co
Toberer
Frontier County
Wheat freight rates study urged by Nebraska producer leader
Carl Bruns, president of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn., calls for a comprehensive survey of freight rates in Nebraska. He argues railroads face competition, labor pressures, and regulation, driving rate increases that shift costs to farmers. He cites piggyback service at 24 cents per bushel versus 45 cents by rail, urging action by a January meeting group with a March 10 follow-up.
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Carl Bruns
Deuel
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Nebraska
Bruns
Chappell
Omha
Cb&q
Yuma
Colo
St. Louis
Kansas City
Burlington
Burns
Lincoln
Winter Storm Lashes Panhandle With Light Snow
Nebraska Panhandle reports five to twelve inches of snow with drifting and blocked side roads. Sidney saw 16 inches on a farm. temperatures ranged from near zero to the 30s as forecasts warned March could be colder than normal and travel remained hazardous.
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Nebraska
Sidney Trade
City Street Department
Panhandle
Sidney
Chadron
Western Highways On Weight Limit List
State Engineer L N Ross Friday listed four highways with weight restrictions from the State Roads Department. Nebraska 23 runs from Grant to the Colorado line near Venango at 14 000 and 24 000 pounds. US 26 runs southwest to Nebraska 19 from the US 26 26N junction in Broadwater to the Nebraska 19 junction at 14 000 and 24 000 pounds.
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L. N. Ross
State Roads Department
Nebraska
Grant West
Venango
Broadwater
Route 30 Job Is Contracted for Nebraska
The State Highway Department awarded a contract to Missouri Valley Construction Co. to improve 8.9 miles of asphaltic concrete on Highway No. 30 from Bushnell west to the Wyoming line, expected to begin this year when weather permits. It is the only major road project into Sidney this year, with mainly maintenance planned on Route 30 thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Bushnell
Wyoming State Line
Nebraska
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Sidney
Chadron
Interstate bids reveal Nebraska and state road projects
Bids opened Saturday for highway work across Nebraska include Dawes County projects on Nebraska 19 from Wayside to U S 20 with grading culverts and AC surface, priced by Missouri Valley Construction at 206,141 82. Riedesel Lowe Co of Cheyenne won a Scotts Bluff section for bridge work at 35,702 06. Deputy State Engineer Henry Schlitt said bids are under study.
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Dawes
Nebraska
U.S. 20
Henry Schlitt
Highway Department
Scotts Bluff
Melbeta
Minatare
Riedesel-Lowe Co
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cherry
Gordon and
Three Nominated For United Fund Three-Year Terms
At the United Fund annual meeting in city auditorium Friday night three board members were nominated for three-year terms. Jack Knicely chaired. Jorgenson was treasurer, with current directors Lindstrom Lowe Leo Thomas Harold Tremain Thomas OConnell and P Heaton Sr. The 1957 united drive was chaired by H C Q Nelson with J R Miller leading the business drive and Mrs Ralph Welch leading the residential campaign.
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United Fund
City Auditorium
Jack Knicely
Jorgenson
Knicely
Lindstrom
Lowe
Leo Thomas
Harold Tremain
Thomas B. O’connell
P. J. Heaton Sr
H.C.Q. Nelson
J. R. Miller
Ralph Welch
Icy Streets Produce No Bad Accidents Here
Police Chief Sol Willis praised Sidney drivers as icy streets across town yielded few minor mishaps. At 11th Ave and 1 1th St an intersection collision between Pauline Banks of Sidney and Robert B Williams of Brooks caused slight damage. Eugene Winston reported an unidentified hit. Frank Kokes and Theodore Sprouse of Sidney collided at 13th and Illinois with Kokes’s car suffering $45 damage. Sprouse’s car remained undamaged.
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Sol Willis
Sidney
Pauline Banks
Toledo
Robert B. Williams
Brooks
Oregon
11Th Ave
Eugene Winston
Illinois Street
Winston
Frank Kokes
Theodore C. Sprouse
13Th
Illinois
Kokes
Sprouse
Colton Grain Scene of Second Robbery
Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh reported a Wednesday night break in at Colton Grain and Hardware Store. Thieves entered through a side window, stealing four cases of beer and eight frozen meat packages, with some change left in the cash box and dropped during the entry. It marks a second break in at the Colton store within two weeks, the prior theft involving only small change.
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Kermit Brumbaugh
Colton Grain and Hardware
Colton
Sidney drive slated for Memorial Rest Home fund
Tuesday at 7 30 p m volunteer workers meeting in Memorial Hospital directors room will brief participants on duties for the Business Area Fund drive. Warren Ellison, campaign chairman, calls it informative to explain the project, fund needs, and allow questions. Ellison says 31 workers will join, list of participants included.
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Sidney Business Fund
Memorial Rest Home
Memorial Hospital
Warren Ellison
Business District Campaign
Ellison
Alvin Duis
Lowry Lindell
Don Heath
C. A. Triska
Jerry Dow
Ed Swanson
Bob Hassle
Walter Cork
Vern Anthony
Henry Meysenburg
Gerald E. Matzke
Chester Johnson
Hollis Peratt
Herbert Aldrich
Lloyd Lockwood
Carl Schmidt
Mel Adams
Ralph Olson
Kenneth Noteboom
Gene Bonkiewicz
Richard Smith
Bob Lafler
Arnold Ring
Claude Wuthi
Highway Group To Meet In Sidney Saturday
Directors of the International Parks Highway Assn will gather in Sidney on Saturday March 8 for a noon luncheon at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. They will finalize plans for the national convention set for Hot Springs South Carolina in June and approve a brochure to promote travel on State Highway 19 across Nebraska. Attending will be representatives from North and South Dakota Colorado Oklahoma Texas and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Parks Highway Assn
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Hot Springs
S. C
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Rapp Machinery Sale Slated for Wednesday
Rapp's annual machinery sale will be held Wednesday at the sale barn two clocks north of the U P tracks on 10th Ave. The event offers farm equipment and miscellany with items not yet listed to be sold if offered. Auctioneer Pete Rapp says bring anything offered. sale starts at 10 o'clock with lunch served at noon.
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Rapp
U. P
10Th Ave
Emerald
Pete’ Rapp
Farm prices rise in mid-Jan to mid-Feb
The Agriculture Department reports a two percent increase in farm product prices from mid January to mid February. Prices paid by farmers for production and living costs rose one third of one percent, driven mainly by higher meat animals oranges snap beans and potatoes. Lower cotton eggs and milk partly offset the rise.
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Agriculture Department
Trio Attending Funeral Trapped In Heavy Drifts
Three women who had attended a funeral in Sidney last Wednesday were trapped in their car by a blizzard for more than 20 hours near Arnold, Nebraska, returning home Friday. They became stalled in a snowdrift and could not find the Halstead farm nearby. The travelers were Mrs Armour, 73, and her daughter Mrs Campbell, both of Helena Montana, and Mrs Neta Predmore of Broken Bow. They lacked blankets and food, the heater drained the battery, and they finally reached sight of granaries before reaching the Halstead home a mile away.
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Sidney
Arnold
Nebr
Ivan Halstead
Nebraska
R . Armour
W. C Campbell
Helena
Mont
Neta Predmore
Broken Bow
Julia Hall
Halstead
Mullen Mayor Seeks Hooker County Commissioner Seat
Mullen mayor and village board chair N R Johnson, father of Chester Johnson of Fort Sidney Motor Hotel, files to run in Hooker County Commission from the first district. Incumbent Bob Long retires.
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N R. Johnson
Mullen
Chester Johnson
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Hooker County
Bob Long
Peetz Lions To Aid TV Drive
The Peetz Lions Club votes to assist with a fundraising campaign to erect a television station near Sterling Colorado. They will solicit in Peetz and the Lorenzo Nebraska area, noting members live in Lorenzo and referencing prior Lion projects including Memorial Hospital in Sidney and a United Fund drive.
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Peetz Lions Club
Sterling
Colo
Peetz
Peetz Lions
Lorenzo
Nebraska
Lions Club
Lions
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
United Fund
Dean Hunter
Club
Lions Clubs
Championship rodeo to headline Fort Sidney Days weekend
A correction notes the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club will sponsor a championship rodeo during Fort Sidney Days in June, not an amateur event as Friday’s Telegraph stated. The weekend event emphasizes competitive riding and community festivities.
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Fort Sidney
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Sissue
The
Telegraph
Rites Set Tuesday For John Jurgens Pioneer Dies at 81
John C. Jurgens 81 a Cheyenne County landowner died Friday at Memorial Hospital after homesteading near Gurley since 1893 He will be buried Tuesday with services at 1 pm from The Craig Mortuary and 2 30 pm at Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev E G Thing officiating Interment at Weyerts Cemetery Memorials are invited to the rest home addition Memorial Hospital Weyerts Church He was born September 9 1876 in Aurich Germany came to the U S in 1892 and settled in Cheyenne County He married Mary Miller in 1899 He was a Farmers Union member helped organize the Gurley elevator and School District 160 Surviving: widow five sons six daughters one brother a sister twenty seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Memorial Hospital
John C. Jurgens
Craig Mortuary
Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. G. Thing
Weyerts Cemetery
Weyerts Church
Jurgens
Gurley
Sidney Hospital
Aurich
Ostfriesland
Germany
U. S
Gothenburg
Mary Miller
Farmers Union
Walter
Louis
Henry
John E
Cheyenne
Herman
Sidney
Mayme Ahim
Dalton
Hanna Harms
Lorena Rose
Ella Micek
Eva Longpreau
Laramie
Wye
Esther Puffer
Chris Jurgens
George C Thompson
CAB Decision Expected In 30 To 60 Days
The Civil Aeronautics Board may approve routes for Nebraska and surrounding states by July 1, with Frontier Air Lines favored to serve the area. Murrey Fuller, city manager, urged a southern Nebraska line and Cheyenne stop on the Omaha Denver route after CAB testimony. The review covers six states and 13 Nebraska towns, all supporting service and a single airline for the state. Sidney airport expansion should start around April 1, taking six weeks to two months, with Fremont Constructors handling a 100 by 4500 foot runway upgrade and related taxiway and apron work to support Frontier service.
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Sidney
Civil Aeronautic Board
Nebraska
Frontier Air Lines
Murrey Fuller
Washington
Fuller
Cheyenne
Omaha
Denver
CAB
Midwest
CAB Examiner
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Fremont Constructors
Frontier
Bolin To Speak To Nebraska Hospital Group
Bolin will address a workshop for hospital office personnel from 22 hospitals across 25 Nebraska counties in Alliance. The event, held at the Drake Hotel, is co sponsored by District III of the Nebraska Hospital Association and Nebraska Blue Cross Blue Shield. Jessie Van Newkirk presides.
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Nebraska
Alliance
Drake Hotel
District III
Nebraska Hospital Association
Nebraska Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Jessie van Newkirk
Oshkosh Community Hospital
Oshkosh
Leo Bolin
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Paul Finnman
North Platte
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Roman Hruska
Nebr. R
Bill McNair
Imperial
Dick Hunter
Hastings
Sen
Hruska
Ed Burke
Winter
Weather Bureau
Route 30
Colton Grain
Highway Group
Rapp Machinery
John Jurgens
Bolin
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