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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
16
Fire swept through the pool hall restaurant and a garage in Chugwater early Tuesday, causing an estimated loss of $7,000. The blaze damaged multiple structures and prompted quick response from local volunteers. No injuries reported.
The Wheatgrowers hotel, the largest in rooms in western Nebraska, was sold Friday by the Tait Land company of Omaha to A. L. Johnson of Denver. Johnson says he will refurnish the hotel at once and open it to the public.
R J Marsh was held for trial in district court at the October term after a Monday preliminary hearing before Judge Tash on transporting liquor. Bond set at 200. A May 9 arrest with F M McCoy and Millard Donovan yielded two pints of liquor in the Buick. McCoy claimed ownership. Donovan dismissed. New statute raises penalties for liquor transport, with cars confiscated and jail terms from 30 to 60 days plus 100 fine. county court timing tied to July 2, due to emergency clause.
The district court spent most of last week hearing the Roberts cases arising from Farmers State Bank of Dix certificates issued to bank president George A. Roberts. The receiver contended the certificates were not deposits but loans to the bank. About $35,201.70 of claims were disallowed from the guaranty fund, while Olive H. Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Beulah Sinclair, Helen Sinclair, and Omaha National Bank saw claims allowed totaling around $12,000. Represented by F. S. Howell and Warren Howard, they faced Roland V. Rodman for the receiver.
A Ford coupe driven by Garland Lindberg collided with J. F. Vannatter’s Ford sedan at the intersection a block north of the Bridgeport Machine & Auto Works garage Saturday night. The sedan overturned but Miss Reatha Vannatter and Miss Fern Sharp escaped without serious injury. Vannatter was driving her father’s car and turned south at the corner when Lindberg’s car struck. Both girls remained calm, with minor damage to both vehicles despite the collision.
Heavy rains in the Deer Creek region of Wyoming sent a torrent toward Nebraska causing river debris and high flows. The Farmers Irrigation District reported peaks around 15,000 cubic feet per second, forcing gate closures for about fifteen hours and risking the Gering wasteway. Water deliveries resumed Monday afternoon as canal work faced strain from floodwater and diverted inflows. The Bridgeport gauge showed highs near 7.5 feet before receding to normal, with Pathfinder Dam absorbing much of the flood and recording 590,150 acre feet by Tuesday.
Dora Ortega Martinez eighteen year old wife of Jose Martinez a local Mexican loved fine clothes and when Jose Acosta visited their home at her husband's invitation displayed silk and eating dresses she transferred affection to the peddler Martinez complained to police Acosta was jailed on a vagrancy charge but released as not an actual vagrant A few days later both Acosta and Martinez were smiling The husband appealed to the sheriff referred to U S Commissioner F M Broome Broome wrote up facts to federal attorney at Omaha and a white slavery charge was filed against Acosta They were picked up at Rapid City and now Martinez laments his hospitality
Mr and Mrs C R Edleman of Seneca were taken to St Joseph hospital in Alliance after an oil can exploded while lighting a kitchen fire Sunday evening. He stood nearer the stove and survived. she suffered severe burns with clothing ignited, though doctors hope for her recovery. The can had contained kerosene previously used for gasoline.
Morrill County farmers led by Joe Bignel J D Cloe and Henry Sagemuller near Ault survey territory met Senator A B Wood in Gering to seek title confirmation for 35 years of peaceful possession. They urge Congressman Simmons to legalize the Ault survey in Congress, opposing a later survey that put homes on no man s land and threatens their titles.
The week ended with a soaking downpour that revived crops and foliage after a prior freeze. Temperatures surged to 96 degrees on Wednesday following a record high near 100 in the shade on Tuesday, according to three reliable thermometers reported by the Chappell Register.
Claude Shindle of Bridgeport laundry launches a new line in the region offering automobile engine cleaning by steam pressure using laundry boilers. The service promises to remove grease and dirt from hard to reach engine corners, a proven concept elsewhere.
North Platte valley bankers at Scottsbluff convened to plan a bankers agricultural short course to be held locally at the Scotts Bluff experiment farm. A regional committee led by Green, Torgenson, and Whitehead will arrange the event and pursue a permanent Morrill and Scotts Bluff County Bankers association. The program aims to educate on agricultural and financial issues with leaders from banking, agriculture, and industry.
Daniel J. Martindale of Minatare, born February 6, 1827 in Greene County Indiana, walked into the pension office to file his first Civil War pension claim. He enlisted in Company B 14th Indiana in 1861, was sabre cut in a first engagement, recovered, rejoined his unit, and has lived in the area 35 years with wife Jane Jones since 1895. He seeks back pension from age 62 and hopes for a modest sum in his retirement years.
James H. H. Hewett, the Alliance Land Office receiver, has been appointed register for a four year term starting July 1. He was the only qualified candidate after consolidations and the new appropriation required that the register be named to fit the updated law. The post requires intimate knowledge of extensive records and existing staff to avoid being lost in the files. Alliance Times Herald.
Delegations from Alliance Scottsbluff and Sterling join District Governor O A Roferty for the charter ceremony in Sidney. About 75 members attended with a 56 piece Shrine band meeting the visitors, followed by a banquet and contests. Tom Poole becomes club president with Earl Kratz as secretary, charter members about 18 rising to 20.
Everett Davis suffered a severe knee bruise after colliding with Big Springs second baseman Waterman during a Sunday baseball game at the local diamond. Davis left the lineup after two more innings, while Waterman also sustained knee cuts. both are convalescing and Davis plans to return soon.
The Dalton Delegate reports a golf club organized with G. E. Worth elected president and R. F. Dedrick as secretary-treasurer. The nine hole course will be located in the Henry Lane pasture two miles north of town and ready ground is considered ideal. Members brush up on terms as the game, called gulf by some, gains interest.
Bridgeport was lucky regarding the storm as hail fell locally but rain mitigated crop damage. The same storm was general across Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado with flooded roads and washed-out fields in Haig and flooding in Wyoming towns. Colorado suffered significant hail damage.
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