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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
2
A south and north representative committee will meet to agree on a division line for Cheyenne county with little anticipated opposition. Des Moines forms a 500-strong vigilance committee to protect women, armed as secret police, to deter assaults and hand suspects to authorities.
Wolfe family and friends return to Big Springs from nearby towns while visitors include Mrs Kate Buckley of Mason City andMr and Mrs Luther Allington of Deer Lick. E F Brown moves in June first. Horses and Belgian drafted animals ship east. local letters humorously critique trusts and coin mottos.
A soaking two inch rainfall from Saturday noon to Sunday night drenched North Colton and soaked fields, with locals noting improved crop prospects. Visitors include Misees Josie and Amelia Anderson from Portland. Several locals and visiting relatives are listed among community notes and local happenings.
The Bellwood Gazette laments finding a tranquil refuge where wives cease endless labor and battle cobwebs and dirt. A lake breeze replies that such a paradise remains unreal, and life still carries harsh duties and toil.
In Lodgepole local reflections speak of discord unsettled by church and school, while higher authorities are appealed to. Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Searcy, formerly Mary Persinger, stay at the Persinger ranch. Mrs. E. C. Wolfe and her Big Springs children visit Mrs. persisting in local events.
Charley Voeltz returns to town after brief Potter stay. Miss Mary Lyngholm rode No 4 Sunday. Effie Stuart leaves Big Springs after months with Mrs E M Rose. E P Osgood visit grandchildren Wednesday. Warren Layne reports progress on homestead east of Bridgeport. S Anderson completes assessments and will review returns. Susie Ester back to Sidney after year in Dinuba California. O D Lyon thriving real estate in Reedley California. Lyon family plants chrysanthemums for Reedley fete this fall. California woes Bermuda grass and fleas. no wind noted.
Sunday fishing at Handley’s pond attracts many young anglers. Local activity includes hires and moves such as Ella Ivergon joining Woolsey's, Robt. Wallack as clerk at Kivett's, Art Cantore visiting relatives, and Armuth Gaetzmeyer hall opening with a dance on May 29. Land sales to Parka of Bancroft and Kivett Co. growth, plus newcomers Blome, Zublke, and Martin driving optimism. Cheyenne county endures another 36 hour rain with no major damage.
The Messrs Frerichs Walford Linburg and Elston helped newcomers unload cars and settle east of town. The welcome extended to these families reflects Cheyenne county’s usual cordial reception.
Community brief reports visitors, cattle dipping rule, and upcoming events. Mentions courtship dialogues, debates with abolition stance, speeches by W J Bryan, box social at Lager's school house June 5, and music selections led by Vera Baker and Violet Higgins.
A spring dance at Ebmke's framed Higgins social life with the Beyers Bro entertaining their eastern relative. Circus and Uncle Tom's Cabin attendance drew many locals while Newt Foster survived a wagon and egg setback on soft ground. Tom Quinn Jr visited Last Chance ranch, and Mrs Sanders spent Sunday with Higgins families. The Telegraph advertises typewriter ribbons and Oliver Typewriters.
Central Experimental Farm Ottawa reports on red clover as green manure. Four plots with red clover and four without were planted to spring grains. After harvest, results showed favorable crop outcomes linked to the clover treatment.
Trials show red clover grown on four plats increases oat yields to about 49 910 bushels per acre versus 38 4-5 for nonclover plots. Barley yields rise from 29 to 37 3-5 bushels with clover. Clover also raises fodder corn and potato yields and serves well as a winter cover crop to prevent leaching, with examples of high wheat yields on poor land.
A. S. Beach notes that well colored, hard ripe apples store better than immature or overripe fruit. Immature apples often suffer brown patched skin called scald, especially on the green or poorly colored side, reducing appearance and commercial value.
Buckwheat, though the smallest of six principal grains by quantity, is valuable as a food and feed source. It is profitably grown as a green manure catch crop and to improve soil mechanical condition.
Connecticut grower E. H. Jenkins reports that onion seed one year old often shows reduced sprouting compared with fresh seed. Sometimes seed from a good crop one year old germinates as well as new seed from a poorer crop.
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