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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
3
Washington reports official Washington joins in adjusting government to the soldier bonus law. Congress, forced into law over the president's veto, prompts cooperation to adapt to the added cost. Cabinet discusses boosting staff with 3,000 more employees to circulate applications and assemble data for the bonus program.
J. M. Evans of Falls City, president of group No 1 of the Nebraska Bankers Association, told members at the annual meeting that the agriculture trouble stems from overproduction and requires intensive diversified farming. He noted farmers distrust legislative proposals, saying prices depend on supply and demand, and urged relief as an emergency while acknowledging exclusive grain farming is a mistake.
Washington reports a formal proclamation putting into effect the new liquor treaty with Great Britain. The document, issued after ratifications through Hughes and Howard, runs for one year and auto renews unless a notice to modify is served. Its main aim is to curb illicit liquor traffic along American coasts.
Lincoln reports the state railway commission approved rate reductions for carrying registered livestock. Railroads sought concessions to aid diversified farming, arguing current schedules and shipping conditions limited sales territory and growth for breeders.
The War Department asks newspapers and press associations to publicize a warning not to fill out veteran bonus application blanks. The blanks are not yet printed and will be available at all post offices and through veterans' organizations in a few days.
Postmaster General New criticized a Senate bill allowing C O D first class letters through the mails saying it would create a large rise in unpaid letters and require much extra labor and expense for the Postal Service.
Grace Koningen of Montana State College records a record milk yield for a cow aged ten or more. The cow produced 2,274.4 pounds of milk and 1,051 pounds of fat in one year, surpassing previous marks.
Harry K Thaw, the man who killed Stanford White, is released after seventeen years of intermittent confinement in jails and asylums. The case ends with Thaw walking free following lengthy legal battles and medical detentions.
Commissar Rykoff announced at a Moscow communistic party conference that Russia will run a deficit of 200 million dollars this year. Dispatches from Moscow relay the claim as part of official economic reporting.
London reports the British government has flatly refused to guarantee a loan to Russia. This marks the first definite outcome from the Anglo Russian conference held in London.
Harrisburg visitor Stanley Chilcott arranged advertising for a July 3rd to 6th Fourth of July and rodeo celebration at Wrights Grove. The program will feature a rodeo show, baseball games, and other amusements. The headline notes Wrights Grove as an ideal venue and Chilcott will furnish all rodeo stock.
Complaint filed last Thursday accuses ex-senator B. K. Bushee former president of the Citizens State Bank of Kimball now defunct of charging excess interest on deposits. SH N Way who lost 10000 dollars is the complaining witness. Case bound over to district court with ten counts. trial set for October.
Alfred Alm of Cedar Bluffs Nebraska was halted on the Julesburg Big Springs road four miles west of Big Springs at 9 30 am last Monday. Three men in a high powered automobile robbed him of 60 dollars and then let him continue on his way. The bandits sped away in the fast car, in a daylight hold up reported by the Julesburg Grit Advocate.
Potter Volunteer Fire Department will host two Fourth of July picnics in Johnson Grove east of Potter with free amusements and competitive sports. Merchants will set up stands. a Fireman’s Ball is planned for the Seyfang Theatre in the evening.
Arleigh Neymore and Walt Moyna han, traveling from Lisco, struck a cow in a narrow road section with no escape. They stopped at a nearby farm, summoned the farmer, and paid full value for the cow, the Broadwater News reports.
Cheyenne county recalls Bob Tigh who lived near Potter and Sheriff Condit of Fremont used shooting gas tanks to stop fleeing bootleggers. Bob Hig and Jeff Simpkins were chased ten miles and found with seven gallons of liquor. They face liquor charges per State Sheriff Carroll.
Martin Leafdale's continuation recalls life thirty six years ago in which schoolhouses hosted meetings and debates on capital punishment foreign languages and daily questions. He notes changing religion with emphasis on reason over blind faith and cites historical quotes asserting the churchs past decline yet argues the present time is not worse but better.
The speaker, a long time resident, extols western Nebraska climate soil and fences, contrasts with New York plowing and roadless prairie life, notes land values rising from a dollar per acre to over 100 dollars, and promises to discuss other drawbacks next.
A small house owned by John St. Adams in Broadwater was nearly destroyed by fire on Monday of last week. Pool hall equipment owned by R T Williams, valued at 4000 dollars and insured for 2000 dollars, was stored in the building. The building itself carried insurance.
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