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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
4
The State Board of Agriculture reports Nebraska ranks high among ten western states for per capita wealth and crop and livestock value. The study, using federal Agriculture Department data, urges stronger promotional efforts to attract population and capital and accelerate progress in the state.
The piece extols Cheyenne, Kimball and Devel counties as proving Western Nebraska can sustain profitable farming. It lauds pioneer efforts, compares yields with top state areas, and promotes land as healthy, productive, and reasonably priced for homeseekers seeking industry and thrift.
The 1910 census counted 4551 residents in Cheyenne County. Area 1196 square miles, altitude 4090 feet, high climate quality. Improved land value listed at 6,143,265 dollars. total improved and unimproved acres large, with government land minimal. In 1913 up to 650,000 bushels of grain had been shipped from 513 carloads, with 20 to 30 percent of 1912 crop still held.
Records from Sidney Potter Dalton and Lodgepole freight offices show Cheyenne County shipped 217 carloads of cattle 51 carloads of horses 51 carloads of hogs about 100 carloads of potatoes and nearly 200 ears of hay to market during the period. The figures are from official freight office records.
Sidney is presented as an ideal county seat and market town for Cheyenne County. It highlights up-to-date stores, clean streets, strong schools and churches, a hospitable social fabric, healthy climate at 4090 feet, and upcoming sewerage improvements plus a new county courthouse. It notes Sidney as a commerce and transportation hub with two railroad lines nearby.
Government observer John P. Fischer records Cheyenne County receiving 27.07 inches of rain and 67.03 inches of snow in 1912. E A Wiek horst, a local farmer, shares a cheerful view of the county's mood as residents express happiness about recent weather and daily life.
The report records carloads of stock and produce moved from four Cheyenne County shipping points from Jan 1, 1912 to Mar 31, 1913. It excludes less than carload shipments and notes an estimated 20 to 30 percent of the 1912 grain crop remained with farmers and in elevators.
Mr Wickhorst, who left Hooper Nebraska three years ago to settle on a strip of raw land north of Potter, shows strong three year results. He improved the land in 1910 and yielded 76 bushels of oats per acre and 31 bushels of wheat, with steady gains in 1911 and 1912. His father, initially opposed, praises the Dodge County site after visiting the flourishing farm.
The Telegraph founded 1873 by L. Connell set the county’s first paper. Now led by F. A. Gapen for 18 years with 11 as publisher, it moved to its own building two years ago. About $3,500 has been invested in upgrades including a Mergenthaler Linotype.
The County Judge H E Gapen maintains a well appointed first floor suite with office and court room near the Colorado line. His office handles many marriages as a Gretna Green style venue, issuing 141 licenses and performing 71 marriages from May 12, 1912 to April 30, 1913.
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