Population Increase In This City Indicated
Ranged with HOLC foreclosures under way some especially good values are being placed on the market for occupancy within the next few months.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1936
Page
7
Ranged with HOLC foreclosures under way some especially good values are being placed on the market for occupancy within the next few months.
A six bout Armistice Day boxing card headlines Duran and Scotts Bluff’s prospect star, with Kirk challenging him for big company status. Fort Warren's Chick Eldridge faces Jimmy Harris of Brush in a fast featherweight tilt, plus Bert Lee meets Joe Grimes and Victor Marker takes on Pete Mayo in four round bouts. Tickets unchanged as fights start 7 15 p m for the Armistice dance.
Wyoming follows Sidney in pushing stringent anti peddler laws to keep dollars in local towns. The public backs action as stores vow to fight loss of business to non residents. A Sidney peddler who usually earned 600 dollars daily criticized the advertising series for her woes.
Seismograph crews have been in the west Dalton area and holes were dynamited as part of prospecting. Farmers heard talk of oil testing over a wide zone around Sidney extending about fifty miles, with the region long a focus for oil men though no drilling has started. The texture across western Nebraska mirrors formations mined from Montana to Texas and Mexico, while Kansas and Wyoming fields are largely controlled by groups.
Operators from Wyoming and Kansas see western Nebraska as a new field of exploration. The article notes several tests in Sioux County but none near Sidney, suggesting early stage prospects and the lack of nearby staking or development.
Armistice Day events in Sidney feature two unbeaten youths in a hot bout as Louis seeks a 59 fight win streak against a top rival who defeated Young Dixon. The undercard is stronger than usual with predictions of a sellout audience as merchants close shops for Armistice Day observances.
A storm of ballots blankets Nebraska with Democratic office holders leaving only two Republicans atop the drift. Leo N. Swanser wins re election as state land commissioner by about 10 000 votes over Arthur Olson. A constitutional amendment abolishing the office passes by near 40 000. AP tabulation forecasts total 600 000 plus versus 578 764 in 1934. Secretary of State Harry R. leads the parade.
Swanson leads Burkett by about 100000 as final counts roll in. Norris wins fifth term with 35000 vote edge and Roosevelt nears 600000 total. Cochran doubles yesterday’s plurality by about 80000, with Landon taking 14 counties. Lancaster County favors Norris and Roosevelt. five incumbents re-elected. Telegraph wantads get results.
Sioux tribal groups from Rosebud Standing Rock Pine Ridge Cheyenne River Crow Creek Lower Brule Santee and Fort Peck file before the Court of Claims seeking more than 218 million dollars plus interest for treaty non observance and land misappropriation dating from 1868. A 1934 amended petition adds 12 million for educational obligations, with total claims around 4.3 million plus interest for other tribes in the same suit.
Plans for a larger Gift of God pageant at Bayard on June 15 16 17 and 18 1937 were outlined at a Bayard meeting. Rev Harold N Nye and Rev Louis H Kaub coordinated the conference with Kaub revising dialog as work begins months early. The event will feature an enlarged cast enhanced lighting and a public address system for music and directing, staged in the amphitheatre near Chimney Rock. No admission is charged and Christus remains offstage. In 1936 the four shows drew over 18 000 spectators from 22 states and 62 Nebraska counties.
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