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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1929
Page
1
Merchants plan a big dollar day next Tuesday as Burlington’s Profitable Pork special train visits Sidney. The event targets farmers and families from Sid ney's trade area with hog sanitation demonstrations and practical hog lot layouts. A city wide sale follows, with price cuts to boost business and stronger ties between Sidney and county residents.
Western stockmen met in Denver to press a higher tariff on cattle imports chiefly from Argentina and Mexico and to urge lower livestock freight rates. Nebraska delegates Robert Graham Frank M Broome and A R Modisett attended. Broome and Modisett returned Friday and Graham Saturday. They warned that increased Mexican imports threaten the postwar cattle recovery and urged a strong tariff to shield the industry.
A Nebraska group reports the state game, park and forestry commission has accepted Wildcat range south of Gering as the site for a wild game preserve. Work on improvements, stocking, and construction will begin after a legal technicality is observed. The 1820 acre area borders the Kimball highway, mostly deeded with additional tracts to be added.
Frank Moore long a Sidney pioneer and former Denver painter who decorated the Colorado capitol building died in Sitka Alaska on August 27. He was a jovial athlete and a mainstay of Sidney’s town team, with adventures in Alaska shaping his hardy frontier life.
Reports from Sidney say William Fox interests renewed the local theatre lease for ten years and plan to install talking picture equipment. Fox personnel surveyed the house, with Western Electric gear likely, signaling a major remodel if patron demand supports it. Managers, banks, and merchants sponsor a broad ad urging William Fox to note Sidney’s support.
State and federal agricultural statistics show corn yield at 24.5 bushels with production of 221,137,000 bushels, up from last year and above the five year average. Oats yield 33.5 bushels and durum and spring wheats reduce. barley output rises to 19,264,000 bushels as drought impact eases with subsoil moisture offsetting August drought effects.
The Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Commercial dining room with dinner starting at 6 30 p.m. Board directors appointed committee chairs and a membership drive will be launched after tonight’s gathering. The session is expected to be busy.
Donald Howard becomes the new associate at Brown's Central Shoe Store replacing Robert Schultz who leaves for Fairbury. Howard has trained in the Central system and is a prominent Sidney figure according to manager John D. Kirkland.
A new 48 by 60 foot building for the Sidney Hatchery and Produce Company will be erected by Attorney C. S. Radcliffe on Ninth Avenue south of the S. L. Motor Company. C. G. Olson says he plans to move in by November 10, with the structure built specifically for the hatchery business.
Arrangements for the Catholic bazaar to be held November 6 and 7 are rapidly completed. A complete announcement will be in Friday Telegraph. The bazaar by the Catholic ladies is always a great success and this year promises the same.
Donavan R. Scott Jr., infant son of Mr and Mrs Donavan R Scott, died Thursday afternoon at a local hospital. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Howard's Funeral Chapel with Rev Hal Schenck officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
Chancellor Burnett announces state young citizens contest tests set for October 25 and 26 across 93 counties. One boy and one girl from each county advance to Omaha for the November jubilee events. Examinations distributed from Lincoln to county superintendents. Prof. A A Reed coordinates and serves as vice chairman.
The Oliver Palm Equipment and Oliver Chill ed Plow Works successor hires R S Oberfelder to build a 66 by 19 foot implement warehouse along the Union Pacific spur. The front platform of heavy timber and cement will extend the full front. The office will supply western Nebraska Wyoming northern Colorado and Black Hills South Dakota dealers and run a retail department under an experienced implement dealer.
Several carloads from Sidney plan to drive to Lincoln for the Nebraska Pittsburgh game regarded as a classic of the middlewest Saturday. Pittsburgh claims the strongest team in the country while the Cornhuskers are seen as the toughest foe. Coach Dana Bible brought his Cornhuskers out of the Syracuse game in good shape.
The R. S. D. hatchery opens a branch in Sidney in the former Sidney Hatchery and Produce building. A new 52,000 egg Smith incubator is installed. The advertisement carries a message to local residents.
Ruth Karvanick won the genuine Navarre string strand for the first correct guess in the window. Second prize went to Mrs J L Tewell, third to Mrs William Miller, fourth to Mrs N C Hewitt, and fifth to Edna Vizina as part of the Gift Shop anniversary sale promotion.
An old fiddlers contest will be held at the U. S. A. theatre Wednesday night to select the county’s top fiddler for the Omaha diamond jubilee celebration. Five or more contestants are entered from the county and the winner will be chosen by the audience.
A state survey shows Cheyenne County contains thirteen barber shops, while Banner County has none. Nebraska reports over 1700 barber shops statewide.
Swan J. Peterson, 79, a Sidney resident since 1914, died suddenly Saturday morning. Heart failure was the cause. Born in Sweden, he came to the United States at 21, lived in New York, Polk County, Idaho, then Nebraska. He married Ann Helsing in 1880, had three children. she died. He remarried Christine Peterson in 1887, who survives. Funeral at Christian church with Rev. J. H. Bicknell. burial in Sidney cemetery. He is survived by his wife, one daughter Grace Johnson of Central City, three granddaughters, two sisters in Sweden. Three children from first marriage preceded him.
The annual gatherings of Western Nebraska organized agriculture are planned for Scottsbluff during the December 9 to 14 week. Sessions run about three days and align with the Western Nebraska irrigation association meeting. Potato growers will hold their business meeting alongside the educational sessions.
Sidney wins 6 0 at Bridgeport in first conference tilt as Griswold’s breakaway running and a sharp pass game pace the Maroons. Robert Lowe sustains a bad leg injury, likely missing Bayard game. fate for season unclear per Dr. F A Barger.
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