Wheat Belt Co op plans brighter as Moore approved manager
REA cooperative Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association gains momentum with Albert Moore named manager after a near miss due to a technicality. Building lease on King Street, substation poles planned for 470 miles of line under Pine Bluffs, with severance pending stockholder vote. Warehouse and Sidney office planned to speed operations in Dalton Gurley and other areas.
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Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association
REA
Washington
Albert Moore
Art Borcher
Wheat Belt
Moore
Western Public Service Co
Consumers Public Power
G. P. Kratz
King Street
Sidney
Brownson
Borcher
Pine Bluffs
Wheat Belt Association
Pine Bluffs Association
Nebraska
Dalton
Gurley
Nebraska Tops Per Capita State Tax Burden in 1947
The Census Bureau reports Nebraska had the lowest per capita state taxes in fiscal 1947 at 29.53 dollars per person. Alabama and Tennessee followed with 31.13 and 31.46 dollars. Nevada led in total collections with 6.286 million, Wyoming 12.974 million, Vermont 16.908 million. State tax receipts rose 12.5 percent to a record 6.8 billion, while federal taxes totaled 39.108 billion.
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Nebraska
Census Bureau
Alabama
Tennessee
Nevada
Wyoming
Vermont
Senator Wherry Visits Sidney on Nebraska Tour
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry arrives in Sidney as part of a state wide tour covering over fifty Nebraska towns. He invites locals to discuss legislation and local issues, aiming to hear broad views on upcoming sessions and government programs.
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Kenneth S. Wherry
Sidney
Nebraska
Wherry
REA Loan Approved For Line Extension
The Panhandle REA received a $946,000 loan from REA in Washington to build power lines in Box Butte Sheridan and Garden counties and to buy and rebuild the Hyannis municipal plant. Funding will buy and rebuild Hyannis plant add to it construct Hyannis lines for 100 Panhandle REA members. build 313 miles of lines for 402 members. and construct a Alliance to Hyannis transmission line.
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Panhandle Rea
REA
Washington
Box Butte
Sheridan
Garden Counties
Hyannis
J. L. Samuels
Alliance
Panhanndle Rea
Fall Seeding Of Wheat Is Under Way
Winter wheat seeding started in earnest in western Nebraska this week as farmers use warm weather to finish early. Seeding should be complete by Sept 15, with many observers noting newer late plantings yield sturdier winter stands. Reports say corn condition varies with rain and heat. rye seeding remains light. sorghum outlook improves with rain. alfalfa third crop gains little from late rain. potatoes and beans face heat and frost risk. pasture conditions are good in the west and dry in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Western
Keith
Perkins
Chase
Saddle Club Members Win Several Prizes
Members of the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club won several prizes at the Merrill County Fair Horse Show held on Wednesday. Mrs Neal Dunlavy won third place in the 5 gaited combination class. Mrs George Hossack earned a bronze trophy and ribbon as first in the Ladies Western Pleasure Horse Class. George Hossack won first in the barrel race with cash prize and ribbon and second in the reining class. Gary Hossack finished fifth in the children's egg race earning a dollar and a ribbon and also won a ribbon in the kid's pony race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Neil Dunlavy
George Hossack
Gary Hossack
Nebraska Driver Licenses Expire With New Law Confusion
Nebraska faces a messy transition as licenses expired this week under a 1945 1947 timeline. The 1945 law set a September 1 1947 renewal deadline and the 1947 law raised fees to two dollars but lacked an emergency clause meaning the new rules take effect next Sunday. Drivers may operate with their current licenses until October end under a 60 day grace period while licensing bureaus issue new cards and other states are warned not to penalize Nebraskans for expired licenses.
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Nebraska
Motor Vehicle Department
Lions Hear FBI School Experiences at Washington Meet
Sidney photographer Ralph Thompson told Lions about the FBI National Police Academy in Washington DC. He described courses and clues analysis, highlighted the museum with famous case evidence including Dillinger’s death mask and Floyd’s machine gun, and noted FBI support to local officers at no cost.
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FBI National Police Academy
Washington
D. C
Lions Club
Ralph Thompson
Sidney
Thompson
Pueblo
Colo
FBI
Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
Oklahoma
W. W. Schulz
Harvey Vizina
Weather Pattern Shows 100 Degree Tuesday Across Panhandle
Temperature at 100 degrees on Tuesday mirrors 1947’s unusual weather. Western Nebraska swelters as furnaces are readied for winter, while other panhandle regions share the heat. Nights remain chilly with morning lows below fifty degrees.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Farmers Seek Affordable Combines in Cheyenne County
Farmers in Cheyenne county are willing to pay for new combines but protest premium prices seen in city classifieds. George Fleming notes a dealer’s stockpiling of twelve new machines by one itinerant operator and the practice of using a unit for one season then selling at profit, leaving local farmers unable to buy needed equipment.
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Cheyenne County
George Fleming
Lorenzo Farmer
Telegraph
Fleming
Farm Bureau Picnic Draws Five Hundred In Sid ney
Nearly five hundred farm people from five western Nebraska counties attended the Farm Bureau Picnic at Legion Park in Sidney last Sunday. Speakers included Charles Marshall state Farm Bureau president and Rep. A. L. Miller. The federation begins a study on farm prices and the impact of removing government subsidies, with results due next year to Senate and House committees.
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Nebraska
Farm Bureau
Legion Park
Sidney
Charles Marshall
Nebraska State Farm Bureau
A. L. Miller
Russell Jones
Farm Bureau Hospital
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
National Federation
Senate
House
Nebraska Study Committee
Roland Nelson
Mead
Dwayne Allington
Beatrice
Harlan Danielson
Axtell
R. D. Flaherty
State Federation
General Crops
D. L. Gross
State Agriculture College
Marshall
Cigarette Tax Revenue Falls in August After July Peak
State general fund cigarette tax brought in 341163 in August as State Director R M Howard explained July's 506461 total reflected pre stamped stock. August receipts split 253313 from stamping machine dealers and 87850 from hand stamping dealers due to new tax onset.
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R. M. Howard
Howard
Potter Days Begin Monday Morning Parade to Follow
The first Potter Days celebration since the war opens Monday morning and runs through Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the Potter Lions Club, out of town floats and entries are invited to compete for prizes. Merchandise worth 150 dollars will be given in a free drawing. Other features include baseball games a parade dancing rides and exhibits.
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Potter Lions Club
Enrollment Gains in Sidney Kindergarten and High School
Superintendent O J Weymouth reports Sidney public schools show higher overall enrollment this term. North side kindergarten rises from 17 to 37, prompting split classes and a new teacher. junior high kindergarten up slightly, senior high freshman class at 101. total high school enrollment 333 with 319 present and 132 junior high students. system total now 417.
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Sidney Public Schools
O. J. Weymouth
North Side
Kenneth Agnew
Weymouth
Motorcyclists Appear Here at Sidney Labor Day Race
Several hundred spectators gathered at Legion Park for a Sidney Junior Chamber sponsored motorcycle show. Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Association riders from multiple states competed, with Don Durante of Cheyenne posting the fastest time in trials at 15.02. Durante won multiple events and tied with Vern Davis of Detroit in the final.
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Legion Park Labor Day
Sidney
Don Durante
Cheyenne
Bob Blackman
Kimball
Chick Meredith
Don Hoff
Greeley
Vern Davis
Nebraska to put new 1947 laws in effect September 7
Nebraska’s new laws take effect next Sunday September 7 including community property rules for married couples, revised driving licensure with fees, and tax provisions. The date also brings a higher wildlife bounty, altered assessment dates, and changes in aid programs.
Tickets On Sale For Sidney Artist Series 1947 48
Season tickets go on sale next week for the Greater Artist Series in Sidney. A city auditorium meeting at 7 30 p m outlines sales and distribution with civic groups. The four concerts run Nov 7 Dec 1 Jan 26 and Feb 10 featuring Depaur chorus Devy Erlin Ramon Vinay and E Robert Schmitz at eight p m with adult tickets 5 50 and children's 2 40 including tax.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Depaur
Devy Erlin
Ramon Vinay
E. Robert Schmitz
City Auditorium
Service Charge Planned For Retiring $165,000 Sewage Disposal Bonds
August liquor taxes total $249,044, up from July's $225,961 with $114,919 from spirits and $123,035 from beer. Year to date, liquor revenue is $1,702,488 versus $2,260,040 a year ago, while spirituous liquor and beer taxes show large year-over-year shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Liquor Commission
Opening Of VFEW Club In Sidney Next Week
The Veterans of Foreign Wars in Sidney plan a formal opening of their new recreation club in the Yendis Cafe building on West Illinois Street next Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Allan Killham will manage the club, with Roland Biggs heading an eight member committee.
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Sidney Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Yendis Cafe
West Illinois Street
Sidney
VFW
Roland Biggs
John Zeer
A. M. Leafdale
Allan Killham
Bud Madsen
Wesley Jensen
Art Lenzen
Leslie Bentley
Inter-Squad Football Game Here Tonight
By Jack Bentley Coach Leo Shuman prepares the 1947 Maroon grid squad for an inter squad scrimmage Friday at eight. New combinations will be tested while contenders seek varsity berths. A broken leg sidelined Don Smith, altering backfield plans as Kinney and others step up.
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Jack Bentley
Leo Shuman
Maroon
Shuman
Don Smith
Smith
Dale Kinney
Shunfan
Reckless Driving Charged After Rural Accident
Clifton Gillespie of Scottsbluff was charged with reckless driving after a mid sparrow accident one mile south and five miles west of Dalton around 4 30 Wednesday. Buford Birdwell, a Dalton farmer, pulled a tractor drill when Gillespie struck from the rear demolishing it. Sheriff W W Schulz and Deputy Sheriff Arnold Braasel noted Birdwell was on the right side of the road. Gillespie’s car had minor damage and he drove away.
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Clifton Gillespie
Scottsbluff
Dalton
Buford Birdwell
Dalton Farmer
Gillespie
W. W. Schulz
Arnold Braase
Birdwell
Sidney approves 165000 sewage plant with 12 year plan
Sidney Public Utilities manager Vern Livingston outlines bids for a new sewage disposal plant at 165000 with bonds to be issued. A 12 year repayment via a service charge against all sewer connections is chosen, based on water bills from 1946 47, paired with a two mill levy to cover operating costs and contingencies.
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Sidney
Vern Livingston
Sidney Public Utilities
Power Board
Nebraska
Livingston
Farm Parity Prices Rise Two Percent Encounters Record
The Agriculture Department reported parity prices for farmers rose nearly two percent to a new record for August 15, reaching 235 percent of the 1909 14 average. The report notes higher feed prices and gains in prices for feed crops truck crops meat animals and dairy products while prices paid for fruit and cotton fell. Prospects for a poor corn crop largely drove the increases in both prices received and paid for feed.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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Senator Wherry
Saddle Club
Vfew Club
Yendis Building
Highway 30
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