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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
6
Peetz district residents consider seeking damages from Guy M. Daffron after a Curtis "hawk" airship's arrival disrupted farming routines. Farmers and poultry raisers report hens stopped laying on Sunday as the airship made its rounds, causing widespread agitation among local households.
A arson charge was filed by Sheriff Jones of Box Butte county against Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thompson, former South Alliance residents. The sheriff left for Eldorado Springs, Missouri to bring them back for trial. The fire occurred at the L. G. Timmons place in South Alliance weeks ago, with aid from Alliance and Burlington fire departments and suspicions tied to the blaze. Deputy state fire warden Mr. Butcher conducted an investigation and the complaint was signed on information provided to the sheriff.
Alliance delegates appointed committees to handle arrangements for the state De Molay convention to entertain about 200 guests from across the state. General sessions will occur during the day with a field and track meet planned for one afternoon.
Official sources report the Peetz Sterling highway opened for traffic Thursday morning. A detour caused by a new bridge over the north Sterling irrigation ditch is no longer needed. The bridge sits 28 inches higher than the old one, with about 150 feet of grading on one approach and 100 feet on the other to restore the road.
Hal Barglet of Adams City Colorado was slugged and robbed of 20 dollars and his watch by a man he had given a ride to near Julesburg last week. The tramp left Barglet unconscious and flagged another car before continuing toward Denver. Barglet suffered a severe brain concussion and was treated at Sterling hospital where his condition is serious but improving. The incident follows multiple reports of drivers being attacked after helping strangers on highways.
North Platte police report the arrest of R. L. Nolta of Tucumcari New Mexico and seek Claude Coren Nolta as Nolta's companion. Sheriff Berthe believes they killed Traffic Officer Ed Clark and Sheriff Pratt. State Sheriff Condit and others prepare to identify Nolta in Tucumcari with Gov BeuMan orders. Colby authorities to join later at McCook.
Douglas MacLean, famed film star, has invented a life saving device for cameramen during Alpine scenes. A packing case with windows houses the operator and a block and tackle hoists the crew up cliffs. The invention eases cameraman risk, but actors still face dangers during filming. Introduce Me opens on Monday and Tuesday at U. S. A. theatre.
A city youth working with the sheriff’s office conspired to obtain alcohol and led detectives to bootlegger Fred Heil of Bayard. Heil sold a quart and a pint then another pint, court records show. Heil was jailed, his preliminary hearing shifted to September 8, and he was released on bond. The youths admit buying the liquor and claim Heil boasted of wholesale business, saying he recently shipped a carload to North Platte. The sheriff’s secret service holds another suspect awaiting arrest.
The Gering valley cheese factory project convened its third meeting with soliciting committees reporting a near two thousand dollar subscription. Despite a slow pace due to the busy season, a new windup organization was formed. Local business leaders and north side officers will join farmers on rounds to complete the fundraising drive, signaling growing community support and the push toward success.
Peetz Farmers Union will run a large jack rabbit drive next month with John Fehringer leading west of the Burlington tracks and C P Robirds directing east. All interested urged to join as the rabbit population is high. A union meeting at Elle Knudsen's approved the plan. An open meeting is set for October 7 at the Peetz hall with H J Weeth and H L Hiett coordinating the program.
Ted Mattison threshed grain this week and posted a remarkable 407 bushels of high grade wheat from a 15 acre field. The land sits at the hill edge and, though not top quality pasture, yields about 270 bushels per acre. What is it truly worth and how much is Banner county land worth as an investment.
Sterling Advocate reports John Schnell of Proctor is charged with assault and battery after an altercation with Cecil Burry over a valued automobile. It is alleged Schnell bit and chewed a portion of Burry's ear, leaving lasting deformity and prompting calls for punishment.
D Wilde appointed special administrator of the 3000 estate left by Conrad Nein who died in a crossing accident along with six others. A county court hearing on appointing a regular administrator is set for September 24 before Judge Olsen. The petition by Katie Harris Nein’s sister and George Nein of Pine Ridge requested Wilde’s appointment to supervise growing crops and livestock care.
Edgar Hadley section worker dies hours after a yard accident when a section motor car crushed his chest in Alliance railroad yards Saturday. He was rushed to St Joseph hospital but died. origin Lewiston Illinois, had moved to Alliance to work on the Burlington. Body shipped to Lewiston for burial by Miller and Dailey.
Person seeks to borrow $2 000 or $2 560 on a good farm, offering a 3 percent rate. Call W P Miles for details.
A new hillside town near Guernsey Wyoming rises with neat round roofed cottages around a circular drive. Men build the Guernsey dam to create a lake and generate large electric energy, supplying water for dry prairie and forming a link in a Wyoming super-power line driving regional industrial growth.
Before buying a new battery for your farm light plant see J. H. Berland. He will make you a liberal allowance for your old battery on a new Westinghouse.
Carl Stuckley threshes 4147 bushels from 120 acres at Cedar Valley. Wheat tests 62.8 pounds per bushel and 11.71 percent protein. Hampton sells to Schuyler mills for 1.014 per bushel FOB. He buys 120 acres from Hampton to raise more wheat and holds granaries of additional cereals. Stuckley has dry farmed valley for years, this first irrigation year, and shows strong prospects.
A fragment notes Hoebler Garage installing doors at Winестields with 161 plate gines for a taxi call project.
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