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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1930
Page
4
The Cheyenne county league season ends Sunday with all teams in action. After a year of few squabbles the officials plan to use insights from this season to form updated rules. The league has proven valuable and should be annual, organizers say.
Cheyenne County police hunt five bandits who robbed Lincoln Bank at 12th and O streets. Three entered with guns shouting Get em up, lie down. A fourth man waited in a bank car with a machine gun and a fifth paced outside with a riot gun. Loot placed in pillow cases. Omaha National bank sent 25,000 to cover daily needs. Bonds worth 595,000 escaped notice. Harold E Linberge away on statehouse business. suspect crys when told. Robbers fled south on 12th, traffic blocked, car used siren to halt motorists. One man felled Barkley with a pistol butt. Medical care and homebound.
Scottsbluff intends to illuminate its football field to attract fans traveling longer distances and enable night football, track meets, and public meetings. Farmers and weekday workers could attend after work, making the field a regional hub and possibly the first lighted field in the area. Chadron Normal’s field would be the nearest benchmark.
Bankers at a special Omaha session discuss a plan to curb robberies. They propose a state constabulary of selected men ready to pursue at alarm, equipped with airplanes and radio cars for rapid response.
Opening grid game today features the Maroons on Sterling Field with Busacker Chambers Ed Montgomery and Livoni in key roles. Sterling camp reports beer speed and experience as Logan county leads Sidney in the annual series, with reserves ready if a large early lead appears.
Doctors say accident victims show improvement at the hospital as Sidney residents cope with a tragic death. The home is lined with flowers sent by many friends and acquaintances as the community mourns.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Dr W T Kahse officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood cemetery.
Potter clinched the county league title after a victory over Sidney. Freddie Johnson delivered four solid blows and Witt added three safeties while Chaney returned to form with four consecutive hits. Mitchell contributed two sturdy hits as Potter held first place for most of the season and deserves the championship. Competition remains strong and interest is sure to rekindle next spring.
A newly formed concern handles Plymouth and Chrysler cars. Chryslers are on display and Plymouth shipments are expected daily. Innovations in mechanical and body construction position both models as leaders, with plans for an extensive regional sales campaign.
A field survey aims to assess farmer needs amid drought to shape tariff policy and improve wheat prices. With corn output well below five year norms, wheat supplies will not fully offset corn shortfalls for livestock feed. alfalfa prices are high and Nebraska has a large alfalfa crop. Shredded corn and silage could substitute for alfalfa for dairy and breeding stock, allowing more alfalfa hay to reach markets at strong prices.
Practice ends and tonight the home talent cast begins a minstrel revue style performance. Corporal Eugen is woven through a chorus filled show with humor. Curtain at 8 15 each evening and reserved seats are available at Bassett's drug store.
Top amateurs and pros from Cheyenne Sterling Alliance Fort Morgan Kimball and Brush head to a regional Rocky Mountain golf meet. Courses have been manicured in preparation and early entries indicate strong field. Trophies for the various flights are on display in the Gift Shop window.
Nebraska officials and engineers convened Tuesday in Scottsbluff to discuss highway policy and future needs. Roy Cochran, E. P. Polley, and Cif ford Shoemaker led the briefing with slides on highway evolution, travel growth, and state road mileage. Nebraska reported 5,600 miles of federal state roads and 2,800 miles of state roads. Federal funds for federal state roads rose to 2.634 million dollars.
Cochran proposed raising the gas tax or letting counties vote bonds to pay for state roads. Using federal aid tied to state funds could unlock every available dollar within two years. State engineers faced many questions as public interest in highway paving grew across regions.
The Nebraska agricultural statistics report for 1930, prepared for distribution by A E Anderson, highlights Nebraska as a hub of surplus feed production and opportunities for farmers with capital and managerial skill. It notes top or high ranks in swine, sheep, cattle, horses, and most grain crops, plus leading alfalfa and hay yields and significant Platte valley pump irrigation developments.
Notice states the frame school house and two heating stoves in the Southeast Quarter of Section 2-14-48, school district No. 39, are to be sold at public auction to the highest cash bidder on Monday September 22 1930 at 2 PM. Ray Tremain Director. Also a brief For Sale notice for very fine White Leghorn cockerels from the old Haskell place via N W Sidney.
Local patrons will enjoy Jack Kneeland and his dance band this weekend with a Saturday night dance in the new city auditorium and Sunday performances at Krueger's lake. Booking by Chet Krueger marks the formal fall season opening. Kneeland recently wrapped a successful Radio-Keith-Orpheum season and opens October 4 in Milwaukee for a nationwide tour under RKO. Kneeland is well known in Sidney and has worked with several local musicians.
County Extension Agent L D Wiley received a new U S Department of Agriculture publication on the world wheat outlook. The booklet, prepared by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, was rushed to print and distributed to farmers this fall. It features charts showing prices after the Civil War and World War I, noting similar price surges and declines in 1866 and 1918 20.
Sidney hunters reported solid bags on opening day as they hunted ducks along the North Platte river and its creek. Local nimrods filled many limits. state wardens, about 30 officers, were deployed from Sidney and Bridgeport to enforce game laws amid several pheasant arrest reports from Big Springs.
Elizabeth Couch, the top entrant at Pratt Institute Brooklyn, earned the highest entrance examination score ever awarded to a girl. She led her entering class and plans to study art, having pursued artwork with notable talent as reported locally.
A high school graduate, who completed studies last spring, intends to attend a New York institution. The details indicate immediate plans after graduation and readiness for collegiate study. No additional names or dates are provided in the accessible text.
Great Western Sugar expects the largest sugar beet harvest in its history across Colorado Montana Wyoming and Nebraska this fall barring an early winter or unforeseen difficulties.
Company officials project the crop value at 28 million dollars across four states. Harvesting begins September 28 with initial beet deliveries limited to keep plants at full capacity. Unrestricted deliveries are now set a week earlier to avoid last year's early winter freeze. Nebraska expects about 6 million dollars worth of beets this year.
Miss Alice Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Martin and Raymond A Graff son of Mr and Mrs Graff both of Dalton were married in Dalton Wednesday September 17 at the bride’s home in the presence of relatives and intimate friends. Rev Clemens Schroeder read the lines with Miss Hale V Christensen as bridesmaid and Clarence D Martin as best man.
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