Wood fuel use in Nebraska reaches 908000 cords this winter
Nebraska families used about 908000 cords of wood for heating this winter, averaging 3 to 4 cords per home. Forester Clayton Watkins of the University of Nebraska extension notes much of the wood came from community projects and farms especially in eastern Nebraska along the Elkhorn valley. He warns soil erosion and slow reforestation unless trees are replanted, estimating 10000 acres stripped and 850000 seedlings planted under Clarke McNary Act programs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Wood &S & Part
Clayton ‘Watkins
University’ of
Watkins
Elkhorn Valley
Back Yard
Clarke McNary
College Extension Service
Nebraska State Fair Runs Deficit Despite Self Support
The Nebraska State Fair runs about 100000 in the red though secretary Perry Reed says it is financially better than state fairs run entirely by other states. Since 1899 the legislature has appropriated over 1.09 million while premiums and improvements total over 2.0 million. Current buildings and grounds are valued at 1.546 million, with annual receipts averaging 62618 and yearly appropriations about 3430. Last year’s deficit reached 21257, while other states report various deficits.
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Lincoln
Perry Reed
State Fair Board
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Ohio
Wild Horse Traders of Western Nebraska Chronicle
An account recalls the bands of wild horses in western Nebraska during the 1870s. Men led by famous figure Wild Horse Jerry McGahan from Iowa captured hundreds for eastern markets, selling for a range from one cent to forty cents each. Many animals ended their days in southern cotton fields or elsewhere. The origin of these wild bands spurred speculation, with theories including Indian ponies and mares from emigrant trains, some said to carry Arabian blood.
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Omaha
Littie
Nebraska
Jerry McGahan
Iowa
Jerry
South
Norfolk Sees $750000 in City Construction Improvements
City officials report Norfolk invested three quarters of a million dollars in construction over the past year. Projects included the post office telephone hospital and three school buildings. Also noted: Mrs Charlotte Gilliard marked her 100th birthday and was recognized as Nebraska's oldest American born mother. Eugene Tatt led the Nebraska Federation of Postoffice Clerks at Lincoln. Wayne Swartz Dan Leith John Adams and L R Fitch named officers.
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Norfolk
Charlotte Gilliard
Nebraska
J. A. Marshall
Lewelle
New York State
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Eugene Tatt
Gothenburg
Nebraska Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Lincoln
Wayne Swartz
Fairbury
Dan “Leith
Kearney
John Adams
Hastings
L R:? Fitch
State Rail Commission Seeks Emergency Sand and Gravel Rates
The state railway commission announced plans for a statewide emergency rate on sand and gravel shipments. It has granted lower rates to individual shippers for over a year due to truck competition. Railroad and sand and gravel company representatives attended a recent conference on the issue.
Lincoln Highway paving between Aide and Shelton awaiting warm weather
Division Engineer William Baumenu reports the 15 mile Lincoln Highway project between Aide and Shelton, west of Grand Island, will open soon after favorable weather. When finished, the paved road will extend from Shelton to Omaha, with only small unpaved sections west of Shelton to North Platte.
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Aide
Shelton
Grand Island
Willian Baumenu
Omahe
North Platte
Nebraska Holstein Herd Tops Daily Milk and Fat Records
N. P. Hengervald Rose Ormsby, a 3-year-old Holstein owned by the University of Nebraska experimental substation at North Platte, posted a yearly test of 684.4 pounds of fat and 18,984.53 pounds of milk at 2.6 percent. Twelve other Holsteins in the same herd are on test, and during the last 60 days each topped the 40-pound fat mark.
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N. P
Nebraska Divorce Trends Reported by Public Health Director
Dr P H Bartholomew announced Nebraska divorce records show a drop in separations to 1454 last year from 1581 in 1931 and 1685 in 1930. He noted marriages rose yearly but divorces still outnumbered every 11 marriages, with fluctuations in prior years.
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Nebraska
City votes on municipal electric plant at April election
Petition with over nine hundred signatures asks city council to place the municipal electric light and power plant issue on the April 4 election. Draft ordinance shows funding from net earnings with no extra taxes, and urges water works to be municipally owned and operated.
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Ob & Proposition
Kearney
Waste land to pay returns, Nebraska study claims
Clayton Watkins former extension forester with the Nebraska college of agriculture says idle land can yield about 20 dollars gross per acre over 25 years. After costs around 18750 dollars, the profit is 252500 dollars from ten days of planting and raising trees.
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Nebraska
Clayton Watkins
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Watkins
Nebraska Experiments Station
College of Agriculture
Catalpa
Census finds few centenarians in 1930 US
The census bureau reports 8 064 centenarians in 1930 versus 4 267 in 1920, suggesting a decline in extreme old age. Officials doubt those figures, citing possible overstatements, but other authorities note many verified cases beyond a century. The piece questions aging trends amid record-keeping improvements. Adv. for De Pierces Pleasant Peliefs.
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Census Bureau
United States
Ace
Jess
Not in Nature's Scheme on Eternal Happiness
Opinion notes that pursuing constant happiness proves costly and foolish, arguing fulfillment comes from balanced living rather than relentless self improvement.
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State News
de Pierce
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Nativnal Biscuit Co
Soret
New York
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