Farm Outlook Positive Despite Low Prices in 1938
Western Nebraska business shows improvement in 1938 with better tax receipts and moisture levels. Wheat and corn yields exceeded last year but prices collapsed, delaying marketing while federal loans kept farmers operating. Cattle producers earned about twenty million dollars, irrigation expanded in Box Butte, and insect issues declined aside from a potato aphid threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Panhandle
Kimball
Nebraska Sandhills
Nebraska Stockgrowers Association
Box Butte
Rifle Club Honors Taken By Mathews Rifle Club
The Sidney Rifle Club announces the 1938 NRA sponsored Members Match won by D. Mathews with 569x600 and H. E. Pierson second at 557x600. The event used 20 prone 20 kneeling and 20 standing shots. The club invites new members and outlines NRA support, low fees, targets, and limited ammunition. The NRA motto promotes skilled rifle handling for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rifle Association
D. Mathews
H. E. Pierson
Sidney Rifle Club
Rifle Club
America
Landmark Falls To Progress as WPA Demolishes Central School
A WPA wrecking crew is tearing down the 50 year old Central school building to clear site for municipal improvements and a future recreational center. The fire damaged stone structure, once a hub of community life and basketball glory from 1912 to 1915, stands as a charred reminder as legal actions over insurance proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Central School
Central
Sidney
Exra
Wheat acreage drops 19 percent in state for 1939
State and Federal Crop Statistician A E Anderson reports a 19 percent cut in Nebraska wheat acreage from last year due to drought and low prices. About 3.824 million acres were planted, 897,000 fewer than 1938, with moisture shortages and aphid damage noted, especially from Clay Center to Benkleman. Rye sown this fall reaches 742,000 acres with 75 percent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
South Central
Chase, Perkins
Keith
Clay Center
Benkleman
Anderson
Shoppers Guide To Be Resumed This Week
The Telegraph Publishing Company will resume publication of The Shoppers' Guide this week. The free distribution paper prints every Wednesday and reaches every Sidney household each Friday. Copy is due by Wednesday noon with ads at 20 cents an inch or 10 cents for combined ads in both The Telegraph and The Guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Telegraph Publishing Company
Sidney
Telegraph
John Marten Named Devel County Sheriff
John M. Marten of Chappell was appointed by the Devel county board of commissioners to succeed the late Andy Peterson as sheriff. Marten, Democratic nominee last fall, will serve two years until the next general election, when an off year election will fill the unexpired term.
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John M. Marten
Chappell
Devel County
Nebraska Railroads Free to Cut Intrastate Freight Rates
Nebraska railroads won authority from the Lincoln state railway commission to set intrastate freight rates equal to motor carrier charges effective January 2. The plan, aimed at countering truck competition, cuts averages about 20 percent and covers 90 percent of shipments, using an airline mileage basis for less than carload and five weight classes for carload goods. Exceptions include livestock, grain and products, sand, gravel, potatoes, beans, cement, and brick, due to interstate factors.
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Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Commission
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
U. P
North Western
Rock Island
Minnapolis
Omaha
F. R. Mullen
Coluren
Henry Blome Heads Auction Firm Reelected President
Henry C. Blome of Dalton has been reelected president of The Platte Valley Livestock Valley and Commission Company of Scottsbluff. H. W. Brand is named vice president and general manager, George L. Vogler cashier and bookkeeper. Blome remains general solicitor and field representative. He noted an unusually large sale planned for next Saturday with negotiations to secure about a thousand sheep and many good milk cows.
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Henry C. Blome
Dalton
Platte Valley Livestock Valley and Commission Company
Scottsbluff
H. W. Brand
George L. Vogler
Blome
Lodge Pole Men Seek Auction Sales Specialists for Farm Auctions
Harry Lee and Henning Peters, recent graduates of Reisch Auction School in Austin Minnesota, announce availability for farm and livestock auction sales. Residents of Lodge Pole, they operate through the Lodge Pole telephone exchange and will handle all kinds of farm auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee
Henning Peters
Reisch
Austin
Minnesota
The
Telegraph News
Lodge Pole
Acreage figures due from local officials soon
Nebraska farmers will learn 1939 ACP acreage allotments for soil depleting crops, corn, potatoes, and restoration land. County totals will be broken down into farm allotments in January, with separate farm figures available to farmers. Cheyenne county leads wheat allotments. eleven counties will receive potato payments under designated commercial practice areas.
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Nebraska
Fred Wallace
ACP
Cheyenne
Banner
Box Butte
Buffalo
Dakota
Dawes
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Bigger Harvest but Farm Income Crops Nebraska Farmers
Nebraska farmers harvested more crops in 1938 reaching the largest acreage since 1933, but prices fell, reducing crop value to 129,732,000 dollars, 16,150,000 below 1937. Cash income from crop sales was 22 percent under 1937, with government payments and farm revenue for January to October down by 46,933,000 from 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Co-operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Elevator men press rate cut for Nebraska grain
Western Nebraska grain elevator operators petition lawmakers and seek reductions in freight rates from Nebraska panhandle to Omaha and other markets. They argue rates are excessive and discriminatory, urge action by the Nebraska State Railway Commission and transmission to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Congress
Omaha
Cheyenne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Open House Custom On New Years Day Is Tradition
Early Nebraskans kept open house on New Year Day with large gatherings a well supplied table and visiting men in groups. By 1883 the custom waned though towns like Hebron praised a less rigid social tone and groups such as The Broad way Swells The Fascinators and Occidental Orphans formed colorful visiting pods.
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Nebraska
Federal Writers’ Project
WPA
Hebron
Broadway
Homesteader Mathias Schumacher Dies at 74
Mathias Schumacher 74 of western Nebraska died at his farm east of Scotts Bluff on Saturday after a sudden illness. He helped establish the first homestead shanty on the river north side and became a prominent valley resident. Born May 9, 1864 in Roxberry Wisconsin, he moved west with his brother John, walked from Sidney to Scotts Bluff, worked digging wells, and shovel coal for the Union Pacific rail line at Sidney. Funeral services are set for Wednesday morning.
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Mathias Schumacher
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Schumacher
Roxberry
Wis
John
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Salesman Attacked By Huge Bald Eagle
G. M. Lockard a Scottsbluff tobacco salesman told of an irate eagle that attacked his delivery truck while it paused on the Cheyenne Torrington highway. He said the eagle feasted on a rabbit and then swooped toward the truck before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Lockard
Scottsbluff Tobacco
Lockard
Cheyenne-Torrington
Land Patent Issued In 1875 Exhibited Here
T C Spiker Sidney farmer shows a Norfolk Nebraska issued patent from August 1875 to The Telegraph News. The eighty acre tract patent was issued to Alexander Park and bears President Ulysses S Grant signature. The document is in surprisingly good condition and features old style penmanship rare today.
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Norfolk
Nebraska
T. C. Spiker
Sidney Farmer
Spiker
Telegraph News
Alexander Park
Ulysses S. Grant
Markets Show Seasonal Tendencies In Grain Markets
Domestic grain markets remained seasonally dull through the week ending December 22, as reported by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Wheat held firm on light offerings and expectations of a small next season's winter wheat crop. Corn was barely steady due to ample supplies and limited market inquiry. Oats and barley were firm but largely unchanged.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Grain Market Review
Drive For Irrigation Finances Continue Drive For Irrigation Finances
The Alliance Times Herald reports PWA funding questions over pump irrigation districts in Nebraska. Howard A. Gray says these districts are not public agencies and not eligible for loans and grants, a claim rebuffed by EH. V. Black who notes similarity to larger power districts already funded. The dispute centers on Panhandle district in Box Butte and Dawes counties and ties to state law and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Alliance Times- Herald
Public Works Administration
Washington
Nebraska
PWA
Howard A. Gray
Edward R. Burke
Panhandle
Box Butte
Leonard
Dawes County
Gray
EH. V. Black
Alliance
Black
Tri-County
Platte Valley
Loup River
Robbers Who Tried Safe Robbery Held
Lawrence and Woodrow Kasselder, now serving 1 to 3 year terms in Wyoming state prison for breaking into a Lingle liquor store, reportedly told prison officials they were the pair who tried to blow the Platte Valley Livestock and Commission safe in Scottsbluff last fall. Henry Blome, company president, found them attempting to open the safe, crawled through a window to summon police, but the men fled. One Kasselder was arrested the same night, denying knowledge. Police had linked the attempt to a gang that robbed the Fox Theatre safe in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Woodrow Kasselder
Wyoming
Lingle
Platte Valley Livestock and Commission Company
Scottsbluff
Henry Blome
Kasselders
Fox Theatre
Sidney
Patrol Advised To File With Attorneys In Justice Court
Francis V. Robinson assistant at torney general advised Capt R. F. Weller of the state safety patrol that patrolmen should obtain consent of county attorneys before filing complaints in justice courts. The ruling cited that justices of the peace have a pecuniary interest as they receive only court costs. Weller sought the interpretation after District Judge George W. Irwin of Gering ruled accordingly. The patrol has taken most cases to county courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis V. Robinson
R. F. Weller
State Safety Patrol
Justices of the Peace
Weller
George W. Irwin
Gering
Rerouting Of South Highway Is Slated For Survey Soon
Nebraska plans a permanent Nebr aska link in the Denver Black Hills highway with surveys south of Sidney to Peetz. Leo Bischof will lead the survey for a three mile straight south then west alignment. Colorado will oil its strip to connect with Nebraska and federally number the route for full federal status.
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Nebraska
Denver-Black Hills
Here
Colorado
Peetz
Sidney
Leo Bischof
Lorenzo
Burlington
Nebraska State Line
Denver-Black
South Dakota
Rocky Mountain National Parks
Black Hills
Sub Zero Attack Is Christmas Postlude
A sweeping cold wave from Montana brought below zero temperatures across the Midwest over the holiday period. Sidney recorded four below early Tuesday, with near zero readings in the panhandle and warnings to livestock towns as temperatures possibly plunged to fifteen below in parts of the Dakotas and Nebraska. Blizzards touched some regions while western Nebraska escaped disruption. Christmas in Jerusalem held solemn observance amid global tensions as war clouds darkened Europe. In the U S churches drew large crowds and many stores stayed closed for the double holiday.
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Montana
Midwest
Sidney
Panhandle
Dakotas
Nebraska
Middlewest
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Europe
Germany
United States
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Mathews
John Marten
St. Louis
Bluffs
Patrol
No. 19
Bischof
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