The Omaha guide., 1955-06-24
News From Around Nebraska

News From Around NenfQSko
The town of Seward. Nebraska has installed a city directory
in the business district which directs all visitors to the various
churches, the public buildings, hospital, pool, Concordia college.
etc.
The directory is a signboard about IL feet high and Of pro
portonate length. 1t directs the visitor to the various places on
the basis of blocks from the sign. The city hall, for example,
would be l block east, Concordia College s blocks east and z blocks
north.
Thus, even though a stranger knows nothing of the towns
street, almost any public building can be found using the sign
board as a starting point.
wahoo is about to announce that they have the only Chamber
of Commerce in the United States which is on wheels, the Wahoo
Newspaper revealed last week.
The men have secured an old railroad caboose which they
have placed at a selected spot along the curb in the business
section. The primary function of the old rail car is to serve
as an advertising piece for the coming rOdea which is being plan
ned by the Chamber. However, when the rodeo is over, the men
plan to move it to a permanent location to be used for a Chamber
of Commerce headquarters.
1t has been painted a bright yellow and has, been completely
redone inside and out
Schuyler is going through an epidemic of light bulb break
ing. The Schuyler Sun revealed last week that on a recent date
twenty lights were out in the town. A check revealed that IA
of them had been broken. High powered air rifles or .22s are
being used and in many instances the bulb is not only broken,
but the porcelain socket as well.
The Ord merchants put on a free circus Tuesday afternoon
of this week. The show had lions, elephants, pretty girls, trapese
artists and the whole works. The show was free and the Ord
Quiz, in last weeks issue, forecast a big attendance.
An Ord rancher, who lost a 1000 pound steer a month ago.
found him last week SandWlched into a deep ravlne at a remote
spot on the ranch. The animal had been there without food or
water all of that time. 1t was alive, but weak, but was able to
run with the herd when it was extricated from its Giving coffin"
The critter lost 400 pounds of weight and was a little off feed
as a result of its starvation diet but was otherwise unhwt-
AT Madison, Nebraska, the Madison Women's Club plans to
conduct a series of telephone calls, urging drivers to "Slow Down
and Live" The driving program, which is being put on over the
entire nation, is intended to save lives during the summer months
when traffic is the heaviest
A photographer at Harrington has been sued for $4,000 libel
because an itinerant photo man didn't like what the home town
man said on a handbll when he came to town.
The local photographer objected to the stranger coming in
to take pictures of the Harrington youngsters. On his handful
he stated that zone of the kidnappers has set up shop In the
Harrington hotel building" according to the Cedar County News.
Chadron has just completed a new $4,000 pumping station
located 2h miles south of the city. Chadron is now using IL
ed, and the new equipment will be used to hurry the water along
through the mains, thereby increasing the amount that is deliver
ed. Plans are now underway for a new filtration plant which
will cost $4,000 and new water mains which are now on the draw
ing boards, will cost another $4,000.
So Chadrons source of water is from a natural stream and dam
located in the hills some distance from the city.
The utilities department in Crete has been anxiously await
ing the arrival of a new Diesel engine which will supplement its
present generating capacities. But last week the department re-
ceived word that their new engine would be delayed because it
had been caught on a low bridge while being shipped by truck
through Minnesota. 1t had to go back to the factory for re-
pairs, the Crete News stated, and will be delayed 8 to s weeks.
ed with bass and bluegils, the Central City Republican revealed
last week. The Fish and Wildlie Service Hatcheries from
Gutenberg, Iowa, are stocking the ponds.
Undesirable fish, such as carp, are being removed before the
bass are put in. The use Of the chemical "rotenone" which
smothers the fish, took place some time ago.
Well it's the same old story.
The cloud seeding project at Albion is all but forgotten since
it started raining out there. Proponents of the plan found that
they needed $4,000 to carry out the project and they actually
did collect nearly $4,000. But now that it rains every few days,
the ranchers and farmers are holding onto their cash.
The success of cloud seeding is always something open for
argument. The men who do the seeding point to the results
they get and tell of their wonderful successes. On the other hand,
the opponents to the plan always come back with the argument
that's probably correct.
Anyhow, until it gets dry again, no one around Albion is
interested in the cloud seeding program
Those who have travelled highway "a across Nebraska may
recall a monument in the vicinity of Trenton. 1t is the Massacre
Canyon monument. However, a year or more ago when the high
way was rerouted because of the lake formed behind the Trenton
dam, the monument became inaccessible to the average tourist.
AS a result, a move is on foot now to move the monument
to a point near the new highway SO that all may see it and recall
the historic events which it commentaries. The Public Mirror,
at Arapahoe revealed that the moving of the monument will cost
$4,000.
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