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Nov. 6, 1930
RANDOLPH - The Wayne county readers of The Times will be interested in figures just-released November 7 from Washington as to the farm census taken the past spring. Figures for Cedar county have not yet been received at this office.
Here are some of the high spots: Wayne county has 1,482 farms, an increase of 89 over five years ago; acreage of all farm lands is 284,120, an increase of 28,758, which means more land is being devoted to farming; average acres per farm is 191.7, as compared to 183.3 in 1925, and 192.8 in 1920; value of land alone is placed at $31,653,843 and of buildings alone at a little over seven and a half million; the value of machinery on Wayne county farms is over two million dollars. This gives some idea of the immensity of farming in Nebraska, and the vast sums of money invested in agriculture.
The average value of land and buildings per farm in Wayne county is $26,457, and an average value per acre of $138, as compared to 145.45 five years ago, and $246.65 ten years ago when farming was at its height after the war inflation of prices.
Wayne has 607 farms operated by owners, seven by managers, and 868 by tenants; the acreage thus operated is: by owners 118,860, managers 1,560, and by tenants 163,700. These figures show a good percentage of owners in actual operation of their land.
Crop failure in Wayne county was 1,162 acres in 1930, and only 339 acres in 1925, which speaks well for northeast Nebraska, and we suspect that the figures for 1930 might be revised downward at this time. The idle land was 602 acres this year, and 402 five years ago.
Nov. 6, 1930
RANDOLPH - Fred Backer’s harness shop was entered by thieves sometime during the early hours of Sunday morning and between $60 and $75 in cash was taken from the safe.
Mr. Backer did not close until over an hour after midnight Saturday night. Some six or seven persons were in the shop, and in the flurry of closing and putting away his books, and in his haste to get home for needed rest, Mr. Backer neglected to turn the combination and lock the safe.
The thieves entered through a window in the rear of the shop. This window is just a frame covered with building paper and entrance was easy.
A beaver board door connecting the shop proper also offered no resistance and the unlocked safe was even easier. It looks as though the job was pulled by someone familiar with the circumstances.
A number of checks were in the safe, but were not disturbed—the thieves evidently wanting cash only. The loss means considerable to Mr. Backer and is more than anyone should lose.
It is hinted that there may soon be some developments in this affair.
Nov. 7, 1935
RANDOLPH - By defeating Neligh 19 to 0 on the Neligh field last Friday afternoon, the Cardinals maintained their record of winning every game thus far this season by shut-outs.
Observers declare the Neligh game was rough, too rough to be pleasing.
Randolph made 13 downs to three for Neligh, two of them being against the second team.
Fox plunged over the goal line for the first touchdown and Dion ran 20 yards and 45 yards for the next two.
Randolph plays at Hartington on Friday.
Nov. 7, 1935
RANDOLPH - A company of 14 neighbors and friends gave a house warming surprise on Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Schager in their new home Monday evening. Pinochle served to pass the time until the self invited guests served luncheon from their baskets.
Mr. and Mrs. Schager moved into their comfortable new home last Saturday.
Nov. 7, 1935
RANDOLPH — Richard Riedel won the Pierce County corn picking championship by husking 21 bushels and 1 pound net. The contest was held at the W.C. Ulrich farm, about 1500 were in the crowd that watched.
Nov. 7, 1935
RANDOLPH — Ivan Fitzsimmons and Griffith Larsen returned from Montana where they worked in the beet harvest for some weeks.
Nov. 7, 1935
RANDOLPH — About 130 adults and young people took part in Randolph’s annual Halloween hunt sponsored by the Presbyterian young people.
