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From the Colby Free Press, Thomas County, Kansas, October 9, 1940, Page 4.
Potato Pickers Wanted.

The Kansas State Employment Service has a request for 300 workers from the Thomas and Sherman county areas to pick potatoes at Scotts Bluff, Neb. Workers will be guaranteed three weeks work with a possibility of an additional week if needed. The potatoes in the Scotts Bluff territory are making from 300 to 500 bushels to the acre. Pay will be three cents for each bushel picked. Past experience has shown that the average man picks 100 bushels a day.

Workers are also wanted to sugar beet picking and hauling. Room and board are available. The Thomas and Sherman county areas have been given the largest quotas and have been given until Saturday night to furnish the needed 300 workers. Registration for these jobs is to be made a the court house with Lee Turner