Hawarden Independent (Newspaper) - January 25, 1934, Hawarden, Iowa v VOLUME HAWARDEN SIOUX COUNTY IOWA THURSDAY JANUARY 25 1934 10 PAGES NUMBER 50 CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM AIRPORT PROJECT AMONG THE CASUALTIES Dwindling Funds Necessitates Slow ing Up Until Congress Makes an Additional Appropriation The stop order issued last Thursday night by the civil works administra tion in Washington put a crimp for the present in the airport pro ject for Hawarden as well as to cut in the number of hours of labor per mitted all civil works employees on projects already underway in Sioux county In counties containing cities Graving a population in excess of 2500 the maximum hours permit ted workers was reduced from 30 to 24 each week but in the counties having TLO towns over 2500 population the re duction was from 30 to 15 hours per week The order was sweeping and af the entire country In addition to reducing the work hours the order also cancelled authorisation for the present of all new projects on which work had not actually been commenc ed The order regarding the reduction of hours was put into effect here im mediately and the workers on all pro are now conforming to the new 15hour a week schedule The airport project here barley missed getting under the wire City Clerk Fred A Gefke was in Des Moines last Thursday conferring with the state civil works relief administra tion on the airport project here was given official approval by E H Mulock state administrator about 3 oclock that afternoon It provided for the em ployment of 25 new workers sot here employed on civil works pro and the transfer of 25 others from other projects to the airport work Before the official authorization could reach It chairman however the civil works tion in Washington had wired him the order halting the institution of all new projects The stop order also elimi nates all expenditures for materials on new projects as well as on projects in progress except such materials as may have been specifically contracted for Rapidly dwindling funds and near exhaustion of the available appropria tion to carry on the civil works pro gram is assigned as the reason for the stop order President Roosevelt indicated that be will ask congress for an immediate additional appropriation of to carry on the civil works program until May 1st If this additional appropriation is granted it is considered likely that projects al ready approved may then be en and that other new projects may be authorized It seems probable that the construction of an airport in Ha war den hinges therefore on the action of congress in voting the additional ap propriation At a special meeting of the Hawar den city council Monday afternoon it was voted to authorize entry into the lease agreement with the L G Everist Company for the 100 acres of land for the proposed airport contingent upon authorization from the civil works ad ministration to proceed with the pro ject While in Des Moines last week Mr Gefke also performed some missionary work in connection with a new dam across the Sioux river here for which it is hoped authorization may be ob as a civil works project He states that Dr Carl J Drake state entomologist is endeavoring to obtain authorization for a part of its con struction as a federal project while Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray is making a similar effort to have a part of the cost approved as a state project Further progress on this pro ject will also be contingent however on an additional appropriation by con gress for the civil works administra tion Ill at Home of Granddaughter Mrs S T Barnes aged 92 who came here five or six weeks ago to spend the winter at the home of her granddaughter Mrs R A Schulz and family is critically ill Her condition has been serious for the past two weeks Her daughter Mrs E W Stansberry mother of Mrs Schulz is also here and aiding in caring for her as well as another daughter of wein Iowa Mrs Schulz suffered a heart attack Tuesday and is confined to her bed Suffered Stroke This Morning N F suffered a stroke this morning one side paralyzed WELCOME NEWS TO CAR OWNERS Redaction in License Fees Will Af fect Many Motorists Many automobile owners in Sioux county will be to rebates on registration fees which they have al ready paid this year as a result of re ductions authorized by the state legis lature Reductions ranging from 25 to 75 per cent on the list price part of the fee have been authorized on cars more than three years old The reductions will apply on all 1934 licenses The new schedule has not yet been received by County Treasurer A Balkema Persons who purchase their license plates before the new schedule is re will be obliged to pay the old fee and later receive the rebate through the state motor vehicle department On automobiles being registered this year for the fourth time a 25 per cent reduction on the list price fee has been authorized On cars registered for the fifth time the reduction is 50 per cent and on cars registered for the sixth time a reduction of 75 per cent is made On cars registered for the seventh time or more the new sched ule of rates is fixed at 40 cents a hun dred for the weight of the car The reduction on cars four five and six years old apply only to the part of the fee that is fixed on the list price That part of the fee that is assessed according to the weight of the car re mains unchanged Reductions do not apply to trucks and motorcycles The manner in which the rebates will be disbursed has not yet been de termined GOVERNMENT FOOD ARRIVES Supply of Cured Pork and Butter Now Being Distributed Here A shipment of government food consisting of cured pork and butter was trucked here Tuesday evening and is being distributed tat the L M and W C Kooiman stores in this city The food is distributed among those who have been deemed by the county welfare worker as needy and it is being given out according to the amount ch Striven was pounds of meat and 80 pounds of but ter and manager of the Kooiman Store Was given 700 pounds of meat and a quantity of but ter to distribute Mr Vanderven is also giving out food to the people of Chatsworth The government is also sending flour beans and canned meat to be dis and it is expected that this supply will be here for distribution in the near future Young Democrats Met at Rock Valley The Young Democrats of Sioux county to the number of about 125 held a meeting at Rock Valley last Thursday night with a number from Hawarden in attendance J A Gart land of Rock Valley Sioux county democratic chairman and Mrs Warren Earl of Washington township vice chairman were among those present Mr Gartland gave an interesting talk on the mechanics of the primary elec tions Dr Joynt of LeMars Plymouth county chairman gave a pep talk combining burner and fatherly advice He stressed that cooperation is neces sary for the success of the organiza tion After the business of the meeting was completed a short program of dancing was given by pupils of Mrs McNelly of Rock Valley Cards and dancing completed the evening Red Cross Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Hawar den chapter of the American Red Cross will be held in the council room of the City Hall at 3 oclock Monday afternoon Jan 29th at which time twelve directors will be chosen from the following Fred A Gefke C A Slife W F Wolf Walter Scott A D R A Shriner Carl Olsen Dr T J Glasscock Dr W H Denni 3on Mrs S Q French Chas wick J H Rehder M R Stone L H Field Miss Inez Hilton Mrs O A Bader Mrs Will Gregg Fred A Miller of Rock Valley Mrs J E Gearhart Clayton Thompson Dr Wm E Mad son Dave Muilenburg Dr F F Null Roy Searle Observed 20th Wedding Anniversaries Mr and Mrs H E Anderson and Mr and Mrs Fred A Gefke entertain ed ten couples at the Lilley Hotel at a dinner at seven oclock Monday eve ning the occasion being the 20th wed ding anniversaries of these four peo ple Following the dinner a few hours were spent at bridge at the home of Mr and Mrs Gefke The guests pre sented the two couples whose anni had been observed with gifts of chinaware PLAN PROGRAM OF DEDICATION NEW STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM IS NOW COMPLETED Program Will be Held Next Monday With Officials From Many Other Towns in Attendance Formal dedication of new electrolier system will be held next Monday Jan 29th Invitations have been extended to the mayors and members of the city councils of all towns within a fifty mile radius to be guests of the city of Hawarden on that occasion It is planned to hold open house at the municipal light plant from 4 to 6 oclock in the afternoon to give the visitors an opportunity to in spect this plant which has made Ha warden an outstanding example wher ever successful municipal ownership of utilities is under discussion The visiting dignitaries will then be guests of honor at the Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held at the Baptist Temple Following the banquet a meeting open to the public will be held in the City Auditorium local Boy Scout troop will lend assistance in conducting the visitors about town and will make themselves useful in other ways A musical program will be pro vided by the Boys Glee Club and the High School Band under the direction of Prof Ansel C Martin A brief dedi address will be delivered by Mayor B T French and a response will be made by some member of the Chamber of Commerce not yet desig The principal address on the program is to be given by C C Snyder of Chicago who earlier in the evening will be the speaker at the Chamber of Commerce dinner The public is invited and urged to attend this dedication program The final work of installation of the new lighting system was completed functioning properly Originally plan ned tas a public works project in which the federal government would make a direct grant of 30 per cent of the cost of the new lighting system the project was later combined with the civil works program and much of the labor has been performed by men on the civil works pay roll There are 31 lights in the new system and on their first test Wednesday evening they lighted up the four blocks in they are located in a brilliant manners Accepts Position at Spencer Miss Carolyn who has been employed for the past several years as commercial the Hawar den high school was recently tendered similar position in the high school at Spencer Iowa at a substantial in crease in salary She was released from her contract by the Hawarden school board and expects to leave the last of this week for Spencer to take up her work there Miss Lenore Smith of Des Moines has been elected to fill the vacancy by the resignation of Miss Don Barnard Shot Wolf Don Barnard shot a wolf Monday while looking after things on their farm in Eagle township occupied by the L C Vander Esch family Mr Barnard had no difficulty in killing the animal after sighting him The hide after being removed measured five feet in length Mr Barnard will receive a bounty of for the wolf It is re ported that a number of wolves have been sighted in this vicinity during the past few weeks Observed Birthday Wednesday Mrs Anna Gregg who has been confined to the Hawarden hospital for several weeks with a fractured hip observed her birthday Wednesday and a number of her friends reminded her of the occasion by sending her birth day greeting cards Mrs Gregg is getting along nicely Fritz Leafstedt 111 Fritz Leafstedt was taken quite sud denly ill last Friday night with a heart attack and has since been confined to his bed He had been assisting with wood sawing on his farm south of town for a few days and it is believed that over exertion was responsible for the attack Attending Managers Meeting Russell Younie manager of the local telephone exchange is in Sioux City today attending a managers meeting of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company WON BOTH GAMES FROM AKRON Hawarden Basket Tossers Displayed Good Form Last Friday Night The Hawarden high school won both ends of a double header ball game from the Akron high school at Akron last Friday night The curtain raiser between the second teams was an easy victory for Hawarden by the score of 26 to 12 The game between the first teams was hard fought and unusually rough but Hawarden took alead at outset of the game and were never in real danger of being headed At the end of the first quarter Hawarden held a lead of 5 to 2 the second quarter ended 9 to 5 the lead was increased to 15 to 5 in the third quarter and when the final whistle sounded the score was 20 to 15 Following was the individual scor ing record Hawarden FT FG PF Lewis 3 3 Lundberg f 0 2 1 Glasscock 0 0 0 Buol c 0 1 2 Aldrich g 4 J 0 Koob 0 0 1 677 Akron FT FG PF Swift 0 1 2 Earnest 0 0 2 Port 0 3 0 Greenley 0 0 0 Hilton 0 1 1 Burnight 1 2 3 Neal 0 0 2 10 ASK NAMING OF CONCILIATOR Eighteen Sioux County Farmers File Petition in Federal Court Eighteen Sioux county farmers have filed a petition in the federal court in City asking for the appointment of a conciliator under section 75 of the federal bankruptcy law The duty of a conciliator isto settle debt cases be tween mortgagees and mortgagors The recommendations of the concili ator largely determine how cases shall be settled and with the approval of court the actions The court appoints a conciliator upon the application of than fifteen petitioners from a county The Sioux county petitioners listed are F M Squires Henry J Baack Nick Wendel John F Pierre Leendert Vos A J Schimming Fred Schim ming I Koopmans Tony Van Berkel and R all of Hawarden and Oscar Vandev Hamm Lorenz Vander Hamm II J Ten Napel Peter Treiber R R Royalty Bert J Meendering A J Voss apd Ed Van Donge of Ireton Came to Attend Funeral Relatives and friends from a dis tance who were here Saturday to at tend the funeral of Mrs Henry G Witt included Mr and Mrs Rudolph Jauer Miss Millie Arns Mrs Bennett Arns and Mra Ernest Rentsche of Luverne Minn Mr and Mrs Walter Kemis and daughter Helen of Spencer Iowa Mrs Tena Johnson andl son Henry and daughter Mrs William Miller of New Ulm Minn J F Bergh of Lake Wil son Minn Mr and Mrs Ed Johnson Mr and Mrs John Johnson Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson and Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson all of Brunsville Mr and Mrs Winterfeld of Rock Valley and Mr and Mrs Wm Borchers of Brunsville Divide Double Header at LeMars Hawarden divided a double header basket ball game with LeMars high school at that piace Tuesday evening the Hawarden first team losing by the score of 37 to 23 while the Hawarden second team won 16 to 10 The game between the first teams was exceeding ly close until well into the third quar ter when the LeMars bunch staged a mighty spurt and piled up a big lead before the game ended Central High of Sioux City is sched uled to meet Hawarden on the home floor Friday night of this week Buys Relic of Boom Days According to newspaper dispatches A C Schoeneman of Sioux Falls has the old packinghouse south west of Sioux Falls at an undisclosed price The building is leased for stor age purposes until 1935 and Mr Schoe neman has indicated he may then wreck the building and sell the lumber The plant was promoted and built in 1890 and hundreds of sunk money in the enterprise but the build ing was never used for the purpose for which intended The walls are of Sioux Falls granite New Plymouth Cars Here The Cambier Motor Co received two new Plymouth cars last week a coupe a sedan The coupe has already been sold to Mayor B T French HENRY HERTER DEATH FOLLOWS STROKE THAT HE SUFFERED JAN 14TH Was 75 Years of Age and Lived Here Almost 50 Widow and Two Daughters Henry M Herter pioneer Hawarden resident passed away at his home in this city at 7 oclock Tuesday morning following a stroke which he suffered on January 14th Mr Herter had been in gradually failing health for the past two or three years but had been able to be about town until the day he suf the stroke Following the stroke his condition was regarded as critical and he became gradually weaker until the end came Funeral services will be held at the Associated church at this after noon conducted by Rev Robt H For rester pastor of the Methodist church and interment will be made in Grace Hill cemetery Henry M Herter was born at Hunt ington Ind Jan 10 1859 so was just past 75 years of age when death claim ed him At the age of 6 years he came to Victor Iowa and grew to young manhood at Deep River Iowa On Dec 4 1883 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Schmidt at Montezuma Iowa and Mr and Mrs Herter cele their golden wedding anniver sary only last month They came to Hawarden in 1884 arriving here on May 10th of that year and their home has ever since continued to be in this city In fact they have lived in tlie same house in Hawarden during all these years but have added to it and improved it from time to time Mr Herter was a mason by trade and had a part in the construction of scores of the early day homes and business buildings of this community He con at work this trade until the few years Health him up active work Three children were born to Mr and Mrs Herter The eldest Hiram J Her ter passed away about thirty years ago at the age of 18 years Two daugh ters with the widow are left to mourn the passing of a husband and father who was ever kind and considerate of the welfare of his loved ones The daughters arc Mrs F H Edminster of LeMars and Mrs Harry Dawson of Hawarden He is also survived by four brothers and three sisters Theodore Herter and Mrs Lydia Grouse of Cedar Rapids Iowa Fred Herter of Deep River Iowa Will Herter and Mrs Al Smith of Montezuma Iowa Chas Herter of Marshalltown Iowa and Mrs Emerson Sinclair of Sioux City Mr Herter was a member of the Congregational church and was also affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Woodmen of the World fraternal organizations During the early lays of Hawarden he took an ac tive part in local civic affairs and was influential in the of the town and community He was a master workman at the mason trade and en joyed the friendship and esteem of a circle of friends who join in ex tending sincere sympathy to the mem bers of his family In the Championship Class Burr Prebble of Hawarden and Rob ert Hales former resident of this com munity but now living at Canton tied for first place in a checker tournament at Canton recently in which crack play ers from northwest Iowa and south east South Dakota competed W J Simonsma Simon Nelson and Frank Renshaw of Inwood tied for second place while Carl Dyvig also of In wood finished next to them School for Adults Opened Last Week The school for adults was started last week and classes are held in the high school building with Miss Wilma Brown as teacher A number of adults have enrolled in the various classes as follows French beginners 8 advanc ed French 3 grammar 5 citizenship 1 but two others will enroll soon The classes are held from to in the afternoon and from to in the evening Will Give Presidents Ball In conjunction with various organ in all parts of the United States the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a Presidents Ball at the City Auditorium next Tuesday night Jan 30th in honor of the birthday of Presi dent Frankin D Roosevelt Dinty Waites Dance Orchestra wili furnish the music and a good time is assured BUSINESS EXPERT TO BE HERE C C Snyder to Speak at Chamber of Commerce Dinner Monday Night C C Snyder merchandise counselor of Chicago will be the speaker at a Chamber of Commerce dinner to be held at the Baptist Temple next Mon day evening Jan 29th beginning at sharp Mr Snyders visit to Ha is through the courtesy of the French Lumber Co and Schoeneman Bros Co who offered Mr Snyders services to the Chamber of Commerce Under the topic A New Era in Re tail Merchandising Mr Snyder will discuss the present and retail distribution of general merchandise and outline the part local independent merchants are expected to play in the movement towards better business A staff of expert merchandisers will assist Mr Snyder in making a survey of Hawarden and nearby stores and business establishments Mr Snyder claims that the business men of a town can make or break it The prosperity of any town depends largely on the appearance and offerings of local mer chants This survey is made for the purpose of establishing quality prices and diversification of merchandise offered by smaller town merchants in relation to and comparison with the offerings of similar merchandise in larger cities and the mail order or catalog houses This survey promises to be of vital interest to all who live and work in Hawarden and surrounding towns In recent years many thousands of dol lars have been spent by local residents for clothing groceries building ma terial automobiles and all kinds of merchandise purchased from concerns located many miles from this com munity Such out of town purchases undermine the stability of our local commercial structure and eventually lead to less local employment lower real estate values and work hardships on every person living and working in this community Mr Snyder has made an extensive study of this situation in many Amer ican cities and towns He says there is a growing tendency for home town de velopment and that it has been defi proven that 6f the larger cities and industrial areas depend on the prosperity of the smaller towns throughout the land Build American on a solid founda tion by developing the smaller towns and cities by putting the farmer in the class of profit makers and the large cities and big industries will take care of themselves is Mr Snyders opinion where national recovery should begin Merchants clerks sales people and all who hold the interest of and believe in the future of this community are in to attend this meeting Mr Snyder was head of the National Retail Syndicates for twelve years and in this capacity supervised the selec tion of locations store front designing layout classification and display of merchandise for approximately 30000 stores from Berlin Germany to Cali fornia Mr Snyder will spend the day fol lowing this meeting in Hawarden and will be available to local merchants de siring his suggestions and advice for store arrangement and decoration merchandise display classification and qualification Mr Snyders services are offered free of charge Merchants de siring consultation with Mr Snyder are invited to call A Earl Ross chair man of the committee Left This Morning for Rochester Mr and Mrs Oscar Norberg and daughter Catherine accompanied by Miss Vera Yates a nurse departed this morning for Rochester Minn where Miss Catherine will be given another examination and treat ment if necessary Miss Catherine was able to return home a few weeks ago and has been recovering satisfactorily during this time but when she left Rochester the physicians asked that she return for a later examination Ball Friday Night The 42nd annual ball of the J W Brewer Fire Department will be held at the City Auditorium Friday night Jan 26th This is the one big annual party staged by the firemen which all Hawarden and community is happy to support It is always an outstanding social feature and this year promises to be no exception to the many suc events of the past Music will be furnished by Billy Bemiss and his Harmony Kings Small Roof Fire Extinguished The roof of the residence belonging to the Mrs Martha Dick estate pied by John Murray and family was discovered to be on fire about last Thursday afternoon The fire de was summoned and the blaze was quickly extinguished only a few shingles being burned
