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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
11
Chicago buyers push prices higher as slaughter steers top near 14 dollars and a half, with Nebraska long yearlings at 14.40, while hogs gain 10 to 15 cents to 10.45, and lambs hold around 10.75. Receipts Friday estimated at cattle 1,500 hogs 16,000 sheep 9,000. hogs up on icy roads limiting supply.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts 13,000 with 4 100 direct imports. Prices generally 10 15 higher than Wednesday for 170 300 lb sows and heavy butchers, top hogs at 10 45. Calves 1 200 strong demand for steers and yearlings with primes up to 14 50 and Nebraska yearlings at 13 50 to 14 35. Beef cows steady to higher. bulls firm to higher. Sheep receipts 15 000, fat lambs opening slow, best fed bids around 10 75 with undertone weak for ewes.
Sioux City prices show cattle receipts at 300 head with calves 50 and strong demand for yearlings and stockers. Beasts ranged with fed yearlings up to 10.50, plain feds down to 8.00, cows mostly 4.00 to 4.25, calves 6.25 to 7.68, hogs around 9.60 to 10.00, sows near 9.60, and sheep at 10.60 for best fed lambs while undertone remains firm.
U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle receipts 2000, hogs 3000. Hogs top 10.15 with 190-310 lb at 9.90 to 10.15. sows 9.60 to 9.75. Cattle incluyen calves 200, steers and yearlings 13 75 down, heifers 9.00 down, cows 5.75 to 7.10. top dealers 10.50. Sheep receipts 6000 with lambs steady to strong and best at 10.50.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts about 2 000 with light slaughter steer and heifer demand. prices mostly 15 to 25 cents higher than prior lows, with fed steers and select heifers firm to higher. Cows and cutters mixed. calves steady to firm with good and choice 10 to 11 dollars. Hogs receipts around 4 000 with slower trading. 190 pounders 10 to 20 cents higher, lighter weights unevenly up 10 cents or more. sows ~5 cents higher. top hog price around 10.10 per hundred.
Ibs. 140-160 Ibs. vales at 9.25 to 9.65. Wednesday average cost 9.80. Total receipts 6,500 sheep and about 2,000 slaughter lambs. Buyers steady on all classes with tone of lower bids on fat lambs. Bulk good to choice lambs 10.25 to 10.50. 127 lb fed ewes around 6.00.
Hogs in Ames, Mason City and Ottumwa show small increases from midweek as price ranges vary by weight. Reports detail good to choice grades and packers, with prices listing hundreds of pounds per market, reflecting a modest regional uptick.
Hog prices increased five cents with good to choice 180 to 200 pound hogs at 9.55 to 9.85 dollars per hundredweight. 200 to 290 pounds ranged 9.75 to 10.05 dollars, 290 to 325 pounds 9.65 to 9.95, 325 to 350 pounds 9.55 to 9.85. Packing sows 275 to 550 pounds sold between 8.85 and 9.55 dollars.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Iowa for a 24 hour period ended Thursday were 13 900 head. Active trading with mixed movement. Prices ranged with lightweights 140-160 Ibs about 7 75 to 8 00, heavier weights up to 10 25, sows and boars also listed with prices.
Hog prices continue higher on the local market with an advance of 10 to 15 cents in the various grades. The top price reaches 10 dollars while other local markets remain steady.
The column lists bid ranges for cattle by type and weight, noting choice steers at 11.00 to 12.00 per cwt and higher, with medium to good steer and yearling categories priced between 8.00 and 12.00, plus cows and bulls in the 4.25 to 6.00 range and down trade for common cattle. Several lines indicate uncertain or down values for light or lower grades.
A Cedar Rapids market listing outlines prices for grain and produce including wheat at $1.21 to $1.26 per unit, oats at 53 to 49.47 cents, rye at 80 to 90 cents, corn varying by form, soybeans at $1.30 to $1.45, hay and straw prices, and live poultry rates with various weights. Wholesale fruits and vegetables show oranges at 3.75 to 4.75, lemons 6.75 to 17.25, potatoes 2.85 to 3.75, and other staples. hides and livestock values are listed for multiple categories.
The report lists diverse currency values for major nations and cities including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City and Montreal. The figures show nominal exchange values with several quotational notes and cross rates.
U S Department reports a few lines of domestic wool traded in Boston at firm prices. Graded staple combing blood terri tory wool brought 1.08 to 1.10 dollars scour ed basis. Months Texas lines sold at 1.05 to 1.07 while fall Texas around 1.00. Few spot twelve months Texas wools available.
New York sugar futures closed largely unchanged with No 3 3?4 steady at 2.88 and mixed shifts elsewhere. No 4 percent up to 42 lower, July 1.15 and Sept 1.162, No 3 March 2.86 and July 2.82. Refined fine granulated unchanged at 5.00.
AP reports Minneapolis flour market for carload lots in 98-pound sacks with family patents unchanged at 7.45 to 7.65 per barrel. Standard patents 10 cents lower at 7.25 to 7.45, shipments 20 916. Pure bran 33.50 to 34.00, Standard middlings 33.50 to 34.00.
Weather improvements in the southwest limited buying power on the Chicago Board of Trade as futures held near steady. May wheat fell slightly, May corn mostly unmoved, old corn slipped, and oats edged lower while Liverpool and Argentine demand influenced early gains.
Chicago commodity prices list wheat corn oats and beans with bid prices for No 2 dark hard No 4 yellow No 5 white and sample grades. Soybeans barley timothy and clover seed and bellies are also noted with various price points and weights.
Minneapolis cash grain receipts show 48 cars marketed with green prices for spring and hard Montana wheats. No. 1 dark northern spring and related grades trade around 1.38 to 1.59 per unit with varying protein and quality premiums. Corn and oats prices also listed with No. 2 yellow corn at about 1.14 and No. 3 white oats at 52 to 54 cents.
AP dispatch from New York notes butter receipts at 8 975 with firmer creamery values and various grade scores. Cheese receipts total 162 320 with markets quiet. Eggs receipts 24 305 unsettled with mixed colors. Live poultry prices show irregular freight rates for chickens roosters and fowls with minor changes.
Butter futures closed with storage standards for January at 315 and February 31. Egg futures finished with refrigerator standards for January at 17sc and firsts for February at 22sc. Potato futures for Idaho rus sets January at 3.25 dollars, March No. 1 at 3.90, and March grade A at 3.62.
Brooklyn, N Y, high school defeated Montezuma 42 to 23 on Tuesday night led by Delmar Cram who scored 20 points. Hutchison of Montezuma was top for the visitors. In the curtain raiser Montezuma junior high crushed Brooklyn junior high 45 to 5.
U S stocks edged higher on Thursday as utilities and a spectrum of leaders advanced while the General Motors strike lingered. Volume ran about 3,000,000 shares with cautious buying and light overall selling. Notable gainers included Homestake mining and Consolidated Edison among others. several large issues showed only limited moves.
Wall Street stock listings reproduced by J B Bennett & Co show quotations for Adams Express Hudson Motors Addressograph Hupp Motors and many more. The list features numerous industrials utilities and consumer firms with current transfer prices and percentages reflecting strong market activity.
Hartwick high school beat Malcom 32 to 11 as Smith and De Geeter stood out. Malcom’s Eisele scored six points. In the girls game Malcom defeated Hartwick 50 to 22 with Lidzka and Ford combining for 39 points. Hartwick’s McIlraith Crane and Jeppe had notable performances.
Omaha brewery owner Gottlieb Storz turned 85 by writing a $100 check for each of his 160 employees. The gesture honors his long service and generosity in the community.
Cornell wrestlers prepare for a Saturday night meet with Kansas State led by Ernest Jessup, a 155-pound standout. Kansas State counters with top finishers John Harrison, Walter Carleton, and Dale Duncan, while Cornell's lineup features Dick Freeman in his final year and Edward Mickey as heavyweight hopeful. Kansas State faces Iowa State Teachers and Iowa State in recent days.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, aged Indian nationalist leader, publicly disowns the title mahatma while touring Travancore. He says he has no right to the honor and that the title has become a burden and even smells in his nostrils. The renunciation shocks observers who have long used the title as a synonym for his name.
Van Horne beat Blairstown 25 to 21 on Blairstown floor in a rare win for Van Horne. Potter and Ackerman each scored eight for Van Horne while Ralston led Blairstown with 14. Blairstown alumni defeated Van Horne alumni 32 to 18.
Stanwood high school swept a doubleheader with Lowden on Tuesday night. The girls routed Lowden 43 to 8 after a 20 to 4 first quarter, while the boys built an early 11 to 2 lead and finished 37 to 12 as Gallmeyer sparked the attack.
Benton county board members and County Engineer M A Hall visited Peoria to inspect tractors. Later this month the board plans to purchase tractors for road work.
Trading in the New York bond market was cautious after a busy session with modest gains and losses across issues. Longer term Treasuries inched forward while American Telephone and Columbia Gas issues posted small rises, and some rails edged up though others slipped. Foreign bonds showed minor gains with a few South American issues dipping.
Mrs Norman Waffle was elected president of the Priscilla guild at a Wednesday business meeting held at the home of Mrs F J Harden brook. Officers include Miss Josephine Wiggins first vice president Mrs Don Torrence second vice president Mrs Elmer Hollingsworth secretary Miss Sara Nott assistant secretary and Mrs Karl Kendall treasurer. The group will end its official year with the September meeting to align with the church year starting in October. A monthly family night picnic supper will replace the former teas. An advisory committee of three names Mrs Ed Sigfred Mrs A J Keyes and Mrs J T Christie. The hostess served tea.
During Mrs Grace Koppenhaver illness Marion Gazette reporter Sara Nott fills in. Nott operates from home number 419 and office number 188 J.
A large group of friends attended the Wednesday funeral in the Yocom chapel for K Lassen a retired farmer and stockman. Burial was in Cedar Memorial cemetery with pallbearers Irvin Ford W W Vaughn Lewis Weis Fred Fernow Will Cooney and D E Miller. Out of town relatives included Mrs Christine Reinhardt of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Charles Durian of Wellman.
Dale McC Mickle, formerly of this city, performs with the Mal Hallett orchestra at the Commodore hotel in New York City. The group broadcasts over the Mutual system on Mondays and Fridays at 11 p.m.
Notices of club and lodge meetings for the Marion section of The Gazette must be sent in writing to the Marion news office. Only one notice per meeting will be published.
Mr and Mrs F C Newlin returned from Council Bluffs where they were summoned by the serious illness of their niece Joan Reichart who underwent a mastoid operation. Her condition shows slight improvement.
Arthur Newman of 1091 Seventh Street is confined to his home with torn muscles and four fractured ribs after a fall on the ice beneath the Seventh Street viaduct. Newman manages the Rooseveltia barber shop in Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Charles Jordan hosted Hazel Ridge Telephone company members for a noon picnic. In the afternoon John Fillmore was reelected president and Mason White secretary treasurer. Miss Hilda Cummings returns home to Madison after a ten day visit with the Wades. Oxford Masquers meet Friday night with Betty Howell and Winnefred Schrubbe to read a play.
The Lions club met Tuesday at Mrs. Michels tea room and voted to hold a joint meeting with the Service club at the Service club rooms January 25.
The First Reformed church schedules its annual community dinner and business meeting for Friday at 6 p.m. Robert Armstrong president of Armstrong Clothing Company departed by train Thursday midnight for New York on a buying trip. Ellsworth Palmer of Cedar Rapids Auto club spoke at the Lions club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel about the history and purposes of the American Automobile Association.
In Iowa City the University of Iowa basketball team has drawn 57,000 spectators over its first twelve games. An average of 4,750 per game includes 23,000 at home and 35,500 in away games. The 9,500 home crowd vs Purdue marked the largest figure, the fifth largest at home. Wisconsin Illinois and Northwestern attracted 8 000 7 000 and 6 000 respectively. Attendance so far is about 4 000 higher than last season with twelve games this year versus eleven in December and January.
Are Remarried. Joseph M. Bartosh and Dora McLaughlin of Cedar Rapids were remarried Thursday by Justice A. S. Reed in his office after a former marriage and divorce. Harley M. Clymer and Alma Trokosh, both of Cedar Rapids, were married by Justice Reed Tuesday.
Luella Hagerman aged 22 of Central City was arraigned in Justice Reed's court on a vagrancy charge and held on $500 bond. She was jailed in lieu of bond after arrest Tuesday at 10 35 p m in a local beer emporium by special police pending a preliminary hearing.
Martelle independents enter the McNeilly Hybrid tournament at Onslow with four wins and two losses. They won 27 to 24 in overtime over a previous opponent and 38 to 30 against Cascade amid heated moments. They face Tipton at 7 pm Wednesday with a Thursday semifinal against Lost Nation.
Manchester high team built a big early lead and held Strawberry Point to no first half field goals to win 24 18. Ottilie led Manchester with three field goals and a free throw while Miersen led Strawberry Point with three two point shots. The Manchester juniors also beat Strawberry Point juniors 12 9 after leading 6 2 at halftime.
The Parnell basketball team defeated Oxford high 33 to 18 in Oxford, with captain Harry Ward scoring 18 points to spark a rally after a 9 to 7 halftime lead by Oxford. Parnell’s reserves also blanked Oxford 32 to 0 in the preliminary game.
Martelle high school teams defeated Wyoming Tuesday night. The boys won 31 to 30 and the girls 18 to 16 in a tight doubleheader.
Victor fans pack the arena as Weinie Riley of Belle Plaine challenges C. D. Schlesselman to a high profile game between Belle Plaine Stockmen and Victor Independents. A rumored 1000-pound steer may decide the outcome while the Victor Independent girls prepare a curtain raiser with an out-of-town club.
Maynard high boys edged Clermont 23 to 16 on home court while Clermont won the girls game 31 to 13. The doubleheader split honors on Tuesday featured both squads earning wins and losses in front of local fans.
Advertising rates list three to seven day costs and sizes. Out of town want ads require advance payment. Special low rates apply to work wanted ads per classification 22. The Gazette limits liability for a single incorrect insertion of an ad.
Fractured ad lists various beauty shops in New Orleans area offering perms from 1.95 to 5.00, finger waves 25 cents, electric manicures, and post holiday specials. Mentions multiple shops with addresses and phone numbers for services including machine less perms and free marcels.
Local listings show JOYLAND Ballroom holding a big dance on Thursday night with an entry of 10 cents per person plus tax. The ad promotes the Turkey House Carnival in Wate ford on Saturday January 23 with a mention of a Little to hewlax band and goulash lunches at Joe Navratil's Beer Parlor offering steak dinners and sandwiches.
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