Central City fair controversy leads to potential litigation
A Cedar Rapids real estate dealer claims a district court decree was violated as the Linn County Fair Association meeting in Central City locked out former Wapsie Valley Fair stockholders. He cites missing public notices and selective admission of transfer holders, with several named individuals identified among those allowed or excluded.
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Old Wapsie Association
New Linn Association
Central ¢ Tv
Prospect
F Henderson
Cedar Rapids
Valles Far Association
Plantiff Ina S
Devsre
District Court
Wapsie Valley Fair Association
Linn Counts
Central City
Linn County Fair Association
Central City News-Lette
Henderson
F. O Satter
Central City News-Letter
Satter
Wapsie Valley Association
Linn County Association
Russell Hatch
V. Brown
F. G O'Meara
H R Sigmund
E E Henderson
H N Rockwood
Tre
Wreasfer T
Ture
Tre New Association
Wapsie Association
Fence Drift Disrupts Linn County Stockholders Meeting
Locked out residents of Linn county and other citizens faced a contested stockholders’ meeting at Central City. The dispute centers on governance and access but no single side is declared winner as the matter heads toward possible court action.
Attendees Listed for Local Meeting Group
A roster of attendees includes Hugh Norris Lloyd Hender son William Ford L F Bedell Blanche Wetherbee and Cifora W Bedell among others. Also noted are Mrs Goodlove E A Barley Arthur McLeodRowland Hull Spencer Stevenson Jesse Bowman and J C G Barley with additional names such as Mr and Mrs Hiel Henderson Mr and Mrs F O Satter Mr and Mrs George Filloon Lester Falcon Harry Mills Ossie Page and D V Brown.
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Hugh Norris
Lloyd Henderson
William Ford
L. F. Bedell
Blanche Wetherbee
Cifora W Bedell
William Goodlove
Lester Falcon
Harry Mills
Ossie Page
H C Henderson
O'Meara
D. V. Brown
H. R. Sigmund
Farmer opinion sought on proposed general farm bill
Congressman Fred Biermann of the Fourth District seeks feedback from local farmers on the proposed general farm bill sent to Congress. He plans meetings with county committees to discuss the measure and hear farmers’ positions before the session begins.
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Biermann
Esec
Tae Garestte McGregor
Fred 3Emann
Senec
Paris
Trerce
Fayette County Husking Meet Set for October 23
The Fayette County husking meet is scheduled for October 23 with tentative arrangements under review. A site has been chosen and the event will feature local participants and expected community support.
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Fayette County
Rife Pees
Farm notices and oddities from Garrison and Wheatland
A fall fire is set to burn a double corncrib on the Big Grove farm owned by Mrs Lilian Carle, southeast of Garrison, with Kim Bevens working the land. In Wheatland a tree on the Louis Koch farm bears apples and blossoms this week, southeast of town.
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Big Grove
Lillian Carle
Garrison
Kim Bevens
Cavette Wheatland
Louis Koch
Wheatland
Iowa farm index hits 142 in September peak
Ames economists report the Iowa farm price index for September at 142 percent of the 1910 14 base. Prices farmers pay for inputs fell 2 percent from prewar levels while the buying power of farm products rose from 105 to 109. Rising prices for sheep eggs butter oats and hay offset declines in hog cattle corn wheat and poultry. The outlook favors livestock farms with a potential fall drop in hog prices but a strong winter market expected for fed cattle.
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Ames
Iowa
National Lamb Event Drives Growth of Lamb Consumption
Iowa State College's P S Shearer outlines the National Lamb Event a cooperative effort led by the National Wool Growers Association with marketers processors and distributors to move more lamb into consuming channels. The drive aims to stabilize prices as fall marketing volumes rise and highlights the high quality and good value of current lambs.
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Ames
P S. Shearer
Iowa State College
Shearer
National Wool Growers Association
Iowa
Ai Association of Food Craf
National Association of Reta
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Institute of American Meat Packers
Buffalo Herd Sells at 6 Cents a Pound in Kansas City Market
A herd of eighty buffalo sold at Kansas City market last week for 6 cents per pound. The 769 pound average herd included cows bulls heifers and calves. Buyers included R A Teter of Eldorado Kansas and W J Decker of Piqua Ohio with other head bought by a packer to ship to a Colorado ranch.
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Kansas City
R A. Teter
Eldorado
Kan
Buser
W J Decker
Piqua. O
Colorado
Tomatoes Set New Highs as West Branch Harvest Winds Down
West Branch reports a record tomato year with average prices at 14 dollars per ton and about 1,300,000 pounds received, twice last year’s yield. The station operates three days weekly and yields average near ten tons per acre. John Coxson delivered 68 tons from 3 1/2 acres. Hybrid seed corn also shows strong yields with 387 acres husked and 5,000 bushels hand-sorted by 85 workers.
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West Branch
Sta
Ation
John Coxson
Downey
Marengo
Pete Espensen
AAA Schools For Compliance Check Slated This Week
The second and final performance checking of the 1937 agricultural conservation program will be taught at schools in several Iowa cities next week. J W Merrill stated dates include Spencer Mason City West Union Oct 6 Denison Ames Cedar Rapids Oct 7 Red Oak Chariton Mount Pleasant Oct 8 Atlantic Oct 9 Final inspection requests must be filed by Oct 31 with checks completed after Nov 1 by the state AAA committee.
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AMES
County Agricultural Conservation
J W. Merrill
AAA
Spencer
Mason City
West Union
Denison
Cedar Rapids
Red Oak
Chariton
Mount Pleasant
Atlantic
State Committee
State Extension Service
Merrill
Merril
Repair Work Rushed Before Husking Starts
A Millersburg territorial survey notes better crops and new construction as repairs rush ahead of corn husking. Some fields show frost ready ears while others need days of drying. silo filling is finished and corn has been cut for shredding at several farms.
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The
Gazette
Millersburg
Washington Sales Ass'n Names Stewart President
Everett L. Stewart was named president of the Washington County Livestock meeting. Stewart, from Washington, will lead the group with Joe Knotek as vice president and William J. Roudabush as secretary and treasurer. The meeting included remarks by H C Robert and I W. Arthur and a roundtable on live stock marketing. Committeemen named: Peter Schneider, Marion Stransky, Carl Oldfield, T. H. Carris, O W. Schmitter, Sam Turkington, Hal Huston, and Dave McLaughlin.
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Washington
Everett L. Stewart Washington
Washington County
Joe Knotek
William J Roudabush
H C
Robert
Producers’ Commission Association
I W. Arthur
Ames
Peter Schneider
Riverside
Marion Stransky
Carl Oldfield
Wellman
T. H. Carris
Keota
O W. Schmitter
Brighton
Sam Turkington
Hal Huston
Crawfordsville
Dave McLaughlin
Poultry Schools Planned in Fayette County
Poultry specialist Ames Oderkirk will conduct several poultry schools in Fayette County on October 26 and 27. The events aim to educate local farmers on best practices and disease prevention.
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Fayette
Oderkirk
Ames Poultry Specialist
Fayette County
Neighbors Shock Gerdes Farm With Crop Destruction
More than fifty neighbors and friends of Mrs. G. H. Gerdes recently widowed farmer west of Monticello observed field damage to corn and soybeans on the Gerdes farm. Local authorities may investigate the incident as cropping destruction.
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Monticello
G. H. Gerdes
Gerdes
Eicher To Head Group Attending Sioux City Hearing
Congressman Edward C. Eicher will lead a delegation of eastern Iowans to the U S senate farm hearing in Sioux City October 18 19 and 20 The Iowa Farm Bureau will send fourteen witnesses including Allan B Kline Harold Teachout Ed Doolittle Fletcher Aitcheson Lester Gillette A E Hursh C W Huntley Milford Beechly Oscar Heline Paul Stewart Clair Becker Raymond Sayre JH Anderson and Francis Johnson with Senators McGill Pope and Frazier presiding
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Sioux City
Vincent F Harrington
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Prairie States Group
Congress
Eicher
Beaty To Discuss Water Systems in Fayette County Meetings
Harold Beaty Ames extension engineer will lead three meetings on farm water systems in Fayette County. One at 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at West Union courthouse, a second at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 12 at Upper Iowa University Chanel, and a third at 1 p.m. Oct. 12 in Oelwein library.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Harold Beaty
Ames Extension
Court House
West Union
Upper Iowa University
Oelwein
Top Butterfat Brings 41 Cents At Monticello
Monticello patrons at Farmers Mutual Creamery received 41 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat in the first half of September. No. 1 butterfat sold for 40 cents and No. 2 for 33 cents.
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Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Californians Buy 346 Acres Near Columbus City at $0
Earl Gray of Oakland Calif formerly of Columbus Junction purchased 346 acres of unimproved land one mile south of Columbus City from Equitable Life Insurance Co New York for 50 dollars an acre. Duncan and Johnston handled the deal. Gray now owns the original Letts estate farm totaling about 1050 acres, except seventy acres bought earlier by Frank Prior.
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Columbus Junction
Earl Gray
Oakland
Calif
Columbus City
Equitable Life Insurance Company
New York
Duncan and Johnston
Mr. Gray
Frank Prior
Gray
Golden State Creamery Company
George Marr
Ainsworth
George Baird
Haskins
Arthur Lieberknecht
Letts
Corn Husking Kicks Off Near Troy Mills
Corn husking began late last week on the W Powell and A Frasher farms near Troy Mills. Early husking occurred on sandy ground in early planted corn using several cribs. Other farmers in the area expect to start within the next ten days or two weeks.
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Troy Mills
W. Powell
A. Frasher
Feeder Steers Top At $8.20 In Waukon Auction
WAUKON The community livestock sale at Waukon Friday totaled $3,600. One hundred and twenty-six head of cattle went through the auction ring. Top young steers brought $8.20 a hundredweight and calves $13.70 a head. Ewes sold for 7 cents a pound.
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Waukon
One man travel line harvester for farm crops
A compact threshing line harvester designed for all farm crops. It is the single general purpose tractor with wheel tracked mobility for plowing and rapid adjustment to cultivate any row width.
Farm Auction Notices Fall Auctions This Week
Auctions set for Thursday October 7 at Beverly and West Liberty and Friday October 8 at Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids. Buyers can bid on Ruess Brothers Poland China stock and other farm assets as Frank Washburn farm near Viola closes out.
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Beverly
Ruess Brothers
West Liberty
Frank Washburn
Viola
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Contour Cropping Plan Near Postville
An erosion control program begins this fall on the Kenneth Kerr farm two miles southwest of Postville. In cooperation with the McGregor Floyd Parks soil conservation service, 90 acres are being plowed for 84-foot corn strips of twenty rows alternating with small grains. Fences removed to join strips across fields, later replaced on contour. Terracing planned on one field and gullies seeded with rye and timothy.
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Postville
Kenneth Kerr
Kerr
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor
Floyd Parks
Watershed Tour Planned in McGregor Farm ersburg Area
A watershed soil erosion control tour by the Soil Conservation Service is set for October 15 in Allamakee County. The event will showcase demonstrations in the McGregor-Farmersburg area and aims to educate farmers on conservation practices.
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Waukon
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor-Farmersburg
Allamakee County
Poland stop at 175 in Hess sale
Fifty-five hogs sold for an average of 56 dollars and twenty-one open gifts averaged 42 dollars in Hess’s fall Poland China auction. The 76 head averaged 52 dollars with Robinson Brothers paying 175 for a yearling boar, top price. Other top bids included 152.50, 130, 115 and 110 dollars for various spring boars and 75 dollars for a gift from Sand Springs farm. Louisiana Experiment Station bought several gilts.
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Worthington
O. J. Hess
Poland
Robinson Brothers
Platteville
Wis
Grant County
Lancaster
Cuba City
Matt Kukor
Carroll
Sand Springs Farm
Sand Springs
Oklo
Louisiana Experiment Station
Baton Rouge
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promote Kidney Health
An old advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic for weak kidneys and irritated bladder. It claims relief from backaches puffy eyes leg cramps and nocturnal urination while urging customers to buy the genuine Haarlem product from Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
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Ray Anderson
Linn County
Fair Stockholders
Bison
Washington Sales Ass
Stewart
J m
Hese IG
Freddle
Williams
Hyblind
Beaty
Louisa County
Buckingham
Howard Township
Tama County
Bert Draper
Marshalltown
Draper
Buckingham Township
Myotheet
Usi
Mary-Ann
Dept
Malden
Mass
Avery Harvest
Ed Oliphant
Center Point
Vneip Markets
K-Boled
DIAL
C. Forest Poland Sale
Mount Vernon
Stephen Bena
Tittle Bros. Packing Company
Second Street SE
Haddock
Merle EF Garmoe
Cdi He
Stephan Benn
Rosedale
Bertram
A. T. Bena
R. F. Dci
Nebraska
Baby Beef
Ohio
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