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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
4
Want ads show rates and policies for quick cash listings. Items include a cream separator, Webster dictionaries, horse blankets, harness repair, salesbooks, dahlias and gladiolus bulbs, hay, a Shorthorn bull, garage space, horses and a roan team plus a Fordson tractor. Listings note locations Elgin Clermont Farmeraborg Postville and Iowa counties.
Uncle Mben warns against indulgence with a folksy lesson about Satan lurking to grab you unawares. The quote references Danny Baten urging patience and caution as one waits to answer a doorbell in a Washington Star item.
Jacob Crane leads a statewide push sponsored by the state fish and game department and the conservation board to realize a 25 year plan for conservation. The piece urges active public support, funding, and legislative action to maintain game and fish, noting that license fees alone cannot supply all needs. It calls for organized effort beyond enforcement to sustain outdoor life in Iowa.
The Woodduck is described with crested heads in both sexes and vivid color on the drake, with the female brown above and yellowish beneath. They nest in hollow trees up to forty feet high, and young fledge by para dropping to the ground before joining the family at water. They are localized in distribution, increasingly common in the Mississippi Valley, and nonmigratory into Mexico. Historically affected by summer shooting, they have recovered under protection.
William Levsen of DeWitt was fined 56 dollars for quail hunting out of season and unlawful possession of game. Arrested by deputy game warden T. F. Crowley, he faced charges including hunting without a license and shooting on a public highway. He was ordered to pay in ten days or serve jail time. Justice J. A. Bloom praised for enforcing the case.
An erroneous statement circulated in northeastern Iowa claiming a $30,000 fish hatchery would be built at McGregor. Dr. Walter, a member of the state fish and game department, clarifies the misinformation.
A fragment notes a confusion involving an oral hatchery in Marquette Wisconsin. The readable text hints at misidentification or mix up regarding the hatchery and local location, but details are sparse.
The piece argues that poor drainage wastes about 4 million dollars annually and harms fisheries and wildlife valued at over 1 billion dollars, citing Ged. W. Field. It notes sportsmen pushing reflooding and urges protection of deer moved to the James Bradley timber tract in Monroe County, with Bradley overseeing the animals. It also mentions upland game birds, quail, and birds’ winter shelter needs, plus a note on Chimney Swift behavior.
Readable bits describe home upgrade ads and humorous exchanges about roofs baths and floors. The content mixes a sales pitch about cheap materials with a string of comic lines about family, moon cheese, horns, and cars, all in a freewheeling newspaper tone.
The Salvation Army coordinated a fish distribution effort in Cedar Rapids, delivering about 18 000 pounds of rough fish to aid local recipients. Recipients included the Reilly family and others in Connell Nashua Fairfield and Tana areas, under state support.
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