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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1937
Page
1
An old newspaper fragment lists advertising rates for Foreign Display Local Display Readers and Classified per word with advance payment terms. It mentions Cards of Thanks In Memoriam and Resolutions of Respect and notes obituaries with regular advertising notes. The item is dated Thursday February 25 1937.
An essay argues floods worsen with population and mismanaged resources. It calls for headwater flood quarantines, forest protection, soil conservation, controlled logging and fires, replanting, terracing, erosion control, and maintained levees to prevent future disasters. It stresses immediate action using many concrete measures.
The speaker urges action on flood preparedness and dam or river management, warning that delays in deciding cost and responsibility between States and the Nation threaten future calamities. He invokes a historical flood to stress urgency and warns that neglecting river dangers will erode future security.
Marie Halverson returns from Gander and Ella Frieburghaus comes home from West Union. Frank Stepanek returns from a cigar trip to Nebraska, Frank Capper visits from Chester, and Fred Frieden prepares to move near LeMar Missouri. Gee Holzer family moves into rooms above F.M. Smith’s, Alta Forbes suffers rheumatism, Fred Kohler is ill, Fred R. Berg buys spring and summer stock in Chicago. The Thos Howard family plans to move into a remodeled home in Elgin. Wess Union notes Lou Christ and Leslie Brown visit St Olaf. Ethel Albright hosts a gathering. Pearl Greenley recovers from quinsy. Ed and Mrs Smith attend Alf Pinney’s funeral in Volga City. Locals view the Turkey River ice gorge after a warm spell. Nick Martie visits from Missouri and Tryphe Lewis enjoys Sherman life. Hoag family welcome a daughter. Efford Hunsberger moves to Forbes property on Main. Mrs Knudtson hosts Kensington club. John Lehman remains recovering from ice fall.
The article argues that federal tax burden is not only on individuals. It notes that if all corporate net income from the latest year with official figures were taxed, corporations would have paid roughly one quarter of the total tax bill, challenging the belief that only individuals pay most taxes.
Editor notes a reader contributed piece urging water flood prevention starts at the source. Warns neglect harms poorer districts and highlights dams reservoirs forests and land use as key to reduce floods. Reflects on long timelines and calls to teach youth the cost of prior neglect and rebuild soils for national resilience.
A short dispatch from the Midwest tells of Tie, a wiry terrier crossing a railroad bridge over the Mississippi. A fast freight halted inches from him, the engineer warming and feeding the dog before resuming. The tale contrasts train crews sacrificing time for a dog with drivers speeding past pedestrians.
A Clayton county organization for the promotion of better education was formed at Elkader last week with representatives from nearly every school district. The group backs a bill to have the state appropriate 12 million dollars annually for schools, relieving local taxing bodies. G W Hunt of Guttenberg was named chairman.
Lincoln said long enough to reach from his body to the ground and the same rule applies to business size. A company's growth hinges on meeting public needs with a worthwhile service at a fair price. The Bell System has grown with the nation to serve 127,000,000 people.
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