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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
4
The State University of Iowa offers a one semester course in printing and linotype operating. Graduates easily find jobs after completing training. For details, write to James Morrison, SUI Linotype School, Iowa City, Iowa.
The legislature weighs a union shop contract option requiring a 30 percent petition for an election. Senate sponsor Sen. Charles S. Van Eaton leads the measure with House support from Rep. Ted Sloane. Rumors place Charles Fischer near a return as state insurance commissioner. The state parole board recommends commuting 12 life terms, while Attorney General Larson deems prize draws by high scorers on bowling machines illegal. Governor Beardsley will decide on these actions.
Robert Brannon of Denison has been named acting chief enforcement attorney for the Iowa district office of price stabilization OPS. The announcement was made by acting state director A J Loveland.
The report indicates strong prices for the 1952 corn crop appear almost certain. Soybean price outlook remains uncertain, while Towa ranks among the top six states for cows bred artificially.
Mr and Mrs James Wolf of West Union welcomed a son born March 4 at Postville hospital weighing seven pounds. Shirley Wrle den and others hosted birthday celebrations for Mrs Levi Frieden. The Frieden and Lehman families attended gatherings at various homes. Visitors from Corona California and Cedar Rapids were noted along with several local birthday events. The article lists numerous names and extended family visits in Elgin and surrounding areas.
Farmers should order windbreak trees soon for spring planting. Transplanted evergreens 12 to 24 inches high are economical for windbreaks. Pruning grapes and raspberries should occur from March 1 until buds swell. The home orchard can yield apples from early summer to late fall with careful variety selection. Lime applications in 1950 reached about 3 million tons in Iowa. Soybeans vs corn economics show similar returns when prices align. 1950 data favored soybeans, with a current ratio around 2 to 1.
Early spring oats seeding favors drilling over broadcasting with about 4 bushels per acre yield advantage. Drilling at 21-2 bushels per acre tops yields, while broadcasting requires extra seed. Treat seed with 1-2 ounces of Ceresan per bushel and inoculate legume seed for best results.
Iowa farm price indexes show broad gains from mid January to mid February with the prices received for all farm products at 335 percent of the 1910-14 base, up 22 points. The rise mirrors July’s jump and marks one of the sharpest increases on record, led by meat animals, dairy excluded, and with costs at 298 percent of the 1910-14 averages.
Herschel Van Dyke, 18, of Montgomery, was jailed for 120 days after a Spirit Lake court found him guilty of speeding, running a stop sign, operating a motor vehicle without a muffler, and resisting the law within minutes.
Joe Bechler, 21, lost control at a Sheldon railroad crossing and his car overturned. He was trapped for an hour until a winch and cable bent the frame to free him. The account notes the Pacific Ocean lies east of the Atlantic at the Panama Canal and Colorado claims the highest average altitude above sea level.
Nine month old John David Ryan of Knoxville pulled a heavy ash tray on himself while playing and lost two front teeth. John Vesely of Traer Star Clipper is noted as a star customer, buying ten subscriptions yearly for himself and his nine children.
A playful dialogue contrasts a baby's理解 with a father's explanation. Bert asks if one ever wonders what they would do with Rockefeller’s income, while Ed replies he hasn’t wondered but contemplates the idea.
A brief note records a police officer displaying twelve silver buttons on the front of the coat. The detail highlights a distinctive uniform feature observed in the image.
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