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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
5
State lawmakers in the 46th General Assembly face tough issues as the Public Health committee bill passes the Senate 40 to 7 after days of clause by clause review. It would require a stricter examiners board and standard education in six basic science areas for healing arts licensing, a measure opposed by chiropractors and others and awaiting House approval.
Senator Irwin of Clinton County failed to push a bill to amend the state income tax. The measure would raise exemptions for single persons to 1000 dollars and married persons to 1800, but a 27 to 20 defeat and amendments up the rate on the fourth thousand dollars to 6 percent likely swayed votes against passage. The piece notes public reaction to a Des Moines Register feature, heated remarks by Gustav Alesch, and commentary on press freedom and lobbyist influence as legislators brace for chain store tax bills.
Chas. L. Klingman along primary 66 reports a heavy hailstorm Friday morning lasting about five minutes. Hail the size of small hickory nuts blanketed the ground like snow with no wind, causing minor damage.
Elgin celebrates Lehman Hardware fifty years in business on the corner of Center and Clermont. Founded by Chris Lehman in 1885, the store, now run by L G Lehman, has remained a hardware specialty with top lines. The firm began as hardware and farm machinery, later focused on hardware alone.
Walter Kohls street commissioner reports steady work on Elgin streets using a small two horse grader. Such equipment performs best when ground is soft, but fails to shape dry road beds. The winter's severity has left roads rough, though current conditions are improved.
Taxpayers are warned that taxes become delinquent April 1 with an extra penalty after that date. They have three days to settle, and banks can provide amounts and handle remittances. State income taxes also delinquent from the same date.
Citizens are urged to stay off the central park grass in Elgin while soil firms and grass recovers from years of care by the park commissioners. The warning stresses conservation as the area heals and traffic damages lessen.
Torkelson Bros Elgin implement dealers report seven tractors sold this year a record for the firm and a sign horsepower is scarce in the community. The season isn’t over yet and idle gossip lingers as residents discuss local happenings. Frieda Miller and Henry Wender of Waterloo visited Herman Scheel’s home in Elgin. Frieda plans to stay until Easter before returning to Waterloo.
Ern Holzer fell about twelve feet from a hay chute onto a cement floor while doing chores. He landed on his shoulder and suffered severe injuries. Neighbors Mrs. Louis Becker helped summon medical care. He was kept at home overnight for pain relief and planned for hospital X rays and treatment the next day, though movement remained difficult.
A columnist complains about excess publicity and advertising reaching a Monday mail batch. The piece notes multiple free columns with little news value occupying space that could be sold to advertisers, estimating composition costs around 25 dollars and urging tighter editorial reliance on news.
Chevrolet shows production climbing to over 5,000 vehicles daily with 5,162 units built on March 19 across nine plants. January 1 to March 10 deliveries exceed 1934 by 30.3 percent as unfilled orders approach 100,000, with all departments at top speed to satisfy demand.
Helen Muehlethaler finished second in the dramatic division at the county declamatory contest held at Upper Town University in Fayette last week. In this division Oelwein took first, Elgin second, Hawkeye third. Mrs G Spahr plans to move into her own home about Friday, after living with her daughter Mrs Tile Hanson during the winter.
The Amerian Legion Auxiliary met at the town hall on March 20 with seven members present. A postponed family supper due to bad roads was noted. Mrs. Torkelson reported 3.66 raised from the Legion lunch, while Mrs. Greenley noted food and clothing donations totaling 2.00 for needy families. A 45 cent bill for candy for the Independence party was approved, and a dollar was sent to the county secretary for the same event. A small contribution was voted to support the Oelwein quartet radio broadcast from KGOA in April. The unit plans a citation and a listening party on March 27 with Fayette county Legion post broadcasting from KGCA in Decorah. Music was led by R. C. Jorgenson, Marian Lehman, Helen Muehlethaler, Kenneth Evans, and Signy Hanson. Supt. L. B. Carter spoke on Community Service. Plans for a poppy poster contest for grades 5–8 and a prize of 80e were discussed, with a menu committee appointed for the April party. No further business and the meeting adjourned.
The black top route 172 between Elgin and Clermont has developed several frost boils, soft spongy spots that appear in spring as frost leaves the ground. On Tuesday afternoon six to seven such areas were noted, with the worst at the L. E. Nelson corner and one in Elgin city limits at Mel Kohler residence. Motorists are warned to slow to avoid spills.
An Elgin ordinance prohibits the running at large of all poultry after April 1. Keep poultry confined to own premises after that date. Compliance requested promptly as notice issued only once. Signed B0c H F Becker Mayor.
In Elgin two Cetter streets and two Mill streets exist and a street changes its name crossing Main. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mosby welcome a girl born Sunday morning, their third queen in the household. Nurse Constance Hutchinson aided the mother first day and Clara Muehlenthaler now cares for mother and baby at the Mosby home.
A Des Moines correspondent reports the Basic Science Bill passed the Senate 40 to 7 last Thursday and moves to the House for consideration. The Echo notes strong public interest with supporters and opponents voicing opinions in a recent flood of propaganda.
Joseph Burianek proprietor of the Great Central Tobacco Works and the West Side Smoke Shop at 219 Third avenue W died Sunday at 6 a m at his home above his business after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow two sons and three grandchildren. born in Czechoslovakia on March 18 1869 he came to America at age nine. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Barta's Funeral Home with Crescent lodge A F and A M taking part burial in Bohemian National cemetery. He had operated in Cedar Rapids and Elgin Illinois before moving his plant to Cedar Rapids in 1911.
About two weeks ago the Echo sent statements on delinquent subscriptions and replies come in. for years the practice was to wait for better days but now a year or two ago prices for farm produce were higher and it now takes about a third as much pork butter eggs to pay a year’s subscription. readers are asked to remember this and thank the Echo for waiting.
The Northeast Iowa Press Association will meet in Ossian on Friday, April 5, with T. F. Schmitz of the Bea as host. Regularly held on the second Friday, the date moved up a week because the state meeting occurs April 19. The association includes four northeast counties.
The Elgin Community Club announces the next monthly meeting on Monday evening April 8 with further notice to follow next week. Keep the date reserved for the club gathering.
Henry E Mork of four miles east of Elgin will hold a public sale of farm stock feed and machinery on Wednesday afternoon April 3. See his advertisement on another Echo page. The note concludes with a proverb about testamentary gifts.
A bill seeks to create within the Department of Labor a Bureau of Peace and Friendship to study causes of war and ways to avert it. It would publish findings publicly and operate with a $100,000 first-year appropriation to promote peace amid vast war expenditures. The measure argues for offsetting military hype with peace efforts and cites quotes from Roosevelt, Lloyd George, and Lincoln.
A local column notes the flood of letters and telegrams to the Fourth Town district congressman and promises to reply to all. It acknowledges occasional delays and urges readers to notify if ten days pass without a response, noting letters may be misplaced.
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