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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
4
An old classified notice outlines ad rates up to 25 words at 95 cents per insertion for want ads. For orders over 250 words, 1 cent per word applies. Extra handling and service charges of 10 cents per week apply for mail to the office. Payment before month end is preferred. telephonic orders are accepted with payment due by month end. otherwise 10 cents per line billed monthly.
A 109 acre Metzger farm near Elgin offers deep black soil, 75 cultivated acres, pasture, timber, water, and proximity to a canning factory. Nearby 475 acre stock and corn farm three miles from Volga and five from Wadensa boasts fine buildings and good roads. Prices on application. Grether's Real Estate Agency, Elgin, Iowa.
A Maryland column recalls Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth birthplaces near Bel Air and Aberdeen, and notes Tudor Hall the Booths’ birthplace. It describes Dolly Madison House with its wistaria vine, her later comfort funded by the government purchase of Madison papers for 330000, and reflects on life paths.
In the writer’s view regional culinary habits differ from his own. He notes that in Washington mutton and lamb are highly popular, preferring these meats to to other regions. He praises mutton chops and lamb chops as rivaling fine beef steak in the capital, signing as Fred Biermann.
The article notes the federal government plans to spend 4 billion 800 million on relief, arguing the round figure helps division among states. It estimates Iowa about 100 million, Fayette county about 1 million, Pleasant Valley and Elgin about 50 thousand each, and warns larger entities may claim more. It suggests even 50 thousand could fund road grading and graveling to improve farm access in rain.
A busy school year leads to commencement week with dates for activities. May 17 senior class play Out of the Fog. May 19 baccalaureate. May 21 and 22 final exams. May 23 all school exhibit and class night. May 24 picnics and commencement exercises. Dr. W. H. Cable to address. Also notes a new forwarding address service via registered mail with return receipt for lost contacts.
Seventy five young men and women attended the second Junior Farm Bureau meeting Wednesday evening May 8 at the Legion hall in Fayette. The constitution and by laws were read and action on adoption set for the July meeting. A program featured community singing, a reading, tap dance, and accordion music followed by social etiquette Q&A. After an hour of recreation a box social was held. The next meeting will be the second Sunday in June with a picnic dinner in the state park near West Union.
H E Nichols extension horticulturist from Iowa State College will visit Fayette county on Thursday May 16 to demonstrate correct spray application methods. The session at Graf orchards starts at 1 30 p m with guidance on Calyx or Petal Drop spray timing as petals drop. With dry weather last year scab was scarce but many growers skipped pre bloom sprays making this season critical.
County Agent Paul McElroy recommends seeding Sudan grass for temporary pasture on farms with scarce regular pasture or likely summer drought. Sudan grass yields lush grazing in hot dry weather when bluegrass is gone, with 10 to 15 pounds per acre, drill or broadcast seeding, no lime needed on acid soil, and stock should enter after the crop reaches 8 to 10 inches. It tolerates overgrazing once well established.
Over 40 dairy calf club members and parents met at the U S gym Tuesday evening May 7 for a roundup. County Agent Paul E McElroy led community singing. G E Sauerbry spoke on the year’s work while Robert Putman reported on dairy calf club activities. Ernest M Wright of the Iowa Dairy Association gave the main talk and showed two reels on calf club work statewide. He urged liming soil to reduce erosion, emphasized crop rotation with legumes, and noted acid soils hinder deep rooted clovers and alfalfa. Dairy farmers were advised to plant soybeans for summer feed and as a source of high protein seed, with extra corn fodder stacked to refill silos next year.
A filling is nearly exhausted prompting a refill to assure dairy farmers a feed supply and avoid high prices for commercial feeds.
The N. BE. Town Masonic Fellowship will hold its next meeting in Guttenberg on Monday evening May 20. Members have been invited to Prairie du Chien on Saturday evening May 18 for a third degree conferred by skilled brethren from nearby Wisconsin lodges.
Logan Blizzard of McGregor joins the new Iowa conservation fish and game commission to oversee state parks and wildlife work. Local events include a birthday honor for Ernes tine Holzer and a hospitalization after a two car collision near the Echo office.
Booster Day at Waucoma Sunday featured two shutouts as St Luvan blanked Clermont 6 to 0 and Blain edged Waucoma 1 to 0 over seven and five innings respectively. A large crowd witnessed erratic play by Elgin despite strong pitching by Gehring who fanned eight. Clermont visits next Sunday to open the league.
Harriet Peterson hosted guests from Manon City last Sunday while Deanatta Lindaman entertained attendees from Aplington. Fred Henninger will travel to Lansing Friday for a wrestling match with Phillips of La Crosse, with boosters likely in attendance. Anna Rennison returns home for the summer after teaching at Princeton, and will be hired to teach there again next year. Mrs. Thos Howard reports early radishes from her garden and Eddie Conner claims credit for the gardening. The J F Bailey family moved Saturday to rooms above Falk's garage, closer to the business district and its beauty shop.
A compact, metaphorical line notes that progress requires risk and cannot be achieved while preserving an unchanging stance. It uses a baseball metaphor to stress action and commitment over hesitation.
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