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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
4
For sale a yearly demand for registered Holstein bull calves with strong dam records. Also social notes: Harold Opland Elgin 10-11¢. Several Sunday visits and community gatherings described with multiple local residents and families attending events at West Union Postville Clermont Monticello Clinton and nearby homes.
Mrs Melllen Loftsgard and others spent Wednesday with Mrs Caroline Erickson. Willard Martin family were dinner guests in Ed Johnson home. Selmer Holm and Roger visited Andrew Reinhart. Leo Watson and Adrian spent Sunday at Spencer Nesvick home near Os sian. Mrs Caroline Erickson visited Mrs Julia Landsgard. Harold Trlem Fayne Georgie were dinner guests in Helmer Lyngaas home. Ewald Lyngaas hosts Vernon Anderson Glen Nygard Bert Leona Thelma Lyn gaas. Caroline Erickson Selmer visited Lloyd Aanes home. Alvin Halverson Ronald were dinner guests of Julia Landsgard. Donald Larson and Donaline left for North Carolina. Clara Peterson Henry Peterson Pearl left for La Crosse for check up.
The Democrats gain 18 house seats, boosting their tally to a high since 1936 as Beardsley plans youth in government and fewer boards. Interim changes may come with Redman and Watts replaced. speakership likely stays with Kuester after Nicholas's loss. Upsets include district splits in Park, Wapello, Scott and senatorial races, with Labor gains and notable defeats like Hugh Lundy and Duane Dewes.
Public safety commissioner Alfred Kahl backs a legislative boost from 160 to 275 patrolmen, estimating a $500,000 cost. Incorporating 25 examiners as part of the increase would add 90, enabling day and night highway coverage and at least one patrolman in every county seat.
Interim road study committee ready to propose financing the 20 year program without new taxes. The report calls for gas tax increases, no property tax hikes, and no bond issues. It envisions about one billion dollars in expenditures over 20 years to complete primary secondary farm to market and urban road systems.
The Interstate Power Company formally dedicated its new 3,000,000 Lansing power plant near Lansing on the Mississippi river. B. F. Pickard, president, told the crowd of over 1,400 that the plant symbolized American free enterprise and could only be built here with such dispatch under our system. Congress member Henry O. Talie gave the principal address praising labor-saving equipment and practical scientists. Open house featured guided tours, refreshments, and souvenir pins.
Between July 1, 1947 and June 30, 1948 the state conservation commission reported 1 478 violations. Only two cases led to no convictions, fines totaling 38 237 60 dollars funded county school funds, and nine individuals chose 432 jail days instead of fines. Violations breakdown shows 646 fishing 813 hunting 63 trapping 55 navigation and 101 miscellaneous.
Elgin Iowa November 1 1948 council met at town hall with Mayor Falk and five council members present. Minutes read and approved. Ordinance 175 vacated a 10 foot alley between Lots 4 and 5 Block 4 and conveyed to Herbert W Falk. Ordinance 176 regulating billiard halls pool tables and licensing was adopted after readings. An application by Kenneth Huber for a pool table license prompted drafting of the new ordinance.
The Elgin council granted Kenneth Huber a pool table license once Ordinance Nov 176 becomes effective after publication in the Elgin Echo. A six resident petition urged closing the dumping ground beside Diagonal Street. the council agreed to close it and start locating a new dumping area. Motion to adjourn carried. R. E. Kohler, Clerk.
The 1948 Accident Facts lists coal mining and lumbering as the two most dangerous jobs in America. Disabling injuries per 1,000 man hours reach 54.46 in coal mining and 59.74 in lumbering, well above the 18.26 industry average in 1947. Days lost per 1,000 man hours are 6.24 for lumbering and 7.96 for coal mining, compared with 1.28 for all reporting industries. The communications industry is named the safest, with a frequency rate of 2.98 and a severity rate of .16.
USDA economists expect higher turkey production next year and softer prices. They anticipate increased supply will ease wholesale and consumer costs as markets adjust to evolving demand and farm outputs.
Three elderly men debate death by car crash at 80 mph or a 400 mph plane and a daughter asks how to curb spending as a mother jokes marry him.
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