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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
2
Apr 9 Huron market steady across livestock with hogs about 450 receipts. Regional reports from South St. Paul Sioux Falls and Chicago note cattle, calves, hogs and sheep mostly steady to higher with limited activity and varying weights.
General trend shows lower hog and sheep prices as Eastern shipping demand declines, with steady to 10 cent lower general markets and weaker late trade. Lamb and springers drop sharply while hog slaughter in March remains well below normal despite increased nationwide supply. Cattle and sheep totals rise slightly from February, marking the largest first quarter slaughter in years as packers push higher hog output.
Sioux City livestock market Thursday shows 3,000 cattle with beef steers and yearlings active, steady to strong. Fat stock firm and stockers offer limited changes, with heifers around 6.86 and feeders near 7.18. Prices cited include 140 to 1355 pounds and bulk cattle around 3.50 to 3.50, reflecting regional demand and lighter weight inventories.
Swift and Co supplies Buron South Dakota with heavy hens light hens and leghorn varieties plus old roosters. Prices for butterfat No 1 and No 2 listed. Bolles Rogers market in Huron offers cured hides from under 45 pounds over 45 pounds and bull hides horse hides and tallow.
Chicago potato market shows varied movement with Idaho russet Burbanks Wisconsin round whites and other assorted lots. Prices per cwt: Idaho 1 2.25 per cwt, Wisconsin 1 1.35, North Dakota Red River cobblers 1 1.31, early Ohio 1 1.45, Bliss and Minnesota cobblers around 1.68 to 1.25, Texas sacks few crates and Bliss tews graded No 1. The report notes slow supplies and mixed stock levels across regions.
Chicago April 9 butter remained firm while eggs held steady and poultry showed unsettled movement. Butter production aligned with expectations. overall supplies at four principal markets rose year over year. Receipts of butter and eggs surpassed last year, butter on hand at markets near 3.3 million pounds vs 943,550 last year. eggs staged around 435,000 casings, down from 722,000 a year ago. Poultry varied with live cars and trucks. livers and other items reported with mixed pricing across multiple varieties and grades.
Mitchell and Watertown price lists show farm produce for Thursday with figures for hens leghorn hens ducks eggs and related weights. Listings include heavy fowls roosters and various egg grades No 1 and No 2 with prices per pound or dozen according to size and condition.
Sioux Falls market notes list poultry categories with weights and prices for hens and stags, leghorns, ducks, geese, and butter products. receipts shown and current prices updated. Data includes heavy hens under 43 pounds and various classifications with specific numbers.
Sioux City and New York produce listings show prices for poultry such as hens over and under five pounds, leghorns and roosters, ducks and geese, along with butter and creamery butter quotes. The scattered figures include case counts, price per unit, and quality distinctions, reflecting a market snapshot from April with associated futures data.
Minneapolis April 2 reports note rain expectations and a government outlook affecting markets. Grain futures fell across May and July contracts with several grains showing declines while cash markets varied with stronger demand for durum and oats and steady to improving rye and flax activity.
Minneapolis grain report details cash prices for No 1 dark northern and No 1 mixed wheats, oats and barley with weights and freight notes. Includes futures and car lot range for No 1 hard amber durum, No 2 dark northern, corn prices and rye, flax, and sweet clover as traded or to arrive.
In Winston Salem North Carolina the city hospital board opened an inquiry into charges that a dying child Hazel Grimes was refused admittance to City Memorial Hospital because the father could not pay a week’s bill in advance. Hospital superintendent Dr J B Weltington said he thought the father would raise the money and dismissed the matter, the child died a short time after the hospital called to admit him. The mayor directed the committee to determine if the emergency case was presented and whether the rules forced advance payment in such cases. The father Jamey L Grimes paid the bill. Admitted patients Nels Molander Huron medical Viola Rex Wolsey minor surgical Dismissed Barbara Thompson Doland Anna Kludt Virgil Thais Raynor Huron Mrs Ruban Schaeffer Huron Mrs Walter Yan Chamberlain Lysman Jacobson Huron Chicago Grain Futures Thursday By The Associated Press Wheat Open High Low Close
Minneapolis on April 9 reports flour prices steady with no change. Carlead Interests patents show 65006.70 per barrel in 88 pounds cotton sale. Shipments reach 23,409 units with pure bre at 17 50 218 and standard middlings listed as 178 0718 9.
New York April 3 traders trimmed gains as profit takers pared several recent tops. Markets opened soft and drifted into a calm pre-holiday session with dwindling selling and subdued commitments ahead of tomorrow’s recess. Closing quotations showed mixed moves among industrial and miscellaneous issues while U. S. bonds posted modest shifts.
A brief stock market note covering Band and Share listings from Ford Motor Limited AMINE APOTIS and Northwest markets. Details on bid closures and UK activity appear amid the daily financial wires from The Associa Cities Service.
The 109th Engineers unit was reviewed last night and received a satisfactory inspection. Major Edward N. Chisoum Jr of the Seventh Corps Area engineer office in Omaha led the review. He then planned to inspect the second battalion of the 103rd Engineers and other battalions west of the Missouri River before returning to Omaha. Captain King R Crawford noted Huron’s company was the last of its battalion inspected, with Chisolm visiting Madison and Brookings on prior days.
In LaSalle Township Illinois a cave-in at a school foundation excavation trapped three WPA workers amid fifty cubic yards of dirt. One body recovered within minutes, two others missing. Edward Schloesser was buried to his neck but rescued and treated. condition favorable. Identified victims include Peter Compo from LaSalle. others are Steve Urech of Chicago and Frank Just of Peru. A timekeeper said only those four were in the pit.
Huron Country Club members and invited guests gather at the clubhouse for the year's first stag party. The dinner to start at 7 p.m. includes roast beef and offers a chance to bid farewell to Chas. H. J. Mitchell who is selling his interests in The Evening Huvinite and leaving Futon soon. Plans for the season will be discussed in a brief after-dinner session.
The county faces a likely delay in court action over two Huron banks and $4,000 in taxes. State's Attorney Markey says litigation would cost the county nothing, while County Auditor Puller follows an advisory opinion to add the amount to taxes due. Assistant Attorney General Re F. Drewry suggests adjudicating in favor of the taxing beady to clear the way for bank actions.
The Senate discussed a proposal requiring Secretary Wallace to report large soil conservation payments of 10 000 or more while considering limits on benefits under the new plan. Secretary Wallace said sugar payments fall to about one fifth of old AAA levels. wheat and cotton payments remain similar. A clerical error had overstated the largest wheat payment at 29 388 and should be 378.84.
Washington High School and Freeman Jams led among undefeated entrants after two rounds at Sioux Falls College in the state high school debate tournament. In round one results Rapid City beat Huron while Beresford defeated Philip and Freeman beat Kennebec.
William Gilmore a Bancroft resident and Spanish American War veteran died Tuesday in the Veterans Hospital at Ft Snelling Minnesota. He leaves a widow and four stepchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Hursa American Lutheran Church in Bancroft and at the Gilmore home with burial in Willow Lake cemetery.
The Farm Credit Administration said refinancing bond use of 150 million dollars was oversubscribed several times before books closed yesterday. The Federal Land Banks issued 385 per cent bonds at 994 percent to retire old bonds. The new issue is callable in 10 years and due in 20. Roosevelt to visit Ottawa in June as guest of Lord Tweedsmuir.
POLIS April 9 1 W land president of 4A ways Company seeks a mission to purchase and split up Minneapolis St. Louis Railroad. Cross examination at a state Commerce Commission hearing found no detailed plans. Weighs job losses and potential consolidation effects on ML St L employees.
Chicago April 1 The discussion on whether cancer can be bred out of human race was held at Edward Hines Jr Memorial Hospitals with Dr Mauti Sire and Col Hugh Lee noting experiments in mice suggesting possible human transmission. The meeting touched on cancer control theories and included a Canadian intake of canned foods and various farm equipment listings and used goods from John Deere and O Keefe Hardwear, with notices of farm supplies and ready-to-go shipments.
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