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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1930
Page
8
Armour stockyards at Huron reported Saturday receipts totaling 4000 head. Market shown steady to weak with extensive price range from 7.50 to 7.70 in the bulk and as high as 7.75 for the extreme top.
Sioux City market news from December 6 shows cattle and calves near weekly steady with some gains for stockers and feeders. Top yearlings around 13.35, heavy beef 12.75, bulk grain fed 12.05 to 12.15, cows 6.00 to 6.25 with some higher, feeding lambs 6.00 to 6.65, fat lambs 7.50 to 8.00, lambs and ewe prices mixed as buyers and shippers move cautious. Sheep about 2,000 traded slowly. stock pigs steady.
Sioux Falls market report shows hogs 2,000 head with gains of five cents, top 2.90, bulk 7.75, average 7.0 for good packers at 7.09. Cattle 400 head steady.
Cattle and hog markets show uneven activity with occasional sharp declines. lambs strong. Best fed yearling steers around 13.0 or better. most beef cows 4.00 to 5.25. heifers 4.35 to 5.50. bulls 4.75 to 5.25. vealers 8.0 to 10.5. Hog market mostly 7.60 to 7.80 with lights 1.75 to 1.30. sows 5.00 to 7.00. lambs steady to 6.50 to 6.75. feeders weak with western stock at 7.50 to 8.50. Stock pigs down to 3.00 with best whites 6.50 to 6.75 feed lambs.
Chicago market reports show mixed livestock moves with steers steady to strong for weighty lots, yearlings steady while lighter grades weaken. Sheep and lambs rise modestly with direct shipments and feeders down slightly. hogs steady with large direct lots noted. Local outlets show overall softer week for stockers amid abundant supply.
Minneapolis reports show dull wheat futures with mostly light, featureless trading, December and May closing unchanged. Cash premiums dip as a major mill agrees to withdraw, while barley and oats swing downward late. flax remains in light supply with strong crushing demand.
The Minneapolis area reports range carrot grain prices with Wheat No. 1 dark northerns at 77 44 to 80 percent, No. 1 northern 80 44, No. 2 ember duran 74 4 78 percent, and No. 2 mixed durum 64 4. Corn yellow bits 2 percent, No. 5 mixed AH. Rye No. 1 53, Barley No. 2 12 55, Flax No. 1 2.10 percent. oats not quoted.
Market brief lists grain prices with barley at 33, oats 24, corn 3, and mentions dark northern wheat 54. The fragment references flexible barley and red dorm but lacks full context, yielding a snapshot of commodities and prices without complete details.
A fragmented stock table lists numerous companies with mixed percentages and prices. The snippet references Amoco, Anaconda, Armour, Eastman Kodak, Gen Foods, Freeport Texas, Houston Oil, North West, and others with various percentages, prices, and shares, in a dense catalog of market figures.
Sioux Falls reports Hens and Leghorn products with varied weights and prices, noting hens at 13 for over 13 pounds and springs at 9. Leghorn roosters, ducks, geese, and dressed items show fluctuating values. Chicago prices reflect softer butter, firmer eggs, and poultry market activity for live fowl, roosters, turkeys, ducks, and geese. New York shows steady dressed poultry and butter. Minneapolis lists flour and by-product prices with standard shipments and freight details.
New York stock lists drifted lower ending the week with light volume. Rail shares fell to multi year lows while large losses touched several leaders like Eastman Kodak and Allied Chemical. Banks show modest clearings though oil pricing remains unsettled as Primex withdraws as a crude purchaser.
Residents urged to prepare clothing food and toys for the Salvation Army collection to be conducted by an American Legion committee led by Lawrence Cornell. Donors should fill out the attached coupon and have items ready for pickup on Friday December 12 in Huron.
Charles A. Levinne was cleared of conspiracy to counterfeit French coins in Vienna. He told the Associated Press the plan to fly around the world in 15 days prompted his trouble. His famous solo flight across the English Channel inspired a world tour idea with medals bearing his head and a globe design.
Asheville experts warn the American chestnut may die out due to chestnut blight. Large forests face loss of tannin, nuts, and timber with no eradication method known. Government pathologists plan to import blight resistant Asiatic chestnut from China and Japan to replace or cross with American trees. Large scale plantings in North Carolina aim to grow 5,000 seedlings on public lands for study and replacement.
Two men named Herman Balsby and Clarence Schumacher appeared before U S Commissioner John P Laver and were bound over to the April term of Federal court at Sioux Falls. Each was held on $1,000 bonds. Balsby waived preliminary hearing on a liquor sale charge. Schumacher faces charges of possession and transportation of liquor.
Judge RD Gardner of the fifth judicial circuit informs the state supreme court of his withdrawal from the election to succeed him as judge. The court has not acted pending formal notice and the case may be dismissed. Includes unrelated list of stock-like figures and company names.
Prizes donated by Huron merchants for the Christmas home decoration contest are on display in Welker Florist windows. Judges named include Robert Fair and Clarence Walker. December 15 is entry deadline with inspections by December 21.
Philo T. Farnsworth of San Francisco unveils a method to transmit television images over a narrow radio band, promising many more channels. He claims the concept could also adapt to telephoning pictures over teletype wires, with vacuum tubes sending and receiving motion pictures at high rates.
Washington reports the administration expects at least 355 million dollars in the deficit by year end. Unemployment and farm relief appropriations push the total beyond the 180 million budget shortfall, with possible additions from seed loans and congressional authorizations. The administration opposes borrowing for relief, fearing it would siphon capital from private enterprise.
Cleveland December 6 1 5 million union railroad workers were urged to join the big five operating brotherhoods in a push for a six hour day with six hour pay. Representatives from the other sixteen railroad groups were asked to meet with big five executives in Washington next Monday. David B Robertson headed the call from here as head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The plan also includes a joint stand against unfair competition on waterways highways and the growing threat of pipelines.
Federal prohibition enforcement for the last fiscal year yielded 68 173 arrests. Secretary Melvin L. Ulrich announced the figures in Washington detailing agency actions and outcomes across the United States.
A one day farmer's short course will be conducted at Yale on February 4 under the extension service of South Dakota State College. County Agent R A Cave announced the event with a corn grain and other farm product show and culinary farm home exhibits. Dr G S Weaver of the extension service will be in charge of the meeting.
Several nuns and Associated Charities mailed requests to Huron residents for food, clothing, money and other articles. The former charity hub at 357 Kansas Ave will again serve as a clothing clearing house run under Rev. F. Lochridge with supervision by Mrs. Hervida Domas, Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs. E. K. Coshun. Financial aid is requested with Bayard E. Beach listed as treasurer.
Paris December 6 7 Louis Barthou accepted President Doumergue’s invitation to form a new ministry succeeding the Tardieu government. He said he would confer with political leaders tonight and report progress tomorrow. Bartho's backing comes from influential party elements aiming to resolve recent banking scandals and restore confidence at the bourse.
Beadle County Historical Society will present Frank B Stevens account of Huron's founding in 1879 camping on the townsite, opening the Beadle County Bank in 1281, later Beadle County National Bank, and Stevens service as county treasurer from 1883 to 188%. His article, part of the December 8 meeting program at the courthouse, invites all to attend.
Jay B Sessions vice president of Sessions printing and sales manager for Brownell Corp died when his car hit a road bank in heavy fog north of Hartford. Miss Alice Smith bookkeeper for Brownell injured with scalp wounds and shock. Police believe miscalculation near a curve caused the crash. The widow and two children survive.
MADISON Dec. 6—O H Johnson director of the state game and fish department announced pheasants legally taken in Beadle county during the current open season may be shipped when properly tagged. He said shipments need not be confined to Beadle county and postmasters and express agents within the state may accept the birds as during the regular season.
The Allegheny Valley Trust cashier A R McFarland aged 35 was shot dead today during a bank hold up at Vernon a Pittsburgh suburb The killer fired point blank through the teller window and fled in a car with an accomplice awaiting at the wheel The crime ends with McFarland’s instant death and the escape of the bandit.
In Berlin fascists disrupted a screening of All Quiet on the Western Front, shouting denouncements and tossing white mice and stench bombs. Police cleared the theater as Goebbels watched from a front seat amid a brown shirt guard. later shows planned under heavy protection.
The Izaak Walton league seined 5600 pounds of carp buffalo and other rough fish from the James River south of the Great Northern bridge. Eight unemployed men worked under Fred Holton to harvest the fish which were sold at three cents a pound to cover seining costs with resale allowed at six cents a pound. No more seining will occur until the existing fish are disposed of.
In circuit court here Lee Klinger faces charges of slaying his stepson George Johnson after an argument at their ranch near New Underwood. Johnson died from a gas bacillus infection four days after a October 6 gunshot wound. Klinger contends self defense claiming Johnson threatened to beat him.
In Fargo North Dakota a robbery at the Pure Food store led to a running gun battle ending in Moorhead Minnesota. Two Fargo officers were wounded one seriously and Ray Carter 29 was wounded and near death in jail after a pursuit involving about 30 shots. Moorhead officer Roy Larson was fatally wounded and Cass County deputy Pete McArthur was less seriously hurt. Carter was said to mutter There ain t nobody gives a damn ybbout me Shoot and let s be done.
Sioux Falls report says a liquor trial paused as Municipal Judge R L Gibbs ordered perjury charges prepared against four of six defendants Harriet Lang Aleda Peterson Art Van Sickle and Charles Williams after testimony prompted the halt. Arrests followed for James Burke and Cliff Wittmer during a liquor card raid at an apartment Tuesday night.
Chase Brothers of Willow Lake S D won fourth place at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. The yearling team earned the placing amid competition on December 4.
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