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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
9
Market report from Armour Stockyards in Huron on December 11 notes receipts of 2,508 hogs with prices rising 10 to 15 cents. Hogs quoted 3.60 top, with various weight classes and packer bids listed. Chicago hog futures show signs of firming as buyers hold steady amid light cattle offerings and softening lamb and sheep markets.
Sioux City market reports show calves and feeders flat to down with limited demand. hogs steady to higher led by 200-240 lb butchers and 190-300 lb packs. beef cows and heifers mixed with occasional gains and scarce stockers. South St. Paul entries reference steady to uneven trading across steer calves and feeders. vealers strong, lambs weak, and sows mixed with softer fat lamb and feeder prices.
Wheat futures edged higher with December and July contracts up while rye and oats held steady. Cash wheat and corn saw narrow activity with demand modest to fair. barley rose slightly and flax modest. Minneapolis and Chicago grain scenes show mixed price moves amid light trading and steady to firm cash quotes.
Market reports list live fat geese and turkeys with weights and prices, dressed poultry and hogs, and wool, hides, and tallow quotes. Boston wool market notes scoured basis by territory with fine styles and blood combing levels. Chicago butter and poultry prices show activity and grade ranges. regional towns like Sioux City and Mitchell report local poultry and dairy values.
Word comes of the sudden death of A Thurston of Sioux. Funeral plans not made today but body expected to be brought to Huron for burial. Mr and Mrs Thurston moved to Sioux Raise Jest spring 34 Thurston is father of Mrs Chrde Dey of Huron.
Emery Pellant of Third Street Southwest received word this morning of his father F E Pellant’s death at his Milwaukee home. Funeral services are planned in Milwaukee on Monday. Pellant, who has visited his son in Heron, was known locally as Snows.
Q H Johnson director of the state game and fish department announced the nearly three mile canal diverts Sioux river flood waters into Lake Poinsett. The canal runs about two miles northwest of Demgster in Hamlin County, 10 feet deep up to 60 feet wide, with gates that won’t disrupt normal flow and will curb floods. Next spring waste banks will be sloped and seeded with tame grass to prevent weeds.
Ruth Wenter 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank J Wenter of Wilmette Illinois, former Huron residents, will sing tonight with Paul Whiteman's orchestra on NBC at 9 pm The Wenters left Huron about 15 years ago His father was an attorney for Chicago and North Western Railway and is now head of the railroad safety department Miss Wenter a Northwestern sophomore and Kappa Gamma sorority member was elected Chicago queen in a four hour audition against 54 contestants.
Lewis Bronner of Morningside awaits arraignment before Municipal Judge Dick Haney on a petit larceny charge. Bronner allegedly stole two bushels of corn from H. F. Wetrick who resides just west of the Fair Grounds.
At The Hospitals Lake Lak Liberal treatment to urge Liberal treatment by the administration toward farmers delinquent in their loans from the Federal Land banks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips of Hitchcock visit in Huron at the M. L. Beta home and plan to leave Monday for Long Beach California for the winter. Closing quotations show mixed stock prices across numerous companies and sectors.
Beadle county sees widespread farm tax cuts as boards trim budgets and equity and school districts cooperate With quarter section land reductions reports show Whiteside township land dropping from 7609 to 8374 valuation and taxes falling to 99 30 from 520 30 this year Across 66 township districts average farm land valuations cut about 21 percent with total levies lower in 42 districts Carlyle district No 1 reduces total levy from 157 mills to 141 7 mills a drop of 15 24 mills and school levy down 5 7 mills while township and road levies also fall
Fragmented OCR text notes amber durum wheat prices and grain grades with No 2 and No 1 durum listings. Mentions markets in Duluth and December timing. Details are garbled but reflect standard grain price reporting and track entries.
A fragmented stock market column shows a late trading tone with references to sharp price movements and investor caution indicating volatility and potential momentum shifts for nearby sessions.
Regular services of the First Christian church will be held Sunday morning in Late Tereple beginning with Bible SRS at 10 oclock. The program includes a sermon titled Solon's Vision on Petmon from Bay. The ecumenical service follows at 11 oclock at Spa at the Kime Mickum. Veiled details list James Seamer at 272 Tenth Street Southwest hosting the after service gathering with Mr. Swamy as lead.
The Huron Medical Society postponed its annual election to January 24 at Hotel Marvin Hugh itt. The meeting featured talks on Traumatic Surgery of Extremities with guests including W. A. Bater Aberdeen president J. F. D. Cook Langford secretary and A. S. Rider Flandreau H. W. Sherwood Doland C. E. Sherwood Madison J R. Westaby Madison and Carl Moe Huron druggist. State councilors were in session discussing association affairs.
Arrangements are under way for what is billed as the largest American Legion meeting in Huron on Thursday night December 17. Ex service men from rural districts are invited to attend the big event featuring a Toelock dinner and a six round boxing match between Tony LeClair of Virgil and a worthy opponent. The German band will provide music while food is served by Legion members.
Leo Cool of near Wolsey was bound over to circuit court after a municipal court appearance before Judge Dick Haney for a four day preliminary hearing on a charge of transporting intoxicating liquor. Bond set at $500 with Mex Royal for Cook and W. W. Howes for the state. Officers who made the arrest were examined by the attorneys.
Indall, superintendent of schools, assumes scout master duties for the Highmore Boy Scout troop with area scout headquarters in Huron reporting the change. The Highmore Hirckwas club sponsors both the scout and cub organizations, and Rev. Mr. Daniels will replace Indall as cubmaster of the Highmore Cub pack.
Eddie Langbehm of near Wolsey reported to the sheriff he crashed into a stranded truck on Federal highway No 14 about 11 miles west of Huron last night. The truck with a broken wheel had been left in the road without lights. License plates 15 T 288 indicate Cod ington county. Langbehm was not seriously hurt.
Minneapolis figures show out of state tourists spent 75,166,410 in Minnesota in 1931. E. C. Hotaling, state tourist director, cited hotel and resort registrations for the estimate, noting 1,524,472 visitors versus 1,461,965 the prior year.
Wesleyan University defeated Bridgewater 35 to 20 after a sluggish first half. Wesleyan guards limited Bridgewater to five points in the second half and set up a return game at Mitchell on Wednesday.
Kaunas Lithuania Dec 1 Antones Smetona was unanimously reelected president of Lithuania by the board of electors. Age 57, he has served five years since a coup d etat. He is the son of a farmer and studied law at Petrograd.
The council considers a seed loan scheme to curb excessive indebtedness. Officials debate whether to approve the proposal and how to proceed, outlining potential safeguards and fiscal impact for the community.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a tangled scene as actor Hayakawa and Miss Ruth Noble confront love, marriage, and a child dispute aboard a ship near San Francisco. Hayakawa’s Japanese wife remains in Los Angeles with their son Yukio as Noble seeks custody and support. The case ends with promises of settlement and ongoing affection between Noble and Hayakawa.
Huron theatregoers will witness the Campus Players opening night in the Huron college auditorium with Cappy Ricks a three act comedy adapted from Peter B Kyne’s story. Cast includes Bob Hough Ruth Smail Ivan Blevins and Cecil Pericles Bernhard with new scenery and lighting. Curtain at 8 15.
Washington December 11. A bill was introduced by Representative Dyer to add two circuit judges to the eighth judicial district. The district covers Minnesota Iowa Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota and western Arkansas. Judge A K Gardner of Huron is among the current judges in this district.
In Idabel Oklahoma the prosecution rested after presenting evidence against Charles Draper a strong mountaineer charged in the death of three men whose nude bodies were found in Dead Man's Hollow on October 19 A purported confession attributed to Draper and Sheriff Charles Holman was introduced as part of the case Harris 23 of Antlers Oklahoma and two witnesses were called in connection with the robbery and killings involving Jack O Dell aged 18
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