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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
11
Hog prices rose slightly at Armour Stockyards in Huron with top at 3.55 and receipts around 2,503. Chicago hog futures softened after early gains as buyers balked at prices near Thursday’s weak close. Cattle and lamb values faced broad declines amid ample supplies and market volatility.
Wheat futures closed higher with December up 2Shc and May July gains. Oats and flax rose while barley and rye also firmed. cash demand for high protein wheat remained strong. Sioux Falls St Paul and Chicago livestock reports note hogs up to 10 cents higher and steady to firm cattle. grain prices reflect broad demand.
A short market note lists eggs and produce pricing daily from Scilit & Co. It mentions Wuron Poultee and Sutter with a fan rate and six canes noted in the snippet. The text is fragmentary but indicates a routine market update for buyers and sellers.
Live fat ducks five pounds and over and live fat geese twelve pounds and over. One young turkey fourteen pounds, one young hen turkey eighteen pounds. Dressed young toms and hens up to sixteen pounds. Jackrabbits and hides noted. Wool and tallow prices listed. Chicago and Boston wool and poultry markets summarized with prices for eggs butter and potatoes.
New York stock trading climbed as the buoyant bond market lifted shares. Turnover exceeded 3.5 million, with U S Steel American Telephone American Can Chesapeake and Ohio Santa Fe and Union Pacific rising 4 to 5 points. Auburn and Delaware Hudson gained more than 10.
Closing quotations show a wide range of trust shares and common stocks including North American Trust, Universal Trust, British Type Lovertors, United Founders, Am Can, Am Loco, AT&T, Chrysler, Gen Elec, General Motors, Gillette, Coca, Packard, Pan Am, Penney, RKO, Standard Brands, and Studebaker among others. Notable price points and symbols appear, with several entries indicating fractional or irregular formatting.
Rapid City December 12 The South Dakota Supreme Court may determine if elk killing without a permit is a crime under state law in the case of Louis Collingwood Pringle convicted of killing an elk without a permit Judge H R Hanley advised a not guilty verdict to seek an arrest of judgment to allow a state appeal for an official ruling The judge noted deer birds and trout violations are crimes under the game and fish commission regulations.
Oklahoma City December 16 Gov William H Murray faces a crossroads as Oklahomans vote on his reform program called firebells or frebells. Proponents tout tax revisions education funding and land escheat while critics warn of loss of business and a creeping dictatorship. Local opposition cites fear of central control and foreign style governance.
In Aberdeen on December 18 authorities investigated an attack on 68-year-old August Peterson a retired Veblen barber who was beaten unconscious and robbed of about 200 dollars. Deputy fingerprint expert W H Nimmins returned from Veblen to assist Sheriff Stone and State’s Attorney N J Jones of Marshall county. Peterson suffered severe head bruises and possible rib fractures after being called to his door he wandered into a restaurant unable to explain the incident. Authorities expect clearer clues once he recovers.
Chicago on December 18 Gerald Fuller, claimed to be the prominent Mitchell S D family member, was jailed on a year's sentence for petty larceny. Fuller said his father is president of the Federal Land Bank in Mitchell and lives at 368 West First Street. He was arrested after robbing a bakery.
Reported discussions by the Brotherhood of Maintenance Employees of the North Western railroad ended without disclosure after a three day conference. Officers were reelected or renamed to key posts as routine matters dominated the agenda. A separate brief notes a dam project near Lyons France creating a lake 18 miles long for hydro power.
Fall sowings of winter wheat this year were reported by the department of agriculture at 38,652,000 acres, down from 43,149,000 two years earlier. Rye sowings reached 3,712,000 acres, vs 3,395,000 a year ago. December 1 conditions for winter wheat stood at 79.4 percent of normal, rye at 81.0 percent, with abandonment of winter wheat 5.0 percent of acreage.
New York Dec 18 Ely Culbertson and Theodore Lightner led in a high stakes contract bridge session earning 4965 points ahead of Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby. Lightner substituted for Mrs Culbertson to allow Christmas prep and impressed observers with sharp play. Lenz Jacoby faced several damaging sets and a notable 1000 point loss from a double by Culbertson following Lightner’s double. Verbal sparring preceded play with Courtelyou defending the official system and Culbertson accusing opponents of seeking to undermine it.
Perry Iowa December 18 county authorities planned to question I R Severson J D Smith and R M Young of Sioux City and Harry Oppenheim of Perry regarding a hold up at the Elks Lodge Thursday. Three men with pistols and a shotgun robbed the two members of $1200, checked each bill and wiped the prints, while investigators suspect inside accomplices.
Yale district near last year’s mark in the Christmas seal drive. Superintendent H. L. Hurley announced Yale sold $21 in stamps this year, compared with $23 in 190. The plan shifts prize funds toward purchasing a sound physiology text for classrooms. EH. H. Moon serves as Yale superintendent.
In Deadwood the state case against Arthur Powers of Belle Fourche for manslaughter in the first degree and driving while intoxicated nears a jury. The state rested yesterday. Powers, a defense witness, testified at noon. He faces responsibility for the death of Mrs Florence Zeni Ceppe in a automobile crash near Belle Fourche. The defense argues gravel at the road edge caused the accident while the state contends Powers was intoxicated.
At the hospitals in Huron Mrs. B .8 Barber and R. D. Fuller were admitted for medical care while Dorothy Lorobard was dismissed. A New York Supreme Court ruling denied divorce to Mira Frances Browning from Edward W Browning. John L Wealshing announced plans to run for president in North Dakota. France authorized Tucker to circulate petitions on his behalf. In Oklahoma City a social boot honored Mr. and Mrs. Pepples Martin, makers of the Copia Gy Goma.
The state Farm Bureau urged tax relief and road funding at Beadle County meeting. Proposals favored a tax research department, county legislative committee, and cooperation with Farm Bureau groups to cut valuations and boost farm to market roads. Leon Sherman L Johnson predicted better times ahead.
Dr. Preston Bradley national president of the Izsak Walton league will speak at the yearly state league convention in Sioux Falls on January 7. Only this appearance in South Dakota due to many speaking requests. A program and banquet are planned for 100 to 1500 Waltonians from the state and northwestern Iowa. Bradley, pastor of Peoples Church in Chicago, helped organize the Teague in 1922 and suggested the group name. E J Calen dine, Huron chapter secretary and national director, will arrange details. Local members are urged to attend.
Railroads in the midwest and west begin a one third fare holiday excursion for round trip tickets. Tickets are on sale via Chicago & North Western and other lines through December 24. Return validity expires February 5.
Building permits for November in Huron total $17,278, compared with $315,000 for the same period last year. Other South Dakota cities report varied totals from Mitchell at $15,800 and Aberdeen at $2,630 to Stowe Falls at $54,625, per W. Strauss and Company’s monthly survey.
Verla Eilene Kaster three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Kaster of Pearl Creek township died last evening from whooping cough at Huron Hospital Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 at home with Rev Burack Bancroft presiding burial in Beile Prairie church cemetery
Decree signed yesterday by Circuit Judge Alva E. Taylor names Brasil as owner of the 2 blacksmith shop. The document notes an area costing 176.58 aquate with a population figure of 310,00 in the cited site locations.
In Pierre, George Kelly of Minneapolis arrived amid talk that Sharpe plans a new audit of the state departments. Attorney General announced a broad probe across departments, with roles for Kelly’s firm in audits of loan and credit records and possible actions against the rural credits and highway departments. Previous audits and embezzlement cases frame the unfolding inquiry as lawmakers authorized investigations into insurance and banking, while officials withheld details on scope and year coverage.
Hundreds of Huron residents and visitors tour residential districts to admire holiday decorations. Wisconsin avenue leads the festive display as new contest entries emerge, including William Retghlag at 460 Thi street southeast. Parks board president C. G. Walker urges broad participation to compile a full record, with prizes and cash sweepstakes to be awarded at the Donlive Shop on Dakota avenue.
In Minneapolis, Willian A. Firle, an orphan raised by the late Mr and Mrs William A Firle, will inherit a 315070 estate from his foster mother, Mrs Firle. Probate Judge Manley L Fos seen ruled after a hearing on the claim, with four sisters of Mrs Firle opposing. Also reported, Mr and Mrs Harry G Riley were convicted in Washington DC of cruelty to their 12 year old daughter Edith.
Flower shop offers 10 percent gross sales from December 1919 to relief fund of Legion Women's Auxiliary. Funeral pieces specialty. Duroc boars for sale at County Farm. Child's bed with mattress size 2ixdl. Dry stove wood and tankage offered by Jasper Hammond at Ith and Idaho. Ave. Phone S805.
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