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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1931
Page
7
Chicago livestock market reports hogs at 140 to 210 pounds mostly 7.75 to 8.00 top 8.50 with steady to lower bids. cattle and sheep show weak to steady demand. Beef steers and heifers uneven, cows mixed, stockers soft, feedlots cautious as supply remains heavy and prices retreat.
Hog marketings reached 77 000 in Chicago with direct Packers receipts of 33 000 and limited early trading. Buyers bid 7.85 to 7.99 for top 100 to 280 pound hogs while butchers sought 7.15 for medium weights. Cattle offerings totaled 20 000 with uneven demand and lambs numbered 5 453 as markets opened weaker than Friday.
Sioux City cattle and hog markets show overall weakness with many classes down from previous quotes. Cattle mostly lower across categories, hogs opening down several dollars, and sheep offerings exhibiting softer demand. brief notes also from Sioux Falls and St Paul livestock reports reflecting pervasive softening.
Chicago traders noted light hogs to arrive Thursday were offered at 8.10 and bid at 8.46 with scarce interest for nearby contracts. Market action appeared limited and unclear due to fragmented quotes and placeholder text in the report.
Wheat futures opened firmer with modest buying and higher May and steady July. Cash wheat firm with strong demand for higher grade, as mill buyers bid above farm prices. Coarse grains showed limited action with overall firmer tone and sparse barley and flax activity.
A garbled OCR passage mentions various color grades and percentages such as red, yellow, white, 90 percent, 33 percent, and 38. It lists items like Duram, Burley, and Spelts plus numeric references and partial labels, suggesting a damaged agricultural or commodity listing.
Market listings from Huron, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Chicago and New York show live poultry prices including hens, springs, roosters, ducks, geese and turkeys. butterfat and butter prices. egg prices. and local delivery terms. Notable entries include Mitchell hens over 41 lbs at 15 cents, Leghorn hens 41 at 15, fresh eggs around 12 cents, and butterfat around 24 to 29 cents per unit.
The account follows Joseph Thzter en, 14, who rented a horse named Red Charley from Henry Hurns stable. He rode toward Montene but the horse balked at speed, walking and stopping at houses. After days of neighborhood rides, the horse is returned to the stable as Joseph eats his first meal in days. A policeman found him sleeping at a cemetery gate while the horse had previously hauled a hearse. Good old Charley earns a retiree’s note from the stable.
Minneapolis market notes from February report show flour prices steady amid mixed commodities. Potatoes and whites varied with shipments and regional upticks noted, including Minnesota and Idaho varieties.
Fragmentary notes list names such as Halen Barxty Marjorie Pryneeee, Marapene Jakey, Rene Von Shuvakim, Diabel %elaon of Huron Aldete Curtiss, Normathede Redfield, Mahlgren Canova Carl Tollsiemn Willow Laks Henry Giben and John Wharton as college piano faculty participants.
In Owensboro Kentucky Mrs Anns Belle Kirk and John Speed secured a marriage license after County Judge James Wilson requested immediate entry of Kirk's divorce decree. The license clerk initially refused, but the judge intervened and the ceremony proceeded. The scene illustrated a prompt resolution to a missing minute book entry. The rest of the page discussed stock market moves and industry warnings.
A dense list of stock symbols and percentages appears, featuring companies like AT&T, Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, IBM, and many others. The OCR yields a chaotic catalog of prices, deltas, and ticker codes with scattered city reference Minneapolis at end.
Tax conference measures aim to replace the present two mill property levy with special revenue measures and use any year end consolidation fund balances for state schools. A state income tax bill is expected to be heard Tuesday night.
Students meet in the afternoon for a bi monthly assembly. Principal O. D. Dunber of Huron High School notes that Booth Dakotan native Mr. Washburn completed studies at Dakota Wesleyan University St Michell and the University of Chicago. He returned about four years ago from foreign service.
February 16 set for a court martial as Admiral Butler faces charges. President's meeting with naval officials followed by questions on naval affairs. Secretary Adams indicates charges and specifications are being prepared by Sellers and will be public, barring opposition by General Butler.
New and old Huron college students registered for the second semester as classes start tomorrow. President Royal C. Agne notes many transfers and newcomers from other states, including a Kentucky girl, will study this term. Examinations for the first semester concluded Saturday. total tuition for 1929 30 nears $50,000, the second highest in school history.
At President Hoover's request d M Cass South Dakota Public Health association managing director and Mrs H H Holdredge of Madison president were named as officers to receive invitations to a Washington health conference on February 19 to 21. Cass cannot attend but Holdredge may go. The three day event under interior department aims to address child welfare issues arising from December conferences.
Final hearing on a bill to classify agricultural land for school taxation will be held by the joint legislative assessment and taxation committee at 10 o clock Wednesday. Sen L J Larson of Plankinton, chairman, announced. The measure would classify agricultural lands as those not platted in cities and not used for railroading or mining, with tax not to exceed seven mills on the dollar for school purposes. There has been agitation for and against the measure and many groups have appeared before the committee.
Beadle county saw a continued rush as more than half of automobile owners secured new license plates today at the country sorting center. Authorities warned drivers using old plates risk arrest as the rollout progresses.
Frank D. Kriebs, former state secretary of agriculture under the Bulow administration and longtime Beresford druggist, becomes development commissioner for the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce. He will travel statewide to promote chamber interests while Roy Emry shifts to headquarters duties after the convention last month.
Huron Kiwanis members will visit Harmony Hall ninety miles southeast of here on Wednesday night for a get-together under Farmers Union Local auspices. John P. Walsh chairs the activities committee and says many prizes will be awarded. A large turnout of Bineniana and nearby farmers is expected following a similar prior visit to Culver school near Cavour two weeks ago.
Mrs Ettie Tomlinson aged 74 died Saturday night in a Minneapolis hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving her are husband James Tomlinson Jr and children Bre G W LaLone and Mrs FE Hanson, all residents of Minneapolis.
Civil action Renfro vs May in Beadle County faces wage claims. Renfro, backed by George Longstaff, seeks due wages as a farm hand. May, represented by Floyd Sterling, counters. Jury seated as court opens before witnesses, with Judge Alva E. Taylor presiding. Admitted: Helen Olinger.
Richard Ramsell a longtime resident of Soudig county since territorial days died at his home 244 Mantata around Sunday morning after a long illness at age 78. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at Kinyon funeral home with Rev E Lechridge in charge. Cremation will follow at St Pauly and his ashes interred at Riverside cemetery beside his wife who died in 1924. He settled near Pearl Creek 138 miles southeast of Huron in 1882 and built homes as a contractor and plumber. He served as superintendent of the water system at the state fair grounds last summer and left a legacy of hard work from England to America. He leaves two sons Roy and Arthur, a daughter Opal Nish, and a Los Angeles relative Robert Foulkes.
Huron parent-teacher associations mark the founding of the first PTA in the United States 38 years ago on February 17 and plan projects to raise funds for the national body. Meetings at Lincoln Wilson Jefferson and McKinley schools feature talks by A J Lang George Bell and County Judge Harold M arkey with overviews of new education trends.
L. and Skinner, of Sioux Falls, awaiting preliminary hearing in county jail here today on a charge of forgery in the third degree. Prosecutor Temmey said the hearing is tentatively set for tomorrow. Skinner was arrested yesterday soon after his release from the Minnehaha county jail.
The Rev E Croft Gear rector of St John’s Minneapolis leads Mission Services this week at Grace Episcopal church. Gear arrived in Huron this morning for the 30 service and early hour 2 15 service opened the mission with Rev Wallace Briatore preaching on Why Christianity is the Final Absolute Religion. Services continue Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 4 20 to 5 00 in the church.
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