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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1931
Page
7
Armour Market reports a mostly steady to lower tone with lights steady and mediums down 10 to 15 cents. Top price reached 7.05 with 1,300 receipts as hogs and pigs show varied values across different categories amid weak pork demand and ongoing market pressure in Chicago and Duluth futures.
Chicago markets show hogs and cattle mixed with thin bids and slow demand. Hogs top at 7.90 weighed 140-200 pounds. cattle terms steady to strong on good grades while sows and feeders vary. lambs and sheep softer on weeklong demand. Futures reflect light hog bids for next arrivals and mixed cattle outlook.
Wheat futures rose on favorable cables and dry weather signals but shifted to a potential week end change in conditions as weather maps hinted. May and July closed unchanged while corn barley and rye dipped. oats and flax rose. Cash wheat receipts remained light with steady demand for heavy low protein quality and generally slower market. Oats and rye demand mixed to fair. Barley and flax demand steady with light offerings.
Report on February 4 grain markets with quotations for flax wheat and durum varieties at Duluth and carlot prices in Minneapolis. Listings include No 1 hard spring and amber durum values, No 2 northern and mixed grades, and oats rye barley and flax quotations with varying percentages and denominations.
Local grain market listings show dark southern wheat at 4, No 1 durum at 4, red durum 45, barley 0.29, oats 7, rye 2. Form A spelliz 00 appears in the column as a mixed entry. The terse price board reflects commodity values typical of regional market pages.
Market notes list price ranges for poultry eggs and butterfat across Huron Buck Brothers Mitchell Sioux City Sioux Falls Chicago and New York. Entries include hens over and under certain weights, leghorn varieties, ducks geese eggs butterfat and butter prices with dates around February 4 and city names indicating regional price activity.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls livestock reports show cattle and hog markets mostly steady to weak with varied loads. Cattle across prices range from around 4.25 to 9.40 per hundredweight, hog prices down 10 to 25 cents, and sheep and lambs steady to firm with top quoted around 5.60. Major buyers and packers remained active but lighter demand noted in portions.
Exalted ruler Ed B. Dineen will lead Huron Elks as past exalted rulers are honored Friday night with a class initiation. Aberdeen Elks attend in support with Ea Hall delivering ritual work. Sioux Falls teams handle candidates after induction. ceremony includes a special tribute to deceased members and a banquet to close.
Fragmentary OCR shows a dense network of radio station call signs and timings, including WEAF WABC WGN WNEW WQXR and many others. Listings mention orchestras, concerts, interludes, and variety programs across multiple stations with references to guests and performances.
Peter Shane, co defendant in an assault and battery case from a Labor Day fight with special policeman James Hamer, pleaded guilty in circuit court. The court heard a motion to dismiss charges against his brother Ford Shane. The earlier trial ended January 24 with a hung jury as a second trial loomed.
Augustana college choir of Sioux Falls visits February 22 under American Lutheran church auspices. The eleventh tour features balanced works by Liszt Bach Andrews Grieg Robertson and others plus two Carl R Youngdahl compositions. Soloists Prof Clifford Olson and Hon rie Ruth Ver-Deursen will assist.
Atlanta report notes Perry W. Fattig of Emory University Museum tested a Honduras tarantula found in bananas bite he suffered. He says tarantula venom is not lethal and even the Egyptian scorpion rarely causes death in most cases. emergency warnings follow about Ebola risk.
In a joint meeting Beadle and Sanborn counties agreed to construction of one mile of reed along the county line off the KND highway, urged by Pearl Creek and Belle Prairie farmers. A committee of highway superintendents and one commissioner from each county will finalize details. Beadle’s H. M. Pierce and Frank Matzke to represent. The trip included a field check of the proposed 12 miles paralleling township lines, with routing likely along township borders. Fire extinguishers were bought for the county shop and farm.
A large group of Huron Kiwanians and wives travel to Harmony Hall, 20 miles southeast, for a goodwill visit hosted by the Farmers Union. Entertainment includes dancer Jack Hieger and singer George Campbell, with Stake Patton performing. Five prizes offered. departures from Hotel Marvin at 7 15 p m for an 8 p m start. transport provided for those without cars.
The Labor Bureau in Huron will stay open at least until April 1 after negotiations between the Huron Chamber of Commerce and the Central Labor Union. Charles Demlo will direct the bureau on the city hall’s second floor, with $100 from the Chamber of Commerce and additional funds from the labor union as needed. The bureau, started by Associated Charities, has aided many locals in finding work, and businessmen are urged to continue support by listing job opportunities.
The jury awarded Hugh N. Renfro 53.09 in a wage suit against Frank Rau, rejecting Rau’s counterclaim of 264.04. Renfro, once a farm hand near Hitchcock, was represented by George Longstaff. Rau by Floyd Sterling. Judge Alva Taylor warned jurors may be recalled in April. In another case Charles Bauman won 400 for car damages from a road maintainer owned by Thomas Sheehan. Bauman’s claim noted, while Sheehan was deemed responsible for the accident due to improper sighting. The road equipment was moved from Sioux Falls to Faulk county last July. The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company won a directed verdict against H. O. Lund over a note on law books, with the firm represented by William Wipf.
In two practice debates at Huron High School yesterday afternoon Huron and Tulare each won one clash over the chain store question. Huron affirmative Wagner and Blevens won the first debate while Tulare defeated Huron negative Montank and Foy in the second. The teams debated whether modern chain store methods are detrimental to American interests. Huron left for Sioux Falls today to begin a three game clash series with conference opponents, facing Brocking tomorrow and Welertorn the next night.
The United States Government offered a total reward of 2200 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of robbers who rifled mail pouches in St Paul and Morris Minnesota. Joe Johnston, chief postal inspector for the northwest, announced two hundred dollars for St Paul robbery tips and 2002 for Morris. The Morris reward was raised because three men stole 21 sacks from a Northland Transportation bus and were armed. Police valued the loot at about 5000 dollars across the incidents, with an additional 200 in staples and a post office safe blast at Walthern, Minnesota yesterday.
A fragmentary report suggests the price of the M2000 was inflated beyond plausible figures in the late year notes. The unclear text implies investigations or disbelief surrounding the reported cost.
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