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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1941
Page
3
Census Bureau reports 1940 South Dakota data showing 72,454 farms averaging 544.8 acres, down 12.9 percent since 1930 when 83,157 farms averaged 438.6 acres. Total farm land use rose from 36,470,083 to 39,473,564 acres, with a shift toward tenancy and away from ownership.
Sioux Falls voters will decide April 15, the city commission election date, on whether to adopt civil service for city employees. A petition with 1,243 signatures to abolish civil service was presented to the city commissioners.
The 1940 census shows ownership figures by category and a total land value of 505 million, down from 1.29 billion in 1930. Average farm value dropped to 6,976 and per acre to 12.80, with significant declines in horses, mules, and pigs but cattle, chickens, and sheep varying. April 1 inventories list dramatic drops in horses, mules, and hogs tied to broader agricultural shifts.
Pleasant Valley Farmers Union held a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rusche at the Rusche home in Bancroft. Cards were played at 13 tables with prizes to Mrs. Edward Poppen, Sieb Siebelts, Mrs. Enach Rusche, and Charles Rusell. Lunch was served and a purse was given as the couple move to Minnesota.
Governor Bushfield signed into law 36 measures including extending the emergency mortgage moratorium for two more years and directing state revenue to the general fund for legislative appropriation. The package also created appropriations for public printing, prisoner conveyance, soldiers burial, library needs, demonstration land, an artesian well, malt tax refunds, and changes to banking and municipal law affecting charters, zoning adjustments, and court staffing.
SIOUX FALLS, Feb. 25.7) Fred E. Powell, 27, Sioux Falls, captured by police Saturday night after a spur of the moment holdup, was arraigned on a first degree robbery charge Monday. He waived a hearing and was bound over to circuit court under a $2,000 bond. He allegedly obtained 118 dollars in a robbery of the Tennessee Grocery's Liquor Store. Powell said he acted on the spur of the moment and gave officers a statement that he had a hard time making ends meet. He noted federal land bank bonds as there for municipal sinking funds.
Jer auld County teachers and school board members from districts will meet Saturday in Springs. State Superintendent Hiney will attend the afternoon session and I D Weeks, State University president, will give the morning address. Miss Fereland, Brule County superintendent, is expected to attend. Teachers host a noon dinner at the Methodist Church.
Six officers from the 109th engineers of the South Dakota National Guard will attend a three week refresher course at Fort Belvoir Virginia after arriving at Camp Claiborne Louisiana Col Earle L Lewis announced Monday. Officers assigned to the course include Capt John A Bertolero Capt William Brown First Lieut Claire E Groves First Lieut John B Webb Second Lieut Barry J Ennis Second Lieut Royal E Lee. Others will be named to future refresher courses.
A US Army bomber with five crew members made an emergency landing at Aberdeen Municipal Airport after wings iced up to a half inch thick. Pilot First Lt. K. E. L. McCune said they landed just in time to avoid a crash while en route from Minneapolis to McChord Field. Ground crew used torches salt and a hoe to clear ice. the mission was training.
Wolsey High School students under George Corrin will enter Wes sington Springs music contest in April. Vocal soloists include Marion Stenerwald Masine Meyer Maxine Heitland Margaret Thompson Alice Seeley Mel Gordon Robert Meyer Herb Jungemann. instrumental soloists Herb Jungemann Bert Jungemann Alice Seeley Phyllis Anderson Marion Steuerwald. brass sextet includes Herb Jungemann Bert Jungemann June Gordon Phyllis Anderson Vesta Pribyl Alice Seeley. girls vocal sextet features Marion Steuerwald Maxine Meyer Vesta Pribyl Verona Pribyl Mildred Meyer Alice Seeley. girls glee club members include Margaret Thompson Maxine Meyer Iris Privett Beryl Anderson Marion Steuerwald Verda Langhehn Della Kohlmeyer Vesta Pribyl Alice Seeley Mildred Meyer Verona Pribyl Maxine Heitland Hilda Busch Dorothy Tschetter June Gordon. The mixed chorus and 30-piece band will also be entered.
Sioux Falls reports a drop in South Dakota hog numbers on January 1, 1941, while cattle and sheep rise. Total livestock value on farms reaches $27,147,000, up 8 percent from last year and 19 percent above the 1930-39 average. Sheep peak, cattle rise, hogs fall. horses steady. Milk cows up 4 percent. hogs total 1,073,000 head, 10 percent below last year. Hog prices average $10 per head, total hog value $10,773,000, below last year and the 10-year norm.
Weslington Springs High School basketball players were hosted by the Kiwanis Club at a noon gathering. Father Landsen spoke on athletics in education to Kiwanis members and the first ten players, including Kleppin, Zink, Holmgren, Costello, Flutie, Luckey, Erickson, Mentiaor Pinard, and Raymond One.
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