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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1931
Page
11
Chicago market notes show hogs trading weak to steady with a large daily offering of around 26,000 head. Packers took up most direct consignments, while cattle and sheep volumes remained limited and prices varied by weight, with overall demand only moderately unsettled.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls and St Paul livestock summaries show mixed prices with cattle and hogs uneven, steady to lower on various weights. Slaughter steers and yearlings around 7.75 to 8.20 local bids, hogs under pressure with packers bidding lower, sheep activity light, lambs firm for top lots amid low overall volume.
In Minneapolis on February 27, bears pressed the wheat market with stabilization selling abroad, but prices firmed later, May steady, July and September unchanged. Coarse grains eased, flax remained firm due to buying, cash wheat weak, milling quality in demand. Winter market quiet, durum slow. cash corn subdued. oats dull. rye steady. Barley and flax bids received mixed signals from farm buyers and producers.
Duluth market notes show flax and wheat prices for February with bids for May July delivery. Durum grades and values appear for No 1 amber durum No 2 durum and red durum with assorted percentages and price points. A Huron Grain Market line lists No 1 dark northern wheat No 1 durum red durum oats corn and barley with small bids and price quotes.
Markets list Huron area prices for poultry and eggs from Swift & Co and Buck Brothers. Entries show hens, leghorns, butterfat, eggs, butter and creamery prices, with city notes from Huron Mitchell Sioux Falls Sioux City and Chicago markets dated Feb 27. The dense OCR lists multiple producers and price points across regions.
Irene Goodlander Dorothy Sav age and Leonard Anderson represented Huron College under Prof. B H Jackson. They earned two decisions yesterday from Southern normas and Jevan University judges, boosting their season record to two wins and two losses as they prepared for an afternoon clash against Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
Doland's Troop No. 13, one of four oldest in Central South Dakota, begins its seventh year with new scoutmaster C. G. Olson, high school coach. An updated charter is filed by Fred C. Eggers. Nineteen boys enrolled for the year, with Guy W. Cook as chairman of the troop committee.
The New York Telegram Evening World and Morning World merged to form the World Telegram. The first edition hit streets early today, ending the separate World publications after decades under Joseph Pulitzer and heirs. The new paper will publish AP dispatches and retain many World departments and features.
The agriculture department seed loan office will accept loan applications for forming an agricultural credit extension early next week. A tentative reserve of 10 million dollars is set aside from a 20 million relief appropriation to back the new agricultural credit corporations.
Watertown Feb 27 Huron with the Daum alleys bid for the state bowling tourney lead but trailed Eagle Cafes Watertown by pins. Daumalleys 2178 Huron 2499 eighth place Northwestern’s 243 Steam Laundries 2552 fourth. Singles reshaped standings with Watertown’s Cody dropping to fifth. top ten now includes multiple Mobridge and Watertown players. Doubles shuffled as Mayer Sarkis Watertown led 1167. Jaeger Trandahl Watertown 2nd 1118. Competition tight as Jamestown Wahpeton N C Sioux Falls set to join.
Huron will host the ninth district conference of parents and teachers on April 17 with an executive session of the South Dakota Council of Parents and Teachers. Mrs. Alvin Waggoner of Philip will attend as state president and Bliss Stella Wood head of a Minneapolis kindergarten will speak at the evening banquet.
About 20 Huron men including several college students finished a Boy Scout leadership training course yesterday with a practical outdoor test at Ritter's Grove near the city. Most met the requirements for certificates of scoutmastership. a few have tasks due Tuesday. Cooking dominated the session featuring baked potatoes steak chops eggs kabob stew and biscuits. A written quiz by executive Fred C. Eggers at Huron College concluded the weeklong course.
CHICAGO Feb. T-P A reassurring statement from Chairman Alexander Leane of the federal farm board eased a room for the 1951 crops surplus. It forced wheat down, but the rally, during the brief moments before the close, brought the closing figure to 3 3 1 2.
Ir Courtney joins Jack Meyers in managing the Nu-Blu shop as partners. The transfer shifts ownership and oversight of the store and related business interests to the new management duo, signaling a restructure of the shop’s operation.
The report notes the Iroquois defence dominating as the first quarter ends with a tight 6 to 0 score in favor of Willow Lake, highlighting early momentum and defensive stoutness.
South Dakota lawmakers approved a broad set of appropriations for schools, prisons, hospitals, and state projects totaling funding for printing, sewer works, fire protection, and building repairs. The session also advanced tax and revenue measures, university consolidation study, and steps toward a Bad Lands national monument purchase, with prohibition gradually fading from the agenda.
Forrest McMullen post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a regular meeting at K P Hall in Pierre to install a new post next Sunday. Post Commander James B R Lowrie will institute the new post with Ha rom post degree team initiating members. A large class of candidates is expected, with entertainment arranged by a special committee. New members have joined the Forrest McMullen post at every regular meeting, boosting national recognition for the VFW and its welfare work.
Beadle county Wool Growers association plans its annual meeting in the farmers' room of the courthouse next Wednesday afternoon. Dr. H Foxton secretary notes members earned 43.4 cents more per pound for wool than non members last season, with the camocration marketing 30 000 pounds of wool. Attendance at the meeting is expected.
Members of the Huron Board of Education meet this evening to discuss district matters, including budget priorities, curriculum updates, and upcoming policy votes. The session is expected to address teacher contracts and school safety planning.
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