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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1930
Page
7
Sioux City stockyards report bids lower on calves and yearlings with mixed results for cattle and hogs. Beef cows and sows mostly steady to down, stockers and feeders generally weaker. hogs slow with bids 25 to 35 lower on early top prices. Chicago dairy and produce figures follow with poultry and butter steady and potatoes trading on track.
Sioux Falls and St. Paul auction results show hogs steady to 10 lower with top around 9.08, cattle mixed with heavy steers near 20.00 and yearlings to 10.73, calves soft and stock cows down, Chicago prices easing with hogs firm near 10.00 and cattle slow, lambs steady with mixed weights and strong demand for light hogs and choice vealers.
Local listings show prices for live poultry and eggs in Sioux Falls and Mitchell. Hens over 4 pounds valued at 13 and 10, Leghorn hens 10, Leghorn springs 46, old roosters 1, ducks 6, geese 6, and butter with door delivery at 28 cents per pound.
ARMOUR STOCKYARDS HOGS steady to 15 lower with receipts of LS K. Top for the day 8.80, practical top near 9.00. Sioux City Weekly Livestock Review notes hogs about 9.25 for sorted 190 lb, 189-310 lb bulk around 9.00, sows down 7.85 to 5.00, many fluctuations across cattle and sheep prices, with week totals showing varied gains and losses per class.
In the evening contest to win a prize trip to Alaska, Vera Meyers led by 4,500 votes but her margin narrowed since yesterday. Dororthy Wadhams and Lois McDonald remain among top contenders as final standings list Velma Macgruder Marie Kulawike Dorothy Witlinger Esther Brekke Elizabeth Gibbs Jane Urquhart Emma Zumbrunne Hazel Henson Ruth Sutter Mildred Jones Velma McAllister Beatrice Lofner Margarite Griffith Dorothy DeShon Annie Rice Lucile Bongsteel and others in the field.
The report notes bulk centering at 9.00 and good action for feeder lambs around 1.00 as the week closes. Prices show modest movement with buyers active in the feeder category and steadier bids on bulk livestock.
Winnipeg market reports a mixed day with wheat futures slightly down on limited export activity. July slipped 4 cents to 56 4/5 cents, October and December down 18 and 16 1/2 cents, while English millers bought cheap Russian grain. Sioux Falls notes include poultry and egg prices, and Chicago reports potato prices and shipments. Huron grain lists various grain prices for No 1 Northern wheat, mixed durum, red durum, flax, barley, rye, oats, and spelt.
Huron South Dakota market notes show daily furnish by Swift Co and Back Brothers. Butter and eggs price quotes listed for Leghorn hens, old roosters, and hens by weight with station prices and index references.
Miss Alberta McKellop, formerly Miss California, threatens court action to force judges to name her Miss America successor after placing second at Biami Florida event. The contest, held last March, named Janet Estiment of Fort Worth Texas as winner, drawing McKellop into a dispute over the restoration of the title.
Miss Vera Helerson, 20, of Fargo North Dakota, witnessed the slaying of her fiancé Leif Erickson, 25, by a highway robber. An approaching car frightened the attacker away, and the couple planned to marry soon.
Bids on the former First National Bank building at Wessington Springs were to be opened today before Circuit Judge R. C. Bakewell at Plankinton. The vacant building, advertised for sale by the receiver, has stood unused since the bank closed years ago.
Chicago dispatch reports this year’s Fourth of July celebration, spanning Friday to Sunday, produced 404 fatalities nationwide. Fireworks and toy pistols contributed to the casualties, with the holiday’s duration emphasizing the grim toll.
The page lists a dense network of radio station call letters, frequencies, and program blocks across multiple markets. It includes time slots for music, vaudeville, orchestras, and news, with references to affiliates in New York Chicago Cincinnati Detroit and beyond, plus specific show names and hosts.
A three man English crew sails a Chinese junk named Maskes on a world circumnavigation from Hong Kong. Captain J. I. Stephenson along with Banks and Grenholm plan 15 miles per day visiting major ports, the expedition marking a perilous early leg of the globe trip.
The transformer ranks as highly efficient electrical equipment with efficiencies reported above 99 percent, reflecting its strong performance in energy transmission and conversion.
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