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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
12
Market notes report hog receipts up to 19 noon today at Armour and Co with a brief note that yard act chat 4 affects public market status and that market quotations are quoted.
Sioux City livestock reports show fat cattle steady to weak, steers and yearlings mixed, hogs up to 25 cents higher with top around 12.25, sows 10.00–10.50. sheep and lambs 25 points lower on July 11 with natives around 13.00. Chicago and St Paul markets mirror strength in hogs and varied cattle trends. Bales of prices include 11.55 top hogs and cattle top near 16.50 in some classes.
Market bulletin lists Huron poultry butter and eggs with Swift Co and Back Brothers as furnishers. It references Beavy hens and other stock, noting suppliers in the local trade.
Butter and eggs held steady in Chicago trading with moderate volume. Leghorn hens and broilers showed small price shifts while spring ducks rose by a cent. Sioux Falls reported higher butterfat and varied poultry pricing. potatoes and flour markets also reflected subtle movements.
Minneapolis July 10 Wheat openings show a slight drop of about one cent amid weather and crop advice influencing strength later. Oats ease then short covering steadies. rye and barley ease with light offerings. Cash wheat unchanged but selective protein quality buys persist. Durum steady. winter wheat demand fair to good. oats demand fair. Rye light offerings. flax quiet. barley 60 68 cents range.
The Duluth market report lists July September December flax prices and futures with bids near 2.63 to 2.68 and delivery prices around 2.54 to 2.66. Wheat categories show No 1 amber durum and No 2 bids around 1.15 to 1.83 with durum varieties near 1.28.
The New York stock market showed bullish utility shares as Brooklyn Union Gas surged over 12 points to a record, with People's Gas and Consolidated Gas rising about 5 points. American Power and Light, Stand ard Gas, Public Service of New Jersey and American Water Works also climbed, while Auburn Auto remained buoyant and several independents posted gains despite U.S. Steel pausing.
Authorities announce a new mail route with plans to improve delivery coverage. Details include the route design and expected start date, with emphasis on service efficiency and broader community reach.
The University of Oregon has sent its four man tennis team golf team and several track stars east for national intercollegiates. Miss Medley junior class president led efforts to raise athletic funds enabling the expenses.
The report notes several companies waning in value with Radig and General Electric dropping about 5 points each. American Machine and Foundry Chrysler Du Pont Allied Chemical Columbia Carbon Union Carbide and others also fell. Total sales around 4.1 million.
On the exchange floor Standard Oil of Tidiana stock closed today with a gain as trading ended at 55 54. The market showing signs of renewed activity amid cautious investor sentiment.
The new currency was to circulate nationwide today but Huron banks had not received their first shipments totaling over $3,000. Requests for currency smaller than the old size were received, with limited amounts available from tellers. Larger quantities were expected within a month.
Contracts for Walter mains construction are complete after testing at 150 pounds. Tuttle and Ferguson Mitchell contractors will begin installing mains in Prospect Park, a multiweek project including 6,945 feet of 10 inch mains and several laterals along Market Road Dakota Avenue Sixth Street and near the State Fair grounds. The plan includes extending to Brown’s addition.
Carl Newton Mahan, age six, formerly sentenced to reform school for killing a playmate, was released on parole to his parents Mr and Mrs John Mahan of Paintsville Kentucky The decision by the Kentucky Children's Bureau came after a statewide controversy and places the boy under bureau jurisdiction once more with parental custody noted
Fifty eight boys and girls from Beadle County participated in dairy judging trials at the state farm in Redfield yesterday. Four-H club workers judged three classes from the Holstein herd under James Dougherty. A final group of ten youth judges will be chosen from the entrants. R A Cave and other officials assisted. A picnic lunch followed a caravan of 27 cars from Bonilla.
Two Kingsbury residents faced fines and jail time after pleading guilty to alcohol and driving charges. Wyeltha Baker received $50 in fines and 13 days in jail on one count, while Ted Sundberg was fined $50 and banned from driving for one year after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Marquis De Pinedo greets American fliers as the crowd carries them off the field. Yan cey says they could not make one hop but would ship the plane home and may attempt the $50,000 prize from Dallas for a three jump flight to a distant point, then return by steamship.
Woonsocket hosts a two day water carnival featuring baseball games. On July 19 Springs faces Alpena and Sioux City Stack Yards meet Wichita Collegians, with events color coded for July 20.
The state weather bureau will begin service Friday at 7 a.m. to provide meteorological data for transcontinental air mail pilots. Data will be collected every three hours for 24 hours, with one observer on duty overnight to relay readings. Information includes cloud bases visibility and severe weather reports such as storms and winds.
In New Orleans the street car strike underlines a deadlock between the union and the company. Union leaders plan an open air mass meeting to decide on a possible general sympathy strike, with estimates of 45 000 workers potentially involved. Federal efforts include an injunction and 250 U S marshals to curb violence as arbitration talks continue.
The article reports that talking motion picture extras who are members of the Actors' Equity Association plan a preliminary strike, possibly starting tomorrow. Equity officials want producers to hire only paid up members and have set tomorrow as the last day nonmembers may appear as extras without risking the strike.
Tom Madden a veteran railroad man and passenger conductor for the Chicago and North Western Railway on the Pierre Tracy run died at his Redfield home after a several month illness. Funeral services will be at St Martin's Catholic Church and burial will follow in St Martin's Cemetery. Surviving him are his widow and three daughters.
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith completed a record speedflight from Sydney to Croydon. The Southern Cross left Derby on June 27 and landed at Croydon after 15 days 1 hour 7 minutes, beating Bert Hinkler’s previous record by days.
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