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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1931
Page
4
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Editorial relief argues for farmer cash reserves to ride annual income volatility and warns against overextending in good years. It urges trimming living standards, delaying purchases, and building four to five years of tax and interest reserves amid hard times. The piece also cites a Wall Street Journal view that mechanization raises worker value and may require broader automation to save productive labor.
A fragmented report recalls a long running roadside billboard campaign in California. Citizens question safety and the reach of the survey as the roadside notices continue.
The writer notes California’s beauty and efforts to green roads while a pamphlet shows dismal pictures of billboards along routes. They cite Mount Shasta, long lines of signs near snowy peaks, signs by state trees, 14 billboards in a fifth of a mile, and dangerous curves. Public sentiment fails to curb the problem. constant pressure may be needed to protect scenery.
Industrialists warn that while Germany and America have achieved high productivity and advanced machines, a lack of customers undermines profits. Machines cut payrolls but reduce buyers, as employers fund unemployment dole instead of earnings, showing efficiency without demand. The piece argues sales, not only tech, secure lasting prosperity.
Sioux City Tribune reports funds are unavailable for grasshopper pest control in South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, while federal farm board money flows to grain elevators and national storage plans. The piece notes Secretary Hyde’s office denying funds and cites aggressive moves toward nationwide elevator ownership and grain storage sites, including Ogden terminal leases and purchases nationwide.
Kenneth Anderson of Lawrence County recalls the Fifth National 4‑H Club Camp in Washington DC. Delegates from 39 states participated with organized schedules, flag ceremonies, assemblies, and group discussions on leadership and citizenship. The South Dakota group included Averill Esler and Lillian Greenwood, with tours and meals arranged for delegates at Child's restaurant and on campus grounds.
Redstone Cackleberry Poultry club of Miner county holds a debate on Grow Healthys Chicks led by Mavis Marvell and Esther Sundell. Helene Olson calls meeting to order with minutes read. G W Jones county agent attends as visitor. Josephine Sundell and Ruth Jones debate old heng over one year old. Mavis Morrell demonstrates procuring males for breeding pen. refreshments served. next meeting set for August 11.
Mildred Riemath of the Hitchcock club won a free trip to the Girl Reserve camp courtesy of the Evening Huronite. She recalls an overnight hike along the James River with blankets, food, songs, games, campfire stories, and a dawn misdirection before returning to Camp Wilson.
The Jolly Workers H club of Bonilla held a July 15 meeting at Esther Walton's home. Plans for a quilt block project and a picnic hike were made, a marshmallow roast agreed, and a July 29 event announced. Dorothy Atkinson will host August 12, Audrey Peterson reports.
Seventeen Sacajawea troop 2 members attended a Wednesday July 25 meeting at the Presbyterian church led by Edith Strike. Gladys White led songs learned at Camp ChektPa while Marjorie HI taught some songs. The afternoon included camping stories and games named Mrs. O Grady and Filipinas Both. Mrs. F B White supervised the rest of the week, with visits to the Printing Bureau Aircraft Building Arts and Industries and the Smithsonian. A stop at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing revealed the money making process and stamp production facilities in the United States.
Miss Ruth Jones leaves for points east on a visit. C. A. Keeler and others travel for business and leisure. Various residents depart for Woonsocket, Wolsey, St. Lawrence, Winnipeg, Atlantic City, Hot Springs, and Lake Big Stone for visits, business, or vacations.
Farmers mowing parts of their annual grain report difficulty with hay loaders as fields are too loose for the wheels to grip. Much small grain near Highmore remains standing and unfit for making hay.
In Springfield on July 18 Dr. A C of the Congregational church is praised as one of the most widely read men in the region. He stays current on U S and European affairs, reads while traveling, subscribes to London periodicals and major American newspapers, and uses the material in sermons with up to date examples.
A Washington dispatch notes President Hoover recognizing wheat farmer distress as prices hit multi decade lows. The piece contrasts farmer struggles with urban life, criticizes Germany’s moratorium advantage, and recalls postwar debt relief aiding Germans while U.S. farmers bear cash costs for supplies.
Brookings reports bleak June range conditions in South Dakota as drought and scant rainfall drop ranges to 67 percent of normal. Cattle and calves run at 81 percent of normal, sheep and lambs at 53 percent, with hay crops light and first alfalfa cut largely lost. Local showers in early July offered brief relief, but water shortages and forage declines persist amid ongoing dry weather.
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