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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1934
Page
8
Market report from Hog Mart and Stour Falls, St. Paul and Sioux Falls listings. Cattle prices steady to strong with mixed weights and grades. hogs 180 pounds and down 1.25 to 2.50. sheep and lambs varied by weight and quality. calves and feeders show moderate activity. regional markets reported with top bids and ranges.
Rain revived drought markets with firmer hog and cattle quotes. Top hog price reached 3.75 for medium weight hogs as 25 000 offerings, 7 000 direct to slaughterhouses, and a 3 000 lighter run. Outside markets firmed 10 cents, cattle steady to higher with choice steers around 9 to 10 dollars. Lambs active and near steady with 7 000 offerings.
MINNEAPOLIS June 6 Wheat futures retreated on profit taking despite some crop news, with New July easing to lower and Sept and old contracts down. Rye, barley, oats, flax also fell or steadied. cash wheat demand remained quiet to fair, with varying demand across winter, durum, corn, oats, rye, and flax.
Market report from Chicago and New York detailing butter steady and poultry steady amid below normal pasture, storage trends, and visible supply changes. Lists prices for barley, corn, oats, rye and flax across U.S. markets with regional variations and futures activity in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Sioux City and Chicago livestock trends show cattle and hogs active with gains from prior day. Cattle trade lifts are mixed across weights with strong fat cattle, feeders, and yearlings. hogs top near 3.75 per cwt with broad 2.85 to 3.50 ranges. sheep and lambs limited with bids weaker for old season offerings.
In Duluth Minnesota on June 6 durum futures showed mixed moves with old July at 101 984 and new July at 101 99 Y percent. Old September quotes stood around 0A 98 and 3 percent while new September traded near 101 percent and 99 percent.
Congress approves the administration reciprocal tariff bills with Senate amendments. The measure limits the president's negotiating window to three years and requires notice and hearings for contemplated trade pacts. The Senate action passed 154 to 53, and the bill moves to the president.
The Department of Agriculture says the drought will greatly reduce national wheat feed grains and hay production, with the wheat crop likely far below last 25 years except possibly last year. Livestock in hard hit areas are weak, with rising death losses expected. outcome hinges on rains versus continued dryness.
June market report shows further advance driven by specialty issues with gains in Amerada Corporation Sherley Distillers American Sugar Refining and U.S. Smelting while U.S. Steel and General Motors hold near steady. Transfer volume around 675000 shares with quotes for Alaska Juneau 20 percent Alleghany 2 4 percent and many others including Am Sugar 59 4 and Am Can 95.
Washington bulletin says rains in the heat belt are insufficient to end the drought and permanent relief remains distant. Showers were locally heavy in places but not widespread enough to improve soil moisture. In Minnesota, farmers announce open pastures with restrictions to save livestock dying in drought regions.
A dense ledger of numerous company equities and bonds including Chrysler Cols G&E Colum Card Union Carbide General Electric Goodyear North American Packard Packaged names and percentages. Also reports U S bonds New York June 6 prices Liberty bonds Treasury notes and Farm Loan 4s estado.
The Associated Press notes varied stock activity with Cities Service and Ford Motor showing notable figures while Standard Oil and Swift & Company exhibit broader shifts. Elee Bond and Share appears as an entry, reflecting uneven trading dynamics across major firms and sectors.
Rains across South Dakota boost pastures and cut expected cattle sales under the drought relief program. Extension director Prof Davies says rains will reduce the number sold to the government, with initial purchases estimated around 500,000 animals and weekly totals near 50,000. Some regions still face serious needs, and mortgage holders in Huron oppose the program, urging higher prices to align with cotton and hog support.
The state relief administration approves a shallow ditch well east of the Third Street bridge on the James River to supply the city water system. A 1300 foot ditch will feed a well, delivering water to the city filtration plant as auxiliary supply. About 40 men will work 60 days. No site chosen yet. A similar west side well currently yields about 20 gallons per minute.
The Committee for Safer Farming in South Dakota urged immediate planting of forage crop seed to exploit recent rains and upcoming showers. They stated the state has seed and that favorable weather should boost forage crop growth, forecasting ample feed for livestock next fall and winter.
Huron's school census shows 2,994 children ages six to twenty one, up from 2,985 last year. Supt. A J Lang cites increases in boys under 17 and boys 17 to 21, while girls under 17 drop and girls 17 to 21 rise. girls still outnumber boys 1,507 to 1,484 and the figures affect the district's share of state and federal schooling funds.
The Seventh day Adventists encampment will be held at the State fair grounds June 8 to 16. Ministers and workers from across the state arrived to prepare. About 550 to 600 members of the South Dakota conference attended last year’s meetings. Rev. A G Youngberg of Huron anticipates strong turnout again. Prominent speakers include a general secretary from Washington D C, a leading editor from Nashville, a furlough missionary from Chile, and possibly one from China, plus church heads from incon Neb. Further speaker announcements will follow in the Huronite. Residents of Huron and nearby areas are invited.
Unofficial returns show former Governor Dan Turner winning the Republican nomination for governor. He will face incumbent Clyde L. Herring, who secured the Democratic nomination in a landslide, in the general election.
County commission members conferred with roofing men this afternoon about repairs to the court house jail and county poor farm. No decision had been reached on whether to order the work. Earlier conferences on relief matters occupied most of the board’s time. Former Mayor James J Walker of New York is expected to return to America in the fall, according to his former valet Sam Greenhouse arriving on the liner Aris.
Lines against Jack Frost Floyd With ars and Lester Osborne for failing to halt at arterial highway stops were suspended in Municipal court. Frost fined $5 and the others $3 each. Henry P. Metcher of Pennsylvania was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. New York Life Insurance reports May applications up 25 percent from May 1933.
Washington reported a June 15 offering for new securities valued around 80 million dollars as part of a larger subscription drive totaling about seven billion. Bethany residents face fines for wasting water as city officials issue a proclamation amid dangerously low reservoir levels. Minneapolis stock quotes include First Bank as a notable entry, while baggage loss concerns surface at Northwest Bunco.
President Hopkins outlines aid measures as relief funds fund farm relief in Delaware Maryland Virginia and southern states. Weather bureau notes light showers in scorched zones while drought spreads to New York West Virginia Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas. Secretary Wallace to discuss drought impact and future of agricultural adjustment program in Bismarck with plans to buy sub marginal lands for refuges and parks across parts of the Dakotas Montana and Wyoming.
Washington on Tuesday recommended a 300.236 million plan to improve the Missouri River with locks and dams, aligning with the Upper Missouri River Development Association led by Will Robinson. The report favors pumping diversion from the James River valley instead of a gravity system, and endorses river contraction between Sioux City and Yankton with a lock and dam scheme above Yankton.
F C Peskey, aged 70, died suddenly Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Albert Schultz’s home in Morningside, survived by four sons O F Esmond Arthur Peskey, two daughters Mrs Albert Schultz and Mrs Herbert Hein, and fifteen grandchildren. One child predeceased him. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm at the Peskey home and 2:30 pm at Belle Prairie church with Rev Barrack officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. He came to the county in 1850 and helped build early railroads before taking up a homestead.
Washington June 6 The Senate approved a three year road construction program totaling 925 million, approving the house highway bill without a record vote after limited debate. Authorized appropriations rose from 400 million to 493 million, with funds to be used nationwide over three years plus 238 million from prior grants and 200 million to be contributed by states in the coming years.
President Roosevelt named George Philip of Rapid City for district attorney of South Dakota and Charles W. Robertson of Pierre as U S Marshal. He added a note that he leaves Congress to take responsibility for the administration's legislative program and adjournment timing.
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