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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1930
Page
4
A brief ad notes a notice entered at Huron Postoffice. It references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and lists a telephone contact for department or person sought. The fragment preserves a contact method and the notice’s archival postal context.
The notice lauds the return of Rapid Air Lines and predicts towns lacking aviation will become obsolete. Glider clubs are urged to foster local aviation development while Huron contemplates a lake comparable to Lake Mitchell to boost regional appeal.
A nostalgic appraisal of United Artists Tonight featuring Velez and Hersholt with King directing notes on close-ups and mood. The column praises authentic location shots and Velez’s charm, cites Gary Cooper as international, and highlights Hersholt’s shoe gag while listing appreciation and anniversary greetings for local staff and readers.
An essay argues that modern skepticism may be followed by a revival of faith led by thinkers like Salvador de Madariaga. It notes science expands yet hides vast mysteries, while science becomes a theology of the Westerner, pointing toward a future awakening where devotion and wonder reemerge in daily life.
The Yankton Press and Dakotan contrasts air mindedness with Mitchells sailboat and water sport facilities. It notes the Evening Republican sponsors a gliding club while Mitchell already offers various water sports, suggesting recreation may favor speed boats over gliding at present.
A South Dakota newspaper notes Senatorial views on Alexander Legge’s renomination as Farm Board chairman. It cites approval by the Senate Agriculture Committee and questions whether the Farm Marketing Act will fulfill its mission, warning that doubt may hinder cooperative crop group support and continue farm relief politics.
The Cleveland Trust monthly business bulletin predicts near term recovery as under-production and easy credit combine to lift industry. It notes production falling faster than consumption, shortages forming in key lines, and asserts confidence that recovery will come in the not distant future based on historic patterns.
Press comment in era argues curing colds may reduce wages by creating new jobs for doctors while harming workers who lose time off. It critiques the belief that wealthy industrialists can shield workers, noting unemployment stems from industry structure, not illness, and questions the economic payoff of eradicating colds.
Yankton Press and Dakota warns critics of the Hawley Smoot tariff as President Hoover cites statistics from the tariff committee showing average duties under the bill are not record highs. The piece argues the new act lowers duties relative to earlier tariffs and contrasts it with the 1824 and Underwood measures to defend the law.
Onas Scandrett of Wessington Springs wins a free trip to Camp Dakotah as part of a $900 education prize from The Evening Huron Granite, awarded to Boy Scouts in central South Dakota for writing about club activities. The prize includes several local scouts and a winning Lone Scout story by Scandrett detailing his transition from Lone Scout to regular Scout.
A brief notice states that two club members will be awarded complimentary educational trips. Details reference a dairy club member with the best production record and poultry members with the best pro tember record, for 1929 to September. Further information was requested from HM Jones, state club tender in Brookings.
Jane Larson of De Smet and Opal Plowman of Oldham report leagues in Kingsbury county have expanded in the past year. Gils were Y C L delegates to the Pierre convention. leagues bought phonographs records and rhythm instruments. some provided art lectures with Mrs Wider. trees and shrubs planted as a 50th anniversary memorial. a new declamatory contest was held and plans for a rural chorus to raise enrollment to 10 percent next year.
4 H enrollment rises with baby pork project yielding 66 boys. Total 5 643 in farm projects and 445 more than four years ago. Girls lead with clothing at 3 501, canting drives 2 117. Sil project enrollments reach 11 323. State leaders plan to finish ongoing work and stage camps, county events, and state fairs as 4 H clubs spread across 67 counties with only two counties lacking clubs.
The Poultry Tribune offers three scholarships to poultry club members with at least three years in the club who show the best performance. H M Jones, state club leader, announces eligibility and contest rules. Last year two South Dakota boys were submitted to the National contest. this year up to three may be selected from those sent to the state office.
Poultry club members and dairy and livestock groups look to district judging contests in July including events at Brookings on July 29 and Aberdeen on July 28. County judging squads will compete for the experience and training for the state fair. State club leader ELM Jones notes this is the first opportunity to judge poultry and valuable for preparation.
In Brookings on Lake Campbell a 13 year old boy fell from a pier and was rescued by 13 year old Richard Larson of Aberdeen. Larson acted quickly, pulling the drowning boy to safety and likely preventing a tragedy. The report also notes club posters from 1929 and 1900 available to clubs at low cost.
Ten thousand booklets advertising Huron as a premier tourist stop-off were released today. The six page folder highlights hotels, West Park grounds, and a pool, touts Huron as a natural headquarters city with large trade reach, good roads, pheasant hunting, and a four day drive from Chicago to Yellowstone via Huron. The cover art by Harry Gray features a model farm, Armour packing plant, a pheasant, and a car wheel with Huron at the hub.
H C Cullom notes the land office district will be merged into the seventh district in Cheyenne. Imogene Cory returns from an ad mitting visit to Chicago and St Paul with Gladys Hodson visiting next week. W H Paytot leaves for Mankato after visiting the Asher Pay home. Lloyd Bonesteel takes a civil engineering course at the University of Wisconsin and will join East Butte Copper Mining in Montana this summer. Flossie Fowle of Minneapolis visits J McD Campbell. Eight youths spend the day at Lake Byron with Giard driving, including Mayme Barclay Adra Tolmie Tead Retschlag William Retschlag Roy McGilvra Harold Lund and William Kimmel. John Dinneen returns from St Marys Kans after graduating with honors. Mrs I L Jones and son leave for Sioux Falls for a week. Mrs A B Eddy of Minneapolis visits Thomas Luckey’s home.
Aberdeen readers vote monthly to pick top poems in the state poetry magazine with an out of state judge also selecting favorites. Winners listed include J C Lindberg Aberdeen Adeline M Jenney Valley Springs Badger Clark Hot Springs and others across months May 1929 to May 1939.
Watertown offices announce a thorough redecoration for McKinley and Jefferson schools. Superintendent Harold Mackenzie says maintenance will continue through summer at other city schools, with Central school roof repair as part of the program.
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