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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
2
Miss Florence Sly reported three South Dakota high school experiments showing milk vegetables and balanced diets boost rat growth and health. Rats on deficient diets weakened while those fed milk leafy vegetables and fruit showed strong growth indicating dietary education effectiveness for individuals and families.
Dr P Larrabee, biology and geology professor at Yankton college, has been offered a position on the advisory board of the national Audubon society and will serve as South Dakota's representative. He recently joined the college in 1926 27 and holds degrees from Bowdoin Harvard and Iowa. he was chosen as a Beta Beta Beta judge in a nationwide biology essay contest.
A horse sale at Carthage sold 32 head at good prices at the stock yards. The top price was 97.50 with one horse selling as low as 7.50. Three outside buyers attended with two from Minnesota and Nebraska taking 42 head. the rest went to local buyers. Col. C. I. Tompkins presided over the sale.
A luncheon at the chamber of commerce rooms signalled the opening of a Aberdeen boy scout drive with seventy men taking part. Twelve teams were selected with a captain in charge. The campaign will be the last this year and ends with a Friday noon luncheon. Afterward scout funds will be handled through the community chest.
Freeman reports 280 government feed loans approved since February 8 within the Freeman trade area totaling about 50 000 dollars at roughly 180 dollars average. Seed loan closings run March with 113 seed loans in nine days on hand totaling about 5 005 dollars average 286. Springtime at Carthage notes Robins meadowlarks and ducks returning southbound as roads soften and water stands in low spots.
Mr and Mrs Waller Brunn return from Minneapolis where they wed last week. Mrs Brunn formerly Maud Duncan taught in Minneapolis City Schools. Brunn is a farmer and the couple will continue farming operations.
Local thaw opened the James River to unsafe conditions with pastures along the bank kept from crossing. Farmers report cattle saved after breaking through ice and a hog drowned. ice formed thick in March also provided winter storage.
Carthage school board preserves the current faculty for the next year. Wages were cut by an unspecified percentage to save nearly 1000 dollars and a high school teacher was dropped, saving about 1345 dollars more for a total near 2400 dollars in the coming budget.
Bandits entered the Alvis Hanson home on a farm near Artesian and robbed the house of wearing apparel. Dressers were opened and the contents scattered as the thieves searched for money they believed to be hidden in the residence.
Sioux Falls March 31 announcement by M Wadey superintendent in charge states the new postoffice annex will be ready for occupancy by May 35. The August 29 contract delivery date remains. Floors corridors and stairways are unfinished while borders wainscoting and basement wash room work proceed. Hardwood door installation to be let soon and outside stone work painting to be awarded from St Louis March Bros Construction. Outside work begins this week with sidewalks and new concrete driveway.
At a board of education meeting in Ipswich on March 31 two teaching staff members were re-elected with salary cuts. Superintendent Walseth and Miss Florence Olson will earn more than the janitor, rehired at 1200 dollars plus 90 dollars for extra help. Other salaries range from 1184 to 3988.
Sioux Falls police issue a warning to local youths about shooting small arms within city limits after complaints near the Cherry Rock bridge. Officers say guns will be confiscated when shooters are caught, reinforcing springtime safety precautions.
The De Smet Masons and O. E. S. held a Monday temple party with a Short play The De Smet Baby Show featuring twelve members as babies and three comic judges. KL Hvammen, pioneer resident, seriously ill at his farm home. tumor obstructs esophagus and cancer feared. He is in his 70s and came from Norway in the 1880s.
Spring arrives with meadowlarks and flickertails seen in early flocks. Green shoots appear as pastures awaken. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Perry Palmer of Lead, formerly Mellette, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Palmer.
Governor Green lays out a platform stressing cuts to balance the budget South Dakota needs to reduce state outlays and oppose new debt while supporting limited highway spending and abolition of the secretary of finance and director of employment offices He cites federal aid and rural credit programs as aids to relief and urges careful government consolidation to lower costs.
Dr A A Rock of Milwaukee a goitre specialist for 30 years claims goitre is a condition caused by other bodily disturbances not a disease. He says neglect worsens it favors immediate treatment and opposes needless operations. He offers a self help method and a copyrighted book sent free to interested readers.
Fort Thompson physician Goshorn visited Mrs. Hercy Jacobs on the river front in Big Bend. The trip covered 45 miles in four days due to heavy snow. Jacobs shows improvement while the patient Mr. Jacobs remains ailing.
A junior choir at Federated Community Church presented The First Easter cantata with solos by Myrtle Palmer Luella Palmer Lucille Musch Esther Lovina and Prof Douglas Chittick The event followed by a farm sale note from Small Profit Job Creek about Walter Pruess buying shoats at three dollars each after winter feeding and selling them for three ten each with ten cents for feed.
Deadwood March 31 seven hundred thousand trees Ponderosa pine seedlings will be planted in the Black Hills National Forest during April under direction of G W Pike assistant supervisor Approximately 1000 acres of the old Polo Creek burn north of Mt Ransevelt will be planted with two year seedlings from a Halsey Neb nursery The seed from which the trees were grown came from seed extractories on the Harney National Forest and should be well adapted to this locality An average of 700 trees will be planted to the acre and will be planted in rows seven feet apart in the row A crew of 70 men will be required all locally hired وع arrangements made for all necessary help Mr Pike stated that there would be 210 work for outside laborers No camp will be established the work being handled out of Deadwood The approximate cost of planting trees is 3 per thousand for the seedlings and 4 per thousand for labor The Roch ford bum will not be replanted for at least five years according to the forest office Much of the forest reseeds itself.
South Dakota railroad board orders free return transportation for caretakers of a single carload of livestock from market point to shipment origin. Applies to intrastate and interstate traffic. previously only shipper of two oxen received return passage. Raymond teachers visit. list of staff trips included.
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