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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1931
Page
8
Armour Market at Armour Stockyards shows receipts near 2,000 with prices slipping to 23 to 25 below prior, top 6.45 for 160-200 pounds while ranges extend to 6.00 for heavy weights. Chicago hogs and cattle trade reports indicate abundant supplies and price declines across weights.
Cable 4200 slow demand and weak undertone. Early axles desirable, yearlings about steady. Dept of Agriculture notes slow market across most classes with a general softness in prices. Stronger activity is not indicated and buyers show cautious stance in addition to slow throughput.
May 4 7 Minneapolis Wheat futures opened dull then rose on dry Canada weather. May up io, July down, September up. Corn rose four cents. cash wheat offerings liberal yet firm. Milling durum strong demand. rye and flax in good demand. Minneapolis cash close shows mixed futures and carlot ranges for No 1 northern and amber durum wheat along with corn oats barley flax values.
Duluth market report shows cash citrus and grain quotes with flax and wheat prices. Prices move around 1.59 percent for futures on May deliveries with multiple durum and amber varieties listed, including No 1 amber durum and No 2 durum figures.
Markets report U S potato shipments for Saturday and Sunday with totals around 820 and 40 and general activity described as steady. Wisconsin round whites Minnesota russets Idaho No 1 prices listed and mixed trades noted for No 2 and commercial grades amid steady stock levels.
Bran unchanged for delivery in sacks and shipments noted at 24 304 units. Bran price 14 50 to 15 00 per hundredweight. Standard middlings listed at 14 50 W relative to market. Jets family patents quoted and shipments referenced in May report.
Sioux Falls notes show price listing for hens and cockerels with counts for ducks geese and eyes. Includes butter fat door delivery and butter prices with quantities and weights.
Chicago May 4 report shows butter prices easing by about four and a half cents amid heavy receipts, with poultry receipts described as steady across 3 cars and 12 trucks. Butter quotes for extras and firsts range near 21 to 22 cents, while eggs drop slightly with graded firsts around 15 to 17 cents and packed extras near 17 to 18 cents.
Sioux City report shows live poultry and eggs prices with hens at 12 to 15 cents, broilers 25 cents, eggs around 2.25, butter creamery 20 to 26 cents, butterfat 19 to 22 cents. New York figures list eggs 35,256 cases with mixed colors and grades, butter around 120 dollars per hundredweight, poultry dressed and fresh market values noted, plus Mitchell and other regional notes with hens and ducks listed.
Huron resident H H Humphrey was elected president of the Beadle County Sunday School Association at yesterday's annual meeting in Wessington. Other officers named include E H Johnson secretary treasurer Edna Mack and J E Washburn among several roles, with A B Echliman as field secretary delivering the sermon. The convention closed after an afternoon of meetings and a evening play titled Ordered South performed by Highmore cast members.
New York stocks rose in dull trading closing firm on May 4 14. Major gainers included Allied Chemical Du Pont Eastman American Telephone New York Central Union Pacific US Steel American Can Atchison General Motors General Electric Chrysler and White Auburn. Copper shares fell while overall turnover was under 1.5 million shares. Market mood steadied as Baker death prompted little disturbance and bears sought cover. Call money held at 14 percent amid month end liquidity.
Clouds broke over Huron this afternoon with some moisture falling and crops expected to receive a soaking tonight. Forecaster M. E. Bly warns of considerable precipitation and colder temperatures. Rapid City reported .22 inch in the last 24 hours with Pierre noting a trace. tomorrow to be mostly cloudy.
An unidentified plane caught fire and dived into the sea north of San Clemente last night with at least five witnesses. All commercial, army, navy, and marine corps planes were reported safe in San Diego and Los Angeles. Coast guard cutter 259 sailed from Santa Pedro to drag the ocean bottom.
The crash on the highway east of Huron last night involved Crasis on Pavement driver L Haley, Rapid City, and Armour packing plant employee Jake Schmidt. Both cars suffered nearly ripped running boards and fenders. No one was injured.
Plans completed for a 13th anniversary program and party for the I OxO F lodge to be held tomorrow night. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and their families are invited to attend.
A hurricane swept the Yucatan peninsula. three dead and many missing as homes and farmlands suffered heavy damage. Officials fear casualties may rise as rescuers search coastal towns and inland villages. Local authorities appealed for aid and warned residents to stay clear of flooded areas.
Fourteen members of the Area camp committee met at Camp Da-Ko-Zeh south of Miller to review the site and map projects for 1931. Henry C. Bard chairs the group. first plans call for enlarging the swimming pool with a new dam and ditch to divert upper run off. The spring, yielding about 16 000 gallons daily, will fill the pool within two weeks. A dining hall will be built after moving the kitchen nearer the spring. Public access to the pool will be closed until after the Scout Camp for cleanliness and water quality reasons.
One hundred voices from organized choirs in Huron and four Beadle county towns gathered for the opening National Music Week. The composite choir concert at the American Lutheran church drew praise for director Hardin Van Deursen. Tonight’s program at Huron college features the college orchestra, high school band, a cappella choir, and various solos and ensembles.
Royhl and Alta-May Lumbard performed They Shalt Run and Not Be Weary while Robert Bryan and Hardin A Ver Deursen offered So Thou Lilstest Thy Divine Petition. A 100 voice chorus included Wolsey Hitchcock Wellington and Cavour choirs and Huron church choirs from Presbyterian Congregational Baptist Catholic American Lutheran Methodist and Christian Science.
Fires in northern Minnesota spread across scattered sections as forest rangers and settlers battled blazes. One fire threatened the Alexander Lake district 20 miles northwest of Little Falls, another burned about 30 miles north of Brainerd. Farmers aided in Ansel township Cass county in a nonserious brush fire. Rangers planned to file charges against a dozen or more people for unauthorized fires.
Huron VFW plans to devote most net proceeds from its first annual ball tomorrow night to the relief fund for needy veterans and their dependents. Commander James R. Lowrie said last year’s work extended through the year, with baskets, hospital aid, and support for the national home.
Two boxing champions are slated for non title bouts this week. Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom defends style as heavyweight, facing Leo Lomski of Aberdeen Washington in a ten rounder at Portland Oregon tomorrow. Jack Thompson meets Bucky Lawless of Syracuse New York in another ten rounder at Chicago Stadium Friday. King Levinsky and Emmett Rocco meet in Ellwood City Pennsylvania. Jack Berg returns to Madison Square Garden to face Tony Herrera El Paso Texas in the main event Friday.
Nine year old Merrill Hack of Oshoto Wyoming was injured when he fell onto a running gasoline engine in Hot Springs. He sustained a broken arm burns and severe lacerations as the flywheel struck him before the engine was disassembled and he was rushed to a local hospital where doctors expect recovery.
Building committee members toured Huron public schools and found only minor summer work needed. High school will get balcony renovation and a band room, plus redecorating of halls and auditorium. Noise reduction plans include extending gym wall load to floor above. Lincoln and Jefferson schools will gain outdoor coal pits, redecorated interiors, and window work. McKinley and other buildings receive repainting and repairs. A. J. Lang supervised, with C. Bogpel chair and assistants R. B. Hill and Clyde FR. Smith.
ONWA program delayed the deadline for the Inaak Walton league essay contest after many entries remained unfinished. George G. Beil announced entries were extended to tomorrow at 9 am for judging by Mirinu Spiers Cleata Phorpe and the result likely by week’s end. Winners share 10 dollars across two divisions with topics on Ravine Park and Birds Trees and Flowers.
Special notice sets Wednesday May 6 as the closing Wednesday night dance at the Oriental ballroom Wolsey Dave Munson and his Berkley Club Orchestra will play for the event The old time dances on Saturdays will continue beyond this finale.
Classified line items include rental listings and housing details. Modern light housekeeping rooms for rent at 331 Neb with phone contact 263 for seven room house with two baths and three bedrooms. Also ads for room house sale bargain at 61 Hath Street and lost gray purse reward notice.
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