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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
12
Armour Stockyards in Huron reported 1,000 hog receipts with prices steady to weak, top at 6.15, good packers at 4.00 to 4.50, stags 4.50 to 5.25. Chicago trade saw lambs with cautious demand as cattle and hog markets fell, hogs easing to about 6.70 for prime, with lighter weights down to 6.15–7.00 and overall slower activity across major markets.
Sioux City market reports show cattle and calves around 7.00 down for bulk steers and yearlings, vealers up to 9.59, stockers weak, beef cows 4.05 to 5.00, bulls 3.15 to 4.00. Sheep demand weak, lambs steady. hogs mixed with slow, mostly lower trade. Chicago and Sioux Falls trails follow with varied hog and cattle quotes and standstill market conditions.
Minneapolis May 21 Wheat futures weakened in a wet featureless session with scattered selling. May and June closed unchanged while July slipped about a half to three quarters. Cash markets were slow and demand limited as farm buyers fed on June futures with winter wheats steady to unchanged and durum bids firmer in spots.
Market listings show Huron Poultry and Buck Brothers offerings with live poultry and eggs, plus butterfat quotes. Chicago and New York report firmer butter and steady poultry prices, with eggs up to 25,391 head stored and standard to extra firsts graded. Minnesota flour and potatoes figures also recorded.
New York May 6 67 Strength of rail shares dominated today’s stock market with irregular finish amid some selling pressure. Key issues gained around two points including New York Central Pennsylvania New Haven Chesapeake and Ohio Union Pacific Southern Santa Fe. American Can Eastman U S Steel AT&T Consolidated Allied Chemical Vanadium Worth Gas Woolworth up moderately. Transfers around 2 500 800 shares.
A jumbled OCR slice lists numerous corporations and investors with partial percentages and broken names including Am Car and Fey, Armour, Anaconda, Chrysler, Eastman, Gen Foods, Houston Oil, Kennecott, Kroger, Packard, Pullman and others. No coherent event or narrative detected.
Huron gardeners plan to do their own work this summer in the annual Yard and Garden contest, with 33 residents submitting entry coupons. Competition will be keen across classes for independent work, judging to finish in August, and prizes totaling 60 dollars will be split among two divisions with rewards of 15 dollars 9 dollars and 5 dollars each.
City officials met to study condemnation of private land at 231 Indiana Avenue Southwest for a U S highway widening project. County and State Highway authorities hold power over through routes, with county auditor to convene a meeting as needed.
Beadie county court house pressed into service as 103 eighth graders from scattered areas begin state tests in the farmers Ensembly room and the county commissioners chamber. After completion tomorrow most rural and village schools close this week and papers will be graded by County Superintendent Netlie M. Brusso starting Saturday with marks for high school entry expected next week.
Sioux Falls attorney Henry C. Mundt has filed incorporation papers for the Sioux Falls Publishing company with the secretary of state. The firm is capitalized at $254,000 and plans to issue a daily or weekly newspaper in Sioux Falls. Incorporators include Mundt, E F Sullivan, and Alice Luhrs, all of Sioux Falls.
Department officers of the American Legion and its auxiliary visited the Yankton post for a banquet and party last night. They then joined a Poppy Day broadcast on WNAX to promote the annual poppy sale set for Saturday May 29. Carrol K. Lockhart of Watertown, department commander, spoke.
E A Ruden state banks chief and coin enthusiast offers to swap a US dollar for a 170 penny coin. He has a penny collection by year since 1733 except 1799, hoping to swap similar pieces. Rail presidents urge freight rate restoration to a five level pending ICC judgment on common carrier credit.
The American Red Cross marks its 50th anniversary since incorporation in 1881. President Hoover and Judge Max Huber will open the jubilee with speeches broadcast nationwide. Chief Justice Hughes presides. dozens of diplomats attend as congratulations pour in from European and Middle Eastern leaders.
CHICAGO May 21 The Prince of Wales is called a charming person by John Factor a former Halsted street barber who swore he would resist extradition to England Factor said he played chemin de fer with the prince in Monte Carlo last August and denied any steep losses noting he broke even He also denied English fraud charges and said his hearing was set for Monday
In Valparaiso on May 21 scientists testified to the Me detector’s efficacy in Virgil Kirkland’s murder trial for Arlene Draves. The defense sought to test Kirkland before the jury, but Judge Grant Crumpacker denied the request, noting the trial’s ongoing status.
Havana reports state authorities have crushed revolutionary efforts at Manzanilla and Jiguani with some disturbance at Shaparra and Holguin. Secretary of Interior Octavio Zubizarreta says measures are in place to prevent further trouble and armed forces are ready. No fear of major escalation, and absolute quiet is reported elsewhere. suspension of constitutional guarantees remains possible if sedition persists.
At the fifth annual meeting in Minneapolis three new directors were elected F E Porteous of Mitchell S D Arlen of Clinton Iowa and J G Fullerton Jr of Minneapolis. The report notes the Belgian cabinet resignation following a crisis over frontier defense spending. A fire in Spring Green Wisconsin left one dead another injured and eight missing after an implosion blew a building wall into the street.
The article recalls Bishop Simpson, Lincoln's spiritual adviser, delivering a funeral sermon for the Emancipator. It notes the 1919 start and 1920 dedication of a new Methodist church, financial strains during construction, weekly wage payments by trustees, and the growth from 133 to 387 members, making it the largest in the city.
PIERRE May 21 The federal department of agriculture is asked to aid Rosebud country South Dakota to combat a grasshopper infestation spanning about 11 000 square miles along both sides of the Missouri river in Gregory Tripp and Mellette counties Farmers hear entomologist A L Ford as he promotes poison mash and county officials previously funded control efforts seeking federal assistance to curb the menace this year
Dr James E Boyle of Cornell told the Analysts club in Chicago that signs point to a break up of the governments farm marketing experiment. He cited past failed state and central marketing efforts, noting Montana and North Dakota have already withdrawn and warning of high costs and mismanagement in the farm board system.
County Superintendent Nellie Brus h wraps up year end duties as most rural schools finish terms. Hurley, elected successor, to spend next week in the office prior to taking oath June 2. Former Whiteside principal, now residing in Hermon, will lead rural Beadle schools for two years, with prior teaching stints in Harrold Onaka and Faulk counties.
Gaes fines list grows with six motorists cited for traffic violations over recent days. A. W. Hopkins of police confirms two speeders fined $5 each by motorcycle officer J. Ranney, identified as T. L. Whalen of Idaho avenue southeast and George Starling of 1067 Dakota avenue south. Other minor offenses include W. H. Schaffer 1355 Kansas avenue southeast, A. D. Clemmons 107 Indiana avenue southwest, and A. B. Leak of Marvin Hughitt hotel. all assessed $1.
Farmers meet at C W Olson farm seven and a half miles north of Huron to learn weed control against Creeping Jenny. County agent R A Cave explains methods and shows a plot infested last year but clean this year due to regular cultivation every six to seven days. Meeting begins at 2 o clock.
A Huron police report notes the theft of a 1959 Oldsmobile coach from 563 Riverside Avenue Forthe. The car bears a license and registration details per the officer on the case.
At The Hospitals admission list includes Jeanne Goddard Zxnond modiest and Pave Raymond Gluck, with New Under- as part of a brief segment noting patient entries and placements.
C. J. Madison, an ex service man with 38 years in heating and sheet metal work, plans remodel and expansion of the Second street and Kansas avenue business to include sheet metal services alongside furnaces. He moved from Theodore Stiegard’s operation and has lived in Jasper, Wyoming, most recently with his wife and two four-year-old daughters at 806 Eleventh Street Southwest.
J. D. Juergens of Wolsey was fined and sentenced to 40 days in jail after appearing before Judge A. L. Kinkead for issuing a worthless check. The case says he cashed the check at Service Shoe store in Huron several months ago.
Deputy sheriffs Harvey Huntley and John Boyle investigated a theft at Lake Byron this morning. A therm of St gallon of gasoline five gallons of oil and a quantity of grease were taken from EB H Brock’s blowing rig. Brock had supplies in a field under breaking.
WOMAN wants work by week day or hour. Phone att, "Say oF LEAVING TOWN-will sell my home wi 2 sacrifice. Mrs. Washabaugh, M5 Ohio, Phone BES. TAKEN UP:-Grey mare, weight about 10. weer may have by paying carte. 3 J. Bawer, 3% north 2% east of Yale. GIRL OR WOMAN to help with cooking , and kitchen work in restaurant out of town, State wages, Write 148 Huronis
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