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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1931
Page
8
Receipts Monday show hogs steady to higher with top quotes near 4.45. Packers and higher grade hogs attracted bids. cattle demand firm for choice steers and calves. Sheep and lambs faced ample open market supplies with cautious demand for stronger lamb prices.
Sioux City and St Paul reports show cattle runs with calves 2.64 to 4.85 per lb, yearlings steady to higher, steers and feeders firm, beef cows around 4.25 to 5.15, bulls up to 4.00, hogs mostly steady to higher, sheep trading cautiously with lambs and fat ewes in demand. Chicago notes active demand for higher grades, with top steers 5.15 and mixed loads near 12.00 for yearlings, sows 4.50 to 4.75, lambs strong at 5.50 to 6.65.
In Sioux Falls on Monday November hogs showed higher prices with top entries near 4M and bulk sales around 3 thousand. Buyers noted steady demand and strong weights as key lots moved to front.
Wheat futures eased late after nervous trading, settling below prior close while December, May contracts drift lower. Corn remained quiet. rye advanced sharply, barley softened briefly, and flax dipped. Cash grain demand showed mixed strength with durum and winter wheat in good demand. carlot bids listed for top grain grades.
The report compiles live poultry and dairy prices from Chicago New York Sioux Falls Minneapolis and Mitchell. It notes live fowls ducks geese and turkeys with weight classes and price ranges alongside butterfat and creamery figures.
In New York trading today the market advanced with rails and metals leading after utilities initial gains. Key movers included American Smelting Cerro de Pasco International Nickel Howe Sound and U S Smelting up several points while New York Central Sox Fa and Southern Pacific gained, Union Pacific dipped. Volume reached 5,604,000 shares with mixed results across sectors.
Sorenson denies aiding in a murder investigation in Nevada. He insists he could produce a witness to prove his whereabouts the night of the slaying. Prosecutors say motive was to gain the widow’s confidence and inheritance.
Dentists of the third district gathered in Huron for their annual meeting led by Dr. Edward C. Staine of Mayo Clinic Rochester and Dr. Charles H. Gletzin of Creighton University Omaha. About 40 dentists attended from Watertown Mitchell Willow Lake Lake Preston Arlington Zishmere Miller Wessington Springs Bryant and Huron with an afternoon election and business session planned.
The Beadle County sire exchange completed fifty six transactions including cattle poultry and a dog. E F Frevert president of the county Farm Bureau oversaw the event with buyers from the Olson family group. Total entries surpassed last year with 152 head of livestock 19 head of poultry and a dog traded or sold. Prices ranged from fifteen to twenty dollars for livestock and ten to twenty five dollars for rams.
Troop 12 of Miller won first place at the district Boy Scout outdoor rally held southeast of Miller with a score of 50. Gann Valley Ree Heights and Highmore troops competed. No. 12 led in signaling chariot race bugling and first aid.
Postmaster A B Blukdesid plans to wear old clothes to collect a live hog and ram donated by Armour packing plant. Other prizes from Home Grocers and American Legion booster fund include outfits and charity depot visits. Doors open at 1:30 for a city hall dance with a 4 piece band from the Huron Musicians Union.
Reyburn reports 400 to 500 men on road projects across Beadle Aurora Bendis Brule Lyman Gregory Charles Mix Douglas Hutchinson Davison and Han ton counties. Hundreds of horses replace machinery while most workers are married farmers and work allocation favors larger families. Over 90 percent of dollars spent goes to wages with more than a million dollars distributed since last summer and Beadle County receiving 7500 for relief road projects. over 70 needy farmers employed statewide.
The Pierre capital journal denounces a state bid request for 1,286 copies of a course of study bulletin as a subterfuge by E. C. Giffen state superintendent to pay for already delivered bulletins. Brown and Saenger of Sioux Falls printed them under an unauthorized arrangement. Giffen had purchased over 900 dollars worth in August while McCaffree says the division's order is bona fide.
Tokyo reports a bombardment of 40 shells on the Chinese city area after rioting near the concession. Four Chinese dead and 11 wounded as General Wang refuses to pull troops. Washington weighs peaceful pressure or boycotts to enforce treaty obligations amid Manchuria tensions.
The seed committee appointed by Governor Green to help South Dakota farmers obtain seed for next year will meet in Brookings tomorrow morning. Chairman Hugh Nash of Redfield notified the governor, who heads to Sioux Falls to speak at the farm bureau convention and may attend part of the Brookings session.
Funeral services for Mrs. E A Platts were conducted at Kinyon chapel at 3 36 this afternoon. Rev S W Keck officiated and burial followed in Riverside cemetery. Pallbearers included C H Bell Dr A M Wollmann Charles Peterson Max Royhl R Richards and Leonard Davis. Born November 15 1871 in Preston Minnesota she lived in South Dakota for years. She and husband Mr Platts married September 3 1896 in Trent where he was superintendent of schools. They lived in Pierre Sioux Falls Watertown and moved to Huron nine years ago.
CHICAGO November 9 Immigrant authorities seized Antonio Capezio known as Tough Tony in a drive against Capone era gangsters. Officials say he aided the St Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 and was born in Italy in 1901 never naturalized. He is the fourth reputed Capone gang member detained in the clearance surge.
Genevieve Clark, a Minneapolis housewife and the sole woman juror in the mail fraud trial, was summoned to show cause why she should not be held in contempt for allegedly failing to reveal prior employment as a stenographer for W. H. Foshay. The case involved Foshay and six associates accused of mail fraud in securities promotion. the jury deliberated a week and was discharged with one juror voting for acquittal.
Mrs. Herman Steinheuser 59 died at her Hitchcock home Sunday after a brief intestinal influenza illness dating from Wednesday. Born in Keewanee Wisconsin she had lived in the area 37 years. Surviving are husband and three children Hazel Stilton and George all of Hitchcock. Sister Mrs Henry Filmer of Charles City Ia arrived Friday. Funeral arrangements not yet complete.
A 10 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Otto Kuredt of Lochowell, was injured in a farm accident on the east of Springfield. The bullet pierced his abdomen, causing serious wounds. He was treated in a local room at the scene.
Four men pleaded guilty in Municipal court Saturday to gambling charges and were fined $15 each by Judge Dick Haney. The defendants Otto Pearson Pat Patterson Pete Poulos and Paul Weese were part of a group of ten arrested early Saturday morning at 78 Illinois Avenue SW. Poulos also faced a $5 fine for impeding officers and attempting to flee to the city jail. Harley Smith was fined $5 for possessing intoxicating liquor.
At The Hospitals Admitted: J. W. Malony Yale medical Virginia Anderson Huron surgical Mrs Clarence Ailyr Huron cal Walter Schiedaggar Hitcher medical Bra Cart medical re Dismissed: Mrs J Barta Woonsocket Mrs Clifford Gascoigne Hurer
Senator Norris of Nebraska proposed a 3 billion dollar federal road program to reduce unemployment. He would fund it with a long term government bond issue and higher taxes on top income brackets and the estate tax. Norris favors the program over charity and notes Western discontent with Hoover while avoiding talk of a presidential bid.
Sioux City reports a murdered man found shot in a house on Afth Street and dragged 250 feet to a Great Northern spur. A coupe found at the yard is tied to Willis T. Kevane of Storm Lake, who has been missing since last Thursday. Relatives note his absences are common.
Jerome consented to direct questioning of his charges as Brawner described salvaged items including five guns, two rifles and three pistols, a mattress per man, rice and flour ruined by rain, a single gun later sold to a Sacramento sailor after rescue. The group spoke of cocoanuts, wild boar, three old shacks, treasure digging, a few days of sunless rain, and a plan to film coast of Panama.
Morrell Foster assistant manager of Morrell Packing sustained injuries in a plane crash at Sioux Falls yesterday. He was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries awaiting X ray results to confirm extent.
A story from Rock Rapids Iowa reports James Dickinson 27 of Lester Iowa died after a bet on a marksmanship challenge. George Marnette boasted of his aim prior to the shot and claims he aimed high but Dickinson was fatally struck.
Reward offered for a female terrier described as a tail-screw type. Contact number 6823. Also notes two chairs for sale, a store room for rent, and other brief items including a Poland China boar and names C. E. Bows and HLL Vollenweider.
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