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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
2
Hog prices were generally steady Thursday at Armour and nearby yards with receipts around 700 and top bids near 11.00. Cattle, calves, sheep, and lambs showed mixed but mostly stable trends as buyers and sellers adjusted to demand. hogs ranged from 8.60 to 10.10 per hundredweight with several weight breaks noted.
Chicago hog prices rose with steady to higher quotes across markets. Hog receipts reached about 700 head with 2500 shipped by dealers, early top around 11.00, average hogs near 10.25, and outside markets firmer. Cattle values showed rebounds with steer prices near 12.38 for 3200 lb counts and top around 11.60. Lambs remained firm to higher, natives and lambs trading from about 3.75 to 9.00.
USDA reported varied prices with hogs steady to higher and cattle buyers active. Slaughter steers and yearlings showed strength, while fat lamb bids were limited. regional sets at Chicago and St Paul reflected robust demand for feeder cattle and steady to higher hogs and sows.
Markets furnish daily by Swift Co and others show Huron poultry butter and hides, heavy hens to 44 lbs and over, leghorn hens and springs, No 1 butterfat. New York and Chicago reports list butter prices, potato futures, and mixed color standards with varying weights. Sioux Falls and Mitchell markets note poultry, butter, and eggs with ranges for hens, leghorns, springs, ducks, and turkeys. Foreign exchange closes at 15 1875 francs per dollar with 6.584 cents per franc.
New York poultry prices show steady demand as the day closes. Trade activity remains light with frozen grades unchanged and futures stable.
In Minneapolis trading on Oct, liberal profit taking trimmed gains as wheat futures closed mixed finally down a fraction from the prior close. May and July figures swung with slight declines and gains. Coarse grains closed higher on some contracts while May rye rose. Cash wheat showed a weaker undertone with dull winter demand and steadier rye demand amid sluggish barley and flax activity.
City officials announce a $76,000 Works Progress Administration project to improve Hu Ton’s airport, creating up to 1100 jobs with initial crew of about 20, rising to 50 within a week and 80 to 100 later. Construction includes a hangar, repair shop, fencing, lighting, water supply, and runway work while road crews begin nearby projects.
Chicago markets report firm butter and eggs with futures rising on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Butter prices edge up, creamery specials and firsts near steady. eggs hold firm with extra firsts and local supplies mixed. Poultry values mixed: hens steady, springs firmer, various breeds and weights listed. turkeys and geese noted with small price movements.
New York October 3 Moderate advances dominated the stock market with a dull finish after a fast start. Investors eyed the African war crisis as nervousness eased slightly and trading narrowed to fractional moves in names like American Telephone U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Auburn Case Westinghouse Owens Illinois Can Consolidated Gas Greyhound Kep Kennedy Anaconda U S Smelting and International Business Machines declines in IBM and Air Reduction and Cerro de Pasco. Volume around 1,400,000 shares.
Sidney Chester Voorhees 42 Meade County auditor of Sturgis was shot in a timbered area about 3.5 miles northeast of Whitewood near Nemendad. He remained in critical condition at St Joseph hospital with a small caliber bullet wound four inches below the heart, the bullet passing through and exiting the back. Authorities reported the shooting occurred while he inspected timber he had hired men to cut on property owned by Henry Nica.
A delegation of Huron Legionnaires will travel to Brookings this afternoon to install new officers at the Brookings post. Vrommey will report on the national convention in St Louis and the state commander will repeat the event in Huron Friday evening with Commander G C Martin and other new officers installed at the William Eaves post. The Huron meeting was postponed one day due to Temmey’s Brookings trip.
Walter Curtis was found guilty of indecent exposure by a municipal court judge. Judge Lving R. Crawford will pass sentence at 10 oclock Tuesday morning. The maximum penalty is a $500 fine and six months in jail.
Huron Construction company submitted the lowest bid of 107000 dollars for the post office addition in Huron. J A Groves president of the firm was notified this afternoon after bids were opened in Washington today.
Huron city commissioners will meet Friday evening at 7:32 p.m. at city hall to consider the proposed underpass under the North Western railway tracks on Dakota Avenue. Owners of property to be affected by the project will be heard at the meeting.
Admission and dismissal notices from hospitals include Mrs A P Meigs of Highmore for medical care, Marilyn Keefe of Cavour for minor surgery, Mrs Orin Palmer of Wolsey, W R Barton of Cavour, Evelyn Cowie of Buren, Mrs H G Burdick of Huron, and Waldner of Huron. Piya Marshall and Mrs Tames Major were discharged at Benillei and Hiron respectively. Art Hoffman pleaded not guilty to vagrancy in municipal court with trial set for 1:50 tomorrow afternoon.
Town held installation of officers last night with local leaders presiding as new civic roles were formalized. Attendees included several prominent residents and the event was noted for its orderly conduct and community spirit.
The Cubs and Tigers traded innings in a noisy wind blown contest. Highlights include Greenberg and Gehringer driving in runs, Hartnett’s single, and Kowalik's control issues as Chicago mounted late pressure while Detroit built an early advantage.
The text records a rough baseball inning with outs, hits, and fielding errors, mentioning Hartnett, Cavarrett, and Galan among others. It also notes an improving condition for Menna Tschetter, a hospitalized child injured by a shore incident near Yale.
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