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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1936
Page
2
MARKET NEWS reports livestock receipts with hogs near steady to uneven, cattle and calves mixed but generally steady, sheep holding near steady levels. Regional bids from South St. Paul and Sioux Falls show prices across hogs, cattle, and lambs fluctuating within narrow ranges, with top hogs near 9.85 and cattle mostly steady to lower in early rounds.
Heavy hog run in Chicago and widespread wholesale pork price drops pushed values down at the stockyards. Hogs mostly fell 5 to 10 cents with top prices sinking to 10.35. Receipts reached 17 000, about 2 400 head above expectations as liquidating pressure from high corn costs aided the decline.
Sioux City market notes cattle receipts around 4000 with scattered early sales and steady to mixed demand. Fat cows and stockers vary with prices for yearlings around 50 per cwt, heifers up to 9.00, hogs steady to lower on weights, sows and butcher grades mixed, feeder pigs trading around 5.15 per cwt.
Chicago market notes list several potato grades and prices by region. US No 1 and 2 stocks from Colorado Nebraska Wisconsin Michigan North Dakota and Ohio appear with varying grades and quantities. Report cites light supplies and steady to long demand with mixed quality readings.
Daily market list from Huron and Watertown with detailed prices for heavy hens, springs, leghorn hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and butterfat. Includes totals for No. 1 and No. 2 butterfat, and separate notes for Sioux Falls and Sioux City market quotations with per pound ranges and weights.
Chicago traders reported unsettled butter tone with firm Engs and steady poultry. August imports reached 1 183 000 pounds while prior year butter imports stood at 149 000 pounds. Prices for eggs and various poultry classes were listed with small variations and several grade categories noted.
New York prices show poultry steady with varied cuts including broilers fryers roasters and turkeys alongside frozen fowls and mixed color packs. Butter prices remain steady with creamery and market scores reported for different quality levels.
Minneapolis report notes wheat futures eased with profits taken on the advance. Dec wheat closed 1-2 cents lower at 2.29 4, May 2.24 1/4. Flax futures fell sharply with Dec down 3 cents to 2.04, May near 1.59. Oats and rye mixed, cash grains steady or firmer. flax in good demand despite declines.
Beadle County Historical Society resumed monthly sessions at the courthouse Monday evening. Levi Van Voorhis spoke on a G A R convention trip to Washington D C with visits to Harpers Ferry Mount Vernon and Alexandria. Lea Tommey discussed the Legion’s Civil War veterans inspired organization while Tommey recited Cleveland convention incidents. Readings and songs accompanied the program.
Minnesotan grain markets show flour and durum values along with Duluth cash and futures quotes. The bulletin lists prices for flour sacks, standard middlings, and various wheat grades, with stock market figures for numerous firms, commodities, and bonds reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Wheat receipts reach 372 cars today against 230 last year, with Dec futures at 1299 and May at 124%. Trading basis unchanged as several classes of No 1 to No 5 dark northern and Hard Montana wheat items are quoted with mixed reductions and premiums. Nearby corn, oats, barley, rye, and other feeds show slight gains or steady bids as market activity centers on futures and immediate cash prices.
Mrs Frank Kopplin of near Cavour dies Monday morning. Short service at Kinyons chapel tomorrow at 12 15 PM. Funeral at Pratt Creek Methodist Church at 1 30 PM with Rev Brown of Cavour presiding. Burial in Riverside Cemetery in Kuron.
Aboard the President Pierce in Hong Kong reporters Dorothy Kilvallen and Leo Riermnvena joined the round the world race, awaiting the Pan American China clipper to sail for the United States. H R Ekins, in the lead since day three, planned to depart Manila for the Hawaii clipper as weather delayed takeoffs.
The Huron city board of education formally accepted the new high school unit at the October board meeting. A. J. Lang, city superintendent, said the acceptance was a formality since the unit has been in use since September. Regular business occupied the rest of the session.
Curfew reduced by two hours as conditions in Jerusalem ease after general strike and official terms. Reports of sniping and sabotage against Jewish settlements persist from Rishon LeZion Ness Ziona and Kfar Yabor near Mount Hebron.
Governor Landon told Ohio labor crowds that relief funds were being diverted to political machines and condemned the Roosevelt administration as a national scandal. He praised organized labor but warned against government meddling, arguing for separation of public works from relief and for real recovery to aid the jobless. He warned that autocrats arise where labor is manipulated and urged independence for organized labor. His stops included Sandusky Toledo and Monkee before Detroit.
Beadle County agricultural conservation committee and County Agent Ladd will host H. R. Tolley, AAA national administrator, in Huron on Thursday to discuss the 1987 farm program, with a preliminary state report ready for distribution. Tolley will speak at an open public meeting in the circuit court chamber after a morning session with committeemen and agents. Tolley also plans further discussions in Beadle County and a Rapid City stop to address west of the Missouri River programs.
The speech, delivered in Kansas City and Chicago, urges unity among farmers workers and business, condemns fear-mongering, and argues the New Deal reshapes security. Roosevelt says income rising with spending cuts will balance the debt, cites agriculture as proof government aid works, and questions return to rugged individualism.
Mitchell South Dakota reports indicate Merton L Corey general counsel for the Federal Farm Loan Association spoke before a gathering of about forty farm loan association secretaries east of the river in Mitchell. He voiced support for Alf Landon and warned partisan influence could hinder effective administration of the National Farm Loan system.
Luella Brown and Harold Oertli faced charges in municipal court. Oertli pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, was ordered to pay $1, and received a one day suspended jail sentence by Judge I R Crawford, contingent on good behavior and avoiding further molestation of the complainant.
Classified fragment shows a for sale electric refrigerator, a six room model house for rent with immediate possession, and a few notices including leaving town sale by Mrs Karl Buchhorg. Also mentions canning tomatoes price per bushel and liquor store advert across from porte ice with wines and whiskies.
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