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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1933
Page
6
Market notes show hogs steady to higher at times with top prices around 4.35, while cattle and calves mostly held or fell with weight classes varying. Regional reports from Sioux Falls and Sioux City list modest gains for select hogs and steady to weaker cattle demand amid seasonal tax pressures and weekly comparisons.
Minneapolis Wheat futures closed higher on October 21, with December up over a cent, aided by ongoing federal purchases and some selling after stock-market setbacks. Cash wheats showed light to fair demand, with durum scarce and prices firm. cash corn and oats mixed, flax in light supply but good demand. Minneapolis and Duluth cash close tallies list several grades and prices for wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, and flax, reflecting regional trading activity.
Unclear OCR readout from Chicago Livestock with weight ranges and price shifts. Mentions steers heifers cows vealers and cutters with wide fluctuations and notes midweek comparisons and top and low figures though many words are garbled. Heavy weight cattle appear uneconomical to run with prices shown around 6.4 and 10.23 in rough terms.
New York stocks slid in the final hour after an unsettled session as alcohol stocks led declines amid rumors of bad news in the sector. Trading showed broad weakness with many major issues off, while farm implement and rail shares briefly rose on talk of improved Soviet relations. Closing quotations listed numerous U S issues with mixed movements and a marked drop in key industrials.
A dated price schedule from Chicago and New York outlines unchanged butter and poultry values with steady live poultry, mixed lots, and USDA potato shipments. It notes specific ranges for butter, eggs, and dress poultry as well as regional potato prices including Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Idaho, and Colorado varieties.
Pierre October 21 Gov Tom Berry calls for federal cattle relief through a processing tax. He proposes permits in the federal pig buying program and favors purchasing thin cows to curb future production costs, noting drought and feed shortages raise winter keeping costs. current market values show thin cows valued near five to ten dollars.
Sweepstake honors this week go to Ben Schol Han and Berdyne Peet for coloring Out Our Way. The Evening Hur on theater tickets await eight more winners from The Evening Favorite for best color pages in the Saturday issue. Prizes were awarded to Evelyn Twogood and Iona Maxvold for Out Our Way, Lorraine Mann and Evelyn Neadene Emery for Our Boarding House, Eugene Bloodgood and Irene Boone for the Gumps, and Edith Hibbard and Bernice Tyrrell for Moon Mullins.
At a luncheon at the Y M C A cottage Miss Gladys Pyle spoke on Pipestone Indians. A discussion followed on the sixth district convention to be held in Sioux Falls October 29. Delegates from Hutan erect were planned. only two members were absent.
Eight couples and one solo remain in the Dance 72 venue walkathon after eight withdrawals from Fridays start. Masters Martin Jensen and C W Grabe plus an orchestra provide entertainment as two nurses, two trainers, a doctor, and a chiropodist care for fatigued participants.
Arguments in a land lease case involving De Smet parties were heard by a circuit judge. Alva E. Taylor in Huron today. The People's State Bank of De Smet seeks to enjoin Clarence Nelson who leased the land from pasturing the meadow land claiming permanent damage would result. Nelson has cut two crabs of hay from the land. William H. Warren represents the bank while George Longstaff of Huron represents Nelson.
A farmer group laments loss of confidence in the administration, denounces monied interests, and urges reflation of currency and a cost of production for farm goods consumed in the U S. They demand a sustained agricultural code, financing reform, and a moratorium to protect farms amid policies seen as harming hunger relief and national stability. They criticize bankers and political figures, calling for honest cooperation to avert further farm distress.
A Beadle County Historical Society delegation led by President W. S. Davis placed a marker this morning at the Indian burial ground found by excavators on the Ravine park dam project. The marker stands on the hill east of the dam and is now visible to visitors.
Kansas City reporters note Judge Glandon ruled the state moratorium on mortgage foreclosure sales invalid in Wysadotte district court. The mandamus action ordered Sheriff Becker to proceed with a foreclosure sale despite governor Landon’s extended proclamation.
Ferguson, a Watertown resident, was elected president of the South Dakota Association of Life Underwriters at the second annual sales congress here. J A Norvis of Aberdeen named vice president, J Gilbertson of Aberdeen second vice president, and War Ting of Watertown reelected secretary-treasurer for a third term. In Pierre, two state relief officials met Sioux City officials to discuss the federal relief program, as T J Edmonds became regional director replacing Sherard Ewing.
The report notes currency shifts with the franc exchange near 5.46 centimes per franc, then 5M cents, as New York opens. Treasury gold price declines to 2901 per ounce, 12 cents below Friday’s quote, signaling a softer bullion market amid mixed overseas demand.
The report outlines mixed reactions to possible Soviet recognition by the United States. Moscow expects three main gains: higher credits, fewer trade barriers, and stronger Far East standing. Japan and Italy temper hope with caution while U.S. lawmakers debate risks and benefits.
Chicago reports note rising U S prices driven by government wheat purchases and anticipated embargo options. Imports may be restricted or duties raised while mills buy heavily, signaling strong admin influence on grain markets. Rumors of Canadian bond-held cargoes returning to Buffalo and rye imports from the Danube affect coarse grain momentum as packers push stock moves ahead of a new tax.
Pierre Oct 21 Three contracts for gravel base course projects were added to the list approved by the federal bureau of public roads. The awards total 0,449.49 for 11,940 miles on U S 81 north of Yankton. 3,920 miles on U S 212 in Deney county for Lee and Johnson of Sioux City Ta H6 02813. and 15,366 miles north of Aberdeen on U S 281 for National Construction Company of Sioux Falls for 534,566.08. The projects prepare for oil surfacing. no action on paving U S 16 in Minnehaha county due to the bureau’s nonconcurrence as the bid was second low. Highway commissioners may act Monday on the matter after a return from an inspection trip.
Bismarck North Dakota October 21 quiet along the wheat embargo front as sheriffs directed by Governor William Langer prepared to enforce the grain shipment ban. Railroads continued shipments in line with interstate commerce rules, while the governor's order aimed at Se concerties enforcing the ban.
The Firs Christian church will hold Bible school at 10 a.m. and an 11 a.m. communion service with a sermon titled Pure Religion and Undefiled. An evening service at 7:30 p.m. will feature a sermon God’s Order for Our Time. Robert Bryan of Huron, son of Dr and Mrs Bryan, a University of South Dakota student, will sing on a broadcasting program on WNAK Sunday at 4 p.m.
Carl Meyers of Tulare California advertises a ride request from a lady and child bound for or near Austin Minnesota by Monday. He provides a phone contact in St Ton and notes his location southwest of Tulare. The fragment mentions moles warts and growths removed without cutting or burning and references latest physio therapy equipment and Betts Osteopathic Clinic.
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