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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
10
Market updates from Sioux City report cattle and hog price movements with steady to slow demand and mixed futures. Huron poultry and eggs prices are listed by Buck Brothers, while Chicago reports butter eggs poultry and cheese prices with steady trends. Additional notes cover Minneapolis and regional produce pricing.
The report outlines cattle, steer, and bale prices with varied conditions. Slaughter steers and heifers show strong to good demand, with tops near 15.40 and prices fluctuating by weight. Cows, bulls, and feeder stock vary, while lambs and feeders move at mixed levels amid overall cautious activity.
Slower demand and generally lower prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter cows and cutters weak. hogs mostly steady with top prices around 18.50 per hundredweight. sheep bidding uneven with lighter lambs harder to move amid steady to softer tones. Sioux Falls stock market follow up notes included.
Swift & Co. provides market listings for Huron with prices on butter eggs and produce. Local suppliers Levhorn and Nenvy Springs are referenced along with Furon and De. Trade notes indicate fluctuating prices and supply details for the season.
Duluth futures and cash close quotes dated Sept 18 show durum grains with highs lows and closes for Oct Dec and May contracts. Prices include No 1 amber durum and No 3 durum with values around 1.20 to 1.26. No 1 red durum and related cash bids also listed. Wheat No 1 amber durum and other grades quoted with nearby futures and cash figures.
Nervous early trading gave way to a brisk session with many declines erased and a broad upturn across issue groups. High priced stocks led gains while Commercial Solvents hit a new high. totals showed about 9.91 million shares traded with notable moves in American Telephony, Industrial Alcohol, and General Motors among others.
Minneapolis market report shows December wheat closing 40 cents down after a nervous day with willing sellers and light volume in oats and barley. Cash wheat offerings were liberal with demand easing, winter wheat slower, durum unsettled, and flax offerings remaining liberal but weak near close.
Minneapolis markets show a range of grain quotes including dark northern wheat No 1 at 1.24 to 1.3994 and mixed wheat No 1 at 2.25, with numbers for No 3 and 4 northern, corn, oats, rye and flax. Cash close notes wheat at 3.49 per bushel and various grades with multiple percentages and measurements reported for futures and spot prices.
The event features a 28 mile air race on September 18 with four Navy planes from Wold-Chamberlain arriving this morning. Herman Hamer of La Salle was announced winner of the 18 mile cabin plane race yesterday, with Roy Liggett of Watertown second, Jay Geehan of Renner third, and John Halgrinson of Presho fourth. Winners of other races not announced.
Clear Lake resident W Force will establish Gloria Light distribution headquarters in Huron for kerosene and distillate burners used in sock stoves heaters and furnaces. He plans to mail agents and will remain at his Clear Lake home for the time being.
The Federal Farm Board approved a 500 006 dollar loan to the North Dakota Montana Wheat Growers association of Grand Forks to support wheat holdings. The loan accompanies a prior amount from the Intermediate Credit Bank of St Paul, with combined charges not exceeding one dollar per bushel. George Dis, president of the association, testified before the board and the funds will be disbursed as needed.
Quantico VA Sept 18 General Smedley D Butler commands the Quantico base and urges citizens and officials to remove bootleggers. The town, incorporated two years ago and near the base, has benefited greatly from illicit trade, with the general stating prohibition can be enforced.
Texas Rangers report an affidavit implicating officials in underworld activity in Borger and Hutchinson counties connected to the Friday night death of Hutchinson County District Attorney John A. Holmes. An arrest may follow as investigators pursue possible links to the prosecutor’s efforts to curb lawless elements.
Last week at the fair crowds saw odd exhibits but few noticed a remarkable pair of muskmelons grown from one stem and joined like Siamese twins. H C Seeman of 1223 Twerth Street reported finding two identically sized melons that were both sound and good.
In Kings Mountain North Carolina on September 18 union activity sparked a kidnapping and bombing. Cleo Tessner organizer for the National Textile Workers Union was seized from his home and later beaten after a speaker’s stand on Piedmont Avenue near a vacant lot used for weekly union addresses was dynamited. Tessner was later found in South Carolina and sent to Charlotte. Police were alerted about 3 am by Tessner’s wife.
In Los Angeles on September 15 Superior Judge Carlos Handy overruled the state's objections in the second degree murder trial of Mrs. Luis Pantages. The defense sought to introduce testimony regarding a man named Jura Rokumoro who had died, allegedly connected to the renal operations.
Dr Sprague founder of Sprague hospital now Huron clinic and Ralph Jones of Huron automobile firm plan a six month stay in California to form a corporation absorbing eight west coast trunk distributors led by Kori Keen. They will leave Friday via Sioux City to confer with Kari Keen officials and return with plans for expansion.
Washington reports the appointment of Marty Guggenheim as ambassador to Cuba, viewed as boosting inter continental air travel in the western hemisphere. Aviation officials cite his support for flying, currency backing, and Cuba as a natural gateway linking the United States and Canada with Central and South America. The move follows earlier ties to air routes and Pan American Lines, with Havana serving as a pivotal hub for regional air traffic development.
Mrs Fantle wife of a local department merchant died today in Sioux Falls after a stroke while attending a local theater. She had resided there for some time.
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