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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
5
The State Board of Assessment and Review introduced a new detailed assessment roll for personal property. County auditors must use the form next year, listing every item from farm machinery to merchant stock, credits, and bonds with individual values and debts specified before calculating taxable value.
The Clarion Monitor reports two rubber stamp artists fraudulently gaining 26 from local merchants using forged checks drawn on the Goldfield bank. One incident involved a grocery purchase with 10.60 charged, apples placed in a stranger's car, and promises of future business. Other losses occurred in Magle Grove and nearby towns as checks to Tarl Stanton and argued by D. W. Hanson were used. The scheme dated October 19 and totaled 16,650, with the firm name printed as Hanson Mill & Tie Go.
The Sunday Register notes legislators who have not filed expense statements from the lost session under the salary grab. It cites Melean son of Ennned Banatetler of Kossuth and Danson of Palo Alto as opposing the act while Senator Patterson allegedly kept it on the books and claimed expenses, prompting district voters to judge his worth in the coming election per Ringsted Dispatch.
GH Simmons of Ames, a husband and father, is in the county jail for 15 days on a sentence from Judge Luke's court for malicious injury to a building. He allegedly threw a bride through a window of an Ames grocery store after the Social Service League refused to provide assistance for his family following unemployment as reported by Story City Herald.
The High School Times notes activities across multiple classes. The girls basketball program prepares for a November 26 opener while sophomore geometry missed Monday due to Mr McMaullen's absence.
The county nurse visited the grade rooms last Thursday. Mrs Jacobsen substitutes for Miss Simonsen who was called away by the death of her father. Fifth grade teacher Miss Imjen Mc Evoy led the class as guests at a sixth grade program on Tuesday, November 10. Upcoming events include November 23-24 six weeks tests and November 26-27 Thanksgiving vacation. The first basketball game of the season is November 26 between Grad Stinger and Armstrong at Armstrong, for both girls and boys.
Junior high notes recount a strong sixth grade program presented Tuesday November 10 to honor Veterans Day. Students Opal Christiansen Constance Lehigh Dorothy Alyward Helen Sullivan Howard Noble Robert Jonsen Minaxva Paulsen Dora Maa Stevens Betty Vedder Ruth Fink Jean Shayley Dorothy Aylward Howard Noble Bobby Jonsen Minerva Paulsen Ruth Fink Betty Vedder and others performed songs poems and a speech in a cohesive patriotic program.
A humorous collage of quotes and snippets featuring wordplay about greatness and misunderstanding. Includes lines about putting parts near railroad crossings, moon tides, hair washing with soap, moss, mosquitoes, and comic takes on nouns and language.
Dan Furner seeks requisition papers to bring Mrs. M Pierce of Toledo Ohio back to Iowa. He accuses her of defrauding Dr BE Duvall of Audubon of 500 dollars by selling him an Indian charm to wear for an eye cure. The token was examined and the eye ailment remained unchanged. Duvall’s judgment and sense have improved since.
Rolfe Arrow reports on land sales in Pocahontas County including Andrew Climpson selling forty acres of the Warfield Campbell farm to James P. Henderson for 105 dollars per acre. Ze man farm seven miles south of Plover sold at 150 dollars per acre. The piece discusses farm land prices, the agricultural depression, and advice to buyers while noting many forced sales.
The John Smith estate at Armstrong won a suit against Shell Petroleum Co and manager Lee Bunker, awarded $4,000. Mr. Smith died after stepping into an open oil pit near the station. Vern Smith, administrator, filed for damages in Ringsted Dispatch.
The Register reports a destitute Mexican family of five children living in a sand pit on Edward Droessier farm near Bancroft. They lacked food, shoes, and clothing. aid arrived from local stores and the community. The car debt to a southern Minnesota dealer prompted the family’s hardship, with temporary relocation to the beet dump scale house as winter looms. The Mexican vice consul may visit Blue Earth to address questionable second-hand auto sales tied to beet workers.
The E R Ayers family moved from Osgood to Hills near Cedar Rapids. Myr Ayers runs the Rock Island station at Hills. Mrs Ayers managed the local post office. The Times regrets their departure and extends best wishes. A Clay county box meeting discussed auto licensing tied to poll tax payments and proposed raising the poll tax limit to 50 years with fewer exemptions.
Omaha wrestler Farmer Burns, famed nationally, plans a visit to Grachtinger next week to see his old friend Ben F. Reeves and family. The Reeves shared his company nine or ten years ago when Reeves studied wrestling under Burns. Burns also helped train Frank Gotoh of Humbault.
Act Duhn reduced the hall size by a plaster board wall east and west across the building. The improvement enhances appearance and will save on fuel this winter. In many towns the fair season lost from 1000 to 6000 or 8000 dollars, suggesting they should hold Chautauquas.
The Eatherville Vindicator and Republican notes that a publisher cannot produce a worthwhile paper without public and business community cooperation, reflecting on local town activity and the value of shared effort.
B F McFarland, en route to Sanborn Minnesota to attend farm interests, had a rollover crash about five miles past Jackson when a rear tire blew. He escaped with facial bruising and a sore right arm after the car struck a rock and overturned. He drove home after repairs to the vehicle.
A Humboldt county family of a man, wife, and three children aged two to six was found by game wardens along a river. Their tent shielded from cold with mud. The father, a clam harvester, faced shrinking income as clam prices dropped. Wardens planned an off season arrest, but the family’s plight led to aid from the American Needle Work Guild, and plans to move back to Butler county. The family had moved to Humboldt in July, living in a woodlands tent and relying on small game for food.
A Town State college Crops Department member A Al Bryan explains that farmers storing corn outside in flat or woven wire cribs can cover the top with slough grass or corn stalks to shed rain. While suitable temporarily, extensive spoilage limits use. the 1931 corn crop is unusually sound, yet many will find outside methods valuable for overflow stock.
Weather watches note dense fog at noon limiting traffic and business district visibility. Afternoon dampness reduces outdoor activity as records of foggy conditions persist into late day. Subscriptions and service notices appear in passing.
Prohibition officers raided Jackson Minnesota seizing a still valued at 25000 and five vats containing mash from 5000 to 40000 gallons. They also took 1600 gallons of alcohol and confiscated three automobiles. A prior raid at St Charles recovered 300 gallons of alcohol and five arrests. A subsequent sweep at the manufacturing plant led to five more arrests.
Secretary Mellon announced the treasury will sell 60 million dollars in 98 day treasury bills to the highest bidder November 20. The duck hunting season closes today for 1931 due to scarcity of birds.
Will Rogers showcases a dressed-up look in Fox’s Young As You Feel at the Hawkeye Theatre. Terrance Ray and Donald Dilaway support Rogers with a jovial juvenile plot about reform and marriage. Lucien Littlefield, Rosalie Roy, and others round out the cast in a stage adaptation by George Ade.
A list of local business men and establishments including I E Schurmann Ed Dwyer A J Duhn White Service Station Alfred Hrnnen M D Raape Ralph Maatens Robert Simongen John McBride s 8S George Jensen Garage M Weinholzer Erieson Hardware Bert Anderson Wolfe s Cafe George Frick C A Jensen Renderson Furniture Osher Dopt Steve Thompson s Grocery Charley Jensen Baumgartner s Farmer s Supply Co Graettnger Times Wilbur Price First National Bank Dr Dappen A G Barber contribute to maintain 10 and 20 cent price levels in the community.
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