Jones County Farm Bureau Plans Annual Achievement Day
The Jones County Farm Bureau Women's division completes plans for the annual county wide achievement day to be held at the Congregational church in Anamosa on Friday April 23. The program starts at 10 am with township and county exhibits set beforehand and features music talks skits plays a style show and demonstrations. Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis will speak and judge exhibits as guest. Mrs. Sam Hilison invites all women rural and town to attend.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Congregational Church
Anamosa
Sarah Porter Ellis
Home Project
Sam Hilison
County Home Project
Cattle Feeders Meeting Set For May 2 In Onslow
The county cattle feeders meeting will be at the Community hall Onslow Tuesday evening May 2 at 8 o clock. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College and Herman Aaberg of the Chicago Producers will present the beef cattle outlook and share results of the Chicago Producers spring survey. Clarence McLaughlin and Reuel O MecColm lead the hosting organizations and invite all feeders to attend.
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Onslow
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers
Chicago
Clarence McLaughlin
Jones County Cattle Feeders Association
Reuel O. MecColm
Jones County Farm Bureau
Jones County Reaches Its Insurance Quota
One hundred Jones County farmers signed applications for automobile insurance with Iowa Mutual Insurance, sponsored by the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. The county quota of 91 was reached. the mutual company is owned by Farm Bureau members to provide insurance at cost. Charter memberships remain available before launch.
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Jones County
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Jones Jones County
New Automobile Insurance Company
Legal Reserve Mutual Company
Farm Bureau
Iowa Bureau Farmer
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Harry States His Case On Auto Insurance Risk
A town farmer narrator recalls Harry who moved farms and refused personal auto insurance. He drove recklessly once, causing a crash that left him liable for hospital bills and damages to others, risking his equity. The piece urges Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance for affordable coverage.
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Harry
Two Mile Hill
Acto
Bey
Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance Company
Highway Patrolman Speaks On Wyoming Safety Meeting
Sergeant Day spoke at a Woodacroo Farm Bureau event in Onslow about highway safety. He cited rising automobile deaths over fifteen years, urged courtesy and fair play, and shared his accident experiences. L. T. Lorenzen reported on the 1989 AAA program and a locker refrigeration service statement was given by Center Junction plant manager. Madison and Clay township members attended.
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Clareness
Codie Rapids
Speer
Ship
Onslow
Sergeant Day
United States
L. T. Lorenzen
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Center Junction
Madison
Clay Townships
Wyoming Township
Rural Youth Honors Sorensens at Olin school
Over two hundred 4-H club members parents and Rural Youth members attended a meeting at the Olin school honoring Mr and Mrs Ray Sorensen. A program by the Rural Youth Association featured Kidnapping Betty accordion and piano selections and a flute solo. Gifts were presented to the Sorensens for their service. Ray Sorensen now heads the Rural Youth department of the Iowa Farm Bureau in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Youth Association
Ray Sorensen
Olin
Betty
Lois Tallman
Elizabeth Ann Hartman
Dorothy Jean Slater
Max Specht
Monticello
Sorensen
4-H Club
Ray
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
AAA Rule Allows Non Soil-Depleting Classification After Poor Grass Seedings
The county AAA committee rules that farmers who seed grasses and legumes to meet soil depleting acreage limits will avoid deductions if flood drought or insect damage prevents a good stand. A good stand of legumes or perennial grasses is required for non soil-depleting status, with nurse crops and matched acre practices considered. Evidence of workmanlike seeding and reasonable preventive efforts are needed.
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AAA
County Aaa
Conservation Group Seeks Post Office Office Space
The Jones County Soil Conservation Association seeks 1600 square feet in the Monticello post office basement. L. T. Lorenzen says current spaces are insufficient, with 972 square feet in Lanigan Building and 590 in the planned community building. Representative William S. Jacobson supports securing space from the treasury department.
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Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Monticello
Treasury Department
L. T. Lorenzen
William S. Jacobson
Congress
Second District
Iowa
Lorenzen
Conservation Association
Lanigan
First Street
Castle Grove and Area Social and Farm Bulletin
Castle Grove notes report a Chicago trip with cattle, local officials on official business, and church services at Peniel Chapel. A Castle Grove farm bureau meeting is announced with a strong flax farming update and community committee work for Achievement Day posters and placards.
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Wm. Delay
Chicago
H. J. Mayberry
Anamusa
Paul Hintze
Davenport
Peniel Thapel
L Club
McLaughlin
Waterloo
Woot
Hintz
Ae “Tai
Arthur Hoiah
Arden
Mee
Dehaier
Deas Bros
W. A. Hogan
Wy D. McLaughlin
Clar Oer Hbberhart
OM. Hostorm
Delay Bros
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Bertha Harken
E. J. Schnier
Ube Mis. George
Heat Given Off by Body Even in Winter
A human body emits enough heat in an hour to raise two quarts of water to boiling point even in winter.
Rats Prey on Chicks on Farms Near Monticello
An unusual rat surge on Monticello area farms endangers poultry. Rudolph and Mrs Flack report six chicks killed and others chewed, while a broad daylight intrusion prompts foundation repairs. Several farmers discuss blindsides of weather, livestock care, and evolving farm practices.
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Monticello
Rudolph Flack
Capon raising profits eyed in Frank Priebes letter
Frank Priebe advises poultry raisers to caponize cockerels early, between 1 3/4 and 2 pounds, to maximize returns. He cites breed differences, justifies early action for New Hampshires, and notes rising interest and real-world profits from capon production. He warns against large-scale entry but encourages trying a few birds to test profitability.
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New
Yoto
Indiana
Most Popular Fish in America Named by Survey
The National Wildlife Federation conducted a state wide survey naming the black bass and the crappie as America's most popular fish. The study surveyed residents across all fifty states.
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America
National Wildlife Federation
Wool price cycles aid Iowa growers through cooperative warehousing
A chart by C W McDonald of Iowa State College explains why the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers' association boosts returns. Wool prices dip at shearing in April to June and rise in fall and winter, with about 90 percent of Iowa’s 1 million pound clip sold at the low. The co op warehouses wool in Des Moines allowing sale during higher prices, aided by federal loans of 16 to 18 cents per pound on certain wool. County agents provide more information.
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Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
C. W. McDonald
Towa State College
Iowa
The
Cooperative Association
Association
Des Moines
Butterfat Tax to Cut Cream Check by One Cent
A new Iowa law adds an excise tax on butterfat produced by Jones County farmers from May 1 to May 15. The tax funds a dairy promotion drive of 125000 to 150000 dollars, aims to boost dairy consumption, and reduces a typical two week creamery check from 50 to 48 dollars. Producers pay, consumers not.
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Jones County
Towa
Roy Morey
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
George Wilson
Iowa Dairy Commission
Iowa Dairy Association
State Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Monticello
Community Guests Visit Multiple Iowa Homes
A series of visits and visitors are noted across Cedar Rapids Dubuque Center Junction Hopkinton Monticello Prairieburg Langworthy and Lamont. Families including Cox Payne Smith Moser Nordman Arduser and Lawrence are mentioned hosting or visiting relatives and friends in the region.
Dividend Checks Will Bring 26 Cents High
Patrons of the Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello will receive dividend checks May 1 for butterfat delivered during the first two weeks of April. The payments are 26 cents for sweet cream and 25 cents for No 1 Cream.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery
Monticello
Cattle Shipped From Local Depot This Week
John Hasler shipped out three carloads of cattle and Pete Kurtz sent one carload during the last week from the local depot.
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John Hasler
Pete Kurtz
Social round at Center Junction and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs BE Cox and family were supper guests at the Terbert Cox home in Center Junction. Alro and Mrs John Albany and Mr and Mrs A Payne were business callers at Dyersville. Hans Alferts and children of near Anamosa visited the W H Behrends home. Sr Hennessey of Castle Grove called on C C Stevenson. FL J Gestel visited Mrs Minnie Heeren. Faye Kauffman of Delaware spent the weekend with the Cox home. Lester Lang and daughter Charlene Kay of Onslow visited relatives. Joe McDonald and C C Stevenson were business callers at Monticello. Genevieve Albany spent the weekend with Jeanette Staner at Monticello. William Bulsiger and son James of Monticello and Luella Balsiger of Cedar Rapids visited the Behrends home Sunday evening. William Conley of Dyersville called on the Clem int home Sunday evening.
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BE. H. Cox
Terbert Coax
Center Junction
Alro
John Albany
A. Payne
Dyersville
Hans Alferts
Anamosa
W. H. Behrends
Sr. Hennessey
Castle Grove
C. C. Stevenson
Menda
Ars
FL J. Gestel
William Bulsiger
James
Monticello
Luella Balsiger
Cedar Rapids
William Conley
Clement
C. J. Stevenson
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County April 7 to 18
Transfers show Fred Pankow and wife to Luella Pankow with multiple Wyoming blocks and parcels, including exceptions near Little Bear Creek. H D Gilmore and Grace to Lloyd and Lulu Robertson as joint tenants. Morrison to Dudley for a south 4 rod width. Pender to Kate Heeren for Monticello railroad addition. Gotsch and E C to Ellison for undivided halves in parcels in Hubbell additions and surrounding lands. Eichhorn sheriff to Kate and Mary Breen. Wilcox Cemetery Assoc to Geo W Fry for Lots 189. Petersen and John to Emilyn Wickstrom with multiple parcels and streets quit claimed. Emilyn Wickstrom to John A Petersen and Anna B Petersen as joint tenants.
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Jones County
Fred Pankow
Anna
Luella Pankow
Wyoming
Little Bear Creek
H. D. Gilmore
Grace
Lloyd P. Robertson
Lulu E. Robertson
Scott & Skinner
Joseph A. Morrison
Frank Dudley
Thomas Pender
Kate Heeren
Monticello
Ethel G. Gotsch
E. C
Samuel H. Ellison
Hubbell
Martelle
BE. C
Henry Eichhorn
Iowa
Kate Breen
Mary Breen
Wilcox
Geo. W. Fry
Wilcox Cemetery
Anna B. Petersen
John A
Emilyn Wickstrom
Madison Township
John Rhodes
John A. Petersen
Property Transfers Recap From Anamosa Area Deeds
Several parcels change hands in the Anamosa region. Clara M Gray and James E move to Chas W Gray with a 1600 dollar mortgage using adjacent lot descriptions. Mary E Ricketts and John H transfer to Harold R Gray and Margaret Gray in Shaw's addition. Jessie I Smith transfers a portion of Center Junction lots to A G Smith and W F Smith.
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Clara M. Gray
James E
Chas. W. Gray
Mary E. Ricketts
John H
Harold R. Gray
Margaret Gray
Shaw
Jessie I. Smith
A. G. Smith
W. F. Smith
Center Junction
Monticello Council Adopts Claims And Text Amendments
Monticello Iowa council in regular session on April 3 1939 approves a list of city fund claims including labor and supplies from Tuetken McDonough Fluckiger Brokaw Oescheer Lindsey Hutton Sawyer and others. The body transfers 500 from water to light funds and authorizes outside underground connections with Fowler Electric Co Town Electric Co and Bell Telephone Co. It also orders abatement of a nuisance and names Keyes and Brashaw to oversee furniture for the community building and approves reclassification of Sewage Disposal Plant workers related to PWA docket Iowa 1651 F subject to PWA administration.
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Brashaw
Graves
Keyes
Shelley
Netcott
Monticello
Iowa
R. Tuetken
F. McDonough
J. Fluckiger
C Brokaw
A. Oescheer
Ll. Lindsey
M. Hutton
W. Sawyer
G. Bancroft
Neptune Co
Monticello Express
Town Municipal Supply
Ray Maruge
Childress Hoag
Matthiessen Auto & Supply
A. J. H. McNeill
H. Skeels
B. Curtis
J. W. Bieht
Berlin
Skelley
Fowler Electric Co
Towa Electric Co
Bell Tele Phone Co
Raves
Shetley
Nuys
Abrnold
Beashaw
Nays
PWA
KE. B. Spencer Construction Company
Pwaa
City approves wage change for asbestos workers and pipe coverers
It was moved by Keyes and seconded by Graves to add to the wage schedule as posted for Iowa Docket 1488 F subject to PWA approval. Asbestos workers and pipe coverers to be paid $1.12 per hour. Upon motion council adjourned to Monday April 17 1939 7 30 p.m FP D McLaughlin mayor Attest Ray Echternacht city clerk
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Brashaw
Graves
Keyes
Iowa
PWA
D. McLaughlin
Mule Hide Roots and Home Advertising In Monticello
A Monticello publication by J. R. Barron shares local humor and ads for Mule Hide roots, Blue Brooder coal, Minnesota Tested paints, and a home improvement payment plan. It mentions car humor and a Bridge Party joke, plus a note on American Fence and Barbed Wire.
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Wyoming Two
Sorensens
Conservation Group
M Nosford
Express
John Null
Lawrence Heeren
Lawrence
George
George Budl
Plymouth Rocks
William Wenger
Wenger
John Yagegi
Hampshires
John
Frank Priebes
Ohio
Boston
Jim
Phyllis
Matilda Lawrence
Prairieburg
Harriet Cox
E. H. Cox
B. W. Cox
Rosemary
Ray Payne
Hopkinton
Blanche Moser
Dubuque
Vernon Payne
Louis Smith
George Nordman
Fred Egger
Nelson Freze
Clifford Arduser
Jerome Baum
Langworthy
Cap Arduser
Mrs
Charles Stevenson
Council Proceedings
Dells
Tom Reid
Mgr
McNeill Hardware
Pittsburgh
Veede
Ray Echternacht
HeeHaw News
St. Anthony and Dakota
J. R. Barron
Brokher
Minnesota
Washington’s
Secon
Kruse Auto Parts
Monticello, Iowa
Vitamo
Iowa Milling CO
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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