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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1936

Page

2

Farm Bureau magazine debuts in Jones County

Jones County Farm Bureau announces the first issue of The Nation's Agriculture, successor to the Bureau Farmer, with reader praise and favorable notes on Ed O Neal's Three Cross Roads. The issue includes Iowa Farm Bureau insert and reports from Washington on proposed farm program measures and policy recommendations across contracts taxes rural credit and tariffs.

Farm Bureau New Farm Bureau Monthly Nation Bureau Farmer New Magazine Ed O'Neal American Farm Bureau Federation Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Iowa

Jones County Rural Electric Co operative Gains Incorporation

The Jones County Rural Electric Co operative has received its articles of incorporation and filed them with the secretary of state and Jones county recorder. The organization advances the rural electrification project though loan preparations delayed by snow and cold. Will Lubben of Monticello is named director for Castle Grove township succeeding F Cramer who is ineligible to serve.

Jones County Rural Electric Co-Operative Jones County Recorder Will Lubben Monticello Castle Grove Township F. C. Cramer

Corn Foams Determined On Minimum Three Cubic Feet

Farm Bureau telegram from H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture states effective Friday January 24 corn foams are to be determined on a minimum of three cubic feet of corn

Farm Bureau of H. C. Aaberg Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

New CCC Rule Changes Corn Loan Shipments

The Commodity Credit Corporation adds a measurement for loan eligibility dated on or after January 24. Certificates must show at least three cubic feet of corn per 45 cents of loan, replacing the former 5 percent deduction. A 3,000 cubic feet corn stash secures a $450 loan, with the 45 cent price guarantee still in effect. If corn grades below No. 3, notes must be paid in full and no price guarantee applies. The action follows the Supreme Court ruling against the AAA.

Congress Treasury of United States United States Supreme Court Conference of Farm Leaders Washington National Farm Loan Association Phiease Cecil A. Johnson Commodity Credit Corporation Supreme Court

Farm Bureau Plans 1936 County Membership Drive

The Farm BureauWill sponsor a county wide drive from February 10 to February 29 to recruit members for 1936. Aimed at contacting every farmer to join Jones county Farm Bureau despite four years of low spirits. The drive seeks higher membership to sustain the program and shows farmers value the bureau reflected in dues paid for 1936.

Farm Bureau Jones County Farm Bureau

County plan for soil conserving farming in Jones county

Will Stanton leads the Washington township committee as it drafts a soil conserving program for Jones county. The plan classifies soils by type and aims to balance crops like alfalfa and clover with rotations and legume inclusion to maintain fertility and reduce erosion. The group will seek farmer input before presenting to the state committee.

County Agricultural Planning Committee Will Stanton Washington Township Jones County State Planning Committee Town State College

Red-Tailed Hawk Notes and Town News Rounds

Red tailed hawks are common in summer here and stay year round feeding on mice snakes and gophers. They prefer thinly wooded country and perch in single trees to hunt and may take chickens when other food is scarce. Also local notices report a Mt Vernon move for Mr and Mrs Petersen and staff, church and school closures for scarlet fever, a wedding dance in Oxford Junction, cattle shipment, and a postponed horse auction due to cold weather with a next date set for Feb 1.

Sea Home Frank Starry G. Hutton St. Cloud Fla Stanley Eichhorn Oxford Junction Onslow George Lyon M. P. Paulsen Ed Paulsen Ernie Peters J. R. Ramey Glidden Chicago T. L. Green John Young Onslow Shipping Association E. Horton W. H. McDaniel Adv

Obituary notes for local residents and college figures

The article lists deaths and life updates including Fred French 74 Buck Creek death, Reverend Dean Taylor former Lenox College dean in Hopkinton and Jamestown North Dakota, and updates on John Rader family roles in Toledo and Hopkinton. It notes Mrs E A Dunlap returning from Dubuque after surgery and mentions related community ties and occupations of survivors.

Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association John Raders Hopkinton Raders Toledo Rader E. A. Dunlap Dubuque Fred French Buck Creek W. H. McDaniel Express Adv Dean Taylor Oshkosh Wis Jamestown N. D Taylor Lenox College Lenox

Funeral and weather woes mark Castle Grove notices

Funeral services for Mrs. A W Cramer in Monticello were delayed two days due to blockaded roads. Pallbearers included F D McLaughlin C A McLaughlin A E Laude B M Hosford, Fred Harken and Ernest Carpenter. Joseph L Appleby attended his brother Harrison N Appleby’s funeral in Hopkinton Florida. Residents faced crippling road closures, cream haulers and rural mail carriers impeded. many pheasants and quail perished.

A. W. Cramer Monticello F. D. McLaughlin C. A. McLaughlin A. E. Laude 8. M. Hosford Fred Harken Ernest Carpenter Joseph L. Appleby Hopkinton Harrison N. Appleby Harold Florida Castle Grove Appleby Raymond Behrends G. Harms Arthur Steiner Herman Caspers Chicago G. Harrs Henry Fred Caspers Grand Island Nebraska Claude Mason Gladys M Hosford Clarence Hosford Anamosa Cedar Valley Hill Burl Walton Troy Mills S. M. Hosford

Cascade Okayed Bond Bid For Memorial Building

Cascade townsfolk accepted Carleton D Beh Co Des Moines bid 13000 for a municipal memorial building funded by a 12534 Works Progress Administration grant. The 3 percent rate cuts expected to a 15 mill levy and flexibility in annual budgets.

Weekend visitors and local notes from Onslow Iowa

Onslow residents hosted relatives in Clinton and nearby towns. Seed corn work paused due to severe cold. Louie Hanna of Monmouth shopped in Onslow. T L Green learned of his brother in law’s death in Grand Forks. Dec 31 death of T DuBois, retired railroad man, in Forks ND leaves wife two sons and a daughter. Harold and Dorothy Overholt and the Onslow Hayseeds missed a theater appearance due to weather. Merle Hicks and wife visited Brooklyn. Frank Barnes visited Onslow. Ben Warren fractured ribs thawing pipes. R E Chaplin hosted bridge. Wherry family attendance at a funeral in South English. Joe Faber of Cascade, head of Allied Mutual Insurance, died last week. known for local business ties. A crowd gathered at Chris Peter’s house.

Lois Willis Bramer Clinton Louie Hanna Monmouth Onslow T. L. Green Grand Co T. DuBois Forks N. D DuBois Mayo Hospital Harold Dorothy Overholt Onslow Hayseeds Niles Theater Merle Hicks Brooklyn Lou Landis Frank Barnes Oxford Junction Ben Warren R. E. Chaplin Bridge Wilfred Wherry South English

Funeral services held in Hopkinton for Harrison N Appleby

Obituary notes Harrison N Appleby born Feb 3 1861 in Clayton county. He died Jan 20 in Sanford Florida while visiting son Harold. Survived by five sons Courtland Hopkinton Walter Delhi Lester Delhi Elmer Oregon Harold Sanford and two daughters Eugene Evelyn precede him. Also survived by siblings and a sister died in a 4 year ago car crash. Funeral conducted by Rev A B Soule.

Methodist Episcopal Church Hopkinton Harrison N. Appleby Sanford Fla Harold Mr. Appleby Clayton County Etta Chapman Courtland Walter Lester Delhi Elmer Oregon Florida Eugene Evelyn John Joseph Monticello Theodore Decker Cascade Mary McVay Worthington Hattie Good Cedar Rapids Jane Gearhart A. B. Soule

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