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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
4
Jones county farm owners and tenants signed to participate in the 1946 Farm Program received notices of soil building allowances totaling 97 130 for the year. The county committee adjusted these allotments across townships and indicated 1743 farms requested soil building aid representing 76 percent of farms and 289 744 acres.
The Jones County Triple A committee notifies beef cattle producers that beef production payments made since May 19 1945 will stop June 30 1946. Payments to feeder slaughterers or feeders selling directly to slaughterers must be completed by June 30 1946. Applications must be filed by August 31 1946 or 60 days after sale. A summary shows 31 345 head paid totaling 168 662 50 dollars, with 617 producers filing and 169 81 average payment. The largest app was 294 head by P N Hosch of Cascade.
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Anamosa and surrounding townships. Transfers include James FE Remley as administrator of Faye Smykil estate to Frank Smykil, John Marugg to Jennie Shover, and Henry Hanssen to Arend Balster Jr, detailing parcel descriptions and deed terms.
Contouring covers 4700 acres of corn and beans and strip cropping on 2900 acres in Jones County with 172 contouring farms and 70 strip cropping farms. Projected reach to 10000 acres in 1946 could yield 70000 bushels more corn. Terraces rise as farmers build them with tractor and two bottom plow.
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl states that every male turning 18 must register at the local selective service board. Despite extensions to draft law, registration remains mandatory for 18 to 65 with penalties for noncompliance. those born on or after Jan 1 1925 register on their 18th birthday unless it falls on a holiday or Sunday.
Richland Len Hein has been a patient at the John McDonald hospital for the past week or more. Mr. and Mrs. William Jarrett and guests from Tucson Arizona were visitors at the George Stein home last Friday evening. Miss Joyce Wismeier enrolled at Coe College Cedar Rapids for summer school.
Senior students at Coin High School staged their play despite a power failure. The performance relied on lanterns and flashlights with a large crowd in attendance.
Pfc Edward Janssen of Monticello serves with the 1st Cavalry division in Tokyo. After nine months overseas he is with Baker troop of the 5th Cavalry, formerly with the 77th division. He earned Asiatic-Pacific and Philippine liberation ribbons plus good conduct and victory ribbons. He enlisted January 27 1945 and trained at Fort Riley Kansas. His parents are Mr and Mrs John Janssen of Monticello.
The War Department will send an eight vehicle Army Air Force recruiting display caravan to Cedar Rapids for two days starting June 25. It includes five large tractor trailer units, staff cars and a jeep fitted to show captured German and Japanese weapons and clothing. A public address system, a rolling dark room and an automatic pilot will be demonstrated, offering the public a chance to inspect the largest fighting equipment display ever seen in the district.
The Taxpayers Association of Iowa calculated 1944 costs for the Jones county board of supervisors. With five members and a population near 19 950 the total was 8 952 dollars yielding 45 cents per person. Sheriff costs stood at 6 735 dollars or 84 cents per person in 1944, compared with 30 cents in 1943. The statewide per person costs rose 5.8 percent in 1944.
Scotch Grove Presbyterian church opens a two week vacation Bible school with Ruth and Alice Clark and Kathleen Paulsen teaching. Classes run 9 am to noon five days a week. all neighborhood children invited. Services resume at the local church with a guest speaker next Sunday morning.
OPA announced a second home canning stamp valid for five pounds of sugar will be validated July 1 and good through October 31. Stamp 10 joins stamp 9, both usable during the period in family ration books Nationwide.
Jones county reported 394 pensioners received 13,101.70 in old age assistance averaging 33.25 per recipient. Nine needy blind received 34.69 monthly. Aid to dependent children covered 24 cases with 57 children paid 696.80, averaging 29.03 per case or 12.22 per child.
Rain swept across the state boosting crop potential with no major wind damage in Jones county beyond a few fallen trees. The weekend shower provided essential moisture for crops and was welcomed by local farmers.
Inches of rain fell slowly and penetrated the ground, dampening soil to eight inches and more. Farmers digging postholes found the soil damp. even sod ground absorbed moisture to three or four inches, easing fear that corn, small grain, and pastures would recover.
The text notes that declining pasture greenness signals tougher farming conditions and suggests that selling livestock or crops should be paired with strong advertising to maximize returns.
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