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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
7
Dr Alois F Kovarik of Yale will deliver six lectures in Prague during the coming winter after visiting Winneshiek county. He previously served as secretary of the American Society of Scientists committee on the earth’s age.
The Iowa Tuberculosis Association reports receipt of fifty five million Christmas seals for the twenty fifth annual campaign opening November 27. The statewide distribution will fund medical and nursing care for the underpaid, with Iowa’s quota ten million higher than any prior year amid rising need nationwide.
Philly DuMont, raised in Des Moines, spoke to the Kiwanis about two years researching Madagascar wildlife under the American Museum of Natural History, British Museum, and Paris Musée expeditions. He led the bird collection and noted international museum guidance during the project. The Pennsylvania game board defended starlings and English sparrows after finding their stomachs full of major beetle pests.
T L Gossard of Onawa reports Dr C J Drake state entomologist and Dr George C Decker completed distribution of 200000 pounds of poison bran over grasshopper infected areas in Pottawattamie Harrison and Monona counties. Airplane spread covered inaccessible sloughs along the Missouri river. Experiments show the method effective and farmers now believe it helps livestock control as grasshoppers are capable of laying over 1000 eggs in a season.
The fish and game commission lists seized items from the past year including 72 ducks 569 fish 74 guns 203 pheasants 143 pheasant eggs 83 live red foxes and 86 trot lines. All animals were released or destroyed and gear disposed of by the department.
The Farmers Union reports that producing farm commodities costs far more than prices received even in prosperity. Official schedule shows corn at 61.2 cents per bushel among other figures.
The article surveys farm price headlines from oats to eggs and notes farmers in Jasper County and allies urging Governor Turner to imitate Oklahoma’s Alfalfa Bill Murray to hold corn for higher prices. Dairy chief R G Clark argues dollar corn could lift hog and cattle values while Winterset begins natural gas service from a long Continental pipeline extension.
The Sidney Fremont county rodeo draws thousands with receipts of 38000 dollars and a sold out crowd due to limited field capacity. A Iowa Humane Society official found performances not more cruel to animals than to humans, while sheriffs in hosting counties were told to halt any undue cruelty cases.
Grinnell College president approves council action barring freshmen from owning cars on campus next year. Upperclassmen may keep vehicles with licensing through a special committee. No Grinnell woman may maintain a car while in residence. The Iowa Fire Prevention association promotes statewide fireworks ordinances, with sample rules banning sale and use and allowing permits for public displays.
The Anamosa C T A notes a rebound in butterfat prices boosting dairymen yet warns of slow gains and ongoing need to cull border cows amid feed shortages and tight credit. It lists top producers by butterfat, including Blacky 75.0 lbs and Ormsby Rue Beauty 88.5 lbs, with herd averages from ten high herds and details on milk yields and dry cows.
The revised state health rules urge teachers to report any disease cases in students or staff when no attending physician is present. Teachers, with close observation of children in school, should segregate or send home those with symptoms and report to the school nurse or provide a health certificate before readmission.
Barbara Mihm, 23, of near West Union, was found shot to death in a corn field last Tuesday morning. A rifle with one discharged cartridge lay beside the body. Mihm had previously received treatment for infantile paralysis at University Hospital.
Classes began at Cornell college in Mount Vernon on Tuesday marking the institution’s seventy ninth year. The freshman class is larger than last year while total enrollment remains about the same as the prior year.
In a wartime call to farmers the piece urges fighting ignorance and prejudice between nations and classes. It stresses cooperation with bankers and insurers, warns against blaming lenders, and predicts price and confidence recovery if farmers stay united and hopeful.
Hog cholera outbreaks continue to claim swine across eastern Iowa with no cure offering. Experts say vaccination is only preventive while many rely on nostrums and stock powders, with numerous towns reporting new cases and many producers watching unvaccinated herds. September advised for livestock parasite control, and outbreaks listed include Hud son, Dike, Conrad, Belle Plaine, Kalona, What Cheer, Montezuma, Ottumwa, Marion, Sigourney, and others.
The Sioux City Journal questions Mahatma Gandhi's ascetic practices noting his sincerity yet doubting the necessity of self-inflicted privations and whether common sense governs his regimen.
The Eldora Herald Ledger notes that the old idea to save for a rainy day has become a powerful, nationwide call to thrift for thousands of men and women in recent years.
Twenty farmers and landowners met the Delaware County board of supervisors to urge cost cuts in the annual budget. They urged ending county fair funding, reducing road wages, abolishing the county agent, and lowering non statutory officer salaries. The group criticized court costs but the board signaled no decision, to be revisited later. The debate included a push to abolish the county farm bureau and questions about its mandatory funding under Iowa law.
The article argues that the dole plan fails to solve England s unemployment or financial problems and has driven the country toward bankruptcy, noting there is no dispute about that point.
A comic street exchange has a flower seller urging a man to buy flowers for a sweetheart wife or luck as he reveals he is not married. The man counters with lack of a partner, prompting the vendor to push for a broader bouquet offered to celebrate luck.
Carroll Herald endorses Legge on surplus reduction stopping at its source despite opposition. The piece argues campaigns for consumption cannot disprove the plan and praises Legge's concept.
Practical tips for domestic tasks and dining etiquette from a past era. Guidance covers cooking with rice and milk, traveling laundering with wooden hangers, drying clothes with a fan, finger food etiquette at picnics, appropriate use of cake servers, cheese and olives as finger foods, and a recipe for a fresh pepper pickle with steps and storage notes.
The Cherokee Times notes Crrenus Cole’s bid for a senate seat could boost Iowa’s standing but fears good fortune is unlikely amid ongoing unrest. It adds a fact about the sun’s average surface temperature being around 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.
A local notice announces an appointment related to a security building project in Dubuque involving address 204 and the ring red 3777. Details indicate arranging a meeting with the responsible official to discuss the matter.
The items note quips about radio spellbinders and a witty remark by Clint L. Price. The Indianola Tribune observes a sharp line about women who borrow neighbor troubles.
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