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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
12
Classified rate card notes 25 cents per word for want ads and urges reference to The Chronicle for placement details. Keywords indicate pricing and publication reference with no full ad text provided.
Quotations from Wednesday morning by local produce dealers cover items including cream No 1 and No 2, eggs, old springs ducks geese, Cox hogs at Pe hogs at Chicago wheat oats corn hides. Prices reflect a preliminary market snapshot for regional commodities.
Classified items include multiple used cars by White Way Auto Co and A. B. Van Houweling Auto, plus a Pontiac driveway of 1930s models. Also offered are farm and household items such as a Coleman stove, an electric paint and repair shop, purebred pigs, oil heaters, and a 267 acre Des Moines farm with flexible terms and upcoming December 1 deadline.
Winter Mobilgrease protects chassis at over 46 vital points for cold weather driving. Van Haaften Bros promotes the new 1941 Ford offering prices and urges purchase to ensure safety in winter conditions.
The county crew graded and began surfacing the Fifield road or the Wallyshocks route last Thursday, with two large power ahovela machines at work. When finished the road will carry traffic to the County Seat and improve access from Fifield and Cordova for local trade in Pella.
TRUCKING We haul stock grain coal from or anything you want moved safely. GR Van Dyke Phone 139. WRECKED CARS repaired and rebuilt Fender work refinishing and repainting to look like new Bring us your wrecked cars Gezel Car Shop Just a few dollars will buy an attractive chair or rocker at Wormhoudt's.
The Priscilla Sisters held their regular meeting with twenty nine members present. Devotions led by Mrs N J Larson, study on Stewardship led by several members, and refreshment duties by Mrs Gerrit Brummel and Mrs Ernest De Cook. Families hosted a cooperative supper at the Vande Haar home Tuesday evening. Visits included Freda Denburger and Mrs Anna Bruins in Denver. Clover plant finds spark good luck claim for Stormer near Bayard.
Cornie Van Zee reports on Calvin College new students from Bella and Wynberg with transfers from Central. Anna Keuning joins soprano in A Cappella Choir while Sheila Drost and Anna Keuning perform in band orchestra and Messiah Chorus. Van Zee becomes wrestling and tumbling instructor as intake reaches about 500. Opening Soupbowl banquet, Dr Richard Drost speaks on college spirit. City setting and student work opportunities noted.
Rex Beresford of Iowa State College and Robert Elwood of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station argue in the Iowa Farm Economist that with abundant cheap rough feed, buying plainer grades of steers cows or heifers may be the most profitable feeding plan. It is essential to align feeding with feed supplies and market trends.
Elwood analyzed Iowa cattle feeder records and found that feeding high roughage boosts profits when roughage is cheap, while heavy grain feeding raises finished cattle prices offsetting higher grain costs. More protein in rations consistently yields higher market prices and greater net profit.
Marion County Agent's Office reports strong attendance and high interest at the Pella Horse Show with over 100 horses and colts. The event boosts county horse enthusiasm and underscores potential improvements in animal quality. Also highlighted is the Marion County Swine Breeders boar sale set for Wednesday, October 30, featuring top boars from Chester White, Hampshire, Duroc Jersey, Poland China, Berkshire, Hereford, and Spotted Poland China breeds. Sale managers emphasize careful selection, limiting two boars per consignor to ensure top quality. The office notes ongoing discussion of a county corn husking contest and Farm Bureau support, urging more entries to ensure a viable event.
The Angus Tour held Saturday October 5 attracted about 125 people who enjoyed a cooperative noon dinner. William Barton and Rt. S. Stevenson aided the tour, with Bert Cline and local officers planning details. The event encouraged smaller breeders to expand herds and potential stock sales emerged. organizers expect it to become an annual affair. A separate note discusses cornhusk tests and onion curing methods for storage, with timing tied to cold weather.
C Te Fitch of Iowa State College notes onions stored long must be late varieties such as Yellow Globe or Red Globe. He warns farmers to select late types for extended storage to maintain quality and prevent spoilage.
The clerk of the district court in Marion County Iowa reports a will of Harry Hiemstra deceased on file for probate. A hearing to prove validity is set for 10:00 a.m. November 4, 1940 in Knoxville Iowa. Objections must be on file by the specified hour. Don L. Remy Clerk of District Court.
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