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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1932
Page
4
George A. Heikens of Spencer reflects on years with the Soviet government in Russia. He notes the harsh control in the country and the risk of punishment for dissent. A parable from his farm days shows a worker punished to set an example, with others defending him.
The Statewide Burglar Alarm Specifications will be prepared for the state police radio to be installed and operated by the Attorney General's office and the Town State Bankers Association. Bids will be taken by the association on the transmitter and by the state on the receivers soon. The station may be in operation in January. The transmitter will be furnished by the association at no cost to the state. This follows a law passed by the last General Assembly.
Sioux County farmers join a farm accounting and business analysis project run by the Sioux County Farm Bureau. J C Galloway of Extension will visit next week to help open 1931 accounts and guide record keepers with questions on income loss, profits variations, and steps to cope with 1932 business challenges. Meetings are scheduled January 4 to 7 at locations in Orange City, Grant Tip, Sioux Center, Hull, Rock Valley, Hawarden, and Hawarden council rooms. Record keepers who finished books are asked to bring them. beginners will receive a new book.
C M Richards of Toledo Tama county notes a semi annual per capita interest payment of 3656.62 to 242 Sac and Fox members by the superintendent Dr Jacob Breit. Each participant received 15.11 while 165 had withdrawn their share earlier. The tribe total on payment day was 407 with nine additional members since March 7.
Mrs Jean W Randlett of Chicago renowned lecturer and extension specialist will speak at Farm Bureau meetings next week. Events listed include January 4 Washington Township NeNally P M, January 6 Eagle Center Reading chorus project training at Trefon, January 7 Hespers P T A meeting and other home project trainings in various towns.
Notice to interested parties to appear at the Orange City Court House Sioux County Iowa on January 19 1932 at 10 00 A M to show cause why the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Klemence De Smet deceased should not be admitted to probate. Clerk T J Reeves signs the notice with deputy Arthur Kubicek. Also mentions sleeping car reservations and Fast Stock freight service to Chicago or Milwaukee with agent C W Jacobs contact phone 75.
Pigeons nest in Centerville Iowa court house clock hands, riding the clock and occasionally stopping it when many birds crowd the hands. A gatekeeper once soaked kerosene rags to deter them, but janitors declined the task, leaving the pigeons in possession of the clock.
West Union Iowa source W Beall notes a new method in Fayette county to cut meat ration costs for indigent families. Four hogs weigh 250 pounds each are butchered weekly to supply Oelwein with one third less expense. This week 565 pounds of pork reached 138 families in two and five pound packages.
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce data show Iowa motorists averaged 6004 miles per car for 11 months of 1931, up from 5327 miles in 1930, with gasoline tax receipts up by 750000 dollars. total miles driven by Town cars reached 4572973820, a 391216197 mile increase from 1930. Registrations were 759000 in 1930 and 745000 in 1931.
Iowa game wardens investigate mass duck mortality in Winnebago and adjacent counties. Dozens of sick and dead ducks, of multiple species, were found by residents near lakes. A local boy collected around 60 sick birds and housed them, but most died despite care. many carcasses were discarded after feather removal.
Under Lansing fish culturist Wes Boor direction, several small northern Iowa lakes faced fish losses from low water. Thousands of fish perished in the larger lakes as drought reduced available habitat and oxygen.
Preliminary 1982 centennial event notes two hundred years of stone and links the National Nut Tree Council to a nationwide tree-planting effort. Mount Vernon descendants will plant trees in every state, marking the anniversary.
Werthmuller, long time resident with the George Middlebrook family on a Howard county farm, plans to relocate to Honduras in Central America to pursue farming. A Swiss native, Al Werthmuller came to the United States twenty years ago and served in World War I before returning to farming.
The long-eared ewd is a medium sized nocturnal creature with very long ear tufts. It ranges across temperate North America and breeds from Virginia to northern Texas and southern California, wintering through most of its range and into central Mexico. Nest placement is in dense evergreen growth ten to twenty feet up, possibly a large bird or squirrel origin, per Nature Magazine. They are beneficial, feeding on meadow mice, small mammals, insects, spiders, crayfish, small snakes, frogs, snails, and earthworms.
The term Brownian movement describes irregular agitation of tiny solid particles in a liquid under high magnification. Named for Robert Brown who observed it in 1827. Particles move to and fro rotate rise and sink and maintain the same average state of agitation without settling.
A Rockford Floyd county farmer named Fouste ran a 5 month turkey project. From 900 hatchery birds 527 reached market, averaging 14 pounds. 60 large birds dressed brought 40 cents a pound in barrels, about 700 sold alive at 25 cents a pound. Net profit around 1660 after feed, oyster shell, oil, barn upkeep, and 10 percent depreciation.
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