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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1929
Page
14
On the Lee farm two miles north of Estherville a boulder with a bronze tablet marks the spot where the Estherville Meteorite fell on May 10, 1879. Inscribed: it fell 482 feet east of this spot. parts are in major museums. Erected 1929 by Okumatpado Chapter D, AL Rv.
Interconnected electric systems reduce reliance on large cities by delivering high grade, affordable power to towns and villages. This shift enables small communities to attract industry, offering space, reliable labor, and better living conditions, potentially redefining future industrial centers.
Will Beels of Hopkinton Iowa notes Lux Game Farm ships a large flock of Ring Necked Pheasants during the summer peak. Hatching began months ago with thousands of birds resembling a swarm of bees. The Kansas state game warden ordered a substantial shipment to various parts of Kansas for natural rearing.
Four large motor buses carried ninety Kansas City boosters on an excursion through southwestern Iowa. In Red Oak a planned social dance with a band and orchestra turned sour when a crowd member was invited to dance, provoking the organizer to end the ball early. Visitors delayed departure to apologize. the incident humiliated the town but served as a goodwill gesture in a curtailed visit.
Total farm mortgage debt in the United States grew by 108 million dollars from 1925 to 1928, reaching 9.468 billion. Indebtedness on January 1, 1920 stood at 7.857 billion. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Clarl.N. Kennedy notes farmers have not equidated their debt, with increases tied to converting notes and current liabilities into mortgage debt.
A report by Ray Venter, state insurance commissioner, shows insurance companies excluding assessive firms paid poker holders $22,539,254 in 1925. When including state and county mutual associations, total losses rise by about $7.2 million. Fires, accidents, hail, windstorms, burglary theft, ill health, and auto mishaps all contributed to the rise.
W C Dewnell of Algona reports fields of beets from three to 135 acres being harvested as the sugar beet industry grows in the county. Lloyd Jorgenson leads with 135 acres and fourteen workers topping beets. others like William Rottermann Michael Kelle and Edward Reece also own large fields. Dawes notes higher profits than grain or corn, with beets yielding ten tons per acre and prices at seven dollars a ton, despite costs around 35 dollars per acre.
State railway commissioners hear pleas for bus franchises as highway progress expands and passenger needs grow. Railways contest losing business to bus lines, with cases from C B and Q Burlington to Chariton and Milwaukee shifts on routes like Rockwell City to Storm Lake. Interstate lines stay within state only for points outside, while some railways add mail and baggage services to buses.
The Marshall Canning Company in Waverly Iowa operates a cannery putting up about 11 008 cans daily of mixed vegetables. Potatoes arrive by carload while ten other vegetables enter the mix. No 303 size cans are used as they are smaller and more popular. The canning season runs until mid November.
A fragment notes a homecoming along the Lincoln Highway near Cedar Rapids and Tama suggesting a rich farming community with prosperous farms, painted evidence of cattle hogs and livestock, and a sense of local wealth and good conditions.
An Iowa youth, Edmund J. Miller of Vinton, drove in a decisive two-base hit for the Athletics in the recent world series. Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Ned Miller, received a banquet in Vinton and further honors from local fans and groups nearby.
Town posts population near 2.5 million with over 40 percent on farms. By Jan 1, 1927, 114 farms operated by 55 percent, containing 4 606 000 hogs and 1 047 000 sheep. Average counts: 19 cattle, 47 hogs, 5 sheep per farm.
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