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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
1
Farmers in Iowa describe a field method to store extra alfalfa by chopping with a silage cutter and blowing into a snow fence stack. The 15 by 15 foot stacks save leaves and minimize loading. Pocahontas County holds an Old Settlers picnic next week to honor pioneer work and regional history.
Culture will publish its August crop report forecasting a smaller national output than last year. The July report put production at 2.4 billion bushels, and the August figure may dip below that. Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas farmers have suffered in recent weeks, raising expectations of higher prices for the coming winter.
The Alta Advertiser urges merchants to beware outside solicitors selling advertising or printing and to demand permits from the Chamber of Commerce. It argues peddlers harm local businesses, urges collective action, and cites Ida Grove and Alta as examples of risk to town commerce. It also touches on famine fears in Europe and debates how to select judges, favoring primary elections for all officers.
Harold Grafton and Peter Lea discuss vacation lengths in a Hearst column noting poems about mountains. The writer quips four weeks would help the mood, while the editor argues many cannot take two weeks off due to time and money constraints.
The recount notes repeated rains last week slowed threshing and damaged small grain while intense heat later worsened corn. A local refrain claims rain ends just before heat peaks, sustaining Northwest Iowa’s image as the garden spot.
The piece warns that chiggers cause itching by burrowing into the skin and can trigger secondary infections if disturbed. It notes their life spans vary by climate, with temperate chiggers living about twenty five days and tropical ones much larger and longer lived.
A Chicago woman who just finished a two week vacation in Northwest Iowa, and who had never traveled outside Chicago in her twenty years, declares Iowa is the nearest thing to heaven she has ever known.
Clarence Dirks and Harold Westphal were locked in the freezing room of the Anamosa Farmers Creamery Co. for about 15 minutes as temperatures plummeted to 6 degrees below zero. Dirks locked the inner door behind them and Westphal could not recall the combination. Manager Hazel Smith later released them.
Gifford Tuttel, a Chariton hardware dealer, notes time marching on as customers buy buggy shafts wagon box sides and harness hooks. He wonders how such purchases prove the so called machine age despite these simple parts.
The editorial argues there is no valid reason to exclude judges from nomination alongside other officials. It contends the idea of nonpartisanship or depoliticized governance is illusory and asserts that officials cannot be kept outside politics.
Leo Christensen and Ella Beth Truelsen wed in Lakefield Minnesota on July 20 and reside near West Bend. The Des Moines Township Woman's Club plans a meeting August 13 at the schoolhouse with officer elections. Also reported are 4-H and demonstration club activities, visits, and local social news including relatives from California and Ohio.
Local residents recount weekend travels and visits. P. W. Petersen and Lena Vaughn hosted guests from Nevada and Graettinger with Rachel Wiegman joining. A family reunion at John Cordes' home drew relatives from Estherville Mount Pleasant and Bradgate. Milburn Camper and many others shared inn keeping updates and trips to Iowa City, Sioux City, and Pocahontas.
Republican platform makers in Des Moines adopted a resolution opposing any increase in Iowa gasoline taxes. They also oppose diverting gasoline tax and motor vehicle license fee funds to non highway uses, aiming to shield the average motorist from higher costs.
A 95 spokesman says vehicle operators are not wealthy, noting average car value around $212 and owner income about $28 weekly. The piece critiques special state taxes and the cost of the primary farm program, arguing motorists already bear much of government revenue.
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