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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1931
Page
16
Havelock notes detail visits by residents to Laurens Albert City and Des Moines. Mrs. Thomas Edge and others motor to Albert City for business while local groups host meetings and a bake sale funds the church and Mission work.
The community records multiple moves and farm occupancies. H G Plantz relocates to Broun Waters farm. Merle Bohn moves to Havelock. John Erie moves near Jackson Minnesota. Mrs Jolliffe to Rolfe neighborhood farm. Elmer Bishop family to Mallard area. Carl Mansen to Cornwall farm. Riggs family vacates for Laurens. H C West to closeout sale then to Havelock residence. George Brown family rooms near Grover billiard hall. Phil Davis family moves south of Laurens. Clyde Speer to Phil Davis farm. remark on saxophones replacing spite ferries.
The January report shows 432 cows tested with eighty-six dry and 31 over fifty pounds butterfat. Top herd is C A Schoepak of Rockwell City with 44.7 pounds butterfat and 1168 pounds milk from nine Brown Swiss cows. Notes advise mineral supplementation to reduce wood chewing and improve condition.
Farmers in Manson have organized efforts to form a cooperative creamery. A committee assessed the Bork creamery and plans expect the new group to take over Hark interests by April 1. About 450 signers are on record with a goal of 600. officers include John Moline chair and Walter Flgsti president.
The common stalk borer causes corn damage yearly in Pocahontas county. It differs from the feared pest by a black body band and appears where corn borders unplowed ground. Eggs on dead grass in fence rows winter over. control by burning fence rows and grass land, with caution to keep grass away from fence posts to avoid fire damage. A side note jokes about stenographers finding renewal in sanitoria.
Sunday services are listed with Church School at 10 00 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Junior League 7 00 p m Epworth League 7 00 p m Evening Worship 7 45 p m Weekday services follow schedule All are welcome to consider this church their home and be made welcome.
The piece promotes national highway No. 80 as a low altitude route from Pacific to Atlantic coasts for mid winter and spring travel. It notes half of the road is paved with concrete and oil, the rest gravel or dirt, and invites written requests for maps and itineraries from the All-Year Club in Los Angeles. It also mentions highways 101 and 99 on the Pacific coast with access to national parks lakes groves and beaches.
A radio address by Dr. Julius Klein Assistant Secretary of Commerce outlined ten commandments for business men facing economic mood swings. The list cautions against blaming the mood for all issues urges avoiding wage earner burden shifts and stresses maintaining marketing research foreign market value and prudent equipment updates.
Rex Beresford reports increased interest in livestock feeding at extension feeding schools. Young farmers seek lower production costs through proper rations balancing feed and corn substitutes. Schools run in fifty three counties with two to five sessions per county, averaging twenty five farmers per school and two to three sessions daily.
Photographs from the Edison plant in New Jersey show conveyor based parts handling at Ford manufacturing. Images depict unloading from freight cars near assembly lines, bodies moving on conveyors, and wheels fed to moving chassis with four workers per frame attaching a wheel to each chassis.
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