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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
3
The Detroit market will pay dairy farmers 2.50 dollars per cwt for milk test 3.5 percent delivered to city plants starting August 16. The agreement arose from a August 12 sales conference between the Producers' Association and dealer representatives amid talk producers cannot sustain losses and hope for better times.
Default on mortgage by William Parros and Mary Parros to Georges Burkhart and Margaret Burkhart in Saline Washtenaw County Michigan dated November 3 1927 recorded November 7 1927 in Liber 182 page 191. Notice of sale September 18 1931 at 10 a m at the Washtenaw County Courthouse Ann Arbor to satisfy principal 2000 interest 125 taxes 255 32 and attorney fees with 69 percent interest and costs on the mortgaged land in the Village of Saline Lot 1 Section 7 bounded as described. Mortgagees Margaret Burkhart and George Burkhart. Dated June 17 1931. Roscoe O Bonisteel agent 2025 Ypsi Ann Blade Ann Arbor Michigan. Jun 18 Jul 2 Aug 6 Sept 10 1931
A town column lists varied social visits and travels. Families from Detroit, Milwaukee, Gary and Norwalk visited local residents. several residents vacationed in Ann Arbor Chicago Elmhurst and Escanaba. Ford Village trip noted. bonfire incident reported. multiple relatives and friends gathered in Toledo Romeo Monroe Randall Beach and Grand Rapids.
The Rotary Club outlines its 1931 32 schedule with weekly noon meetings through June 1932. Highlights include installation of officers, vocational talks, community service plans, and speakers from various organizations. The notice also records social events, member activities, and a drowning accident near Walter J Hayes State Park.
The article argues that over confidence and under-confidence shift timing for recovery, noting a New York banker’s view that a turn comes about three months after it occurs. It urges raising public confidence to power a dynamic recovery as manufacturers press for policy and expansion, while the bottom of the depression may be behind us.
Michigan State College entomology department urges onion growers to destroy cull onions from the current harvest to eliminate a winter habitat for the onion fly pupae. Piles in fields harbor larvae that later emerge as adults and attack new crops, making burying or burning culls the recommended control. Allegan County leads Michigan in onion acreage with others contributing to statewide production.
Current rules on oleomargarine and substitutes wait to take effect until after November 1932. The 1992 legislature repealed the colored oleo ban and imposed a license tax on uncolored oleo. A petition for a referendum gathered over 50 000 signatures, above the 42 000 needed. The 1931 act cannot take effect until a majority vote at the next general election.
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