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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
3
A busy log lists visits and social events in and around Norway Kansas. Residents and relatives from Belleville Jamestown Concordia Simpson and Emporia are noted visiting or traveling to Denver Iowa City Denver and Emporia for weekends birthdays and college plans including the Lutheran Ladies Aid banquet and nurse examinations.
District 87 news details visits and gatherings around the Jensen and Peterson families. Numerous relatives and friends traveled to Concordia and Herndon for dinners picnics and quilting. A Nondorf family reunion and a basket dinner honored visitors from Colorado mark the weekend activities.
Steady to lower feed grain prices are likely, reducing farmers incentive to buy beyond hand to mouth. High livestock prices and abundant corn stocks suggest more corn moving into consumption before new crop. Government basis may face test in August to maintain minimum price as wheat falls below loan value.
The report proposes Turtle Creek Reservoir on the Big Blue River nine miles north of Manhattan with dams in Riley and Pottawatomie counties and storage to 1 180 000 acre feet. It envisions 67 miles of shoreline, 11 000 acre water area, and 50 foot depths, costing about 37.1 million dollars including regulating gates.
The Milford Reservoir on the Republican River near Junction City Geary County spans 105 feet high 4350 feet long with a 6650 foot dike and 1170000 acre feet of storage. It floods 33700 acres and requires relocation of 30 miles of railroad and 5 miles of highway. Clay Center could be flooded if dam height rises.
Farmers face decisions on wheat as loans establish a base price and seven month term. Storage in bin or loan redemption conditions shape profits while rains and pests influence supply. Higher loan redemption requires price gains, otherwise loan avoids storage costs and adds seven cents storage if stored privately.
The article notes farm products would buy only about three quarters of the 1910 1914 period amount, with a 32 point drop from the previous year. It cites factory employment 25 percent lower and industrial incomes 30 percent down, linking price declines to higher supplies and reduced consumer demand. It also mentions Agricultural Adjustment Plans and mentions visits by Mrs. Bert Williams and Mrs. Chas Warner to the H T Johnson home with Betty Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jackson and Val Jean with Lewis Elmberg of Courtland came back Sunday from Denver after two weeks away. Lorraine Jackson and others visited Salt Lake City and Cheyenne. Chester Anderson stayed with the Lew is Wall group Friday. Cornelia Furry from Superior Nebr hosted at an O. M. Hardtaker luncheon. Della Mae Greer visited Jean Carney at Kackley Friday to Sunday.
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