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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
3
A Laverne News letter criticizes unpaid campaign bills and corporate influence, urging cash on the table ethics. It argues for finance reform, penalizing delinquent payments, and a shift away from reliance on newspapers for political leverage.
A collection of fragmented excerpts notes high monthly rates labeled usury by the Snea Olty Herald and mentions a new driver’s license law taking effect Jan 1. Other items praise local figures and comment on political figures praised or tainted in small town notices.
Oelwein Register notes that ferry service between McGregor and Wig County rarely operates at the start of a year, but this time it is true.
The Kossuth county tax reduction committee submitted its first report to the state committee and answered questions uniformly. It opposed repeal of the three mill school levy, favored county buying for some goods, four year state officer terms if economical, reducing supervisors to three with township road control return, and keeping the deputy school superintendent. It supported a one mill library levy, raised head poll tax, mileage limit to five cents, and maintaining the coroner’s office. It urged shifting county employees, opposed abolishing tax free securities, favored optional secondary road levy, and supported repealing the teacher minimum wage law.
The school schedules semester examinations for Thursday and Friday January 14 and 15. Exemption rules require at least a 90 average in each subject and less than 10 percent absences. Santa Claus left seven wool sweat suits for the team and two for pep leaders, funded by basketball receipts, to be worn at upcoming games.
Park received four wild turkeys for release from the state game and fish commission. Six birds had been released previously and reviews indicate they thrived. With ample timber in Iowa, wild turkeys could thrive and provide good hunting prospects.
Sioux City’s KL. Vennard and partner D. D. Harnett operate a five acre goose farm across the Sioux river planning to release many birds next year. Vennard says he aims to raise birds for future sportsmen with 120 mallards raised last year. Quail counts in southern Lews show 57 quail per 160 acres, and state fish and game officials study quarantine land for quail cropping potential. Aldo Leopold reports on 32 Iowa lakes and marshes as part of a 25 year game conservation plan, exploring restoration for waterfowl and upland game, plus fish and recreation potential.
The state game and fish commission recently reviewed a submission by Aldo Leopold recommending restoration of several shallow rekes in Town for duck breeding and feeding, hunting, and public recreation. The plan suggests feasible restoration to support wildlife habitats and community use.
The item notes Missouri ships thousands of rabbits annually to eastern states for stocking and food, with up to two hundred thousand dollars in revenue including dead rabbit sales. It urges prohibiting sale of cottontails to prevent losing hunting stock, while hunting remains allowed Nov 10 to Feb 1 with a 15 rabbit daily bag limit and sale prohibition.
A long list of individuals from Hedwick and surrounding Iowa towns appears, each with associated dates and birthplaces. The surname heavy roster includes Lamoreux, Aldorks, Stengel, Rode, Pred Gerdes, Oestermann, Bonacker, Ullman, Beenken, Klenk, Sartor, Beenken, Conradi, Phelps, and many others with birth or record dates ranging from the early 1920s to the late 1980s.
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