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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
2
Professor Hauser praised Kossuth County farmers after tours of oat fields and roadside weed control. He noted widespread pride in farms, neat roadsides, and a strong stance against Canada thistle. He urged township trustees to enforce weed laws to stamp out the invasion.
About two hundred people from Burt and nearby townships gathered at the Fred Dransfeldt home for a T B demonstration. Dransfeldt’s herd yielded eight reactors after testing, underscoring the disease’s danger and spurring broad support for a county test signed by 75 percent of breeding cattle owners.
More than 4500 growers joined a Farm Bureau led demonstration on Canada thistle control. Prof J H Hauser of Ames Extension advised timing in late July, plowing to expose roots, and thorough cultivation to reduce root reserves and spread.
Henry Swift Ives warns at Reading gathering that state control of private property rights is a backward step. He denounces public utilities socialization as anti democratic and claims government ownership signals a revival of autocracy and a retreat to medieval principles.
Home builders and investors seek a prosperous community with reasonable taxation security of investments and thriving industries. Steady payrolls are noted as a key factor supporting growth and confidence in the local economy.
A long list of local initiatives across Iowa shows farm sales, dairy plants, hotel repairs, church and school construction, road and bridge funding, power line extensions, and railway and transit improvements. Highlights include Des Moines coal contracts for state institutions, bridges and culverts spending, a high school building contract, and extensive butter and wool shipments.
Arthur Brisbane argues the cotton crop is at its best for the season, benefiting both South and North. He cautions against low prices that would drive emigration and reduce labor, urging reasonable policies to foster industrial development across regions. No region stands alone.
Hugo Bleich and family from south of Algany called on Nvinds P. O. Kregar and Will Leek. They took Charles Kregar to visit friends in Lakota before returning to Oregon. W. G. Leek and family shopped in Algona. Port land home guard girls joined Burt residents on a local outing.
Readers recount a Sunday of visits at multiple homes, a cream festival, and church sermons led by Rev. Robert Smith at Scranton Iowa with 27 Southern Portland Sunday School guests. Local families, clubs, and ball games populate a busy social recap with birthdays and travel to games in Bancroft and Lone Rock.
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