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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
2
The dispatch notes uproar over the unconstitutional salary grab, impacting re elections as figures like Senator Patterson and Bill Jensen face repayment. It reports Farm Board cuts, 150 to 176 employees at risk, and J. W. Long’s bid for Iowa Governor after withdrawing as Auditor.
The paper denounces the late Salary Grab measure as asinine and theft, arguing legislators who passed it betrayed public trust and displayed improper spirit by trimming citizens’ wages for personal gain.
Notice to all interested: an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Henry Beenken, deceased, dated May 12, 1932, filed and read August 22, 1932, at 9 a.m. in the District Court at Algona, Iowa, requiring appearance to show cause why the will should not be probated. Dated Algona, Iowa July 19, 1932.
The Mason City Globe Gazette and Algona Advance renew their feud over Senator Patterson’s state income tax record as the Iowa Supreme Court strikes down the salary grab bill. The dispute grows as Patterson cashed expense accounts for sessions while readers note editorials and a suggested third man in the ring, Ray F. McFarland.
G Volkert argues early settlers faced pervasive pigeon plagues in Iowa and Northwest Territory days. Pigeons ruined freshly sown grain, swarming fields as farmers sowed by hand before modern tools, likening pigeons to a pest comparable with grasshoppers in the Dakotas and Nebraska.
A local notice urges voters to support Beit ie on the Democratic ticket for the 47th District. The piece argues for repealing certain laws, expanding tax considerations to income from property, and criticizes an opponent over tax and governance issues, urging honesty and fiscal restraint. It cites a Mason City Globe-Gazette broadside and notes about tax policy, self-government, and the influence of power trusts, concluding with community political and local life updates.
A reader from Dubuque argues that snapping turtles harm bass and other fish during spawning. He cites fishing observations from Outdoor Iowa Bays showing turtles disrupt nests and fry, causing game fish to stop biting until turtles are removed.
The article notes thirty five catfish species in the U S Canada and Mexico with twelve in the Mississippi Valley. They dwell mainly in muddy waters, feed on the bottom, are mostly nocturnal, and winter food intake drops. All are used for food and many are good to eat. Catfishes help protect streams as scavengers though habits vary by species such as blue, channel, mud and yellow cat in Iowa streams.
Outdoor Iowa columnist Allen Green recounts mallard nesting drama with a hen kidnapper stealing ducklings, noting the mother’s limited reaction and the danger to the weak brood. The piece also reports 4-H clubs hatch pheasants in Scott County with support from Farm Bureau and Fish and Game, plus deputy dean Glanville’s observation of seagulls preying on young fish in a shallow Dagle Lake tributary, describing gulls as skilled fishermen and their impact on local fisheries.
The latest club report notes 136 young birds hatched from 180 possible, with 15 Scott county members engaged in spring duties. Some members report 100 percent hatches, while similar work is also conducted by 4-H clubs in Benton and Jasper counties.
Council Bluffs youths advancing Lake Manawa project under the 26 year plan report steady gains. South and west bank dykes and north shore road widening completed, with a 60 foot east dyke to be built. Suction pump installation planned, and 500 elm sprouts plus numerous trees and shrubs planted.
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