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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Published weekly each Wednesday since 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher. Subscription rates are 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 per year elsewhere in advance.
This piece argues that towns must invest in infrastructure and services to grow. It laments towns that failed to modernize like water, sewers, paved streets, and schools, noting population and economic decline. It urges readers to weigh costs of action against costs of inaction.
The 214% sales tax becomes a political flashpoint as Iowa's Republican legislature and Democratic governor debate its fate. The piece argues the tax, though unpopular, is preferable to higher property or income taxes and urges the governor to sign or allow it to become law to avoid long-term damage to state finances.
Junior 4-H club members and dads met with the county boys 4-H committee to plan a new marketing program for Jr. feeder steers. Under the system, boys will feed 3 10 head of cattle until Sept. 7 and market at one packing company with a public tour of the carcasses. Ribbons will be awarded on grain rate, return per $1 feed cost, and carcass value improvements.
4-H Biz-E-Bees met at Barbara Rathe's home on April 2 with 13 members a leader and a visitor. Demonstrations by Audrey and Phyllis Kappmeyer Grace Lohmann and Helen Mallie covered pattern laying pinning cutting and making a simple placket. Janice Kappmeyer gave a talk on Good Looks Are Yours Thorough Good Grooming. Next meeting date to be announced.
Reports cover daughter tea and Better Groomed Girl Contest on May 1 plus April Maxfield Rangers gathering at Jerry Wittenburg home with 22 members. Milius distributed 4‑H enrollment sheets and future meeting set. Ronald Schneer spoke on pasture use. Wittenburg demonstrated opening a feed sack. Next meeting May 7 at Rathe home.
Bremer Butler reports the D H I C co op completed its March test with 995 cows in 45 D H L A herds and 3 215 cows in 163 owner sampler herds. This marks the largest number tested, with 64 animals car tagged and 40 305 day lactation records. The D H I LA cows averaged 1041 pounds of milk and 38.6 pounds of fat with 88 dry cows.
Eugene Knoploh of Sumner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knoploh, has been nominated for state boys 4-H office by the county committee chair. He completes five years in 4-H with the Dayton Dodgers club and active roles in Sumner FFA, school, church, and community activities, including a purebred Guernsey herd he started as a 4-H member. Also chosen for summer camps are Bill Heffernan and Bob Beaver, with Bill attending the state leadership camp July 29 to August 2 near Madrid and Bob attending the state conservation camp July 29 to August 2 at the same site.
Bremer County Fair Board will award a $50 first prize to the best entertainment act at Talent Night during the County Fair from Aug. 6 to 9 with Aug. 8 set as the talent night. A P Juhl urges interested groups to contact board members as rules will follow.
Bremer County dairymen heed changes in the dairy market as the quality milk program grows. Extension Director Doyle Gordon notes tests like Resazurin and methylene blue track keeping quality and bacterial content, shifting focus from sediment cleanliness to low bacterial counts for top prices.
The methylene blue test ranks milk by bacteria levels, with under grade passing if the blue fades in 20 minutes, No. 2 at two hours, and No. 1 at five and a half hours. Proper sanitation and prompt cooling are essential, and several county dairymen are adopting mechanical coolers, improving ratings and profits.
Dairy Delights presents a cheesecake pie recipe with Bisquick crust and pineapple filling. Mix cream cheese sugar salt vanilla and cream until smooth, fold in crushed pineapple, freeze in a baked crust, then top with strawberries if desired. Cut into wedges to serve.
Gorden reports that a plan would apply to all cream and milk produced. It might be drastic for some dairymen but would start the industry toward a high quality product with uniform standards.
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