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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1958
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader, official newspaper of Tripoli Iowa and Bremer County, has published weekly since 1894. It is mailed as second class under the 1879 act with William A Buckley as publisher. Subscriptions run 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
The Waterloo Courier and Governor Loveless clash over road policies and apportionment, each seizing a narrow fact as the whole story. The debate centers on primary highway priorities, traffic counts, and funding use, amid broader tensions between Des Moines and rural areas.
4-H notes from Tripoli cover January 28 meetings at the Zander home with 16 members led by Robert Chapin, gift exchanges for Jerry Snelling, and a $5 donation to International Farm Youth Exchange. February results include wins and losses in basketball and a Dad's night upcoming at Fremont No. 1 school. March 2 updates from Wapsie Whirlwind await a 4-H week display and fruit talk, plus library efforts to expand reading in Tripoli with a two dollar family card and open access for residents.
March 16 to 22 marks the climax of the first nationwide reading promotion led by the American Library Association. The theme Wake Up and Read unites business, education, government, and the arts to promote libraries and reading for all. Junior Chambers of Commerce and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs collaborate in coordinating nationwide efforts.
Clar a Hildebrandt hosted dinner with sister and friends in Tri poli. Afternoon calls by Hildebrandt and Dora Henning followed by visits to Emma Harmening. Drape family visits near Sumner and Waterloo guests at Duenow home. Heinemann hosted several guests from Sumner and Eagle Grove. Wm Duenow and family hosted visitors from Fredericksburg and Denver. Sunday guests included H ildebrandt family from near Waverly, Ralph Drewis and family, and Hazel Ager with D E.
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits across farms and towns around Tripoli Iowa. Guests include families from Waterloo New Hampton Sumner Cedar Falls and Parkersburg. Notable items mention 40th wedding anniversary for Ed and wife and a 25th anniversary for Lorenz Zander.
Bremer County Extension Director Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College forecasts favorable profit for beef cow herds in the coming years. He expects the 1958 calf crop to be cut and steer numbers to shrink, keeping overall cattle numbers from rising this year, with a possible rebound in 1959 barring bad weather or dairy stock liquidation. The analysis notes about 500 thousand fewer cattle on farms as of Jan 1, 1958.
The report notes a slower overall decline in cattle numbers with losses in milk and beef cows offset by increases in beef steers calves and heifers. Dairy stock remains ample, aided by young stock but affected by April 1 price changes. Steer gains tied to favorable feed last fall, with possible shrinkage if feed drops. Hog prices expected lower next fall but no major trouble until 1959. Sheep farming viewed as a strong bet for Iowa farmers.
Kutish predicts a gradual rise in the sheep industry over several years as the 1957 downtrend ends with a larger January 1 flock. Growth is expected mainly on farms due to ongoing labor shortages in range states, signaling a farm-stock expansion rather than a broad range-area increase.
A legal transfer item reports J T Bump and his wife transferring ownership to Edith Elma Alderman and Winnifred Alderman. The notice names the parties and records the conveyance in public records, indicating a change of title and rights.
Multiple property transfers listed including Holsinger and Wescott heirs parcels in Sumner Revenue. Lang to Bailey. Sauerbrei to St. Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church of Readlyn. Laube and Meswarth tracts. revenues ranging from 6.60 to 30.80 dollars. Descriptions cover sections 35 and 1 and 25 in townships 93 and 93-12 with various lot, block, and tract references.
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