Gas Company Takes Over Tomorrow Senate
City council approved lease terms for People's Natural Gas Co to operate city gas plant at $40 per month plus electricity and handling of remaining butane gas. The $42,500 purchase was accepted. takeover expected tomorrow. Street resurfacing bids were awarded to J W Craig Co for north-end project using heavy bituminous surface and Class A cemented curb work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Natural Gas Co
J. W. Craig Co
Minneapolis
Yee Jar
Thompson
Adam Bieber
Spencer Construction Co
North 7Th St
11Th Ave
12Th Ave
6Th St
9Th St
14Th Ave
Fined For Quarreling In Estherville
Art Sifrit and Forrest Ramsey of Estherville were fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Fred Ehlers for quarreling within city limits. Both men were arrested Saturday night. Ole Olson of Fairmont Minnesota was arrested Sunday on intoxication charges and fined five dollars and costs. The Girl Scouts announce a Thursday July 48 program at Riverside park with swimming leather work and metal tapping sessions from 9:30 to 11:30. attendees include visitors from Cheyenne Dallas Englewood and others. Mr Ellerston remains in Coleman hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Sifrit
Forrest Ramsey
Estherville
Fred Ehlers
Ole Olson
Fairmont
Minn
Ehlers
V.R
Don Hanson
Riverside Park
First Class of Eight Flight Students Complete Solos
The first class of eight flying students, half the flight class, completed solo flights. Miss Margaret Jane Johnston Cecil Adcock and Glen Groth made their solo flights Friday morning at the airport. Instructor Harry Coffie expects the remaining seven students to be ready for solo within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Johnston
Cecil Adcock
Glen Groth
Harry Coffie
Boys Fly Model Planes at Riverside Park Contest
The Recreation Center sponsored a Saturday airplane contest at Riverside Park with two divisions for youths 9 to 18 and 14 to 18. Winners in endurance division were Earl Cox first Robert Pullen second Charles Pratt third, prizes 2.50 1.50 1.00. In workmanship division Bobby Mouse first Jerry Collins second Bobby Kephart third, prizes same as division one. Harry Coffie spoke to the boys on flying while judges A T Bringle Harley Degen George Bale and others assisted planning. Weather was windy for flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Center
Riverside Park Center
Earl Cox
Robert Pullen
Charles Pratt
Bobby Mouse
Jerry Collins
Bobby Kephart
Harry Coffie
A. T. Bringle
Harley Degen
George Bale
Clara Kennedy
J. M. Fredericksen
Kiwanis Club
Dorothy Perrin
Iowa farm price index hits winter mark in June
Iowa State College extension economists report the farm price index fell seven points from May to June due to lower hog prices. By June 15 the index stood at 86 percent of the 1910-14 average, with prices near winter levels and the lowest for any June since 1934. Prices paid to farmers remained at 128, buying power dropped to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Economist
the Economist
Red Cross Still Short in Emmet County Fund Drive
Emmet County Red Cross total reaches 623.88 with 876.17 still needed to hit the 1000 goal. Eight girls with two organizers canvassed the business district on Saturday in white, adding 213.88 to the county fund. Nurses canvassing included Patty Sanders Lorraine Mortenson Lorraine Thorndyke Ruth Howard Leoni Reich Darlene Perkins Naomi Knepper Helene Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Red Cross
Vermain Sidles
LaVera Cresap
Gertrude Mohr
Patty Sanders
Lorraine Mortenson
Lorraine Thorndyke
Ruth Howard
Leoni Reich
Darlene Perkins
Naomi Knepper
Helene Smith
Local Market Prices for Hens and Grains
Prices list heavy hens over 5 lbs at 12 cents each and 4 to 5 lbs at 10 cents. Light hens and Leghorn hens eight cents, heavy and light coxes, springs and oats, corn, soybeans, barley, flax and hogs with varied per bushel or per hundredweight figures. Includes packers hog price around 5 dollars and change.
Decorations Promised for Iowa American Legion Meet at Arnolds Park
State convention officials sign contracts for the 1940 Iowa American Legion session at Arnolds Park August 25 26 27 28. 35 arches and gold fringed banners will decorate Arnolds Park with 75 signs along major highways. Notable guests include Hanford MacNider Ray Murphy and Louis Johnson. A major golf tournament will be held August 26 at West Okoboji Golf Club with a trophy and prizes for Legionnaires.
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Iowa
American Legion
Arnolds Park
Legion
Legionaires
Hanford
Jack) MacNider
Ray Murphy
New York City
Louis Johnson
United States
Towa
B. B. Hickenlooper
West Okoboji Golf and Country Club
Iowa American Legion
D. E. Higgins Fined For Driving Without License
Estherville resident D E Higgins was arrested July 9 for operating a motor vehicle on a highway without a driver s license. He appeared before Justice M H Schloeman and was fined $2 plus costs. Dennis Knutsen, A and P store manager, mailed a box of wall eyes from a fishing trip in northern Minnesota to clerks at the local store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Higgins
Estherville
Justice of the Peace
M. H. Schloeman
V.R
Dennis Knutsen
Minnesota
Milford Boy Joins the Navy for Career in Electrical Rating
Lewis Boers son of Mr and Mrs B A Boers of Milford left Monday for Fort Dodge and Des Moines where he enlisted in the United States Navy with others and will be sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to pursue a career as an electrician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Boers
B. A. Boers
Milford
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Lewis
Navy
Attends State Meeting on Vocational Agriculture Instructors
G. M. Shearman a vocational agriculture instructor at the local high school attends the annual state conference in Ames. The meeting runs Monday to Wednesday with special sessions Thursday into Friday noon. T. E. Sexauer of Iowa State College chairs the special meetings as experts discuss all phases of vocational agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Shearman
Ames
T. E. Sexauer
Iowa State College
Welwe Rock Island Advances Nine to Conductors
Rock Island announces nine employees promoted Sunday to conductor after examination. The new conductors are W. D. Kane J. E. Wee Chas B. Anderson H. W. Randolph H. E. Randolph O. M. Tostenrud Foster E. Kemp H. L. Parsons and Harry LaCassar. The promotions address retirements among older conductors and the men will join the extra board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welwe Rock Island
W. D. Kane
J. E. Wee
Chas
B. Anderson
H. W. Randolph
H. E. Randolph
O. M. Tostenrud
Foster E. Kemp
H. L. Parsons
Harry LaCassar
Former Armstrong man buried there
J. S. Beers of Paullina died at his home at 2 15 a m Thursday after a yearlong illness and a stroke. He bought the Armstrong telephone exchange in 1911, built a new building, operated it until May 1927, and sold to Thos. Arvig. Surviving are a son Charles Beers of West Virginia and a daughter Fern Beers. burial at Armstrong. Fern moved to Paullina with her father four years ago. Mrs. Beers died in 1920 and a daughter Hazel Butterfield died last year.
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J. S. Beers
Paullina
Armstrong
Hom
Mr. Beers
Primghar
Telephone Exchange
Lincoln Noble
Exchange
Thos. Arvig
Chas. Beers
West Virginia
Fern Beers
Fern
Paulina
V.R
Army Air Corps
Democrats Nominate Three In Emmet County races
The Democratic county convention met Saturday to nominate candidates for Emmet county. Frank J. Steiner of Armstrong was put forward to oppose incumbent Harley A. Degen for state representative. L. A. Horswell of Armstrong was nominated for sheriff, with John Pennell of Armstrong nominated as justice of the peace for Armstrong Grove township. Steiner is a hardware merchant and both Steiner and Pennell are World War veterans. Delegates were instructed to support William H. Hamilton and Paul W. Richards for renomination to the state supreme court, with Dr. G. H. West presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Steiner
Armstrong
Harley A. Degen
Emmet
L. A. Horswell
John Pennell
Armstrong Grove Township
Steiner
Pennell
Plans for Emmet county home economics year
A Farm Bureau women’s committee met Friday July 12 with Marian Edwards Assistant State Home Demonstration leader and Francis Byrne to plan a year of home economics projects in Emmet county. The program includes four meetings on improving quality of home produced foods with Frances Byrne, a tea for organizers in September, and an October open meeting to start the study year on The Farm Family and the World Today. Five sub projects music health family financial planning home modernization and schools and school taxation were set to meet county needs. About 45 percent of rural women participate in the extension program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Farm Bureau
Marian Edwards
Iowa State College Extension Service
Francis Byrne
Frances Byrne
Palo Alto County to Build 4 H Pavilion at Emmetsburg
Construction begins this week on a new octagonal 4 H show and sale pavilion at Palo Alto county fair grounds in Emmetsburg. The building, ready by the 1940 fair on August 14 to 16, will feature a 56 foot diameter show ring and seating for 400, with sleeping quarters for exhibitors under the bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg
Local men fined after Welcome disturbance
Arthur Irwin of Estherville and Lane Tostenrud of Estherville were fined 50 and 100 dollars respectively plus costs after pleading guilty to assault and resisting an officer in Welcome Minnesota. They were arrested around 11 p.m. for a disturbance and escaped briefly before marshal Melvin Schultz recaptured them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Irwin
Estherville
Lane Tostenrud
Welcome
Minn
Marshall Melvin Schultz
Irwin
Tostenrud
Schultz
Inspections Find Severe Weed Infestation in Minnesota Iowa Farm
Dunnell Minnesota weed inspectors Keck L Larson and H A Dreke found Canada thistle on Clayton Farm in southwest Lake Fremont. The thistles have been cut and will be burned to destroy seed. The farm owner resides in Grover Iowa. Nearby Huntington Iowa acres also report creeping jenny, with 160 acre crop to be plowed under per local inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnell
Minn
Clayton
Lake Fremont
Keck
L. Larson
H. A. Dreke
Grover
Iowa
William G. Gison
Huntington
Minnesota Line
V R Farmers May Redeem Their Corn Loans
Emmet county farmers may redeem loans on farm stored 1937 or comingled 1988 farm stored corn through October 1, 1940. 1938 corn may be bought at 58 cents a bushel if storage was allowed. without storage allowance price is 61 cents. Chicago office holds all 1937 and 1938 loans and will accept payments directly or via local banks. Partial settlements accepted for at least one seal number. One bin in Denmark township found with weevils belonging to Anton Bam men of Ringsted. Parity payments applications due. AAA office distributed $39,000 in checks on Wednesday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Chicago
Nels G. Christiansen
Denmark
Anton Bammen
Ringsted
AAA
Gruver youth to begin air cadet training in California
Robert Calhan, 14, who passed his Fort Snelling physical near St Paul Minnesota in May, received orders to report for air cadet military training at Oxnard California on July 81st. He will undertake a ten week training period at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruver
Robert Calhan
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Minn
Oxnard
Calif
Tragic Corn Bin Death Rocks Halfa Family
Donald Nielsen, 12, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Soren Nielsen, suffocated in a grain bin at the family farm near Half a, as about 1 000 bushels of government sealed shelled corn released. Fellow workers and older brothers tried to lift him free, but suction from the moving corn ended the boy’s life in minutes. Donald was a seventh grade student at Halfa Consolidated School. siblings Virginia, Lucille, George, Robert, Richard and Shirley survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Nielsen
Soren Nielsen
David Weir
Golden Sun
Nielsen
Armstrong
George
Donald
Mbecupiehea Gergytet & Wate
Halfa
Virginia
Chico
California
Lucille
Fairmont
Minn
Robert
Richard
Shirley
Armstrong Grove
Charles Booth
Priscilla Booth
Estherville
Booth
Ridgeview
S. C
E. A. Booth
Helen
Arnolds Park to widen streets after court ruling
The town of Arnolds Park proceeds with street widening after a court adjourned session on July 5 resolved the condemnation of Milwaukee railroad property. The project will widen ten feet in the business district, with a fence removed at Riggs Hardware to ease the corner, and slight changes to the railroad crossing right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnolds Park
F. C. Davidson
Arnolds Park Street
Riggs Hardware
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Cheyenne
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N. A. Endicott
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Frederick Graats
Englewood
Trving Ellerston
Bell
Endicot
Bally" Ellerston
Coleman Hospital
Bobby Mousel
Ape
I C. P
Wight Morrow
Houston
Tex
John Nance Garner
Democraticonvention
Chicaro
Women’s Leader
Thomas F. McAllister
Gran Rapids, Mich
Democratic Nationa Committee
Central Vce
Logal Markets
Iowa Great Lakes
Don Sterns
Okoboji
Milford Boy
Orin M. Bixby
Chas. Bixby
Ovin
Stanhope
M. W. Stanhope
Northlith St
W.R
Frank Steiner
L. A Horswell
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