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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 9,000 hogs cattle and calves with holdovers. Hogs top at 16.90, most sales 14.95 to 15.96. feeders and heavies vary by weight. Cattle steady to 25 off with beef steers and butcher cattle priced, calves and veal shown, sheep active and mostly steady. Shipments: none for hogs and calves. rail yard totals show 6,505 hogs, 3,819 cattle, 8,596 sheep, 1,215 calves.
The justice department may investigate Camp Dodge along with Camps Sherman and Grant after the war camp construction subcommittee reported actual costs. Camp Dodge spent 10,365,120 dollars but should have cost 6,426,275, implying a nearly 4 million loss to taxpayers. The subcommittee notes conflicting figures from the construction division and possible understatements of costs.
A Rockwell City committee is raising funds for a WWI memorial building. Senator P C Hoidoegel offers a business district corner site with no strings beyond a fitting memorial and adequate size for future community needs.
Two masked bandits robbed gaming rooms in Sioux City two nights earlier stealing about $3000. Players did not report the crime at the time and the incident has only now become public.
Labor offices in Des Moines and several Iowa cities face possible closure as federal and state funding wanes after World War I. Officials acknowledge strong performance in placing workers while hundreds are on farms and about 2,000 more workers are needed for town farms as spring work begins.
The article notes federal experiments by the Bureau of Public Roads and USDA on road surface design, cites a 1919 wool pull data rise to 48.2 million pounds with 3.12 pounds per skin, and discusses public livestock sales as community assets and branding. It also critiques DOJ profiteering claims and Labor Statistics price trends versus cost of living.
The first year of the patent law saw only three patents issued in the United States. Each grant marked the infancy of a system intended to encourage invention and protect inventors nationally.
A dealer testimonial praises the Oldsmobile Economy Truck noting ease of handling and exceptional tire life. The speaker claims over ten thousand miles on a single set of Goodyear Cord tires and endorses pneumatic tires for truck service. Mannhardt Brothers, Dealers.
Public notice states a special election for the Consolidated Independent School District of Haskins in Washington County Iowa on April 30 1920. Voting hours are 1 PM to 6 PM at the Haskins Schoolhouse. The proposition to be voted on concerns the Consolidated Independent School District.
Daily messages from livestock producers in Washington oppose the Justice Department campaign for cheap meat cuts as a solution to the cost of living. They claim the propaganda depresses livestock prices and distrust the market viability of cheap cuts marketed to women, calling the department’s actions a crime against producers.
The School District of Haskins in Washington County Iowa plans a fifty thousand dollar bond issue to build and equip a new school house and acquire a site. Voters are called to appear at the election by order of the Board of Directors dated March 20 1920.
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