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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 21 000 hogs 10 000 cattle and 10 000 calves. Hogs strong to higher with top 1076 cents. cattle show mixed weights with good to prime beef values. sheep market steady to higher and breeding ewes listed. Official yesterday totals include hogs 16195 cattle 10933 sheep 12967 calves 1715. Wheat and corn futures quoted with small gains and steady tones.
Cedar Rapids August 3 federal deputies led by M L Healy have relaxed vigilance after investigating last week s strike. Since Monday many more deputies joined and federal staff were assigned to Marion and Atkins to cover strike centers with injunctions. Two carloads of workers were sent to Rock Island shops in Manly and applications to railroads to work rose as government took charge.
Harry Runge of the H. Runge Gons undertaking firm signed a movie contract, relayed from Los Angeles by Otto Knuth. He plans to start work in August and is said to be a teen weigh in at 2566 pounds, with schooling at West Intermediate School and a prior year at a military academy.
President Harding discusses an ideal town and press relation. He urges cooperation between citizens and newspaper makers, confidences, and a newspaper staff free to differ from current opinion while serving the community. The remarks appear in the Seattle Press Club annual paper Camera.
A poetic fragment evokes the ideal of the West with lines about stronger handclasps brighter suns bluer skies and tighter homes. It mentions laughter in streams dreams of reaping and less sighing with themes of friendship and generosity.
About 5000 dahlia varieties exist now, evolving from the wild single dahlia first introduced to Europe from Mexico a little over a century ago. The catalog shows diverse colors forms and sizes reflecting a long breeding history.
C J Mays of the Schiele farm near Durant reports an excellent Kanred wheat stand. If grain passes Iowa State College tests, seed will be certified. Boone poultry demonstrations planned with caponizing and disease talks led by Mr Beeler. Canadian thistle eradiation demonstrations expected in Boone county this fall. Clarks feed alfalfa hay treated with molasses to boost steer growth, weighing 800 to 900 pounds after five months.
The Carroll county farm bureau and Carroll County Fair Association arranged for W. J. Kocken of the agricultural extension service Ames to speak at the fair for three days on orchard problems. Spraying of fruit trees in Carroll county has increased greatly this year due to past successes in 1921.
County agent M. W. O'Donnell urges July August and September as peak months to cul l the flocks in Carroll County. He notes substantial local effort with no need for outside promotion. Removing one third of hens as unprofitable saves feed and housing space and improves egg production as shown by a Jasper township flock with 159 hens yielding less in the previous winter.
County agent Orrie W. Beeler commends the consolidated schools for three years of productive demonstrations in crops and soils. Schmidt and Swanson of Boxholm and Jordan schools are highlighted for leadership and results, with school plots seen as ideal for testing crop fertility.
Ames apiarist F B Paddock warns beginners against starting with wild bees captured from trees. He advises buying a few swarms from an established apiary or a nucleus of package bees, and to inspect local stocks for disease free hives abundant food and a good queen.
A Moscow letter from Vassia Ossipovy at Children's Home No. 31 thanks American children for food aid and Christmas gifts. The piece notes American Relief Administration efforts under Herbert Hoover, feeding over 3 million Russian children daily and outlining life in Russian orphanages.
Reports from Iowa say a corn borer is damaging crops, with field observations in Union county near Decatur City suggesting European corn borer presence may be limited but possible. Authorities urge prompt farming cleanup and sending borers to the college for examination to prevent widespread loss.
Elmer Warren Parker, 60, a longtime farm hand in the Atlantic area, collapsed and died at the Occidental hotel in la. while seated in a card game after achieving a straight flush. He had long suffered heart trouble and relatives think the excitement over his hand may have contributed to the fatal event.
Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley told the supreme international convention in Atlantic City that from June 30 1921 to June 30 1922 the Knights of Columbus added 83 904 members and 2 196 559 75 to assets bringing total assets to about 15 000 000 The leading jurisdictions by membership include New York Illinois Massachusetts Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and New Jersey with Quebec Canada leading the Canadian side.
A humorous observation about a man named Jones who failed because he focused only on himself. The narrator learns Jones is not part of any civic or business groups and concludes the lack of outside involvement led to his downfall. The tale satirizes self interest over community engagement.
The article notes large crowds at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines with seven days of festivities. It forecasts even bigger attendance for this year from Aug 23 to Sept 1, with admission lowered to 50 cents and round trip railroad rates cut to fare plus one third.
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