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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts total 48 000 units with holdovers and varied hog and cattle quotes. Dutcher hogs top near 23.26 with widespread declines for lighter weights. cattle see gains in beef steers and butcher cattle while calves and feeders hover near steady. Western range cattle and lambs noted with mixed demand and price ranges.
Market report shows mixed grain futures with Sept at 1.79, Dec at 1.48, May 1.48 for corn. Oats near 0.72 to 0.76 with Dec at 0.76, cash corn No 2 yellow around 1.95, coffee prices soft amid expected heavy liquidation as food investigation looms.
The county farm bureau plans a large Farm Bureau tent at the state fair with a guardian in charge to house county judging team members and interested boys on cot lodging. The initiative arose from inquiries by parents who cannot accompany their sons. Also included are road law questions, Sen ator Brookhart’s analysis, an August sale at Columbus Junction, and Jersey cow shipments from Missouri with dairy notes and tractor usage data from the Dakotas.
The county road system is funded from the former county road funds with a two mill levy spread across cities and rural areas. County roads see increased funds and higher per mile expenditure, used for grading drainage graveling oiling and hard surfacing. Improvement districts may be formed with more land included and are approved by the board after a hearing, not by the federal office. Township roads rely on township tax levies with two extra mills for road building and one for dragging. cost per mile is higher and hard surfacing follows similar rules with cost split 25 50 and 25 percent. The Commission governs road building statewide except repairs and temporary work and no county vote is required for most projects.
An advertisement offers Zemo as a quick cure for itching eczema and related skin conditions. It claims immediate relief and removal of eczema, tetter, pimples, rash, and blackheads after application. The product is described as non greasy, non staining, and sold by druggists with a 35 cent or one dollar extra large bottle. The B W Rose Co of Cleveland promotes it as a universal skin treatment.
Forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for temperatures near normal with generally fair conditions and occasional showers in the first half of the week.
Advice favors using wheat as hog feed when grinding is easy and wheats price is within 20 cents per bushel of corn. Practical guidance targets cost efficiency for feed operations and supports substituting wheat where market conditions align with the threshold.
Starlight a famed British Hereford sire died mid May at age nine after stifle trouble. His progeny reportedly earned about 200 000 dollars, a likely record for British breeds. His son Ringer set a British price record of 45 000 dollars last autumn. Starlight’s offspring have been exported to New Zealand Uruguay and South Africa. He was bred by G Lloyd Jones and owned by Captain R T Hinkes. The 1919 National Swine Show will be held in Des Moines Iowa from September 29 to October 4. The USDA exhibited smoked meats in 1918 Cedar Rapids and plans a larger display in 1919 focusing on meat curing and home curing of pork.
Washington banks offer season tickets for the Chautauqua with urgent call to buy early this week. The program promises wide audience reach with talks by able speakers and fine entertainment for the community.
The chautauqua opens a week from tomorrow evening and those planning to attend are urged to make arrangements now.
Miss Anna Adams Gordon president of the WCTU confirms a campaign to amend the U S constitution to prohibit tobacco manufacture and sale. She notes forty years of anti alcohol and narcotics work and says the move extends to public and Sunday schools and literature.
Fort Riley Kansas plans to convert the mounted service school once organized in 1801 into a cavalry training center. A class of officers will arrive in September to begin the training course.
National League results Chicago 7 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 4 2 Brooklyn 1 15 New York 4 Cincinnati 6 No other games. American League Cleveland 4 Washington 0 New York 10 Detroit 2 American Association Indianapolis 6 Toledo 0 Louisville 10 Columbus 1.
Samuel Gordon Graham of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania assistant attorney general has been nominated by President Wilson as judge of the court of claims.
Paris reports the all Russian government under Admiral Kolchak plans to shift from Omsk to Irkutsk in Siberia. Dispatches say morale in the Kolchak army is deteriorating and little hope remains to reclaim recently lost territory from the Bolsheviks.
Auctioneer D F Macon offers goods including bureaus chairs rugs mattresses bedsteads quilts sheets curtains mirror sewing machine heater range washing machine tools and garden items. Sale begins promptly at 2 o clock with R E Dougherty as clerk.
English Bros Realty Co markets Central Missouri corn and blue grass land with quick grazing and short feeding seasons. They tout dairy section potential near the Missouri State Fair Grounds and offer a soil map from a recent Government Survey. They report sales nearing half a million dollars to home buyers since January 15. Reference: any bank in Sedalia.
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