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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
2
Chicago hogs lead gains on opening with estimated receipts about 75 000 today and 74 000 yesterday. Cattle and sheep show softer demand with cattle receipts near 23 000 and sheep around 22 000. beef and veal prices range from 7 5 to 20 25, while hogs trade 16 90 to 17 75 for packing and good to prime pigs around 15 50 to 16 75.
Grain price outlook reported by E. W. Wagner & Co. from Jows City Iowa with J B Hunt as manager notes closing figures and market activity.
Cloves are cured by smoking over a wood fire to a deep brown, then sun dried. Sometimes buds are scalded before drying. If sunny days are ample, artificial heat is avoided and sun drying continues from start to finish. The crop loses about 60 percent in drying.
In a county fair judged by grades and crossbreds, Carl and Scott placed in multiple classes. Scott earned eighth in the same class, while Carl repeated sixth in the open baby beef class. Scott won a trip to the International for cheapest gains. Carl won first for best put up calf in the home county. They collected 54 dollars in cash prizes plus a free International trip. Jack Gardner of Wapello led a money-winning heifer, with more entries potentially in the field. Vendors sold apples with popcorn and peanuts as part of the show.
In Chicago on December 4 the cattle display included many animals with silk hair fit for show. The fat cattle Grand Champion Load went to Herefords bred by Sweenson Bros of Stanford Texas and fed by J W Frazier of Charlottesville. Ed Hall’s Angus yearlings placed second but lacked finish and weight next to the Hereford load.
Earl Fry of Kalona displays a Polled Durham yearling bull that finished seventh in a 15 head class. Fry reports selling out near Kalona and buying the Davis place west of Iowa City, planning to move before planting a new crop. R G Shaver departed for Iowa on Wednesday morning. Scott and Carl Willey from near Haskins bring two calves fed in the Louisa County Boy Calf club. Carl placed.
Burlington plans a monument honoring Des Moines County men who died in France. County board chair E L Naumann says he will study laws on funding from county funds. City council also plans a Burlington soldier memorial, stirring countywide speculation.
The report recalls College Prince once an Ames colt now a near perfect big drafter as he shows up with the six horse teams. The note highlights his transformation from a youthful racer to a seasoned competitor once seen in Ames.
Jake Hendrickson, a young farmer near Columbus Junction, claims the community corn husking record. He husked 121 bushels in nine hours and ten minutes from fields yielding about 40 bushels per acre.
Burlington officials tighten rules as physicians push health measures. The board approves placards for homes with disease, bans certain sales, requires daily pupil absence reports, and mandates nightly streetcar disinfection by the railway company.
A New York Times article compares the German empire and the United States in land area and wheat production. It notes Belgium and Austria in relation to wheat output, per capita consumption in several nations, and the global wheat trade, with the US not leading per capita flour use. It discusses rye bread in Germany and rice in India and Japan, and highlights the scale of corn and other crops in international commerce.
The board of health urges open car doors for ventilation and adherence to regulations to fight the disease. Penalties exist for noncompliance. Officials say success relies on people following edicts and staying healthy to prevent an epidemic. Influenza remains mild with few deaths compared to city population and past years.
Des Moines December 5. An overseas veteran urges Polk County to erect a monument to honor the fallen of the world war. He believes there is nothing too good for the boys who lost their lives in the fight.
C L Deal of Company 1 168th infantry urged Park County to dedicate a memorial to World War I casualties. He noted veterans of the Civil War already honored and proposed a monument with the fallen names and battle inscriptions on capitol grounds opposite the existing Civil War memorial.
More than one hundred delegates from fourteen religious denominations gather in Philadelphia for a three day conference on church union. Attendees include prominent clergymen and laymen from across the country representing Northern Baptist Congregational Disciples of Christ Society of Friends Methodist Episcopal Evangelical Synod Moravian and Presbyterian bodies.
Rev W P Fulton urged a general assembly conference in Columbus Ohio to pursue church union among denominations including the United Presbyterian and Welsh Presbyterian bodies. He said if union fails federation would be tried and stressed closer cooperation in missions and social religious work.
President Wilson plans to wait for Congress to propose a future policy on railroads before any return to private ownership. Senator Smith of South Carolina, chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, said he discussed the matter with the president during a one hour conference before Wilson set sail.
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