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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows estimated receipts for hogs 33369 with top 1565 and various weight classes listed. Cattle receipts about 9500 with beef steers, butcher cattle and veal calves priced. lambs and feeder animals also detailed. A long list of public sale dates and sellers follows, indicating upcoming auctions through February 28.
In Mt Pleasant on February 12 teachers in the city schools presented demands for higher salaries to the board of education. A committee led by the president is investigating the claims as no motion has been made. The group notes wages for unskilled labor rising faster than teachers' pay and cites salaries as low as 80 dollars a month for nine months.
The Washington County Breed ers association plans its annual meeting Saturday at 1 30 PM at the county agent office to discuss the proposed sale pavilion and stock sale while electing officers for the coming year.
A bulletin notes no tax form schedule yet from the Internal Revenue Collector. It includes a worksheet for figures on cash receipts and expenses. It explains farmers may not switch to inventory basis since no invoice date is January 1st, 191%.
A suggestion urges all farmers to take stock of grain and other supplies on hand as of January 1 1920 to better manage resources and plan for the year ahead.
Assistance on income tax work starts February 9 with a program set to run Mondays and Saturdays. On February 10 a Farm Bureau Office session in Washington and a Farm Management Short Course at Wellman features a specialist from Ames. February 11 adds a Crawfordsville Farm Management Short Course.
A sequence of scheduled events lists performances or activities across multiple towns including Brighton Rubio Wellman Katona Riverside Ainsworth Wellston and West Chester with dates from February through March spanning two consecutive days per location.
The group with 900 members cannot spray orchards alone and offers to organize spraying among four or five farmers with a supervisor. A new price list for spray materials will be posted soon. Dual orchard and poultry demonstrations are set for February 26 and 27 in Lime Creek Crawford and Brighton townships. A parched sow project offers a share of piglets to a boy. Applications to vaccinate dogs should be filed with Dr. R. D. Wall. The Ames state serum plant shifts to livestock disease research and will sell serum directly but plans to buy good commercial serum for resale.
In Fort Madison Iowa twenty two men were rounded up in a police raid last night thirteen white men and nine Negroes were taken into custody. Two policemen marched the gamblers with hands up for eight blocks to the police station where they were booked and held.
Men appeared in Police court before Mayor Joseph Weisbruch this morning and were fined 25 dollars plus costs each. They were playing poker at the time of arrest and several hundred dollars in agency funds were seized during the raid.
Fort Dodge faces a backlog with 8 495 carloads of manufactured goods awaiting shipment. Traffic manager L M O Leary said about 258 cars moved last week but relief isn t expected until spring. Gypsum plants and the Port Dodge Quaker Oats branch report the heaviest losses.
The piece extols the Duroc hogs, praising mothers, numbers eight to twenty piglets, strong little pigs, and superb feeders. It highlights form, hair, size, and notably large hams, thick sides, and broad shoulders, urging hog raisers to buy Durocs.
The New York Sun quotes Columbus boasting that Lo was the first man to cross the ocean in three ships, remarking on passengers who needn't be so stuck up.
More than 100 people attended the Muscatine island meeting on February 12 as a Community club was organized. Miss Frances Laffer home demonstration agent spoke on the work and benefits of community clubs across the state.
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