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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1931
Page
2
July 10 hog market reports 17 000 head receipts including 6000 direct. Steady to 1 higher for bulk up to 320 pounds with top 7.70. 230 to 250 pounds range 6.25 to 7.50, pigs 6.25 to 7.25. Light weights 140 to 160 pounds 7.15 to 7.60, 160 to 200 pounds good and choice values noted.
Receipts cattle 2 000, calves 3 000, stockers and feeders 500 to 1 050 pounds with prices from 4 00 to 7 00. Heifers 550 to 501b, steers 600 to 1 300 pounds 6 25 to 8 75, cows 3 50 to 8 75, bulls 3 50 to 4 79. Sheep receipts 56 000, lambs 40c to 50c, bulk lambs 7 50 to 7 75, yearlings 6 50, ewes 3 00 to 3 50. Slaughter cattle by weight 600 to 1 500 pounds 6 25 to 8 75, vealers 7 00 to 9 75.
Combined hog receipts at interior Iowa and southern Minnesota yards and plants totaled 21 400 for the 24 hour period ending 8 00 am. Prices ranged from lightweights to heavy weights with good and excellent grades selling up to 7 00 per cwt and packing sows showing strong demand. Prices varied by weight class with pigs unquoted and sows pricing listed from 4 40 to 5 25 per cwt.
Railway timetable lists eastbound trains including Golden State Limited Apache and Local Passenger runs with daily and Sunday exceptions. Westbound services include Golden State Limited Apache Local Freight and mixed trains, with agent contacts and California passenger discharges noted.
The excerpt lists hog price ranges to 4.90, 425 to 550 lb, with good at 4.00 to 4.65, noting bulk transaction basis. It comments on long haul shipments with weight shrinkage and hogs filled excessively, and excludes hogs bought at shipping point weights from quotations.
Commodities listed show wheat corn oats and lard with bid ask ranges for July and September deliveries. Prices include July wheat at 63% 53.5 high 52.4 low. corn July 57% with 68 57 57. oats July 26% with 27 26.5 27. lard July 8.02 to 8.05 with nearby 8.00 8.02, and December numbers noted.
The Toledo market notes cattle and hay prices with Crain Clover showing primes at 13.25 to 13.75 for various old and new ranges. Alsike cash is listed at 12.00. Weekday trading details reference July figures and upcoming October December futures.
Chicago cash grain closes show mixed quoters across cereals with Wheat belted around 53 to 54 cents per bushel for red and hard varieties, Corn ranges from 58 to 57 cents across yellow and white classifications, Rye absent, Barley 38 to 52, Timothy 5.90 to 5.50, Clover 13.50 to 20.00.
Grain receipts show Wheat 18 cars, Corn 99 cars, and Oats 15 cars recorded at the inland depot.
Chicago notes market firmness with receipts totaling 11,437 cases for extra firsts 18 and firsts 17. Current week receipts range from 14 to 15 cases as buyers maintain demand for Chicago produce.
Lodges Washington Chapter No. 98 C E S regular meeting second Thursday monthly Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W 8 of J regular meeting fourth Tuesday Mason ic Temple rooms Mrs Chioa Spies W P Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 A FP A M regular meeting first Friday Harry C Ward W M A W Yard Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 88 RA M regular meeting second Friday J W Enslin P A W Yard Secretary
Butter market steady with receipts of 9 875 tubs. Poultry market firm with mixed prices for fowls ducks geese and turkeys. broilers under 2 lbs quoted 26 to 39 cents per pound. leghorns and other poultry also listed. Potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments. Oklahoma and Arkansas exports up 225 to 235 barrels. Virginia cobblers 310 to 315 per barrel.
The Messenger family reunion gathered in Wellman park on July 4 with all children present. Attendees included Nort Messenger of Wellman and extended family from Newton Grinnell Moneta Rossie Muscatine and Cedar Rapids among others.
July 16 report from Crawfordsville notes R M Anderson leaving for Arizona after selling household goods. Evan L Davis handled a sale with efficiency. Rain disrupted plans for a Cotter Ainsworth trip. Hugh Morris finished barley near the Rock Island tracks with many helping. Frank Van Horn’s farm busy with R A Young and others. Arthur Eden to finish corn plowing. Arthur Hazen returns to Houston. Mrs Mary Lamberts moves to F Chihak farm. Therion Lowery buys a home northwest of Fairfield. Harry Roberts finishes oats and jokes about bachelor housekeeping. Dave Owens improving after illness and hosts visit.
George of Ottumwa and others visited the T Kennedy home while the Dimamitts spend summer at University Camp Iowa City. A group including McCrabb Schlaubaugh Birkeys and others traveled to Clear Lake for the holiday. Picnic at the Andersons featured Fleming Durians and Durian families plus Greiner Foster. Wirtz and McIntosh families vacationed at Silver Lake and West Branch. Wellman DeMolay baseball team lost 15 to 7 at Sigourney in Saturday game.
Mr and Mrs Lee Graber and Mrs Iver, mother of Denver Colorado, arrived Monday for a two to three week visit with Lees parents Mr and Mrs John W Graber and their family in Wayland.
A rainstorm drives a quick trip past Ed Williams and Jessie Pearson, with irrigation runoff noted on the pavement. Frank Trotter relocates from Sterling NJ to live with his father in Ainsworth, where Al McElwain greets old friends. Dr. C M Spessard expands with modern dental equipment, boosting the town’s business era.
Superintendent harshly criticized the trainmaster for laxity in reporting accidents. A later wire reports a man fell from a platform in front of a speeding engine with no injuries. Unrelated notes mention threshing machines arriving at Brighton and personal medical news about Mrs. Dougherty’s appendicitis operation.
The community shares news of visitors from New York and Des Moines. John O Neil and Mrs O Neil plan a July 10 to July 24 stay with the Sodergrens while Mrs Marjorie Post recalls past visits. Local families, including the Wengers and Schantzes, spend holidays with relatives and friends around Fairfield Reading and Clear Lake.
Robert Woolsey recounts his life from Cincinnati roots to solo stardom in Everything's Rosie now at the State. He recalls early jobs as jockey and bellhop and his leap to comedy, detailing how fame followed his caveats and personal quirks.
Ken Maynard star of Tiffany Alias the Bad Man plays at the Fox in Mission Texas where his colorful western career roots his acting. His upbringing by a ranching family across several states is recalled in his slice of life on screen and off.
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