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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 37 000 hogs 26 000 cattle 20 000 sheep. Hogs steady to 50 higher on better grades top 21 55 and 21 50 21 40. Beef steers slow light weights steady calves steady mixed quality. Sheep slow mostly 50 lower with lambs and yearlings showing varied quotes.
Grain futures figures furnished by E. W. Wagner and Co. J. B. Hunt reports corn at 1.83 to 1.84 per unit for No. 2 and 1.80 to 1.81 for No. 3. Clover futures show October at 24.70 and December at 24.25. December coffee quotes at 23.35.
L. H. Rinner of Noble staged a Jersey cow sale at Phillips Feed Yard selling nine teen head. Top cow bought by Frank Macon for 190 dollars, producing over 10 000 pounds of milk yearly. Rinner specializes in Jerseys and advocates the breed alongside strong Jersey hogs and Duroc herd in Noble. The piece notes broader cattle market liquidation and yearling demand, with favorable conditions for light cuts and gains as beef trade adjusts later in the season.
A county meeting of wool growers will be held at the Farm Bureau office in Washington on Wednesday evening to establish a county organization. The gathering follows several township meetings and aims to affiliate with the state association to market wool cooperatively.
Army worms on the Briley farm yielded to arsenate treatment and appear exterminated after stripping about one acre of cows. Prompt poisoning prevented potential losses running into thousands. no other outbreaks reported in Washington County. Further damage can be prevented with careful monitoring.
EK H Silliman secretary of the Iowa Shorthorn Breeders Association urges members to use the new state TB free herd testing appropriation. He asks breeders to be early applicants for a fed eral accredited herd status, allowing certified TB free herds to ship cattle to any state without restric tions or re tests, with annual certificates serving all purposes.
Wisconsin's state highway engineer announces approximately 10 million dollars will be spent on road improvements in 1919. The boost aims to employ discharged soldiers and sailors, with 7 million earmarked for new work and the rest for maintenance and patrol of existing highways. Funds come from federal, state and county sources.
A carload of Deering Binder Twine has been received by the Fred L. Stewart Hardware Company. Those who have used Deering twine know its quality. Place your order early. 813.
Fort Madison Iowa June 23 George Baker of Red Oak and Jess Howard of Council Bluffs escaped from the state penitentiary. Baker a ten year forgery offender and habitual escaper and Howard an auto thief were missing after a breakout from the Montgomery county jail in 1914. Baker had earlier served time in North Dakota and the reform school at Anamosa for killing Claude Grice of Red Oak with a weight.
The Omaha World-Herald explains the owl’s eating method, noting that owls swallow whole meals and later expel indigestible matter as a hard round pellet. The passage draws an analogy to a dinner of entire objects and emphasizes the internal digestion that leaves a refuse pellet.
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys predicts local thunder showers early in the week with generally fair days after. Temperatures are expected to run above normal for the period June 28.
Sheriff J H Keith of Taylor county intercepted a truck from St Joseph Mo near Bedford Iowa to Omaha with empty chicken coops hiding liquor. A false bottom in the bed and in the coop yielded 440 pints of liquor. Two Italians were arraigned by Commissioner John C Hunt in Atlantic. Cass county fines flow into Taylor county treasury from Atlantic and Griswold arrests for bringing liquor into town from St Joseph. Wm DeBus Griswold pool hall owner fined 600 dollars. Two farmers north of Atlantic were fined hundreds. Thirteen automobiles and owners were gathered at Bedford.
The Bedford sheriff described fifteen cars lined up near the state line waiting for night to dash for Iowa. S. K. Anderson, a prominent Atlanta contractor, was arrested for speeding. police found ten quarts of whiskey in his car. He paid a $125 fine plus costs. Earlier, Anderson was fined heavily after a St. Joseph trip with whiskey and sent to federal court in Council Bluffs for an additional penalty.
Wyoming will end sale and manufacture of liquor on July 1 under a constitutional amendment ratified last November. A state prohibition commissioner will oversee enforcement aided by a privately funded Law Enforcement League. Fred L. Crabbe may be chosen prohibition commissioner as enforcement efforts begin nationwide wartime prohibition thrust.
In a statement to the Associated Press Mr Crabbe cites overwhelming per capita support and vows enforcement of the Reed Law. Wyoming saloons face a dry spell as breweries shift to soft drinks and candy shops. Authorities warn vigilant action against buyers and sellers after July 1 amid halted mail order imports.
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