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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 22 000 cattle 6 500 hogs 65900 pigs and feeders. Market mostly steady to 25 off with top hogs 16 90 and cattle mostly 11 65 to 15 50 for heavy weights. Offical yesterday receipts show hogs 22962 cattle 13754 sheep 13056 calves 5205 with shipments 8623 hogs 3060 cattle 1975 sheep.
Cedar Township seeks a road superintendent with leadership and tractor and grader experience. Bids due by noon on the 19th, 1920. the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Milo J. Shalla Township Clerk Wellman Iowa.
Harry Hamilton of Davenport pleaded guilty to robbing the Robert Lohman store in Wheatland. Judge Donegan imposed a ten year indeterminate term. Hamilton, once editor of the Rock Island News, was to Fort Madison prison within minutes. Foss and Lathrop were briefly jailed, later freed on charges.
March 15 and 16 sales listed at Stichter Tetate What Cheer and C W Walsh Riverside with household goods and a spotted Poland China bred low sale. Seventeen Angus heifer calves from the Cannon herd shipped to Clinton county for county agent Wise to distribute to boys in four farms to raise and show at the county fair.
Tuberculosis caused more cattle condemnations under Federal meat inspection last year than any other disease, with 37 600 cases from TB among 59 547 condemned carcasses and 53 652 additional carcass parts affected. The Bureau of Animal Industry notes TB and hog cholera as the two most serious contagious meat animal diseases.
The article notes Argentina's large corn reserves and fertile lands, contrasted with declining US soil fertility. It cites 1918 Argentina corn output and US production, predicting sustained imports to the US as long as prices remain profitable. It also emphasizes growing foreign competition and its impact on grain and livestock markets.
Advertisement offering to tan and make hides into robes or coats with complete pricing from 20 to 820 dollars. Seller supplies the hide and receives finished garments. Local tanning service promotes spring work and custom finishing options.
Grass seed costs surge this spring with red clover and alsike jumping several dollars per hundred. White sweet clover up five dollars, alfalfa nearly doubles. The article warns against cheap seed, notes high impurity risks, and offers seed sampling help from Wallaces' Farmer as a paid service.
In Council Bluffs on March 11 Judge J B Rockafellow is considering the Dolph estate dispute. The widow of Hiram Dolph seeks about 1 million dollars from the widow of Henry Dolph, alleging a 1895 deed to 960 acres was forged or tampered with. The brothers died in 1915 and the prior rulings assigned land to Henry and his heirs.
A reflection on happiness tied to moral integrity. True contentment requires a clean heart and conscience free of revenge jealousy envy or hatred regardless of wealth or excitement.
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