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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts across cattle hogs and sheep show mixed totals with hogs trading around 20.5 to 20.7 per cwt and cattle firming for Western steers while feeders and lambs display uneven demand. Yesterday’s receipts and shipments noted, with packers active at top bids and varying quality across grades.
Grain markets and local business references appear with Towett Town Hunt Manager listed as contact at phone 726. Varnished by BE. W. Wagner & Co. are noted in association with the entry.
Turner Grain Co led by W M Hewitt reports cash close prices for No 1 red wheat at 2.24 to 2.25 with other grades listed. Chicago receipts show wheat 1277 cars, corn 782 cars, oats 582 cars.
A tense exchange unfolds as Mr Lawhead questions cold treatment and a note from last Thursday. Miss Brushley replies she wishes to say nothing further and rejects the continued overture, stating she is not interested and comparing herself to not being a fish.
The passage notes 45 acres of clover hay being cut in fall on the southwest farm with assistance from local workers. Ernest Carlson bought a spring pig from Sprague of Ohio for a future herd boar. The pig, called Fancy Orion Cherry King, is a full brother to a famed $10,000 boar and is sired by Orion Cherry King. Carlson plans to keep the pig as his new herd sire.
A column lists upcoming public sales with dates and locations for sellers near Washington Wellston Wellman Crawfordsville and Kalona. Entries include John Flynn C C Hotle John Wagner L J Rinner P J Welsh W C Brenneman L L Neiswanger J M Lord Son R F Smylie Mike Trier Howard Hopping Ernest Carlson and J C Lemley selling Duroc Jerseys Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys along with Chester Whites closing out sales and farm sales in October.
Warning to Black Walnut log owners about men claiming government authority to seize logs. Government has not announced any takings. If logs are desired, buyers should offer a fair price and avoid intimidation. Verify buyer identity and mill represented. Farm Bureau at the Court House can provide reliable firm information.
A US Department of Agriculture bulletin notes cattle and sheep declines in France since 1914 and argues that the average corn binder lasts about 11 years yet does only about 40 days of work in that period. It states binders could provide far more service if demand rose, challenging assumed wear rates.
A seed firm sold early season corn guaranteed satisfactory and planted on about 80 acres in good faith. The locally available seed arrived late due to surplus seed sales to cover replanting needs, leaving the shipped corn behind the expected harvest strip.
Cross bred Chester White Hampshire pigs on Boyd Beale’s edge of town and a car load of Jersey heifers from poorer regions are thriving on better county feed. Hog sales have yielded around $5,000 from hogs fed on corn bought since cribbing time last fall.
Farmers report frost risk threatens a field planted with seed from the south while native corn underperforms. No profit comparison made yet but promised gains from native seed seem higher. Local margins suggest surplus seed may find demand elsewhere next spring.
Spokane reports drought and heat savaging the spring wheat crop, likely the poorest in years. The September crop report by BE T Marchetti, interior department agent, notes winter wheat down 1,485,000 bushels from last year, with total season output at 9,432,000 bushels.
The September crop report for Kansas projects an average corn yield of 7.82 bushels per acre and total production of 53.7 million bushels, the smallest harvest in 44 years except for one year. The report, issued by Edward Payton of the U S Department of Agriculture, notes 23 percent of normal growing conditions on September 1.
A Washington telegram to Iowa State College Ames confirms Student Army Training Corps members may enroll in general courses and pursue agricultural studies alongside military instruction. The policy aligns with engineering and opens paths for line officers and technical roles in agriculture within the service.
Delegates and supporters from across Iowa gathered in Iowa City for a mobilization against Congressman Hull. A banquet at Hotel Jefferson featured speakers including Claude R. Porter and M. A. Walsh as plans were laid to cover the second district with a concerted campaign effort.
The report describes a statewide speaking tour in Johnson county with multiple orators addressing crowds each afternoon and evening. Later, the plan shifts to the second district and then to the sixth and fourth districts where Congressman C. W. Ramseyer and Gilbert N. Haugen face criticism from campaign events on street corners.
The name Alaska is attributed to W. H. Seward who coined it from the Aleut terms alak shak or al ay ek sa, used for the vast Russian American territory before 1867. The word is believed to mean a great country in Aleut.
The article notes boxwood imported from Turkey as the costliest wood for engravers. Prices range from four to ten cents per square inch for the finest grades. A wagon load of boxwood would run to thousands of dollars, and a string of bends would form a precious piece of jewelry.
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