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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1921
Page
2
Estimated receipts hogs 23 000 cattle 21 000 sheep 29 000 markets steady to mixed with slight declines on packer and heavy beef lots. Beef steers high to mid range and veal calves priced. lambs and sheep firm with feeders strong. Official Saturday totals show hogs 3 491 cattle 81 sheep 2 039 calves 119.
A series of agricultural auctions lists sellers and dates from September 14 to October 25. Entries include Mrs. John Reed closing out sale, W R Gamon Poland China sale, Chas Brown auctioneer selling household goods, E Frechin in Washington closing out sale, L H Rinner with duroc and dairy cows, Knotek Bros in Washington Duroc Jersey sale, and multiple Poland China or Duroc Jersey sales by Paul, Welsh, Wagner, and Carlson in Washington.
G. H Gustafson president of the U S Grain Growers Inc is set for a three day speaking tour in Iowa September 12 15 schedule includes Mt Pleasant Ottumwa Osceola Corning Creston and Red Oak with mass meetings called by county agents The move follows growing support show at the Iowa State fair and interest from cooperative elevators county agents and farm leaders
Pending membership work is set to begin as organizational efforts in states bordering Iowa show progress. Nebraska reports 1026 contracts with grain growers and 107 cooperative elevators, Illinois has around 1500 members, and North Dakota leads with 3538 members after several weeks of campaigning.
Major Percy A. Lainson state agent likely will receive a $6,000 reward for capturing "Babe" Emerson, Iowa gunman wanted for bank robbery and murder. Emerson, captured in Des Moines during a car theft with Arthur Strom, had been free three years and is back in the Iowa penitentiary for parole violation. Detective Earl Myers aided in the arrest but claims no part in the reward. Emerson was an associate of Hank Hawkins and vowed never to be taken alive. The mayor is in Council Bluffs between state trips.
Gene Fink owner of Elk Run Stock Farm at Goodrich 255 acres built a home made tractor from a Buick engine and radiator binder wheels and other salvaged parts. The vehicle named Finkson serves road work silo filling wood sawing and minor plowing with a well equipped on farm shop for rainy days.
Ames Iowa Sept 12 M R Irwin a 1921 Iowa State College graduate will sail Sept 14 for Salonika Greece to take an instruction position in agriculture at the Salonika Agricultural Institute financed by American capital. The institute reports an attendance of 500 students.
An elderly examiner tests a medical student with a hypothetical powder explosion. He asks how to treat a man blown into the air and suspended in danger. The student quips to wait for him to come down, reflecting dry humor in a clinical drill as reported by North China Standard.
Iowa motorists may test headlights themselves without lenses or certificates. Any glass may be used if driving light meets distance and glare rules, and lenses must be properly adjusted to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. The highway commission provides approved lens lists but cannot enforce the law. Ames offers lens lists upon request.
Iowa State College farm crops department notes Kanred wheat is increasingly grown and shows high yield potential on par with Turkey varieties. Kanred displays strong winter performance and rust resistance, with certified seed lists available from Ames. The article also explains corn rootworm control through crop rotation and details worm biology and impact on corn fields.
A book titled Our Common Country by President Warren G Harding argues for farmers forming cooperative marketing associations to shorten the route from producer to consumer. The Equity Cooperative Exchange, serving 30,000 farmers, handles livestock in South St Paul and Chicago and grain in St Paul and Superior. It is expected to raise about 6 million dollars to finance marketing efforts for U S Grain Growers Inc.
Washington report by Sydney Anderson, Minnesota, outlines four factors behind the farm price crisis: exports decline, falling domestic demand, higher freight rates, and tighter credit. He says relief requires better exports, normalizing industry, and liberal credit for agriculture, noting a turning point and improving farmers’ purchasing power.
Muscatine September 12. Bloomington township opens with an experiment in rural education by Locust Grove and North Star Schools. H M Vorse and daughter Pether teach. seventh graders swap to Locust Grove while North Star receives younger pupils. The plan aims to give more individual attention and increase efficiency, potentially the first such program in the state and Masestine county.
Mrs. William Lyons sues H. B. McManus and O. J. McManus for 2000 damages in circuit court here alleging they sold her husband intoxicating liquor from a Waterloo soft drink parlor. The defendants were recently arrested on liquor selling charges.
Burlington churches have formed an athletic association to arrange schedules for basketball and baseball games and adopt rules governing interchurch athletics.
In a dreamy exchange, he asks what the stars evoke and she replies they remind her of coveted diamond solitaires. The line appears in Milan Il Secolo and hints at a Want Ads motif.
Forecast shows fair and much cooler weather with frosts early in the week for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. After the frost period the week remains generally fair with normal temperatures in the region.
The body of Miss Mildred Lange, 20, of Burlington was found this morning in the Mississippi River near the railroad bridge by a fisherman. She had disappeared from home Tuesday and investigators believe ill health led to suicide. She is the third drowning victim in the river this summer.
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