Daily Market Reports Opening Market Summary
Chicago reports today receipts hogs 24 000 cattle 14 000 sheep 15 000 with market fairly active on the lighter weights and slow on others. Beef steers top 11 75 with other classes marked, lambs steady to 25c higher, and official yesterday totals show hogs 35 852 cattle 25 037 sheep 27 137 calves 3 522. Markets furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Iowa City
Town
W. HH. Deming
National Guard to Secure Camp Dodge At a Nominal Cost
Des Moines reports Adjutant General Lasher plans to finish transforming Camp Dodge into a modern training camp using proceeds from old building sales. A 350 by 150 foot concrete swimming pool and a large bathing pavilion were added, leased to the Movies Playground association in August, with guardsmen using it in August. State purchases totaled 34 08 and an extra 1000 for improvements and water plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Adjt
L. G. Lasher
Board of
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
National Guard
6 Movies Playground Association
National Guardsmen
National Guard Board
Lasher
War Department
Numerous farm sales listed around Washington and Keota Iowa
A sequence of sales across September and October in Iowa featuring dairy cows hogs cattle and Duroc Jersey and Poland China pigs. Notable sellers include A Canning L H Rinner Sebe Jones Alleman Bros K Guy Brown Ernest Carlson J C Huston Hofer and Marner P Henson John Krebs Charles Nicola and W R Gammon with dates from Sept 20 to Oct 4 and locations in Washington Keota What Cheer and Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor and Taylor
What Cheer
Poland
China
Ernest Carlson
Washington
Iowa
Duroc
Jersey
J. C. Huston
Crawfordsville
Hofer and Marner
Kalona
P. Henson
John Krebs
Riverside
Duroc Sale
Chas. Nicola & Son
Camp Dodge Land and Improvements Cost State $8 Million
A historical report notes Camp Dodge occupies about 600 acres of state land with approximately 667 buildings on state property and a 1,000,000 gallon water tank. The war department built and leased thousands of adjacent acres, training up to 40,000 men at once, costing over eight million dollars to construct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Camp Dodge
War Department
Washington
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Notice of Probate of Will in Washington County Iowa
The District Court of Washington County Iowa will hear proof of the last will of Nancy Hodges deceased dated May 27 1922. Hearing is fixed for September 25 1922 at hour before the court or clerk at the Washington Court House. Objections must be shown why the will should not be probated and allowed. J D Glasgow Clerk of District Court September 18 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hodges
Court House
Washington
Iowa
District Court
D. W. Hamilton
Sixth Judicial District of
Washington, Iowa
Hubam and Sweet Clover Show Promising Soil Benefits
Louisa County Farm Bureau notes a field trial on H Limbocker farm shows hubam and sweet clover outperform red clover under hot dry conditions, with lime slightly improving stands. Soybean plots on John Willson farm favor Mongol and Manchu varieties for silage and early hogging. seed corn timing advised between September 18 and 20 to avoid frost and ensure dry storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Limbocker
Wapello Township
John EB. Willson
W. Heitzman
Extension Department
Iowa
Virginia
Haberlands
Lown
Farm Bureau Picnic At Wapello Draws 300 People
Three hundred farmers attended the Louisa County Farm Bureau picnic in Wapello on September 12. An ideal day and good roads aided the event. Free band music sports horseshoes and movies provided entertainment. Col S W Brookhart and Hon Clyde L Herring spoke on political questions of the time. The farm bureau film Spring Valley was shown to about 500 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. S. W. Brookhart
Clyde L. Herring
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Wapello
Farm Bureau Picnie
Brookhart
Mr. Herring
Farm Bureau
Spring Valley
Clean Your Spray Machines for Winter Storage
Spray machines should be thoroughly cleaned and all valve chambers freed from deposits before winter storage. Leakage last spring shows improper cleaning. lime sulfur can corrode brass parts causing pitting and improper seating, reducing pressure.
Hessian fly outbreak forecast delays fall wheat sowing
Hessian flies near hatch at the Hessian fly breeding station with 8 section emergence noted in northern Iowa. Southern Iowa reports later emergence dates. Prof F D Butcher says flies will be out in full force soon and advises farmers sowing fall wheat to wait. Safe sowing window appears between September 25 and October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hessy
Iowa
F. D. Butcher
Page County
Blotting Paper Used for Cleaning Machines
The practice of using blotting paper to clean machinery has long been common. The Germans were among the first to employ this method. It is cheaper and cleaner than cloth, not as combustible as other materials, and tears easily if caught in machinery reducing operator danger.
Internal Revenue Slump Hits Iowa Hard in 1922 Figures
Iowa internal revenue receipts fell 37 percent from 1921 to 1922 as costs of collection rose. Income and excess profits taxes accounted for most revenue drop. national totals also declined, with Washington District the sole area to rise. Costs increased from 87 cents to 1.30 per $100 collected, with narcotics and prohibition enforcement adding $7.1 million of the year’s collection expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Internal Revenue Department
Washington, D. C
William Penn’s Labors With Native Tribes The Trade
William Penn is described as maintaining a solid record while engaging in controversial land dealings. The text claims he smoked publicly with Native American leaders, sharing a Calumet pipe as part of land negotiations involving tobacco and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
Tistery
Fragmentary London Exchange Sparks Health Gossip
The readable lines show a quarrel over fighting and a concern about a doctor visiting a house, indicating a gossiping London dialogue about reputation and health. Names and full context are incomplete.
Time for a Change in Iowa State Superintendent Office
The editorial targets the Iowa state superintendent race criticizing dirty politics and ticket selling. It argues for ending party politics in the office, proposing a New York–style system where education heads are chosen independently by a reform legislature and state board to raise educational standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
City Spa
State Board of Education
New York
State Board of Regents
University of the State of New York
State
State Department of Education
Iowa
Produce Price Prices Today
Produce buyers are quoted current cash prices for onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and apples. Today's rates show modest changes from yesterday with slight gains in some items and declines in others.
Silk Industry Calls for Tin Supplies in Tetrachloride Use
The silk industry consumes about 1 600 tons of metallic tin annually as tetrachloride and recovers about 40 percent. Pig tin usage for this purpose runs at about 900 tons.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Market Reports
John A. Babcock Commission
Illinois
State of
Washington County
J. D. Glasgow
Ty Rollo S. Pickford
F. G. Churchill
Iowa State College
Ames
Clyde Black
Dallas Center
Dallas County
Town State College
Farm Bureau Picnic
Willie
Jack
Doctor Vein
London
Ryan Robinson Commission CO
Live Stock Exchange
Kansas City
Rock Island
Chas. Brown
Miss May Francis
Republican and Times
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Macon & Cruise
East End
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