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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1922
Page
11
Request for inquiries directed to the Water Department section of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Readers are urged to address communications to the newspaper. a small fee or line may be referenced by the old public notice.
Iowa dairy associations plus Iowa State College extension plan a statewide campaign to boost the Dairy Cattle Congress and the National Dairy Show in Minneapolis. A committee led by L A McCandish will coordinate exhibitors, promote dairy shows, and involve Bankers Association and Chambers of Commerce as supporters.
North Poyner township farm bureau women hosted a millinery making session with thirty attendees. Mrs. Howe served as host. plans for an April 13 meeting in Dewar were announced. Attendees from four East Walterio township school districts joined Mrs. H. L. Sohner at her home for hat making. The next gathering will be late April at Mrs. Thomas Thornburg’s in district No. 9 following a Waterloo training school on altering commercial patterns and sewing shortcuts.
The all college carnival Veishea will run May 11 through 13 replacing separate divisional holidays. Organizers include five divisions and Cardinal and Women's guilds with Wallace F. McKee as general chairman. Other members listed include Wayne Barret Victor Beach George Todd Alma Hanson NLM Innes Louise Welse Frank Krebs and W. R. Page.
William McArthur of Cerro Gordo County Iowa promotes soy beans as a profitable substitute for meal in cattle feed. He reports growing Manchu soy beans on three acres for 22 to 26 bushels per year and plans to expand to 20 to 30 acres, noting ease of cultivation, inoculation, and harvesting.
A Courier reader asks how to estimate corn bushels in a round crib. Use the formula: square the diameter, multiply by .7854, multiply by depth, to get cubic feet. Divide by 2.43 to obtain bushels. Example: 26 ft diameter and 10 ft high yields about 2182 bushels.
Ames heads the finance committee as Veishea opens with a May fete and St Patrick celebration staged by college women. The Veishea parade and carnival are set for Friday followed by a vaudeville show. Saturday features athletic events including the state high school track meet.
Grundy Center Iowa April 16 Farmers Co operative Elevator company posts net profit of 5591 dollars and 62 cents for the recently ended fiscal year. They shipped 130900 bushels of oats and 150000 bushels of corn. Sr F Prica re elected manager. Directors remained mostly the same with Bert Davidson replacing John Reynolds. Officers include Robert Plager president and Bert Davidson vice president.
Announcement of the annual meeting of the American Guernsey Cattle club arrives. Guernsey breeders from across the continent will gather in Chicago on May 10 for this year’s convention. Further details will follow. Also noted: over two million heaters for fire protection are in use.
Dunkerton, April 16. George Westin, four miles northwest of Dunkerton, is erecting one of the county’s most modern tile poultry houses. When finished it will be among the first all tile chicken houses in this section and include up-to-date features.
Cudahy Bros. company has resumed business at Tama after a nearly three month shutdown. Manager F. M. Russell reports buying 20 loads of hogs in transit in one day and two additional cartloads from local shippers. He recorded nearly 37000 dollars in payments for hogs bought during the two preceding days.
Linden reports Mr and Mrs William Fenton’s son Carroll Fenton of Chicago underwent an appendectomy on Monday. Mrs Charley Balecome visits her mother in Charles City. G S S Payne visits his son George Payne on Dearborn Ave. Mrs Miranda Bandfield retires from a Gilbertville visit and plans Willard weekend. Hazel Sender family moved into Shoots house. Box Scouts held an impressive investiture at Lafayette school with Dean Bachtell and Amiel Wilson as scouts. troop meeting moved from Friday to Tuesday. Volunteer class sociable at Mrs Charles Voight home with about 25 present. next at Mrs Martha Carter on Washington Street. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs RD Payne’s. Charley Ferguson outlined Miss Clime’s India trip. Mr and Mrs Harry Gatter move into vacated Wright house. Standard Bearers met at Sowage. Martha Cutter led program. next at Miss Helen Lemper’s home. George Frank Chapman mascot debut. Mr Tuller progressing well. Mrs James Hamilton returned from Chicago aiding Mr Hamilton to Titfnels Central hospital. Hamilton slowly improving. Silver. New York April 10 Foreign bargilver 654? Mexican dollars, Okla.
Weather report notes 1.15 inches of rain Saturday night and 0.05 inch Sunday, total 1.20 inches. Lights failed near Washington and Tenth for hours, river rose several inches and muddied. Farmers anxious over outlook as planting progress lags after a dry March and April pattern.
Union Hardin county co operative livestock shipping association reports 3 cars to Chicago with 48.72 loss last year. Manager George Walton enforces rules to avoid overload, keeps cars clean, uses sand bedding, cools cars with ice, and times hog deliveries. Sinking fund grows to 1600 dollars with plan to lower rate to three cents per hundred pounds. Projects include electric lights, cleaned yards, and office upgrades. member of National Livestock Producers association with future selling through Chicago cooperative company.
Concordia Kansas reports the Tremblay family tragedy after an ax attack last Tuesday. Francis Tremblay, 12, died of a skull fracture in hospital. Theo dore Tremblay, 10, was killed at once, and father L J Tremblay, 48, died last Friday from suspected self-administered poison. The article blends other market notes and local items.
Wheat edged higher in early trading with May around 1.28, July near 1.41, as buyers led by Western interests supported prices. Rain and wind in Oklahoma plus heavier visible supply shifts aided gains before a modest late reversal. Corn and oats followed with mixed moves, while hogs boosted the provisions market and futures quoted across several grain markets in Chicago and other cities.
A community meeting at Center school in Bennington township is planned for Wednesday evening April 13. Peder Pedersen, Black Hawk’s farmer orator and farm bureau supporter, heads the program followed by an open forum for all views. The event features readings by Elizabeth Sage and Leo Carrig, a mixed quartet, and a picnic lunch. Center school lies seven miles from Waterloo with directions given for easy access. Also noted is a cheese making demonstration Wednesday at Tyrol Posner’s home, one-half mile north of Raymond.
New York reports the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange will close on Good Friday and Saturday April 15. The market notes raw sugar quiet at 24 1/2 cents, cost and freight equal to 3.98 for five cent sugar refined unchanged with granulated at 5.25.
William R. ne sues Essanay Film Manufacturing for $20,000 in a contract dispute over motion picture rights. The Supreme Court upholds the New Jersey judgment, arising from Kane’s magazine story collection and the film company’s refusal to select 100 picturable stories from 1,600. The case centers on delivery of magazines and nonreturn of the magazine inventory.
In Florence near Omaha Nebraska a huge cottonwood tree planted by Brigham Young 69 years ago stands in a small park across from the old Brigham Young home. The tree draws visitors who recall Young and the Mormon move to Winter Quarters.
Waterloo markets show bids for spring and winter wheats flour and meal butter lard potatoes and hogs with quotes from regionally listed suppliers. The report notes prices for horses mules cattle and hides and provides regional quotes across New York Chicago and St Louis exchanges with delivery terms by wagon or truck.
Chicago and Kansas City livestock reports show hogs uneven to higher in places with steady to declines in steer and calf values. Lamb and sheep prices remain mixed with several regions noting strength in lighter weights while heavier stockers and feeders ease.
Livestock market report from Sioux City shows cattle and calves with varied prices. Cattle strong, veal and yearlings up to 7.00 to 7.40 per unit. hogs receipts 2,500 with prices around 9.75 to 10.25. sheep receipts 200 steady. feeding cows and heifers listed with multiple price points.
Omaha receipts hogs 7000 with 10 to 15 cent gains. bulk 180 to 214 pounds at 10.20 to 10.85, 215 to 325 pounds 10.00 to 10.20. cattle 6000 steady to firm. sheep 5000 with lambs 18.50 top and ewe prices 9.80 to 10.00. St Joseph hogs 8000 up 10 to 15 cents. cattle 800 with steers 7.00 to 8.50, cows 4.50 to 8.50, calves 5.50 to 5.00. sheep 5000 steady to lower, lambs 14.75 to 15.50, ewes 9.00 to 10.00.
From Peoria Michigan on April 19 hog receipts totaled 606 up to 160 higher with top at 10.00 to 10.70 for various grades including 4 Hights and mediums. Cattle receipts reached 150 with prices around 9.00, cattle trade and totals in the day’s market report.
New York April 11 Extensive buying orders over the weekend pushed the stock list higher. Independent issues led, Gulf States rose early then gave back gains, coal, rail, and utilities showed mixed to firm results with some large names advancing. Tobacco stocks slipped, prices for several industrials and rails fluctuated, and overall sentiment remained strong with industrials and utilities edging up despite some profit-taking.
The Composite Food Prices for 31 articles rise to 3.20 per pound in New York trading, up from 3.19 the prior week, with a 5.9 percent year over year gain. Of 61 commodities quoted, 25 advanced, 17 declined, 39 unchanged. notable increases include Wheat red steel billets, Coffee, Hams, and Lead, while Flour and Cotton Lard show declines. unchanged items include Rye flour and Sugar refined among many staples.
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