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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
13
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Address communications to the Editor and Iowa contact. Phone 5160 for inquiries and notices.
Dubuque Iowa plans for an all day Guernsey breeders picnic and show on June 13 with entrants from fourteen local breeders and seven from Iowa. Prof Harl Weaver will judge and award prizes with ribbons for top animals. Speakers include Charles L Hill and officials from the Iowa and American Guernsey associations. Visitors tour the city, lunch at Eagle Point Park, then view the outdoor show at Close Fork Farm and conclude with an evening Chamber of Commerce program.
R C Ferguson of Laurens won the annual freshman corn judging contest at Iowa State College by ranking 192 ears with only two misplacements and four shelled corn samples with no error. He posted a 2083 score, followed by E L Arnold Hornick with 2035 and C G Helming of Waukon with 2023. medals funded by Harold Brenton will be awarded. About 250 students enrolled in the corn production class competed in the final judging.
Dunkerton Iowa June 6 Prof WH app. poultry extension specialist will conduct a caponizing training in Waterloo tomorrow. He will speak at Lester Township Farm Bureau meeting at Del Clubine's home this evening. Lane to discuss stock selection and prep timing. Drive for Farm Bureau members to join planned for June 12 13 14.
Butler County Farm Bureau plans a June 14 picnic in connection with eighth grade rural school graduation exercises. Eighth graders will receive diplomas in the forenoon, 65 graduates. Noon dinner in the court house park, afternoon program by the farm bureau led by main speaker Mrs Hiisworth Richardson of Pella. Sports and music accompany the event.
Mrs. W. H. Wright recounts benefits from a Waterloo home management course. She reorganized her farm home, saving steps and money, improving kitchen layout, storage, and records. Miss Gertrude Lynn led the program under Black Hawk County extension. The piece also notes the Sunbeam Sewing club meeting at St. Joseph's school with officer selections and upcoming initiation.
A five month training in clothing work led by Miss Alma Heiner of the Iowa Extension Service concluded a fourth lesson in Fayette county last week. A Randalla meeting for Center township gathered leaders from each school district. Mrs. Art Hitel chairs women in Center township. Decorative studies were included with sessions also held in Jefferson, Harlan, Westfield and Scott townships.
A June 6 gathering at Mrs. George Kruse’s home featured kitchen equipment demonstrations for Bruce township farm women in Benton county. Demonstrators included Mmes. Frank Frost Dan Baish Samuel Fleming and C M Hoyte with Miss Gertrude Lynn supervising from Iowa extension services. The event highlighted labor saving devices and many attendees took items home to try. The May farm bureau meeting at Mrs. Frank Krebs’ home included cheddar cheese lessons by Miss Emma Sparks with plans for more demonstrations and a June 22 meeting at Mrs. Philip Kaiser’s home.
Railroads announce a new freight rate of 49 cents per hundred pounds for corn and coarse grains from Minneapolis Sioux City and other Mississippi Valley points to the north Pacific coast effective last Friday. Midwestern grain dealers and millers urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend the rate, replacing the former 64 cent rate.
Rev. V C Kelford of Burton Avenue Baptist church spoke on The Wages of Sin is Death as the third Illinois Central railway chautauqua number. He noted wages for good deeds and eternal salvation are free, and shared boildermaker past to relate to workers. Tomorrow Rev R N MacDonald leads with scotch sketches.
Chicago crowds end firm as spreads with Winnipeg narrow and demand from Europe lifts Canadian wheat. July and September futures trade around par with modest upticks while cash quotes show No 2 hard wheat at 1.32 and corn and oats steady on Midwest buying. Livestock markets in St Louis and Omaha reflect steady to lower hogs and mixed cattle with lambs strong.
A jumble of early market prices and activity outlines buying in rails and related shares. Factors include New York Central and International Harvester among others, with mixed signals as some commodities slip while others hold steady.
Chicago and New York dispatches describe early summer freight and fruit movements with prices. Watermelons, strawberries, cantaloupe, cucumbers and beans show price shifts while foreign exchange rates move in narrow ranges across major currencies.
Train schedules show passenger and local freight movements from Waterloo to Chicago, Minnesota and nearby depots. The brief lists express routes, local departures from Albert Lea and Dubuque, and connections to Twin Cities and Des Moines.
Hogs 5 to 10 cents lower in Chicago yards with steers down about 25 cents. Kansas City receipts show hogs steady to lower on light demand as beef and pork prices wobble. Yard reports reference mixed weights and varied pork cuts with overall weak tone and cautious buying across regions.
New York and Chicago price update listing fresh produce and dairy items. Milk creamery butter cheese eggs poultry and various meats with regional price quotes noted for June. Also includes wholesale rates, freight terms, and bulk quantities for markets.
Thadore Williams, a Black man, held to the grand jury June 1 on a four count charge of assault with intent to rob, released on $500 bond, and bound over again on a concealed weapons charge. He is in custody of Sheriff N T Wagner. Witnesses say on May 15 at Hopkins' place Williams drew a .38 pistol and held four house guests at gunpoint. he vanished after the affray and was arrested two weeks later in Dithuque.
Worn clothing was gathered all day from Waterloo front porches by volunteer automobile drivers and Boy Scouts for Near East sufferers. Tomorrow Mrs N A Lichty assists sorting with the American Legion auxiliary to prepare packs for shipment to Waterloo. Donors missing today should call Mrs Lichty to arrange pickup.
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