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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1923
Page
11
Adérese communications to Editor Fam Departme nveqing Courier and Reporter Waterloo Iowa. Phone 5190.
Eldora Iowa Sept 10 Horace Hamimert of Steamboat Rock won the Hardin county fair club championship with his Holstein calf then captured junior and grand championships in open classes. Judges noted strong calves from Ackley and Union, with six calves advancing to Waterloo Cattle Congress as best in individuality. Further Holstein and Jersey entries at the fair drew large crowds, with training school entries placing high and local exhibitors earning top prizes.
Secretary Casanay announced Iowa state fair exhibitors selected to supply art product displays for the big eastern fairs. The list includes corn and field products from John Tustice Ankeny Willard Steen wax Mitchellville Mack Utterback Sigourney Richard Bros. Swan LEB Proudfoot Altoona Ray Redtern Yarmouth Krizer Bros. Ed dyville N H Krizer Rosehill Park Holden Williamsburg E J Pierson Mitchellville S G Seaverling Mitchellville Mat Baker Mitchellville J C Mason Carlisle Wasson Panora D W Brines Sigourney S Clarke Boone Fred Hethershaw Des Moines J E Cromwell Ankeny A Bailey Ob Nut Charley Malone Atlantic Walter Russell Indianola Charles Garget Des Moines Bob Clarke Des Moines Worth Bros Council Bluffs Funice Longsworth Ames James Hethershaw Harry Wyatt Siester Bros Nes Moines These exhibitors all won first or second prizes at the state fair. The exhibit owners take prizes in all classes represented.
Marsh Cattle from W. W. Marsh of Waterloo dominated the Minnesota State fair segment with seven firsts, two senior and grand championships, and multiple seconds thirds and a ninth. Judge Earl Weaver of Iowa State College presided over 161 entries as Merigold, Cherub, and other Marsh animals claimed top honors in several classes. The herd returns home to prepare for the Dairy Cattle Congress later in September.
The champion general junior live stock judging team of Iowa from Franklin County will visit Waterloo tomorrow. The four boys, recent winners at the Iowa State Fair, join Y B Hamilton, county agent, to prepare for the junior dairy judging contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress in two weeks. Plans to visit specific herds are undecided. Fred E Ferguson seeks local breeders to arrange visits across five dairy breeds Holsteins Jerseys Guernseys Ayrshires and Brown Swiss.
Grundy Center Iowa September 10 Three carloads of Angus baby beeves shipped by M Hawk east of Grundy Center to Chicago fetched the day's top price of 10.75. The well bred Nebraska animals were fed at the Hawn farm and praised by buyers as a choice lot.
W. W. Hummel sold his four acre farm near Floyd to Mr Eastman a county agent from southern Tul nola who plans to locate on the property by October first He will convert it into a truck and chicken ranch and install an irrigation system to ensure moisture during the growing season He will also build a new chicken house and other improvements
Central Seed Wheat association organized to supply seed wheat to 14 southwestern Kansas counties hit by drought for two years. Non profit plans at least 300000 bushels with a $300000 fund. Investors can share on a one fifth crop basis, with potential returns up to $4.80 per dollar invested if yields reach historic highs, but full loss if crops fail.
After assisting W. W. Rutledge in adjusting 240 crop loss claims for hail in Black Hawk county, Frank Hinde Earl returns home Saturday. Lines of adjustments in Franklin county to begin this week are expected to exceed those in Black Hawk. The large hail claim volume in Black Hawk surprises city observers, though individual losses are mainly light. Hundreds of farms not listed suffered some damage, Rutledge says.
Lincoln Neb Sep 10 An outbreak of anthrax in South Dakota had led Iowa Nebraska to ban shipments but the disease appears to have subsided with little current indication. Gov Charles W Bryan assured Nebraska livestock exhibitors they can move animals in and out for the fair at Turlen. Certificates of health will be issued to owners of livestock.
Ta. Sept. 10. Heine Hagedorn son of H. J. Hagedorn Oneida township has left Tama county to manage a herd of Poland China hogs bred by Raleigh Stock Company Freeport 21. He has signed for a year with the Polands. Tama county residents trust his ability from fair circuits work and connections in Ames Bund and Kansas.
Nashua Nashua Woolen Mills, gutted by fire causing about 50 000 in loss, will be rebuilt and reopen in several weeks. W J Bowen Sons, managers of the plant, sealed doors and windows to deter curious onlookers as charred walls and debris remain. Much machinery was saved. operations will be delayed while repairs proceed.
Official boards of Methodist Episcopal churches in Waterloo back 3d W Arbuckle attorney for lay delegate from the Upper Iowa conference to the general conference in Springfield Massachusetts next May. Six candidates are in the field. the representative will be elected at Marion next month. Arbuckle, a Grace M E class teacher, is well known in the conference and has broad support outside Waterloo.
Der L. C. Hemsworth reaches the city championship by defeating Hatter B. Hull 6 2 6 2 in a semi final at Sunnyside courts. He will face R. C. Hutchinson, who advanced after Reuben Rath withdrew, in the final at Sunnyside courts this afternoon.
Dr HB Sawyer states Warren G Harding did not die from eating canned foods. The National Canners Association has investigated illness claims for 14 years with labs in Washington and grants to Harvard, UC, Stanford, and the University of Chicago. Dr C M Cooper concurred with the report after the presidential party reached San Francisco.
Four Tama County men bought fifteen head of cattle in Kansas City, plus carloads of light feeders and butcher stock for the Sprole farm area. Howard Gravatt, Dave Wilson, Sprole, and Rosicka purchased cattle to feed, with Wilson taking one load and Gravatt two, signaling regional cattle movement and a lean market backdrop.
Mrs Charles Hearst is set to address the Bennington Township Farm Bureau at Center School on Wednesday September 12 at 8 PM. The program includes several numbers and attendees are asked to bring a pie for their family. Great State for Nuts notes a local claim of high pecan yields in Center Point Iowa with 40 trees per acre yielding about 350 dollars per acre. Liberty bonds prices and various grain and livestock market figures from Minneapolis Milwaukee Omaha and other cities follow in the regional wire.
Complex, mixed trading across New York and Chicago markets with varied movements in butter, cheese, milk, poultry and meats. Sharp shifts in certain grains and metals noted, while foreign exchange and potato markets showed steady to uneven activity. Major items include declines in some agricultural products and gains in rails, textiles, and certain chemical shares as traders absorbed news.
Trains listed include Illinois Central outbound to Omaha via Des Moines and Sioux City with arrivals and departures at Waterloo Union Depot. Local and northern-bound services include Dubuque and Albert Lea connections. The page also details spring wheat prices, dairy goods, butter, lard, potatoes, hay, and livestock quotes with vendor notes and times for several routes.
Chicago and Omaha beef and hog markets show gains with hogs up to 10-25 cents and cattle about steady to firm. Receipts around 27,000 hogs and 19,000 cattle. top hog traded near 9.40 per hundredweight while heavy steers hit around 13.00, with sheep and lambs also active and higher on most classes.
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