Postville Herald from Postville, Iowa • Page 8

PAGE EIGHT. marginal Rotes 1 by BILL STILL A FATRCN. Ralph Prescott's interesting article published In the Herald a few weeks ago proved to provoke lot of discus sion among the old-timers here, and have had many comments on Ghwt portion of It dealing -with the early days of the Postville creamery. Fred W. Meyer, Jiving on the old Topllff: farm just west of, town, tells us that he is one of the original patrons of the Postville creamery, never having missed getting the monthly checks in all the years of its operation.

His was the first batch of milk received at the creamery when it opened for business and he well remembers the men 'who operated it when It started. He recalls the boy helper, too, who he -believes, was none othei than Ralph 'Prescott, the author of the -aforementioned article. Mr. Meyer is a strong booster for our creamery and has only words of praise for the value it is to our community. If there are any more of the original patrons still selling cream to the plant; would be glad to hear from them, PROPERTY TAX 'REDUCTION Iowa property owners will benefit to the amount of more than fifteen mil- Son dollars in 1935 as the result of file sales tax, according to revised figures released last week from the office of State Auditor C.

W. Storms. The average percentage of reduction throughout the entire state is 19.57% on the 1935 assessments. The replacement which has already become effective for 1934 is in excess of three millions with an average reduction of a little more than lour per cent for property owners. The total anticipated collections from the sales tax for 1934 and 1935 lis nearly $20,000,000 according to the most recent 'figures.

Allamakee county's reduction now amount to $92,318.75 or 22.39 per cent. Clayton $149,799.42 or 2253 per cent; Fayette $158,831.42 or 1858 per cent; Winneshiek $139,011.65 or 2652 per cent, SCHOOL NEWS. OUR OWN FAIR. Nest week, after months of planning and preparing, our own Big-Pour fair iwHl be held and it to bring plenty of entertainment for everyone Indications point to the biggest line of exhibits in all departments we have ever seen here and the programs are replete with educational and entertainment numbers as never before gathered together in this section of the state. It's up to all of us to attend this big community enterprise and show our appreciation to those who have labored to make it a success.

-Merchants have close up shop each afternoon in order that all might thereby have the opportunity to view the exhibits and partake of the program features offered. Meet your friends at the Postville community's Big-Four Fair next -week, 80 BU. CORN TO THE ACRE. We don't know much about farming and so when the com-hog benefit payments here 5n Iowa were being held up a few weeks ago because the AAA officials back In Washington doubted the Iowa statements that their lands cnrdinarily yielded 50 to 75 bushels of corn to the acre, iwe couldn't dispute them. But Monday afternoon we took a httle time off and visited a few farms nearby and were proudly shown fields that are producing from eaghty to a hundred bushels per acre in this year of the much advertised unprecedented drought.

And the thought struck us that perhaps it would be the psychological time to right now invite those Washington boys out here for them to have a look see for themselves just what Iowa land will do even under adverse conditions. MEN AGAINST DROUGHT. Drought reports describe half the area of the United States as a "dry and thirsty land." They tell of cattle being shot to save them from suffering. They picture the once fertile fields as plains of dust. They record the shrivel tag of crops.

They estimate 1,600,000 destitute as a result of rainless weeks. Agricultural sections are (witnessing an appalling chapter in the history of mankind's struggle with the testimony is not complete credit to men's heroic endea vors to meet the crisis. These include the sinking of wells to find subterranean streams, the assignment of tank cars to rush water to districts where animals are suffering, of Government aid to 400,000 drought-stricken families, and of Government cooperation in water projects. Outlets of mountain lakes have been lowered to continue supplies for irrigation. Nearly 1,000,000 "cattle have been bought for market, half the number being processed and canned for distribution to needy families.

The widely organized campaigns against drought, as against other abnormalities of weather, are significant. They spring from men's need to conduct themselve- as their brothers' keepers. They grow out of the recognition that men can do much for themselves when they bear one another's burdens, pool their resources of intelligence and and plant their individual hope in the common good. The headless horseman was a myth, tart the headless motorist is a stark reality. (Continued from Page One) Band Needs Members Prof.

Phillips has sounded the call for new band members to bolster up the badly depleted of the Postville high school band. If the past excellence of this organization is to be maintained, Prof. -Phillips said, there must toe an immediate dnterest exhibited by parents and students. The local band instructor wishes to impress on the parents the fact that the financial expenditures involved are very small since instruction is free, the instruments are loaned toy the school free of charge and the instruction cost only about two dollars per year. The, Sxcellent in structdon in band offered in our schools is, therefore, within the reach of all.

At the present time the school has the following instruments that are available to any student who wishes to take band instruction: one tuba, two' meUophones, one one flute, and one bass drum. To balance the instrumentation, tihe band needs 10 clarinet players, as well as new players on the slide trombone, flute, alto and tenor clarinets. Also among, the lists of band wants lis a drum'major, a most important adjunct of any good band. Either a boy or a girl is eligible for this coveted position. If any student thinks he or she has the necessary talents they should make the same known-to the 'band instructor at once.

Announce Glee Club Groups The and girls' glee clubs have been announced toy Miss Teresa Naso, music supervisor, after a series of tryouts that have been in since the opening of school. iMiss Naso has received, in the last several days, a goodly number of new selections for these groups to begin working on for the various appearances they will make in the course of the year. Those in the freshman-sophomore glee club are: Beverly Brandt, Marjorie Deering, Gladys Kwing, Dorothy Fox, Roberta Galloway, Marie Hangar tner, Cathryn Harrington, Elaine Huebner, Shirley Mae Huebner, Maxine Jones, Viola Marie, Joyce, Kahhryn Klingbeil, Maxine Masonhall, Kathryn McOuire, Bernadine Meyer, Leone Mey er, Delila Oldag, Vivian Schlee, Neva Waters. The junior-senior group consists of: Verla BeSsohner, Beverly-Brandt, Elizabeth Cahalan, Evelyn Dresser, Wilma Galloway, Gladys Gulsvig, Marjorie Hale, Hope Harris, Eulalia Klingbeil Inez -Eileen Kozelka, Elnora Kuhse, (Margaret Malone, Bea McNeil, Helen McNeil, Delores Nyberg, Hlldur Opsand, Senda Sander, Anna Mae Scbultz, LaVonne Thomson. The glee club includes: Eugene Baltz, Bob Burling, Don Bush, Jack Bush, Virgil Hammel, Robert Harrdng.

ton, Paul Harris, Don Humphrey, James Kneeskern, Lawrence Koevenig, Harold Meland, Clifford Olson, Frand Rounds, Leo Sebastian, Stanley Schroeder, Boyd Turner, Clarence Tindell, Dale Turner and KeSth Waters. Solicit "Star" Subscriptions The students in the junior and senior high school departments are busily engaged these days in the annual subscription drive, which this year started last Tuesday and will end tomorrow, Friday. To indite interest several prizes will (be person selling the most subscriptions will receive one dollar in cash; second prize will be a two-year subscription to the "Star;" and every person selling five subscriptions will receive a cash prize of twenty-five cents. Also the class selling the most subscriptions will be entertained at a party to 'be given by the "Star" staff. Orchestra Progressing Miss Genevra Herwig, instructor in orchestra, is still rehearsing her orchestra in groups and will continue to do so for about a month before she will hold the first regular orchestra rehearsals.

To complete the instrumentation for the orchestra, one cello, and several string basses and violas are needed. Announce Production Staff Rehearsals on "The Blue Prince" are now being held in the gymnasium in order that on this play will not interfere with.study periods in the assembly. Miss Segrid Njus, dramatic instructor, has announced the production staff for the play this, week: Property-mistress, Elnora Kuhse; electrician, James. Gregg; stage manager, Mary Hope Humphrey; wardrobe mistress, LaVonne Thomson. THE POSTVILLE HERALD, POSTVILLE, IOWA.

WHEN FARMERS GO "CRAZY THEN THE MONEY ROLLS IN Grimm Brothers, well known farmers west of Waukon, are not in the gold mining business, but they found a "pot of gold" in a hay field on their farm recently, and they stumbled onto It, too, without a rainbow to guide them. A 35-acre tract of timothy was left uncut, in the haying season, It ap peared to be not worth cutting. But one day Howard Grimm looked out in the field and saw a binder at work. He investigated and found his brother, Bert, busy cutting hay, Howard thought of calling the insanity commission to investigate his brother's mental condition. "Why in the name of so and so are you wasting your time on that patch?" or words to that ef feet.

Bert replied that he. had nothing else to do, so would keep on cutting in hope of getting a little seed from it, So it came about that Grimms started threshing, their timothy. The VINTON BULMER flrst Joad hnuled t0 the mcnme thresh- As the Lady and the Rube Musician out six sacks, or about 780 pounds, will be here each day of the Big-4 Fair, and worth more than $130. The next load threshed out eight Bert one hundred in spelling Friday over 'began wondering who the crazy half of the words of the week: the partnership really was. Caroline Bursell, Mary Eberling, Making a long story short, the 35 Norma Hanks.

Virginia Oldag, Shirley acre tract yielded 52 sacks and at the Olson, Donald Riohie, Jimmle Searls, present high price of timothy seed, the (Lyle Ellis, Merlin and Mllo Harnack. Grimms' "timothy failure" brought Mrs. Nelson visited bur room Monday tnenl returns of about $1100. afternoon. The price of timothy seed is about Fourth Grade double the normal quotation and it is i reported that many farmers are drag TWhir UTOdtoth dlc S' two-year-old timothy from their that barns and threshing it.

Such old seed, masterhow t0 find Planting, is extensively used in the words in an efficient manner. making of certain dyes and com Fifth Grade mands the same price as the fresh seed. In geography class we are locating Grimm Brothers received $17.19 per the agricultural on an outline for their seed, just as it ran from map. We have colored the corn belt the separator, without being cleaned, and will add the others as we go along. was about a 50 per cent crop arid the Junior High Notes heads were short, but a lot of seed was The sixth, seventh and eighth grades pa Ud those heads have started a spelling improvement mm feel toat Cla us has made thorn an early visit this R.

S. plan. At present we'are taking 50 new words in each of our respective spelling classes three times a week. A record I BIERMA NN'S RE-ELECTION IS is 'being kept of our averages. When we have completed the words we are to cover this year we will start from the beginning again.

This time we Will study the words before we are tested. At the end of the year we will graph NEEDED BY THE FARMERS It was natural for Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace to come to 'Decorah to confer with and exchange wc mu Bjayu eas it Congressman Biermann of the improvement we have made in our tne a u-unportant House Agriculture spelling. Committee. Mr.

Biermann is one of the democratic whips and helps to SOME INTERESTING MUSICAL frame farm legislation. Secretary Wal- QUERIES BY TERESA NASO lace had just been visiting "Dirt Farmers" and inspecting actual conditions 1. The most complete ancient sys- on actual northern Iowa farms and tem of music arose in what country? came to Mr. Biermann to discuss the 2. How many tones comprise the situation, and probably to prepare for Chinese scale? recommending changes in the control 3.

What is the Chinese custom of of crops legislation, naming the tones of the scale? It was a fine compliment to Mr. 4. Give the names of the tones of Biermann to be the host to the first the Chinese pentatonic scale? member of a president's cabinet to visit 5. What is the Winneshiek county. It shows the vital 6.

Is the music cultivated by all importance to voters of northeastern classes of Chinese? Iowa of returning to congress to repre 7. What are the most characteristic sent them a man who not only is close Chinese melodies? to the farmers, but who is respected by 8. What was it that left such an the official family of President Roose- impresslon on Confuscius that for velt. It means much to this district to three months "he did not know the have Fred Biermann in Washington, taste of We know of no man so well qualified to organ? 10. Describe it? (Continued from page one) problems as we have thorn today and lit Is the hope of the sponsors of these speeches that all school patrons and the school children or the four counties will be on hand to -meet hor and hear her Interesting discussion.

Miss Snmuelson is a popular speaker and is bringing a mighty important message to us and Is bound to please her local audience. Addresses to start at 2:30 p. m. THURSDAY IS DEMOCRATIC DAY, Thursday afternoon is given over to the democratic party and to charge hove prevailed upon Hon. Fred Biermann of Decorah, (fourth district congressman, to 'be the speaker.

He is a candidate for reelection and the fine record he made in supporting the ad ministration in Washington during his first term, will appeal to the voters and FRED BIERMANN i tucvu oy wcu quRunea represent important farming dis- lf trict. Then three days later Governor and The answers to these questions will Mrs. Clyde Herring came to visit with published in the Herald next week. Congressman and Mrs. Biermann.

The Watch for them. Fourth congressional district cannot afford to consider sending to congress Relatives to the number of sixty as-: any man who will not be able to have sembled at the Simon Brandt home in close contacts to accomplish what Mr, this city Sunday to assist Mrs. Brandt's Biermann can. The close personal father, Simon Nolte, celebrate his 84th friendships of officials in charge of the birthday anniversary, says the Waukon national and state government mean Democrat. Among those present were much in enabling an oSiclal to obtain seven great grandchildren.

A sumptu- results. Fred Biermann has these ous -dinner was served and the day friendships and the respect and admi- spent in social converse. Mr. Nolte is ration of these men as well as the abil a native of Germany where he resided ity to ithink clearly and work for the until after his marriage to Miss Johan- benefit of his na Fogt, when they came to this county Journal, and settled on a farm in Ludlow township. There are seven children who do Typists Increase Speed Miss Marie Teishvjer's typing charges in the advanced class are concentrating on picking up the speed they lost during the summer.

The begin-1 ners have now mastered the letters 'on the key-tooard and will take up the numbers next week. The profit and loss statement and the balance sheet are occupying the members of the bookkeeping the present time, While in the General Motors build- all that is to make their father ing at the Chicago fair last Sunday, happy and contented in the sunset of says the Manchester Press, the writer his (life, namely, Mrs. Simon Brandt of was told by a Buick salesman that in Waukon, Mrs. Frank Sebastian and that department they-find it necessary Mrs. Ed.

Goeke of Postville, Mrs. John to make good each week the theft of p. Meyer of Ossian, William Nolte of four boxes of tire caps, stolen by vis Ben Nolte of Burr Oak, amd itors from standing on the floor, and Mrs. iLouise Evans of Sioux City. All that despite every effort made by the were in attendance at the birthday attendants accessories, are being cons- party Sunday with the exception of the tantly taken from the cars.

In one latter. This fine old gentleman enjoys week four clocks were stolen, together excellent health and it is the.desire of with radiator emblems, cigarette light- his family and friends that he may be ers and other attachments capable of privileged to enjoy many more, such being happy events. unscrewed or torn loose Ali dhi fo rty thieves Have you seen Eddie Kozelka's newly painted Ford? You no doubt remem- Whatever ber the old car he drove around town principles and or peddling stuff of various kinds taaiSlowf qUor con Hail Roberto' Son, for it ran as qui- sincerity o7thesfeL the Jannon firecrackers dbtaimL ate adn "nistration in First Grade First grade are using their new work books. They are working on the color charts. Second Grade We are enjoying our library: books.

Some of us have trorked hard enough on our favorite story so that we can Tead it to the other boys and girls. There is a apace on the blackboard for us to write our names when our story 5s ready. Third Grade This (week we are enjoying and memorizing the poem, "Autumn Fires," by Robert Louis Stevenson. The following boys aftd girls received etly as a bunch of cannon firecrackers obtaining observing nl5CI tl on in exploding on a Fourth of July night, the Uv While the-Calmar (boys were spraylns nouncement tw paint on the elevator he had themTry state of the it on his Lizzie, and the old girl got I 11 Patronizing a brand new dress, in exactly 8 minutes job her that makfts )wr al viieciave this will be, may foe can though of a'somewhat different open to question. But there is no de- hue Eddie has rechristened the old nying that Gov.

Herring and his aides boat and now calls it the Flat Tire are doing everything to arouse Transportation (Inc.) the last end Public opinion to support state liquor of which means Incomplete instead of control. Obviously, there has been a incorporated. The head lights are also great public apabhy toward Hquor laws a barnyard red and when it is "lit up" hi recent years. Although the goal set it has a hasty glow- Anyone wishing a tov liquor commission and the gov- demonstratlon should call Eddie up emor may not be fully realized, at the and he will be only too pleased to take 8ame time a greater respect for result. Those who claim that are A youth had just driven home from being pampered with radio sets in their college at the close of the term, cells evidently haven't'been listening in oi you Pass everything?" asked lately.

his mother anxiously. We can all remember when baking jwder had a ibigger sale than lace, had airplane motors i I In them." they'll no doubt turn out in goodly numbers to hear what he has to say regarding his experiences and the pros pects for even further recovery under the New Deal program. Mr. Biermann needs no flowery introduction to our readers as he Is too well known as speaker to need any further comment. The time of the speech has been set for three o'clock p.

m. and plenty of good Seats are available for all who will on hand for the Congressman's address. Be sure to hear him. FRIDAY IS REPUBLICAN DAY, Friday afternoon former governor Dan Turner, seeking the election this fall, and Charles Benson of Elkader, a candidate for fourth district congress man, will speak for the republicans. Both should attract immense audiences.

SEPTEMBER 20, 4,000 TONS CORN FODDER AND STOVER ALLOTTED CLMTON- Clayton county has been allotted 4 000 tons of vorn fodder and corn DAN TURNER of Corrf.ng has been campaigning for a number of weeks and will come here to expound 'his platform more fully. He is a capable speaker and Big-Four Fair visitors should 'be on hand to get in on the fireworks that are than likely to be set off by the former governor Address to start at 1:00 p. m. CHARLES A. BENSON- a former staite senator from Clayton county and an avowed opponent of the New Deal, is expected to'explode the opening gun in his campaign for here.

He la well known here as a capable public speaker and should attract a capacity house. All political speeches are under the auspices of the county committees of the two major parties" ahd'are slated to start as indicated above and will be held in the massive Come out and hear both sides of the campaign issues. They'll Interest you whether you are a strong supporter of "the New, Deal or have a hankering revert back to the days of the Ch O. P. ver, or a total of that tho fanners of that county can 1 tract through the government drought purposes.

The government.I promoting this fodder purchasing 15 gram, attempting to assure the stock producers of tho drought strife areas an adequate supply 0 to carry their herds nnd flocks thtoZ the winter. At, the same time program; assures the in north em Iowa, where there is an abundance of roughage, a market lor their air plus corn (fodder or stover at a tSeimiJ government hopes that it will not be necessary for it to ut chase any great amount of the roucii age for whloh it has contracted the farmers. The plan provides that after the Mn trading farmer has baled his fodder tfhe government will list the same at its Forage Crop Office in Kansas City The farmer in the drought stricken' areas who wishes to purchase will place his order with the Kansas' City Forage Crop office. The con. trading who has his fodder bailed will toe notified by the to ship the second fanner the; fodder ordered.

The producer will attach sight draft to bill of lading at Use time "of making shipment. This sight; draft will be paid toy the farmer when; he receives the the car of fodder, The; government guarantees the payment the sight draft in case there Is any trouble In making collection on same. The producer must deliver the baled fodder to his local shipping station whenever requested to do so by the government. Any portion of the fod-" der for which the producer contracts; and'Which he still has on hand April 1, 1935, wtll be settled for by the government. No fodder or stover will be purchased toy the government from counties the primary drought area.

All grades; of fodder or stover must be cut and cured in tfhe shock before being husked. The government will not accept: fodder or stover which does not grade No. 1 or No. 2 as described above. No application will be taken lor less; than 10 tons of fodder or stover.

Only producers, that is, tenants or owner-operators are eligible to enter Into contracts with the 2 government for the sale of fodder, Farmers interested in the corn fed- der or stover proposition should cut their corn at once and leave hi the shock until ready for shredding or baling. In arriving at a price for thlt, fodder or stover the government has taken into consideration two Uungs, namely, what the farmer can pay for 5 corn fodder or as ft feed, and secondly what the should have for his extra expense for the feed and plant food removed from his farm. The farmer has an opportunity to add to his cash income from his farm, by cutting, preserrcg, and selling a quantity of his surplus corn fodder and the 'livestock prodw- ers of the drought area will be assured of roughage, so that they can carry over at least their foundation herds, Application can be made at County Farm Bureau Office where assign-up can be made. Just as soon the 4,000 tons quota is used up sign-up will be completed. The paid will toe, No.

1 Corn Fodder, Thole, $8.00 per ton: shredded, $9.00 pertoal. No. 2 Corn Fodder, whole, $750 po, ton: shredded, $8.50 per ton. No. If Corn Stover or Sweet Corn $7.50 per ton, and shredded per ton.

No. 2 Corn Stover or Corn Stover, hole, $7.00 per ton; shredded. $8.00 per ton. It is estimated that it wtll around $3.50 per ton to get the fodder into bales. The price paid wiU be In the bales and the prices the farmer in tho drought area $8.00 or $9.00 here, plus the price the freight, which of course make the price come rather high the man at the other end.

Please make your application as possible, as we want to get our ta filled. SALES' TAX IS DEDUCTED IN GROSS INCOME RETURN Iowa merchants may deduct the state; sales tax from; their income 'making out federal income tax according: to Charles D. Huston, States: internal revenue collector fori: Consumers, however, may not duct payment of the sales tax in Jng Mr. Huston added. His statement was in clarification the recently announced federal incoo 8 tax rule.

For example, if a merchant's annuaW sales were $10,000, he would be accotat able to tho state for $200 to sales which he would have collected MRS patrons. In making out federal income Wf returns, this merchant would Income as $10,200 and then $200 as sales tax. "The amount of the to may deducted separately as a tax 1(1 Included as a part of the business penses of the vendor (merchant'- 0 otherwise used to reduce his ntt come," the federal ruling Moines Register. "Dad," said son, 'Wat are crimes?" "In courts of law, 5,1,. they are trifling murder and robbery; in the are awful things, such as cloth, using a guest towel plaining about the burned Read'the Herald Want Ads WW-.