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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market closes with hog receipts 1200 head and cattle 400. Butchers steady to higher with hogs up to 7.65, cattle quiet, calves 7.25 to 7.65. Wichita notes light cattle receipts, best stockers strong, hogs top 7.40, pigs 5.75, sows 6.25.
Cotton Grain-Stocks-Provisions listing for Amarillo Texas exchange run by J W Parkins manager and Alex Hyman & Co of New Orleans with contact phone 3004.
Swift and Company announces purchase prices for poultry and eggs: Hens four pounds and over 17 cents, under four pounds 14 cents. Springs and broilers 20 cents. broilers leghorns blacks 15 cents. roosters six cents. turkeys hens over four pounds 12 cents, toms over twelve pounds 12 cents. butter free from mold 16 cents. eggs strictly fresh per case 5.55 dollars.
Amarillo grain notices list prices for local growers. Wheat basis No 1 hard at 1.00 per market unit. Maize, kaffir corn, and oats priced at 1.00 per 100 pounds or per bushel as specified.
Oil operators report rising Panhandle field interest as a pipeline plan and new rotary drilling tools unlock growth. Texas No.1 Burnett in North Carson county yields around 2 000 barrels daily on a 55 000 barrel storage tank. several wells near pay depth. Drilling shifts east with major firms expanding lease activity in Gray Roberts and Wheeler counties.
Bullish sentiment in cotton rose as new crop delays persist and textile trade shows signs of revival at home and abroad. Reports cite reduced New York certificate stocks, May futures covering old crops, and firmer Manchester activity with rising dry goods demand.
Farmington New Mexico April 5 The Producers and Refiners Oil Company spudded the No 2 well on the Rattlesnake early this week and the drill is down about 200 feet. Projections call the structure among the best in the San Juan country.
The Big Four brotherhoods will hold a multi day convention in Amarillo with registration at the Hotel Amarillo. Activities include city development talks, a reception, banquets, theater outings, an auto ride to Palo Duro canyon, a grand ball, and a closing theater party through Friday.
Austin April 5. R E Sigler of San Antonio and Weaver Moore of Houston were appointed assistant attorneys general by Attorney General Keeling to fill vacancies from C L Stone and Bruce W Bryant resignations. They are to begin duties next Monday.
Princess Maria Carmi Matchabelli filed a $510,000 breach of contract suit in New York Supreme Court against producer Morris Gest. She remains billed as Emilia Madona in The Miracle, with Gest’s office asserting she is under contract through May 5.
Gallup New Mexico on April 5 reports hundreds of idle people wandering the streets drawn by rumors of large oil strikes in the region. Officials face vagrancy growth as locals say conditions are booming yet labor demand remains low while the chamber of commerce fights widespread misreporting from eastern cities. The Daily Globe notes its want ads with lc per word.
Farwell team members King Johnson and Ford won first place in the Panhandle grain judging contest at Canyon on April 5. District Ten near Farwell took second with Norton Robertson and Robertson, while Olton’s Walker Dodson and Bridges were third. Coaches were W M Gourley for Farwell and R R Tippett for Olton. The top individuals were Ogden King Lavor Johnson and Lester Norton.
Cardinal Mundelein newly elevated to the sacred college arrives in Chicago May 11 for an official ovation. Dignitaries and laypeople meet him at the station and escort him to Quigley seminary for blessing and benediction. He arrives New York May 9 and is met by a Chicago committee.
In Indianapolis on April 5 the state rested its case in the trial of Governor Warren T. McCray on larceny and embezzlement charges. Two handwriting experts testified they believe forged notes bearing McCray’s signature were written by him. The case concerns $158 000 from the state board of agriculture funds.
In Houston on April 5 members of a ticket alleged to back the Ku Klux Klan were gaining as returns came in for the school board election. Dr H K Read, on the citizens ticket opposed to the Klan, headed the candidates list. Vote was heavy and full returns not due until Monday.
Boise City Oklahoma writer C B Pash surveys Cimarron County in the North Plains noting 75 percent tillable land of 1.2 million acres, rich soil, Panhandle water at shallow depth, no railroad, and proximity to Amarillo. He argues a North Plains railway would unlock a thriving trade with Amarillo as a distributing hub and cites progressive towns, good roads, and 160 acre homesteads as signs of growth prospects.
Detroit April 5 Adherents of President Coolidge and Sen Hiram Johnson completed campaigns for Michigan's Republican preferential primary. Officials expect under 60 000 Wayne county votes in both major parties. Democratic leaders weigh Henry Ford's name on the ballot despite his support for Coolidge.
Springfield reporters say the Missouri delegation will support William Gibbs McAdoo at the Democratic national convention. An uninstructed group will attend to avoid stepping on Sen. Reed's toes, but the full eight member slate will back McAdoo.
Washington April 5 The house opened a bitter debate on the Johnson immigration bill as supporters claim northwestern Europeans are likelier to naturalize while opponents deny any inferiority of southern peoples amid charges of Nordic supremacy and Latin inferiority.
The text argues ranch owners imitate government policy by dividing large ranches into 160 acre tracts. It claims that as the big ranches shrink, better roads and more settlers will come, making Texas Panhandle resemble Cimarron County Oklahoma.
Judge Henry Bishop granted a new trial for R Henry Claycomb against Panhandle Santa Fe Railway after jurors admitted discussing case matters not in evidence. Claycomb had been awarded 10000 dollars for an injury at the Santa Fe shops when caught by an engine in a pit. The action emphasizes proper jury conduct.
Cambridge University eight defeated Oxford by four and a half lengths in the annual boat race. The southern course side was chosen after the toss, and Cambridge led from the start in a fine performance finishing in 18 minutes 41 seconds.
Notice in Austin states the Gulf coast lines extend by 30 days the option to acquire stock of the I. G. railroad. The option now runs to June 14 with a hearing on authority to purchase stock to be held before the railroad commission next.
George Red McGehan was found guilty of robbing the West Carrollton bank of $30,000 in Dayton Ohio and received a sentence from 1 to 15 years in the Ohio penitentiary.
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