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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth markets Monday saw about 800 head through cattle receipts part of 5,800 cattle and 1,200 calves. Steers and yearlings sold slow to five cents lower, cows held steady, calves at steady rates, stockers slow.
Wichita buyers report hog bids at 1100 head with bulk 12.80 to 15.00 and cattle 3400 head including 400 calves trading steady. Beef steers 7.50 to 10.00, beef cows and heifers 4.25 to 10.00, bulk 33 to 6, veal calves 4.00 to 5.50, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 8.00.
Kansas City markets report cattle with calves at 3,000 prices rising to 9.50 for calves, fed steers 8.75 to 10.75, yearlings 8.75 to 10.75, cows 5.00 to 7.20, heifers 7.00 to 9.00, bulls 4.25 to 4.60, stockers 6.25 to 8.20. hogs 4,500 steady with top 15.40 and most 12.85 to 14.50, lights 12.25 to 12.75. sheep 8,000 lower with wooled lambs 15.15 to 15.75, natives 17.00 to 17.50, shorn lambs 12.60, wethers 5.00 to 8.60, ewes 7.00 to 7.50.
Chicago on April 6 reports hogs at top 13.70 with sow and pig prices around 11.85 to 12.75, heavy to light grades 13.20 to 13.65. Cattle trading 17,000 with steers 11.25 to 12.20, yearlings up to 12.75, heifers to 11.40, bulls 5.59 to 6.75, vealers 12 to 12.50. Sheep at 19,000 with wool lambs 15 to 15.75, clipper lambs 13.50, California springers 17, ewes 9, lambs 14.75.
Cattle numbers around 6 200 in Oklahoma City with steady prices for choice cows and best dealers up to 8 59. Hogs near 1 000 sold lower with top around 12 10 and packing sow prices about 11 50 to 211 75. Fort Worth reports 7 000 cattle including calves with steady veering to 9 50 for fat cattle, hogs around 12 50 to 13 8, sheep steady with lambs 13 to 15.
Amarillo market offers hens above four pounds and under four pounds at 20 cents and 25 cents respectively. Leghorns, roosters, capons, turkeys, and eggs are detailed by weight and type with assorted prices. Fresh eggs in new cases delivered in Amarillo priced at 7.20 dollars per dozen.
A Plainview gravel pit near Abilene yielded prehistoric bones, including a well preserved tooth tip likely from a giant elephant or related species, and a large leg bone possibly from a stegodont or mammoth. W O Temple donated the specimens to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society for its museum collection.
Single performance tickets for the Mantandte Music festival go on sale Saturday April 11. Balcony seats 2.29 dollars and parlor seats 3.20 dollars, depending on season ticket availability. Season tickets cost 3.30 4.40 6 and 8.50 dollars, less than half the per‑performance price. Tickets are selling fast with no charge for contests. The program includes Girvin orchestra features and contest winners on season tickets, excluding the children's matinee.
Wild Sunday shoot at Amarillo Gun Club grounds on West Fifteenth Street drew strong attendance despite gusty winds. Three prize events saw J. O. Holland win first, Jack Dooley second, and D. L. McDonald third. McDonald of Hereford led all day. Out of town entrants included Bushee of Kansas City Oklahoma, F McCubbin of Dallas for Peters Ammunition, and Edwartds and Stephens of Perryton. Sharpe McCullough, 15, became the club’s youngest member to shoot.
Grain price snapshot with mixed figures on wheat maize kafir barley rye and livestock ranges. Prices listed include wheat 1.40 per bushel hard, maize 31.60 per 190 pounds, kafir 1.08 per 100 pounds, barley 2.5, rye 0.79 per bushel, and livestock categories ewes 7 to 8 and stocker 3 to 5.
Amarillo Board of City Development filed a brief of exceptions in Southwestern rate cases. Oral arguments are set in Washington on June 15 16 and 17. The local Amarillo delegation to represent city interests has not yet been chosen.
The Amarillo Panhandle Automotive Association will meet at the Amarillo hotel tonight at 6:30. Plans for the automobile show during the Tri-State fair this fall will be discussed along with other business matters. All members are urged to attend. Harold Lloyd in Hot Water mission commencing Wednesday.
Dick Duren notes twenty eight absentee votes in the school board election held Saturday and mentions a similar count in a Fort Worth election. The remark references voter turnout and early ballots without detailing precincts or results.
A fragment notes an unusually small sum of interest described as only thirty one, signaling an oddity in the financial or accounting context. The incomplete line hints at scrutiny or curiosity over the low figure.
Martin Jarrett of Jarrett's Fashion shop returns from a buying tour in New York and other eastern market points, bringing new styles and merchandise.
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