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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1925
Page
2
Market report from Fort Worth notes 3200 cattle and 200 calves traded on Tuesday with 1500 head through billing and several lots unsold. Hogs steady with top near 11.80, stockers weaker, cattle prices mostly above week’s opening decline, lambs and sheep showing steady demand with mixed lots and regional price ranges.
Chicago and Fort Worth livestock markets show cattle steady to higher with feeders steady. hogs traded lower with top bids around 11.79 while average packer bids ranged 10.50 to 19.75. Sheep and lambs held steadier with feeders about 10 to 11 and yearlings at 9 to 10. Bulls and cows varied, hogs and pigs priced across regions.
Local market offers hens under four pounds four birds per stake hens, old and new stock, capons seven pounds and up, live capons five to seven pounds, capon cuts five pounds and up, 176 hen turkeys over one and a half pounds, 148 young tom turkeys twelve pounds and up, no two turkeys wanted, old tom turkeys, packing stock butter and strictly fresh eggs in new cases delivered by Amarillo Auction & Feed Co.
Sheriff reports Clarence Beauford, wanted on correctional car theft and stripping charges, arrested in Trenton Texas and to be tried there before transfer to Potter County. He is the seventh man tied to last November’s theft of a Mord car from Amarillo Tobacco Co. salesman. loot included $96 in tobacco and cigarettes. A companion is held in Denton. Taxpayer notes and officials from Texas and New Mexico cited.
A fad of college students rolling their own garters disrupts demand for elastic garter bands. Greenbaum warns a Dallas meeting that the selvage trend could ruin manufacturers and suppliers unless the craze is checked. The scare echoes across clothing firms tied to men's hosiery and suspenders.
An Oklahoma and Kansas grass outlook reports most of Texas cows to be grazed this year. Pasture conditions vary with lease prices and expected shipments from Oklahoma and Texas. Two divorces were granted in county court this morning.
At a Houston convention delegates discussed taxation and transportation funding for road construction. Officials stressed federal aid and future highway expansion plans, highlighting proposed mileage and road improvements across states.
A Texas Company salt water offset well No 96 Burnell in section 114 block 7 Panhandle field is reported to be flowing at a high rate after removing salt water. It is an offset to the Jack Crosby well, which has produced Sou barrels daily for over a month.
An examination for nurses will be held April 23 to 25 at St Vincent's sanitarium in Sherman and other locations. The board appointed by Gov Miriam A. Merge includes Sister Stolle and Miss Grigsby among others. Exams cover Materia Medica and Anatomy, Physiology and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Bacteriology and Hygiene, Medical Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Gynecological Nursing, Obstetrics, and Ethics of Nursing.
William Roberts age 51 a resident of Amarilio for ten years died at his home 2uS North Harrison serpent this morning. He was a carpenter by trade and well known in Amarilis He leaves two sons and one daughter Roberts and William Roberts and Miss Mary Roberts. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o clock in the Singes Undertaking Company chapel conducted by Rev F D Pearson pastor of the Second Baptist Church of which he was a member. Interment will be in Linn cemetery.
George Maggard defeats Sam Orr in the Country Club golf tournament by one up after 19 holes. The round featured a newly invented ridersman camera capable of photographing at 2000 feet depth.
The Associated Press moves to broadcast national and international news by radio with safeguards and credit to the AP. A regular meeting will ratify rules for airing presidential election results and other important news amid a Waldorf luncheon and remarks by VP Charles Oates. Frederick Ray Martin retires as general manager, with Kent Cooper named successor.
In New York on April 21 Frank G. Noyes, president of the Associated Press, introduced Vice President Charles G Dawes and defended AP’s nonpartisan, accurate reporting. He praised editors and staff, noting the 25th anniversary of the service and urging trustees to uphold democratic, cooperative principles. The speech lauded Dawes’s achievements before segueing to remarks about President Coolidge. A buoyant toast followed. In Los Angeles the airship Los Angeles moved from hangar for a Bermuda flight set to depart at sunset today, with naval air station officials predicting arrival at dawn tomorrow.
Mumbled street chatter mentions Rev J M Jones at Claude Baptist, pastor Griswold ill, J Killman seeks her son Joan A last heard four months ago in Amarillo. W C Winn Lincoln veteran visits, H W Holt of Dallas tours Amarillo, Mayer-Coker dissolution case adjourned to 1:94 oclock Friday with local references to Covon and Dawes.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes, speaking at the Associated Press twenty fifth anniversary luncheon, urged reform of Senate rules to curb extended debate. He argued cloture would not curb debate but prevent minority obstruction and urged citizens to press their senators for action.
The Nation's Business writer foresees widespread air craft like all metal Ford planes and cheap flying cars for the public. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford are cited predicting a sky full of airplanes and mass motor tours across the United States. The piece envisions autos fueling prosperity with $2,500,000 in yearly spending and urges readers to obtain an automobile, arguing absence is extravagance.
Oklahoma City hosts a two day celebration marking the thirty sixth anniversary of the run into the Oklahoma country. Generations of settlers and descendants join a parade featuring vintage vehicles and attire from the 80s era.
A city worker identified as a house mover was charged after police said he drove a tractor over paved streets with lugs still attached. Skate parts at 113 W. 7th were noted in records.
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