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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
2
Livestock and oil figures from Alex Hyman & Co. and Fort Worth market data cover cattle hogs sheep and goats with price ranges for various grades. Chicago Kansas City market listings show hogs cattle and sheep prices and totals for April 24 including top cattle and veal prices and lamb values.
East St. Louis market report for April 24 shows hogs 11 000 head with lower futures as butcher weight falls to 7.35 to 7.40 and lights 6.65 to 7.30 while pigs bring 6.25 to 6.65 and packer sows about 6.40. Cattle 1500 head steady with Texas steers 7.90 to 8.25 and bulls 4.50 to 5.00. cows 5.25 to 6.56. yearlings 5.25 to 8.25. canners 2.40 to 3.00. Sheep 1 000 head steady with wool lambs 16.50, clipped 13.00, ewes 7.50.
Wichita Kansas April 24 cattle run reports 400 head with a generally steady to 10 cent lower market. Butcher grades steady stockers weak buyers paid 6.50 to 7 for most stockers and feeders. Hog receipts 800 head with a steady market top 7.15 for best killers sow tops 6.25 stags to 5.25 and good demand for this class.
Amarillo grain prices show Great West Mill and Elevator paying farmers for wheat No 1 hard at 1.00 per unit Milo maize per 100 lbs at .09 Kaffir corn per 100 lbs at 1.00 Oats per bushel at .45.
Galli Curci performed for a large Amarillo crowd presenting gusty encores and a program including La Partida Sevillana and Vale. The pianist Samuels received praise for near perfect accompaniment as the festival continues with Schipa awaiting tomorrow.
Amarillo ex servicemen express mixed views on the Senate passed bonus measure awaiting President Coolidge's signature.Interviewees cite insurance as key benefit while concerns include potential veto and cash alternatives for those with war injuries.
Canyon Texas April 24 Special to The Globe Prof Frank R Phillips of West Texas State Teachers College says the Panhandle Plains region is developing into a dairy country He spoke after tours with Rock Island lines and Mistletoe Creamery Co urging Sudan grass sweet clover and a few cows as transformative for West Texas farming profits from dairying come gradually but are greatly beneficial to farmers and the broader area.
The boundary dispute between New Mexico and Texas before the Supreme Court reopens to hear additional testimony from R. J. Owen. Texas may call rebuttal witnesses. new evidence limited to Owens affidavits. Exam must finish in May with cross examination in June. New Mexico pays all costs. The case concerns about 15,000 acres near El Paso.
Advocates for the soldier bonus bill press for White House action after the Senate approved an insurance plan 67 to 17 and the House passed 355 to 64. The measure would provide cash payments up to 50 and 20 year endowment policies, with ongoing push for full cash payments by some Democrats. The administration has not commented, and veto override prospects loom if Coolidge disapproves.
The passage describes a rare rail line stretching 28 miles from Trona California to a Death Valley salt mine. It notes 157 railroads offer motor passenger cars, a figure up four times from last year. It ends with quips on attire age and farming myths.
Miss Oly Watkins Hedley joined Amarillo for the remainder of the Panhandle Music Festival. Several visitors from Clarendon Plainview and Hereford attended the Galli Curci recital and related events. Local figures judge Hal Randolph and W. H. Bourley plus many townsfolk expressed interest in the festival and related happenings.
Latest estimates from Bellinzona place 13 dead in the Zurich Milan express crash near Bellinzona yesterday. Among the dead are five crew members and eight passengers. In Berne, Dr Karl Helferich a German financial expert and his mother were reported killed in the same disaster.
Gasoline manufacturers from producing states attend the third annual convention of the Association of Natural Gasoline Manufacturers in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Washington April 24 William G Feely Montana oil operator Gordon Campbell faced the committee investigating Senator Wheeler testifying he represented Campbell in land cases before the interior department under a verbal contract from March 1913. Feely said Wheeler had nothing to do with the matters and that Campbell’s firm handled all land permits.
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