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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
9
Grain and cattle markets report from Wichita Kansas dated August 7 shows hogs steady at bulk 13 to 13.20, cattle steady with 200 head including 100 calves, beef steers 5.60 to 9, cows and heifers 4 to 8.50, bulls 5.50 to 8.25, veal calves 4 to 9.50, stockers 3.50 to 7.50, sheep 100 steady, lambs 12 to 13.50, and ewes 3.50 to 6.50.
Fort Worth market recap shows cattle at 3,100 head with calves 606. beeves 3.50 to 9.50. stockers 3 to 6.50. fat cows 3 to 5.50. heifers 3.50 to 7.50. yearlings 3.50 to 9.50. bulls 2.25 to 4. calves 2 to 8. Hogs 700 head steady. top 13.40. sows 11 to 12. pigs 10 to 12. Sheep 1,200 head steady. lambs 11 to 12.75. feeders 9.50 to 11. yearlings 10 to 11. wethers 7 to 7.75. ewes 5 to 6. stockers 3 to 4.
Kansas City notes cattle calves and yearlings dull to $8 per cwt with grass fat cows and heifers $3.50 to $7. Hogs active with top $19.59, sows $12 to $12.25, stock pigs $12.50 to $13.25. Sheep steady with native lambs topping $14.85 and others $14.50 to $14.75.
Oklahoma City livestock sales for August 7 show cattle demand steady with 1 900 head. Grass fed steers bring 6 50 to 7 50, cake fed 7 50, cows 5 50, heifers 8, calves 8. Hogs 500 head higher, top 15 49, bulk 13 18 to 15 35.
Chicago reporting hogs at 19 900 active with top 13.90 and packing sows 11.85 to 12.25. killing pigs 13 to 15 55. heavy hogs 13 to 13 60. cattle 3 000 dust fat steers 7 59 to 10. wealers 12 to 12 75. sheep 12 900 strong with western lambs 15 40 to 15 50 natives 14 75. cull natives 11 to 11 59. heavy owes 6 to 8. feeding lambs 15 25 to 15 40.
East St Louis notes hogs 9 500 head with prices 314.10 bulk 13.90 to 14.05 killing pigs 15.75 to 14 packer sows 11.75 to 11.90. Cattle 1800 very little doing light wealers 11.75 cows 4 to 5.50 cannere 2.50 to 0 bologna bulls 4 to 4.75. Sheep 1500 higher lambs 14.75 calls 9 light mutton ewes 7.50 heavies down to 5.
Open highs and lows listed for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and animal products with varied percent changes and new price levels. Traders watch December May and September positions as quotes appear with slight gains and losses across grains and fats.
Wheat prices jumped with September delivery up 6 cents to 1.64 a bushel in Chicago trading. The gain followed indications of large wheat clearances from lakeside markets next week aiding the rally.
Am Locomotive and American Telephone and Telegraph posted declines while Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Baldwin Loco Works showed weaker finishes. Trading closed with mixed results across major rails and industrials as investors reassessed early gains.
An archival list shows diverse commodity prices and stock figures, including poultry quotes for geese and turkeys, eggs and butter notes, and varied percentages tied to multiple firms such as General Electric General Motors and Westinghouse Electric. The fragmentary page lists trading data for multiple companies and commodities with percentages indicating yields or fluctuations.
Shreveport Louisiana August 7 effective today Standard Oil of Louisiana posted a decline of 25 cents per barrel on Bellevue crude reducing it from 1.90 to 1.60 per barrel. There were no other changes.
Mrs. Dwight Newby was badly bitten by a six inch centipede in her home after slipping into a kimono sleeve. The insect fled and is believed to remain inside the house as rain drives more centipedes into dwellings this summer.
Thursday night brought widespread rain across the South Plains with Plainview reporting 0.7 to 1 inch, Lockney 2.63 inches totaling over 6 inches for the week, and Plainview about 14 inches over the period. Olton Running Water Littlefield also saw good rains, aiding feed crops and late cotton recovery though not as strong as last year. Tulsa and Petersburg had varying amounts with Silverton a light shower.
W F Roy Crothers a Sutton Edwards county rancher had his right leg amputated below the knee after an accidental gun discharge while delivering sheep thirteen miles south of Sonora. A 30 20 rifle in the hands of Lee Aldwell discharged as Crothers stepped from a car. He was brought to San Angelo by auto and is reported to be recovering.
Ed Hardin and other Amarillo businessmen celebrate the North Plains railroad news calling it the city’s greatest forward development since the Santa Fe and Denver build. Hardin credits Sid Stinnett and the Board of City Development for securing Rock Island support and the positive outcome.
The Globe Oil company reports plans to re drill Globe Well 10 within a day or two after a prior blowout. Officials say the gas will be shut off with a packer and drilling could resume soon. Whittington Emmett and Herring expect a big new strike.
The infant daughter of Mr L M Davis and Mrs Davis of 804 East Fourteenth street died at her grandmother Mrs C L Daughertys home at 9 this morning. Funeral services were held at 2 this afternoon with burial at Llano cemetery under Blackburn Funeral home direction.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Bush was laid to rest at 3 o'clock this afternoon at 1709 Buchanan Street. The baby died at 10 p.m. Thursday. Services were conducted by Edgar Williamson of First Baptist Church. Interment under N. B. Griggs undertakers took place at Llano Cemetery.
In San Antonio on August 7, General Juan Ricardoz Broca once led the De La Huerta revolt in Yucatan and helped govern with Gov. Carrillo Puerto and socialist leaders. He was found dead beside a smoking gun in Puerto Carrallo Honduras after days of seeking work and extreme poverty. He had used the alias Rodrigo Garcia and his death was reported to President Calles by Secretary Saenz.
A white man identified as Sid Waters of Kirbyville Texas was killed when he fell from a moving freight train near Beaumont at about 6 05 am. A letter in his pocket signed by H S Gilbert of the Gilbert hotel at Kirbyville recommended him as a cook. Waters was seen on the end of a tank car as the train passed the depot and could not be removed.
Lenny Traylor of Portsmouth Ohio, 21, was electrocuted in the Ohio penitentiary for the murder during a 1924 gas station hold up of Frank Funk. Accomplice Jason Adkins was executed last May.
Mrs Bernice Thornton left for Childress after visiting Mrs L S Gill. Mr and Mrs (. S Wright at the Post Office are in Kansas for two weeks. John Mitchell on vacation here. Henry A Fields returned to work after two weeks. J C Ely left for San Antonio for two weeks National Guard training. Real Hawaiian orchestra for dance Oasis pavilion Saturday 830 pm. Marriage licenses issued to John Rhea Wood and Ollie Juanita Gage M S Hicks and Fannie Morgan L R Prestridge and Estelle Carmack R C Lewis and Floy Parrish Earl C Parker and Emily Lorene Gibson. Joe Dilday mail carrier in National Guard training in San Antonio two weeks. Robert Patterson returned to work after two weeks vacation in Roswell NM. M L Hay of Lubbock filed for bankruptcy total liabilities 10938.08 total assets 12521964.
Sylvia Mullen, 12, claimed to be promised adoption by Edward Browning, while Mary Louise Spas, 16, was named the preferred playmate and Browning denied the tales of a party and a pending adoption. The Mullen family says negotiations were under way and Sylvia alleges a party observation before the stated pledge.
Miles Bivins returned from Kansas City with his father Mayor Lee Bivins and said he will be back some time next week. The Bivins are shipping cattle to Kansas City as markets improve and cattlemen in the Southwest feel encouraged by the outlook.
Funeral services for Mrs Oma Ferguson are planned Saturday at 3 p.m. from the family home at 208 South Kentucky Avenue. She died August 4 after a three year illness. Burial is at Llano Cemetery with Blackburn Funeral Home directing. Survived by husband Charles H Ferguson and four children. She belonged to the Nazarene church.
A strong quake centered about 1840 miles to the south was registered at 1 54 a m on the Weather Bureau seismograph at the University of Chicago. The tremor was briefly described as severe and was noted in Chicago today.
About thirty Oklahoma National Guardsmen vanished from Fort Sill under Col. BE L Head and may have headed toward Henryetta mining field. Governor and adjutant general offered no confirmation as of August 7. Sheriff Okmulgee warned against unlawful gatherings as miners strike worsens while no violence has been reported.
Arrange ments are complete for a large basket picnic and reception for Col R Q Lee president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and his party on the courthouse lawn Tuesday evening August 11 Special invitations have been issued by the Chamber to Hemphill county farmers to attend and hear Colonel Lee Canadian feels honored by the visit and cooperation with the West Texas Chamber of Commerce for West Texas development The article highlights anticipated crops and agricultural progress in the region.
Funeral services for W. S. Thomas, 31, local undertaker fatally injured in an automobile accident last Saturday night, were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wellington. He was taken to Fort Worth for an operation but died Wednesday. He leaves a father, mother, and two brothers.
The Texas state highway department released the official list of approved headlight devices under the new headlight law. The list includes lenses and complete headlamps from multiple brands with a note that several devices are not yet approved and motorists should wait for further notice before buying. A Hawaiian orchestra will provide music for a dance at the Oasis pavilion Saturday night starting at 8:30.
The text argues against centralized control of resources and notes public reaction to Rockefeller funded medical research. It comments on subsidy funding from rising beer taxes to avoid wage cuts in the coal industry and questions taxing luxury drinks like champagne and whisky due to vested interests.
Detroit August 7 Henry Ford announced Ford Motor Company purchased the Stout Metal Airplane company in Detroit for about 1 million dollars to form the Stout Metal Airplane division. Ford stressed safety and reliability over speed and aims to develop commercial flight within his plant. Edsel Ford aided negotiations.
A sealed indictment was returned today by the federal grand jury probing a nationwide mail order boot leg ring revealed in a Broadway raid last month. No names were disclosed. Prosecutors say the syndicate had millions in capital and served customers in over seventy cities and towns.
An elaborate States Day program is being planned for the Farmers congress to be held August 26 and 27 here. On this day several separate programs will be combined into a general program under leaders from different states with a complete schedule to be announced in The Globe Sunday.
Crowds of Ku Klux Klan members arrive in Washington from many states aboard trains and by car as 50 000 visitors expected for tomorrow's demonstration. Officials assist with event plans while a 23 acre government camping area fills with motor caravans. Police prepare for large crowds and parade route along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Monument.
Parsons a Denton county deputy sheriff was slain on East Hickory street as Martin allegedly fired from a car. Parsons, once a U S marshal, lay dead with eleven bullet wounds. Witnesses report a threat before the shooting and Martin fleeing to his home afterward.
Atlantic City New Jersey August. Samuel D. Warriner chairman of the anthracite operators conference writes John L. Lewis president UMWA that negotiations might resume and a suspension of production on September 1 could be avoided. Lewis says he will withhold reply until he sees Warriner letter. Read Hawaiian orchestra for dance Oasis pavilion Saturday fifty dollars per man.
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