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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
2
Hogs 500 lower selling at 13 to 13.20. Cattle 600 with 100 calves, steady. Stockers and beef steers 5.50 to 10, beef cows and heifers 3.75 to 9, bulls 3 to 5, veal calves 4 to 9.50, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 8. Sheep 50 strong lambs 12 to 13.25, ewes 5 to 6.50.
East St. Louis auction today shows hogs 15 500 head with declines to a top of 13.90 and bulk 13.60 to 13.75, pigs at 12.50, packer sows 11.75 down to 11.45. Cattle 5 000 head dull with western steers 5.50 to 8.75, yearlings 11, veal top 12.26, calves 2.50 to 2.76. Sheep 4 009 head lower with lambs 14.25 to 14.50, culls 9, light fat ewes 7.50, heavies down to 5.
Kansas City August 12 cattle and calves 12 000 steady grain fed steers and yearlings 13 50 and up best heavies 14 50 medium 14 25 grasser 5 50 to 7 grain fat heifers 4 50 to 7 50 cows 3 50 to 5 75 canners 2 75 to 3 up to 3 35 veals top 11 5 hogs 8 000 uneven top 12 1n bulk sales 13 to 13 25 packing GOWs 12 to 12 25 stock pigs 12 75 to 13 50 sheep 6 000 uneven Colorado range lambs 14 85 natives 14 25 to 14 40 Louisiana wethers 7 25.
South Omaha cattle report shows 6,500 head, stockers and feeders steady with fair demand. Good cows and heifers rise while other grades are strong. butcher steer and heifer prices fully recover from Monday declines.
Oklahoma City livestock prices August 12 show cattle 1800 head steady with plain steers up to 6 dollars, good cows 4.75 to 5.75, canners and cutters 5.50 to 4.25, light vealers 7.50 to 8, stockers up to 5.65. Hogs 600 head lower, top 13.35, bulk 12.10 to 13.30, packing sows 11.75.
South Omaha Nebraska August 12 cattle receipts 6 500 stockers and steady stockers strong all butcher stock active and strong figures reflect market tone and demand for cattle and stockers in the live stock market report
Fort Worth reports cattle sales of 4 500 head including 1 500 calves with varying classes. Prices range from 2.25 to 9.50 for bulls and calves 2 to 8, hogs top at 13.50 with bulk 12.90 to 13.25, sheep about 200 head steady with lambs 10.50 to 13 and feeders 9 to 11.
Wheat prices moved between 1.66 and 1.67 for grade 2 and 1.63 to 1.69 for grade 1 hard. Corn traded between 1.06 and 1.07 for grade 2 mixed, and 1.05 to 1.07 for grade 2 yellow. Oats ranged from .41 to .42 for grade 2 white and .40 to .41 for grade 3 white.
Open high low close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Lard Ribs and Bellies shown for Sept Dec and May contracts with percent changes and daily movements. Data includes pricing across Wheat Corn Oats Rye Lard Ribs and Bellies with monthlies and segment highs and lows.
Chicago wheat prices rose early as poor British weather and lower crop estimates boosted futures. September opened around 1.61 to 1.62 and December near 1.59, with subsequent market activity showing gains amid unsettled trading.
Grain prices in Amarillo show No. 1 hard wheat at 1.45 per bushel and oats at 0.55 per bushel. Feed items include kafir at 1.86 per 100 pounds, Milo at 1.90 per 100 pounds, and barley at 0.70 per bushel.
The listing shows Heng and Leghorn hens, various broilers and turkeys with price quotes, plus packing stock butter and infertile eggs. Wheat and corn futures rise with a later easing in the corn market as moisture moderates gains, while oats move firm on wheat cues and hogs show weakness yet provisions trend higher.
Everett Adams of Wilmington Ohio is identified as the real man behind the alias Fred Jordan who confessed to the murder of Aden R. Clawson of Cedarhurst New York. Clawson’s body was found near La Monte Missouri after he gave the youth a ride. The killer dumped the body in a ditch west of California Missouri. The suspect’s father is being notified as authorities search for more details.
Wheat prices show Number 2 hard at 1.3 to 1.365 dollars and Number 2 red around 1.71 to 1.75. Corn bids range from 1.04 to 1.05 for White 3 and Yellow 2, with oats at 41 to 41.5 cents for White 2 and 40 to 41 cents for White 3.
In New Orleans on August 12 spot cotton closed quietly up 17 points. Sales on the spot 83, to arrive 65, with low middling at 22.67, middling 23.67, 24.00 for middling high. Receipts 1568, stock 32,771.
The Department of Agriculture covers the week ending yesterday across Texas. Western states report light to moderate showers with corn and minor crops fair to very good, while central and southern areas show poor to fair yields. Cotton condition is fair to very good in the west and northeast, deteriorating elsewhere. picking and ginning nearly finished in the extreme south, with some shedding and minor insect damage noted amid variable moisture.
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Russell died at 9:30 this morning at the home of grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Tomlinson 603 Garfield Street. Funeral services were set for 4:30 this afternoon from the Tomlinson home with burial at Llano cemetery under Griggs Undertaking.
Slaton defeated Tahoka 7 to 5 as Hunter outpitched Ellis in a game wired to The Globe. The Slaton team schedules a doubleheader at Gasser Park Saturday at 4 30 and Sunday at 3 00. Mrs. E L Hunter of Tucson, Ariz., visits her mother Mrs Ellen Lakie at 1507 Taylor Street.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania rats in the Empire Colliery warned miners of a cave in. Anthony Kopaski and his son observed two rats repeatedly returning despite being shooed away. The roof collapsed about twenty feet from them, and the cave-in would take weeks to clear.
A patchwork of community items from the Panhandle region lists rancher McQueen nursing a broken arm and claiming drone riding ability, deputy clerk Harper writing from Manitou, and various court actions. Also noted are a Ford collision, fines for traffic violators, and a Denver Post recount of a Sedalia Colorado crash involving E S Laird’s Lincoln sedan.
Amarillo’s $1,500 silver loving cup trophy was moved to Wheeler by Hugh Whitcomb, a local jeweler. The 32 inch high prize arrived Tuesday and was displayed in Whitcomb’s show windows. The Member’s All-Age stakes at Tri-State field trials are expected to run Friday with the winner to receive the trophy.
Swampscott Mass August 12 The visit of Secretary of War Weeks at White Court strengthens belief he will not return to the cabinet. President Coolidge suggested as much after Weeks left his residence alone for the first time since a serious illness. Weeks said his return depends on health and plans a motor trip to Lancaster New York from Gloucester. Possible successors include Charles D Hilles and Dwight Davis though Weeks remains under physician care and closed to comments about resignation.
A plea of guilty was entered by E. B. Hackler in county court this morning on a statutory charge. He was fined $100 and costs. Hackler was named as co respondent in a divorce suit filed yesterday by C. H. Sanders against his wife Ola Sanders. Mrs. Sanders is said to be in Holdenville Oklahoma since separation from her husband.
The article notes Britain cutting child labor and adjusting family costs to boost national wealth by seventy five billion annually. It contrasts British reforms with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to curb child exploitation as unconstitutional.
The Glenwood Civic Club discussed the cost of street signs for Glenwood at a meeting held at the Glenwood Baptist church. The group emphasized the need for markers to help strangers navigate the suburb as John B. Gilvin outlined plans and Bryan Weatherby spoke briefly.
Funeral services for Mrs Fant Doud who died at 6:25 yesterday morning were held at her home 803 Jacks Street at 3 PM. Rev Gast Foote conducted the service with pallbearers E D Green J E Dyer F Locher W D DeGrassi H Funk and W R Lee. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery by Griggs Undertaking Co. She was 36, wife of Char Doud, mother of four, a 17 year resident of Amarillo.
The body of Mrs S A Clifton mother of J L Summers a prominent real estate dealer and Country Club district developer was sent to Versailles Missouri for burial. She died at 11 15 yesterday at her daughter Mrs Summers home. Funeral services were held at 11 15 this morning at the Summers home conducted by Rev E B Fincher. Bearers named for the ceremony included Beb Smith Otho Thompson Wade Holman Guy Carlander George Maggard Harry Gard ner James W Lee and M M Merriman.
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