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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
2
Hogs steady to higher with packing sows 11.25 to 11.50 and killing pigs 12.75 to 13.59. Heavies 12.45 to 13.10, medium 12.65 to 13.45, light 11.89 to 13.55. Cattle 6,000 slow as buyers resist higher prices. fed steers 10 to 13.50, western grassers 7 to 3. wealers 12.50 to 13.50. Sheep 14,000 lower. native lambs 14.50, range yearlings 10.50, fat native ewes 6 to 7.50.
Three thousand grass cattle in South Omaha, Nebraska, August 20, moved slowly but steadily as a weeks decline persists.
Fort Worth livestock sales show cattle at 6 000 head with calves 1 500, all classes generally lower led by fat cows 300 to 550 and hogs 1 200 to 1 260. Sheep run 2 000 with lambs 1 050 to 1 275, feeders 1 000 to 1 100, yearlings 900 to 1 100, ewes 500 to 600.
Oklahoma City market notes from August 20 show steady demand across cattle categories. Grass steers bring 600 to 650, fat heifers 700, cows 525, canners 200 to 269, bulls 376 to 425, calves top 52. Hors top 1275, bulk 1250 and up.
Cattle 4,000 and calves 800 steady with various classes priced. Grass fat cows 3.75 to 5.00. top yearlings 12.50. canners 2.10 to 3.50. dealers up to 12. Hogs 3,900 active with tops 13.15 and bulk 12.50 to 13.10. sows 11.25 to 11.75. stock pigs 12.75 to 13.40. Sheep 6,000 lower with alfalfa fed lambs 14.75 and range lambs 14.60 to 14.55.
Fast St. Louis on August 20 reports hogs 6 000 head with light hogs at 13.50 to 13.75 top. medium and heavy butchers 12.75 to 13.25. killing pigs 12.60 to 13.60. sows 11.35 to 11.50. Cattle 2 500 head dull. steers 7.80 to 8.50, western 6.50 to 7.50, canners 2.50 to 3.25, light dealers 13. Sheep 1 800 head with no early sales.
Wheat No 2 hard ranged 1.04 to 1.74 with No 2 red 1.72 to 1.74. Corn No 3 white 99 to No 2 yellow 1.02. Oats No 2 white 41 to 44 cents and No 3 white 41 to 43 cents.
Chicago price report lists wheat at 2 red 167 1 2 and 1 hard 165 to 166, corn 2 mixed 106 1 2 to 107 and 2 yellow 106 to 107, oats 2 white 414 to 421 4 and 3 white 40 1 to 41.
New Orleans August 20 cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 7 to 10 points. Prices posted daily ranges with January at 22.96, March 28.15, May 23.38 as the session ended.
Wichita hogs steady at 1225 to 1245 bulk and cattle steady with 100 calves among 400 head. Cows and heifers 75 to 900, bulls 275 to 450, veal calves 400 to 1100, stockers and feeders 60 to 760. Sheep 190 head and lambs 1250 to 1550, ewes 200 to 600.
Sid Stinnett notes John Hill keeps a rapid pace similar to his driving while Walter Irvin offers his car and driver for the committee to transport engineers and visitors to the Canadian River irrigation project.
Victor Fremont Lawson publisher and editor of the Chicago Daily News dies at 71 after a brief heart illness. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Monday at his Chicago home. Survived by a brother Iver of San Diego and several relatives. wife died in 1914 and the paper’s founder helped create the Associated Press.
The 1925 Trade Excursion party commends South Plains towns for cordial welcome and ample transportation. They thank J. F. Anton and Santa Fe officials for help, Amarillo newspapers for coverage, and Canyon’s West Texas Teachers College band for music. They also credit Mistletoe Creameries and two railroad firms for support.
Four investigations are under way to determine responsibility for the Mackinac boiler explosion in Newport harbor. The steamer boat killed about 40 with many missing or injured. officials expect the death toll to rise. State boiler inspectors found a cracked weakened boiler and officials will decide if criminal negligence occurred.
Judge Sam B Motlow announces season dates and bag limits for Panhandle game birds. Quail run Nov 16 to Jan 1 with 12 per day and 36 per week. Ducks Oct 16 to Jan 31 with 25 per day and 50 per week. Prairie hens Sep 1 to Sep 19 with 5 per day and 10 per season. Mourning doves through September and October with 15 per day and 45 per week. Several Panhandle counties listed as hunting areas.
Herbert Hass, 28, of San Angelo, was burned on his face hands and arms while fleeing a two story frame dwelling in Dallas where his mother Elizabeth Benson resided. He was visiting the family. others escaped uninjured. Origin of the fire undetermined.
John Marion was jailed after a night pursuit around the city park. Police say Marion was delivering five gallons of liquor when caught. he abandoned his car and hid behind a house before being arrested. Attorneys Culwell and Culwell have been retained. Panama City plans a new electric light and power plant.
The Globe argues against paying the owners the proposed price for the water plant, saying it would hurt Amarillo’s growth, lower rates, and burden taxpayers. It backs Mayor Lee Bivins and Commissioners Fisk and Harris as capable to safeguard public interests and vows ongoing coverage.
West Texas delegates from thirty eight counties attend the West Texas convention of the Texas Farm Bureau federation in Plainview. W D Farris of Ennis presided and L R Campbell the state secretary coordinated a strong program with speakers including Col Clarence Ousley Mrs Phebe Warner C O Moser John Orr John C Burns Judge L Gough and others. An automobile tour of the irrigated district is planned by the Plainview chamber of commerce for Tuesday afternoon.
Readers are invited to submit slogans for E B D Western Packing Company ham brand. More than 500 ideas have come in. prizes total 12.50 for first, 7.50 for second, 5 for third plus five E B D hams for next five. Submissions go to the E B D editor via Old Tack and officials Batchler Emmett and Douglas.
Panhandle pioneers are arriving for the annual reunion at Hale's Park in Canyon Oklahoma. The event features a large barbecue prepared by John Snider and a noon program with recounting of days past.
A contemporary note questions the pace of price reductions in groceries versus cars. It contrasts IANHE engineering skill and business acumen with the public need for affordable delivered food, urging commercial ingenuity in cutting food prices as well.
H L Mc Corkle 74 longtime secretary of Tannehille Lodge A F and A M for 34 years died early today after a recent operation following several weeks illness He had lived in Dallas forty years and was a veteran Mason.
W. R. Gray formerly of U. S. Zinc at Henrietta Oklahoma reports to Amarillo as assistant to Charles Gregg manager of the local smelter.
Storms across Arizona Indiana Timeit Iowa and New York dairy country followed the Hopi snake dance ceremony in Waspi. Heavy rains hail and wind caused crop and property damage, with five injuries and one direct fatality in Indiana from a live power line incident.
A Lincoln Fellows U S engineer spoke to the Rotary club on irrigation and reclamation for the South Canadian river. He described department aims for the Great Plains program and planned field reports from travels across the region. Colleagues Sid Stinnett Ernest Thompson and A N Oliver discussed railroads irrigation conference a trade trip and the Tri State fair.
Floydada Texas August 20 The Hoxie family and a frantic rescue party remain missing in a deep morass three miles west of Floydada as nationwide news agencies including the Associated Press dispatch crews to pursue updates until a successful recovery is announced.
Hong Kong reports the death of Liu Chung Hoi, finance minister of the Canton government and a Bolshevik faction leader tied to Moscow. The assassination marks a violent development in regional power struggles amid August events.
A. F. Cox, 73, of Sweetwater Texas died instantly when run over by a yard locomotive in the railroad yards. He reportedly stepped from the path of another train directly in front of the switch engine.
The note mentions E. B. D. John B. Hill recalling his grandfather crossing the Texas Panhandle in 1849. It also references bicycle parts and a location at 113 West Seventh. A separate item states railroad rates in Chile rose 50 percent over four months.
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