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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
2
Wednesday rains affect South Omaha stockyards with 4000 cattle steady overall Beef cows and heifers rise by 25 cents compared with the previous session Trade shows steady demand for stockers and feeders in wet conditions through August 26.
Hogs 10 500 higher best killing pigs 18 25 packer sows 11 75 at 11 00. Cattle 5 990 slow fat beef steers 11256 1275 western steers 440 light beef 1275 cows 425 659 canners 275 325 bologna bulls 475. Sheep 2500 practically nothing done.
Cattie 11,000 calves and 4,090 hogs head through Kansas City bidding. Slower heavy steers bring 12.10 to 12.49, short feds 10 to 11.50, veal top 11. Hogs top 12.90 with bulk 11.89 to 12.75, sows 10.50 to 11, stock pigs 12 to 12.50. Sheep rise with best lambs at 15 and natives 14 to 14.50.
Fort Worth reports cattle sales around 9 000 head including 3 000 calves with steady prices. Heavies 3.50 to 9.40, stockers 5 to 7, fat cows 3 to 11, yearlings 3.60 to 9.50, calves 2.50 to 4.50. Hogder 5045, top 12.65, packing sows 9 to 19.50, pigs 5 to 11.75. Sheep steady with lambs 10.50 to 12.50, feeders 10 to 11, yearlings 10 to 11, wethers 7.50 to 8.40, ewes 6 to 7. Stockers 3 to 4.
Hogs steady with smooth sows at 10.50 and stocker pigs down to 1290. Cattle steady with butcher and beef cows at 2375 to 450 and slaughter calves 400 to 600. Sheep firmer with best natives around 13.25.
Oklahoma City market news shows cattle 1,800 head steady with steer and heifer classes mainly 475 to 800 area and calves to 800 top. Hogs about 1,100 head higher with top at 12.40 and bulk sales around 12.20.
The page lists various produce items and prices including broilers Leghorn and Blacks, old tom turkeys, and packing stock butter. It also shows oil stocks and rates from Marland, Seaboard, Mid-Continent, and Sinclair, with specific price quotes for eggs and meat products. Chicago cash markets follow with wheat, corn, and oats price snippets dated August 26.
Kansas City cash grain report lists wheat number 2 hard at 160 171, number 2 red 171 178. Corn number 8 white 88 8 9, number 2 yellow 95. Oats number 2 white 39 and 834 39.
Amarillo residents gather to view a large cup called the Amarillo trophy on display in Hugh Whitcomb's window. The $1500 prize is the chief award in the annual Tri-State Field trials attracting many onlookers.
Committees from the Amarillo Wholesalers and Jobbers Association named to organize the September 3 and 4 buyers convention. The group pledged to cover railroad, Pullman, and hotel costs up to 2 percent of purchases for out of town buyers and will invite customers. A full assembly and banquet for retailers will be held under the association’s auspices with entertainment features planned.
London reports the British chancellor of the exchequer Winston Churchill and French finance minister M. Caillaux have reached an in principle agreement on funding the French debt to Great Britain.
Washington August 26 The civil service commission announced an open competitive examination for the post chief of the bureau of agricultural economies. The agricultural department had named Thomas P Cooper of Kentucky for the position but the commission will not fill it by that method. A temporary appointment of Cooper pending examination was allowed.
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Universal Motor Oil warehouse west of Dallas. The blaze caused 19 injuries and an estimated loss of 25000 dollars.
Vienna reports the death of Field Marshal Baron Franz von Hoetzendorf chief of staff of the Austrian armies in World War I and later commander in chief on the Italian front He died today at Mergenheim in Württemberg Germany.
A statement from B D Garmon thanks Amarillo friends and The Globe for fair treatment. M F Foster, 8, son of Mr and Mrs Foster of 407 North Taylor, operated on yesterday, is reported improved. A fire at Tony Chis um’s new home on Harrison street caused little damage and was extinguished by the fire department.
The Laing market at 1800 Taylor street features a refrigerator display case of EBD products. It is a 100 percent EBD market with Western Packing company items arranged to attract buyers. The EBD trade mark is embossed prominently on the various products with EBD lard.
One man was killed and another seriously injured during a turret drill on the battleship Oklahoma, en route from New Zealand to Samoa. The Navy reported no names or further details in its afternoon bulletin.
Mrs Inez Margaret Hall of Amarillo obtained a divorce from Sam S Hall in a district court before Judge Henry S Bishop. Cruelty cited. decree includes a one year restraining period on remarriage. Hall did not attend. her maiden name Inez Margaret Rucker restored.
The speaker cautions that turning farming over to government control could create a powerful political machine and limit farmer independence. He urges farmers to choose between self sufficiency and state oversight during the West Texas Farmers Educational congress in Amarillo with several governors hopefuls on the program.
Hundreds of Amarillo residents welcomed Abilene’s 125 trade excursionists who arrived by Fort Worth and Denver train from Wichita Falls. A city development board and American Legion led reception with a downtown parade, supper, and program at the Municipal Auditorium. Dr. J. D. Sandefer praised Simmons College and Abilene’s Christian colleges.
Hena paying guest ladies introduced as Hena 'Paying Guest' party travels west from Mi ami to Pampa where R Q Lee party meets seven locals. They tour Duncan gardens and receive a cabbage head as a gift. Luncheon at Snyder hotel and a 1:30 pm meeting at Pampa high school precede a 2:39 pm departure to Wheeler for the night with Shamrock planned tomorrow. Billy Whittaker praises trip while his father funds the cotton field cleanup.
Secretary Davis returns from six weeks abroad and meets with Hugo Kerwin to review the status of the anthracite labor dispute. The conference in Washington signals renewed federal involvement in the coal war.
The Amarillo College of Music announces two neighborhood branches to serve pupils far from the main studio at 905 Taylor. One location is 502 Carolina Street in San Jacinto, the other to be determined in the southwest city area. Private lessons in voice, piano, and violin will be offered at all three sites, with theory classes added as demand grows. The new school year marks the thirteenth for the Amarillo College of Music. Miss Helen M. Strite, a Lindsburg College of Music graduate and Victor artist pupil in New York, is hired as violin teacher and joins the staff.
A Cairo telegraph says the French garrison at Deir ez Zor on the Euphrates has fallen to Druse rebels. The message notes spreading Uprising against French rule in Syria.
The MacMillan arctic expedition resumes its southward voyage after being weatherbound for several days along Greenland's northwestern coast.
Opinion pieces urge raising federal judges’ salaries from eight thousand five hundred to fourteen or fifteen thousand dollars a year, arguing for a modest cost to government. The column also notes Cardinal Dubois defending French loan support and warns of revolutionary risks in France and Europe. It ends with a remark on German coal fuel efficiency versus American use.
Mrs. James Hennessy of Houston and Mrs. C J Corcora of Denison are guests of their sister Mrs. Emily A Davieson at 805 Harrison Street. Globe want ads work while you sleep.
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