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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
2
Hogs rise to top $18.45 with varied weights and finishes. hogs and cattle show higher prices across categories. In Chicago, slaughter classes range around $10.60 to $18.45, with cattle at strong gains and new highs for the year, while Omaha reports 8500 cattle with steady stockers and firm butcher demand.
Hogs 7 600 higher with light hogs 12.60 to 13.65 and medium to heavy 13.35 to 13.50. Killing pigs 13.50. Sows 11 to 11.25. Cattle 4 000 steady with cows up to 7.50. Vealers 12.75. Sheep 200 strong with lambs 14 to 14.25. culls 9. Heavies down to 5 for fat hogs.
Hogs 900 head steady with smooth sows at 19.50 down. Pigs up to 12. Cattle 900 incl 209 calves steady with fat stock at 4 to 35.50. Canners and cutters 2.65 to 3.75, vealers 310, heavy calves 4 to 6, stockers and feeders 5 to 6. Sheep 100 steady, lambs 13. Market reflects varied demand across categories.
Kansas City markets show cattle around 5 000 head with calves steady and steers from 6 to 8 dollars. Hogs about 4 000 head with top at 12.75 and packers around 11.90 to 18. Sheep and lambs rise with western lambs at 15.10 and Oklahoma lambs at 14.85.
In Fort Worth on August 27, the livestock market showed 4 500 cattle including 2 000 calves with diverse ranges for beeves fat cows and yearlings. Hogs numbered 500 with higher prices topping at 12.65 and 12.60 broad bulk. Sheep about 1 000 steady with lambs feeders yearlings and ewes priced to market.
Wheat prices hold around $1.60 to $1.61 at Chicago with No 1 hard at 1.61 and No 2 at 1.58 to 1.60. Corn bids show No 2 mixed at 94 to 94 1/4 cents and No 2 yellow at 95 cents. Oats No 2 white hover around 38 to 39 cents with No 3 at 37 to 39 cents.
Wheat prices ranged from 1.60 to 1.74 for different grades. Corn values spanned 0.87 to 0.94 per bushel. Oats traded from 0.39 to 0.40.
Wheat futures quoted for September December and May contracts. Prices shown with bid-ask style figures and percent changes, reflecting slight gains across expiries.
Grain prices from Amarillo show wheat and kafir per 100 pounds and millet maize per 100 pounds and oats per bushel with no specific quotes or figures provided in the readable text.
A dense roll of vendor acronyms and corporate names appears, listing companies such as American Telephone and Telegraph Baldwin General Motors Studebaker and Westinghouse among many others. The fragment seems to catalog securities and holdings with percentage figures and partial identifiers.
New York police try to end tong wars in the East and Midwest after five assassinations. Hip Sing leader killed in Baltimore as talks unfold with On Leong and Hip Sing chiefs, who promise to seek peace. Officials warn of potential conspiracy indictments if killings continue.
Mrs Rex Rieger head nurse of Plainview Hospital is in Amarillo today. A F E Herman moved from Sunset Road to the Karstetter home in Country Club addition. Minnie 8 Gottschalk secretary of the Homan Whittington Mortgage Co returned after a Pacific coast vacation. Judge A L Anderson notes police hear mashers often and fines start at 25 dollars.
About 16 000 bottles valued at 100 000 dollars were destroyed by U S customs officials under Judge J C Hutcheson order. The liquor was moved from the customs warehouse to the west end dump in six trucks and represents seizures made during the past year.
The Thej family of Clyde Lucas, deceased, thank friends for sympathy shown to their son and brother. J H Clark of the Mid West Exploration company visits Amarillo from Billings Montana. Mrs Molly Smith of Port Arthur visits her son after Fort Worth trip.
Secretary Wilbur condemns Lieut. Gordon for failing to present statements from nurses Ruth M. Anderson and Catherine Glaney during a court martial over illegal liquor importation aboard a transport. He questions cross examination and notes the acquittals stand, with the letter to Gordon filed in his record.
Potter county rural schools show few with accredited music teachers, Bushland singled out. Miss Anna Bower urges milk and health while Laura Hamner calls for agriculture teachers in every district. Dodge City goat expert Lewis Pendleton touts $24,000 yearly sales and goats as cheap, pure milk sources. Lynch Davidson blasts pardon policy as governor run looms and calls for stricter courts and marketing coops amid Texas crime wave.
J Roy Smith outlines plans for a tile and stucco duplex in Grover Hill featuring mission style architecture. The project emphasizes durable materials and a courtyard layout.
The report states Montreal is the wealthiest city in Canada with income taxes totaling 17,171,583 this year. It highlights the city’s strong fiscal position and compares provincial contributions to Ottawa and Toronto figures.
Electric power is being installed in the tin mines of the Straits Settlements, signaling modernization of mining operations. The project aims to improve ore processing efficiency and worker safety while potentially boosting regional output.
Dr. R P Jarrett Amarillo Rotary talk proposes three ideas to keep students in high school. Build strong elementary schools raise teacher quality and adjust curricula with practical arts. He cites dropout rates and urges dedicated teachers in upper grades plus a gymnasium and assembly hall.
Four Amarillo testing stations operate daily and by night to meet the September 1 deadline under the new headlight law. Total cars tested reach 1,827 at Cullum Motor 357 Cooper-Irvin 570 Walter Crogss ett 550 and Buick Cadillac 350. At Cooper-Irvin testing runs until 10 pm with 25 cent charge per car.
Ten ex service men face a rough night as the 40 and 8 initiates at the American Legion home begin at 7 30. The roster includes prominent county officials and notable local professionals aiding the wrecking crew in the ceremony.
Ross Rogers plans a Monday newsboys parade and free admission for all newsies to the first showing of The Iron Horse at the Fair. Details of the event to be announced tomorrow.
American Royal Livestock Show to maintain a booth and recreation headquarters at the Amarillo Tri-State exposition this fall. A letter from A M Patterson assistant secretary confirmed the arrangement. Evening hours are reading hours.
London reports a provisional Franco British debt settlement involving 623 million pounds to be repaid in 62 yearly installments of 12.5 million. Caillaux and Churchill note a dilution of terms with water in the wine, as Franco American talks could alter the plan and shape public opinion remains divided.
Texas commissioner A. A. Stinnett said he will travel to Austin within weeks for a conference with Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and state engineers to promote the Canadian river compact. The panel will seek broad support from Arkansas Kansas and Colorado while Amarillo hosts a banquet and lawmakers inspect the proposed dam site near Logan New Mexico.
Commissioners from a tri state conference on the South Canadian flood control postpone an interstate agreement until Arkansas joins. President Coolidge will be asked to appoint a federal representative for all future conferences. President E. E. Blake will meet the Arkansas governor next week.
The report notes a 3 cent per gallon cut in the east and prices under 14 cents in the Midwest. It contrasts consumer relief with indifferent oil interests who own stocks and fear a potential $30 drop in oil shares from the lower prices.
Louis Kid Kaplan of Meriden Connecticut is a 10 to 7 favorite to defend his featherweight crown tonight against Babe Herman in Waterbury. It is the first title bout in the state since the Terry McGovern Young Corbett fight about 25 years ago. The bout is scheduled for fifteen rounds to a decision.
Miss Pauline Reeder daughter of Judge and Mrs C B Reeder of 1300 Jackson Street has joined The Globe editorial staff and started duties today She earned an A B degree at Texas Christian University in June and was chosen as one of five girls attending T C U for the beauty section of The Horned Frog
The engineer and fireman on the Pittsburgh to Buffalo flyer were injured when the Pennsylvania train derailed at Braeburn, twenty miles north of Pittsburgh. The engineer was seriously hurt while several passengers in two day coaches were shaken up but continued to Buffalo. The cause of the wreck is unknown.
Cal Farley wires from Denver report Amarillo's baseball squad eager for their first game tomorrow. Manager notes all players fine after smooth trip. Skeet Gibson shines as strong contender for a Ford car prize for longest distance to the tournament.
London dispatch notes the United States has presented Greece with a demand for settlement of its debts. The Greek government acknowledges the claim but says it cannot pay now due to a heavy budget burden and urgent refugee obligations.
Floods across Tokio and Yokohama left 40 000 homes partly submerged in Tokyo and 1 000 in Yokohama with two deaths from landslides that overturned a tram and derailed a train. Saitama prefecture also flooded as communications delayed reports of damage. Heavy rain and thunder storms caused the disaster.
A plan to tackle flood control of the Arkansas river system gains traction as commissioners weigh a treaty. Lincoln Fellows of the US Department of Agriculture says federal support hinges on Arkansas showing active interest, with talks aiming to invite federal officials and possibly President Coolidge to attend.
Mrs Dan Elliott of 1219 Fillmore street will spend the winter in California and has rented her home to J M Timmons of Hereford. Mr Wylie band master will reside during the school year at 1409 Harrison street.
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