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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
2
East St Louis hogs and cattle trade mixed with prices for hogs beef steers vealers cows and sows listed. Kansas City market shows steady cattle calves and hogs with top yearlings at ten dollars and hogs selling mostly between ten seven five and eleven dollars per hundred. Sheep prices labeled as higher for fed lambs.
Amaryllo produce and diversified livestock figures appear alongside stock moves with Dupont Sears Roebuck General Electric and Allis Chalmers lifting the list while Chrysler General Motors U S Rubber Mack Truck Famous Players and Murray Body retreat. Rail shares hold firm with Atlantic Coast Line and Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred near year’s lows. Foreign exchanges show irregularity with sterling steady at 4.44.
Fort Worth reports cattle with steady to mixed price moves on December 11 including fat cows $3.25 to $4.20 and yearlings $6 to $10 while hogs run 800 head with best bids $11.30 to $11.45 and sheep led by lambs $12 to $15. Chicago data on December 1 shows hogs 48,000 lower with packing sows $10 to $10.35 and killing pigs $11.50 to $11.99, cattle 16,000 dull with fed steers $8.50 to $10.50, and fat lambs $16.59 to $16.75.
In Oklahoma City on December 1, cattle totaled about 1,300 with a weak tone. Hull fed steers brought 6.25 to 6.75, heifers 7.00 to 7.50, and cows up to 6. Medium calves ranged around 34 to 6. Hogs numbered about 1,100 with prices 10.95 to 11.15 for the bulk.
Kansas City cash grain report lists wheat No 2 hard at 1.67 to 1.76 dollars and No 2 red at 1.74 to 1.75. Corn No 2 white 74 to 75 cents, No 2 yellow 76 to 77 cents. Oats No 2 white 40 to 41 cents, No 3 white 39 to 40 cents.
New York stocks opened with irregular trading as rails showed modest gains while the motor group faced selling. Kansas City Southern Wheeling and Lake Erie traded fractionally higher amid mixed demand with little overall direction. Specialties like Columbia and Liggett hit new highs signaling selective strength.
Canyon December 1 Special to The Globe Doc McVickers Plainview Buffalo fullback elected captain of the 1926 Buffalos and Earl Tige Elkins Amarillo chosen line captain for next year at a snoker by West Texas State Teachers College football squad at John Frye home Randall County sheriff. McVickers has been a steady backfield presence this year and last while Elkins a first year on the squad right after Amarillo High School graduation has played almost every minute and starred in every game. Nineteen men made the letter squad this season and each plans to recruit one or two candidates for the 1927 team.
Railroads warn that bus and truck competition cuts short haul earnings as states build more roads. They urge balancing measures like taxes and possible rate increases, arguing rail service remains essential alongside road transport. Local traffic policing strains noted with rising duties.
The Locarno treaties pledged peace and disarmament through automatic ostracism of aggressors. Emile Vandervelde urged Europe US reconciliation, while diplomats including Chamberlain Briand and Stresemann praised the agreement and its hope of broader European cooperation.
A Texas official rebukes accusations that Fort Worth hosted a law violating gathering. He contends the December 1924 American Petroleum Institute event involved law enforcement officials and had no legal breach. He challenges Governor Jim, cites highway policy debates, and asserts no concealment of his record.
Patrolman Roy McBride arrested Robert Turner and John Wilson last night on a vacant lot where several cars were being stripped. They were charged with theft of auto parts as officers reported they were in the act of stealing components from parked vehicles. Cal Farley comments about having the best foot in town, though a bit out of gear.
A batch of express messengers running between Amarillo and Newton sign up for the Forty Two and Over club. Gordon Palmer returns from a national meet at Coney Island. A blacksmith, Joseph Brewer, is seriously injured by a blow to the head and hospitalized in Amarillo. Other items note travel, teaching, and local remarks from Amarillo society and officials.
The Fifth annual Tri State poultry show in Amarillo reports record early entries from twelve cities plus Amarillo. Show officials expect over 1 000 birds with many turkeys and larger bantam classes. Walter Burton of Arlington and F C Branch of Lees Summit will judge birds during the event.
A column critiques society balls as dull and mocks the era’s young ladies seeking intellectual inspiration at cabarets. It recalls Andrew Carnegie’s vast library philanthropy and jokes that he should have funded cabarets with figures like Ziegfeld, Berlin, and Dillingham on the board.
Memphis police arrested F. J. Hudson and C. B. Mattox after a Sunday night turkey theft. Chief Clark Cain received a tip and the birds were sold to a local produce house. Turkeys returned to Hall County.
An explosion hurled workers near Cisco injuring C. L. Walker with severe lacerations while others escaped. Dallas sees Levi S. Mercer, 63, seriously hurt after an auto strike. Lubbock marks the first train over Santa Fe's western branch linking Hockley and Lochran counties to the city. Sherman reads incoming records on Elvert Caraway’s age amid a school league inquiry.
Jose Arillo, a Mexican section hand, was hit by a motor car near Umbarger on Sunday morning and died in a local hospital from internal injuries. Witnesses say the speeding car did not stop. they obtained the car's number. The body was sent to Umbarger for burial.
The Associated Press reports that Paris Opera Comique requires men to wear full evening dress and silk hats to gain admission, signaling strict formal attire standards for audiences.
The I C Mulkins family of 202 Louisiana Avenue plans to move to Florida. Dr R P Parcells praises Amarillo office facilities as unmatched by Chicago. many doctor offices are shifting as the new Amarillo building fills. Drs Killough and Crume dissolve partnership. Mrs Robertson returns home from Northwest Texas Hospital at 810 Tyler Street.
Roy Faubion, prisoner slated for twelve years for swindling and forgery, hopes to be a model inmate after Mother Collins' jail services. Dr. Parcells mourns the family dog Pat killed by a car, calling it a great tragedy. Charley Huell recalls a man clinging to a light pole in San Jacinto. Bill Collins looks back on his Amarillo trip and his upcoming twentieth anniversary.
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