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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth and Chicago livestock markets show higher prices. Fort Worth lists cattle prices across calves stockers cows heifers yearlings and bulls with hogs at top $9.89 and sheep steady to firm with lambs $12 to $14.50. Chicago notes hogs up to $10.15 and cattle gains with fed steers $9 plus and vealers $9.25 to $?. sheep data indicate slow trade and lamb prices around $15 to $16.
Kansas City market data from December 18 shows cattle at 3 500 head with calves 200 and trades slow. beef steers 7 to 9 dollars. cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.50. canners and cutters 2.15 to 2.35. veal top 9. stockers and feeders 5 to 6.75. Hogs 9 500 head higher, top 9.75. bulk 9 to 9.60. packing sows 8.90 to 9.10. stock pigs 5.50 to 6. Sheep 2 000 head higher. fed lambs 15.25. others 15.15. clippers 15.55.
In St Louis on December 18 hogs reached about 9 to 10 dollars with heavier cattle and mixed sheep values. Hog bulk sold 9 to 9.90, heavy butchers 9.90 to 10.10, lights and pigs 8.25 to 8.75, pigs 6.75 to 7.75. Cattle about 1,500 head steady with beef cows 3.75 to 4.75, vealers up to 11, sheep steady with red lambs 15.50 native lambs 15.50 to 15.75 and culls 11.50.
Hog receipts 300, market 30 higher. Top $9.50, bulk $9.10 to $9.45, top cut outs $8.50. Cattle receipts 500 including 200 calves. Beef steers $5.50 to $7.85, beef heifers $3.25 to $6.50, cows $3 to $4.75, baby beef $4.50 to $7.50, bulls $2.50 to $3.75, canners and cutters $1.75 to $2.85, veal calves $3 to $7.50, stockers and feeders $3 to $6.50, stock cows and heifers $2.10 to $4.50.
J G Fondren files for divorce from Daisy Fondren alleging cruel and inhumane treatment in district court. Mrs M L Wilks visits Amarillo rest room and expresses pleasant surprise with the facility. Lr Wright Armstrong of Texas and Brazos Valley railroad visits local manufacturers as The Globe office plans earlier paper delivery to Amarillo carriers.
A historical advertisement lists poultry prices and items including Leghorn hens, roosters, turkeys by weight, butter, eggs, and rats. It notes delivery charges and multiple per pound prices, with various weight thresholds and item descriptions.
Grain market notice lists No 1 hard wheat at 1.60 dollars per bushel and maize per 100 pounds also at 1.60 dollars. Barley and kafir prices appear around 1.60 per 100 pounds, with several garbled terms remaining unreadable.
Dorset Carter calls the Wilson well the best yet and predicts the field will become the world’s largest. L O Thompson reports a 20 percent rise in money and 40 percent more volume. Other quotes praise the Gates well and mock a Globe editor. Weather, privacy in movie kisses, and local business views add color from Amarillo.
Testimony covers handwriting identification of two insurance letters, witness remarks on no reward, weapon wounds, and weather conditions. Witnesses include Harmon Hobart of Kansas, H R Airheart, T Considine, George Hill, and Deputy Davis. defense objections limit evidence. courtroom banter and moon almanac exhibit accompany the proceedings.
In Hobart Milner trial corridors a crowd of witnesses waited and Jim Pottinger won the Champion Story Telling degree. He recited two stories that drew glee from the district judge and reporters alike. Pottinger claimed the tales were true, though veracity was not part of the award.
The exchange centers on whether a jury could infer that someone drove to the stadium, killed Hobart, and returned in eleven minutes. Davis testifies that his quick trip was simply to gauge travel time amid Amarillo traffic conditions on a warm July night.
The City of Amarillo will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the City Pound Gates Fourth and Monroe Streets between 2 and 4 pm on Friday December 19 1924 the described impounded livestock including one grey Burro. J F Bassett Poundkeeper.
Morning session focused on two letters alleged to tie to the Hobart case. Harmon Hobart testified that one letter changing a beneficiary from sister to wife was not in his handwriting while another was written by the slain man, raising questions for the jury about signatures. Local officials Cain Askew and Ford gave testimony on Miller’s movements and prior incidents connected to the case.
George Lindsay reported this morning that his mother Mrs. S A Lindsay, seriously ill at Sherman, has improved. Lindsay went to Sherman yesterday. A farmer south of Amarillo bought two or three milch goats and one goat butted him through a barn wall when milking.
The Globe notes an error in yesterday's Gadding About column. The advertisement for C. E. King listed house shoes at 69 cents and two pair at 7 cents. corrected to high shoes at 69 cents and two pair at 70 cents.
A visionary column urges early promoters to back commercial aviation, noting veterans like Theodore Vail and George Baker as possible pioneers. It claims flying craft will outpace roads, linking cities and reshaping travel and war, and requests readers to lobby senators and congressmen for robust aerial defense.
A meeting of the scout executive committee is scheduled for this afternoon at S o'clock. Deputy regional scout executive I. E. Voss will give a short talk before the body. Voss arrived here yesterday after visits to the South Plains.
The American Petroleum Institute reports a 2,500 barrel rise in the US daily average crude oil production for the week ending December 13 to 1,977,300 barrels. Gains occur in several regions led by Oklahoma and Central Texas, with mixed changes elsewhere. Imports at principal ports rose to 257,000 barrels, while crude prices show no change in major districts.
The United Charities calls every charitable organization in the city to send a representative to their meeting at the Elk's home tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The list of needy families will be reviewed and apportioned among the organizations. J. M. Russell, president, urged full participation with lists of new persons.
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