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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market reports 1,000 steer receipts with prices from 3.50 to 8.00 and hogs steady with drum at 7.15 to 7.25. Sheep and lambs priced 9.00 to 14.00. Kansas City sees 6,000 cattle and 17,090 hogs with bulls and calves strong and shippers bidding lower on hogs.
Judge Thomas F. Turner, longtime Panhandle resident, spoke at Hanson Post No. 64 American Legion meeting. He recounted the founding of Amarillo and the early growth of the city with numerous incidents from the settlement era.
Reese Barton, a Childress resident born in 1830 in South Carolina, is described as a legendary plainsman who drove large cattle herds to Kansas before railroads. The 94-year-old outdoorsman spends seven hours daily on horseback, credits his longevity to open air living and moderate eating, and recalls early Texas companions like Wild Bill Hickok and Bat Masterson.
Washington February 27 Congress adjourned work on the new revenue bill to honor the late President Harding. Inside, rifts in the progressive camp grow as Longworth compromise widens despite denials. Administration leaders warn amendments may cause a $350000 deficit and threaten to oppose the bill.
Cal Farley, Amarillo wrestler and businessman, becomes sole owner of the Scott & Farley Tire Shop by buying out partner T. D. Scott. Scott moves to Lubbock to own the former Lubbock branch. Farley, who joined Amarillo after a summer baseball injury, will rename the business Cal Farley's Tire Shop.
Texas congressman Marvin Jones of Amarillo assails the Agriculture Department in Washington over crop estimates that he says misstate cotton production and depress prices. He cites losses to Texas farmers and urges abolition of estimates unless based on actual plantings. Buchanan backs Jones in demanding reports reflect actual acreage rather than intention to plant.
Munich February witnesses testified that General Ludendorff Adolf Hitler and eight co-defendants in treason trials were patriots not traitors. The trial resumed in a war academy building guarded by barbed wire. Dr. Fred Weber of the Oberland Bund asserted the aim was to break the Versailles treaty and unite Germany under Hitler.
Oklahoma City February 27 John A Whitehurst president of the state board of agriculture was impeached by the house on the first count with several counts to come The article accuses Whitehurst of willfully and unlawfully cashing a salary claim for Arthur Kleeman who provided no services to the state
The Belgian cabinet was toppled after Parliament rejected the Franco Belgian economic convention by 95 to 79. The pact would have shared Ruhr Rhine profits and covered mines and railroads. Daily Globe ads offer results.
Reid Estes, a Iowa Park Texas student who chose poultry over Latin, spoke to the Amarillo Kiwanis about his poultry career. He described advancing from a $27 loan for twelve pallets and a cockerel to prizes in Iowa Park and Wichita Falls and a $166 yearly profit by the third year, while raising Barred Plymouth Rocks. He is part of the Fort Worth and Denver poultry train touring Amarillo.
Union members met at Odd Fellows hall to push resolutions for union labor representation on the Board of City Development. They endorsed a Tri-State Fair in Amarillo under fair conditions for organized labor and prepared delegates for the Farmers' Union Political Conference in Dallas on March 3.
The Teapot Dome oil tract is connected to Kansas by an 800 mile pipeline, delivering Wyoming crude to Chicago refineries via 1 400 miles of pipe. Built by the Harry Sinclair interests, it boasts a 50 000 barrel daily capacity and the largest diameter used in oil pipelines. The line includes heating at pumping stations and runs through Kansas with several stations, crossing the Kaw river near Grover.
Amarillo will see its first cotton gin in operation next fall. J N Green plans a $20 000 plant in Potter County, shipping machinery by July 15. Located near the fair grounds, the gin aims to boost county cottons with an estimated 13 000 acres and 3 000 bales the coming season.
Classified briefs list six to seven rental options including a six room modern house at 1926 Lincoln with garage and yard for 25 dollars weekly, a front bedroom near meals at 3805 West 4th, a large boardable room at 1306 Pierce, garage space at 900 Taylor, a six room house at 1926 Lincoln, four unfurnished rooms at 703 Jackson, and a building for lease at 501 Tyler Street for a gasoline station or auto business with immediate possession. Contact details include Elk Barber Shop, 2056 J, 2849 J, 999, and C M Humphreys via 917 or 200.
Multiple ads list for rent homes rooms duplex and a modern house in Virginia Court. Also listings for sale acreage near Reese S. Allen Refinery a watch loss reward and job classified seeking drivers and solicitors. Includes addresses phones and names such as Victor Williford Mr Sloss and Griggs trading man with 508 Taylor St.
Sale notice lists improved land seven sections on the plains ten miles south of Canyon at 15.00 per acre with good terms. A unimproved quarter section southwest of Canyon asks 12.50 per acre. Worre nt offers several houses from three to seven rooms. Contact W S Roberts at phone 199.
Four arrests for vagrancy. two motorists fined for speeding in Amarillo. Kearns grain and seed wholesaler notes 14 years in the city. Advertising from Globe and Amarillo Florist promotes seeds and flowers. Panhandle offers farmer inducements while county roads are praised. A brass band director calls for municipal band support. social notes cover a city marriage and a Clark County teacher's friends.
A Pravda report describes a Soviet child mind taught to reject religion. In a Kremenchug home run by Comrade Vrona, children study and draw while anti religious attitudes grow. a recitation ends with a crowd declaring God is absent.
E. D. Damon who had resigned after kissing Margaret Pratt an 18 year old senior at Kansas City Kansas High School returned to his job today. The resignation letter was withdrawn by the board of education at a meeting. Damon said he resigned to spare the board and Miss Pratt the embarrassment of possible publicity.
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