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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth on Jan 6 reports cattle receipts at 4000 with calves included and a steady market. hogs lower with top at 11 while sheep rise with lambs bringing 12 to 16.50. Cattle prices range from 2.75 to 8.50 for beef cattle and 2 to 9.50 for bulls and calves fetch 2 to 8. Sheep show higher value with lambs 12 to 16.50 and wethers 7 to 9.59.
Castle 1 600 active best steers top 9.50 calves steady top 8 hogs 2000 active top 10.75 porkers 10 to 10.65. Mulk values noted in report.
Wichita Kansas January 6 hogs receipts 1400 market steady top 10.40 bulk 10.15 to 10.35 cattle receipts 1100 market steady beef steers 6 to 8.50 beef cows and heifers 3.50 to 7.50 bulls 3 to 4.25 veal calves 8 to 50 stockers and feeders 3.50 to 6.79.
Hogs 6 000 lower with slaughter hogs 10.40 to 10.55 pigs 7 to 8 packer sows 9.65 to 9.75. Cattle 6 000 steady beef steers 6 to 9.25 fat yearlings 9.75 bulls 4 to 4.65 cows 4 to 5 canners 2 to 2.5. Sheep 2 500 steady fat lambs 17 fed western 17.50.
Chicago livestock market summary for January 6 shows hogs with 76,000 receipts and mixed prices from 8.75 to 10.95 for various classifications, cattle receipts of 1,600 with beef steers around 10 to 11 dollars and high fat cattle near 11, calves up to 12, and sheep receipts at 10,000 with fat lambs 17.50 to 18 and feeding lambs 16 to 16.50.
Cattle receipts reach 12 000 with steady market. Top yearlings 10 dollars, heavy steers 9.85, fed steers 7.9 to 9.60, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.50, bulls 4 to 4.50, veals 8 to 9. Hogs receipts 14 000 steady with top 10.60, most 10.10 to 10.60, pigs 7.75 to 9, sows 9.23 to 10. Sheep receipts 6 000 higher with lambs 17 to 17.80, clippers 14.75, top ewes 10, fall shorn wethers 9.65.
Amarillo Texas market report shows picked cotton price per pound at 23 to 20 cents for snapperd cotton at 17 to 20 cents. Cotton seed priced at 30.08 per ton with cotton in seed at 3.50 to 4.25 per 100 pounds. Trading hub coordinated by Higgins Mgr Alex Hyman & Co New Orleans LA.
The bulletin lists prices for hens and turkeys by weight and age, including broilers Leghorns and Blacks, roosters, turkey hens and toms, and no-warm eggs. It notes butter free from mold and strictly fresh eggs with a delivered price of 14 cents, plus other quoted rates.
Ben Golding the county tax collector warns against assuming special permits exist for operating cars this month. Any motorist driving without a current license before January 1 faces arrest and fines, with no exception to permit issuance. Stanfield reports his new courthouse ground floor office. A Panhandle weather remark from a California traveler contrasts climate claims. C E Floyd shows improvement after illness. Miss Jewell Davidson notes dog license payments increasing with most applicants being children. Stanfield, newly elected county attorney, wins three vagrancy cases yesterday. Buchanan Street Methodist Missionary Society to install officers during Sunday services January 11.
Amarillo residents and visitors are cited in town events. D C Stone of Panhandle and Judge Charles Ingram of Vega were seen in town for business. E L Smith hails from Amarillo predicting a record year in 1925. Many residents report illnesses and recoveries, travels to Chicago and mineral wells, and social visits. The article notes civic groups, church officials, and boy scout reorganization in Claude.
R H Ames circulates a letter urging local sportsmen to fund a 100600 purchase of Jackson Hole Wyoming as a wildlife monument for elk. The appeal cites dwindling elk numbers and asks for donations via checks to the undersigned or Panhandle Hardware. Progress noted in Amarillo as supporters rally nationally.
Houston January 6 The Texas prison commissioners advanced reforms by opening receiving stations to determine incoming prisoners physical condition and by appointing three doctors to run these sites. Stations will be set up immediately at Huntsville inside the main prison walls and at a special stockade near Sugar Land.
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Lee Hicks 86 who died Sunday night at 605 North Harrison were to be held at 3 this afternoon at the Griggs Undertaking chapel with Rev F W O Malley of the First Christian church officiating. Burial was in Llano cemetery. She is survived by two sons and three daughters.
Funeral services for Mrs. E B Brown 39 of 1012 West Seventh Street who died yesterday at a local hospital were conducted at 2 30 this afternoon at Blackburn funeral home with Rev J C Sizemore officiating. Burial followed in Llano cemetery. Pallbearers were J L Dilday G Brown O D Thompson M M Tadlock Upton Jones and T S Thompson. She is survived by her husband E P Brown a son Aubrey six her father A R Madden of Forsyth Georgia four brothers O C Madden Bowman L E Madden Little Rock LL C Madden Forsyth and C A Madden Fayetteville N C. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist church.
George Turner once bragged of his bootlegging crown in Santa Barbara County. His body was found shot in a Summerland field after a rival challenged his authority. Irving Derton was arrested as a suspect. Turner had led a July liquor convoy supplying a rum runner, with fines totaling $4,000.
Today marks the end of a county wide campaign against coyotes led by O I Coleman of the United States Predatory Animal Survey and Harmon Benton County Agent. In two weeks 16000 poison baits were spread with numerous coyote carcasses found on ranches. Benton will distribute remaining bait as needed and Coleman departs for the Rio Grande valley where livestock are threatened.
The Federal bakery announces its move to 612 Polke street and plans to open Monday January 11. Manager Mr Keeney says new equipment will expand offerings and improve service to the public with a larger variety of bakery goods.
The will was challenged in District of Columbia supreme court by widow Gertrude Gompers who alleged undue influence by her son Samuel J. Gompers or others. The document left the widow only the legal minimum.
The article notes chemists perfecting a synthetic olfactory lure to attract and kill the mother boil weevil and her eggs, claiming the pest could be wiped out once attracted by smell. It also cites Sir William Arbuthnot Lane warning women against extreme silhouettes and rubber corsets as hazardous to health.
Kk L Smith, jeweler at 112 East Fifth Street, moved part of his business to Lamesa two months ago and opened a branch. He now returns all stock and fixtures to Amarillo and says he will pursue stronger business there. His wife managed the local shop in his absence.
Promoter Henry Reed says Cal Farley insists on a match with Matty Matsuda, the El Paso welterweight champion. Farley previously met Matsuda at 145 pounds, and the result was a long, close exchange. Possible arrangements to bring Matsuda to town for a tassel are being explored, with Mojica as a potential reference.
Reports from Panhandle Hardware flag a geese influx as far south as the Hereford and Claude areas. Notes from Bob Eimmott southwest of town describe thousands of birds near Tulsa and farmers complaining about crop damage. Canadien long necks dominate, Hutchins geese smaller by comparison, with decoys advised for hunting. Quail populations remain sparse outside protected ranch lands.
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