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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1926
Page
2
East St Louis January 11 cattle 7 500 slow demand hogs 17 000 lower bulk 12.10 to 12.25 pigs 12 to 12.25 vealers 13.50 bulls 6.00 sheep 3 000 no early sales.
Chicago market news shows hogs at 80 000 head with sow prices from 9.35 to 9.75, heavy hogs 11.15 to 11.40, mediums 11.25 to 11.75, lights 11.10 to 12. Cattle 28 000 with fat steers around 10.50 or lower and yearling tops near 11.50, vealers 12 to 12.50. Sheep 26 000 with fat lambs 15.60 to 15.75 and fat ewes 8.50 to 9.00.
Cattle run 7 2000 head including 1200 calves with steadies across cattle. Beeves bring 5 to 8.50 dollars, stockers 4.50 to 8.80, fat cows 3.50 to 5.00, yearlings 5 to 10, heifers 4.50 to 10, calves 5.50 to 8, bulls 2.75 to 4. Hogs 2000 head lower with roe up to 12, packing sows 10 to 10.50, pigs 8 to 10.50. Sheep 500 head steady with slaughter lambs 12 to 15.50, feeder lambs 10 to 12, yearlings 10 to 12, wethers 8 to 9, ewes 6.50 to 7.50, stockers 6 to 7.
cattle count 2800 steady with fed steers near 8 dollars and yearlings to 7.75 cows 5.56 to 6 top dealers around 8. hogs 500 head down with bulk near 11.40 dollars per hundredweight.
Cattle plus calves 18,000, slow trading. Red steers and yearlings range from 8.25 to 9.75 per cwt. Butcher cows 4.50 to 5.65. Packers and cutters 3.50 to 4.25. Bulls 5.25 to 5.60. Veal top 11. Hogs 13,000 slow. most sales 11.10 to 11.75. Packing sows 9.25 to 9.85. Stock pigs 11.50 to 12.15. Sheep 7,000 lower. fed lambs 14.60 to 15.15. Top wethers 8.75.
Washington reports a continued drop in hog production from the December 1 pig survey. Sows farrowing in fall 1925 were 15.4 percent smaller than 1924, and total pigs saved fell 11.9 percent.
U S bonds listed with Liberty 242s at 99.27, second 4s 19.31, first 4s 101.22, second 4%5 at 100.20, third 4s 100.30, fourth 4s 101.31, treasury 4s at 106.19.
Chicago January 11 potato market report shows Wisconsin round whites priced at 4.15 to 4.35 dollars in sacks and 4.30 to 4.40 dollars in bulk Minnesota sacks at 4.10 to 4.30 dollars Wisconsin bulk round whites at 4.30 to 4.40 dollars.
Poultry alive steady with fowls 26c to 29c, springs 28c, turkeys 35c, roosters 19c, ducks 25c to 30c, geese 18c reported by Associated Press from Chicago dated January 11.
Call money rises to a high of 4 1/2 percent with the ruling rate at 4 percent and a closing bid of 4 1/5 percent. Last loan reported 4 4. call loans against acceptances 3 1/2 percent. time loans firm at 4 percent for sixty to ninety days and four to six months. prime mercantile paper from 4 percent to 4 1/4 percent.
Butter prices varied in Chicago on January 11 with creamery extras at 42 percent, standards at 42 percent, extra firsts 41 to 41 percent, firsts 40 to 40 5, and seconds at 40 percent.
Foreign exchange firm values show Great Britain at 4.85 with cables 4.853 and sixty day bills on banks 4.80. France at 2.82 with cables 3.83. Italy 4.03, Belgium 4.03, Germany 23.80, Tokyo 43, Montreal 99 13 16.
The market report shows May Wheat at open 1.76, high 1.775, low 1.74, close 1.75. Old May 1.74 to 1.73. July 1.51 to 1.50. Sept 1.44 to 1.44. Corn May around 8.91, July 9.14 to 9.0, Sept 9.23. Oats May 0.46, July 0.463, Rye May 1.11 to 1.10, July 1.07. Ribs May 15.80 to 15.95. Bellies May 16.45. Market figures reflect futures activity for grains and meat cut futures.
The Associated Press reports Kansas City cash bids for grains as of January 11 with No 2 hard wheat at 1.74 to 1.84 dollars, No 2 red at 1.84 to 1.86 dollars, corn No 3 white 77 to 78 cents, No 2 yellow 0 to 8 cents, oats No 2 white 43 to 44 cents, No 3 white 43 to 44 cents.
A compact price table shows basis N No 1 hard wheat at 1.75 dollars per bushel and millet maize and Sudan Kafir pricing at 1.05 dollars per 100 pounds for Sid Kafir and 100 pounds for Milo Maize.
New Orleans reports Liverpool futures at about 50 points below parity while spot sales remain strong. Cables expect an active week as parity corrections drive bearish tactics to bolster spot values, with January expiration aiding the decline from an early higher opening.
Chicago reports wheat outlook moves from fears of shortage to clear lack of foreign demand for North American surplus. Canadian stocks rise. Cleveland and Atlantic export activity dwindles with few sales abroad and anticipated embargoes. Coarse grains show January 1 reserves down and farm feeding lower, while cash prices stay heavily discounted.
Grady Reeves 14 was killed instantly while sisters Annie 20 and Adella 14 and Roy Cozart were injured when they were struck by a car near Greenville. The driver said he was blinded by the lights of another automobile.
W C Durant motor magnate was injured in a train collision and rushed to New York aboard an Atlantic coast line train. Two servants and a fireman were killed and about thirty others injured. Durant suffered a scalp wound and rested well. The private car Patriot attached to train No. 36 collided with the northbound overseas limited near Titusville. Durant's secretary and wife were uninjured. Albert Jones jumped to his death. Ed Farmer the engineer stayed at his post. The wreck destroyed both coaches and the locomotive. victims were treated at St Augustine hospitals.
John D Cotter 72 longtime Spearman area farmer and stockman died Sunday morning at a local hospital after residing four miles west of Spearman for 25 years. He is survived by his widow three sons Omar John D Jr and Austin Cotter and two daughters Mrs G T Hiett and Mrs J E Hays plus two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m burial in Hansford county at the family lot under Odd Fellows Spearman lodge auspices. The body was moved to Spearman by Blackburn Funeral Home Sunday afternoon.
City inspector C. G. Spencer tallies 6,411 hogs and 1,490 cattle killed by Western Packing Co. in 1925 with 5,188 hogs and 1,490 cattle noted plus other livestock counts, illustrating a year of heavy processing in Amarillo.
Ernest Smith told the House commerce committee that 23 countries including Great Britain will join a worldwide protest against British colonies rubber shipment restrictions. He warned of higher tire costs for Americans in 1926 and projected large increases in tire usage by 1936 unless relief is secured. McKeown supported British rubber control in principle as vital to the cotton industry’s survival.
La Verne and Vernal Schnell two young orphans in Oregon seek their grandparents believed to live in Amarillo. Their mother died in 1925 and Fred Schnell reportedly married in Amarillo about 1916. People with knowledge of Fred Schnell or the grandparents are asked to contact Gee and Underwood, Amarillo attorneys.
Allentown reporter notes impending charges against Charles Garland linked to his April farm colony in Lehigh County. District Attorney Boyle seeks adultery charges based on a death certificate for an infant born July at the colony and died October, with burial site unknown and a search underway.
Guadalupe Rivera the guard hired to protect Mrs Williams home will face murder charges in Brownsville after he shot and killed Henley W Williams as he headed to take their two children. Juan Rivera will also be charged. Mrs Williams is named an accomplice. Williams died in a local hospital after the 5 pm shooting.
Marland officials and Panhandle oil men credit the Marland company for the field’s growth amid a 22 000 acre stake mainly in proven territory. The No 1 well in Burnett pasture section 107 block 5 began April 1 1925 with over 400 bpd and now yields about 485 bpd. The Kay County Gas company’s entry is seen as securing a competitive Panhandle oil market.
Flashing snippets from Sudbury to Waco report Henry Ford enjoying snowbound leisure at Wayside Inn and skipping a New York show. other items note a Moscow spy case. dust particles in atmosphere with tests in Louisville. a San Benito safe robbery. alcohol effects in fall leaves. Uncle Sam targets horse tipsters. personal losses and state minerals plans. a bobbed hat bandit. seed disinfection research. a heat wave in Argentina. San Antonio bonds to be approved. and a Texas Legion push to repeal primary laws.
Ned Miller runs Amarillo office while L C Smith heads Panhandle production. Gene Waldo of Dallas leads Southland Royalty and Charlie Kidney heads Crescent Royalty of Denver as they join Mr Marland on a touring visit.
Mexico City reports unofficially that Foreign Minister Saenz will send a note to Ambassador Sheffield on Wednesday in reply to the U S protest over retroactive features of Mexico’s anti alien land law. Mexico asserts sovereign right to legislate, promising Mexican courts will adjust any injuries to American interests. The exchange is described as amicable and consultations have been pleasant so far.
A descendant keeps a $2,377 balance tied to a $15 deposit from 100 years ago and plans to let compound interest continue. A George Washington University student is dismissed over a publication, suing the university with threats of publishing letters from the Kip Rhinelander case. Gerald Chapman faces a $1,000,000 judgment plus interest for bonds stolen in a major mail robbery and is slated for March execution for murder.
T B Gallaher Santa Fe agent reports Forest Warren and wife with three Amarillo children booked for a reading room tour starting in Slaton Texas and ending in Los Angeles. They depart January 25 for three weeks, presenting Evening At Home programs with Babe 13 Betty 8 and Junior 6.
Mrs. Pollard cooks meals for about ten at each sitting with guests and deputies praising her cooking as the best in Texas. Razor thefts prompt Charley Austin to call for action. Carl Morris ill with flu southwest of the city. Paul Bibee’s death blamed on chloroform accident by friends. County court opens. Judge Airheart leaves for Glen Rose for a magnetic examination. Postmaster Kenyon and wife return from Galveston after visiting their son, Lee Kenyon, a prominent attorney.
Mrs. Mary Wiseman aged 45 died Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock at the family home six miles east of Claude. The body was prepared by Blackburn Funeral Home and held by Knight Undertaking of Claude. Burial is planned in Claude cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Survived by husband, three sons Estes Owen and Truitt Wiseman, daughters Nettie and Mary Wiseman, father G W Barnes Anna Texas, four brothers and two sisters John Lee Walter Perry Barnes Mrs Ellis Browner and Mrs Silby Stroude.
Beaumont Texas January 11 Three damage suits totaling 3 000 000 filed against Oscar Chesson of Orange charging him with being the father of Allen D Gilmore infant son of Elva Gilmore a sister in law of Chesson in federal court here today Orange county farmer rose to wealth after oil struck on his farm jury selected in one of the cases in the early afternoon.
Philadelphia report notes Bernarr Macfadden’s Macfadden News Paper corp acquiring the Philadelphia News to form the world’s largest publisher with three daily papers and thirteen magazines. He says ownership remains with former owners, editorial staff unchanged, and policies steady while selectively testing circulation ideas. He asserts independence in politics and cautions against radical changes.
The fourth annual Hall county district Poultry show will run January 14 to 16 at the old Masonic hall in Memphis. Walter Burton of Arlington Texas will judge, recognized as a top Southwest expert. Charles Williams, association president, plans to enter at least 500 birds. catalogs are being mailed daily.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved the Smith bill proposing regional representation on the Interstate Commerce Commission. A subcommittee will define regional divisions for future appointments. Sen Smith of South Carolina chairs the subcommittee, with Woodlock and Taylor nominations still pending. J N Vernon and Mrs Vernon are visiting San Antonio.
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