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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1926
Page
2
Fort Worth livestock prices list cattle hogs and sheep for January 12 with bids and ranges. Cattle include calves steers heifers and bulls at various figures while hogs rise with best sows and pigs noted. Sheep show slaughter and feeder lambs with yearlings and wethers trading in posted ranges.
Kansas City and St. Louis markets show cattle hogs and sheep trading on January 12. KC totals: cattle 10 000 with steers 8.50-9.75, hogs 8 000 with 11.30-11.85, sheep 6 000 with lambs 14.85-15.00. St Louis totals: hogs 18 000 with top 12.65, cattle 5 500 with steers 8.90-9.25, sheep 3 500 with lambs 15.00-15.25.
Oklahoma City on January 12 reports cattle sales for 1800 head with steers 7.50 to 8.50, heavy yearlings and heifers 9 and up, fed cows 6 to 7, butcher cows 4 to 4.75, canners 2 to 4, bulls 4.75 to 5.50, wealers 8.50 to 9.50. Hogs 1600 head higher with bulk selling at 11.75.
Chicago livestock market report shows hogs 40 006 active with packing sows 9.75 to 10.19, heavy hogs 11.40 to 11.75, cattle 11 000 dull with heavy steers 11.25 and fat steers 9.00 to 10.50, and sheep 18 000 with fat lambs 15.75 to 16.00 and ewes up to 9.25.
Wichita Kansas cattle and hog prices show a steady to higher trend with fat steers at 8.55, fat cows and heifers 4.50 to 7.75, vealers 10.00, and hogs 2 000 head trading higher with bulk at 11.70 to 11.80. Native lambs steady at 14.00.
Foreign exchange markets show irregular movement in New York with Great Britain at 4.85 percent on demand and 4.857 on cables. Other currencies noted include France 3.76 demand, 3.7644 cables, Italy 4.03, Belgium 4.53, Germany 23.80, Tokyo 43, and Montreal 99 25 32.
Butter steady with creamery extras at 42 to 44 cents, standards 41.5 to 41. We note extra firsts 41 to 41.44, firsts 40.5 to 40, seconds 40. Eggs unchanged in Chicago trade on January 12.
By the Associated Press New York January 12 bonds quoted Liberty 3s at 99.31 first 4s at 101.22 second 4s at 100.20 third 4s at 100.29 fourth 4s at 102.1 treasury 48 at 103.1 treasury 4s at 106.14 reflecting US government debt prices.
Call money firmer with highs of 4 1 2 percent and lows near 4 4 tenths. Ruling rate 4 1 4 percent, closing bid 4 4 percent. Call loans against acceptances, time loans steady at 4 percent for sixty to ninety days and four to six months. Prime mercantile paper quoted around 4 percent.
Chicago January 12 potatoes steady as market reports Wisconsin Minnesota sacked round whites at 4.10 to 4.25 per cwt Wisconsin bulk at 4.39 to 4.40 per cwt
Wheat and corn values from Kansas City on January 12 show Wheat number 2 hard at 1.74 to 1.84, number 2 red at 1.83 to 1.85. Corn number 3 white at 76.14 to 75, number 2 yellow at 0 to 1. Oats numbers 2 white at 42 and 42, number 3 white at 42.5 to 43.5 percent.
Market brief from Amarillo Grain lists hard red wheat basis No 1 at 1.78 dollars per bushel Milo maize price per 100 pounds at 149 and kafir per 100 pounds at 1 .
Plans for a large automobile show during the cattlemen's convention on March 1 7 were discussed at an Amarillo Automotive Association meeting at the Amarillo hotel last night. A called meeting next Monday night will decide on the show. Howard Kuhlman was unanimously named secretary for the coming year, his fourth term. Members voted to enforce dues payment under by laws. W M McCarty, new association president, spoke on upcoming work and received full member support.
Prices listed for Leghorn hens and turkeys with related items. Offers include eggs fresh in new cases and stock butter pricing. Listings show assorted rates such as 18¢ for Leghorn, 25¢ for Old Tom Turkeys, and egg prices around 16 to 16.87 cents per dozen. Measurements include May figures and references to packing stock.
The new owners paid 200000 for The News and claim faith in Amarillo. Elsewhere a Huntsville Texas penitentiary report alleges inmates may practice with firearms, while Phoenix hosts a flower show opened by Mayor Horace Baker with a noted red nose incident in coverage the next morning.
S. B. McClure of Canyon was in town Monday as Hartley county sheriff candidate R. FE. Simmons seeks re election. Miss Willie May Marshall returns to school after illness. Mrs. Dunn of Clovis shopped in town. Amarillo figures note the city’s growth and plans.
A playful post office rite in Amarillo ends with Steve Hayden laid across mail sacks as two coworkers wield brooms. Seven year veteran Hayden has joined the benedict ranks and earned expected payback from colleagues while Miss Wilson declines the ritual saying she will not return if she marries.
Sheriff Wiley Pollard received a telegram Tuesday morning that a Ford coupe belonging to W. N. Durham of 1100 Harrison street, missing January 1, was recovered at Elgin Texas. The thief reportedly replaced the wheels at Mangum Oklahoma. no word if Elgin officers hold the suspect.
Reverend G H Bryant urges support for the Daily News as Gene Howe leads the paper. Local residents report illnesses and travel as the community notes holiday convalescence and relocation plans. Vega and Lubbock connections appear as families greet rapid town development.
Washington January 12 Maj Gen William Lassiter has been definitively chosen to take Gen Pershing's place as head of the Tacna Arica plebiscitary commission when Pershing returns to the United States. Slaton operates a 25000 egg chick hatchery.
A carpenter from Manasquan New Jersey claims a nonoperative cure for rupture after failed surgery and truss use. He promises full information to anyone who writes, urging readers to share the notice to help others avoid operation and its risks.
New Orleans January 12 Martin Behrman 61 longtime mayor of New Orleans for his fifth term died today after a prolonged illness Heart trouble cited as the cause Early funeral plans were set Behrman born in New York City and moved to New Orleans as a child He was elected mayor in 1964 serving sixteen years Also noted Sherman L G Seitz Pilot Point Garage owner goes on trial today charged with the murder of A C G Cheatam at Tioga in December 1924 following a reported dispute over a still location
W C Durant president of Durant Motor Company is expected to rest a week to ten days after injuries from the Overseas Express crash in Florida. Doctors report a long scalp wound bruises and a blue eye with possible concussion to monitor. автомобиль
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