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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
2
Livestock and oil furnished by Alex Hyman & Co. at 308 Polk St. Fort Worth market notes receipts of cattle, hogs, and sheep with price ranges for each category. Chicago market reports higher hogs and cattle with top prices for matured steers and vealers, plus sheep and feeder trends.
Cattle receipts total 3,500 with calves 500. fed steers and yearlings 8 to 9.40. beef cows 4 to 6.65. fad heifers 8.75. canners and cutters 2.25 to 3.40. bologna bulls 4.50 to 5. top veals 10. Hog receipts 82,000 with top 7.40 and bulk 7 to 7.32. sheep receipts 2,500 with native lambs 13.50 and fed yearling wethers 10.50 to 11 and fed Texas wethers 7. The market shows higher prices across cattle hogs and sheep.
Hog receipts reach 10,000 with heavy hogs at 7.55 to 7.60 and lights to 7.25. Cattle receipts 2,000 with feeders 7 to 7.50 and light quarters 9 to 9.40. packer sows 6.40 to 6.50. bulls 5. canners 2.25 to 2.60. vealers 10.50 to 11. Lambs 12.50 and lambs fat 3.50 to 5.0.
Local market list shows hens and turkeys with prices per pound for various weights. Hens over 4 pounds 18 cents, under 4 pounds 16 cents. bobwhite and leghorn types at 20 cents. roosters 5 cents. tom turkeys 12 pounds and over 10 cents. Butter 14 cents per pound. Eggs noted with note on loss and new cases.
Great West Mill and Elevator quotes local prices for wheat and maize. Wheat No 1 hard 1.90 per cwt and 1.26 per bushel for data unclear. maize 1.30 per 100 pounds.
Fourteen Hillcrest sharpshooters plan a 127 mile round trip Sunday to play Tucumcari golfers. Leading players include Woolsey, McGee, Smith, Stokes, Satterwhite, Clements, Kroft, Baskett, Sampson, Parr, Wooley, McClure, Bowen, and Chandler. W. W. Woolsey continues to shine with a 37 nine on a 385 yard hole yesterday.
Hog receipts 500 with top 87.30 and bulk 7.15 to 7.25. select cuts to 6.25. Cattle receipts 500 including 200 calves. market strong for butcher stock while others slow. beef steers 6.50 to 8.55. beef heifers 4 to 6.75. beef cows 3.50 to 5.2. veal calves 4 to 5. stockers 2 to 6. stock cows and feeders 2.5 to 4.
A Wichita Falls contract goes to the Plains Paving Company for 0.75 miles of paving in Wolflin addition. T. J. Wagner and Col. Will A. Miller authorized the award. Project value around 41000 dollars covers Washington street from Twentieth to Twenty-Sixth and Hughes and Hayden avenues from Wolflin to Twenty-Sixth. The Willite pavement with copper sulphite top surface is planned. Nearby Wolflin property will enter a restricted district sale with prime locations readied for residences this summer or early fall.
The United Party amid on again off again talks to back its nominees. Governor Bryan’s allies push for executive experience and liberal sympathy as a potential vice presidential fit. Bryan himself is surprised when informed of the decision.
Austin July 10 Gov Pat M Neff returning from New York criticizes the iron bound instruction policy at the Democratic national convention. He praises John W Davis as a wise choice and argues Texas delegates should not have framed votes to McAdoo or Smith on every call. Neff predicts a militant unbroken party front for November.
A stream of visitors from Claude Panhandle Groom Canyon Shamrock and Claude towns were in Amarillo yesterday and today. Bankers, merchants and families report illnesses births and local events including a new baby girl for Mr and Mrs A L Swink and a 1 1 2 pound baby for Mr and Mrs R N White. A U D C meeting at Mrs W P Hopkins home and community charity events are planned. The Claude guards head to a Galveston encampment and Miss Lydia Raubringer departs for Fresno California after a six week visit.
Farmers in the area receive mailed cards from the Board of City Development requesting acreage and stand information for cotton and other crops. The effort aims to help establish a gin and mutual city farming benefits. J. W. Jenning of Sweetwater, Oklahoma, is in town and expected to set up a gin despite location troubles.
The Amarillo exposition features J. E. Bryan and a large wholesale booth showcasing El-Food Mayonnaise dressing with abundant samples. Finklea Electric presents an Easy Vacuum washing machine booth with attractive charts arguing for electric washers. Visitors are drawn by colorful displays and promotional material.
At the weekly Rotary meeting in Amarillo, Harry Kearns led a quiz about Amarillo and Potter County with twenty questions. Rotarians filled out forms and discussed taxable city valuation, school tax rate, railroad payrolls, and bank clearings. Winners will be announced next meeting.
Lynch Davidson plans a campaign meeting at 8 o clock in the Amarillo county court rooms with J N Beasley presiding. Supporters will attend to organize and open local headquarters for the governor race.
A collection of quick quotes from civic figures in Amarillo including Ben Short Judge W A Palmer Mrs J T Huckabee and Dr R M Bennett. The remarks touch on politics Democrats gratitude and media coverage of presidential nomination as reported by The Globe.
Mr and Mrs Ross Rogers with their two eldest children Nell Dean and Ross leave Sunday for a three week tour of Texas. They will drive to Mineral Wells San Antonio Houston Georgetown Austin Waco and Lampasas the Rogers family home town.
Rube Mott and his wife, both of Yoakum County, were slightly injured when the Ford they drove overturned on the North Creek hill two miles north of Canyon. Mott suffered a broken shoulder in the mishap.
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