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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
6
Hogs traded higher at Wichita with bulk sold 13.70 to 13.85 per cwt. Cattle saw slower demand with 600 head, 100 calves, beef steers 6 to 8, beef cows and heifers 3.75 to 8.50, bulls 4 to 4.75, veal calves 4 to 28, stockers 350 to 937. Sheep 100 head, lambs 12 and up. Amarillo grain bids listed for wheat, milo, oats, and barley with prices around 1.50 to 1.90 per unit.
Chicago market notes show hogs 22 900 head with top price $14.60 and varied ranges for sows pigs and heavy hogs. Cattle trading dull with best yearlings around $14.00 and vealers $19 to $11 per hundredweight, with ranges listed for natives and wethers.
Kansas City and East St. Louis report mixed livestock bids with cattle and hogs steady to higher. Beef steers range around 9.50 to 11.85, western steers to 8.75, canners down to 2.25, hogs top at 14.80 with typical 14.65 to 14.75, sows 13, sheep activity light with lambs 3.76 to 14.25 in play.
In Fort Worth on July 16, cattle numbers reached 5700 with 1000 calves. bulls, heifers, yearlings and stockers quoted from 2 to 9.75 dollars. Hogs 1500 head sold slow with bulk around 15.50 to 13.85. Sheep 2000 head steady with lambs 10 to 13 dollars and feeders 9 to 10 dollars.
Wheat numbers move between 1.54 and 1.66 dollars with hard and red varieties cited. Corn futures range from 1.06 to 1.15 dollars with white and yellow grades noted. Oats show values around 0.49 to 0.48 dollars with white varieties mentioned.
Chicago market report shows wheat No 2 at 1.60 to 1.61 dollars No 1 hard 1.56 to 1.07 dollars corn No 1 mixed 1.194 No 2 yellow 1.11 to 1.12 oats No 2 white 0.48 to 0.50 No 3 white 0.44 to 0.47 dollars.
New Orleans spot market closed quietly with a three point rise and sales totaling 142. Arrivals were none. Prices for grades ranged from low middling 23.20 to good middling 24.80 with receipts at 258 and stock at 72,806.
New Orleans July 16 Cotton futures closed with gains of 29 to 33 points as market activity reflected ongoing demand and price strength.
The report lists poultry prices for Leghorns, broilers, roosters, turkeys, butter stock, and eggs alongside daily cotton futures movements. It notes July to May cotton quotes with regional price references for New York, Dallas, Houston and Galveston markets.
New York money rates show call money with highs near 3 percent and lows unlisted, closing bids at 3 percent. Time loans are firm with 60 to 90 days at 4 percent and 4 to 6 months also around 4 percent. Prime commercial paper quoted 3 to 4 percent.
On July 16 in New York foreign exchanges held steady with Great Britain at 4.85 11-16, cables 4.86 3, sixty days 4.81 9-18, France at 4.71% and cables 4.72, Italy 3.70, Belgium 4.64, Germany 23.80, Tokyo 41%, Montreal 100 1-32.
New York July 16 closes list United States bonds with varied standings. Liberty Street notes include second 48 160.14 first 448 102.18 second 448 101.6 third 4498 101.19 and fourth 4s 102.24. U S treasury entries 49 103.22 and 4445 107.16 reflect trading activity.
A fragmented list shows varied stock quotes and company mentions including Consolidated Gas, General Electric, General Motors, Crucible Steel, Seaboard Oil, Sinclair, and Transcontinental. Notable percentages appear for several firms, with mixed gains and losses across the trading day.
Henry Ford offered 1 706 000 for 200 Shipping Board vessels slated for scrapping. The bid surpassed Baltimore Iron and Metal's 1 370 000 and triggered a formal protest from Boston firm alleging bias and requesting rejection of all bids and fresh proposals under new advertisement.
Dallas will host a standard motor speedway the sixth in the United States. The 216 acre site near Grand Prairie on the Fort Worth pike is expected to be completed by fall. The track will be a wooden mile and a quarter circumference with seating for 190000. George A. Long Jr. becomes general manager. The project costs about 500000 and the first international race is planned for November.
Detroit July 16 The Detroit Free Press reports Henry Ford embraces old fashioned dances. He teaches quadrilles and squares in a Dearborn laboratory ballroom with dancing master Benjamin Lovett. Ford says old dances are in the American blood and will return with exposure.
Dr. Walter Splawn president of Texas University received a leave of absence to testify as an expert witness before the joint Interstate Commerce Commission and Texas Railroad Commission hearing in Plainview starting July 20. He will not represent any railroad but will advocate railroad development in West Texas as former railroad commission chairman.
Bowdoin crew hauls to the mast for sleep after three days battling mosquitos at Hopedale Labrador. Repairs to replace the propeller aimed to speed rejoining the Peary off Greenland. Eskimos aboard boats watch as crew struggles with heat and insects amid a small tidal wave.
Judge J W Culwell will be toastmaster at the Knights of Pythias event Friday night at Woodmen hall. The program includes readings by Mrs T A White Miss Laura V Hamner and Miss Dorothy Herbert whistling by Miss Mary E Ledford toe dancing by Catherine Wilson fiddle and banjo by Hoag and Mutter quartette led by Edwin Pearce Earl Pearce Sid Cleghorn and Longo Reed instrumental pieces by Edwin Pearce and Charles Collins and a feature by five year old twins Helen and Lillian Howard along with ice cream and cake.
J B Whitley Honeygrove police chief proposed a mechanical device to limit car speed to legal limits as a curb on highway speeding. He spoke at a Chiefs of Police meeting noting the auto era’s benefits but also risks including bank robberies threats to morality and rising hospital and cemetery casualties.
Paris reports Marshal Petain will travel to Morocco to confer with Marshal Lyautey on large scale operations to crush Abd el Krim. Petain will depart for Toulouse then fly to Rabat to map details of the campaign against the Rifian leader.
Holland Texas July 16 no traces found this morning of five men involved in a daylight robbery at noon yesterday of the First National Bank. Two masked robbers with three confederates took 1835 dollars and more than 4900 remained. Evening hours are reading hours.
General William S Graves arrives in Chicago to assume command of the Sixth Corps Area covering Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan. Graves known for Philippine service and Siberia campaign. He succeeds Major General Harry C Hale who retired on age. Born March 27 1865 at Mount Calm Texas.
An ordinance to the Chicago city council would require tail lights for saddle horses. The rear light must emit a red color visible from the direction the horse travels to improve safety on night bridle paths. Sponsors say increased night riding creates a hazard and demands the law.
Testimony in district court on a petition by A McSwain seeks a temporary injunction against Ernest Denny and other East Charillo residents to stop threats toward black property buyers near the Santa Fe roundhouse. Negro preachers and a black witness testified no threats were made. case enters third day with continuances due to attorney engagements.
Austin, July 16. Creation of a Publicity bureau to carry on campaigns during October January for a 100 percent payment of poll taxes was authorized at the first session of the twenty first annual convention of the Tax Collectors association of Texas. S H Terrell state comptroller offered the resolution creating the bureau. We must reduce evasion of poll tax payments. The law requires every person 21 years old to contribute to the state's government and schools by paying the poll tax. The people of Texas need to be emphatically reminded that payment of the poll tax is a public duty.
Five robbers halted the Stanley Jewelry store on West 125th Street and cuffed three employees before fleeing in a car driven by a sixth man. Jewelry valued at $100000 was taken.
Dr Vern on K Graham tuberculosis examiner and government veterans bureau specialist died at the United States Veterans hospital Kansas City after a long illness. He had lived with heart disease and spinal tuberculosis since last February.
In Portland the sixty first annual Elks convention opened with a parade through city streets. Highlights include Pendleton's Elk delegation featuring twenty four Indians, two pioneer era stage coaches, and 112 horses. Southwest entries rival Pendleton with cowboy displays from Texas and Oklahoma and other western figures.
Lloyd Woodward, a truck driver, suffered a dislocated hip and a broken leg when gravel caved in yesterday. He is reported doing nicely at a local hospital.
Cape Fris-Nez France July 16 Miss Lillian Harrison Argentine swimmer failed to complete her attempt to swim the English Channel five miles from Dover on the English side.
The article notes Russians abandoning beards to Western fashion under Peter rule and others preserving them for the afterlife. It reports oil prices rising and stock markets easing, with big firms claiming higher earnings. John D. Rockefeller Jr. supposedly secures an eight hour oil field workday, deemed a civilization step.
Fred Bone addressed the Amarillo Rotary Club at noon today. He urged personal interest and cooperation between employer and employee as essential to success. The program was led by Charles L. Green with Harry L. Kearns outlining duties of the Business Relations committee for the coming year.
W. N. Cooper sold the property at 509 Sunset Road in the Country Club district to H. E. Gray of Panhandle Barber Supply. C. M. McCullough praises Amarillo summer weather and mild nights. G. C. Ma Daniel reports, while The Globe’s Miss Nettie Thompson resigns as head bookkeeper to move to Denver by August 1 to live with a sister.
Five Americans and an English chauffeur were injured when a sightseeing automobile skidded and overturned at Lanham. One American woman suffered a broken collar bone and was taken to Oakham hospital. The others continued to London.
Hayden Smith a 17 year old of Schenectady has confessed to killing Ziba C Nickerson a 29 year old resident of Chatham Mass and Chicago authorities said Nickerson s body was found Sunday hidden in bushes along a highway near the locality
Prunes raised domestically and shipped abroad in the last year totaled about 221 million pounds. The stat reflects export activity with strong demand overseas and indicates a high level of production efficiency and market access.
In Havana on July 16 Valentin Martinez, a convicted wife murderer, is scheduled for the garrote at 7 am in the Pinar Del Rio jail. Efforts to save him failed and the execution team was moved to the jail. Over 3,000 workers in Havana struck in protest of the sentencing and its carrying out.
Lost young fox terrier bull puppy with bobbed tail answers to Snooks. Reward offered. Contact 1501 Pierce for information leading to recovery.
Many used Ford models and other cars offered for cash or credit. Listings include 1923 Ford Roadster, 1924 Ford Coupe, 1925 Studebaker Six touring, and various roadsters, dodges, and Overland models with trade offers, low prices, and daily hours From sellers Latham White McKenzie Fincher and others on Polk Street East 10th and Aldridge streets and 211 West 6th Street.
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