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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
2
Hoge 300 hogs steady with top around 13.55 and bulk 13.25 to 13.50. Cattle 1,200 head including 290 calves, steady with beef steers 5.50 to 9.09, cows and heifers 4 to 39, bulls 3 to 4.50, veal calves 4 to 9, stockers 2 to 7.50. Sheep 159 head steady, lambs 12 to 13.50, ewes 3 to 7.50.
Chicago market report shows hogs 15 090 head with varying values from 12 40 to 14 25 for medium and light hogs and packing hogs 11 75 to 12 60. Cattle 8 900 head steady with tops 15 25 and steers 12 50 to 14 75. Sheep 12 000 head active with natives 15 25 to 15 50 and fat ewes 6 to 8 50.
In Fort Worth July 26 the cattle market was slow with few desirable offerings and steady to firm prices. About 5 000 cattle and 1 700 calves traded, plus 500 hogs and 500 sheep, with prices listed for every category from beef stockers to goats, showing a generally flat, cautious session.
Kansas City market report shows cattle 15 000 head calf 19 000 active and steady with grain feds 1 to 1 and wintered cattle 9 to 10 natives 7.50 to 8.50 grassers 7 to 8 50 and common 5 grass fat cows 3.50 to 7 canners 3 to 3.35. Hogs 5 000 top 13.80 packer top 13.60 sales 13.30 to 13.75 170 to 240 pounds 13.65 to 13.80 250 to 325 pounds 15.50 to 13.60 140 to 140 pounds 13.35 to 13.60 packing sows 12 to 12.40 stock pigs 12.25 to 18.00. Sheep 5,000 Colorado and natives 15.50 to 15.10 others 14.25 to 15 Louisiana wethers 7.50 Colorado owes 7 to 7.75.
Hogs 9,000 head steady with killing pigs at 14 dollars, packer sows 12.25 to 12.50, heavy butchers 14.25. Cattle 2,000 head steady with good natives 12.25 to 12.50, dealers 11, heifers 5.50 to 8.50, cows 4.50 to 5.50, culk sales 15 to 15.25. Sheep and lambs 500 head, light mutton ewes 7.69, medium and heavies 5 to 7, canners and cull grades 1 to 3.50.
Oklahoma City cattle market shows 3,200 head with active demand. Steers 5.75, cows 5 to 4.25, canners and cutters 2 to 3, calves strong with top 7. Hogs 400 head steady with top 15.90 and bulk 13.25 to 13.50.
South Omaha reports cattle totals of about 3,500 with grass cattle generally steady across the region. Trade conditions show stable prices and activity in the July market as feeders and packers assess supply.
Kansas City market notes show cash wheat for number 2 hard at 1.52 to 1.65 dollars and 2 wed at 1.59 to 1.65. Corn bids include 3 percent waste at 1.02 to 1.0314 and number 2 yellow at 1.081 to 1.10. Oats bids list number 2 white at 0.42 to 0.44 and number 3 white at 0.42 to 0.43.
Wheat numbers 1 and 2 hard quoted at 1.55 to 1.58 dollars per bushel. Corn numbers 2 and 3 mixed at 1.06 and 1.05 dollars. Oats numbers 2 and 3 white priced at 0.43 to 0.44 and 0.41 to 0.43 dollars per bushel.
Shoppers from surrounding towns travel to Allen's Clearance sale at 113 West Seventh to grab tricycles and other bargains.
Wheat, No 1 bard Kafir and Milo Maize quoted per 100 pounds and per bushel. Oats and Barley shown with price markers, including a $1.55 to $1.90 range and a 56.70 figure.
Amaro produce report notes fluctuating poultry prices with broilers and leghorns listed. The market shows roosters and turkeys including old toms. eggs and dairy items appear with various cents per dozen prices and packing stock details.
A garbled AP financial snippet shows scattered terms Open High Low Close and a mix of stock or commodity headings. No coherent company, date, or figure emerges from the readable OCR fragment.
Cotton futures in New Orleans edged lower with net declines of 57 to 61 points. Prices for contracts from January to May showed narrow ranges, with opening bids around 24.30 to 24.74 and nearby months trading near 24.49 to 24.66.
Posse units were dispatched to guard banks in six towns including Tuscola Newman Humboldt and Ashmore Charleston and nearby areas in Illinois after reports tied a Champaign dealer to a robbery plot. Police believe the gang planned the crime fifty miles from Champaign and near Villa Grove, with a woman and two men involved.
Danville Illinois July 30 sheriffs from three counties scoured prairie country chasing a car said to carry a man and a woman linked to a bandit gang. Andrew Hall Champaign auto dealer described a staged car demonstration. a pistol hold up ended with Hall as a prisoner and the driver fleeing at Oakland. No arrests by midnight.
A quake rattled the Panhandle as windows trembled and walls shook. Many residents fled homes in fear of collapse while higher structures in Amarillo and Palo Duro reported pronounced sway with water splashing from wash bowls. reports said the shock possibly cracked the north.
Residents reported a light tremor felt in the city with other Panhandle towns noting the temblor. One half inch of rain fell yesterday and continued drizzle has persisted since early morning.
Hereford reported a light earthquake shock felt early this morning drawing curiosity and disbelief. The town also recorded more than half an inch of rain last night.
Floydada experienced a minor tremor this morning with a 20 second quake at about 6 17. The event occurred early before most residents were awake and was described as a slight earthquake by local reports.
Special to The Globe reports Claude experienced its first earthquake early today. Shocks rattled windows and sent residents outside as rain totals over the past twelve hours topped more than an inch.
Wichita Falls reports two earthquakes felt at Childress Texas. The first quake struck around 2 a.m. and the second a few minutes after 6 a.m. Both tremors lasted about half a second with no damage reported.
A four second earthquake at 6 17 reported felt from Higgins to Hereford along the Santa Fe line. Severe in Gray and Carson counties, residents raced outdoors but no damage was reported in Pampa though townwide excitement ran high.
Spot cotton in New Orleans July 30 closed dull down 60 points. Nine sales on spot to arrive 100. Low middling 23.25, middling 24.25, good middling 24.85. Receipts 273, stock 53,754.
Cotton futures ended easy with declines of 50 to 69 points. The octave month levels showed Oct at 25.00, Dec around 25.05, Jan at 24.45, Mar about 24.71, May near 24.94 with nearby prices slipping across the board.
A list of stock listings with percent changes and company names including Am. Tel. and Tel, Atchison, Atl. Coast Line, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil, Studebaker, Westinghouse Electric, General Electric, and Pacific Oil. Mentions fluctuations and closing vibes across rail, steel, and petroleum sectors in a compact market snapshot.
A geologist from an Amarillo oil company says recent rains did not cause the Panhandle earthquake. He notes faults are common in the flat Texas Plains and attributes the tremor to slight dropping in strata. The fault lies south of Amarillo and is inferred from oil-well samples. Shocks did not damage wells and are not connected to drilling.
Canyon, July 30. A distinct earthquake shock was felt at 6 15 this morning with no known damage. This marks the first quake ever experienced in Canyon.
Enid Oklahoma July 30 scores of residents said they felt a light earthquake tremor lasting about thirty seconds early today.
An earth tremor of very low intensity was felt in Wichita Kansas at about 6:15 a.m. today. Local observers reported the slight shaking but there were no injuries or damage.
Tremors lasting about thirty five seconds were felt in Shamrock between 6 15 and 6 20 am today as district earth shocks continued.
Prominent citizens nationwide push a crusade against crime forming a national crime commission. Elbert H. Gary urges President Coolidge to join, with attendees including Governor Smith Richard Washburn Child and Franklin D Roosevelt. Members listed include Hughes Rockefeller Pepper Crowe Rea and Hadley.
Word reached of the death of Mrs A L Askew of Marble Falls Texas. She is the mother of W A Askew and Dr W L Askew of Amarillo. Dr W L Askew and W A Askew went to Marble Falls Wednesday with their sister Mrs Esterson of Goodnight after a wire about their mother. Mrs Askew died Wednesday at 4 PM. the children reached Marble Falls about 1 PM today.
Foot and mouth disease has been confirmed in cattle near Houston for the second time in a year. Dr E J Jarrell announced after inspecting about 100 Brahma cows owned by Rev William States Jacobs pastor of Houston at his ranch seventeen miles south of the city, the site of last year’s infection. Drs Marion Imes and W E Cotton of the federal animal industry bureau concurred in the diagnosis.
An inquiry at the depot office found cracks in the building have persisted for years. Officials think a minor slipping of an unknown fault plane in local rock formations likely causes the temblor, but no definite fault location is known.
Six building permits were issued yesterday for dwellings. The entries include A H. Broyles at 08 North Fillmore Street for 305 dollars, R. A. Hays at 409 North Johnson Street for 408 dollars, A L Randall at 910 Virginia Avenue for 2,000 dollars, A L Randall at 905 Kentucky for 3,200 dollars, Glenn Kendrick at 799 Tennessee Avenue for 3,000 dollars, and Clem Anderson at 604 Prospect Avenue for 5,400 dollars.
F. M. Lefforge & Co. advertises insurance bonds and real estate services with contact by phone number 130. The office offers coverage options and property dealings through its agency.
Employees of the Mission Coffee shop at 499 Polk Street, claiming back wages, test the right to collect pay in a union shop. The cafe was closed earlier this week. Proprietor Lucile Fox is said to be in Dallas. Keys were given to staff by Mrs. R. E. McAdoon of Oklahoma and a deputy sheriff. Workers remain on site eating, playing games, and reading.
Holmes identified a fifth man as Jack Nugent and linked him to the hospital visit. Nelson led the crew while some members were intoxicated. A black mask and a card with William J. Melenchuck’s name were found on Wood, suggesting Nugent may be the unaccounted robber and possessor of the loot.
Clarendon citizens rushed from homes as two sharp earthquakes struck at 6 06 and 6 10 am. The tremors rattled windows and dishes, with brief duration. Heavy rain since 1 am totaled over three inches, and a creekside building was undermined by rising waters.
Plainview residents report a very light earthquake shock on July 50 with only three persons sure they felt it. The Globe notes the tremor was minor and unnamed observers recorded no damage.
Little Rock reports B M Kaylor of Iredell Texas is dead and B A McLemore of Shreveport Louisiana is probably fatally injured after two autos skidded off a curve on the Little Rock Hot Springs highway sixteen miles west of Little Rock.
Claude and Warne McCool Jr ages 18 and 15 were hurt when their motorcycle struck a cow on the north highway. Both were carried home after first aid at a local doctor’s office. the younger boy is believed to have a fractured skull and multiple injuries. The older boy sustained cuts and bruises but stood up this morning.
The Knights of Pythias plan a meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the Odd Fellows hall per a local order leader J C Paschall.
Mrs. Bryan receives condolences at the hotel as thousands pay respects. Honorary pallbearers include Senators Norris Ashurst McKellar Shepherd and rep Oldfield along with ex secretary Daniels. A military escort and Arlington burial follow a flag draped coffin and New York Avenue Presbyterian lie in state. W H Fuqua of Amarillo travels to attend. The body rests in the church until noon tomorrow.
The Amarillo Globe reports tremors felt across the Panhandle with two distinct shocks at 6:05 and 6:10 am near Clarendon, Pampa, Plainview, and Amarillo. Residents inspected buildings, rumors of wider damage circulated, and W F Janzen secured earthquake insurance for two homes.
A cat startled by the morning quake at Bob Puckett's residence sprang from the bed and spun in a frenzied circle before leaping to a dresser. The dogged warning signs and small household disruption followed the tremor.
Local notes advertise There There Everywhere and Old Home Week with Thomas Meighan and Lon Chaney films at the Fair. Melon prices and delivery offers from Deandi Fruit Co with phone numbers 619 and 42 or 124. Community notices include recoveries after operations in Amarillo and updates on residents Mrs G B Underwood, Shorty Palmer, and others.
Local reports describe an Amos Amarillo temblor with varying explanations from sports figures about Tri-State field trials to ball flight by the Abilene Eagles. Miss Lida Witt recalls the Santa Barbara quake while Panhandle residents debate causes and insurance, noting forecasts of further shocks in forty eight and seventy two hours.
The executive committee completed the program for the Farmers Educational congress to be held in Amarillo on August 26 and 27. Local speakers will cover production marketing and local conditions with additional entertaining features to complete the two day and three night event.
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