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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth cattle prices held steady with beef cattle trading around 4.50 to 7.76 per hundredweight and cows and bulls showing narrow ranges. Hogs moved lower in some classes while sheep and goats remained steady to mixed, with lambs and feeders seeing notable spread in value. Market activity covered cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats.
Hogs sold 1000 head with tops at 6.95 and most between 6.80 and 6.90. Cattle receipts 550 with 160 calves. prices steady to lower across beef steers 6.50 to 7.85, beef cows 3.85 to 6.00, bulls 2.75 to 4.60, veal calves 4.00 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 6.65.
Kansas City stockyard totals show cattle and calves at 1,500 head with prices up to 9.75 for fed steers and yearlings and 4.50 to 7.50 for beef cows and heifers. Hog offerings around 5,000 trend lower with tops near 6.95, sheep around 4,000 with spring lambs around 15.00 to 15.60, Texas wethers 7.50.
Hogs 32 000 head with heavy butchers 7 25 to 7 85 medium 7 00 to 7 20 pack ing sows 6 25 to 6 55 killing pigs 6 00 to 6 15. Cattle 11 000 head slow mature steers 4 25 to 10 50 light yearling heifers to 9 50 grain fed cows 8 25 and up bologna bulls 5 10 to 5 25 vealers 9 to 10 00. Sheep 8 000 head higher native spring lambs 16 75 to 17 00 clipped lambs 14 50 native ewes 6 00 breeding ewes 10 50 to 11 00.
Hogs 20 000. heavy hogs 7.35 to 7.40. medium 7.00 to 7.15. pigs 6.25 to 6.50. packer sows 6.35. Cattle 4 500. calves 9.25 to 9.50. native steers 8.85 to 9.65. Texans 6.55. beef cows 4.50 to 5.50. canners 2.25 to 2.75. bologna bulls 4.25 to 6.00. Sheep 6 000. spring lambs 16.25. culls 8.50. clipped lambs 13.00. fat ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
Listing shows prices for hens two weight classes, broilers, leghorns, blacks, roosters, stags, turkeys hens and toms, and butter and eggs. Notable prices include hens up to 4 lbs at 17e per lb and over 4 lbs at 114e per lb, turkeys hens over 1 lb at 1lbe¢, toms over 12 pounds at 1lbec, and butter at 14e with eggs delivered at $5.85.
Prices listed by Great West Mill and Elevator Co for local Kaffir oats wheat basis No 1 hard maize and barley per unit. Figures show 1.00 to 1.05 dollar ranges with units per 100 pounds or per bushel.
Sudden jumps of over 4 cents a bushel hit wheat as trading opened in Chicago. The rise follows government estimates cutting the 1924 winter crop by 44 million bushels, a factor cited as largely responsible for the surge.
Liv erpool reported cotton down 20 to 31 points this morning after holidays while New Orleans closed 15 to 20 points higher. Weather notes cite scattered rains and above normal temperatures across the belt. Berlin wires on Dawes plan railroads. Arkansas rains heavy. Moultrie reports first cotton bloom. McAlester notes fairly poor stands and no boll weevil complaints.
The Rev. G. L. Yates of McKinney will be here tomorrow to discuss a call to the First Baptist church of Amarillo. He is expected to lead prayer service tomorrow night.
NY cotton prices closed around 24.46 to 24.88 with March May July and October futures showing modest moves. Stock listings include American Smelting American Locomotive General Motors Westinghouse and Phillips Petroleum among others, with varied percentages shown for par values and shifts.
Amarillo Cotton & Grain Exchange reports stock listings for cotton grain and provisions. Representatives include J. R. McCook manager in Amarillo, Alex Hyman & Co. New Orleans, and Prewitt & Sullivan representing Donald Maginnis with J. S. Bache & Co. Chicago. J. W. Parkins manager in Webster Building Room 1.
A convention in Amarillo drew 240 delegates as speakers urged prudent banking, balanced assets and a cooperative cotton marketing approach. Messages emphasized cautious investment, public service roles for banks, and wealth distribution through cooperative policies.
A series of brief quotes from Amarillo figures covers golf as a lifelong passion at the Amarillo Country Club, a car crash near Hereford and Dawn, a proposed children and mothers feature for The Globe, a note about a 10 pound bass possibly caught at Goodnight, Panhandle bankers at a prominent convention, and plans to develop the Harding ranch into a main Panhandle playground with a new dam and road.
Wanted flat top desk and typewriter desk, swivel chair, two or three straight chairs. box 24 Globe. For rent a 5 room modern house close in, suitable for two families, $30 a month. Also three furnished rooms, modern with private entrance at 2000 Buchanan. Phone 1100 or $23.8
Daily program listings for KYW WGN WMAQ WDAP WHA and others outline evening and late night broadcasts. Highlights include Children bedtime stories Northwestern University and Oriole Orchestra concerts and Republican National Convention coverage with regional musical and educational programs.
The eighteenth Republican national convention opened with prayer and a photo session. Chairman Adams praised Lincoln, credited Republican rule for moral and material progress, and nominated Rep Burton of Ohio as temporary chairman amid strong applause. Burton’s mic troubles briefly interrupted the delivery as broadcasts reached millions.
Theodore Burton, temporary chairman at the national convention, urged the Republican Party to rally behind Calvin Coolidge. He praised Coolidge's honesty and courage, urged support on controversial issues, and called for adherence to the world court with reservations. Burton defended past congressional outcomes and highlighted Harding era achievements.
The chairman praised officials from top to clerks as faithful to the public good and urged stopping indiscriminate scandal mongering. He said Republicans stand for law enforcement and caution against rapid legal changes, trusting experience and history to guide the nation.
At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland delegates begin their first session amid debate over a running mate. Moves for Kenyon Dawes Hoover vary, Dawes loses ground, Old Guard resistant to nominating the governor. New leadership under William M. Butler gathers momentum. Brewster pushes Hyde’s name for vice president, fueling activity.
In Cleveland at a Womans Party dinner, Mrs Genevieve Allen of San Francisco proposed offering a favorite daughter as a vice presidential candidate. The idea drew enthusiastic cheers from hundreds, with California delegates later weighing the move. Rumors that Mrs Medill McCormick would back a woman candidate were denied.
The Republican resolutions committee in Cleveland completed a tentative draft of the 1924 platform after overnight sessions. It incorporated views from President Coolidge by telephone and will be refined during five hours of hearings before a convention vote Wednesday afternoon.
In Cleveland on June 10 fighting to block night wine and beer in the Republican platform, a prohibition advocacy group drafted a dry plank for the resolutions committee. Clinton N. Howard Rev. Charles Scanlon and Canon Chase worked independently to present a similar plank to the Democratic convention. The draft opposes changing the Volstead Act and argues light wine and beer amendments would hinder enforcement.
A reflective verse portrays the banker as a packhorse bearing others budgets and debts. The speaker praises banks for carrying loads while admitting dependence and gratitude toward financial institutions. Published in October advertising column by W. Whittington Co. President. $75,000.00 $54,405.07
Funeral services for S. J. Slade 70 died at home 1300 Harrison yesterday will be at 5 pm at the residence with Rev H W Virgin and Rev R F Jenkins officiating Burial at 6 15 pm tomorrow in Rosebud Texas He leaves a widow and six children in Amarillo Hereford Waco El Paso Rosebud and Amarillo brothers in Trans Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas and Mineral Wells Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named.
Funeral services for E B E Dun ning 48 died yesterday in a local hospital were held at Blackburn Funeral home with Rev T V Cox officiating. The body was sent to Cherokee Oklahoma for burial accompanied by Rev F A Dunning brother. Survived by three brothers and two sisters: John B Dunning Tankawa Frank E Dunning Cherokee Frey A Dunning Turley Mrs Laura Jordan Enid and Mrs Mary Mitchell Big Sandy Montana.
Funeral services for Rosemary Linevillé infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Lineville were held at Blackburn Funeral home Sunday afternoon with Rev I T Huckabee officiating. Burial followed in Llano cemetery with pallbearers chosen from San Jacinto Boy Scouts.
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