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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth reports cattle 5 000 head including 1 500 calves with steady price ranges across beef cattle and herd stockers from 3 to 8 50. Hogs at 900 head trend lower with top 7 25 and sows 5 25 to 6 25. Sheep 3 750 head steady with lambs 10 to 13 and feeders 6 to 8. Goats 2 to 3.
Chicago livestock prices show cattle 28 000 head down with heavy steers around 10.10 and bologna bulls 4.50 to 4.65. Sheep 17 000 head lower with native lambs 13 to 14 and fat ewes 4 dollars and under. Hogs 78 000 head down with heavy butchers 7.10 to 7.20 and pack ing sows 6.25 to 6.65. killing pigs 6.76 to 6.00, bulk 6.70 to 7.15.
Hogs 15 000 head bid lower with heavy butchers 7.20 7.25 and lighter 6.50 6.95, packers sow 6.15 6.25. Cattle 5 000 with little interest, Texas steers 4.00 4.50, light weaners 8.00 8.75. Sheep 3 000 lower with fat lambs 12.60 13.99 and ewes 3.50 4.09.
Kansas City markets show cattle receipts of 15000 with slow demand. Fed steers bring 7.75 to 9.00, cows 3.50 to 6.00, heifers 8.25, vealers 7.00 to 7.50, stockers 5.50 to 7.00. Hogs run 17000 with top 6.90 and most sales 6.60 to 6.55, sows 6.15 to 6.25, stock pigs 5.25 to 6.00. Sheep receipts 7000, market lower with lambs 13.00 to 13.50 and culls 7.00 to 8.50.
Hog receipts 1300 with prices 6.50 to 6.80, top 6.85. cattle 1600 including 300 calves, market slow and dusty. Beef steers 5.50 to 7.50, beef heifers 3.75 to 7.50, cows 3.50 to 4.50, bulls 2.75 to 4.50, veal calves 3.00 to 6.50, stockers 2.75 to 5.75, stock cows 2.25 to 4.00.
The notice lists prices for hens of various weights, leghorns, broilers, roosters, geese, turkeys, and old stock. It notes price ranges in cents per unit and includes references to weight categories and packaging terms.
Amarillo notes grain prices offered to local growers by Great West Mill and Elevator. Wheat basin No. 1 hard and Kaffir per 100 pounds each at 1.00, oats per bushel, Milo and Maize per 100 pounds at 1.05, barley per bushel at 1.00.
Liverpool was due this morning 9 to 17 points lower on New Orleans and 4 to 12 lower on New York and came 12 to 18 points lower. Cotton opened trifle lower and closed at a net decline of 44 to 45 points for July, October 51 points and December 50 points. Weather reports noted rain in Texas and the central belt with showers in the eastern belt. Weekly dry goods review cites hot northern weather improving business. Boston reports textile inquiries up. Liverpool cabled Manchester reviving big business with India and China. Weather map shows scattered eastern and central rain, little in the west. German Dawes plan to be implemented in July. reparations question near solution per Paris cables. Corpus Christi reports heavy rains damaging cotton. 25 percent territory under water. Certificated stock of cotton 19,524 bales. first July tenders.
Fort Worth reports cattle dipping in Texas to combat fever ticks increased in May. Joint effort by the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission and the U S Bureau of Animal Industry covers 157 counties with 2,072,904 cattle in 74,084 herds. Active work accounts for 101 counties dipping 1,753,650 head and 56 counties completing final cleanup with 19,254 head dipped.
Dave Derden leads a 25 piece band in a free concert at the Oasis swimming pool on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 oclock. Expected to draw families and pool patrons seeking entertainment.
Amarnillo Cotton and Grain Exchange announces Alex Hyman and Co of New Orleans as managers while J R McCook remains for Amarillo office. The exchange operates in Amarillo Texas and lists contact via phone 3004.
Charles L. Green and his daughter Roberta report from aboard the Washington Irving boat touring New York and Albany. They name Carter Glass as the probable dark horse and Alvin Owsley as a leading second choice, noting the Democratic convention's length and Amarillo as a welcoming home.
T P Crume brother of Dr J J Crume 2110 Polk street died at Northwest Texas hospital after lingering illness He was 70 years old Survived by widow three daughters four sons One daughter lives in Portland Oregon another in Frederick Oklahoma Two sons in New Mexico and one here from Ola A brother Dr W M Crume of Rochester attends funeral Services at Llano cemetery at 6 30 tonight Pallbearers named Dr R S Killough Dr D Roach Dr J R Wrather Dr Richard Keys Thomas F Turner and Henry Jack
Midnight services in Griggs chapel drew a full house for the Scottish Rite funeral of J D Carter. Dr A J Caldwell presided with fourteen members of the order taking part. Music by Mrs Arthur Wargell and Mrs Otto Peitz. Services continued at Polk Street Methodist Church at 10 AM with Rev S W Hayne officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery.
The Tom Thumb wedding at Polk Street Methodist Church lists Robert Wilson as the bride, George Franklin as the groom, Trent Davis Jr as father of the bride, Harry Lockhart as best man, and Ford Walters as minister with flower girls bridesmaids and a ring bearer among the guests.
Report of pre convention activities includes foray to publish an anti-Ku Klux Klan plank by Alabama senator nominee backers. Alabama’s Forney Johnson to present the plank to the platform committee. Other items cover Edmund H. Moore elected national committeeman, Robinson of Arkansas named as presidential candidate backer, Homer Cummings predicts platform committee session, and Sen. Samuel M. Ralston to be nominated by Indiana delegation.
Tucumcari brought twelve golfers to face Hillcrest in twelve fast matches. The score stood six all with several upsets as New Mexico players defeated Hillcrest standouts including Harry McGee and Henry Reed. Satterwhite Samson Woolsey Rose Edmunson and McClure secured wins.
The ice cream social at St Pauls Methodist Church scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to the death of Dr Crume's brother.
For sale 4 gallon Jersey cow with contact. 110 for sale bargain prices target truckers grain farmers. Also two 1-2 ton and two 1-1 ton International Heavy Duty trucks all reconditioned and in first class mechanical condition. Terms to responsible parties. International Harvester Co of America 101 Lincoln St.
A public hearing in Amarillo debates the film Three Weeks with 18 in favor and 15 against after a committee vote. supporters praise cleaner content. opponents warn of moral impact and call for broader curation across media. A private exhibition offer and public vote plan are announced.
God reports from Shamrock on the Skink well while residents on Polk Street and Tyler Street seek hospital care. Local notices include a baby’s death, social visits, a cotton industry prospect, and plans for a state governor campaign. Amarillo prepares for a national guard encampment in Galveston with enlistment openings and speaker campaigns.
Wheat and oats threshing is under way in Armstrong county near Claude Texas. Farmers are hauling grain to Claude to market with yields from twenty five to thirty bushels per acre in some fields while dry areas yield less. Some Claude area farmers have not planted cotton and likely will not due to ongoing dry weather.
Amarillo employers were urged at the Ad club to grant their National Guard employees a two week Galveston encampment vacation. Capt. Otho Thompson noted thousands of dollars are paid to local guardsmen yearly. Galveston plans comfortable quarters and generous entertainment for attending families, as Amarillo units face potential transfer due to low membership.
In a Knott cartoon the New York delegate faces a menu while Father Knickerbocker presides, asking coffee tea or milk. The piece ends noting delegates drink only pure water with a cube of ice, reflecting democratic restraint. Co. W. Whittington, President. HAMON-WHITTINGTON MTG. CO. Loans on Farms and Ranches
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