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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1925
Page
2
Chicago and Wichita markets show mixed livestock activity with hogs and sheep higher. Hogs ranged from 12.40 to 15.75, sows 12 to 12.26, heavy hogs 13 to 13.65, cattle active with heavy bullocks 12.12 to 12.25 and yearlings 11.50 to 12.10, lambs 15.75 to 16. Culls and ewes priced around 7.50 and 11 to 11.25 respectively.
Amari ll o produce listing details Leghorn hens turkeys and broilers with price notes for straight breeds and ducks. It references old stock terms, packing stock, butter, and cases with a chargeback of seven dollars and twenty cents in a truncated market listing.
Oklahoma City on June 24 reports cattle prices steady with grass fed steers 6.75 to 7.25, grass fed cows 4.50 to 5, dealers up to 8, stockers to the HogA 600 level, bulk 15.15 to 15.45, stockers 11 to 11.50, packing sows 11.50 to 11.75.
Port Worth livestock auction shows cattle 6 100 with 600 calves steady. Heifers 3.50 to 9.25 and stockers 39 to 6. fat cows 3.25 to 6.50. Bulls 2.25 to 4.25. Hogs 600 lower top 13.35 and bulk 12.75 to 13.20. Sheep 500 steady lambs 10 to 13 feeders 9 to 10 yearlings 8 to 9 wethers 6 to 7 ewes 5 to 6 stockers 2 to 4.
Fast St Louis report shows 5 500 hogs sold with top 13 70 and bulk 15 59 to 15 60 while pigs ranged 12 to 12 75 and packer sows 12 to 14 25 Cattle 2 000 active native steers 5 70 to 11 26 mixed yearlings to 11 25 cows 5 0 25 canners 2 75 to 3 25 fat lambs 15 25 to 15 59 and culls 5 50 to 9 50 with heavies 4 50 9 50.
Kansas City market figures show 7 000 cattle and 5 000 sheep with broad ranges. Calves 1 500 head steady to higher, top calves $10, fed stockers and yearlings $9 to $11, Texas fed cattle $8 25 to $10 25, wintered Kansas $7 25 to $8 80. Sheep demand firm with Idaho lambs around $16 and natives $15 to $15 65. Sows and stock pigs traded around $12 to $12 75 and $12 to $12 65 respectively.
Wheat numbers show hard 31.64 percent and hard 1 1.461 percent. Corn prices list number 2 mixed from 1.07 to 1.14 dollars with number 2 yellow at 1.07 to 1.09. Oats show number 2 white at 50.15 and number 3 white 47% to 48.14.
Wheat futures ease to 152 154 for hard and 163 169 for red, corn at 99 10114, 103% to 104% for yellow, oats 49 50, white 48 49 in Kansas City trading. Market notes imply firm tone with mixed gains across grain grades.
Futures prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Hog Bellies show July and Sept contracts varying with gains and declines. Prices listed include highs lows closes, with notable readings around 1.56 to 1.58 for Wheat July and 28.95 for pork bellies in Sept. contracts.
Brisk new up turns in the value of wheat occurred early today as reports of black rust in spring wheat sections stimulated buying interest. The Associated Press notes a lively push in futures in Chicago trading.
Grain prices show mixed movement as wheat triggers shifts in corn and oats. Prices ranged with July wheat around 1.55 to 1.58, September 1.54 to 1.66, while corn and oats followed the wheat trend with modest gains and early losses trimming later.
Spot cotton in Newrorbans une 24 closed quiet down 15 points. Sales 10% to arrive none. Low middling around 22.40, middling 23.40, good middling 24.40. Receipts 97 dollars, stock 105,087.
Chicago notes show July Get cotton closed with price 2 cents, 2007 delivery details for Dee and January March 28 figures, a terse market update from the day.
New Orleans reports Cotlon futures closing steady with a net range of gains and losses. The market showed opening and closing data with several price points and irregular movements across different contract months.
Cotton futures closed barely steady with small net moves. July contract opened at 23.40, high 23.75, low 28.30, closing near 23.54 as other months traded between 20.85 and 33.03 with varying figures. Market activity remained subdued amid mixed quotes and minor gains.
Spot cotton prices in Dallas and Texas ports: Dallas 24.00, Houston 24.25, Galveston 24.00.
A fragmented OCR list shows various companies and stock percentages, including General Electric, General Motors, Kennecott Copper, Seaboard Oil, American Locomotive, Baldwin Locomotive, Studebaker, Westinghouse Electric, and others. The text reads like a financial snapshot with scattered figures and company names rather than a cohesive report.
George Maggard and Bob Ames returned to Amarillo with eight rainbows weighing about three pounds each and many smaller fish. They fished from a raft using number eight flies on Seepage Lake near Creen Colorado, then in the Rio Grande. The trip began Saturday morning in Mr. Ames Hudson, driving about 00 miles at over 40 mph.
In Forrester Michigan on June 24 authorities continued a shoreline search for the bodies of Charles Kirkpatrick and Ruby Boora after they disappeared Saturday. A note signed Charlie and Ruby found in a boathouse describes plans to die together due to love entanglements and hopes for forgiveness.
The free mail delivery zone in Am irilo is widened by several blocks across North Fifth to St. Francis highway and adjacent streets. Extension authorized by two letters from the postmaster general's office. boxes must be installed. Completion hoped by Monday morning with resident cooperation and inspection before service begins.
Panhandle Music Company announces a new record line with the Panhandle distribution rights for Perfect phonograph records. A stock of 500 records is on hand and sales are strong with "Ukulele Ike" tunes and latest hits. Sub-agencies will expand across the Panhandle, retail price two records for 75 cents.
Lieutenant Lapeyre and six soldiers blew up their block house on the Riff frontier after a failed defense, killing themselves to thwart the Riffs. The act prompted a heliograph warning to headquarters. The piece notes the Prince of Wales honoring Dom Paul Kruger and jokes about Kruger's role in a Tennessee monkey case.
The Globe hires Rachel Dunaway daughter of Amarillo residents Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Dunaway. A Texas graduate from the University of Texas at Austin she studied journalism and earned Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Sigma Phi honors. She aims to pursue prominent newspaper work.
S. J. Cole traffic manager of the Board of City Development reports oral arguments were heard in the interstate commerce commission rate cases in Washington for five days. The commission is behind in its work and a decision may take months. Dallas Fort Worth and Oklahoma points in the northwest Texas territory opposed the West Texas charge.
Mrs. Amanda Lena Gibson, 57, wife of C. E. Gibson, died Tuesday night at 11:30 in a local hospital after a period of illness. The couple lived on a farm six miles south of Canyon in Randall county. Survived by her husband, three sons and six daughters, with children listed as Wesley I T Gibson and Roy Gibson of Childress, Rowena Wall of Canyon, and Dewey Edith Goldie Alma B Charles Nellie Gibson at home. Body held by Griggs Undertaking, funeral expected tomorrow in Canyon.
Funeral services for A Henry 75 were held at Marlow with the casket moved to the cemetery in a mule drawn wagon per his request. He was a half brother of former Texas Chief Justice Henry of the supreme court.
W N Cooper has resigned as salesman with J J Summers. He has not announced his plans but friends say he intends to continue in the real estate business in Amarillo.
City chemist Jack C. Wyatt reports water at The Nat is pure and safe. The Violet Ray process used by The Nat ensures continual purity and manager Paul aims to maintain a perfect test of water quality at all times.
Frank D. Papadeas of the Texas Candy Shop 7071 Polk Street left yesterday for Athens Greece to see his mother whom he has not seen in nearly thirty years He will also visit the Holy Land during the trip in his absence Mrs Papadeas will run the candy shop in his absence.
W H Holmes compares Amarillo gas field potential to all water power. An oil man predicts a gas pipeline to Shamrock within eighteen months. James A Bush cites wire worm damage to crops near Bushland and advocates copper carbonate treatment and a local agricultural station Lauding Amarillo as Panhandle hub alongside Lubbock. Births listed for Tadlock, Boone, Herrington, and White families in Amarillo area.
F. W. Kazmeier, a former head of the Texas A and M poultry department and nationally known expert, lectures tonight at the auditorium. All interested in poultry are invited to attend.
T S Barnes chief dispatcher of the Rock Island returns from Topeka headquarters. Present arrangements set a new time card effective Sunday July 5 impacting Amarillo, with the announced schedule from The Globe last week remaining unless a last minute change occurs. The California trains will pass Amarillo at night instead of daytime.
The Navy threatened to quit the MacMillan Arctic expedition but the National Geographic Society announced a reached agreement. The dispute centered on installing radio equipment on the ship Peary and prompted the Putnam to rush gear to Sydney. The society said the issue stemmed from a misunderstanding and the mission would proceed as planned.
Concordia Kan June 24 Charle B Davies is charged with hiring gunmen to kill his wife and has repudiated the confession he earlier gave to county officials. J D Fell a local lumberman and friend of Davies said Davies told him and Dr H F Doty county coroner that the confession was wrung from him while his mind was unbalanced by worries.
Bristol Virginia Tennessee June 24 In a pitched battle between moonshiners and officers on Paint Creek sixteen miles below Greed ville Tenn Deputy Sheriff Hunter Rollins was killed Emanuel Rollins his father and C P Carter were critically wounded Four automobiles with armed men were rushed to the scene from Greenville and federal prohibition officer Shelton asked Johnson City officials for help Shelton says more trouble is expected when officers reach Paint Creek scene of several similar battles during the past year Mrs HU P Canode expected home tomorrow from a ten days visit to San Antonio
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