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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth cattle complex includes 3 000 head with calves and bees to 7 dollars, hogs up to 7.15, sheep steady with lambs 7 to 12. Kansas City reports 5 000 cattle, 10 000 hogs rising to 6.95, lambs 12.65 to 15. St Louis hogs 7.05 to 7.10, cattle 2 000 with Texas steers 4.50 to 5.85 and lambs 12.50 to 12.75.
Hog receipts about 600 with a market up 20 cents. Prices ranged from 6.75 to 6.85 for most hog trades, top cuts at 6.00. Cattle receipts around 500 including 200 calves. beef steers 5.50 to 7.25, beef heifers 3.75 to 6.50, beef cows 3.50 to 4.85. Bulk sales 2.70 to 4.15, calves weak to strong, feeder prices 2.75 to 5.00. Cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.75.
Hog receipts reach 25 000 with heavy butchers 7 to 7 10 dollars per hundredweight medium 6 70 to 7 light 6 25 to 6 50 Cattle receipts 6 000 higher fed steers 7 50 to 9 50 bulls 4 40 to 4 60 veal calves 10 to 12 50 Sheep receipts 1 000 active native 13 65 to 14 culls
Readable prices for hens under four pounds and over four pounds, leghorns and broilers, ducks and turkeys with weights and per pound rates. Includes butter pricing, damaged goods notes, and delivery terms.
Prices paid to growers include wheat at 1.00, kaffir 1.00 per 10% pounds, oats 0.40 per bushel, maize 26.05 per 100 pounds, barley 0.0 per bushel. New Orleans July cotton opened 10 points lower at 27.58, moved down to 27.20, then rallied 100 points to 28.20, closing near the top. October opened 10 points down and closed 10 to 12 higher. Weather mostly favorable across cotton belt with hotter spots like Spur Texas. Reports note weak silk demand in New York and cotton goods in Atlanta, while garment workers strike in New York and best crop progress in Memphis.
W. B. Cozart from Oklahoma City opens the Cozart Grain company offices in Room 5 Ray-Bynam Building Amarillo saying the firm already owns elevators over the Panhandle and regrets not opening here a decade ago.
At a Polk Street Methodist Church board meeting a resolution opposing unification of North and South Methodist churches was tabled. Tom Turner and Judge W A Palmer will attend the July 2 Chattanooga session to consider the plan. Turner opposes, Palmer favors unification. North Conference has approved. A vote may decide if the plan goes to general or congregation vote.
Regular church night services are held at the hall at eight o clock tonight. After the lesson period the Senior Endeavor will provide entertainment and refreshments.
Cheap Hudson car in good condition. Call Vaughn at 2121. Also 111 Kent four room duplex with garage for sale at 1503 Polk, phone 2316. Duplex can be furnished or unfurnished.
PREWITT & SULLIVAN representing Donald Maginnis of New Orleans via J. 8. Bache & Co. Chicago. J. W. Parkins, Manager, Room 1 Webster Building, contact phone 3076.
Rock Island marks start of a four block industrial rail spur from the viaduct at Sixth Street to Adams Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets. R. R. Bragg and aides lead the grade work as McKnight's teamsters haul dirt. Officials anticipate new industries and virgin territory with the new line, though costs and completion date were not announced.
Madison Square Garden hosts a heated Democratic convention as pro Klan tensions rise. Oscar Underwood is nominated amid demonstrations by anti Klan delegates. California fights for McAdoo with flags, marching figures, and a long twenty foot banner creating a noisy showcase.
About 250 farmers around Amarillo will get contest guidelines from Harmon Benton for a 10 acre plot. A blank form for soil prep planting cultivation and yields is enclosed to track progress and count part of the score. July 1 marking of plots is required for committee visits and late planting findings from 1924 are noted.
The article reports strong backing for William Gibbs McAdoo at a New York convention. Proponents praise his farming roots, treasury and railroad leadership, wage and labor policies, and commitment to American law and religious freedom.
Senator Walsh, new permanent chair of the Democratic national convention, says the coming campaign will test whether Americans will keep the current government in power amid senate corruption disclosures. He condemns Republican attempts to shift issues and calls for a return to Wilsonian moral leadership and world leadership. Daily Globe want ads le per wora.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas is suspended until July 7 by the Chevy Chase club after a golf course incident with Dr. Joseph Mitchell. He was asked to appear before the board of governors to explain the affair.
Jeff D. Bartlett city manager said the city purchased a lot extending over Eighth Street on the North Side. The house on the lot was moved back from the street right of way to open the street at full width. The lot was bought from John Deese. Try a Daily Globe want ad.
Attorney General charges a coalition of oil companies with conspiracy and monopoly to restrain interstate and foreign trade in gasoline. The complaint alleges patent pooling and after acquired rights to bar challenges, fixed royalties, and production limits to cap output. It names Standard Oil Indiana to seek a de facto monopoly in 15 states.
City commission ordered city engineer Banks Jones to review statements from local ice firms on weights and delivery prices. Representatives from two companies argued against weighing ice at residences citing wagon scale issues, noting Amarrillo’s rates are lower than many cities. The panel has long considered protecting the public from short weights.
An order requires District Attorney Hayward to appear before Federal Judge Knox to show cause why all liquors aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria should not be seized. The ship was scheduled to sail for England that afternoon.
W W Lynch says the street car system is not yet a money maker but covers costs. He hopes San Jacinto will reach 10 000 population before the line pays more than expenses. J Levy notes road signs are being made for the Palo Duro canyon road with a devil figure pointing to the Devil's Kitchen.
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