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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth TX cattle and hog receipts total 2700 with market steady. Beeves bring 3.50 to 6.00, stockers 3 to 6, cows 4.80 to 5.40, calves 2 to 8, yearlings 3 to 6, pigs 2.50 to 6.75. Sheep and lambs receipts 150 with lambs 13 to 15 and feeder lambs 10 to 18.50. goats 1.50 to 2.75.
Kansas City market notes say cattle receipts about 6 000 with steady tone. Steers favored for higher prices with fed steers at 8 to 9 dollars, some higher. stockers and feeders slow to steady. Hog receipts around 11 000 with prices about 10 cents higher, good 190 to 260 pound hogs averaging 7.16 to 7.25, packing sows 6.25 to 6.30.
Cattlemen open a Panhandle convention with calls for planned regional growth as ranches split into small farms. Mrs. Phebe K. Warner urges community housing with per-property improvements for new settlers, while Judge Sam Cowan pushes broad publicity. J C Swift notes stabilizing markets and credit conditions, praising Amarillo bankers. A resolution to honor Colonel Charles Goodnight is adopted.
Amarillo zinc smelter expansion moves forward with construction of five more blocks this month. United States Zinc Co. will double capacity to 12 000 to 15 000 workers eventually. Superintendent Charles F. Gregg praised as a top figure in Amarillo.
W A Myers reports a large turnout of Kansas City cattlemen for the buyers and sellers convention. Among attendees are W H Weeks and Charles M Pipkin plus Kansas City brokers and bankers, with George and John Conrad noted as prominent Panhandle cowmen and Dalhart ranchers feeding 3 600 head as outlooks seem particularly rosy.
Local talk says Coline oil company allied with Santa Fe railroad proposes a pipeline from the field north of Panhandle in Carson county to Panhandle and Amarillo. Obstruction may come from royalty holders refusing to sign, but support views it as a major stride for future oil development.
Funeral services for R. M. Moore pioneer of Plains will be at 10 tomorrow in Griggs chapel conducted by Rev. R. F. Jankins. Active pallbearers include George Lindsay George Williams Ray Smith Ben Golding Walter Parr. Burial in Liano cemetery. Honorary pallbearers listed.
The Lions club voted at a luncheon to furnish a room at the Children’s Home. A Lions committee then appeared before the city commission this afternoon offering cooperation to secure a desert highway to the cemetery.
Ten protests were filed with the city commission this afternoon against the proposal to pave Arthur street at the expense of property owners along that street. The street leads to the cemetery and owners argue the public should pay.
An Amarillo advertisement promotes Witherspoon's preparation for pyorrhea as a powerful antiseptic and penetrant. It claims to remove pus and inflammation from gums and bone, firms gums, and offers a liberal money back guarantee. Sold in 8 ounce bottles for $2.00, manufactured by Spoon Laboratories Denver and distributed by Hial P. Witherspoon in Amarillo.
Local notes list multiple arrivals and movements in Amarillo. The Amarillo auto show begins March 3 and runs three days. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Addkisson from Dear Smith county and A L McKnight, now state insurance agent in El Paso. WF Land plans to relocate from Dallas with family. I H Bingham joins William E Cazzell’s San Jacinto Heights team. Three vagrancy arrests reported this morning. Charles Brown and family buy a home in San Jacinto Heights through Gant Land Co and will move in about a month. Earnest Hughes, ex Amarillo police member, now long based in Dallas, visiting local friends.
It was reported this afternoon that the damage cases of C A Bell and Er H Thompson against the Fort Worth Denver railroad would be settled out of court, though a jury was secured this morning. Judge Bishop said he had heard settlement in both cases had been agreed upon. The Pelk and Thompson cases stem from the killings of Frances and Carolyn Belk and Mer tram Thompson by a Fort Worth Denver train at the Buchanan street crossing in Amarillo last May. The two cases total $30,000.
Amarillo banker W. W. Fuqua told the Lion Club today that businessmen should think more when business is good to reduce chances for bad business. George Hovey, president of Interstate National Bank, also spoke with remarks.
Fr W Zimmerman received a letter from Phillips West Virginia inquiries about land prices here. A Amarillo visitor was impressed with development prospects. A T Parton and family have traveled to Mineral Wells for a several week stay.
A brief note states the fair that built Dallas plans to extend its influence to Amarillo, signaling expansion ambitions and expected regional impact for the exhibit and related ventures.
A report from the City Light and Water Co. outlines a fundraising drive to build a Houstox Street Methodist church with support pledged by Dr. Ellis of Louisville. Local farmer M W Rutherford discusses spring wheat sowing and cotton plans amid rainy weather. Dad Legg, Polk Street crossing watchman, marks 17 years on the job with a planned 80 day vacation. Capt and Mrs Holbrook move to Satem Oregon with sister Ensign Brady in Kohala Hawaii. Joe Jacobsen Jr. recovers from a recent accident involving a MecSpadden Essex and Canyon road tractor.
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