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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
2
Cattle numbers around 19 000 in Kansas City with steers 8.50 to 10 top long yearlings 11 25 and cows 4 75 to 6 25. Hog prices lift in Chicago with top at 14 15 and cattle at 11 50 for matured steers. sheep also reported with Texas lambs around 14 to 16 80 for feeder types.
Wichita reports 1500 hogs with prices up to 14 dollars and bulk 13.75 to 13.95 while cattle 700 head stay steady with beef steers 8 to 10 and cows 4 to 9.50. Oklahoma City notes 8300 cattle with steers at 8.25 and calves below, hogs 1100 higher topping 14 and bulk 13.40 to 13.90 with stockers at 9 to 10.75.
Fort Worth cattle sales March 16 show steady prices across beef, fat cows and calves. Beef and yearling values range from 3.50 to 9.00, with calves 2.50 to 9. Bulls and sows also traded, sheep and lambs steady with lambs 13.56 to 15.50 and feeders 10 to 11.50. Eg Hoge 1500 and top cattle reached 14.10 with bulk 13.25 to 13.85.
The notice lists prices for Leghorn hens springs roosters ducks capons turkeys and eggs. Prices per pound range from 12 to 25 cents for various weights and product forms with specific mentions of capons slips and young turkeys plus egg and filler case pricing.
Amaranillo grain table lists prices for wheat maize kafir oats rye and barley per bushel or per 100 pounds with cotton grain and provisions. It includes figures from F C Higgins of Amarillo Texas and mentions brokers Alex Hyman Co New Orleans and markets in Fort Worth and Waco along with listed corporate names and stock percentages.
Mayor Blasdel lauds The Globe for its editorial warning about dangers from large crowds at the Armory. He says The Globe supports Amarillo and is a loyal booster to the city.
The Amarillo Advertising and Salesmanship Club begins a drive to grow its largest ever listing of members. Orla Allen chairs the effort with sub committees named at a luncheon at the Amarillo hotel. The group aims to lower operating costs and boost sales through broader merchant participation. Elections set for April 6 with E D Green, Orla Allen and Henry Ansley as nominating committee.
Plainview war veteran Bob Fletcher who lost his legs in combat wheels about Polk Street in a small cart and talks with vitality. He now sells Hudson automobiles in New Mexico and notes his health after the injury. He recalls the shell that maimed his legs and praises his recovery.
Police pursue a man who used the name G Lewis Gardner claiming to run Amarillo Auto Supply. He opened a local bank account and offered to start a business, issued checks to merchants, and left suitcases here after travel through several southwestern cities.
William Oliver of the William Oliver company reported that lots in Amarillo's Oliver-Eakle estates sold quickly after opening Monday morning. The new addition is Amarillo's largest exclusive residential district with a $100,000 building program and a planned $1,000,000 in 1925. Water and gas mains are laid and Willite paving on Harrison street is finished.
The Ripley Re-Babbitting System has established a branch agency in Amarillo with Westmoreland company. Five salesmen will cover the Amarillo territory and a factory is planned in the city within the next few years.
Melville L. Wilkinson aged 60, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, died in a St Louis hospital after a brief illness following a minor operation on March 7.
The income tax penalty takes effect at midnight for those who have not filed 1924 returns by 12. March 15 fell on Sunday, granting a grace period. Treasury officials rush to analyze 1925 returns under the new revenue law with lower rates and expect results by week end. The Ways and Means chairman predicts a favorable outlook toward a $300,000,000 tax reduction for fiscal year 1926.
A ground breaking ceremony for the new San Jacinto Methodist church is set for Tuesday afternoon at 500 Tennessee Avenue. Plans by Albert Randall estimate the edifice at about 20000 dollars, higher than the original 16000. Speakers include Rev. Virgil Fisher, Rev. J M Lane, Rev. Stanley Hayne, and others from Amarillo area churches.
A stream of brief items notes businesses in Amarillo, mentions a district church sale, a cattle shipment to Haiti, and local civic figures. It includes comments from Ed Little about the golf course and a humorous anecdote about a Globe reporter and a new female coworker.
Panhandle opened its new golf course yesterday drawing hundreds of visitors. Walter Sikes of Amarillo led with a 79 amid strong winds, followed by W. W. Woolsey, also of Amarillo, at 82. Others scored into the 90s and 100s as locals praised the level fairways and growing hazards.
Clyde Wwidd faces a district court trial on perjury charges. Various notes report local traffic issues, liquor arrests, hotel sales, and social visits. Other items mention highway overseer appointment, railroad concessions, and upcoming West Texas Chamber of Commerce travel discounts.
Jack William Cheshire three years old died at the family home three miles east of the city at 2 30 Sunday afternoon. Funeral services were to be held in the home at 2 39 Monday afternoon conducted by Rev G H Bryant pastor of the Buchanan Street Methodist church Burial was to be in Llano cemetery in charge of the Griggs Undertaking Company.
Mrs. Baker Sanders once of Amarillo returns to the city and opens a hemstitching shop at 110 West Sixth Street. She previously worked with Mandel Bros. in Chicago last spring and with Neiman Marcus in Dallas through the fall. Her shop adds to local dressmaking and hemstitching facilities.
A canoe capsized in a stiff wind off Barren Island near New York on March 15 leaving two men dead and a third saved by Quinina Salvati who swam 100 yards to reach him.
H C Coffee of Perryton urges Amarillo residents to back a road project to Plemens and the North Plains. F B DeCosta recalls a Globe editorial praising large Armory crowds. Jim Threatt of Panhandle predicts Panhandle will win the Amarillo golf championship this fall and someday beat Woolsey, then quit.
Public record details a chattel mortgage filed in Potter County securing $1100 to E. C. Hunter and J. L. Hunter by Walter Heddens on December 28, 1921 for a bakery equipment lot at 602 Polk Street Amarillo. The document lists numerous baking tools and fixtures and notes the property was later sold to Blanche.
Eight local businessmen pledge 50 dollars each to fund a city day nursery under United Charities supervision. A trial period of five to six months will determine if the nursery becomes permanent, serving children of employed mothers with a nominal charge. Col. T. Herring is treasurer. other donors listed include C. T. Herring, M. C. Nobles, C. L. Reed Masterson, Charles Fisk, P. H. Landerin, H. W. Galbraith, and Allen Early.
Roy Snelson holder of a $1100 note demands payment of $744 with 8 percent interest. Etta Moon and Burk parties are liable but payment not made. After ten days from March 16 1925 the property at 113 West Seventh will be sold at court house Pott County Texas to satisfy the note. Gun repairs listed at 113 W Seventh.
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