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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
2
Kansas City reports 10 000 calves and 6 000 hogs with slow demand. Beef steers fetch 8.76 to 10.25, butcher cows 4.75 to 6.50, hogs top at 13.65, lambs 15.65 to 16.25, with stockers and feeders 3.75 to 8.25. Listings include Wichita cattle and Hogs 8 000 fewer at 13.30 to 13.50, Oklahoma City cattle steady and hogs lower with tops near 13.65.
Fort Worth livestock on March 24 saw cattle around 2 500 head including 500 calves with strong beeves 3 50 to 9 dollars and stockers 3 50 to 7 30. hogs 1 500 with top 13 79. sheep 300 with lambs 13 to 14 50.
Chicago market reports show hogs at 20 000, steady with top at 13.90, slaughter pigs 12.50 to 12.70, packing sows 13 to 13.15, heavy hogs 13.75 to 13.90, lights 12 to 13.40. Cattle 10,000 steady with yearlings 11 to 11.35, light heifers 8.50 to 9.50, best matured steers 11.35, vealers 9 to 10. Sheep 12,000 dull with fat lambs 16.25, shorn ewes 5, shearing lambs 15.
East St. Louis stockyards report shows Hogs 12,000 head with weak to heavy bids 13.85 to 14 for lights and pigs 12.75 to 19.50, packer sows 12.75. Cattle 2,500 head steady with beef steers 8.50 to 9.50, best steer 7.25 to 8.50, fat yearlings 9.75 to 10.25, cows 5.25 to 6.50, canners 2.50 to 3, bulls 4.25 to 4.75, light feeders 11. Sheep 750 head strong with wool prices 13.50 for slippers, 12 and down for others, choicest clipped 8.50.
Chicago grains show mixed moves as May and July futures edge up for wheat and corn, while oats and rye show modest declines. Prices fluctuate across contracts with changing highs and lows, reflecting unsettled near term demand and weather factors.
Price list from Amarillo produce shows geese hens and roosters with weights and per pound rates. Leghorn hens capons and turkeys priced with weights and notes on egg cases and filler flats at Amarillo F.O.B. rates.
Wheat at $1.55 per bushel for No 1 hard delivers, matse at $1.60 per 100 pounds, kafir at $1.50 per 100 pounds. Oats 46 cents per bushel, barley 65 cents, rye 70 cents per bushel.
The Amarillo Cotton and Grain Exchange, based in Amarillo Texas, lists prices and inquiries with F C Higgins manager and Alex Hyman and Co of New Orleans as contact partners. Phone 3004.
Cross City Florida March 24 Pleas of not guilty were entered by Thomas W Higginbotham former convict camp whipping boss E G Priest and W G McCrane charged with murdering Lewis Barker a Negro when arraigned in Dixie county circuit court
Washington March 24 Baseball lost another pioneer with the death of T J Evers at 72 He was a second baseman for the early 1880s Washington club of the union association and the uncle of Johnny Evers former Cubs star A Troy New York native he joined Washington as a pension bureau employee and retired after 41 years as a government worker
East Amarillo Civic League invites officers members of civic clubs and candidates for city offices and school trustee to attend its regular meeting at Houston Street Methodist Church Thursday night. The meeting will cover East Amarillo and city concerns with candidate speeches after adjournment.
Special to The Globe Claude March 24 M L Hughlett is erecting a large plain warehouse on the site of his flour mill that burned last fall in Claude. The project marks a major expansion of his grain storage capacity in the town.
In Illinois Indiana and nearby states the aftermath of last Wednesday's tornado saw carpenters busy rebuilding homes as warm weather aided recovery. Relief efforts continued with doctors sanitizing towns and rushing diphtheria anti toxin to Carbondale while Red Cross reported 2 924 injuries and damages near 20 million dollars.
Friends of B. D. Garmon urge Turner Hubby the fish game and oyster commissioner to retain him as district warden. Garmon, a Panhandle resident, has been praised as an efficient game warden and his removal would hurt efforts to protect fish and game in the state. Messages and telegrams are being sent to Hubby to support keeping him in place.
Bonnie G. Rowe pilot and Hal Taylor mechanician wandered the Okefenokee swamp for two days after a plane crash near Waycross Georgia. Rowe arrived in Waycross in a exhausted state seeking aid and said they had suffered from lack of food during the ordeal. Taylor later reached Waycross in need of medical attention and details of the crash remained unavailable.
Claude March 24. The annual federal inspection of the National Guard will be held at the Claude armory. Local progress is noted after weeks of work. Sgt Post of Brownwood has assisted as guard instructor. Rev George Green of Austin will visit Claude to deliver a lecture. Green is chaplain of the 142nd Regiment. A target range is secured and some members have posted good firing records.
Great Britain has spent more than 3.00009 billion dollars on war pensions since 1917, with government accounting showing ongoing payments and adjustments. The note references historic wartime costs and policy implications for veterans and public finances.
A collection of quick quotes from Amarillo residents and business figures. Topics include fashion trends with spring dresses, a bird dog reward near $500, praise for Amarillo as a top mid‑sized city, critique of crime and jail conditions, auto theft indictments in Potter County, traffic improvements on Polk and Taylor streets, real estate activity at the Oliver Kakle estate, upcoming baseball season, hotel remodeling in Clayton New Mexico, business growth at Joe Killough and Co, and ticket sales for a wrestling match featuring Tony Padrone the Sheik wrestler.
The Panhandle Manufacturers and Jobbers association will hold its regular monthly meeting next Thursday evening at 7:15 in the Hotel Palo Duro. President Bob Emmett announced the session will discuss the semi annual conference and include a banquet for members.
Trustees of Shriners hospitals awarded a $450,000 contract to erect a Chicago unit for crippled children and authorized a mobile unit at Lexington Kentucky. The Chicago hospital will be the eighth Shrine unit for crippled children.
A car belonging to J O Manning stolen while he attended church Sunday night was found at noon Monday on Tenth and Jackson street. Police suspect several recovered vehicles around the city result from joy riders.
The Fairview community plans to rebuild its church, one of the county’s oldest rural houses of worship, after a fire years ago. Construction will begin soon.
Judge Charles L. McKeehan of the United States district court died at his Philadelphia home yesterday. He was a noted authority on constitutional law and his death marks the loss of a prominent legal figure.
The government of India votes to offer a $2,500,000 bounty to boost its steel sector amid ongoing industrial policy. Local addresses include 113 W.7th as a referenced site in reports.
Gov Miriam A Ferguson signed the miscellaneous claims bill authorizing $20,000 to Mrs Kate Chambers Sturgis and Mrs Stella Chambers McGregor of Galveston, ending a fifty year fight over land that became Austin's Capitol site. The land originated from a Mexican grant to Gen T J Chambers. wartime chaos and his death halted efforts to press the title.
Justice of the peace testified to discovering Hobart's body near Bivins Stadium and its four gunshot wounds. Judge Airheart conducted the coroner inquest, with identification based on a bank passbook. The body was taken to Griggs Undertaking. The case, involving Mr Miller and Mrs Hobart, drew a Floydada jury and heavy local attendance.
Special to The Glate Shamrock reports conservationists in Wheeler County fear an oil field near the Panhandle town will wipe out prairie chickens. Oil workers are said to ignore game laws, threatening local birds until Turner Hubby, the new fish game and oyster commissioner, may seek protections with Jim Whittington pledging cooperation.
New York March 24 The New York State Athletic Commission ruled heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearns ineligible for failing to reply satisfactorily to a commission ultimatum that Dempsey accept a challenge from Harry Wills.
J. L. Shea county treasurer handed U. N. Olver president of the fair $130,000 in registered bonds Monday and they were mailed directly to Wichita Falls for collection. Payment is expected to be made by the middle of the week.
Headquarters company 142nd infantry will undergo a federal inspection Wednesday night. All members must attend as local officials hope for a high test score from the unit and community observers.
In Cheyenne Wyoming March 24 the defense argued in federal court over the Tea Pot Dome lease annulment suit. Harry F Sinclair Mammoth Oil attorney J W Lacey led the defense on the contract with Albert B Fall former interior secretary claimed secret and fraudulent execution. The case likely will not finish that night as Martin W Littleton and George P Hoover for the defense have more to present and the government has rebuttal statements to make.
No trace has yet been discovered of the yeggs who looted the safe of the Lemons Grain and Coal company at 1709 Johnson Street. Officers across the Panhandle are alerted, with notices sent to outlying towns as soon as the loss was found. Police say they have no further report at this time.
Graduates of a ten week boy leadership course will be honored at a coming meeting at Central Presbyterian hall. The list includes A A Graham Rev C C Wright Rev G B Parker W F Lineville Rex C Mahoney F Woodruff W H King C C Gutherife Henry Hickox Dr J Younger G G Ordway FE J Langley George W Witt George Eads A P Fryer M C Nichols Chambers Atkinson S L Warner Dr Guy Owen R V Cartwright and Hill Benton. After graduation attendees may begin an advanced ten week course in boy scout work. Meetings occur every Monday night at the Central Presbyterian hall.
The Northwest Texas Hospital, one year and one day old yesterday, reports 868 patients treated, 420 operations, and 65 births in its first year. It also runs a nurse training program with 15 trainees, and two students recently joined a four month pregraduation course at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The hospital is described as one of the finest of its kind in the state, a source of pride for Amarillo and Potter County.
Sen Smith W Brookhart of Iowa rejects allegations he deserted the Republican party in last year's campaign and won the Senate seat by fraud. He calls the GOP state central committee challenge an dishonest and fraudulent conspiracy and plans to file his reply with the Senate secretary as the committee’s protest is published.
In Kansas City on March 24 the government favored extending a loan of 2.5 million dollars to the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad. The decision came during a federal district court hearing to confirm the Orient sale to Clifford Histed.
Dwight Newby reports his Hudson sedan was stolen late today from in front of Richards store on Polk Street. The car had been left there only a few minutes before it disappeared. Newby suspects it may have been taken by mistake.
Local architect Kerr and Walsh finalize plans for a $40,000 Plainview theater seating 750 with stage and motion picture showings. Solon Clements owns the building, to be developed by C. D. Mitchell, with two shops and a grand lobby included.
Col Ernest O Thompson named on Gov Miram A Ferguson's staff in a military social honor. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Texas National Guard and in the reserve officers corps.
The Missouri Pacific railroad failed to overturn a tax assessment by the Walnut Ridge Alicia road improvement district in Arkansas. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling upholding the taxes.
General Pershing has been appointed to supervise the Tacna Arica plebiscite. The White House announced yesterday that he will head the commission overseeing the election under the Chilean Peruvian arbitration award.
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