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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth markets report cattle numbers at 4000 head with calves about 1000. Beeves bring 8.60 to 7.60 dollars, stockers 8 to 7, cows 8 to 6.25, hogs 1500 head with various grades, sheep and goats listed with quoted prices.
Kansas City notes cattle receipts 4,600 head with 1,000 calves. Prices rise with fed steers 7.75 to 9.00, beef cows 4.50 to 7.50, top veals 8.50, stockers 6.50 to 6.75. Hogs 7,000 head higher top 7.20, bulk 6.90 to 7.15, sheep 4,000 steady with wool lambs 15.75 and Texas wethers 8.00 to 8.15.
Hog prices rise with heavy and medium hogs mainly 6.65 to 7.50. Cattle receipts reach 8000 with matured steers 11.00 to 11.75 and fed steers 9.00 to 11.00. Texas steers 7.25 to 7.75. Calves 7.50 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 12000 with fat lambs 16.25 to 16.65 and ewes 8.50 to 7.50. Market steady for sheep.
Hogs 600 higher top 7.65 good butchers 7.55 to 7.60 lights 7.00 to 7.50 pigs 6.25 to 7.00 packer sows 6.40 to 6.45 Cattle 1000 steady Texas steers 6.80 light dealers 8.75 to 9.25 heavy heifers 8.10 beef cows 5.25 to 6.75 bologna bulls 4.25 to 5.00 Sheep 500 strong clipped lambs 14.50 wool ewes 8.00 clipped ewes 6.50
Cattle receipts 600 head with stockers and feeders in good demand though scarce at 7.40. Butcher cattle 15 to 20 cents lower than last week. Hog receipts 900 head with a market gain. top 7.15. Pigs 6.50, sows 6.50, and stags 5.26.
Market listing shows prices for poultry items including hens under and over 4 pounds at 18 and 16 cents, broilers and roosters, ducks, geese, stags, turkeys with hens and toms at 12 cents, and dairy including butter at 16 cents and eggs at $5.55 per dozen. Prices appear in cents per pound or per dozen as indicated.
Ample price quotes issued by the West Mill and Elevator for local farmers. Wheat No 1 hard tops at 1.00 per 106 pounds while maize and kaffir corn are 1.00 per 106 pounds and 1.00 per 100 pounds respectively. Oats priced per bushel at 1.00.
New Orleans report says cotton rose on ongoing large exports. Texas replanting likely due to weevil damage and below normal temps across the belt. Liverpool firm, NY Fed rate cut offset by rain and frost forecasts. frost expected in Arkansas, warmer in Texas and Oklahoma. Acreage up 4 per cent per Journal of Commerce and Norden. Exports 15,000 bales versus 3,000 last year. Cotton goods market quiet.
Chicago May 1 Timothy J O Shauknessy has been named Supervisor of personnel Rock Island lines effective today He was a Rock Island claim adjuster since 1916 The office aims to improve relations between employes officers and the public A D Aikem and Pat Porter also appointed general freight agents effective today
Canyon Texas May 1 The Panhandle Plains Historical society received two noteworthy gifts in the past week D T Tarleton a 1922 West Texas State Teachers College graduate donated his master thesis The History of Cotton in Texas from 1820 to 1850 Miss Leta Landrum presented a family cap and ball pistol Both items will join the society museum collection
Cotton and grain exchange notice from Amarillo Texas listing Alex Hyman and Company of New Orleans as brokers and J W Parkins as manager with phone contact 3004.
The storm left numerous dead and injured across South Carolina Alabama and North Carolina with dozens of homes destroyed. Among the dead were schoolboys in a wrecked schoolhouse and multiple victims across Florence Sumter Lee Lexington and Darlington counties. Relief workers race to reach cut off communities.
Tulsa Texas May 1 A new east west railroad for the Panhandle is to be urged at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Brownwood. Delegates will consider endorsing the Texas Panhandle Gulf railroad to connect Fort Worth Tucumcari. The proposal cites rich agricultural lands and transportation needs. The mass meeting drew 760 attendees from towns along the proposed route.
At a Philadelphia convention of Protestant Episcopal priests a call for reunion of the Anglican and Roman Catholic faiths was urged. The meeting closed with a high mass at St. Clement's church as speakers argued shared sacraments creeds scriptures and ministry and pressed efforts toward unity.
Dr. G. W. Shearer, presiding elder, will appear this evening before the Board of City Development to discuss the proposed Methodist college with members.
M M Wallace plans to plot a town on 160 acres in Hutchinson County from the Christian land near the Panhandle oil field. Judge Triplett's office prepared sale papers as Wallace announces early town work including a hotel for oil field workers. Names proposed include Pantex awaiting Post Office approval.
Three speakers and several musical numbers are on the program for the Amarillo Real Estate Board luncheon at the Amarillo hotel. John Gilliam will discuss Western Union service. O V Vernon will present highway proposals from Amarillo to the oil field. Charles L Green will speak on Amarillo's past present and future. The Forest Warren family will provide entertainment.
Robert L. Johnson and others from El Centro Panhandle Clovis Miami and Panhandle visit towns this week. Mae Murray stars in Mademoiselle Midnight at Mission theater with a midnight matinee Sunday. Bass catch at Palo Duro club grounds and Sunshine Dry Cleaning moves downtown to 1800 Buchanan Street from 106 East Fifth Street.
Canyon Texas May 1 Canyon will be well represented at the Seventh district meeting of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs in Lubbock May 1 6 and 7 The Woman's Book club will send Mrs J A Hill The Home Economies club will send Miss Jessie Carpenter and Miss Ironed Miss Ruth Lowes of West Texas State Teachers College faculty is Kindergarten chairman for the district and will report at this meeting.
A Creole from southern Louisiana, about 15, visits the Board of City Development in Texas seeking Denver directions. She and her father, amused and grateful, are told they are about 450 miles from Denver and in Texas, not Colorado, as they request a road map.
Canyon Texas May 1 Elaborate plans are under way for a Mothers Day program at West Texas State Teachers College on May 11. The Rev J W Shearer Amarillo Methodist district elder will deliver the sermon. All Canyon churches join in the service and student groups will furnish flowers. Invitations have gone to parents of the 900 students enrolled.
Temple Texas May 1 Dr M W Sherwood state commander announced two prizes for American Legion posts in Texas tied to membership drives. A $75 prize will go to the post active last year with the greatest percentage increase and $50 to a new post or an inactive last year post showing the largest increase.
Le Mirage 265 pages dedicated to Professor Guenther heads the modern languages department and is produced by West Texas State Teachers College students and friends in Canyon. Evetts Haley of Midland served as editor in chief.
Canyon Texas May 1 The Mary E Hudspeth Hall fund grew by 190 this week as the first payment on a 156 pledge from Elizabeth Reck class of 1922 now teaching at Havre Montana. The fund will finance a home for girl students at West Texas State Teachers College.
The teacher placing committee of West Texas State Teachers College announces elections for the next school year. L. L. Rose is elected superintendent at Bovina. Carnwood Cleveland, Gertrude Conner and Zelma Red win Canyon high school posts. Byrd Mitchall is chosen primary teacher at Goree.
Springfield Mass May 1 delegates from across the United States and more than twenty foreign countries gather as the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal general conference opens to set church policy and legislate for the denomination.
J. R. Gaut Amarillo realtor named to head camp standing committee of the Modern Woodmen of America. The group, with members from across the United States, handles appeals and grievances and meets until June 15 1925, marking the close of the lodge’s four year convention. Also named were A J Buson Tom W Perkins Albert W Jones W W Davidson Homer B Woods and George K Burt.
Washington May 1 Secretary Hoover strikes back at personal abuse claims and asks Senator King Democrat Utah Delegate Sutherland of Alaska and Hearst newspapers to state clearly whether they support or oppose the fisheries conservation bill passed by the House and pending in the Senate which he has advocated.
Claude Texas May 1. The Claude high school graduation class works on its commencement play Kicked Out of College and other exercises. A number of graduates plan to attend various colleges next year. Thirty students will graduate this year.
Mrs. George B. Longan widow of the late public schools superintendent and a longtime Kansas City civic leader dies at her home from heart disease. She was the city’s first woman council member and an authority on parliamentary law, active in women’s clubs.
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