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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth markets report cattle receipts at 8800 with varied price ranges for Reeves stockers cows and calves. hogs with multiple grade pricing. sheep receipts 2700 with lambs feeders yearlings wethers ewes and stockers. Prices span calves 2.80 to 8.25 and lambs 12.00 to 15.25.
East St. Louis May 6 hogs 21 000 lower top 7.50 good butchers 7.40 7.45 pigs 6 6.75 packersows 6.35 6.40 cattle 4 000 higher light vealers 8 8.50 native steers 7.50 3.35 Texas steers 6.75 7.65 light yearlings and heifers 8 8.50 beef cows 5.25 6.75 canners 2.00 2.50 bologna bulls 4.25 4.76 stocker steers 5.50 7.40 sheep 1200 higher clipped lambs 14.25 springers 17 17.60 clipped ewes 37.50 wool ewes 8.
Chicago livestock numbers for May show hogs at 68 000 with prices from 6.85 to 7.55 for various grades, cattle at 18 000 with steers 11.25 to 12.00 and feeders 6.75 to 8.50, sheep at 21 000 with lambs 14.50 to 15.10 and ewes 7.75 to 8.50, reflecting active hog and mixed cattle trade and slower sheep demand.
The cattle market in Wichita averaged steady to lower with top price at 7.10 for good stockers. Hog receipts reached 1,500 head and the market slipped slightly with a top of 7.15. Sows sold best at 6.25 to 6.40.
Kansas City reports cattle with 14 000 head and calves 2500 steady at top mature steers 11.20 fed steers 8.00 to 10.75 beef cows 4.50 to 8.00 canners 2.25 to 3.75 veals 8.50 others 4.00 to 7.50 hogs 14 000 slow top 7.20 bulk 6.90 to 7.15 sows 6.50 to 6.55 stock pigs 5.40 to 6.15 sheep 4000 higher top woolled lambs 16.90 clippers 14.25 to 14.50 natives 17.00 to 17.10 shorn wethers 8.00 to 8.60.
Amarillo Produce lists poultry prices for Hens and Turkeys with weights and per pound rates. Broilers Leghorns and blacks priced at 20 to 40 cents. Roosters and ducks priced low. Butter from Blaise Dairy offered at 16 cents per unit and fresh Hess milk at 5.65.
Amarillo grain prices paid by Great West Mill and Elevator list No. 1 hard wheat at 1.00 per bushel maize per 100 pounds at 1.00 Kaffir corn per 100 pounds at 1.00 and oats at 0.45 per bushel.
The Red Hussar band of Dallas, praised as a top southern ensemble, will perform tomorrow for the Dallas Good Will tour delegates arriving at 6:45 PM. A public auditorium reception precedes and follows the concert, with a 146 booster group including 25 band members marching along Fourth, Jack and Taylor streets after arrival. Merchants will display flags and a large crowd is expected. A dance is planned for the visitors.
Mrs C E Kiser resumes journey from England to join husband in Bombay as he works for J I Case Co. McKinley PTA holds final meeting of the season at 3 30 P M with program and refreshments. Mrs J L Scott heads to Lubbock for Seventh District convention. Mrs Thomas Daniels and Miss Willena Walker host a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Mark Heath at 1310 Harrison with lilac and sweet pea decor and pink iced rose cakes. Dr W R Moody and Sgt Rayborn host a fish fry at Idlewihile Lake with about sixty guests aboard including the Wamble and Burke families and others.
Partial returns show a strong coalition of Socialists Clericals Democrats and the People party likely to push Dawes reparation measures. Notables elected include Count von Bernstorff General Ludendorff Chancellor Marx and Admiral von Tirpitz as ballots counted from 22 districts.
A letter to the Board of City Development from Homer J. Buckley requests the ANAs protest against a $160,000,000 postal salary raise via the Kelly and Paige bill now in Congress. The association backs Harry A. New’s suggestion to refer the matter to a committee for thorough investigation and recommendation.
Canyon plans for the Texas State Press Association annual session to be held in Amarillo June 18 1920. The second day features a visit to Palo Duro Canyon and a college band performance for the arriving special train. Local and Amarillo committees are coordinating convention plans.
Sergeant Rayborn will depart this evening for Austin Bowie and Wichita Falls on army business for about three weeks. Miss Lula Malone daughter of J Murray Malone of 1500 Polk street and Perry Bowen married Saturday morning at Silverton. The bride has taught school at Rock Creek and they will live on a ranch near Silverton.
Advertises a furnished four room rental at 908 Van Buren with contact phone 1046. No further details provided.
Local residents from Fort Sumner to Plainview visit Amarillo for happenings, funerals, and business. Notables include H E Randall undergoing tonsil removal, Ed Hall buying Roswell rooms, and promotions at Pan-Tex Pipe Line Co. The Adobe Walls monument dedication faces delay but ceremonies remain June 27. Various club, school, and church events are noted along with travel for meetings and jobs.
Washington May 5 The senate committee probing land fraud in the Rio Grande valley neared the end of its Washington phase. It reviewed Justice and Post Office records and then questioned Agriculture official Dr L C Gray. Plans to leave for the valley followed as Senator Heflin pressed to start in Kansas City.
Banks Jones city engineer staked the site for a city tourist camp and materials for the camp units will be placed this afternoon. Construction begins tomorrow after Brodie and Mackey won the contract with bond and completion terms. The camp should be ready by June 1 with a surrounding fence, four cook houses, a community house and a keeper's house planned.
Guy C. Saunders of Ordway Saunders Insurance urged truthful advertising that reflects ongoing service. He told Amarillo merchants advertising should portray reality to attract more customers and give the city a soul. A censorship committee led by Williams, Kivin, and Jones was named to review local ads.
Washington May 5 Deficiencies in the navy disclosed in Admiral Coontzs recent report are raised in resolutions by Rep Britten Illinois and Rep Rogers Massachusetts. They seek navy department information on the strength of the fleet and how the 5 6 3 ratio is maintained. Rogers measure is a resolution of inquiry while Britten demands a 27 point report.
In Pampa Texas on May 5 several local groups endorsed federal grain exchange regulation via the McNary-Haugen bill. The Pampa Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Wheat Growers local unit urged Texas senators and representatives to push for early passage. Also backing the measure were the Pampa National Farm Loan Association and the Planters Mutual Hail Insurance company.
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