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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1925
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs at 13 000 head up with packing sows at 39.85 to 10.35, killing pigs 12 to 12.50, heavy hogs 10.90 to 11.65, medium 11.25 to 11.60, and light 10.90 to 11.60. Cattle 12 000 head lower with early top heavy steers 15, yearlings 14, vealers 11 to 11.50. Sheep 10 090 slow with native and western lambs 14.76 to 16, fat ewes 7.50 to 8.00.
Cattle 11 000 calves 3 000 dull steers and yearlings 3 50 to 9 50 fat cows 4 to 5 50 heifers 5 to 16 50 veal top 12 bologna bulls 4 to 4 50 Hogs 6 000 higher bulk 10 75 to 11 30 packing sows 9 75 to 10 25 stock pigs 11 25 to 11 75 Sheep 2 000 higher samba 15 to 16 15 top owes 8 St Louis Livestock reports similar trading Horn 19 000 higher bulk 11 59 to 11 65 pies to 13 50 packer sows 10 to 10 25 Cattle 4 000 steady native steers 7 50 to 9 50 cows 4 25 to 5 28 bulls 4 to 5 boar 2 to 3 25 Vealers 12 50 Sheep 1 500 nothing done early
Cattle 900 slow with cows and heifers 8.76 to 4. Short fed yearlings 8.65, stockers and feeders 5.45 to 1.76. Hogs 1600 higher with bulk 10.85 to 11.10 and packing sows 9. Sheep 200 steady with best lambs at 14.
Oklahoma City market reports show cattle 2,600 head steady with corn fed steers around 8.00, cows 23.75 to 4.75, heifers 5 to 6.50, canners and cutters 2.50, calves top 6.50. hogs 200 head strong with bulk around 11.0.
Fort Worth market reports show 6 100 cattle including 2 000 calves moving steady with calves at 6.25 to 9.29, stockers 4.50 to 7.70, fat cows 3 to 6, yearlings 4 to 5. Hogs 200 head, best 11.25 to 11.36, sheep 60 head with lambs 12 to 13.50 and feeders 11 to 11.50.
Chicago market notes show wheat prices for number 2 red and hard varieties around 1.70 and 1.61 respectively. Corn prices for number 2 mixed about 0.84 to 0.85 and yellow near 0.85 to 0.885. Oats prices for number 2 white about 0.40 to 0.423 and number 3 white about 0.99 to 0.40.
The report lists various poultry items including Leghorn hens, broilers, springs, roosters, and turkeys with pricing fragments such as 20 cents and 15 cents. It mentions stock categories like Stags and Old Tom Turkey but details are fragmentary and unclear.
Stocks opened strong with large volume trading as major issues hit 1925 highs. Seaboard Air Line American Smelting Loose Wiles Biscuit U S Rubber Montgomery Ward led gains while General Motors American Sugar Refining Pan American Western Marines deferred Ludlum Steel posted initial gains.
Wholesale subpoenas went out for defense witnesses in the Mitchell air service court martial. Top officials named were not summoned, with a compromise allowing distant witnesses to testify by deposition. Seventy witnesses, including army and navy officers and civilians, are set to testify when sessions resume.
San Jacinto will gain a Piggly Wiggly store on Fifth Street at Mississippi Avenue. W N Durham appoints B Baker as manager for Pigely Wiggly No 3. The opening is Saturday morning with souvenirs for ladies. Building by M C Hancock and Leland Abbott.
Mrs. C P Walsh has returned home after a several week visit in Secranon Pennsylvania. Rev M Neal MFE church evangelist returned from Ozona Texas after 150 confessions and plans to attend Canyon conference. Norma Warris recovering from hydrochloric acid in eye at Varvus dental offices. Lawrence Bagwell star tackle at West Texas State Teachers College injured in wagon fall. arm broken at elbow, will end with a stiff elbow but not lose the limb.
Western Improvement company at 618-620 Fillmore street received a $5,000 permit for a garage. Henry Best at 500 Hughes street obtained a $250 garage permit. James M. Wilson at 1202 Florida was granted a $1,800 dwelling permit.
A well dressed man aged about 20 returned to Amarillo Dry Goods to settle a theft. He told manager S. P. Moody he had stolen children's socks last year for 25 cents a pair and paid with two dimes and a nickel after claiming to have found religion.
Tax records show faster tax payments with 245 school tax receipts issued by Amarillo ISD collector George Waddill versus 122 last year. About 4,500 liable. final payment date January 1, 1926. County and state taxes: 100 receipts issued. 35 poll taxes paid. 29 exemptions. Jewell Davidson notes city rolls approved and payments arriving.
Little Rock Ark Nov 4 Dee Horton superintendent of the state penitentiary farm was ordered by Gov Tom J Terral to arrest and return to prison the nine persons pardoned recently by S B McCall acting governor during the governors absence from the state The action rests on a legal requirement that publication of pardon applications be made Terral said the pardons issued during his administration were not properly issued and were intended to rectify an insult to the state caused by misplaced confidence in the lieutenant governor.
Two American destroyers that had been anchored at Alexandria left hastily this morning for Beirut, Syria, after awaiting orders. The men aboard were reported to be in good spirits as they left the harbor. The departure follows recent tensions in the region and signals U S naval readiness in the area.
An Amarillo lawyer contends a statement by Gene Howe at a North Amarillo civic club is wrong. The charter allows amendments no more than every two years and a separate vote on tax limits could trigger a charter change or a new election within 30 days. Bill Benton reports a sick boy at his father W B Benton’s home. eight year old Jimmy Briscoe, son of Mr and Mrs James Briscoe from Tucumcari, has intestinal flu and pneumonia.
The British Labour Party faces a pivotal moment as J. H. Thomas argues that employers may force a broader reconsideration of how industries are managed. The speech signals a shift toward potential Labour influence over capital in UK industry, a prospect with implications for America and global markets.
R M Kutch 60 was found dying in the basement of the Lubbock county courthouse with a bottle of strychnine beside him. He died after muttering I am dying as Aid arrived. Survived by wife and daughter in Lakeside Arizona and by a brother J A Kutch. His despondency had persisted for weeks and the body awaits relative instructions.
City commission orders action on refinery wastewater after six steers of Mayor Lee Bivins die from drinking the water. Reported poisoning cases among other animals prompt city manager Jeff D. Bartlett to investigate remedies and exact measures.
Miami and Memphis will decide District No. 1 Class B football honors here Friday afternoon. The game will determine the district champion with both teams advancing from the same region.
The St Anthony graduate nurses met at the hospital to form a training school alumnae association. Attendees included Mrs Van Bruno and Mrs Sawyers of Pampa, with Dr J J Crume addressing on Higher Education and Loyalty to the Profession. Officers named were Mrs Dickerson president Miss Dalneh Kincaid vice president and Mrs E Thompson secretary and treasurer. A pleasant afternoon with refreshments. Mr and Mrs Milton Reese 508 Louisiana Avenue announce the birth of a new daneliter last night.
Two hundred Amarilloans and visitors joined a Skeptics trip through Carson Hutchinson county fields to view production growth. McIlroy Oil’s new well on H E Smith ranch uncapped, oil spurted over the derrick, illustrating rapid recent development.
Amarillo officials unveil the Armistice Day program with a citywide parade at 11 AM, a 2:30 PM football game Electra vs Amarillo at Bivins Stadium, and a 7:30 PM banquet and dance at the Amarillo hotel. The event promises elaborate decorations and school float participation while plans remain for details and prizes. The city commission also accepts the 1927 tax roll totaling 29 720 870 with 329 100 57 in taxes. discussions cover proposed milk ordinance and garbage haul bid refusals and sidewalk projects in Fast Amarillo. health unit viability is affirmed.
The city commission increased Judge A. T. L. Anderson day desk sergeant salary from 110 to 125 dollars monthly at last night’s meeting. They declined Jeff D. Bartlett’s proposal to buy a motorcycle sidecar for rainy weather citing existing motorcycle equipment and limited additional danger.
Floydada reports 750 bales of cotton ginned in Floyd county to date with 1,750 for the county. The crop opens rapidly after the freeze and many fear damage to bolls may affect opening. Late cotton and feed suffered from the norther as cotton pickers and maize headers arrive.
The Dark Angel, a postwar image, will headline the Armistice Day attraction at the Fair theater. Hanson Post of the American Legion sponsors the showing with a portion of proceeds to help defray parade expenses.
Lucile McVey Drew widow of actor Sidney Drew dies at 35 in Los Angeles after a lingering illness ending their film partnership. She wrote several plays with her husband and began film work from their Vitagraph romance. Survived by a sister and two brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Judge James C. Wilson and Uur ton Roach return from coose hunting trip Roach declines interview and Wilson returns to Fort Worth J P Collier from Adrian today Collier admits owning about 17000 acres Colter owns 1500 acres of wheat sown last August now grazing well Howard Lynch Franklin Kentucky high school principal and football coach reports a five game season with two wins and one tie against Peabody Training School in Nashville Tenn
A canning demonstration occurred at the J. M. Crawford place in Crawford community Potter County yesterday led by Miss Anna Bower home demonstration agent. Participants from Thresa families canned 284 pounds of roast and steaks 108 pounds of chili and meat loaf and 20 pounds of soup stock during the day.
J. T. Dent of 601 Pierce street and Rex Allison bag seven big honkers at a lake south of Canyon, earning a pair of boots from Panhandle Hardware for the first goose limit. Both hunters, drenched by a dusk shower, used Winchester shotguns with Ovals. Dent and Allison plan to submit photos for publication.
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