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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth market results show cattle sales at 8 300 head with calves strong buyers paying 6 to 8 for fat steers and 4 to 7 50 for cows. Hogs 500 head higher with best around 11 75 and packers bidding 10 to 11 25. Sheep 350 head steady with lambs 12 50 to 14 and feeders 10 to 11 50.
Hogs totaled 19 000 with prices climbing. bulk sold at 11.70 to 11.90 per cwt plus 12.59 for packer sows. Cattle 2 500 steady. native beef steers 7.50 to 9.50, canners 2 to 3.25, bulls 4 to 5, venters 12.25 to 12.50. Sheep 1 500 steady. native ewes 14.25, choice clippers 13.50, mut ton ewes 6 to 7.
AP reports cattle and hog lots at Kansas City market with prices across categories. Calves, steers, yearlings and cows show varied quotes. hogs traded around 10.99 to 11.50 per cwt while sheep offered best native lambs at 15 dollars and fed westerns around 14.80. Multiple categories reflect uneven conditions and steady demand.
Chicago market summary shows cattle receipts around 10 000 with steer and heifer classes priced from 10.20 to 12.50 for packing and slaughter stock. Heavy horn bulls and vealers range 11.00 to 11.80. Sheep receipts near 15 900 with natives at 14.75 to 15 and feeding lambs at 15.00 to 15.25.
Cattle 1500 head including 500 calves. short-fed steers 8.35, Texas cows 2.90, top veals 11, stockers 5.85 to 7.50. Hogs 1000 head higher top 11.3, packing sows 9. Sheep 1000 steady best lamb 14.
Cattle at Oklahoma City sale steady with 1500 head. Best steers around 8.50, heavy cows 4.25 to 4.25, best calves near 9. Hogs about 1200 head, higher market. Top hog price 11.35, bulk around 11.00 to 11.35.
Kansas City cash grain prices list wheat corn and oats with bid ranges for No 2 hard No 2 red No 3 white and No 2 yellow at market and nearby figures for Nov. - Notes show typical bid spreads and quality grades across wheat corn and oats.
Wheat basis No. 1 hard at 1.55 per bushel Millet maize per 100 pounds 1g. 125 Kafir per 100 pounds 1.20
Report from Tuxtla Gutierrez detailing Totolapa Indians who boast a hidden gold treasure and an amber deposit. Juan Jimenez, a literate cacique, confirms a secret spring that yields golden nuggets and notes local commerce but refuses to reveal exact location or crew.
Buying orders flood the market at the opening with U S Steel advancing to a new high near 134 and leading gains for other industries. Crucible, American Smelting, Dupont, General Motors reach fresh peaks as dividend hopes and improving business flow boost prices though profit taking edges unfold in several motors.
The article reports renewed tension in Syria with American destroyers Coughlin and Lamson arriving at Beirut from Alexandria to protect U S lives and property as fighting erupts near Damascus. French forces struggle to contain rebels while tribesmen gather around Aleppo and Damascus.
Relatives fearfully watch Horace Lindsay after a major operation for a burst appendix. Although he seems to be recovering, he has a high fever of 102 degrees with no locate able infection found by seven physicians and an X ray. Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Mrs. Oscar Cousin’s mother, died this morning in Brownwood and Mrs. Cousins left for Brownwood.
Miss Abbott describes a hijack in which a man with light red hair and a gravelly voice forced her into a car, gagged her with cotton, and drove for hours before releasing her near her home. Relatives and deputies fear the suspect. identification attempts were cautious and tire prints will aid the hunt.
Plainview will become a first class postoffice on January first after annual receipts exceed $40,000. Assist. Postmaster Ernest Spencer reports current year receipts surpass $35,000 with two busy months ahead. October receipts were $4,800. last year on November first receipts were $31,414.46.
Texas brief reports Andrew Zapata died beneath a compressor after a extension cord shorted causing an apparent electrocution. The incident occurred at the Alamo Cotton Oil Mill as workers searched for a tool. Austin also notes-state officials welcome Tax Assessors meeting delegates in two day Texas convention led by Frank D. Scotten Jr. of El Paso. Harold Lioya teased in The Freshman with a Sandy date.
Paris Prince Boris Golitzine faces a fine for an affront to police as he runs a kitchen. A darne prevents an actress from collecting, prompting his outspoken remark. London reports the Duke and Duchess of York moved to Curzon House in five vans. New York mentions the 183 carat Sultana diamond and a Morocco expedition led to recover it.
Special to The Globe. Plainview November 5. Mr and Mrs W P Robinson of Dallas have purchased the Royal Booterie at Plainview from O E Reed and have assumed charge. Robinson has been a shoe salesman for years traveling through this section from Dallas Sherman. Sherman High Bearcats and Denison Yellow Jackets meet tomorrow in a football game. Bearcats are badly crippled.
The Rev J M Jones resigns as Glenwood Baptist Church pastor effective the last Sunday of the month. Under his three year tenure membership rose from 73 to 149 with 70 baptisms and many by letter. The church built a $6000 facility and is debt free. He also organized a Glenwood community club and will remain in Amarillo, plans undecided.
Williams-Orr agency grows with new two story complex to house its expanding insurance business. The project totals 80 000 dollars, with first floor for owners and second floor for offices, amid Amarillo’s active building boom including a 25 000 dollar laundry expansion.
The suit alleges the American Road Company profited 110 646 on asphalt surfacing work that cost 159 593 and claims contracts were fraudulently made by the Texas highway commission without authority. The petition contends 30 cents per square yard was excessive and not a reasonable price, demanding cancellation.
Bishop James F E Dickey will preside at the Canyon conference next week and preach Sunday morning at 11 oclock in Amarillo Municipal Auditorium All Methodist churches in the city will join the union meeting and dispense with their morning services
William Lambdin aged 82 and a long time Waco resident died suddenly at his home today. The notice provides no further details and mentions no clear event tied to Sousa's Band tickets or Bob Clark's turkey market plans.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana moves to dismiss indictments in the District of Columbia charging conspiracy to defraud the federal government over oil land permits in Toole County. He cites acquittal in Montana and lack of DC court jurisdiction. ruling could end the case or proceed to trial on its merits.
In Littleton Colorado Dr Harold E Blazer faces murder charges for poisoning his 32 year old daughter Hazel. Court delays as attorneys dispute juror qualifications and nine of thirteen jurors remain as trial enters second day.
Plans are drawn for a fine residence for Lindsay Nunn costing 25 000 to 30 000 dollars on a 5 acre tract just west of the Amarillo Country club, facing the paved highway. Work is to start within 30 days with Guy Carlander preparing the plans.
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