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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1924
Page
2
Markets from Fort Worth and Kansas City list cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with varied ranges. Cattle prices show cow, heifer, and yearling movements. hogs steady to higher. sheep and lambs mixed as buyers adjust. Top figures include calves to 7.00, steer and yearling ranges near 8 to 10.50, hogs up to 10.40, western lambs around 12.85 to 12. t
Chicago market data shows hogs 13 000 higher with top at 11 and slaughter hogs 9.25 to 9.75, heavy hogs 10.65 to 10.80, cattle 11 900 higher with steers 11.75 and vealers 12 to 12.50, western grass steers 7.15 to 7.40, sheep 30 000 active with lambs 15.25 to 12.60 and fat ewes 5 to 6.50.
Prices listed for hogs, sheep, and cattle with varied ranges. Hogs move from heavy at 310.90 to medium 10.60 10.80, lights 9.90 10.20, pigs 9 to 9.75, packing sows 8.76 to 8.00. Sheep firm with lambs 12 13, cull lambs 7, fat ewes 4 5, yearling ewes 7. Bologna bull a misprint. beef cattle 4 000 head with ranges 11 to 4.50 for steers and cows 3.75 4.50.
Wichita Kansas October 1 market receipts show cattle 500 with calves 190 and hogs 1700. Cattle top around 10.00 and 39.50 to 89.94 for bulk. best heifers 29.00 to 40. cows 44.00. butcher stock 8.00 to 3.00. calves top 7.50. Hogs higher with bulk 9.40 to 9.85.
An item listing various fowl types and prices including hens, leghorns, roosters, and tom turkeys. The note mentions weights, early market quotes, and adjustments like larger backs and delivery terms.
The Amarillo market lists grain prices for wheat, corn and oats with bid figures. It also includes closing and price movements for May and July contracts along with scattered stock listings for major U S companies and oil firms.
All embargoes on Panhandle cattle have been lifted. A spokesman from the Oklahoma livestock commission in Amarillo said Panhandle cattle are exempt under livestock department rulings, and the Kangsb embargo was raised yesterday.
Charley Allen and John Short report their Amarillos setter owned by Jerry swept all setter classes at the Wichita Falls beach show. Jerry to be shown next at Little Mock. dog was bitten by a rattlesnake the day before Wheeler field trials.
A meeting of more than thirty operators and contractors focused on gas conservation practices. Participants included J B McMahan of a Texas company, Frank Champion of Prairie Oil and Gas, M O Paniger, Rial Hughes of Kuusie Chief, Tiedt Lawler of SkellyOil, Frank Dillard and others, outlining when to plug wells and pause drilling to conserve gas.
New York and Washington brace for the World Series as rosters and officials are announced. Ty Cobb mocks the Yankees while umpire crews confirm assignments and leagues finalize their official moves. Rain delays end with the season largely settled and betting odds listed.
Six nurses were honored at St. Anthony's Sanitarium in a formal program led by Mia Everett W Green with several speakers including Col Ernest O Thompson Dr A F Lumpkin and Dr Ch A Johnson. Miss Carrie Huseman received the faculty medal with high marks while other graduates include Mrs Dorothy McIntyre Gibson Miss Kate Johnson Miss Precilla Hodges and Miss Buna Grant. Visitors L M McKinney from Dallas and H Scott from Oklahoma City attended events in Amarillo.
The Harry MS Robertson company completed the city audit and filed a report with the city commission yesterday afternoon. The city manager will review the report and present a settled audit at the next meeting. The council decided not to cancel or reduce outstanding auditorium payments. A formal protest against high tax valuations by the Rock Island railway was heard.
J B Dewey notes a Globe item estimating five gamblers cost Amarillo three dollars and thirty four cents per day to run gambling venues last week. Other quips touch on film delays, local tournaments, and friendly boasts from Northwest Texas figures.
W P Strickland assumed management of the Tourist Inn at Seventh and Polk today. He announced thorough redecorating and new furnishings including floor coverings and beds. Strickland has lived here sixteen years and promised top level service tailored to travelers.
Levy J. Levy reports feeling better and back in Amarillo after Mineral Wells and Dallas. He says Dallas is the south's busiest city and its prosperity is remarkable. He notes that on circus morning all Barnum and Bailey tickets were sold by 10:30 a.m.
T E Shaffer secretary of the Standard Savings Association of Detroit said the country is safe and stable and Amarillo and the Panhandle are in wonderful shape. He was joined by H N Baldwin and H J Scott during a visit, with Bill Askew hosting. Askew represents the group locally and has loaned out 5 400 000 for the company in Amarillo and vicinity.
Cot Charles Goodnight of Crood night Texas is known by thousands of Indians on reservations nationwide. After Kiowas and Comanches arrived for Amarillo Tri State fair, another group of fifteen followed. They were told no more Indians were needed and went to Colonel Goodnight's ranch for a few days before returning to Oklahoma. The colonel provided food for them and stated the Indian favors the white man who once fought them and will seek his aid.
Sherman Texas October 1 Chief of Police Frank Reece is in serious condition from burns to his face and upper body after a gas explosion at a tourist free camp. He struck a match to show a tourist wheel to place anepin to start gas flow when a leak filled the meter box with gas.
Judge Otis Trulove and Judge W A Palmer spoke to Kiwanis Club members at noon during Constitution Week. Trulove outlined the Texas Constitution and Bill of Rights, while Palmer praised the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention and its highly qualified delegates, noting twenty nine graduates. Resolutions thanked the Kiwanis Safety First committee and fair officials for their work over the past two weeks.
Flood waters receded in eastern Pennsylvania as rivers swollen by two days of heavy rain returned toward normal. Nine deaths were reported with widespread damage in the anthracite region and mines and plants were affected by washouts and landslides. In Virginia and Georgia, swollen rivers remained a menace with the James River crest looming over Lynchburg.
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