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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
2
Kansas City market update shows cattle 1700 with calves 300. grass steers 7 to 8.50. grass cows 4 to 5.50. heifers 4 to 6. canners 3.25 to 3.85. veal top 13. Hogs 6500 with top 12.55 and bulk 11.90 to 12.75. sows 11 to 11.50. stock pigs 12.85 to 13. Sheep 1090 steady. western lambs 13.50 natives 14.50.
AP dispatch from Chicago reports hogs at 11.75 to 13.15 for tops and 12.30 to 12.75 for heavies, packing sows 11 to 11.95, killing pigs 12.25 to 12.85. Cattle run 4,000 steady with beef steers 7 to 9.50 and yearlings to 13.75. Sheep 13,000 higher. fat native lambs 15.50 to 15.75, range lambs 15.75, fat natives 4.50 to 7.50.
East St. Louis market reports hogs 1 260 head with light hogs 13.40 to 13.55 heavy 13.25 pigs 13.25 packer sows 11.75. Cattle 1500 dull light weigters 14.75 cows 4.50 to 5.50 cann ers 23 to 5. None. Sheep 2000 higher fat lambs 15.75 best mutton ewes 7.50.
Cattle prices vary with heifers at 6 to 7 dollars, winter grassers 4.75 to 5.50, butchers 4.75 to 4.50, cannere down to 2.25. Hogs at 12 to 12.50, 460 head sold, market described as slow.
Fort Worth market notes October 2 show cattle around 350 to 380 for best beeves with calves included. stockers 3.25 to 7. fat cows 83 to 86. heifers 3.50 to 8.50. yearlings 4 to 9.50. bulls 2.25 to 4. calves 2.50 to 3.10. Hogs 500 head, lower. top 12.50. bulk 12.50 to 12.90. sows 10 to 11. pigs 10 to 12.26. Sheep 1,000 steady. lambs 12 to 18. feeders 10 to 13. yearlings 10 to 12. wethers 7 to 3. ewes 9 to 6. stockers 3 to 4.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.47 to 1.42 per bushel. No 2 red 1.59 to 1.61. Corn No 2 white 80% to 81% moisture. No 2 yellow 82 to 83. Oats No 2 white 40 to 41. Bowhite 29% to 40.
Wichita Kan October 2 cattle 600 most not sold top veale 12 hogs 1290 lower top 12 60 packing sows 10 50 sheep 50 higher native lambs 18 to 138 26
New York October 2 Cotton futures closed steady to modestly lower with declines from 23 to 40 points. Prices for the nearby contract showed a net drop ending around 22.26 cents per pound, reflecting cautious demand in the market.
Wheat per bushel and maize per 100 pounds are given, with additional rates for kafir per 100 ips and oats per bushel. The listing reflects commodity price quotes in the Amarillo market.
Wheat No. 2 hard quoted at 142 1/2 to 143 1/2 cents. No. 2 hard 143 1/4 to 144 1/4 cents. Corn No. 2 mixed 81 1/2 to 82 1/2 cents. No. 2 yellow 82 3/4 to 83 1/2 cents. Oats No. 2 white 39 1/2 to 39 3/4 cents. No. 3 white 39 1/2 to 39 3/4 cents.
Active trading and higher prices marked the wheat pit as Liverpool quotes lifted Chicago values. December and May futures rose, then retraced, with corn and oats following the wheat trend. Hog value declines weighed on provisions in later trading.
Fragmentary OCR shows percentages and company names such as Consolidated Gas General Electric General Motors Gulf States Steel and Cantral on assignment with various percentages. Readable items list entities and values, indicating a stock or financial ledger snapshot with multiple firms and numeric figures.
Wheat prices show mixed movements with Chicago grain provisions noting declines to 196 and 168 and 194 and 156 as market factors influence futures.
In a formal statement Captain T. J. J. Lee asserts the ether wave theory explains universal gravitation. He cites laboratory work and computations, linking planetary motions light and sound, with ether as an extremely tenuous substance framing cosmic bodies.
The Amarillo Real Estate board votes unanimously to back the Rock Island railroad to the North Plains after A S Stinnett’s luncheon address. The group endorses the project as a public necessity and boon to Amarillo. Relections include a Galveston convention report and petitions pushing a city limits extension.
Mrs I M Judd of 704 Alabama street won the Brunswick living room suite drawing at the Tri-State Exposition booth of Amarillo Furniture. Card No 8055 was announced as the prize winner from more than 9500 distributed. Fireman I M Judd of Rock Island is noted as a related detail.
Jim Whittington, who underwent hernia surgery this week, is recovering rapidly at St. Anthony's Hospital. He will stay about two weeks and has friends calling on him as he regains strength.
Mrs. Ruby Engenig Neff 23 wife of F. E. Neff died at her Happy home about 2 AM. Survived by husband infant Edward Carl her parents Mr. and Mrs J Eavens of Happy three brothers J G and Charles Eavens of Happy and Howard Eavens of Canyon five sisters Mrs J C Cox Mrs K M Reed Mena Arkansas Mrs A W Montgomery Mrs R B Eavens and Miss Odessa Eavens of Happy She was Methodist. Griggs Undertaking Co. handling funeral arrangements with burial planned for Sunday afternoon at Happy. family resides in Happy and Canyon communities.
Ross Rogers recounts his exit during a theater fire in Amarillo. He praises Dent and Musselman who will continue operations to keep Amarillo theaters thriving. He notes his start in Plainview and the expansion across Texas, including Wichita Falls and Canyon, with a nod to Dye Ford and Rogers syndicate.
Amarillo residents may see Rin Tin Tins descendant Lady Bella III at the Mission theater today and tomorrow during Rin Tin Tin in Below the Line. Dog trainer Harry Schwartz recently acquired Lady Bella II, a granddaughter of Rin Tin Tin, and keeps her near Panhandle as roads allow.
Pastor G L Yates told members of the American Business clubs of Texas that the finest of the fine arts is the art of getting along with others. He urged living and working to call out the best in others and said Christ offers fairness in a competitive world. Roy Britain was reelected district governor for the Texas clubs.
E. C. Allson, Indian poser and live statue model, visited The Globe with a broad Indian smile after receiving a fat check for his booth work at Amarillo Furniture during the Tri-State fair. He says Amarillo suits him and he will stay for the winter.
Herbert L. Stafford, 50, died at a local hospital at 2:30 this morning after a brief pneumonia attack. He lived at St. Charles apartments two years and worked with the Troy laundry. His brother C. W. Stafford, Dalhart laundry proprietor, was notified. Burial arrangements were made by Griggs undertaking company and the body sent by Denver train to Dalhart.
The speaker asserts no radical policy or personnel changes at the Fair the Mission and the Deandi and recommends the Dent Musselman enterprises as the best for Amarillo and all involved. The endorsement emphasizes local benefit and reliability.
A Houston meeting on October 2, led by R M Farrar and James A Peden secured over one third of a $300,000 loan to fight foot and mouth disease in the district within minutes. About forty businessmen attended and unanimously backed the guarantee resolution.
Miss Mary Ardis Campbell of Dumas winner of the Tri-State popularity contest credits friends for the victory and collapses from exhaustion in a local beauty parlor. She says she is tired yet happy and plans to enter S. M. U. Dallas after Christmas.
The Bacon Blanket display in Moore-Poston company windows draws praise for originality and beauty. It features a log cabin with a sleeping girl and an Indian weaving a blanket, arranged by R. P. D. Lord of the Moore-Poston company.
The winning Hereford baby beeves of the Tri State exposition were purchased by the Western Packing company. These cattle are in exceptionally good condition and have been given the best care by their boy owners for months. Soon they will be FE. B.D. products.
Fair offices move to Board of City Development rooms this afternoon as grounds are cleared. Heavy materials removed by tractors, tents down, and grounds littered with waste. Major departments paid $29,000 in premiums while total loss is about $10,000. auditors and bankers audit attendance and finances. Estimated paid attendance near 60 000 persons.
Ted Houghton and Malcom Shelton depart Amarillo Sunday for Chicago by land. Mrs Houghton will join in Chicago and the party continues to New York City for a visit.
W A Pisk superintendent proclaims the 1926 Tri-State Fair implements and machinery displays larger and more elaborate than ever. Exhibitors plan to return next year with bigger and better setups as farmers praise the exhibits and staff handle many questions. The center display drew hundreds daily and was hailed a huge success.
An ornate critique contrasts Indian labor and image with white industrial power. A silver hammering scene in Albuquerque shows native craft pressed into commerce while a photographer and mill machinery symbolize modernization. The essay rails at exploitation yet imagines Indians and settlers shaping a future landscape with industry and irrigation.
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