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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1924
Page
2
Cattle and hog markets show mixed results across Fort Worth and Chicago. Fort Worth notes steady cattle and higher hogs with varied prices for calves, cows, yearlings, and sheep feeders, while Chicago reports higher hogs at a new 1924 high and mixed cattle demand, with range and clipping lambs also listed.
Cattle receipts 1000 calves 200 with no steers or yearlings. market steady. Butcher cows and heifers 3.40 to 6.50. canners and cutters 2.35 to 3.26. veal top 10. Avcalves 3 to 7. stockers and feeders 5 to 6.75. fleshy feeders 8.25. stock cows 2.50 to 4.20. heifers 3.25 to 4.50. Hogs 3500 higher. top hogs 10.65. bulk 9.90 to 10.30. packing sows 9.00 to 9.40. stock pigs 7.50 to 8.38. Sheep 4900 steady. lambs 13.50 top, 13.25 to 13.40 others. range ewes 5.75.
In Wichita Kansas Ort sale yard several hogs were listed for auction. Vendors expected brisk bidding as buyers eyed carcass weights and market demand. Local ranchers and traders participated, with prices varying by weight and grade.
The piece mocks political divisions with personified Miss Democracy and a rival Miss Tex Democracy. It references internal party strife, a proposed Regent, and a call for peace and strong leadership amid the New Republican regime. The writer, CC W. Whittington, signs as president of Hamon-Whittington Mfg. Co.
Poultry with weights listed for hens, roosters, geese and turkeys including spring fens and old toms. References to eggs delivery and new cases with mold loss and charges appear in the fragmented ad text.
G Rateliff general agent of the Southern Pacific railway Houston was here this morning. He visited Here There and Everywhere Auto Parts at 113 West 7th Street.
H. G Brower Missouri Pacific general agent Fort Worth was here yesterday. Beau Pumphrey Kansas City Stock Yards company visitor. G K Cowdray Union Pacific agent Dallas here today. Valentine Missouri Pacific general agent Wichita Falls here today. Mr and Mrs W B McSpadden leave for Dallas for medical examination by Dr J J Terrill. Hear Saturday night.
Cattle receipts 400 with 100 calves included. market steady to higher. Steers and heifers mostly $4.50 to $5.50, cows $4. to 4.75, canners and cutters $2 to 3.25, top calves $7.50. Hogs 1600 head, up, bulk sales $9.85 to $10.25. receipts total 400.
Dallas October 3 At the request of John T Orr president Thursday October 16 has been set as Texas Farm Coinion Bureau Association day at the state fair of Texas The board of directors will meet at the fair grounds and a nationally prominent speaker will address the association and agricultural interests of Texas Readings show wide regional display from North Texas Collin East Texas West Texas Coast and Central Texas with exhibits arranged by the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad agriculture department
Grace Engman sues Jack H. Engman for divorce on grounds of cruelty. They married January 1922 in Canton and separated last August. She seeks a Ford coupe claimed as her personal property.
New York markets note a turn upward in crude prices with Texas Smad oil postings rising to 25 cents a barrel while above gravity grades hold at 5 cents. Pan American Petroleum and Transport reports 90 million gallons sold in H1 1924 and plans a Tampico refinery upgrade. Edward L. Doheny cites expanding Mexican operations and a 25,000 barrel daily plant. Wheat futures in Chicago retreat after brief surges, May delivery sliding from 1.4375 to about 1.50 dollars, signaling profit-taking and market settlement near 1.49 to 1.50.
Fort Worth news notes Lon Smith chosen to lead the state Confederate veterans at the annual convention. The article recalls the previous 1925 Abilene convention where Abilene defeated Port Arthur in the Confederate gathering.
The Nebraska agriculture department announces a modified embargo allowing importation of livestock from the Texas Panhandle and northern Texas regions. The change expands sources while maintaining state oversight. Local activity includes the Clovis funeral of G Woodward and visits by J O Wilson and Mrs Knapp, plus business trips by Cecil Munn of the Southwest Wheat Growers association in Enid Oklahoma.
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