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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
2
Cattle near 2000 head with slow trading. Prices: calves 200 head, steers 9.40 to 11.25, grass cattle 7.10 to 8, grass cows 4 to 5.50, heifers 4.75 to 6, top 12. Hogs 4000 head, active market, tops 12.10, most 11.50 to 12.05, sows 10.25 to 10.50, stock pigs 12 to 12.50. Sheep 3500 head steady, lambs 15.60.
Cattle at Oklahoma City market numbered about 1700 with active trading. Top fed steers reached 8.75, heifers around 7, cows 8.50, canners and cutters 2.25 to 3.25, top calves 7, hogs 600 head, generally lower with top 12.15 and bulk 11.90 to 12.10.
In Wichita Kansas this week cattle totals 390 fail to test value while hogs reach 1 400 with top at 12 per hundred pounds packing sows from 39 75 to 10 00 and sheep at 190 with steady prices.
Chicago hogs sold around 20 000 head with top at 12.15 and various classes priced between 10.10 and 16.40. Cattle yarded about 4 000 with best steers at 13.25 and dealers 12 to 12. Sheep totals near 13 000 with fat native lambs 15.25 to 15.65 and range lambs 15.85.
In St Louis on October 9, hogs 1,100 head, prices down with top $13.25. packers bid from $19.50 to $10.75. killing pigs $12 to $12.25. Cattle 1,900 steady to higher, cows up to $6.00. canners $2.75 to $3.50. vealers $12 to $13. Sheep 1,000 slow with fat lambs around $16.25.
Fort Worth market reports show cattle sales at 5 000 head with calves included and hogs 600 head. Prices range for beeves 3.50 to 8.00, stockers 3.25 to 7.25, fat cows 4.00 to 5.50, heifers 3.25 to 7.50, yearlings 3.50 to 5.50, bulls 2.25 to 4.25, calves 2.50 to 8.50. Hogs top 12.50, bulk 12.25 to 12.50, sows 10 to 11, pigs 9 to 12. Sheep at 1 200 head steady with lambs 12 to 13, feeders 11 to 13, yearlings 10 to 11.50, wethers 7 to 8.10, ewes 5 to 6, stockers 3 to 4.
The New Orleans cotton market closed steady with a net advance of 88 to 41 points. Front months Jan and Mar show buyers at 21.00 and 21.08, while Oct and Dec traded around 21.07 and 21.00 respectively with a wide intraday range.
Kansas City cash grain values show wheat at 1.51 to 1.60 for number 2 hard and 1.60 to 1.42 for number 2 red, corn at .82 to .83 for number 2 white and .83 to .84 for number 2 yellow, oats at .40 to .41 for number 2 white and .39 to .40 for number 3 white.
Chicago Oct 9 Wheat No hard 1.45 per bushel. Corn No 2 mixed 81 cents. No 2 yellow bid.
Classified style list shows prices for Leghorn hens broilers ducks geese and turkeys with weights and grades. Includes old tom turkeys and eggs with New cases Worthless out loss charged back totals and price ranges for No 2 white and No 3 white eggs.
Chicago reports the return of John W. Worthington famed as the wolf of La Salle Street. Broken in health and paralyzed he seeks to die in Chicago while preserving about 2.9 million from his wife’s gambling fortune. He faces possible further legal trouble and recounts a long career with banks and brokerage offices before prison.
A historical table lists Chicago grain and provisions with percent signals for various firms and commodities. It includes Am Tel and Tel, Atchison, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baltimore Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Consolidated Gas, Corn Products, Cuba Cane Sugar, Davison Chemical, Crucible Steel, and others with percentage figures indicating price movement or yield.
New York markets swing after a government crop estimate raises the expected cotton harvest to 14 758 000 bales. Declines are widespread with heavy selling and weak rallies. Private reports show large gaps from Sept 16 figures as rains boost drought damaged plants across Texas and other regions.
Rainy weather revived acreage thought abandoned and boosted cotton yields across states. Mississippi reports 603,000 bales, Alabama 157,000, Louisiana 160,000, Oklahoma 69,000, North Carolina 47,000, Georgia 416,000, Tennessee 40,000, Arkansas 33,000, South Carolina 13,000, Texas 2,000, with total ginnings reaching 7,101,710 bales by Oct 1, well above last year.
A series of brief quotes from Amarillo residents covers plans from road routes and business ventures to upcoming health procedures and civic commentary. Participants include Ross Rogers planning a long rest in California, Clyde Warwick advocating an economical waved road route, and others discussing wheat crops, new stores, and regional ties to Dallas and Lubbock.
The Herald reports Clyde Warwick of Canyon left 1 000 000 in securities to daughter Alice, known in films as Jane Allen, for aid in Los Angeles during his Mexico trip. Another 1 000 000 goes to daughter Mrs Joan Rogers of New Rochelle, a broker’s wife, with 200 000 to Helen Rogers, 10, and 5 000 to six friends. Doctor Donald McGibbon aboard Los Angeles, named 25 000, as physicians say his life expectancy shortens.
Myrtle Powers, 41, was indicted by the grand jury for allegedly threatening Dr. W. Forrest Dutton with a revolver with intent to kill. She was arrested, released on a 1900 bond, and plans to return to Amarillo for trial while claiming a marriage and annulment with Dr. Dutton dated in 1919.
An earthquake-like tremor struck Franklin New Hampshire at 9 a.m. causing houses to shake, pictures to rattle, and dishes to rattle. The blast-like sound accompanied the brief two to three second shock reported by residents.
A collision on Polk Street between cars driven by Pat Mordecai and Miss Sarah Jane Taylor left Miss Taylor unconscious with only slight damage to the vehicles. Her injuries were not serious. The incident was witnessed in Coventry, England.
Prominent Episcopalians from Amarillo and the Panhandle attend the forty eighth general convention in New Orleans headed by Bishop E Cecil Seaman and Mrs Seaman with R N MacCallum and Mrs R L McMeans also from Amarillo. Abilene delegates Will Stith and Mrs E G Batter join Mrs W W Rix of Biz Spring president of the district Woman's Auxiliary and daughter Ruth Rix. W P Gerhart of San Angelo and Mrs R C Ledford of Sweetwater also participate. The first American church convention was held 140 years ago and this is the first tri en nial meeting in the far South, running until October 28. Delegates from American Episcopal churches worldwide will attend.
Reports from Seoul indicate more than 8000 residents are living in caves as a response to poverty and unemployment. Seoul authorities fear the trend and plan relief measures to halt cave dwelling as hardship grows.
Doctor Catherine Chambers, niece of Mrs. John F. Manning, died last night in Denver after five years in the University of Colorado research department. The body will arrive here Saturday for burial in Llano Cemetery. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. She was a sister of Maude Chambers, who taught in Amarillo schools three years ago.
The plan by architect J Roy Smith for the new San Jacinto Fire Station on Georgia Avenue near Fifth Street has been accepted. The Spanish design will combine home station and dormitory features for the firefighters as Smith completes working drawings.
A district meeting of reserve officers from the 358th Infantry of the 90th Division will be at the American Legion home Saturday and Sunday morning. Capt. George Munteanu of San Antonio will lead the sessions. All National Guard and reserve officers are urged to attend.
A Bolshevist report on a Congress of Press Workers states last year about 150,000 newspaper correspondents from workers and peasants. It says steps will equip this large body for regular and systematic work on the Press.
Inside a net enclosure on the Mississippi, sailors of the U S battleship practice batting and fielding on the ship’s deck, refining baseball skills aboard the battleship as part of daily drill and recreation.
A man brought a single unmarried woman into his home and abused his wife and children in her presence. He faces $75 monthly support for Mrs. Parks and $300 in legal fees. The piece critiques moral vice and notes rising social interest in scandal and celebrity, contrasting Eastern crime with Western restraint.
The Rev. Stanley Hayne attends the New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Methodist conference in Clovis this week and may receive an appointment to a charge at El Paso. Fr. R. Martin moved his drug store to a new brick building on San Jacinto, opening yesterday, creating three drug stores in San Jacinto. W. P. Black, Artesia oilman, injured when his car overturned east of Amarillo, remains semi conscious with skull base fracture and fractured clavicle at Northwest Texas Hospital. Colonel John B. Golding, now in Northwest Texas Hospital with pneumonia, rests well under Dr. Gist. An airplane propelled auto by a 17-year-old Western boy shows early success. Spain authorizes extensive public works to combat unemployment.
Notice states a person who removed a harness from J E Clements' white and black bulldog at 113 West Seventh will avoid prosecution if the item is returned to The Globe office.
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