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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
2
East St Louis livestock market report lists hogs 9 600 down to 11.75 top with bulk sales 11.50 to 11.65. Cattle 3 500 with bulls, heifers up to 7.50 and calves 12.25 to 12.50. Sheep slow lambs 14 with ewes 6 to 7.50. Grains include No 1 hard wheat 1.50 per bushel maize 1.40 per 109 pounds kafir 1.35 per 106 pounds.
Chicago market report shows 25 000 hogs at slow movement with top 11 450 while killing pigs range 12 to 21 50 and heavy hogs 11 to 11. Cattle activity slow with mature cattle to 15 25 and vealers to 12 50. sheep prices ease with cull native lambs 11 to 11 50 and feeding lambs 15 50 to 16.
Kansas City market report dated Oct 22 shows cattle at 7 500 with calves 1 500 and hogs reaching top 11 25 with bulk sales 10 75 to 11 20. Sheep quoted 5 000 head and prices for western fed lambs 14 25 to 14 60 while natives fetch 13 75 to 14 25 and ewes 7 to 7 50.
Cattle 500 steady short fed steers 9.75, cows and heifers 4 to 6, canners and cutters 2.75 to 3.66, top veals 10.50, stockers 5.75 to 7.50. Hogs 1,600 lower top 11.15, packing sows 9.50 to 9.76, stock hogs 10.56 down. Sheep 60 weak lambs 14.00.
Cattle 1 190 steady with steers 6 to 6 50 stockers 6 25 to 7 cows 3 4 60 to 5 top heifers 8 calves 9 down Hogs 500 lower bulk 10 90 to 11 10 per hundredweight reported by Associated Press from Oklahoma City market on Oct 22.
Cattle run of 4 000 with 700 calves sold slow. infants and weights varied from 2.50 to 9 for calves. hogs uneven top 12 55, bulk 12.25 to 12.35, sows 10 to 11. sheep steady with lambs 12, feeders 11 to 13, yearlings 10 to 10.60, wethers 7 to 8, ewes 5 to 6.
World grain prices in Kansas City market show No. 2 hard wheat at 1.59 to 1.62 dollars and No. 2 red wheat at 1.60 to 1.63. Corn values list No. 3 white at 2 to 83 cents and No. 2 yellow at 82 to 83 cents. Data items include No. 2 white at 39% to 40% and No. 8 white at 39 to 40 cents.
Wheat No 1 hard from 1.5214 to 1.55 dollars. No 2 hard from 1.52 to 1.54 dollars. Corn No 2 mixed from 82.5 to 82.5 cents. No 2 yellow from 82.5 to 83 cents. Oats No 2 white from 29 to 40 cents. No 2 white from 38 to 40 cents.
Chicago grain values show slight shifts for wheat and corn across December and May contracts. Wheat prices hover around 1.38 to 1.44 percent, while corn futures trade near 0.73 to 0.74 percent, reflecting modest daily movements.
Auction notices show livestock and poultry lots including 146 broilers 2%? and 220 springs with various breeds Legohra and Blacks plus 12¢ per item. Hens Tom Turkeys and packing stock butter and eggs listed with prices and back charges noted for new cases.
New Orleans October 22 cotton futures finished steady with a net drop of 24 to 26 points. Trading showed modest moves across front months with Mar May Oct and Dec futures quoted on the board and mixed day ranges.
Active bidding lifted copper and shares with American Smelting up about 1 percent on 5,000 shares. Cerro de Paseo, Pan American Petroleum, Midcontinent, Phillips rose as Industrials led an orderly advance under U. S. Steel. Utilities and rail stocks mixed as buying spread to motor, paper, tobacco and steel issues. Union Bag and Paper, U S Distributing and Continental Insurance up about four points. Foreign exchanges opened with French francs dropping.
Post office inspectors broadened a murder and bank robbery case at the Tucker state prison farm as they investigate attempts to aid the Birchfield gang in escaping. Arrests were expected after finding dynamite and poison sent to inmates led by John Birchfield, life sentence for a Sulphur Springs murder.
Special to The Globe Clarendon Oct 22 John Fowlkes 21 Chamberlain community was seriously hurt early Monday when five mules he drove to a row binder cutting kafir became frightened by a hawk hunting shot by a younger Fowlkes. The wagon’s gear injured his forearm severely plus a wrenched back and facial bruises. Recovery uncertain.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation reports net earnings of 8,337,762 for the third quarter, down from 9,706,528 in the prior quarter but up from 6,495,781 in the same quarter of 1924. The report notes earnings movements amid varying quarterly results.
New York reports cotton futures falling 20 to 25 points as Geo H MacFadden & Bros estimate U.S. crop at 14.55 million bales versus 18.18 million previously. Bearish sentiment dominates though frost damage in Texas is not referenced. Georgia frost hits little but rains ease. Ginning gains to 9.5 million bales. analysts expect larger census figure next week, with potential crop outlook around 15 million bales.
New York Gulf States Steel directors meet at noon to discuss quarterly earnings due. Sloss Sheffield directors meet at p.m. Bank of England keeps rate at 4 percent. August operating income for seventy telephone companies is 15,080,464 versus 12,273,707 in August 1924.
The Bulgarian front reports an immediate inquiry to establish responsibility for a border incident near DemirHissar. Petrich is crowded with Manitonians refugees menaced by falling shells. Bulgarian agency says Greek troops planned an advance in the Potrich area and now is reported moving along the front.
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency reports Greeks attacked Bulgarian officials at 2 o clock while a Bulgarian press official awaited a Greek counterpart for an interview. Bulgarian government filed further protests to Athens seeking measures to end incidents and an investigation into the start of the trouble.
Sofia reports Bulgaria has sent a protest note to the League of Nations over the Greek ultimatum. The note cites Article 19 and references the obligation to preserve territorial integrity amid aggression. Greece and Bulgaria are League members, with Petrich near the border and Sofia nearby.
Dr. C K Smith of the United States Public Health service told city hall listeners that mothers should focus on milk quality as much as clothing. He proposed a Grade A to D grading system and emphasized tuberculosis tests, clean barns and proper milk vessels. He plans to press the city commission for a model milk ordinance.
Buffalo reports Cat Eye Annie escapes Erie county jail between midnight and dawn using a found steel letter opener to force a window. She was to be sentenced next day for 1923 jewel theft worth 7000 dollars at a Buffa lo home. Footprints suggest a man helped below the window. She is listed as Julia Archer. London reports renewed cattle disease fears as foot and mouth recurs in England following a brief easing.
Hugh Longan assistant postmaster at Ramsdell Texas faces federal charges after cashing worthless checks for money orders totaling 970 dollars. Indicted by a grand jury and previously arrested by deputy marshal B F Harper, Longan is charged with embezzlement. He was held briefly in Potter County jail before bond was set at 750 dollars. Hearing set next week before Judge James C Wilson.
Presiding Elder Lane commends the San Jacinto Church Amarillo district for paying last year’s debts in full and raising 10 350 for a new church and parsonage. Rev Virgil Fisher reports 180 new members this year and church leaders seek to retain him with a salary increase to 2750.
The Clarendon Lions Club celebrated its anniversary at the First Christian church with city teachers as guests after a rainout. District Governor KE Cravens of Texas Lions spoke on the group's purpose and achievements. Captain Arthur Ball announced over 1200 dollars paid to Headquarters Company 142nd Infantry for the last quarter's drills, mostly deposited in Amarillo banks.
The government admitted an unlawful liquor seizure and urged dismissal of Miles W. Gibbons’s dry law charge appeal after a warrant based on unverified tips led to evidence. The case centers on a Cleveland search at 122 East Seventeenth Street and a prohibition officer’s testimony about an anonymous telephone tip.
New Orleans Oct 22 The joint commission report on the ministry of Christian healing was not reached in the first fight session at the Episcopal church convention. The House of Deputies tabled the minority report after approving portions of the prayer book revision. The bishops resume study of prayer book changes today with marriage and burial services approved amid debates on divorce and deaconess roles.
Spitzbergen salutes a hen from Director Dresselbuye’s Dutch Coal Company project for domestic egg production in the arctic. The hen’s incubator faces cold, and hens are kept in darkness part of each day during the midnight sun, with artificial light in Arctic winter.
Here There Everywhere is Brown, a man jailed on perjury charges after a disputed liquor purchase claim. Judge Motlow plans to depart Lynchburg for Amarillo on October 28, following his brother's funeral. Mrs. A. J. Crow, Amarillo school board member, is treated at St Anthony's sanitarium, sister of Dr H H Larson. Jesse Martin arrival from Fort Worth signals preparation for next week's criminal cases. John Snider, long crippled, improves from foot infection. Sid Braunig boasts of recent New York purchase. O L Leveritt, post-appendectomy patient, shows pneumonia recovery.
Cleburne, Oct. 22. H. A. Oliver, secretary of the Cleburne chamber of commerce, shot and killed himself at his home. He was 51, survived by his widow, and had lived in Cleburne five years while serving as secretary. He formerly lived in Marshall and was a well known commercial executive. The bullet entered the left ear and exited the right.
David C. Willis 53, chairman of the board at the Fourth Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, died today after an operation. Ottawa held nomination day across 214 electoral districts for Canada's looming parliamentary elections one week away despite 24 constituencies sharing already made nominations. New York reports a possible volcanic lull next summer on Santorini as residents grow used to rumblings awaiting a stop in August per a returning geologist.
The Rocky Mountain News detailed the Panhandle oil field in Hutchinson county Texas with Denver involvement through Johnson Ranch Royalty. It notes the fiftieth producing well by Roxana Petroleum and Mellroy Oil near Roxana’s site, Amarillo refinery’s planned capacity rise, and Prairie Oil and Gas’ new drilling plans amid a court settlement over leased acreage. The Johnson Ranch Royalty case has tied up 10,079 acres for two years, with two wells slated to begin.
Deaf Smith county was represented at the Dallas Fair educational encampment by four club members Ruth Wolfe Robert Sanders Karl Blair and William Thompson. They showed this year’s work and the best staff from Deaf Smith county fair. The Hereford chamber of commerce funded free transport for the trip led by County Agent R O Dunkle.
New London Conn Oct 22 the sixth body was recovered from the S-51 wreck off Block Island sunk September 25 by the City of Rome. Divers found the sailor under the hull implying he was caught in rigging and dragged to the bottom. Twenty seven of the crew of thirty six remain unaccounted for. three were rescued and five bodies recovered during rescue operations. Divers had been preparing to salvage the submarine for the navy.
Shamrock chamber of commerce plans a rapid membership expansion from 110 to 220 within weeks after a well attended banquet. Principal speakers included J N Riggs and S J Cole of Amarillo with J B Clark as toastmaster. The event featured solo by E K Caperton and music from the Shamrock orchestra.
Judge George Calhoun of Wichita County’s fifty third district court granted a temporary injunction barring the state highway department from paying any part of a 163000 dollar allotment for a Red River bridge project from Burkburnett into Oklahoma. Newfoundland will build 220 miles of highways starting immediately.
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