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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market shows cattle and hog prices with calves, beef, and sheep listed across grades and weights. Chicago market reports hogs and cattle with price ranges for top, mid, and feeder classes, plus sheep and lamb quotes.
Hogs in St Louis totals about 9 000 head with lower prices top at 10 dollars. Cattle near 1 000 head mostly steady with steers 8.15 to 9.10 and vealers 11.25 to 11.50. Sheep 2 000 head steady to firm with lambs 13.25 to 13.50. Kansas City reports cattle 3 000 and calves 540 steady. hogs 6 000 lower with top 9.50 and sows 8.25 to 8.45. sheep 6 000 steady to higher with feeding lambs 11.59.
Hog receipts 500 with prices 9.20 to 9.80 top 9.35 and 8. Cattle receipts 200 including 100 calves. beef steers 5 to 6.75. beef heifers 3.25 to 6.50. veal calves 3.60 to 8.50. stockers and feeders 7 to 11.25. stock cows and heifers 2 to 3.75.
The brief market note shows May corn and oats futures with gains and losses at various contract months. Wheat trades near 1.28 to 1.38 with mixed percentages, while cash close figures and grade designations appear for Kansas City and No 1 red and hard wheats.
Amarlio Amarlio produce listings show various poultry weights and prices for hens roosters ducks geese turkeys and eggs. The fragment notes pricing like 12 cents per pound for hens over 8 pounds and for toms over 12 pounds with other categories and discounts mentioned.
A scrambled OCR style listing shows grain prices with entries for wheat oats barley and maize. The text references Amarillo Grain and price figures per bushel or per 100 pounds, but many words are garbled.
Market notes show steady tone for New York cotton with March and May futures around 24.1 and 24.2 cents, while October and December near 24.4 and 24.0. New Orleans figures list Jan through Dec contracts with mixed bids and slight gains. Listed company stocks include American Smelters, American Locomotive, General Motors, Westinghouse, and Phillips Petroleum with varied percentages.
Claude Texas September 5 Warm cotton growing weather is now being enjoyed in this section. Some fields are loaded with bolls and squares. Some damage from the grasshopper has been reported but these pests were soon checked. A large number of cotton pickers will soon be in demand. Farmers are breaking land for the sowing of wheat in this section and a large acreage will be planted. Raw feedstuff is fine. Prospects are better for a larger yield of feedstuff this year than this section has produced in many years.
Amarillo Tent and Awning company hires T. R. McGaugh of Lamesa for interior and pageant decorating. He brings years of experience in decorating for pageants parades and shows and will create floats for the duchesses the style show and commercial floats for the parade during Tri-State fair week.
A county court jury found T. W. Stanford not guilty of aggravated assault for the August 15, 1922 flogging of E. T. McDonald. Defense proved alibi with Stanford at home before 9 pm as witnesses, while McDonald testified of masked attackers and tar and feathering. Stanford disclosed he had been ousted from the Ku Klux Klan. case prosecuted by County Attorney Henry Ford.
A collection of brief quotes from local figures in Amarillo including George Maggard praising his dog and joking about The Globe, Sam Vaughn inviting golfers to the Tri-State Fair Invitational, Ross Rogers reporting a minor operation on his son, Dorset Carter predicting oil field growth, and B D Gorman warning farmers about duck damage and hunters ahead of the season.
Russell and Cockrells employees hosted a farewell party in the store office for Clyde Cockrell who leaves Sunday with his wife and children to move to Fort Worth. Cecil Jones gave Cockrell a gold Hamilton watch. Cockrell spoke. ice cream and cookies were served starting at 8 p.m. He will join World Publishing Company in Fort Worth.
Fire Life Automobile Cotton Plate Glass Insurance offered by F. M. Lefforge & Co. Palmer kindergarten opens in September with daily enrollments and inquiries via phone 1052.
Engineer Clegg outlined a plan to pipe water to Amarillo with a storage reservoir near the city outskirts. He said future dam construction could be funded within the initial plan and emphasized the need for a water board to finance and implement a rapid, cheap system using the shallow water belt. He noted the present water shortage is acute and industries could be drawn to Amarillo with a reliable supply.
A round-table by the American Business club urged a municipally owned water system for Amarillo to fuel growth and reassure industry. Speakers led by Carter Matthews pressed public enlightenment on the water issue and warned current plans are inadequate without reliable supply.
The American Business club outlined its sponsor actions at today’s luncheon. Projects include Amarillo publicity, a first class broadcasting station, agricultural program boosts, more paving, house numbering, park beautification, extra equipment, a Panhandle state park chain, water supply plan for Amarillo, a city zoning plan, and a juvenile detention home.
Residents report unusually large peaches this year with several growers sharing specimens. A. H. Dotya presented nine inch peaches grown under adverse conditions. J. M. Davis and W. O. Westbay displayed ten and ten and a half inch peaches from their yards. C. B. Lawler also contributed a fine batch from his place.
Albert Penny, a California Glove Co. rep, has spent 34 years visiting Amarillo stores. On his final trip, he plans to retire after returning home to Capitola, California. He reflects on regional growth and remains optimistic about prospects.
Orla Allen and Maurice Watner came back yesterday after a four day overland trip to New Mexico. They saw the Fiesta at Santa Fe and praised its pageant reenacting the Spaniards seizing Santa Fe from the Indians. They also visited Taos before returning to Amarillo.
A brief session of the Board of City Development traffic department discussed Amarillo freight and traffic issues. Rates on car loads of ammunition incubators brooders and other products were examined. State aid funds for rural Dallas county schools were requested for $25 000 to cover eight months.
Harold Palmer of New York pressed a $12 500 000 upset price for the Denver and Rio Grande Western during a conference with Federal Judge J Foster Symes and bondholders. Judge Symes rejected $42 500 000 as too high and signaled a lower figure. Palmer argued the road is worth at least 130 000 000. Following the meeting the railroad will be placed on the auction block within sixty days.
J. P. Van Dusen a 45 year old manager for a manufacturing distributor fell from the tenth floor of the Union Bank building to the roof of a two story structure at 12 30 pm today. He was still living shortly after but death was expected momentarily as an investigation is begun.
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