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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth buyers and sellers traded cattle calves and hogs with mixed demand. Prices ranged from 2 to 12 dollars for calves and stockers, hogs around 9 dollars, sheep varying from 5 to 11 dollars, while Chicago reported uneven hog prices and a large cattle and lamb lot with top figures near 14 to 15 dollars for lambs and veal.
Kansas City livestock markets show cattle at varied ranges with top steers around 10.50 and fed cattle 8.10 to 19.10, hogs steady to higher with top around 9.60, sows 8.25 to 8.40, sheep strong with range lambs 13.25 to 14.50 and natives 12.50 to 13.00, first shorn Texas weathers 7.40, feeding lambs 11.65 to 12.00.
East St Louis market notes hogs 10 000 steady to higher prices 9.85 to 10.00 per cwt pigs 7.50 to 8.25 per cwt packer sows 8.15 to 8.26 cattle 11 000 bidding lower on cows and canners bologna bulls 4 to 4.50 vealers 10.50 sheep 2 500 steady to lower top lambs 153.75 bulk 13 to 13.25 killing ewes 3.50 to 5 per head.
Market notes list prices for hens, leghorns, broilers, roosters, and turkeys by weight with cents per pound. Butter and eggs priced with loss charges and new case considerations. delivery and infertile egg losses noted.
A local note invites readers to attend the Bob ber Hair Matinee at The Mission tomorrow afternoon hosted by The Globe and Ross Rogers. Readers aged 80 and over are invited as guests by calling The Globe office for presnted tickets, with details in tonight's Globe box on page one.
Hog receipts and cattle totals at Wichita on September 5 show market steadiness for hogs with top at 9.35 and most sales between 9.20 and 9.30. Cattle run 6,600 head including 400 calves, opening trade slow and generally weak, beef steers 5 to 6.75, beef heifers 3.25 to 7, cows 4 to 4.25, veal calves 3 to 8, stockers 3 to 6.50, stock cows 2 to 3.75.
W. E. Cazzell complains that after building a new two story structure he cannot find space for his own office and feels pushed back to square one. He notes Sam Jacinto is progressing. Globe want ads mention a fantasy item.
The Globe reports a publicity drive by the Texas Sorghum Growers Association inviting farmers within fifty miles of Amarillo to allow officials to photograph fields and give brief interviews. No obligation beyond time for a photo and short talk. pictures and stories may run in major Southwestern publications and state papers.
The Hillcrest Country Club team traveled to Memphis and won seven of twelve matches against Memphis players. Highlights include clean sportsmanship and a fine chicken dinner for Amarillo guests. Individual results show several close matches with Amarillo players defeating Memphians by margins from 1 up to 9 up.
Pittsburgh, Sept 8 Gil bert O Nations lauded the aims of the Ku Klux Klan in a Central Christian church address. Robed Klan members filled seats as Nations denounced the Republican and Democratic parties and Senator La Follette for alleged insincerity on prohibition enforcement. He singled out Governor Pinchot as the Republican figure truly in favor of enforcing prohibition.
State fish and game warden W. W. Boyd will visit Amarillo on Wednesday to probe reports ducks are damaging farmers crops along the Panhandle. He is at Wheeler shooting a few chickens and is joined by F. L. Collins with Betty Jane the racing thoroughbred hunting dog belonging to Walter Crossett.
Sherman Texas September 8 Coalbraith Foxwell company lumber yards and three residences burned before noon. two houses belonged to Mrs J A Hughes Sherman with partial insurance. Fire began in the lumber yard and spread.
Otis Hill faced trial in district court this afternoon for allegedly stealing a saddle from E. F. Laird of Marymere farms about three months ago. The case proceeded at 3 o'clock with testimony expected to continue.
A jury empaneled for the Waples Platter Grocery theft case against W A Hill was still out at 3 PM after being given the case around noon. The trial centers on alleged money theft from the store about two weeks ago.
Businessman J E Jeffress leads conversion of the Adams Dr Goods building into the first unit of the Little Wonder self service grocery system. Jeffress, 34, formerly with Fort Worth Piggly Wiggly and Amarillo store since 1918, heads the project with A L Manning arranging futures for the store.
Chicago September eight The continuing case of the Engine Service Brotherhoods versus the Western Managers conference committee representing railroads west of Chicago opens before the United States labor board The board probes its authority to compel testimony as about ninety general chairmen and two grand officers refused to appear The managers committee reported failure of concerted negotiations with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen The Brotherhood seeks wage increases roughly five percent based on a New York Central settlement The committee says increases require wage and working condition rule changes not acceptable to employers
O R Cotton, a prominent white farmer, was shot in the face and stomach seven miles north of Mart in McLennan County, Texas. He was rushed to a Waco hospital in serious condition. Report says the wife was shot first and the husband confronted the attacker. Sheriff posses are scouring the area for the suspect. the wife may be fatally wounded.
Mrs. Ted Neely demonstrates a quick method to peel peaches using two teaspoonfuls of lye dissolved in a dishpan of water. Peaches slip from skins and are rinsed multiple times to remove lye. She notes the technique is an old Tennessee recipe.
J M Neely stepped on a rusty nail this morning causing a deep puncture to his foot. He received immediate attention and by late afternoon no inflammation had appeared, with expectations of a full recovery.
General Obregon will visit Europe next December after resigning the Mexican presidency. General Calles will lead a stable government, with Obregon traveling as an ex-president. He will first visit England, then France, as per General Ortiz Rubio in Berlin.
In Portland Maine predictions clash over the governor race as Pattangall seeks a large plurality while Brewster gains support from the Ku Klux Klan aligned voters. Republicans emphasize national issues and Coolidge backing. Result may set a record Maine vote with broad interest in congressional races.
Hearings opened at the Interstate Commerce Commission on Southern Pacific's bid to acquire control of the El Paso and Southwestern system. Arizona routes would connect Picacho to Dome, Phoenix to Salt River Valley, and the San Carlos irrigation project. Julius Kruttschnitt said acquisition would bring more efficient operation and open new territory at lower cost.
Austin reports Texas cotton production this season will total about 4,125,000 bales, roughly 80,000 bales less than year and about 250,000 above federal estimates. George B. Terrell, state agriculture commissioner, notes prospects in northwest counties may lift the total and cites 16,000,000 acres in cotton across 200 counties with a farmer price floor at 25 cents per pound.
Birds in Visalia reports pelicans inland and quail nesting twice this season, leading weather wise men to predict a wet winter for California’s San Joaquin Valley. They argue the quail’s two broods signal ample feed ahead, aligning with forecasts for a wetter season.
Paris reports the French shooting season ready to start with ample game including partridge hare quail and pheasant. Authorities indicate shooting permits issued set a new record and sport is promising.
The Hungarian government lifts the embargo on rare stamps and stamp collections. It decrees that from August 1 passport fees must be paid in gold kronen.
Paul Painleve president of the Finch chamber of deputies caused a scene at Havre railway station as he announced his trunk was missing on return to Paris. After a fifteen minute search he told the station master he had simply forgotten to bring a trunk.
Shanghai reports via AP that famed Shantung bandit queen Old Mother Diao was executed at Ichowin in Shantung. The 47-year-old ex horsewoman led hundreds of outlaws, ordered mass killings at Balihsiang, and endured Ling-che slicing, a prolonged vivisection, during her death.
The immigration act, including the Japanese exclusion clause, has reduced conscription dodging in Tokio. According to the head of recruiting, far fewer young Japanese now attempt to evade mandatory military service, with only about six cases this year in the capital, down from former years' scores.
From London reports Major A G Wade British archaeologist unveils Paleolithic finds in gravel pits near Farnham Dorsetshire showing mammoth remains elephant woolly rhinoceros and flint tools. He argues rhinoceros could live in cold while elephant suggests tropical climate. artifacts imply higher civilization than Neolithic peers. Discovery dated at about 100000 years based on Wey River bed depth.
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