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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1925
Page
7
Frank Buckingham of 1408 Hughes Street received a permit to construct a dwelling at that address costing 6500 dollars. The obituary note mentions an Odist church officiating and burial in Liano cemetery.
Wichita and Fort Worth stock markets report mixed cattle hogs and sheep pricing. Hogs strong in Wichita with top sow ranges. Fort Worth cattle and calves mostly steady. hogs higher with top price around 13.55. sheep in both cities mostly steady with lambs around 12.50 to 13. Breeds and stockers feature, with Nebraska listings showing 18,000 cattle and varied activity.
The small Pantex town, once prairie, now thrives with a general store, filling station, repair shop, barber, two confectionaries, a restaurant, hotel, post office, and laundry agency. A nearby Domain oil well sits half a mile away, with more locations planned as the Rock Island railroad may bring bigger prospects from Liberal Kansas.
Chicago market totals show hogs 28,000 and cattle 28,000 with varied grades and prices. Hogs top 13 60 per cwt. sows 10 90 to 11 40. killing pigs 12 75 to 13 25. cattle with best fed greers 15 75 and yearlings 15 50. sheep with fat native lambs 15 50. East St Louis reports hogs 44,500 with top 12 75 and bulk 13 50 to 13 65. cattle 6,500 including native steers 9 50 to 12 10. sheep 3,500 lambs 15 to 15 25.
Grain prices listed for Amarillo show No. 1 hard wheat per bushel maize per 100 pounds kafir per 100 pounds and oats per bushel with current market quotes across commodities.
Poultry and eggs listed with prices. Includes Leghorn hens roosters broilers ducks geese and turkeys. Also mentions packing stock butter and new cases with price notes.
Kansas City market notes show Wheat No 2 hard 1.53 to 1.65 dollars. No 2 red 1.69 to 1.70. Corn No 3 white 0.91 to 1.01 with No 2 yellow 0.98 to 0.99. Oats No 2 white 0.41 to 0.42 with No 2 white 0.40 to 0.41.
Chicago grain prices opened lower on September 14 as Canada’s crop movement is seen increasing and North Dakota receipts remain heavy for about a month. Wheat declined from early gains and fell to 147 1 4 cents for December and 151 1 4 for May, with corn and oats easing as well. Hog prices held firm but provisions lacked support.
Kansas City market report shows cattle at 25 000 head and calves 5 000 with strong demand. Top long yearlings around 12 dollars, heavy steers 11, grain feds 9 to 10 50, grass stock 8 25, cows and heifers varied, veal up to 12. Hogs 6 500 and sheep 19 000 with western lambs 15 75 to 15 80 and natives 14 to 14 25.
Oklahoma City market reports cattle 300 head active heifers eight dollars per head cows 3 75 to 4 75 dealers eight to nine. hogs 600 head higher top 12 90 bulk 12 65 to 12 90 packing sows 10 50 pigs 10 50.
Glenn L. Bowen has accepted a position with the McDonald Auto Supply company and will oversee the radio department. The Chicago cash grain report notes Wheat No 1 hard at 31.54 and No 2 hard at 1.52, Corn No 2 mixed 96 to 97 and No 2 yellow 97 to 98, Oats No 2 white 40 14 to 41. Globe want ads bring results.
Funeral services for T C Moore a farmer who died at the Smith building Saturday will be held Tuesday at 3 pm from Griggs chapel. Rev G L Yates of First Baptist will officiate burial is in Llano cemetery Pallbearers listed D Duniven Henry Burch Lonnie Burch Frank Crawford Ray Thomas Frank Roddie A brother W J H Moore and brother in law J C Walker travel from Lott tonight to attend. First Christian church membership has grown from 500 to 875 since Rev F W O Maley became pastor 1 1/2 years ago.
Local brief quotes feature Sloan Kruser predicting record goose and waterfowl shooting in the Panhandle and a Ringling advance agent noting no parade but a large circus with 1,600 workers. Other voices discuss late Saturday openings for fair and circus, golf bragging rights, a new Globe columnist, cautious driving at speed, and game laws requiring stepping from a car to shoot.
Mrs. Sam B. Keen of New Orleans recalls being Amarillo’s first baby born after the move to the present city in 1890. She notes her grandfather H. H. Brooks, publisher of The Champion, and reflects on early Panhandle dreams realized as she visits with family and oldtimers.
The article contends that surplus Mississippi River waters could be redirected to floods and deserts, arguing that intelligent action would convert floodwaters into productive land, transforming Western deserts into fertile farms.
Local reports note There There Everywhere Construction has begun work on a refinery in Carlsbad New Mexico. L R Mickey sells Panhandle Drug Store to Messrs Scott and A L Hatcher Jr. J H Skages and Biggs Horn buy 710 cattle from Steve Trigg for October 1 delivery. Amarillo hotel menu cites Great West Flour Mistletoe Butter E B D products. Mr and Mrs Billy Caldwell welcome baby boy weighing eight pounds.
An Amarillo barber avoids liability for customers hats, a New York judge ruling barbers as craftsmen paid wages, not traders. The decision prompted mixed reactions from locals including Jack Lyons praising a Globe article on the self tournament in metropolitan style.
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