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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth market report lists cattle receipts 500 with varying bids from calves 2.50 to 9 and yearlings up to 28.75, hogs 400 with best medium from 13 to 13.40, sows 10 to 11.25, sheep and lambs with spring lambs 12 to 14 and feeders 11 to 13, goats 1.50 to 3.75, and other cattle categories priced across a wide range.
Chicago. September corn prices dropped to new bottoms during a brief session on the Chicago Board of Trade. All railway deliveries also showed weakness as the market edged lower.
A. F E. McGregor, irrigation engineer, reports no flaws in the preliminary plan to divert Canadian River water onto the table lands of the Plains through dams. He leads a survey crew two weeks into work near the New Mexico line toward Roswell, expressing growing enthusiasm for impounding flood waters.
The Amarillo Tri-State Fair will include an oil exhibit arranged by William Christian of Hutchinson county chamber of commerce. Tex Thornton of the United States Torpedo company and Fred DeCoster of the Perfection Tank company lead the display with oil men and supply reps assisting. The exhibit promises to be complete and unique, featuring a gas well fire extinguished by explosives.
New battery station to be named Amarillo Battery Company by L Sullivan and W R Murrell. They claim to invent a Drive Through service and will provide a 72 by 140 foot parking area. Both men are long-time Amarillo residents. Dick Bird urged building the North Plains railroad. Roy Greenhill quipped about barrels.
Market page lists grain prices in Amarillo with wheat at 162 per bushel, maize 1.80 per 100 pounds, kafir at 1.90 per 1190 pounds, and oats at 1.70 per bushel. An advertisement line follows.
Jerry Malin, sports editor of Canyon’s Prairie, sports a large decorated hat for the Buffalo Bulldog clash at the Tri-State fair on September 26. Fans from Buffalo, Clarendon, and Amarillo chase the hat, hoping to claim it by scoring the game’s first touchdown.
The P H I T club will head a membership campaign for the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers association set to start October 19. At Amarilla hotel a unanimous vote placed the club in charge to lift members from 98 to 200, with Co C Watson as president and B C Antrobs and Clarence Thompson as officers attending.
Canadian September report announces Hemphill county fair scheduled for October 1 2 3 with strong local interest. Hemphill plans exhibit at Tri-State fair in Amarillo and aims for major prize share while locals praise area boosters and business sponsors.
Lon F. Smith announces the official staff for the annual Sons of Confederate Veterans reunion in Abilene starting September 30. Appointments list 14 officers led by Elgin Blaylock as adjutant-in-chief with notable brigade commanders from Texarkana to El Paso and include sponsor Miss Katie Daffan of Ennis.
Amarillo realtors prepare for the largest board meeting in the organization's history in the Panhandle Roundup room of the Amarillo hotel. A membership drive aims to introduce twenty new members, with John Gilvin and Ben Short reporting on the Gelveston state meeting and convention business.
The Fair theater buys a Grid-O-Graph electric baseball scoreboard for its World Series service this fall. Ross Rogers says the board will show every detail of the game and a leased wire will improve service.
Dr. E. F. Lanham superintendent of the Tri State fair horse department asks every child with Shetland ponies to exhibit at the Amarillo Panhandle event. Special stall space is provided. Farmers planning draft horses and mules are urged to submit entries promptly as some classes have been arranged.
McLean reports the first car of 1925 milo maize shipped today three weeks earlier than normal. Produced by Bob Ashby and bought by Cook Grain Co. at $20 per ton. Crops in the area are unusually early with watermelons and cotton coming in early. cotton patches are opening rapidly, and pickers are in short supply.
United Press reports Mrs. Marion Jacobson wife of a restaurant owner was found in Lake Michigan with bruises and burn marks. Detectives pursue link to a restaurant bombing during her disappearance amid claims revenge motive.
Paris Texas Sept 19 Advices indicate the Red River has reached its crest and danger of further damage appeared passed. The river rose to 28 feet at Arthur City and was reported falling tonight. Flood warnings issued in advance minimized lives lost and property damage.
John E. Hill chair of the city development industrial committee urges Amarillo merchants to buy from distant industries to build a local jobbing and manufacturing center. He cites Judge H. L. Adkins on encouraging new industries and says broad citizen effort benefits all, not a few.
Three thousand head of stocker and feeder cattle will be sold at public auction at the Western stockyards on Saturday morning September 26 at 10 o'clock. Panhandle cattlemen show strong interest and the sale is billed as the Southwest’s largest of its kind. Col P M Gross of Kansas City will auctione er Ralph Dawson of the Daily Drovers Telegram and others assist. Cattle from famous Panhandle herds will be offered and feeders can buy direct from owners the best stockers and feeders.
The Cal Farley Tire Station No. 2 moves from Fifth street and Carolina avenue to a new brick building at Fifth street and Alabama avenue. The new Cal Farley Tire and Service Station No. 2 will house a tire shop and a first class oil and gas service station. Harry Patterson will lead a crew of tire and service men at the new shop.
Plainview received the first bale of cotton Saturday raised by W. F. Lowe. Weighing 523 pounds, the bale had not yet been sold by late Saturday.
Albert Randall reports major projects including Vineyard apartments third story completion for Stsg man furniture, Brown Cracker and Candy company addition, two Edgefield Addition residences, and limited other building work. John Jones discusses bond holdings and Amarillo office plans amid impatience to move. Walter Sikes praises the Globe trophy and aims to defend it next year. Tom Cotten urges drivers to stop ferrying bus awaiters. Steve Boyer recalls a bizarre rain anecdote at Mathews Fish Market with a growing sidewalk mark.
Chicago reports Rob Roy Benton announces no obstacles remain for a July 4 1926 Dempsey versus Wills bout near Chicago. Benton says Dempsey will meet him September 27 in Chicago to travel to South Bend to sign final articles with Wills and Mullins.
Washington reports American aviators fighting against the Riffs in Morocco may face prosecution under U S statutes. The state department notified Maxwell Blake and urged caution on enlistment in foreign armies. Officials note sections punish enlistment by Americans in foreign forces with fines or imprisonment.
The Roller Rink opens Thursday at the armory with Sergeant A L Anderson Jr in charge. He will announce a skating schedule soon and has ordered all new skates. The rink promises wholesome recreation at all times.
Amarillo Bishop E Cecil Seaman will be in Childress Sunday evening September 20 to hold confirmation services at St Luke’s Episcopal Church.
Lenox Mass September 19 The champions of science condemn William J Bryan posthumous attack on evolution. Dudley Field Malone counsel for John T Scopes denounces the Tennessee anti evolution law calling it a blend of creed and politics led by ignorant clergy and fear of votes. He warns the movement threatens international peace and condemns political theology in legal acts. He cites fear as motive and notes Bryan will be honored despite his death.
A Ranch Creek Oil stockholder says the much discussed deal on Polk street has not been fully consummated. If finalized next week it could boost shareholder value as owners expect substantial gains from their holdings.
Mary Ardis Campbell of Dumas campaigns for first place in the Tri-State exposition popularity contest and its Studebaker prize. Moore County backs her, with booths in Lindsay and Sewell drug stores and Amarillo hotel selling tickets as she edits a special Globe edition for next Saturday.
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