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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1924
Page
2
In Fort Worth on Sept. 22 cattle totals reach about 500 with calves and stockers in demand. Cows and heifers bring roughly 1.75 to 6.50 dollars and bulls 2.25 to 2.50. Hogs rise to about 9.50 to 9.75 with sows 7.50 to 8.25 and pigs 6.50 to 8. Sheep see strong lambs 10 to 12 dollars and feeders 9 to 10 dollars.
Kansas City and Chicago reports show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with mixed results. Prices range from cattle top dollars to hogs firm near nine to ten dollars, while sheep markets hold steady to lower across regions including East St Louis and Colorado listings.
Wichita Kan Sept 22 cattle receipts rise to about 6000 with 1200 calves as market levels push higher packers top at 9.65 and shippers 9.75 while bulk sales run 9.40 to 9.60. Beef steers 5.50 to 6.75 heifers 5.25 to 6.50 cows 3.00 to 4.50 veal calves 3 to 8.50 stockers 3 to 6.25 and bulls 2.25 to 3.50.
Chicago grain futures show mixed moves with May wheat up 1.38 percent at open and 1.28 percent at close. Corn and oats display small gains and declines with contract buttons reflecting steady trader activity across May and Sept maturities.
Market listing shows hens four pounds and up priced around 4.16 each, broilers leghorns and blacks at 13 cents per pound, roosters old at 6 cents, turkeys hens eight pounds and up at 12 cents, toms twelve pounds and up at 12 cents, butter fourteen cents, eggs with loss adjustments and case details noted.
President Coolidge told the Holy Name Societies in convention that the constitution guarantees of civic political and religious liberty are the essence of freedom and toleration. He addressed what was believed to be the largest audience ever assembled before him in Washington on September 22.
Mrs. J. K. Short of Amarillo judged the Canyon exhibits with extensive entries and diverse prizes. Ribbon and cash awards went to numerous women for quilts, silk quilts, bead work, embroidery, tatting, rugs, crochet and more as the federation plans a flower show for next week.
J D Wrather of Long Beach California plans a new refinery and will decide location between Panhandle or Amarillo within days. He just returned from Dallas after talks with Texas Co officials and said the plant will receive ample crude to run continuously.
The Rev Lawrence M Hight confessed to poisoning his wife on September 10 and Wilford Sweetin on July 27, saying he was temporarily out of his mind. He claimed to have alleviated his wife’s suffering and to have harmed Sweetin to end his pain.
T M Whitman suffered possible broken back when an elevator at Crescent Wheel and Body Works 04 West Fourth Street collapsed. F B E Siedenstrand, plant owner, on the elevator with Whitman, escaped with minor injuries. Whitman taken to Northwest Texas Hospital for X rays.
Republicans of North Dakota asked the state supreme court to strike four La Follette supporters from their presidential elector ticket. The court issued a writ returnable Monday September 29, requiring the backers to show cause why their names should not be eliminated.
Robert Jackson Gamble, former United States senator from South Dakota, died at his Sioux Falls home after a long illness. He served in the Senate and was a prominent political figure. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
The Southwest Texas Wheat Growers' association plans to contest a new freight rate scale recommended by Examiner Keeler to the interstate commerce commission. Twenty one directors met in Amarillo led by CC Lockwood to defend current rates as fair to farmers and to present the growers' case in Washington. The board includes leaders from Canyon, Friona, Pampa, Panhandle, Spearman, Floydada, Vega, Perryton, and other Texas towns plus N M. Ground officials.
The program lists concerts from MUlbin and Od Elvetugun with stunt flying wing walking and parachute drops around 5:00 p.m. Fireworks at the grand stand and Cotton Belt carnival midway attractions run from early morning to noon. Indian Village operates 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with exhibits and livestock judging throughout the day.
Cleveland Sept 22 Complete retirement of the United States public debt in twenty five years is contemplated by the treasury Assistant Secretary Dewey disclosed at the Investment Banks association convention. The program aims to wipe out the current debt of about twenty one half billions in the next quarter century.
In McLean county near Calhoun Kentucky Otis McCormick 28 was killed and Ross McCormick 56 and Frank McCormick were probably fatally wounded Melvin Stanley was seriously hurt He and his brother David Stanley were jailed in Calhoun charged with murder according to authorities
Red Lawrence fears a growth on his upper lip may require removal. Jim Oakes, after a Sunday near Plainview, is inspired to write poetry about crops.
The Amarillo Tri-State Exposition highlights a major carnival collaboration by Cotton Belt and Cornelius James brothers with fifteen showy wheels and seventy concessions. Clarendon visitors arrive by twelve hundred vehicles, welcomed by a city parade and band. Horse racing officials praise Amarillo track as top dirt surface attracting entries from Oklahoma Kansas Texas and New Mexico.
In Breckenridge Texas a cloudburst washed out Gonzales Creek causing extensive flooding. One man Ki Setsites, 41, an oil company employee, drowned in a washed out bridge collapse. Two to three others are missing as homes, businesses, and railway lines were flooded and 300 people homeless.
Classified advertisers learn the Globe will charge one and a half cents for each word in want ads. The policy aims to simplify pricing and reflect ad length, helping customers plan costs before submitting notices.
General Lu Yung Hsiang, commander of Chekiang forces defending Shanghai, pledges to continue civil war until victory or decisive defeat. He warns he will be in Nanking or Chi Shieh Yuan or eliminated when the struggle ends.
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