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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market notes list cattle, hogs and sheep prices with extensive ranges for calves, steers, cows, bulls and feeders. Kansas City Chicago St Louis and Wichita summaries show mixed gains and stable to higher hogs and cattle across regional auctions.
An advertisement lists prices for hens in various weights and ages, including leghorn hens, broilers, turkeys, and old roosters. Also notes butter quality and egg sale details with mentions of mold-free butter and delivery terms.
Grain prices and futures shown for Wheat Open High Low Close May Dec Sept. Oats May and Dec. Corn May and Dec with percentage changes. Includes barley and Kaffir notes and a line about Globe want ads at one and a half cents per word.
Judging of the Shorthorn breed in Catlie at the Tri-State fair concluded at noon. The Peterson herd from Justin Texas swept all awards with bull and cow classes dominated by Marquis Star Mina's Favorite Silver Knight Wrangler Masterpiece Sharon Crown Countess Rosebud leifer Lady Princess Marquia Ann and others named. Winners included junior and grand champion bulls and multiple get of sire and graded herd honors.
Mrs W C Martin notes the Texas Conference on Town and City Planning has operated since March 1924 as an offshoot of the Kessler Plan Association. The group offers voluntary city plan services, pamphlets, blueprints, and data to Texas communities, with Kessler Plan figures cited as influential in major cities. Secretary John E B Surratt, Fort Worth area, invites towns to apply for assistance.
Visitors to the Perryton fair note a fine Perehion group in the horse department owned by F C Spencer. Awards include Mark Jasper and Dragon Jehovah Maude Evelyne Ruth Theodore and other placings. John C Burns judged the class with no other entries in horses and mules.
The Tri States fair named three winners for the Sunday September 14 contest. First prize went to Erma Dwight of 1621 Pierce, second to Mrs KE H Quattlebaum of 905 West Thirteenth, and third to Ina May Hopkins of 1620 Monroe. Checks were mailed today and the next contest will be decided later this week.
A Pathe News cameraman shot footage this morning at the exposition parade and fair grounds for the fair association and Mission theater. The film will be sent to Dallas for development and returned Friday for showing Friday and Saturday at the Mission theater.
Mrs. Martin, vice president of the state park board and managing editor of the Texas Federation News, will be the featured guest at the State Federation meeting in Amarillo November 11 to 14. She is noted for her farming expertise and long legislative advocacy. Amarillo clubwomen anticipate her visit.
The parade showcased striking floats from Tucumcari Shamrock Wichita Falls Slaton Memphis Clarendon Sayre Clide Matador Panhandle Pampa Dalhart Friona Canadian Childress Amarillo and more. Duchesses included Miss Nicholson Miss Tudor Miss Cummings Miss Blundell Miss Foxhall and others. Amarillo merchants and Kiowa Indians participated amid a historic Panhandle Exposition display.
The defense argues the Texas constitution reserves the governorship for a man and contends a married woman cannot legally hold the post or deed land without her husband. John Brady of Austin sides with Mrs. Ferguson, asserting statutes require pecuniary injury to sue and challenge the interpretation of the document.
Pan Tex Pipe Line moves to complete connections with the Amarillo refinery with crude flowing at 2090 barrels a day within days. The line's capacity is 10000 barrels daily and will grow as production rises. Dorset Carter praises secured transport contracts and predicts more field developments and refinery needs.
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