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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
5
New Orleans cotton futures closed steady with gains of 14 to 21 points as oil and rain prospects influenced markets. October and December contracts rose from opening calls, while spot cotton finished 15 points higher with sales totaling 401 on the spot. Receipts reached 617 and stocks 109,241.
New York cotton futures closed with a net gain of 12 to 26 points amid a volatile session. Prices opened lower, with October and December futures slipping to 22.75 and 22.86 before a weather map forecast of fair conditions and reports of rising boll weevil pressure supported a rally to higher levels.
Cotton market in Liverpool shows limited demand with steady prices. American grades range from strictly good middling 14.28 to good ordinary 11.68, with sales of 3 000 bases, including 2 000 American. futures closed steady from July 12.73 to May 12.25.
June 20 at Chicago market for poultry alive lower fowls 21 1 2 to 87 cents per pound broilers 26 to 85 cents roosters 13 cents turkeys 20 cents ducks 18 to 28 cents geese 13 to 22 cents per pound.
Chicago open weak to firm with wheat rising on concerns spring crop may not mature due to black rust. Corn moved with wheat from a 5-8 to 1-4 decline to advance, oats started 1-4 off to 1-8 up, provisions firmer in line with hog prices.
Hogs receipts 5 000 and packing sows 1175 a 12 heavy weight hogs 1260 a 1330 medium 1255 a 1825 lights 1200 a 1315 light lights 1125 a 1809. Cattle receipts 500 week’s bulk prices Beef steers 915 a 1025 fat cows 485 a 435 a 690 heifers 675 a 900 canners and cutters 800 a 375 veal calves 900 a 1000 stockers and feeders 550 a 750. Sheep receipts 5 000 weeks bulk prices Fat lambs 1550 a 1615 cull natives 1050 a 1100 yearlings wethers 1259 a 1550 ewes 550 a 650 feeding lambs 1300 a 1325 top 1350.
First Christian Church at Oak and St John street announces services by E R Clarkson minister Bible school 945 a m Lord s supper 11 am morning sermon 1115 am subject The Service of Shining Christian Endeavor 7 pm evening sermon 8 pm subject The Divine Ultimatum Mid week prayer service will be held Wednesday at 8 pm
Construction on the Ouachita parish court house advances toward occupancy with an expected September 15 completion. Superintendent W L Ewing cites delays in Indiana stone supply but praises the material quality and overall craftsmanship. About 60 workers remain on site with plastering, elevators, painting, and wood finishing ongoing.
Ruston June 20 Special to the News-Star the Eastland Parent Teachers League staged The Flapper Grandmother at the high school auditorium. The cast included Amy Mond Angie Baker Gladys Melton Myra Cheatwood Bob Tucker Jeff Edd Walter Moore Allen Givens Pat Givens Roland Gill T A Moffett and C Jones Hill with dash ing choruses. The event cleared about 75 to help pay for a school grand piano.
Mrs E E Baugh and children and Mrs J W Bradley and Mrs Max Bradley drove to Shreveport yesterday to visit friends and relatives. Miss Frances Wilson left Thursday for Boulder Colorado to take a course at the University of Colorado. Messrs John and L L Staples left Thursday for Los Angeles where L L Staples and family will settle. Mr John Staples will tour several western states before returning home. Rev R W Blain leaves today for Shreveport to assist at a Presbyterian Training school starting tomorrow.
A young negro, about 19, weighing 140 pounds, left two stolen garden hoses at Pete Consella's shop on Fourteenth and Washington streets. He offered to sell them, fled when police were phoned, and the hoses were taken to headquarters for owners to claim after identification.
Tomorrow the First Baptist Church will add about 150 members as orphanage children transfer from Lake Charles. Special transport will bring the youngsters to Monroe for morning and evening services led by Rev. C. T. Ricks of Louisville. The event supports a fund drive for Louisville Seminary.
Snyder No. 3 gas well owned by Natural Gas Products Co caught fire when struck by lightning about 2 o clock yesterday after noon. Located in section 34 20 5 Morehouse parish the well had a daily capacity of 25 million cubic feet. Employees were handling the well when the strike occurred but no injuries were reported. Efforts are under way to extinguish the blaze and officials expect control by noon tomorrow.
W. C. Crowell files for divorce claiming his wife Annie Crowell caused their daughter Willie Mae Crowell to leave home about two weeks ago. He alleges cruelty and that Annie may be contributing to the delinquency of the daughter. A niece raised by the couple also left home due to Mrs. Crowell. Crowell faces a Monday non support trial in district court.
A moderate rain began Friday afternoon in Caldwell Parish, rapidly intensifying to a downpour lasting about ninety minutes. Totals reached at least three inches with flooding along streets and sidewalks, heavier near the Ouachita river front. An electrical storm accompanied the rain but caused no reported damage. Farmers look for abundant crops after the timely rainfall.
Senator Ladd of North Dakota remains hospitalized in Baltimore for neuritis and rheumatism and has developed kidney trouble, with his condition described as serious. The weather outlook for the week ahead in the East Gulf States predicts mainly fair weather early, possible afternoon thunderstorms, and above normal temperatures.
A U S Labor Bureau survey for May shows continued unemployment in Louisiana with a large overall surplus. Oil refineries demand grows, building projects rise, and sugar planters benefit from rains while textile and some other industries shed workers. Shreveport and Baton Rouge report construction boosts and persistent labor surpluses in various sectors.
Anthony Gibbons, manager of the Urania Petroleum Co., reports bankers in New York are well versed in north Louisiana and show strong interest in the Urania oil development. He accompanied his uncle de la Barra to discuss the central Louisiana oil scene and noted New York’s milder climate and comfort. He also said he unexpectedly saw Harry Thaw on Broadway, who appeared old and frail.
Judge Charles Schulze reports all 125 Monroe Scouts enjoyed a week at D Arbonne camp. Adults including R M Breard and W C Fleming praised camp leadership, swimming progress, abundant food, and singing. Services are set for Sunday with Dr Morton and Rev McFadden. A single nuisance remained the hungry mosquito.
Secret service declares war on traders handling 235 soldier bonus certificates seized from a San Antonio money lender. The lender charged a $7 commission and near 100 percent interest, with loans totaling over $8,000. Veterans may sue holders who use certificates as loan security before 1927, recovering $100 per case.
The Monroe and West Monroe chambers urge every local business to send at least one representative to a June 25 meeting in Winnsboro at 10:00 a.m. to plan and support the Monroe Winnsboro St. Joseph road project. Report seating capacity to the secretary and assemble on DeSiard Street at 7:30 a.m.
The voyage party faced a ice coated sea when Dietrichsen and Omdshl fell overboard. Amundsen and Riser-Larsen tried to launch a boat but the ice prevented it. Ellsworth then rescued the imperiled men and hauled them to safety. A note adds that small classified ads can sell large property.
Fire Chief Roddy and two women were driving from Baton Rouge when two masked men staged a road trap one mile south of Urania. The chief sped away as a hoax held up person cried for help while one man pointed a pistol. The car would not go faster.
A thunder storm near 3 45 p m yesterday brought light rain to Monroe with total precipitation of 22 inches The storm caused minor damage when a lightning bolt struck the roof of the old Jewish synagogue tearing off bricks No further damage reported in Monroe Calhoun received heavy rain while Ruston Camp D Arbonne saw light showers
In Shreveport, Louisiana, a fourth inch of rain fell yesterday afternoon, bringing June precipitation to 0.41 inches. The moisture offers relief to drought stressed crops, though farmers say more rain is needed. Some planters have installed irrigation to water cotton and corn from the Red River.
Rev. Hayward resumes Grace Episcopal services after the encampment at Bay St Louis. J T Watson and L F Ginochio receive Missouri Pacific roles with El Dorado as HQ. Fire at North Louisiana Shingle Mill causes minor damage. cigarette end blamed. Parish jail service set for June 21 with Rev W M Webster speaking. Rev S N Williams to preach final sermons at Stone Ave church before two month summer vacation. Rev Camp to occupy pulpit in coming months.
Advices from Tulsa, Oklahoma report the death of I D Moore former judge of the state court of appeal and former city attorney in New Orleans He lived much of his life in La Fourche parish and was active in two state conventions and the woman suffrage movement.
Agricultural Director J. T. Stinson of St. Louis will visit Monroe and nearby areas to survey trucking potential after President L. W. Baldwin's trip. Henry C. Smith says the region has strong prospects, citing bell peppers near Hammond and irrigation methods with high per acre returns. Louisiana’s 30 year record shows stable prices and year round market, outperforming Florida when its season ends.
Tomorrow marks the official start of summer in 1925 and the longest day. Sunrise near Morroe is at 4 47 a m and sunset at 7 16 p m giving over 14 hours of daylight. After several days sunrises edge later and sunsets earlier by about a minute daily. December 21, the opposite shortest day, follows in time.
Arrested by Deputy Sheriff Roper, Rock Fontana will serve the remaining three months of a six month sentence begun in 1914 for petty larceny. Convicted in district court in 1916, he fled the road and was recaptured in Monroe, with an alias warrant leading to his arrest. He will finish his term in the city jail.
Mrs J W Parks of Loch Lommond Louisiana was pinned under a rolled over car after it slid on a wet decline twelve miles north of Loch Lommond. She had a lacerated leg but was not seriously hurt and was taken to St Francis sanitarium.
W T Collins an employee in the Urania oil fields was injured yesterday when a wire cable struck his leg tearing ligaments. He is confined to his room for several weeks. He worked for Ju FE Grandstaff and was skidding over the rig for the Bill Rowe operation south of Urania. A local physician dressed the injury.
The Louisiana Highway Commission invites sealed proposals at Baton Rouge until 1 o clock a m July 2 1925 for State Project 449 Monroe Farmerville Highway seven point seven five miles from Monroe to Union parish line. Sealed bids for washed gravel surface material will be opened publicly at the same time. Plans may be inspected in Baton Rouge or obtained for five dollars nonrefundable. W B Robert and W E Atkinson state highway engineers and chairman notice dated June 6 13 20 27.
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