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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
7
Futures opened steady with December at 22.90 and January near 22.49 while May touched 22.75. Prices eased later as trade faded, with December slipping to 22.33 and March to 22.32 as weather and crop reports weighed on activity. Vernmont report due tomorrow and little inclination to trade persists.
York cotton futures opened steady with January at 86, March 22.82, May 22.29 to 22.45, December 22.36 as trading shows shifts from selling to buying. Prices traded near a narrow range amid cautious market activity ahead of tomorrow's government crop report and a private crop estimate pegging October output at 6,782,000 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market shows steadiness with futures closing quiet. Prices for American grades range from strictly good middling 13.10 to strictly low middling 12.05 and receipts recorded at 26,000 bales, including 2,800 American, with futures listed for October through July.
The Chicago wheat market opened higher but soon fell back as profit taking dominated. Unfavorable Canadian weather and firm Liverpool quotes boosted early strength while new buying came from prior sellers. Corn and oats fluctuated with mixed prices and lard provisions edged higher on packer demand.
Poultry alive and receipts mixed with farm fowls and seasonal birds. Prices listed include fowls 17 to 25 cents, springs 22, roosters 15 1 2, turkeys 20, ducks 22 to 25, geese 19 with 12 cars of receipts.
The Stovall Navigation Corporation launches the pilot boat Speed with two full barges and plans an 800 ton capacity barge built at Monroe on new dry docks. Inside dimensions reach forty by one hundred fifty feet as business expands. Cargo on voyage includes 300 tons of carbon black and 300 tons of cotton seed meal. The Red River remains low and treacherous, though channel to New Orleans is navigable.
A boy named Lynn McDonald of Terminal Heights was slightly injured when he ran into a Ford truck driven by Willie Ward on Jackson street. He was treated at St. Francis sanitarium then released to his home. No charges were filed. Separately, a Ruston man Winston F. Borum reported his car struck by a streetcar at DeSiard and Second streets, causing minor damage.
Urania reports Tremont Lumber Co leased 6000 acres to Louisiana Oil Co on high value land near sections 19 20 and 21. Drilling starts immediately with new rigs en route. Urania Petroleum tests No 9 19-19 2E showed oil in quantities at 960 feet but no commercial well yet. Zeigin et al drill N3 19-10-2E tubing set oil flow 15 bbl daily. Other operators Ayers Bros Beckman-Freeman Rowe-Wallace Co preparing to spud in.
Hutchinson I. Cone senior naval officer and vice president of the Fleet Corporation resigns to protest the Shipping Board action removing Leigh C. Palmer as president. Cone accuses the board of defying President Coolidge and says he cannot serve an organization defying the president. Elmer E. Crowley is elected to succeed Palmer and takes the oath of office.
Hi Y organization of Parish and City High schools will hold a banquet at Hotel Monroe tonight at 8 p m. The program includes speeches and entertainment. Hi Y work starts with enthusiasm and growing membership. George Fink leads as president and T W Gray serves as secretary.
Lincoln Parish grand jurors reported after the September 1925 term that 48 complaints were investigated resulting in 22 true bills 19 no bills and seven cases continued. They noted the parish is comparatively free from crime and commend the condition.
Earl Dowdy aged 34, a Rutledge Lumber Company logger, was seriously injured when a loaded log team ran over him at 3 30 p m near Lafourche swamp. He suffered multiple broken ribs and internal injuries and was taken to Riverside Sanitarium where his condition was reported improving.
Kiwanis club members at Hotel Monroe noon luncheon heard Blanche Green of Jennings children’s home describe the group's work and H. L. Gaskin stress Scout program leadership. A Kiwanis committee was named to assist the local Boy Scout financial drive, and the club voted to urge Congressman Riley J. Wilson to back a bill for a new post office building.
Winnsboro, Oct 7. R W H K, popular deputy clerk of court, resigns and moves to Tampa to join Tampa Abstract Company. Body of Mrs H F Smullin brought to Winnsboro for burial at Ft Necessity. her brother was the late H H Ruse of Ft Necessity. Sympathy extended to the bereaved family.
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce voted to locate the Monroe Manufacturing Company on land once bought for a glass factory. H. M. Venable will head a unit making caskets furniture and wood novelties. The group also considered Louisiana Development League plans and reappointment of E. I. Lewis to the Interstate Commerce Commission, with another meeting set to discuss chamber financing.
The Monroe Motor club pushes for stop signs on two blocks around Georgia Tucker school to protect children. Mayor Arnold Bernstein offers cooperation, urging parental and pupil responsibility to reduce jaywalking and traffic hazards. A public safety campaign is planned.
Locals report T S Jackson of a bridge gang fractured an arm after falling from a Missouri Pacific trestle at Urania yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Monroe and admitted to St Francis Sanitarium. Lawrence Craft, son of Mrs Belle Lawrence, Monroe, La., enlisted in the U S Army on Oct 6 in New Orleans and was sent to the Sixth U S Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe Ga. Letters to Private Craft, care Sixth Cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., appreciated. Reverend S B Williams will preach on Backsliding at the Methodist Protestant church tonight as evangelistic services continue with large nightly attendance.
In a tense deadlock no runs no hits no errors as Washington and Pittsburgh pitchers dominate. Bluege Peck Ruel and Traynor contribute in the seventh inning while Wright Barnhart and Johnson overpower the lineups.
In the eighth inning Johnson faced the crowd receiving a large ovation. Wright made a leaping catch on Johnson’s apparent hit. Rice was tagged out at first, Stan Harris grounded out to Wright, and a sequence of plays left no runs. For the Pirates Grantham fouled twice then grounded out, Smith singled and Bigbee advanced as McInnis struck out. Moore walked, Bigbee stole second, and Bluege threw out Moore on a hot smash. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Morrison started for Pittsburgh with Gooch replacing Smith as catcher. Goslin singled to right, Bluege scored on his hit, and Washington added one run as Carey was hit twice and Barnhart singled for Pittsburgh. Senators win on Traynor and Wright at bat.
Col William Mitchell former chief of the army air service is summoned to appear before the U S naval court investigating the Shenandoah disaster in Washington on October 8 with AP reporting.
Clear morning conditions greeted Pittsburgh fans as they awoke for the World Series opener. Despite forecasts of showers and colder weather, sun appeared with early mist, boosting hopes for a sunny start to the national baseball event.
In Knoxville on October 7, Dr John R Neal said the answer to the states motion to strike the bill of acceptances in the Scopes case will be filed within five days and heard Saturday morning in session. He noted the government will be represented by John Bell Keeble Edward T Seay and K T McConnico with the governor saying the case could be tried in ten minutes.
Omaha report states the time and place committee report was ratified, selecting Philadelphia unanimously as the site for the 1926 American Legion National convention.
Airplanes are chartered in Columbus to join trains and autos bringing Ohio State fans to Chicago for the game against the Maroons. Coach Wiltze expects a full-strength lineup with Hunt out injured. Aerial formation work suggests much of Staggmen play will be off the ground.
Ground was broken yesterday for a new one story brick building at Third and Olive for Walker Bros Grocery Co. The 40 by 109 foot structure, designed by Drago & King, will be fireproof as much as possible. T. S. Venable holds the $11,000 contract.
Mrs. W A Shomo of Shreveport appeals to the DeMolay chapter for help finding her son A A McKelvy and daughter-in-law, who have not been heard from since last summer after she moved from Urbana, Illinois, to 740 Hope Street, with police now handling the letter.
Washington dispatch notes a record 2,073,783 visitors to national parks and monuments through September 30, up 39 percent from 1922. Hot Springs Ark led with 265,500 visitors, followed by Rocky Mountain 233,912 Yellowstone 154,282 and Yosemite 208,166.
Notice in Fourth District Court shows guardian Harry H. Goldstein seeks leave to move minor Lake Goldstein's property from Louisiana to Arkansas. Interested parties have 30 days from first advertisement to show cause why probate should not be granted. Judge Percy Sander signs. deputy clerk Leon H. Pooler. Sept 15-22-29-Oct 7.
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