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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1935
Page
5
New York stocks closed modestly higher and lower in a choppy session marked by light volume and little new economic news. Major leaders showed slight declines while industrials and utilities edged upward as investors awaited fresh developments abroad and at home.
City beautification committee urges tree planting workers to complete tasks now. Campaign total of 1829 trees reported to the chamber of commerce with further reports expected this afternoon and tomorrow. All reports due by Saturday. callers urged to notify the chamber to finish the tabulation. Previously reported 1750.
Chamber of Commerce seeks private homes to house visitors for the cattlemen and wool growers conventions next Monday through Wednesday after hotels and camp grounds are full. Call with number of rooms beds phone and price. Arrangements set as guests arrive Sunday with sessions in district court room and a schedule of cattlemen wool growers meetings, plus the Hereford breeders bull sale and 4H calf club sale on Wednesday.
The list shows Associated Press stock tickers with bid figures for firms across energy utilities mining and manufacturing. Entries include Am Corp Am 34 1/4 Amn Cyan B 16 1/8 Am Fyn P War 1 1/2 and Gulf Oil Pa 52 Humble Oil 46 5/8 Newmont Min 36 Ford Corp 2 1/4 Swift Co 16 1/2 and Un Light & Power A 7/8 among others.
Chicago grain prices end on March 21 with May Wheat at 94 1/8, July 91 3/4, Sep 91 3/8. May Corn at 0 1/4, May 7 1/8, July 73 3/4, Sep 70 1/8. May Oats 44, July 39 1/4, Sep 37 1/2. May Rye 55 1/8, July 56 7/8, Sep 57 7/8. May Barley 63 1/4, July 56, Sep not listed. Lard May 12.55, July 12.55, Sep 12.57. Bellies May 15.99, July 16.10.
Hogs 1,000 head top 8.65 for 200-260 lb choice. cattle 1,000 head calves 300. steers 900-1500 lb 9.50-13.50. heifers 50-900 lb 8.00-11.00. cows 6.00-7.25. stockers 6.25-9.75. sheep 2,500 with wooled lambs 6.50-7.38. top ewes 5.00. lambs 7.25-85. yearling wethers 5.00-6.75. owes 4.00-5.25.
New York March 21 AP Slight opening advances were followed by declines as liquidation and scattered selling pushed May to 10.75 from 10.77, near 10.50 late afternoon. Futures closed steady to 6 points lower, spot middling at 11.05, with fourth 4 1/4 33-28 and government securities noted.
Boston reports moderate business in western grown wools. Strictly combing 56s and 3/8 blood territory wools bring 55-57 cents scoured. French combing 64s and finer territory wools bid 63-65 cents. Bulk French combing 64s sold 60-63 cents in original bags while 12 month Texas wool also brings 60-63 cents scour.
AP dispatch from Galveston reports spot cotton unchanged with middling at 11.00 cents per pound and sales totaling 175 bales. Market activity remains quiet as buyers and sellers hold positions.
Dick Crawford who has lived in Roswell five years and formerly managed the Gilkeson Hotel has accepted the manager post at the Ilano Hotel in Lovington and will leave Saturday to start his new duties. He is president of the Roswell Tennis Club and will be succeeded as president by vice-president John Tannehill.
Major G. L. Erwin spoke at the Roswell Rotary meeting about the New Mexico Military Institute opened in 1898, sharing cadet spending figures, enrollment at a peak since 1929, and early institute photographs. Durwood Trollinger also reported on the National Boy Scout Jamboree set for August in Washington.
Mr and Mrs Harold B Elmendorf of Las Cruces were injured when their car left the highway about two miles west of Picacho yesterday afternoon. Mrs Elmendorf was driving and the vehicle struck a washed out edge of the road. They were brought to St Mary's.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmendorf sustained broken ribs from a collision. He suffered facial and bodily cuts while she had three teeth knocked out. Neither is believed to be seriously injured. The Chevrolet sedan was badly damaged.
Representative Hope says a million dollars from the work relief fund may be allocated for emergency soil erosion control in about 60 counties across Kansas Oklahoma and eastern Colorado. An emergency program would plant cover crops like sorghum milo maize or kafir corn four rows apart with a Dallas Texas Dalhart project showing promising results. Bennett estimates a maximum need of $900000.
Hope argued for final enactment of the work bill to secure 1.3 million dollars for a cover crop project. The proposal stressed the need to plant a protective cover as part of broader agricultural relief efforts.
Mrs. H. C. Gates travels to Liberty Missouri for her father's funeral after his sudden death. From there she will proceed to Clinton Iowa to visit her daughter Mrs. Margaret Nelson for several weeks.
Special notice advertises fruit trees at two for one. Call T H Moen at Tanner Apartment No 6 Roswell New Mexico to inquire and purchase.
Chinese Elms and American Elms offered at reduced prices with a choice of five varieties of roses free with each order. Wyatt Johnson Tree Yard at 93 South Kentucky.
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