The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 383, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1956 Page: 4 of 12
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Wheat ___________
Milo (bright) ........
Kar Corn .........—
Oats — ......-
Harley
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Pullets Eggs
Heavy Hens, 4Ms-Ib. Grade
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Cocks ........-...............08
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OKLAHOMA CITY LIVESTOCK
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 24—iff,
-Cattle 1,200; calves 300; small
lots commercial and good slaugh-
ter steers and yearlings 15.00 to
17.00; commercial and good
heifers 14.50 to 16.50; commercial
and good slaughter calves 13.00 to
17.50; medium and good 350 to
475 pound stock steer calves 14.00
to 17.00.
Hogs 800; most No. 1 and 2 bar-
rows and gilts 180 to 240 pounds
17.00 to 25; sows 270 to 400 pounds
14.00 to 15.00.
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK, May 24—141-Earl
ier losses were extended in the
stock market late this afternoon.
Leading issues slipped from frac-
Engineer Runs
Scale Railroad
In Backyard
EVERETT, Wash., May 24—(tPl—
Lawrence Griffin, a 36-year-old
engineer for the Milwaukee rail-
road is one of the most popular
men in town with the kids.
Griffin, a bachelor, operates a
miniature steam locomotive in his
backyard. It can carry him and a
lumber of children on the ride
over 300 feet of track. The kids
ride on the flat cars.
The train is built to a scale of
three-quarters of an inch to the
foot to a regular steam-engined
train.
"When I start firing up the en-
gine 1 think every kid in a radius
of 10 miles can smell it and comes
running,” Griffin said. "I seldom
operate the train without 12 or 15
kids waiting to ride.”
The train operates under 100
pounds of steam pressure and
weighs 165 pounds with the coal
tender empty, Griffin said.
Griffin’s train is his hobby. He
began building it in July, 1954.
Griffin operates a diesel-electric
locomotive for a living, but his
hobby is the steam-engined min-
iature.
"The diesel is here to stay, 1
know," said Griffin, "but 1 always
did like those steam puffers, and
tions to around 3 points. But there that’s why I built my own. Besides
were a few small gainers.
Volume was estimated at around
2.300.000 shares compared with 2,-
140.000 yesterday.
Few of the rail issues were able
to hold their own. Santa Fe and
U .ion Pacific were down around a
point. Southern Pacific and Illinois
I’m probably the most popular guy
in town with Ihe kids, and that’s
half the fun of my hobby.’
SLEEPING COMFORT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—IIP—A
woman called police to report a
"still form” was on the lawn of a
Central were down fractionally j home in her neighborhood late at I
while Southern Railway lost around j night. Police found Marine Private
2 points. Robert Conlin, 20, home on leave, |
i'amcac riTv i lUFcrnrk in 8 s,eePin6 baK be6ide ,lis h,,me
'A , „ , Conlin, who is six feet, seven inches |
K^SAS,.( tall and weighs 243, told police he
couldn't get lo sleep in his bed and [
I" 650; calves 150; good and choice |
t alers 17.00 to 20.00; good and
choice slaughter calves 15.00 to
1 '.00.
. Hogs 2,500; most mixed No. 2
and 3 grades 200 to 250 pound 16.50
t" 17 00; slaughter sows 300 to 400
pound 14.00 to 15.50.
.Sheep 300; choice and prime native
slaughter lambs 25.50 to 26.00.
CHICAGO GRAINS
CHICAGO, May 24—0b—In the
quietest market in many weeks
grains drifted aimlessly on the
board of trade today.
Wheat was under Ihe most sell-
ing pressure and sold below the
previous close most of the day.
Movement of new crop wheat was
expanding in the southwest, run-
ning earlier than last year.
Other cereals showed very little
price change.
Wheat closed 5/8 to 7/8 lower,
July $2.04 3/4 to 7/8, corn un-
changed to 3/8 lower, July $1.52
3/4 to 7/8, oats 1/8 to 1/4 lower,
July 65 7/8, rye 1/4 to 1/2 higher,
luly $1.25, soybeans 1 1/4 lower to
1/4 higher, July $3.16 1/4 to 1/2 and
lard 3 to 8 cents a hundred pounds
higher, July $12.75.
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK, May 24—Ub-Ontton
futures were mostly higher today
in mixed trading.
Late afternoon prices were 10
cents a bale higher to 20 cents low
er than the previous close. July
34.24, October 32.53 and December J
32.64.
decided to go outside
under the stars.
and sleep
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 383, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1956, newspaper, May 24, 1956; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc924097/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.