The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 2, 1921, Page 4

ET EXPERT ‘WDVICE ON SKAGIT JOB ©. of C. to Make Public Re- port on Project at Early 0 Date win the understanding that the was not to be trued as xr favoring Or disapproving the it river power development, the Mustees of the Chamber of Com “Merce Tuc adopted @ resolution y i . hepa by the bureau of taxation the chamber, saying: } “We know of but one dependable 7 to determine the cost \of the Bore creck development and the of power delivered in Seattle, | that is the course recommended your apecial Skagit committee tn | her, 1919, for the city couneit fo call for bids from responsible con- tractors for the etnire construction, | Apcluding transmission fine and sub- Station, We therefore recommend that the chamber renew its recom Mendation to the city council to call| WTTER IS GETTING a ADVICE It is announced by Daniel B. Trefe- then, chairman of the foverning | Board of the civic bureau, that a com Maittee from the bureau ts getting ax advice on the Skagit river propo: | , and will be prepared to make Public report at a meeting open to} public within a short time, He d that the Chamber of Com-| take no action in passing on | ‘yaad of the Skagit river project ft there had been open discussion | very careful investigation. The! rman of the committee acting the civic bureau in the Skagit | ition is Thomas M. Askren. The report submitted Tuesday by!) bureau of taxation «aid that the fiver power development now | by the city is provok- & wide difference of opinion membery of the city council @ngineers as to the initial devel of Gorge creek. ULD DETERMINE COSTS K PROCKEDING feport continues: the coat of the Gorge creek de- nt, transmission line and sub- im Seattle will determine the ‘at which the power can be sold . Without los, we believe cost of the initial develop: should be determined as defi 9 before the city pro- with this project. special Skagit committee an of the Skagit in and was satisfied development was from an engineering «tand but we not satisfied that the Not prove so great as to it impossible to sell the power ‘at competitive rates with- @n tte recommendation, chamber urged the city council | determine the cost by calling for 1919, or ey t and the ‘question an the development will pay ‘a still in doubt. teome of the proposed ig 80 Important future welfare of Seattie that the city cannot afford to) If tHe power can be! Seattle at a low cost, it tus to the industrial Liye) city, If the coat | roject will saddie a) ET U0 SPUDS | FROM SOUTH 5: - Carload Arrives; Spinach Also Comes i aR car of basketed California sweet tatoes and Los Angeles spinach ar- d on the Seattle market Whdnes- The sweets are selling 7 cents per pound and the spinach (Ot $2 per basket. ' Southern sweet potatoes were “Wholesaling at $3 per hamper, Top quality squash, tho not plenti- has dropped half a cent. They quoted at 4% cents per pound, cheaper grade bringing from 214 4 cents, California hothouse mold at $4 per dozen. ‘The street was bare of sprouts and on Wednerday, but a ship was expected to arrive by Fri 9 Oats Bouthern, per hamper pe—Local, per sack . ‘ash. Feme—Vire! | ‘10@' oe pie me of | rows, southbound, at 6:20 p.m eucumbers |f Ship Lag Tides in Seattle | NEW YORK, Fev. 2 letook exchange today, Gl Ing to pay the $6 it t Britain will eh | Secretary Colby's inquiries into the eliaht declines in oils United Bates Steel opened off % of shortly afterward at 814. Unit “a! Leather wae ay new . ' co. MUNSON AGEN ‘The Munson line of New York haa) appointed the Pacifio Steamahip Co. as their Pacific coast agents, it ts announced, The Munson boats ply between New York and South Amer can ports, n was down % at 7 ine pri continued in for Roarn-Re or 1% points below tions included States Rubber 67%, off %: Ameri SHIP BOARD COUNSEL QUITS | i niher get. off i Baldwin #8 Col, Eugene FR, West, ansistant] | %) Minctalr 22%, unchanged; genera) counsel for the United States! trie apy. up Ws General Motors 14 shipping board, will © for Wash! | AUantic Guit 6 off %. ington within the t two days to START UP AGAIN practice of law, Col, West's duties will be taken Over temporarily by Sharp Advance Due to Gen- eral Demand MeCormick Snow of Portiand. eee STEAMER DEPERE COMING Steamer Depere of the General Steamship corporation's fleet is on her way from Portland to Seattle to complete her cargo for Chile and 40, Feb, sharply Trade today, and for wheat. wht heavily in sympathy with the het. Industria on the leather got down to Opening Peru. eee JAP SHIP LOADS LUMBER More than 2,000,000 feet of lumber have been loaded at Tacoma by the Mitsui steamer, Horaisan Maru, which haa shifted from Seattle to |Commencement bay. She it due to/ | nail today for Japan and China. eee REFRIGERATOR SHIP READY First steamship between Puget| Bound and the Antipod to bavel and sateneea the adtitional eu complete refrigerator service Ie the) quently: July corn opened up 3 Jeneral Steamship corporation's vee i” Me and advanced \e later nel, Went Holbrook, which leaves Se-| | May oats opened up ee at 4} \o ttle for Australia and New Zealand next week. S158 and wheat open and advanced another the close, * May corn opened up Se at Ke 2X0, before Vanoed to lator eee Chicago Board of Trade |» (Teesday’s Quotetions) by L. B Manning & Co, L avenue |Weather Bureau Report TATOORH ISLAND, Feb. 2—8 A Risin, ter, clowdy) wit miles Paseed io periad OU Lew Outs A xtenmer at 8 a om February b~il2@ A. M—Partiy Cloudy, wind southeast, hour, § P. Cloudy; wind east miles an hour, Passed wut; U 8 8 . Arrivals and Departures i Foersary 9-011 ON ot Seattle. tress Southeastern Alaska at noon: str Depere | from Valparaiso ee ee ee] wie thet tion 1Le8 oe sa 13.00 fret . 1 sees 100 . Chicago Car Lots 4 February 2—#tr Yorba Linde for Ban Pearo at 3:20 a. m February ——Str Admivat Rodman for) » FL vig Sy Quotations) a, se . 619 Recond Avenue mm UB CG Lydenis Grate— t one la % Whe 110 am Pao S ‘ One Alaskan Vessels Potersburg—Railed February 1. Mtr Ad miral Watson, sorthbound, at 11 a m. eee Vessels in Other Ports Arrived January 20: Btr Ba- wary Ml: itr ia Baildon, New- port News and Londo: Ban Pedro—Arrived February i: Mo- | tor sehr Coolcha from Heattle via Tacom and Port Blakeley; str West Nerranue from Beattie. San Prencioee——Gatied February 1: Ste Redwood for Puget sound porti str Yosemite for Sea ¢ Governor for Beat —Paeeed in Febroary 2 City of Beattie for Beattie at 0:49 | nadian dollars #8416, kromew 19 ne im. Point Welle—Arrived February 1) Mtr fombia river Tehtenip at ¢ mm etr Latouche from Seattle via Port Biakeley vacate » Devel, Ortent for Beattio, 1.198 miles trom Heattio et # pm. atr City of Spokans, Manlia for Mattie, ttle ™. mre attio at ome Keys, Yor 0 miles trom Re in Port at Seattle, terminal—Gtr Tempaisen will arrive 2a) ate Cr v Feber out ue _Hertnern torminal-—v Katort Oranges Per case Japanese Connecticut st terminal— Brasil Pe ee Kast waterway termina Tedd Grydocks eat King ser Weat livin: Fenente_—vire Behr Columia, str For ne 6 Penne Per >. DAIRY PRODUCTS OEY sa O48 Meffernan dock--U @ 0 & G ® Wawona, U # Barve: tr Ketohikan, #tr Jer DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Fald Wholesale Dealers —Lacal ereamery . ° formon, — mitt lArgentina Will Fight Tariff War BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 2.—Armen tina has taken ite first step in re prinal against the proposed American | restrictive tariff bill, At the ame time its proponent, g9| Deputy Baccone, forecast what may 3 be in effect @ world-wide tariff war Sacco introduced immediately upon reopen ‘8 ing of the Argentine congress, May 1, should the Fordney tartff bill be paswed in the United States, provides for a 40 per cent tariff on importa ei tions of goods from all countries |which have increased or created im- port duties on Argentine products, Or. triplets Wisconsin eream brick Limbarger . Biock Swine INDORS| RAIL ROAD PAYMENT orn roads are anxious to have | rnment make partial pay- ment of claims due Western ros #0 that rehat ation of the systems=a may be mplished, whieh in turn would me: evelopment in Western states, states E. F, Blaine, vice presi: dent of the uttle Chamber of Com. merce, who is now in Washington, 10.50@11.00'D. C., in a letter received today by “a be | eed Robert 8. Boyns, president. — 250@ 6.00} Blaine advised that the Washing. HAY, GRAIN AND FEED ton delegation in congress ts willing Whoieanile Price ver Tos, to support the partial payment pro. avam. Barley— Whole Htolled op Prime lambs Yrariings . Wethers gE Portland Market Status PORTLAND, Feb. 2—-Cattle steady and unchan, Hous Reesipta, changed tx, 99 head; ma Whole Core—Whole - Cracked Chop Ground Bone teoves “Mixed Feed; head; market t# Ib, er don. S20 por Ib per Ib. Cononnut Moai’ Cotton, i Hens—24@ 26 Balances . - $4,662,786.16 - 1,067,449,20 neers 7,449.20 Shel Meat Oyst or feya Bean Meal ‘ . Viowr—Per bbi ..: Speenaselt % } Clearings Balances . 594,485.00 | 54,094.00 | 4 measure, which could be| Market | THE SEATTLE STAR Gloomy Europe News Lowers Stock Prices Heaviness marked trading on the New York « from Burope about Germany refue 000,000,000 indemnity had @ tendency to depress prices ortly present ite of} hete in reply to Mesopotamian field cere reflected in at 81%, and « big block was dimponed Btater Rubber wae off % on the first down % at 99%; Baldwin was off 7 4 and Pan-American “i was 1% off con contributed to those lo enoon trade, with parth buck and some of the steels, Beare the December low, United States Stool #1%, off M1 United General Aephalt Dethiehem “w OO%, off Mi we uP Anaconda B&O Raldwin Locomotive. Goodrich Great Northern leur 1 Paottic New Haw Northern ue 1m it Pacific fees FEeee Y i od Ketel Btores Rubber Bowe! FP eESE Tots sales, 415.000 shares. Liner sone fortes Low ele pe sssce =s32 130 Tota sales, 611.220.908 Railroad Securities ations) |. B, Meaning & Ce.'s Priv vate Wire, 619 Ave. 23. miles from Be- | Ferniahed | Poet — Russian 64's 1991. . Housman bi'e, 1956. . | Huseian 4's 1918 | Currency Britten Hritian » ae |Lalpaig We Munieh §'e.. Munton a) a King 5'8 1921 Kingdom 1922 Kingdom 1999.. Kingdom 199 United United United United sem SILK FACTORY FOR SEATTLE? A witk factory for Seattle, “the moet logical situation in America,” |is urged by Mark Ten Suie, spokes | man for the Chinese «ilk 4 ration. which left last night for New York, | “We ostabliehed @ factory in Can | ton with an investment of $100,000," | Sule wid, “and realized a profit of | 281-8 per cent the first year.” A luncheon was given for the ailk | party Tuesday by the Chamber of Commerce. 8. P. CUTS DOWN FORCE SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.—The Southern Pacific has “found it neo mento shops and other points trom the high level of employment recent ly existing,” General Manager H. Dyer of the Southern Pacific declared jin @ formal statement given out to- day. Dyer wan commenting on the an- that approximately 1,100 men would jbe turned off at the Sacramento shops the end of the week eunary to reduce forces at the Sacra. | |groatest liquidation ane of steol ever | Nouncement in Sacramento yeuterday | Women’s FRASER-PATIERSON COND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET Shoes STORE HOURS—9 TO 5:30 $6.65 : —200 pairs Lace Boots in brown calf and plack kid ASPECIAL SALE OF Down cit ond ea Wool Heather wet —Sizes 21%, to 8. Priced at Stockings $6.65. At An Exceptionally » 9 Petco Misses’ Shoes $1.00 a Pair $3.85 —200 pairs Lace Boots in —Women’s Wool all kid and kid vamp and Sports Stockings. Imported cloth tops; welt soles and Camel’s Hair, Blue, Green low heels. and Tan mixtures and Brown —Sizes 1114, to 2. Priced mixtures. at $3.85. UTMOST VALUES IN 390 PAIRS OF WASHABLE French Suede Gloves $1.85 a Pair —$4.00 IS THE REGULAR PRICE OF GLOVES OF THIS KIND AND QUALITY. —Pique and overseam sewn Suede Gloves. —Colors: Black, White, Beaver, Mode, Gray, Chantpagne an Beige. —First Floor Heather —Firet Floor —Becond Floor Special Price Basement A SALE OF EXTREME INTEREST THURSDAY 200 New Silk Dresses «t $25.00 A Price Emphatically Less —25 striking new models. A’'variety of smart trim- ming effects and dashing touches of color. BLACK © NAVY BROWN’ GRAY BISQUE | TAFFETAS, CANTON CREPES, SATINS Exceptional Values Priced Remarkably Low at A Wide Variety of Styles and Colors Early | Spring Hats Atlantic coast for Puget sound the latter part of February, ‘The freighters Katrina and Pieia.|\* #nRounced, | des, recently addea to the fleet of the| In eight months in Chicage 000 Luckenbach line, of New York, will automobiles were stolen. ~ LUCKENBAC BUILDING OUTLOOK GOOD COMING Building permit valuat@ns for January exceeded the total January in 1916, 1917 and 101 they were considerably less than the record of January, 1920, The build ing outlook is considered good, ac cording to observers. Bank clearings were $60,000,000 loss than in January @ year ago, but there is general expectation that the existing depression will be relieved and the volume of business will in ctease Only 61% Days | New York to Paris Accommodations Unsurpassed The Following Stewmabips, Among the Largest, Fastest amd Most Magnificent Afieat, New York —Cherbourg—southampten yen 96-Mar, 22 AQUITAN iA’ Mauretan K, Yo Pirmenth—Cherk SAXONIA oNiyetdune tt New York—Liver CARMANI CARONIA SEATTL K BIG STEEL CENTER With what is entimated at $50,000, 000 worth of equipment from the old Skinner & Eddy shipyards, all the surplus steel of the shipping board. U. 8 navy and the Vulcan manufac turing plants, being offered to bid dora, Beattie is the center of the eld anywhere, according to officials of the Barde Industrial company. OPPOSE TAX ON SA\ ES ‘Trustees of the Chamber of Com SATURNIA Merce pasned resolutions Tuesday opposing @ bill proposed in the state | New York—Londondes legislature whereby a tax of 1 per! went on ail sales of wares and ter | COLUMBIA CAMERONI ‘All Hands Reach N. Y. Coffee and Sugar NEW YORK, Feb. %—#ugar--M 4.42% @4.830 per Ib; granulate per Ih Coftee—No, 1 Jo spot, oO 4 t Hanton?% @ 10% ber ib San Franc aco Produce BAN FRANCIA : Rxtras, 42%0 per Ib | per Ih, Cheewe—Californin fiat, fancy, a6 Me Ber don: xtra fhenta, extra p Nets, a extra Abie per a undersized p * | Denver Live Stock Market Teeoeipta, Btoors, $6.600 $h@0.25; wtockers alvon, $9 612,60. 09 head; marke “DUI Of salen, $96 |, DENVER, Feb, 2.—Cattle~ 125 head; market steady | $8; cows and het $007 pin, 1 . $9.00; Sheep—Receipts, 2,200 Wend; market tw Sho higher, Lambs, §7.26@ ) $44.00, feoders, 385.60, AAI UHON, | OR O6%O per chandiae will be levied. The tax, it in| claimed, will unduly burden local| |] FREIGHT SHIPMENTS 80) Information, Cargo Space, Tick- business. . ote., Apply to Local Agents or Seattle, FOR QUEENANN, HOLSUM OR BUTTER-NUT BREAD Why? Because the quality is far the average. Made with malt, sugar and milk, these breads are eich and deliclous, Come; see the wonder ful modern bakery where we produce these splendid loaves, Buy them of your grocer. Seattle Baking Co. 19th Ave, S, at Main St. Take Moun) Baker Car to 19th oe E21 Seco Sheepshearers in Australia aver. Phone Eviott tena \ ame from 90 to 100 shoep @ day Chinese Loans Loans to Peking NOW will prolong Civil War in China. Please lend no money to Kill Our People, KUO MIN TANG (The Chinese Nationalist Party) 114% Twelfth Avenue, Seattle, Wash. ASE RR erm