The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1921, Page 7

ery for Road onstruction Leads Preliminary statement of figures | 4 from the censd& of 1920 on factures, issued by the Bureau the Census Department of com shows that of total contract equipment manufactured in) Valued at $186,297,000, mach. used to a large extent in high fonstruction formed the major | with a total Value of $105,149,- | Concrete mixers manufactured valued at $9,579,000; excavating inery at $6,641,000; pumps $65, road duilding machinery, "000 and steam shovels, $9,- DY Repairing of Roads | Going On in France} Of 33,000 miles of French roads in| need of repairs at the close of the j war, 13,620 miles have already been |improved, and 2,200 miles have been completely and permanently re paired, according figures an-| nounced by the French government [thea the Bureau des Ponts et Chaus to |gees. At Givers a teat ts*being made | with two miles of a new developed in Italy, Many compost: | the Rhone valley | William Most Accidents Are on Straight Roads Contrary to general belief, more ac cidents occur etraight highway stretehes than at curves or read in tersections, according to Harry D. Wilar, assistant chief engineer of the Maryla jon During the past haa been keeping a of highway accidents in his state | and he says that a majority of the| accidents are due to speeding, failing two months composition | to give right of way and bad driving. | Automobiles use nearly 3 per cent ARKETS hip News Tides in Seattle Weather Buraan Report | {> IATOOSH ISLAND, Aug. 13.8 A. M. hick mist: dense wind south- 15 miles an hour. . and Departures Arrived 13—Str West Faraloag from via Sam Francisco and Te- 2a m August 12—Str Admiral from via Tacoma, ¥ p. m. «Sad mu ke York, U. & N. H. 1 me Pm; destroyers Nos 269 y). Chisery 273 (Swassey) from Van- . via Bellingham, 1:35 p.m Bm. str Juneau for Southwestern Alaska, § ees Alaskan Vessels ugust 12—failed, str Adintral 246 p.m ugust 12—Balled, str City str North- ow atr Ala- feet ow o—Arrived, str City 1e—arrivea, atr from Seattle. August 2—Arrived, str Colusa §—Artved, str Africa August %—Gailed, str Ge- August 13—Artved, str Cor- Anges 18-—Arrtved, str 3:20 & om; str Schicy from Statile, 9:30 am. 12—Sailed, str Julia ‘Luckenbach tle, at midnight; str Phytiia for 4p. mj str Bteel Mariner for Se- ‘easels in Port at Seattle masan Maru. I Street Terminal—Destroyers Dafley, ‘Thornton, Morris, Tingey, Swassey, ‘14—8tr Tyndarens, str Fulton. str Eastern Gien, str Westward Ho, str Anna E. Morse, Str West Hartland, str West Jessup. Co. Dock—Bktm Admiral Rodman, str Vic- toria. ‘Waterway Dock & Warehouse—str m, ate Wenatchee, str Eldridge, ship Chil- lieothe. Sound Bridge & Dredging Co,—Str iandard Boller Works Dock—Btr HL. B. Lovejoy n Dock—Motorship Culburra, str Redondo, motorship Anvil. J. 8. & Tennesses; U, N. H. 8. Merey. & 8. New Bouck Says Grange to Reinstate Him TACOMA, Aug. 13.—That he will 3 reinstated as head of the Wash- lington State grange by the National L AGrange convention, which meets at nd, September 16, was declared é last night by William Bouck, tly suspended for alleged Hical utterances. Bouck attended se picnic here. : nk Supervisor Sues Bond House John P. Duke, state supervisor of ‘banking, filed suit against Carstens ‘& Karles, a Seattle bond and invest- ment firm, Friday, to collect notes aggregating $237,600 alleged to be due :: defunct Scandinavian American k of Seattle, CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Len Small, Dinois governor under indictment for alleged misuse of public funds | while state treasurer, was in confer |) ence with Chicago attorneys and po- litical advisers here today, BANK CLEARINGS: Seattle » $4,796,056.70 | 068,056.63 | a“ Clearings . Stocks Close Heavy After Firm heat Alt ‘The stock today NEW YORK, Aug. 13 | Ress in the early trading jBtatee Steel sold up to 74%. while the The stock then ran up to 74% |nlich of 99%, up nearly 4 from the week's low Bt ever, Central Leather made a new low for the year of 26%, while the preferred sold down to 68 Opening prices included: Genera | 18%, unchanged: Crucible. 64% York Central, j Atlantle Gu Reading. 67%. up rag “Blectric, 11 Me up lhe: sates | States Rubber made @ new tradin; \e Neh of the first hour Asphalt was bacco stocks were firm. Closing prices: Steel. 74%, up Mi, 12%, off x Rubber pid. . Sei Petroleum, 98%. UD. %: it i ort 1: American Woolen, ¢9, ui NEW YORK. Au The stock market started off in pretty good form in today's short sion, with fairly substantial price ga Kan statement with respect to the adjustment of the eantile Bank of the Americas, As @ After opening & higher up M: f, 21% } American Sugar, eeisserionn, 4 oat er was off more than @ point from t market displayed considerable firm: *. United firat sale of Baldwin was 73%, off Mexican Petroleum made an early During this period, how ort 2% net ed; Sinclair. up igi New . oft 3 Motors, 104) pnchan Raltimore Me Ont Up, Hp? Studebaker, 73, unchanged 4%. up, Asphalt. 48. up % Weatern Union of he To- low during the last 10 minutes helped by some short covering 73%, off it's) Studebaker. 5. of American : 49%, off ral Leather, Falawin. ne! g. 13.—-The Brenig Sun financial review today sald: | whic om ins under the influence of the Mag- ffaire of the Mer- market factor, however, the state ment was scarcely of a nature to serve as @ prolonged stimulant Sous gome of the remaining thr da @ gathered today and more (Thorsten), 371, (Merria). | such aA explanation for the little business done was nm There was ver few features. Am which again displayed pronounced we Faile were steady for the most part. The co} re disposed to be stro them The ne | foreign =/EXPORT DEMAND BOOSTS GRAIN CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Increase of) rt demand for wheat and other | Sultan factors caused grain prices) to advance on the Chicago Board of Trade today. Trading was dull at) J opening and after, starting out} most quotations eased off. lobe however, when seaboard buy~ began getting Into the market. jces advanced. Oats was fairty | weak, due to heavy receipts. Pro- visions were higher. September wheat opened at $1.23%. unchanged, and closed up Xo. De- comber snack Los goon mpegs at 1.25% and closed u: c id doptone corn Opened off “we at 56%0 Sand closed up %e. December) corn opened off Wc at 55¢ and,clos- | ed ui September oats opened unchanged | at 36 and closed off Mo. Decor: | ber oats opened unchanged at 39 \%c/ and closed up Be, Chicago Board of Trade vorsien te Lb nase & Co. Tose 56% 5%) as ae ine 11.02 111s “ * 9.60 CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—No, 2 red, 91.25% iN 2 hard, Esta Lt vr. | 313 3100233 194426 ESTIMATED TOMORROW 300 cars; corn, 250 cars; ‘Rests Cont, ain 193 bs ° $4.35 8.95; $4.25; plas, $9. CattioReseipte, Choice and ters, cows and heifers, $2.25@ 3.75; oer vteers, $2.75@4; veal calves, $7 $9.25; feeder steers, $607.75; | stocker | steers, $3.76@6.75; stocker cows and | heifers, $2.50@ 5.50 | | Sheep—tieceipts, 2,000 Lambs, 38.5016. } common, $6@4.25; yearling wethers, $6,255.50; ewen, $2.26@5.25; cull to common ewes, $1.50@3. see Portland Marke: Status Today's Quotations Cattle—Market steady. Choice steers, $6 @6.50; {mir to gow steers, $5 choice cows snd heifers, $ 6; | canners, $1,50@2.6 bulls, calves, $5011 Hoge-—FReceipts, 161 Market Prime mixed, $12@1250; SIL, piem, $11@12 50. Sheep—Market steady. Jamba, $5.50@6 lamba, $6.50@7 6: | yearlings, $2.50@3.60; wethers, $2@3 ewes, G3. | eee Market steady. | lasabs, cull and steady heavies, $6@ | Fair to good | Denver Live Stock ‘Today's Quotations Cattle—Recelpts, 400. Market 150 lower. me $5.75@8; cows and heifers, $4.50 @47; mockers and feeders, $4.26@6.50; enliven, $6.5069 Hoge—Fisceipts, 100. Market 100 higher. Shoop—Recelpta, 2,000. Market, steady Lambs, $8669.76; ewes, $4@4.50; woth ers, $6.50@7. 6, . N. Y. si al Coffee Today's Quotations Sega Duitt Raw, $4.56; granviated, $6 6 71@7%e Ib.; No. Coftes—o 7 Tio, spot, 4 Bantos, 9% @10 se Ib, cade of accounts not acttled yeater- a retired. But even very convincing Leather, short contr ong the few was ¢ akness. The steels, American Sugar Refining waa firm. ng, but they had little to encourage N. Y. Stock Rechenge Xchanges were nar Atebinon Amer, Beet & Amer. Car & Amer. Interna tic American Sumatra American Locomotive §4\ Amer. Tel. & Ty Anaconda t Balt. & Ohio Raldwin Locomotive Bethlehem Steel “B" Canadian Pacific. Central Leather C,M & Cuba Cane Sugar Corn Products Crucible |General Motors. | Goodricn Great Northern Industrial Alcohol. . Inaptration | Kennecott Lackawanna Maxican Petroleum Missouri Pacific New Haven ‘ Northern Pacific Pan-Aimer. Petroleum 1 Repubite irom & teeei ‘ oai % [Bios Island Hinciair OU Southern Pacific Southern Ratlway Mrombers Btudebaker. . ‘Texas Company Texas Pacific Tobacco Products Union OM of Deli Union Pacific, United Retail Stores United Btates Rubber United States Bteel Utah Copper Vanadium Bteel Becond 4s First #0 FI Fifth 4% Total bond sale Railroad Securities (Friday Quotations) Furnished by HK. Manning & Co. Batler Stocks — Atshingn Gen. 46 ‘Ohio Gold 4 1 s1% 56% 50% 90% Penn, Conv. 44a Penn, Gen. 4% ©. & 0. Conv. be . o's Chicago Car Lots (Friday's Quotations) phend B. Manning & otel Kullding Kects. Cont. Rata. rT ier iss 93 oe iso iste ESTIMATED TOMORROW Wheat, 120 cars; 140 cars. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Aug. '13.—Foreien ox whangn opebad’ fit todayy sheriend 93.66% up %e franos, $0.0783; 1 $0.0438%; marks, $0.0118 Closing quotations were 3.66% franca, 780; lire, marks, 90.9118 Sterling, $0.0408; Tax Reducers to Report Findings At a special meeting of the tax re- | duction council of Seattle, to be held | | at Good Kata cafeteria Monday noon, the report of the ec tion of the city to be presented. This investigation has extended over a period of six weeks. The re port includes figures compiled from other cities thruout the United tates, uncil’s investiga. law department was record | bd Oranges TI E. SEAT TLE. BTAR TOMOTY SECTION 500 Miles of Roads | to Be Built in N. Y. The state of New York plans to! construct 600 miles of hardeurtaced roads during the present year, ac leording to Herbert 8, Session, state | |have already for 387 miles | At a total of $14,883,800, ‘The mpleted mileage to date is placed | at 138 miles. | been let vat Jack Johnson preached in a New | York church last Sunday, 100 per sons paying $1 apiece to hear him. The can fight. | HALF- CENT CUTS. IN MART PRICES Several halrcent decreases were | noted on fruit op produce Saturday. ‘The price of 2% cents a pound for casaba melons became general. Many | |houses had been quoting them at 4/ centa while others, who were anxious to create a stronger demand | for the melons, offered them at @ more popular price Ice cream melons were down from 13 centa a pound to 2% cents. Can taloupes were selling considerably lower, Standard crates on fancy | Wapato cants were quoted ax low as $2, pony crates as low as $1.25 and flats at from 90 cents to $1. Canta. loupes from the Turlock district | were cleaning up at very low prices, h varied considerably along the street | A very small express shipment ot Concord grapes from Eastern Wash- lington arrived on the market. The crop from that district has been | | reported as being larger than that of last year. ‘The grapes were sold at $1.50 for! a peach box. California Concords were quoted at 75 cents for a seven- pound basket Raspberries cleaned up at 25 to $2 New Yakima Gems are quoted a #40 « ton No changes were reported on the wholesale dairy market. VEGETASLIS Prices Paid Wheleele | Beams—Loeal, green, per 1 from $2 . orate sack ~Loe.” hothouse, bunchee bunches . ™ don Wash, standard boxes Gravenstein, Cal pricot Standard crae Flats Ponies Burret Gens Casaba Melone—Per Tm Cocoanute—Per 100 Tahati—Per dom . Carrante—Red. Grapeo— ‘Thompson seediess, erate Lugs Concord Tt. basket | Grape Frait—Fria., ‘ be Cal, strained, per tb. Honey Dews—er crate Lemons—Per box Loganberries Per crate Per case oder Peaches—Cal., per box Loeal ‘ Pears Bartlett f, Wash. ee dobawleet erate cece. ppies—-Cuban, per crate . | Prumece basket crate —24-cop crate .. Watermelons—Cal., NUTS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Per tb. + @ ‘assess ia ase! ‘1. 60@ 278} 25) 03% rT) a8 30@ 32 11% 06 Preneh, Virginia per Keystone, ft. Prices Vaid to Shippers Buttorfat— ‘A grade, Seattle dell boi Fggs--Fresh ranch Netw 4 | MiIK—Cwe, fob Seattie supply ¥F. 0. B condensary, owt DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Pald Wholesale Dealers | Butter—-Local creamery, cubes. ranch | Local storage « | Cheese— Or, triplets Wisconsin © Block Swiss . Wash. triplets Tillamook trintets POULTRY AND M ATS Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers te Shippers Live, old, per i, Young, per Tb. . lene—Live, under 4 The Live, 4 tbs. and up Geene—Dresned, per T. Live, per Tt Belgian Haree— Dreased, per Sa | Brotlers—Live, per Roosters—Live, ™. : Cows—Country dressed, fat am’ brick | Ducks. ‘Live, per tb. | Butls— | Hogs Heavy, fow Pat, fancy heavy . heavy Veat-—Fancy, 90-120 th Tight, 60-70 Tha Medium, 140-170 tha @arae, heavy, 175-200 The POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Waid Wholesale tee Dacke—Drussed, per Ib, Georgia Finishes 62 Road Projects At an expenditure of $2,000,000 the state of Georgia has completed 62 | new road projects in 36 counties ac: cording to a recent announcement. In 1 State Roads commis-| commissioner of highways. Contracts | addition, 161 projects in 11 counties are under way involving an expen diture df $14,000,000. ¥ being prepared for 78 projec counties a 4 cont of about § 000,000. COLVILLE. — Jamen Enright, alias Cobell, sentenced 6 to 20 years in state penitentiary when he pleads tion surfaces are being cut down in| of the steel produced in this coun-|H® probably can preach aa well as| guilty to robbing Addy state bank tery June 11 ~—-FINANCE--——-BUSINESS Ship Board Will Get' $48,500,000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—By a vote of 159 to 87 the house today | passed an additional appropriation of $48,500,000 for the shipping board. The bill also provides that only three employes of the board can be paif more than $12,500 and that all salavtes paid «pecial attorneys shall be approved by the department of justice City ‘Seiiriaaed on Patent, Is Claim Suit for more than $500,000 for al-| leged infringement of patent in con | struction of the Ballard, Fremont and | University bridges was filed in fed eral court Saturday against the city of Seattle Bridge Co. of Chicago. As the sult is brought In equity, the amount of damages, if any, will be determined by the court. The plantiff estimates them at $504, 079.99 Puyallup Ideal for Raising of Poultry PUYALLUP, Aug. 13.—That the "ye climate of Puyallup is expecially ducive to successful poultry rais- Ing was declared by mombers of the American poultry axnociation, who, 350 strong, toured the valley yester- day, The party came from Seattle, where the annual convention of the association as ning held Ask Cut in Liberty Bond Discount Rate WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—A reso- lution expressing the belief of con- | gress that the federal reserve board should reduce the rediscount rates on Liberty bonds to 4 per cent and on agricultural and commercial paper %,| to 5 per cent was Introduced in the house today by Representative Ful- mer of South Carolina. Terteyo— Cows--Country dressed. Mage—Dreased. Hight fane: oa dressed : Dreamed, lis it fancy, ®. Medium, dressed ‘ Heavy, coarse Hares—Live, per tb.. Medium to choice Common to good Rest cows and heifers Medium to chotce Common to good oo Laght aki rier Haran m Chop. KANT SKORE PISTONS Facto ARKY U AMMERED LUMEN NEARING "MONTE s! AND W INS AFTS Y WHEEL RING "GEARS Wash. Mach. & Supply Co. a incon ms e Eiaat 1176 ‘Painter 0004-3 7053 EAST¢PIKE ST. new, effective, rapid and inex Sieve method of wasying automo biles has be compressed air to regulate the force under which the water is applied in removing the mud, dust and grease from the motor car a %-inch pipe about two feet igng | that has two sepatate passages un der individual valve control, One valve admits the water supply from | | the clty main while the other, which is attached to the nozzle at an angle admits the compressed air The operator turns on the water and then regulates the air valve until the desired prensure is obtained, This nystem is expecially efficacious In re | Moving grease and grime which ac- cumulate on the axles, springs, |Mackles and steering knuckles filth which is almost impossible to remove by hand. Furthermore, after a gar is FORD PURCHASE by the Strauss Baacule | WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Pur |chase of the Great Muscle Shoals nitrate plant by Henry Ford seemed | axwured today when Secretary | Weeks announced he doubted wheth er any bid in opposition to Ford's would be made. As soon as it is definitely determ- ined that no mere offers for Muscle Shoals are forthcoming, Weeks will | begin negotiating with Ford on his | proposal 13 Blocks of Trees) and Underbrush Burn Thirteen blocks {and small trees in the vicinity of Tenth ave. N. E. and 100th at., were burned in fires that lasted a day and a half. There was no bullding | Jona. GREATLY IMPROVED n devined by the use of | the A nozzle is used which consists of | SEEMS ASSURED, of underbrush | VL 'Auto Washing Made | Easier by the Use of Compressed Air jz washed, the attendants can go over the car with the water shut of using | compressed air which ranges | |from 60 to 126 pounds pressure per | | square inch, to blow out all the wa. ter from the joints and cracks. A two-cylinder compressor of 7% | inches bore driven by a 20 horse| power oll engine is ordinarily suf | ficient to maintain the air pressure 100 to 125 pounds in a tanke four feet in diameter and nine feet long. The car to be washed is first cleaned thoroly by the use of compressed air, which removes all dust and dirt | |from the cushions, upholstery, top jand interior of the automobile. Then the car is pushed forward over a pit in the concrete floor in | which there are a number of perfor. |ated pipes, Alongside the car are |also a series of similar waterpipes which spray water under pressure over each wheel When the water is turned on and| the air pressure applied, the water is driven in fine streams all over the’ running gear and underside of the machine. This softens and loosens }all the dirt, mud and grease on the chassis, ' Then the car ww moved forward where other workmen go over the |funning gear thoroly with rubber jhose equipped with supplementary air pressure which are suspended at regular intervals from the ceiling of |the shop. They wash and blog away all the filth and foreign mat Subsequently, the water are closed over the car with the heavy air pressure alone in operation, so as to blow all the water from the crevices, cracks and joints. Then the body of the car is washed and chamoised by hand and finally it is polished ina similar manner, ——— a MANUFACTURERS’ PRICE LIST RELIABLE BATTERIES BU pe mal IT OAKLAND—CHEVROLET $24 TO $26 DODGE ..... MAXWELL S24 418 MONTHS’ GUARANTEE banamady ¢ a, ave Manufac iki-y my Seattle MAIN 5883 413-417 KAST PIKE an elms and sugar | the burg and Harrisburg. being done under the direction of the State Forestry department. THE STATE HIGHWAY 4epart- ment of Pennsylvania has begun nting a large number of Ameri maples along state highway between Gettym The work is Today the BUICK automobile is better than éver before! Each year minor improve: ments have been added, and each year the BUICK Motor Co. has placed on the market a Better Buick, This is why— “Every Year Is @ Buick Year” : ts The Eldridge Buick Sales Co, ip renowned for its STABILITY in SERVICE, and the fact that — every Buick Six-cylinder and Four-cylinder Automobile is st bility itself, is no eecret. Here Is’ What They Say About * JOHNSTON PISTON: | GRANT CALHOUN, M.D. . Johnston Piston £ Piss Company Seattle, W Dear Sirs The. Ticent ee of a se! your roves istons miles and hi jap, nd rh more than cat facto: ‘act my car had run over tl ity -six a great a Coupe In spite of the | thousand deal of piston 1d waste fuel that you could install standard size pistons in over size cylinders and produce a smooth run: ning motor mo seems impo: maine ‘enty to twenty-four miles on a for economy In Ung from t werful than it ever was Be 8 very marked as I am ge! ton of gasoline and two hundred and over m' tea to a quart of oil running around the hills of ae city which will be ountry. trip in t very much increased 4 long I have no hesitanc: in rece ommending any one to install a set of your os tons and rings in any car new or old as have ma of the adopte ea marked advance in the efficiency Fae engine and should soon be generally Yours truly. GRANT CALHOUN: AMERICAN NATIONAL LAUNDRY Dr. M. A. Winningham, Johnston Piston & Wash. ttle, & Ring Co, My Dear Doctor:—You will no doubt be in- terested to know the result of our testa of your istons, Pie hay delivery car t! itol and Beacon Hill district at handles the Cap- As you are aware, this is nearly all hill work and some very steep grades. With the old pistons it was necessary to into low on most of these grades. We make t! Pine st. hill to Broadway with’ capacity load on high easily, and very seldom ate obliged to go satisfied. into low on any grade. about two months mow and are very well We have had them We expect to equip our whole fleet as soon as we can used 81 ga old pistons, et them. of gas an With of mas and 6 quart; nm a 1,000-mile test we 11 quarts of oil with the ‘our pistons we used 63 gals. of oll, Which shows a ve! substantial saving in addition to the increased efficiency, ours, Very truly FRANK E. PELLS, NELSON LAUNDRY Johnston Piston & Ring Agency of Washington 4 t Pil Re iponse to your inquiry as to performance of Johnston pistons and rings in y Ford. entirel ing in I am very glad to say that) they are 4 satisfactory. oth off and gasoline. lam getting a big sav- T believe that I am getting at least double the horse-power and have @ very much smoother and cooler running engine, PISTON-CUT IN HALF A trpe check valve piston that is lighter in weight, increases power, decreases fuel and friction. It facili We are now able land, Scripps Booth deliver gray ” and Chandle: of cars in about ten days after order! » Pistons for Ford, Chevrolet, placed. Very truly yours, OSCAR W. NELSON, cylinder lubrication and prevents overheating for all kinds of engines, . Dodge, Buick, Oldsmobile “6”, Oak- We wll be able to furnish Tsungani alloy pistons for other makes JOHNSTON PISTON & RING AGENCY Winningham & Paysse 514 EAST PIKE ST.—Phone East 0335. JOHNSTON PISTON & RING CO., Manufacturers, 1214 TO 1220 E. MADISON ST.