The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 12

FRUIT MARKET IS BRISK HERE: Big Peach Supply Cleaned Up at $1 to $1.15 Box Fruit business has been brisk this ‘week, especially during the last three days. Heavy consignments of peaches have been cleaned up at from $1 to) $1.15 a box. It has been reported that prices on peaches in the coun. is the same as the city prices. David apples were quoted at from $2.50 to $3.25 according to sine. Cherry crab apples, packed in stand ard apple boxes, were being sold at $2_a box. Blue Damson plums were moving well at $1.25 for a box of 16 pounds. No changes were noted in the veg |neen; str Marry Luckenbach from New etadle division of the market Satur @ay. Ripe tomatoes were moving Well while the green toms were be- ing held over until they begin to show color. as being a drug on the market. The egg market opened firmer Saturday because of stronger outside markets. Recent rains have im- Proved pastures and the ice cream) demand is falling off which ts ad ding to increase the production of butter, not enough, however, to war- Fant a change in prices. $0/ Smith Cove Terminal h, ‘per Virginia Keystone, A grade, Seattle delivery ie ranch . Mets Milk-—Cwt.. f.0.b. Seattic supply. ¥. O, B. ry, owt. . condensa: intry Greased, Tt. ‘Dressed, fanc: (, Gressed . ca Medium to choice . Common to good Calves—Light Pat. 4-4's, city delivery . HAY, GRAIN AN City isonet pennant LiL aan titnet nti uy en at be Tides i in Seattle |g.08 Bm, TM pm, 63 TATOOSH ISLAND, Sept. 10-8 A i wind Passed Cucumbers are reported |," Ship News te FI Second Low Tile n Weather Dereon Report vat 1:80 10. New York e Mat b included Thu Cructbt motive above Closing pric eluded exlean Petrolou Products, 69% debaker, 78%, PRICE DROP ON York via Philadelphia, Balboa, Ban |Franciaco and Portland, at noon: Sept. 9) CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—Free selling |—Motorehtp from Southeastern and depressing financial news from | jAlaaka, att + Rorunwestern | Europe caused a price alump in mont } trom Tacom mi str Wost| graing on Chicago Board of ham from Pritish Columbia ports, at 6:20 | Ty teeny short session. etr Northiand from Tacoma, at jones were irregular. 6:20" Rm. gd at $1.38 Netbedd tf ae. re- Sept. 10-—8tr President for San Pedro chenwed at via Victoria, B. ©., and San Francisco, at | $1,351 and closed lower, May il a. m. Sept. tr Lake Hector for] wheat opened unchanged at $1.41 % New Oriogns via Rigine, Francisco, ¥ Balboa. Mexico, and Tempica, at tp, ms ship Apex for Anacort motorship Oxmo for Alaskan Vessels Cordova~@ept. Watson, southbound, at midi Jimeau— Sept Royal, southbound, at 9 Seattle, southbound, at 6 pom : eee Raldoa—Sept. North Pactfic ports, u ete Sept 2—Hailed, for Seattle, for Seattlc; str Santa Rita Hong kong—Sapt. stone State for Beattia oe Reported by Wireless Received by U. & Neval Radic Rept. > Str Edmore, #1 rosa, str Eastern Glen, str West Ivan, | ing quoted at ight, Connecticut ‘Street Termisar=Str Charl- ton Hall Albers Broa." Doe®—Str Northland. Stacy Street Terminal—t. 8, Spok atr Geo, Curties Bant Wate Str Celestial, str Wea Tedd | Dry Decks —Bktn Ive. Vorest bkto Peters, schr Maud, str H. BL Lovejoy, ship Abner Coburn. Villard, sche Ley W. Oatrander, Whole, teed, 100-1. sks Anacortes, San Pucrte motor- at midnight oma, at 2:30 p t. S—-Sulled, ote Princess Bkajway-—-Sept. Salted, ate City of str Manukal Pernished by San Pedro—Sept. &—Salled, etr Steet T—Sailed, str Key- Pier A. str Sliver _B, ott Cross Keys, atr City c & Bure. Street Terminal—Bk Ortental, ay Dock & Warehouse Co.— Pride; Forest and closed off 3\e. oft com lower. De n Op p ke at B6Ke doffi\e. May corn open- up Ke at 60%e and cloned off le September oats opened at I44e, up and closed off 1 panee " iwc May ac, and ¢ . : Cash Wheat CTHITCAGO, Bept. 10.-—Cash wheat 2 red, 01.32%; No. 3 re M oat ed of ‘Admire: | 46%°. uD No. $1.32%; No, 2 No. 3 spring, $1.99, Vessels in Other Ports T—Stalled, str Belgtum Chicago Board of Trade {Gnseraays Ton |g, Wheat— fept...... Dee 1166 Lit 11.05 Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The German mark sold below | cent carly today, be- 099. Afterward It firm- up to $0.0160, off 10.0067. De me § Wei traces, $9. sows, inte: 45007; meceipt Choice and steers, $507.25; stocker 1h; stocker cows and heif- feed eteors, MO N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Teta; 's Quotations eg 94.97% @461; grane- lated, 85. No. Rio, epet, THe Ih; No ¢ Santos, 10% @ 11% Tow eit 1 She Lost Faith, She Says; Asks Divorce Mrs, Pearl Worley filed sult for di- |vorce in superior court Saturday jagainst H. F. Worley, whom she with striking and treating her with cruelty. Mrn, Worley states 09| that she has lost faith im her previ- ous belief that he would change his (conduct toward her, She asks for ‘the custody of their 4-year-old son. “EXTRAVAGANCE” The Drama of a Wife With » Silken Soul News and Views of Seattle and Vicinity Made Theatre and a Gingham Income CLEMMER GRAPHIC for This Amundsen's Ship in Ballard Locks Our Most Popular Policemen and Firemen A Weekly pat Hereafter Publishers’ Song Contest Hear the New Hits Sung by Publishers’ Representatives “Yh, Dear?” “Melancholy Moon” “Il Forget You" Vote for Your Favorite ZR-2 Disaster Pictures CLEMMER Saturday: Gladys Walton Sept. 10, 1:30. CHRISTENSEN'S DANCING SCHOOL 1108 Broadway New classes for children in ball- room dancing starting Saturday, Ballet class, Sept. 10, 10:30. Adult beginners, Monday, Sept. 12, 7:20. Advanced adults, Méndag evening, 9 o'clock. For terms kindly cali at School or phone East 0102 Christensen’s Hall for Rent ‘There was no letup in the buyin V Yi Utah, 61 ubber above $0 and Studebaker above DLT D 1%: Kelly-sp GRAIN MARKET: | September corn opened at She 4 | July, $20. during the eaul nge leday, Gils e ly high clo ments highs } Studebaker, 78%, wu ortly after io, 6 * iP ie a up at the end of the first hour, Mextean Petro: Other new highs were Naldwin at 9, American Loco- nited States Steel, Drug, 48, up ‘Chandler, 49, up lg UD Mei up % N. Y. Stock Exchan (Friday's — Furnished by 1. janning &@ Ca Butter Hotel Butiding High Low Close an Aimer or inn |Amer. Su lamer, La Amer. Tel. Anaconda Balt. & Oh | Baldwin |Geeat Northern. Industrial Aleshol | tnepiration | Kennecott Republic Iron @ ie Roek Istand |Minctatr Ou Texas Pacific Tobacco Products United Btates Rubber te ited States tee THE SEATTLE Oils and Equipments Head New York List STAR ferry system during the past eight years; formerly chairman of the transportation committee of the Federation of the Kast ber terry ) (THIRD ARTICLE) While there bas been waste all along the line, it is in the altera- tion and repair work of King county ferries whore evidence of ulter disregard economy and business intelligence is the most conspleuous, Bear in mind that antil recent- ly every repair or alteration job has been placed in the hands of the Anderson Shipbuilding yards without bids being asked and without specifications of work to be done. Due to public senti- ment, there have been two or three exceptions to this rule within the past few months, Hero is where the money has gone in great bunches, Here is the reason of the ery of graft! graft! Here, and here alone, is evidence enough to convici those in charge of our ferries of waste, Incompetency and maladminis- tration even if more serious charges could not be substanti- ated by a thoro probe, Take the Lincoin as an example. This ts & new boat placed in opera tion in 1915. and repaired every year since opera tion, For the past three years, re- par bills alone have averaged $15,000 yer year! The Lincoln haw had three decks sjnce it was placed on the run. Drydocking and painting last year cont $3,100, NO BIDS CALLED ON ALL THIS WORK All this work was done at the An- @erson yards on a cost plus basis without bids, More than 50 per cent of the cost of this new boat has been spent in alterations, repairs, ete, eince it was placed in the service. ‘The next ferry in size is the Leschi. | In’ 1920, $72.06 lens than $100,000, and it has been the repairs are listed at kept in goed condition by annual! overhauling and repairs. Drydocking and painting of the! Aquilo cost $1,023 last year. This is & small boat, 33 tyne net, 90] and, according to Jon, A. Sloan, the | eo Rects. Cont. Beta. Lt Fe. Wheat...... ” a 2 ? | Corn -33 919 Oats int oe 6112 (Bt ESTIMATED TOMORROW Wheat, 90 cars; corn, 410 cars; 38 care 4|Cotton Soars on Reports of Flood NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Reports of Texas storms sent cotton soaring in the first hour's trading today, Octo ber, $20.65, up 110; December, $20.80, up 97; January, $20.45, up 86; March, $20.42, up 82; May, $20.32, up 77; up 55. UNFILLED TONNAGE NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation decreased 294,398, it was announced today. The unfilled ton- nage totaled 4,531,926 August 31, compared with 4,830,324 July 31, 5, 117,868 Juné 30 and 10,905,038 August 31, 19: —_————_______ KAPPA SIGS INSTALL STH LARAMIE, Wyo. Sept. 10.—-The ‘Mth chapter of Kappa Signma, na- tional college fraternity, was in- stalled at the University of Wyom- ing here today, The installation ceremonies were in charge of 11 members of the fraternity from Denver. ORDER STATION USED Orders to the effect that all man- | ner of vessels eupptied with radio Apparatus use the compass station at Tatoosh Island which has just be | come operative, have been received by navigators from the United | States Radio services. 1921 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles '531 Robert Purcell, an Indian, lies at the point of death {Saturday in the city hospital, struck |down by the auto of T. Tomittie, 911 Yesler way, Friday, at Sixth ave. and King st. Tomittle reported that Purcell was |drunk. Two bottles of grapo were |found on him. Purcell has a frac jtured skull. He has been uncon: acious since the accident. 31, Oak eee 53 seriously in. Verne Adams, Park, as |Jured Internally when struck at Sec ond ave, and Pine st. Friday after- |noon by an auto driven by Miss A Pearson, 3837 Aurora aye. He is in city hospital, 153. An unidentified woman, struck at Second ave. and | Madison st. Friday, was slightly in- jiured and her clothing torn by the auto of Jack Kuenstle, R. F, D, No. |3. Kuenstle was arrested, charged jwith reckless driving. eee 534 Harvey Coulter, | Fairview ave. the sidewalk at Westlake ave, jand Harrison st. Friday to avoid an jauto and struck a little girl The girl was slightly injured, Her name |is unknown, Coulter ing gear jammed * 53 Mrs, J. E. Michaels, 5217 Ballard ave. ‘received a |fractured elbow when struck by the auto of an unidentified driver at Third ave. and Ping st. Friday. Mrs, Michaels was knocked down, The |driver did not stop to see if she was |injurea, eee 424A | Clearings + $5,410,780.27 | builder of the ferry Washington and one of the best Informed men on the subject in the Northwest, “the cost of painting and dry docking should NOt exceed $300," The lonses from the boats taken over from the Anderson Steamboat Company, including cost to the coun ty, has been $207,096, and this does not include the work done this year. Overbauling and repairs account for & large per cent of this Jona, The Washington was overhauled during the aged of 1918-19 at a cost of $30,287. Within a few 4. months after being put in service an other overhaul was ordered and cost $16,000, In 1920, similar work ocst $15,000 and this year has already seen an aguinst this boat for repairs, In @ period covering @ little over two years, approximately $80,000 has been spent in repairing this boat and every cent went to the Anderson | yards, The vessel cost only $75,000 originally, The expense of the Vashon Island shows an increase of 350 per cent, during the past three years, but most of this is due to repair work. The SCOTT! Charles Hackett, Angeles } drove up on! N.t sald his steer: | SEATS AT $7.70, ANTONIO SCOTTI Wednesday Evening, MARIO CHAMLEE SEATS AT $7.70, 85.50, Thursday Evening, “L’ ORACOLO” with ANTONIO SCOTTI Balances . 935,025.95 | It has been overhauled | altho tho original cost was | item of $18,000 bopked| Commencing Monday SEATS NOW SELLING Monday Evening, Sept. 12, “IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” with Tuesday Evening, Sept. 13, 8:15 p. m. “TOSCA” with SEATS AT 87. Wednesday Matinee, Sept. 14, 2 p. m. “CARMEN” wit GERALDINE FARRAR SOLD OUT “LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” with DOUBLE BILL SEATS AT 87,70, $5.50 ONLY METROPOLITAN COUNTY FERRY FUNDS WANTONLY WASTED? Repair Bills Out of All Reason; Incompetents Hold Jobs by Politics By W. E. Chambers , origina cont of the hull and house on ae ‘man and resident of Kirk-| thin boat was $26,000 in 1916. The 5 be’ kes bese ‘osely associated | repairs on the house alone last year the development of the King county amounted to | The lubricating oi] for this boat in 1919 cost the county $1.98 less than | # the! the fuel oll! The county has a veonel that is | little more than a launch, the Dr.| Martin, which was docked and paint jd last year at a cost of $23,000 to |the county. Shipbuilders say that $150 t® every cent that the job is| worth. Bear in mind that there were | no repairs or alterations included in this job, only painting and docking | according to the county auditor's books. An employe of a private concern Who would pay over 15 times the prevailing cost of a job would be | fred immediately, but the county's} employes have never been called to account! PAINTING WOQDEN HULLS | OFTEN UNNECESSARY According to Mr, Sloan, to whom I referred above, it is not necessary to paint wood hulls every year when | they are used on fresh water. He} cited his experience of 20 years on/ the Great Lakes and said that such a thing was never done by owners thereon, In an interview with several local shipbuilders, whose names I was re- quested not to ure Inasmuch as they hope perchance to get some of the county's business, I was assured that they could have saved the county 50 per cent of the cort of many of the cases of repair work and painting called to their attention, The question naturally arises why other yards were not given a chance to bid on the repair work of the| county's boats, Hundreds of thou: sands of dollars have been. xpent at the Anderson, yards during the past } few years, Other concerns wanted | @ chance to bid on the work, but, with the one or two recent excep- tions, were ignored, I have had instance after instance cited to me of political influence | placing incompetent men in post-| tiona, Two cases have come under my personal observation. A fireman on one of the lake boats, | who had a reputation among his as-| wociates as being one of the most [competent men on the boat in his line and who had had years of ex perience, was removed by the pres ent board and an inexperienced man given the position. The discharged | man failed to support one of the! candidates for election as commis sioner, Captain Anderson discharged an engineer on one of the large ferries for incompetency. A delegation of the discharged man’s friends ap-/ pealed to the commissioners and! brought such political pressure to| bear that he was reinstated, and now | holds his job, tho known to be in- | competent. If these two instances were all, | would not be worthy of int | tion, but they can be multiplied again |and again until one would become weary in the telling, ‘The value of an employe ts de- termined by his vote-getting ability, and the taxpayers are fleeced to foot the bills for henchmen to maintain the “courthouse Machine.” It has been necessary in a few tn- stances to retain men of ability in order to prevent a complete collapse ot the system, but as a general rule the employes of the ferry system must put on the harness and pull for the gang that authorizes the pay cheeks or else they will have to get a job where they will have to do real COMPANY 8 p. m. Ottein, Riccardo Stracciari 95.00, $4.40 ONLY ALICE GENTLE 70, $5.50 ONLY Sept. 14, 8:15 p. m. ANG) $4.40, LES OTTEIN $3.30, 82.75, $2.20 Sept. 15, 8:15 p. m. “LA NAVARRAISE” wirn ALICE GE} TLE | qualifications. | unskilled and j work and draw salaries in propor-) more than is paid in similar lines by tion to their earning ability | privately owned concerns I once fired on @ boat. I held the Before our public owned instl job without outside assistance two! tutions can ever become success Gaye after I first entered the boller| ful, it is absolutely necessary room. It t# @ job for unskilled labor.| that the same business ability Deck hands require no experience or 1 have known school and honesty must be exercised as in private business. Competency boys to fill these positions acceptably must be sought; wages paid must without previous experience. be reasonable to both employes! Yet firemen and deckhands are| and employers; and economy paid $135 per month or a little better practiced at every turn, than $5 per day. By honesty, 1 do not neces Men may be employed by the hun-| sarily refer to felonious conduct, It is not honest to use a business entrusted to one’s care to pro mote one’s personal interests; it is not honest to permit extrava- gance to run riot; neither is it honest to — underlings to do these thin, This is an impeachment that no man ¢an deny and where the shoe fits there it must be worn, SEIZED FROM Uquor runners, the gas launch Nora 1-23, will be old at auction by the United States marshal September 23. AMUSEMENTS PANTAGES Matisees, 2:30. Nights, 7 ané © Now Playin; dreds for ditch and road work for| $3.60 a day. The requirements for that kind of work are greater than the work on the ferry, inasmuch as phytica! strength is required, I do not advocate starvation wages by any means, but object to paying untrained workmen paid many of our and cousiderably To Hold Inquest Into Lad’s Death! An inquest into the death of Mike Iestia, 10, who was struck by ap auto and killed at Franklin August 28 has been ordered by Coroner Willis H. Corson. W. B. Patek, 418 15th ave. N., was the driver. The death was not réported to the cor- oner’s office until Friday. than is teachers, more achool Cotton Futures Continue Upward NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept, 10.— Cotton futures continued to soar on the local exchange today, following | reports that Texas had been swept by storms and floods. Opening strong, up 47 to 59 points, near futures advanced 38 to 62 points during the first hour and a@ half of trading. Jailed for Trying fan WILKES 71 FLArEns Narcotic Smuggle || *"* : Henry McKinney and Annie Burns | This, Work iinet 7 are beginning a six months’ term tn/ Harvard Prise Comedy the county jail Saturday. They were |] Fyes a8e to #1, Mains 250 to sentenced Friday by Justice C. C Pius War Tax Dalton for attempting to smuggle narcotics into the county jail. 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