The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 20, 1923, Page 23

pised Rhus jean rely be birse ity ato 1 Wcomotives and contract for construction of for the freight engines was placed with American Locomotive. FRIDAY, APRIL EXPOSITION ‘SHOPPING NEWS ( BOOTHS GOING VENTURE FAILS Space Done Good Work | Publication sale of booths for the Pacific PITTSBURG, April 20.—Shopping | Northwest Merchants’ exposi to] News, a weekly publication, consist be held from July 23 to 28 at the ling entirely of advertising, has sus. Bell &. terminal, is proceeding so publication and its tn ed idly that the committee fn charge are in the hands of the t moved the date for closing en: | courts tries up to May 15, instead of June! attachment proceedings have been e date originally set The annual Washington State association will be, held in Seattl Saturday and it is expected that number of manufacturers in othe cities will take space in the expos tion. nvention of th again have booths this year. The solicitation of space is charge of a volunteer group of 10/ business men. Long of the Walworth Manufactur ing Co, with the following as cap- Lackenby, |Stid to have been @ losing venture tains of groups: Frank Charlies H. Lilly Co; Crawford An derson, Western Drygoods Co; H. G Brace, H. G. Brace & Co; G. H. Thompson, Canterbury Candy Co. W. 8. Johnson, Union Paper & ©o.; A. J. Hillman, C, M. & St. P. railway; W. 8, Elliott, OW, R. & N. €o,; Clare Macklem, Matchett.Mack lem Co; Alex Gray, Truck Tire Co, and P. Coats, Clow Milling Co. Fresno Plans Big Raisin Day Parade FRESNO, Cal, April 20.—A gigan- tle parade eight milés long will in augurate the 15th annual Rais! Day celebration at Fresno, April 26. Nearly every community, civic district will parade, will cost over some trophies the best float: gations. be represented 0,000, Many hand and marching dele Crop Planting for 1923 Is Estimated WASHINGTON, April 20 —In tended planting of the principal! crops this year, expressed in terma/ ef percentagé of last year’s plant. ing, were today estimated by department of agriculture as fol. lows: Cotton, 112 » yer cent; spring wheat, | 3 ; oats, 102.6; barley, 106.7; flax, 189; Irish potatoes, 90.9; sweet potatoes, 97.5; tobacco, 110. Head of American Pilots’ Ass’n Dead NEW ORLEANS, La, April 20— Capt. Ben Mitchell, head of the American Pilots’ association, is dead of paralysis at his home here. Foreign Trade ‘The Seattle Chamber of Commerce feports the following opportunities in the foreign trade Geid: 1117—Firm in South Set islands has for sale copra, mother-of-pear! ~whells, vanilia beats, cocoanuts and tropical fruits. 1118—Manufacturer in India of kashmir shawls, woolen carpets and Tugs, cotton and silk embroideries; exporters of raw furs, dried fruits and myrabolams, wants Seattle con- nection. 1119—Commiasion agent in Tokyo interested in representing following ines: Iron and steel products, tin Plates, machinery, sulphate of am- monia, rice, wheat, lumber, pencil slate, leather, acetate of lime, etc. . 1120—Suzu-machi (or singing 1n- fect) wanted by firm in Cincinnati. -1121—San Diego, California, pro- ducer of dried abalone wants names of reliable Seattle exporters to Chi- na of dried and salted fish. 1122—San Francisco man, lately returned from South America, wants to buy silk, cotton, woolen and linen cloth, hosiery, hats, shoes, toys, jew- elry, hardware, machinery, drugs “and canned goods. 1123—Firm in Smyrna wants con- hection for sale of raisins, fign, edible olla, olive oils, olives and Balkan cheese; and purchase of wheat and flour. 1124—Philippine and South Ameri- can hardwood lumber wanted by firm in Tennessee. 11256—Importer in Japan wants names of Seattle lumber exporters. 1126—Firm in Japan wants connec- tion for sale of peas, beans, seeds, starch, peanuts and oils, Financial Flashes | from James Macfarlane 3 Co $11 Second Ave. Twenty industrials 102.26, up .10; 20 rails 88.56, up 1.15. Maxwell Motors reported net earn- ings first quarter 1923 of $1,026,000, compared with a losa of $612,738 in sume period 1922. NaTional Lead declared regular quarterly 1% preferred dividend, payable June 16, record May 26. Big Four R. R. decided upon in- creawe in wages of maintenance of waymen. Formal announcement made yer terday by New York Federal Re- serve bank that it will operate on @ daylight savings time schedule be- ginning April 30 next and®will con- tinue to do #0 until September 29, during that period the New York (Clearing house will alsc observe daylight savings time. Republic Iron & Steel statement for first quarter 1928 shows 3.66 enrned on 30,060,000 common, com- pared with deficit same period 1922. Lehigh Valley announced that it had placed an order for 40 freight soon will sign ae The order passenger power units, “A is a financial term, in referring to bonds, Fully 95 per cent of the ex. | hibitors at last year's exposition will headed by Frank De} Box and military organization in the raisin in the} The floats being planned the | quarterly Committee Has} Pittsburg Paper Suspends begun by the printing establishment the periodical was issued. | Writs have been served on each of | ¢ houses advertising tn the paper Little information regarding the erash is available, the company’s joffices in the Chamber of Com. merce building being closed, The concern came here from e Manufacturers where r n in | Cleveland Jast summer and biazoned 9 |the announcement of its arrival on billboards thruout the city, The paper was circulated, free of charge |to the readers, by carriers, It is from the start, ‘The amount of the aggregate losses is not yet from the court hearings | Various delays occurred after the organtzation of the company and it }was not until December 11 that the first issue was printed Roy M | Brown, managrr, built up a publica clear were reported not pectations, SEES DANGER IN INFLATION Drop in Buying Power Might |: Come, Says Simpson to be up to ex to be awarded for! CHICAGO, April 20.—James. Simp- }son, president of Marshall Field & |Co,, today Geclared prospects are for continued prosperity during the rest of the year, but |danger of Inflation. | Everything hax gone well for the |layt six months,” Simpson said “Labor has been fully employed and | production has been almost at capac: jity. We can see clear sailing for at |least six months ahead, but danger of Inflation exists “Already cotton is three times the low point of @ year ayo, and sitk and wool have doubled. W these advances had good reason, further advances are fraught with danger. Lack of accumulated stocks and improvements in the agricul | tural conditions haye been factors} of safety. | “The building situation may be| well caught up this year. A cur tailed demand for steel and other | materials must follow and much labor will be released for other oc cupations. The result, one can see, might~bring @ reduction tn iabor’s | purchasing power and, perhaps, a slowing up of goods in retail and other channels. To meet such a} situation it is essential that bust- | ness avold any further inflation at | this time, “As to retall business so far thin | Year, the volume has exceeded any- thing in the history of the coun- warned aguinat | the tion that was regurded by shopping news groups in other cit'cs to be of good quality mechanieally and other. | wise While distribution was good al }mMost from the beginning, results THE SEATTLE. STAR | | SEATTLE BU. BUSINESS—Finance, Produce, N orthwest Products ‘al | | TUPTING MATTRESSES Trading in corn was small san, Nebrask and Oxlahoma re Lf | muin—cwe., to.b Honttte 2 ed high winds causing dust storme Cg Ug aot eee en the average for the past 20 years in considerable dan Mite and in addition allow a proper| Weather otherwise was favo' Phe DATRY ynopvers amount for growth, we will find| Babson, eld w: cee ere ate seeding je prontwéatig’ favor! Gi Nebbieaidieeal “orckonery oeoee qo| that the reta{l trade of most farm| stands ably, Indications of @ larger | iit See Local prints, wr sections is now back to normal or acr y rebate! | Beee—Freeh ranch, 1 be shortly. Provisions, af weak under. int! Nickel e i rihaaisbnd tone thruout the clove grains. day, with the strength Chicago Board of Trade |i wh anit < vy tim by.” May. $1.26% $1.28 July. 122% Lae bog L2i% 1238 Joly. my 2 Bept - 1% 09% Oate— 45% AEM EM rere amar Toe: | . 11.10 116 oa . j Hl uly “a 11.00 a Mill Orders Still Ahead of |i =e ae Production Suly. 10.07 1007 8.77 eae Exports of both softwoods and hardwoods are increasing. Tho posl- tion of the lumber market 1s there- fore very strong fundamentally, and ho material weakening on any popu- lar item can be expected at this time. Lumber production in’ the South has been adversely influenced by un- favorable weather, a shortage of box cars and also of labor. Output of Douglas fir is well maintained on a high level, but continues to be ex- ceeded by both shipments and orders, B. F. Goodrich declared regular dividend 1% preferred, interest is payable ow aud October, payable July 4, record June 41, 1 cleafhys ssc. esse Furnished by Logan & Bryan 810 Becond Aye, Beattle Grain Reet. Son oot 7 1 i} BANK CLEAHINGS Seattle Clearings .... $6,048,000,40 Balances... 0+... 1,708,804.50 Portland 5,447,342.98 Balancey ..... ++ 1,192,438,48 Tacoma Total transactions , 2,895,000.00 allied toward Springtiola in Pacific O11 Rock telan & Pacific ruptoy was filed against the Mitch. ell Motor Co, j|here yesterday. Petitioners’ alleged debts of $2,000,000 include the De- trolt Carrier & Manufacturing Co.; Harvey Spring» Forge Co. and the Racine Serew Works, Singer Company. Is Advancing Wages ELIZABETH, N. J April 20.—A 10 per cent Increase In wages wan announced by the Singer Manufac turing company, employing 7,000 workers here. Tho Increaso will be Nretroautive to Iaat Monday, EME, Inc, in federal court | FARMERS PLAN | | PRODUCT BOOST! | | Consumption of Staple Food Has. Decreased WASHINGTON, April 20 ed paign to increase home consumption of staple American was anhounced National council “We feed the world don't America, is the ganof the campaign A statement innued by the cll said that domestic consumpti of wheat fell one-third from 1919 to 1920; meat consumption was re duced 25.8 pounds per capita; butter consumption dropped two pounds per capita, while similar reductions | were noted in use of milk,| cheese and other staple products. | “Alarmists and enemies of farm-| ore who urged curtailment of do farm products Farmers today by but slo: can starve coun Mixed colors Pullats Wisconsin cream’ brick . Block Swiss Wash. triplet Tillamook trtpi: POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid i whsleenio Dealers Fryere. sind, Rossier sare » Bee 23 | Capons- jb of Koyn Bean Meni ono Meal... Bone—Granulated Charconl—Hardwood ‘leh er ee aR AT @ Flower borders around the graves France and Belgium measure 288 be mijos in all, may be for many If, how chant Frances Nowell, 0| Alaska, acted as sponsor, depth of 39, in British military cemeteries In|make 16 knots an hour, Shipping, Real Estate, Building Retail Trade Is Good Thruout the Country Babson Says Any Re Poor Shou | mood years of 1919 and 1920,” a» years to come, ‘er, We consider normal as tailer Whose Trade I ld Investigate ; “Therefore, I say that some- BLLESLEY| ing te tho matter with the re HILLE, | Masi | taller who is not now doing & April 20-—-Roe) normal business. He elther is a er W. Babson | poor buyer or a poor salesman. who bas recent: either he is mixed up in so ly been chéck-| outside enterprise and ts ing * figures ie | tending to business, or else is the retail trade) not posted as to fundanenfal of fhe country ditions. There is ‘hole in haw today issued) iy economies’ somewhere and it sateen | be up to him to find it. cording to his ADVISES ul) | ADVERTISING pnalysis, ret Purtak (0d dket: teen iientha | The capacity of the local mills of trade, averag: | uring he next fe caret std 0,01 arre 0,00 Ing all sections | oA! merchante should advertise, Na.| 72000 barrels, OF $0,000 sack OR Babson of/ the country, | onal manufacturers ere ulllising| (17) pies gears Lidl n of the |ts again back to normal the greet power of sdvertising In| cuntry, he seid, while bis camel “Bome sections are still behind the | the distribution of thelr products. ‘ o ya | The succonsful department stores a group of a dozen grocery stores, eee today below normal a year ago The weekly bulletin of construc. tion work issued by Coral B, White, ive fate $}| manager of the National Surety Co., Fee ok Wednesday, shows the following |Hens—4% foe and up . 24) construction work planned and bids Medium, live, 24 to 4% Toe. aun} Live, light, 3 to 2% Ihe... RE beet hi rey dry ploked 3 cents above |BRIDGES AND ve. A areas Geese—Live, fat, # to 10 tha... SEWERS County commissioners, Colville, construction overhead railroad crossing Loon lake. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ids April 21, ka by June 9, according to officials the Todd Shipbuilding and Engl- neering Co, Hundreds of persons from various parts of the slate and Alaska at. tended the launching, unique in‘that the hull went into the water bow first—something nev: which was before attempted with a mer. ship on this const. Miss native daughter of ‘Tho new ship is 365 foot long, has beam of 49 feet and a moldéd and 1% expected to She will the bertappainted ner in the Alaska sorvice, County commissioners, Tacoma, highway No, 20. City clerk, Kelso, bids April 24, paving and sidewalking local im,| provement district No. 45. C. H. Purcell, United States for- estry service, 316 Postoffice building, Portland, bids 10 a, m, April 24, con- struction 14.7 miles Glacier Shuksan- Mt. Baker highway; 6.9 miles Glacier Excelsior National Forest-Mt. Baker highway. Radiator Company Signs Big Lease D. DP. Tencray and A, V, Williams announce a lease completed with the United States Radiator corpora. tion of Detroit whereby the five: story concrete building belonging to Mrs, Henry and situated at 1248-50 First ave. 8, has been leased to the Radiator corporation for | period of 10 years, ‘The amount Involved is approximately $120,000, store, but had just as soon have a “General business,” concluded Mr/' “is good. The Babsonchart | at 3 per cent above normal, compared with 16 per cent Mds May 4, improvement permanent PAGE 23 TACOMA FIFTH IN FLOUR TRADE | - - S)Mills Produce 1,200,000 Barrels in Nine Months TACOMA, April 20.—~The product ur roils during the h period of the 19224923 millers’ year, including |Marech, had an aggregate value of $8,000,000, the output of the local mills for this period being 1,200,000 barrels, sald F, B. Burke, manager the Byerry Flour Co., in Tacoma, ; the important position among milling centers before the Tacoma Thursday, Tacoma expired jot nine Rotary club, has the distinction of being the | third largest milling concern im the mestic production are barking up| Babson, “but many other sections | aio ee me porn sift "| United Btates: | c the wrong tree,” the statement con-|are ahead. Retail trade was the | P@pers; but the smaller r ae M*\ ‘The story of the flour mills of ‘The mattress Industry 1a one of total Northwest consumption. tinued, “What we need is increased lant to feel the effects of the depres: | failed to advertivo us he should. | rwcoms was © part of hs, Haan the fow that enjoy the privilege of | ‘The picture was taken In the Te-| gomestic consumptlon, torether with |sion, When a slack business hits a| Perhaps this in why he ts srpall— the Rotarians arranged to bring out home consumption with very little | coma factory of F. 8, Harmon &Co.| enactment of the Norris-Sinciair| nection, the financial interests feel | 0D cannot tell, There surely is ne Jcompetition, due largely to the fact |and shows the process of tufting @| government marketing bill, which {it first, the manufacturing and|*0me reason why people flock to|tle full significance of Puget Sound that the product is one for which | mattress by machine, The machine | wij) help give the farmer a market | farming tnterests feel it second, the |e merchant and pass by anoth ‘ain products. Besides the talk of long-distance freight rates act as a| maken a uniform bed that holds its! \hroag for hin product." abbers dud wholeaalers feel it third,| Statletios certainly indicate that the|Mr. Burke, D. J. Collins, manager tariff wi the in-|ahape. Wntll a comparatively fow | © retailers hear it.| reason is closely connected with thelof Albers Brothers Milling Co, ip sa and finally th dustry essenti It in| years ago, this process was done by Hence, altho retail trade continues | @4vertising | Tacoma, gave an account of the estimated that Northwest mattress | hand, which was a very slow opera Pore Markets good long after Wall Street in blue,| “Let me also take this occasion! growth of his own company. and as factories supply 90 per cent of the | tion. VEGETABLES lit does not come back again until | to Urge retailers to use the NeWS|sertea that Washington oats, made we Sa PON Se? ARMS RE | y treet comes | pap ed y : | Prices Paid. Wholesale Dealere | nome time after Wall Street com | pepers in is, dienis d way rather|into rolled oats, forms the Migiest Artichokes—Cal., per dox...-. 1001.26 | BACK. fost [novelty contrivances, During the|£T#d® of breakfast food obtainable. Aotecore be Bis oN cl ay TRADE |past two months I have motored| Manager C. E. Curran of the Tae Siskent: punt oe “The bast retail trade today fe in| bly thruout different sec-|coma Grain Co., took as his subject |Cabbeme—Cal., per tp the industrial cities of the Enst.| ons of the country. At sieges | he. grain freight rate cases which STREET JOURNAL FINANCIAL REVIEW Imp., doz. bunches Where, two years ago, mills and|®¥ery cross road is some sort of/have stirred the industry of the | New rork YE SOP RMAL Baa bases toe factories were shut down, they are|* Sn, a windmill or something| Northvest for several years, predlete | made & showing that threw favorable Nght ¢ . hothouse, des. now working overtime. Cites liko| *l®¢ sold to some bank or merchant|/ing that the decision of the Inter regional inatituti While reserve ratio 5 no : Pittet hich ear ago were! WhO thought he had discovered a| ‘ sh owed a alight decrease and rediscounts expanded rh i 00, 42 t New Gest reg ve a yee ae bs par more attantt mathod | state commerce commission, which ork account accc hed an increase In reserve and cut dowr ett working only 60 per cent of their aper or ve 0 ‘ i counts $9,000,000. This exhibit demonstrated that no complaint could | Ont | copanlt; are now back to nearly |0f advertising than bis newspaper itt ree @ Pagid tn tte a be made on the score of use of funds for speculative purposes in Wal | Persley—Loc ire ‘Venches. 181100 per cent. Akron, which three | offered. As a matter of fact, he un-|favor in grain-growing nection street and showed @ good tone in the early trading. Price changes! Green Pess-cPer tb 130 1 Lg : "| consciously disfigures the highways, |south of the Snake river would be AMON active issues were small and about equally divided between | Peppers—trer 4a| years ago had the highest percent.| 0om St ° 2 | Advances and receasions mace : ses | Potatoes—teai white 1600@1809 |age of unemployment in the coun-|°P4angers life und makes enemies|reversed, and asking that any help | novga"e? pices: Studebaker 32%, off Mi Utah 124. up Mi Weeting. | Fakima Gems, foer. eraded.t6.00@1098| try ‘is now advertising for men |inetead of friends. Merchandising 1| possible be given to maintain the thichem HB. 66. off Dupont 141, off \: Anaconda | RadisheeLoca acs. tuaches 4@|Detrolt ts again back to normal,|% Profession and should be treated | milling-In-transit rates now tn effect) Mw wolidated Gan 66%, off California, Petroleum 96%, | Rauber 1p 014@ .04/and the volume of retail trade in|/® & dignified way from Montana regions, which allow | Balen 148. | mame Up pA He OFF Mi Marland 62%, up te; Heading 76 Up Wi| Natabeane Wer sack «...:-)--¢0818| most of these cities Is equal to or | CHAIN STORES the wheat of that section to come eieie Tomntote—Mex., Ive. repack ...2s0@400 |Kreater than tt has ever been, Of|ARE NO DANGER to the Sound for milling @aama N. Y St k M rket Tursipe—-Cal., dos, bunches .... 46 \course, this does not mean that| Babson added a word of cheer to} | port. 5 Y. Stock Marl FRUITS |profite are as large. ‘The public is|those retailers who fear the chain |P™ ay Gagsett: axle o Farnished by Logan & Hiryan Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers fawkes, im amnecaiceipn natagemn Cant baka ager of the Sperry Flour Co., pre S10 Second Ave, Seattle Apples— purchasss and i» shopping about| “Instead of worrying about chain ded: | Close| Arkansas Biacks, box | more. |stores,” says he, “the tndependent % Winesape, extr <1 « ear The six Pacific Coast plants of Al- CLOSE HIGHER Amer Beet bagit tt |Mamanae Per tee ne (Any concern in an industrial | retaiier shoula copy their wood fet-| pers” Brothers Milling: Gor, Rapiel Howe Mag tity |Covoanute—Per dor ; Th| city which ts not doing © nor: tures and gvoid thelr pitfalla. ‘The |prry,, prowner™ | MAINE Cox Rave | CHICAGO, Avril 19 —Grain prices orton ( 18M | Datee—Dromedary, ai-pke. box. 78 | mal business today should clean |chain stores are revolutionizing re-| 1 al 48 60.008" Gaae ‘e elo strong and higher on the Inti, Gorp | Fige—Presh Cal house and ascertain where the |tailing. They are introducing many |YSUCd at $5,000, in 8, to b ; : cenit at Bhip @ Grape Frait—Viorida, box . 1 | J . |value of $25,000,000 annually today, boar sate Tmatan, ‘The de- Bieel Po Mote -Oateh ter eae difficulty Iles. |eood features, from which every |saia Mr. Collins, ferred geliverien sa wheat ied Jn the Bugar Lemons box | “Cities which are about to enjoy! good retailer should profit. But |*"/4 i deliveries is at rel a Tai Oranges—Per box wage advances are in an especially | ¢ . ‘Our own company has never” strength , Sere aw ade fea age adva iD chain stores have many troubles lean able to find anywhere bettan Winter wheat acreage abandon da Copper Saagerines--Otandiod tee |favorable position. The retailer of/anead, When their employes organ- lend ae bAabere: ‘i Mardin to tielnatab ar terivaus’ cn: NUTS @ cities should do the best bust-|ize into q labor union, as is inevi- t oF the Iaat ten ing 1923 they ever have me ae Ports, |The average for the last ter Paid Wholesale Dealers || Dens during 1 ibeabetrotd Mersediednaldine cbt {hea the |atter telling of the process of mal and the April 1 estimate was for an H- Eaj per. te 5 ndependent merchant will agal ling rolled oats in the Tecoma : abandonment of 10 per cent. Ind FARM DISTRICT DAYS a Bret. Copa “Is it not economically wrong to cations point to a reduction RETAIL TRADE GOOD » however, do belleve that tt] 04 rinonn of dolla 7 cal by 664,000 acras from 46,069,000 The farming communities may] would be, wise for independent mer. |trod malons Of lollies san ly [Surtisc lino averene was’ plave ; seasranenreee not be back to normal, altho statis-|chants to get together more among | (n'est toogs when th sc 71 par cant With an indicated yi DAIRY PRODUCTS ticlans differ greatly as to what {s|themselves and form small chains, |“ oa ea - townie vain of 14 bushels per acre, which wo Prices Paid to Shippers normal, It we call normal the few| which they themselves can control. | C708! wet nS STOW: See Bossee bushels, approxi Buttortat— , |boom years of the war, then the|Perronally, I should not want to |Peuer Product then thet 000,000 under last. year. it ste ete Penktie be ba farming sections are still below and|struggle with one lone grocery |!" buying was fairly brisk , Ship Ne Afi Tides in Seattle — FRIDAY SATURDAY © APRIL 20 APRIL 21 First Low Tide First Low Tide 1:26 a. m, 6.8 ft | 2:12 a. m., First High Tide First Weather Bureau TATOOBH IBLAND, April 18,.—8 —Barometer rising; showers; 26 miles an hour. Passed in, str well, at 6:40 a m. Passed out, “| collier, at 7a. m.; etr Edna at § @ Arrivals and Dep ARRIVED—Apri) 19—otr from New York via port, at 8 @ m ‘tr Admiral Schley from Tacoma ports, at 11:30 a m.; str Oduna - Union Pacific Fancy, Nght M. D. McKillip, school clerk,| ©, H. Purcell, United States forest- Retail lumber trade, which has Cash Wheat BrjB Bestex Meaiuna light, Site! fontesano, Wash, bids 12 m., Aprillry service, bids 10 a, m, April 24,| 4,8 Persian Primes trom Shields vis; been unusually good thruout the win- Thursdar's Quotntions | ao pea Fancy, heavy, 10 to 200 Iba .i9@ 12/28) Construction three-story addition | construction 9.9 miles Inland Empire SALLEDCAprit 19st Prosh ter season, ia showing furthor expan-|_ CHICAGO, April 19.—Cash whbat—No. | wiah Copper. Fe DN "| present high school building. highway, Section 2, Colville national ports, at sion ‘under the igfluence of warmer|! 1d: 1149r No. 2 bard, 11.264 01.26%. | va sdium Steet Priven Pad. Whale Deer R. J. Brown, clerk, unton high | forest, sr, Merion tess re ae weather and the eagerness of butld- v4 brash ie Ducks—Dreased, per T. a2|school, district “R," Naramore &| req A, Miller, county clerk, Ore-|str Memnon for Tacoma, at 4a. ma. ers to get their jobs started, says Liberty Bonds Wentingho | Hens—Dressed, ‘h o 1 Menke, architects, Central building; | eon city, Ore,, bids 1 a m, May 9,| 1-8 Redondo for Southeastern Al the American Lumberman, Chicago. Thareday's Quotetions Wiliye Overiand Shey yet 3 At | Seattle, bids 6 p. m., April 19, clear-| ‘ong constricti i Rotel ary emir elm Many retailers continue to hold back Fernlehed by Logan & Bevan OIE AUTO ONE Live, tent i.’ : 38 ing school alte. orate Gis : be in making commitments, either be-| geriep et) Tet ced ¥ Fryere—Per To. es 42| RE, Fulton, school clerk, Port- D. P. Mathews, , recorder, —Mdil- at noo! cause of uncertainty as to how tar| rir tise win isst| Foreign Money Status —Serse pressed, per to. 000002 doe Ag land, bids 11:30 a.m, April 25,| Nauki, Ore, bids 8 p,m. April 26, | southeastern Alaska, at 9 a. mm the present building movement will | First 4», sent, SE pe tnaretay’s Guetotions live, tangy, 1 ue Rb Gregory Heights school, $175,000, | #tteet_ improvement, run or because of the price question, | Second,‘ eaitorie M0 Second Aves Seattion Belgian Wares Gt) RoE, Pulton, bids 12'm, April 41,| City council, Spokane, bids April] Vessels. in ‘Port at Se and wholesale trade is dull in spots.| second 4\e $7.17 TAT] Normal vajue Sie cOomaleys ates 2 oe 43) Laurel iurst wchool, 26, grading 30th ave, Smith Cove Bei ae a Lumber distributers, however, look | Third 44« 9751 OTN | sass Eteriing « {ipa roses “sete het a eee C. B. Bagley, board of public) Keys str Achilles, rourth 4% 9721 97.23 | $1.00 ........-Canadt it a AL . B. . of Meru, Pier B—Str Bhidsuoke for @ general entry into the market |Viitiry (ay 190.00 100.00 | 18.20 cla... French frane sta] Veal—Fancya light. Meg tt | EQUIPMENT works, bide 10 a.m, April 27, paving| ttr President Madison. by the retailers during this month, |New 4%... $9.02 98.09 /19:30 ete Relgian frane- cts |» Searpen arenedcs 16 da| ©. B. Bagley, board of public|alley, Block 8, University Park add- a and the mills are clearing their decks 19.30 ota... .Aiwiae franc ota 7 3 : 2 tlon; paving alley Block 2, University ‘ 19.20 ots Teallan tira i LIVE STOCK works, bids 10 a. m., April 26, light | Hon: fs Street Terminal—ship Benj, Hee ee trate ane| San Francisco Produce {#31 eu!.:!ccerman mark’ 00st et cibisattana “ab poctohds meters up to $25,000, Park addition; paving alley Block 9,| "Packard, bark Guy. 0. Gost, ig increase in business shortly. The ‘Thursday’s Quotations |26.49 ots Swedish krona,..,28.65 ctrl Cattle Commissioner of light and water,| University Park addition; paving |Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal—Str © market pss ionic i Butter—Estras, dbo 1b; prime firsts, | 26.80 ote pba heen : ae isd Frise steers ‘Tacoma, bids April 24, furnishing |alley block 8, University Heights ad- Pier i1-B—8tr Forest King, atr © MUU elite the Vint ther cocks ha Meee Strak SiGe Gout dried puiiois, [10-00 ote Lrareek Grachma.. 1.20 ots] Prine cows 14 compound meters, dition; 26th ave, N, paving; uae Plor Went Fanny Dutard. id dui peeks 7 ry a i 2 df — > 203 ny J 5 N " jresult that prices on them have 28s. Wool, Trade Active Bulls Merk, Bellingham, bid waterway, First ave. 8, Ms. niente eee aioe moved higher. The mills are still Denver Live Stock H Let dived City -olerk, Be! ling! a ids April nium, str Silverado, str Anna B, heavily over-booked. Tho they have Tenssdin’s Sisintioas at Higher Prices) 's" bibpatobstahnat hl 33) paving TAkewood artve. mn | cate 'Weat Hardand, lately made some progress in reduc-|Cattie—Receipis, 600. Market. steady.| BOSTON, April 20.—Tho wool| Rough hoavy Lease Fe Jl atihes Mes aetna ign ao BE Engineers’ Union Cmerotal Traveler, sty Ghat tehengh ing their old order files, they still| Steers, $709.96; cows and heifers, $4.00 | market ia more active, consequent! Pise «+++ +418 50, paving Kentucky, York and New g - latiantio. Street ‘Termins\ Str aati have enough business on their books| 948) stockers and feeders, $6.00@83 | oon predictions of a coming shdtt-| "Pr. amps baie Jersey streets, ; Wants Idle Ships | 2: : to keep them running at normal from| yogs—Tioceipts, 1,900, Market steady, |@x0 of morino wools, higher foreiga} Cull iambe 10 bie i pape aoe Si tae May | WABHINGDON. ‘ABH RD.CoThe King: & Wioge—Motorship Ruby, 40 to 60 days. Mill stocks have been| ‘Top, $4.06: bulk, $7.60@7,40; pigs, 6@ | wool markets and high prices being| Yearlings 8; peving Division st, Withve at; ing boktd ‘Orobably.. Wilt’ kk [Duthie Baibvaed-Smee Ona! only slightly, 1f at all, improved, and| , $6.50. pald for domestic clips in the West.|. Wethers lshta, Balm st, and alley in block 2. phi ag Meee PRS y ASX latacy Street’ Terminal—U, Be It fs still difficult to place orders, ox. | Sheeh— Receipts, 6.600. Market alendy. ton. arougnt in the Queonsland dis.| { County commissioners, Ellensburg, |Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Ass0-| heer, U. 8. G. 8. Discoverer, clally if they are of a badly mixed crm $1318.40, Tae ai vy] Grid. of SAM MAlla, IRoMIA” to" Have FLOUR AND’ SUGAR bids May 8, Improvement permanent |lation No, $8, New York, to make (Commercial Boller Works—Str Sie per ora, i Aus | Wholesale Prices highway No. 9A. a more specific offer for the pur- chr Mindanao, ertadastrial trade hold Portl di Pr d Rasy daclce rote wool asia as} ihe er ee chase of the vessels Hanawa, Po- Crea” Tee Industrial trade holds up very sat- ‘ortland Produce eight and nine months wool and as . ‘ nelly y 4 Pannelly, for $100,000 | Todd Drydocks—Str Commerctal {sfactorily, and is expanding in some beth f& result the shortage of merinos in 1 mona an, : channels, Railroads are on the mar-|thutte—setoe i this country will be 100,000 bales, Hy LAUNCH NEW Onc. snpttieers’ union, in a totter |: th, Wert atte ste. OOcsheaen ket for vast quantities of repair and| Eges—23@ 260 do. Fifty centa was pald for a Texas ie. fhe. engineers » In a letter! Jetterson, schr C. 8 Holmen, Cheese—25@ 260 1b. to Myer Lessner of tho board, of-|Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Construction materials, and have! ions s3@ 360 1b clip today, Bradford reports that uD eA a BAT the haba SRE Ted placed further orders for rolling wool top prices have advanced the| city Delivery, Wholesle, Per ‘Ton ‘ fered. to buy: the. ahibe: Wwhloh. Ais cninjond’ Gaahtantae dl Ge Sakae aa : : jer Whole feed, 1008 ss f.,42,00| TACOMA, Wash, April 20,—|laid up, and demonstrate that they stock, The cil fields are scenes of equivalent to 2 cents a pound ‘with. | Barley- oe ve Adams. deuivity, and’ their: Abotisumption of| N. Y. Sauce tad Coffee | (uivlen arity and around, R0's-10'e': Work was resumed today on the}oan be profitably operated when |Amos" Terminal Co—Sehr Gee. ¥ F i Thursday's Quotations nay Com—Whole, yellow, 120'a new passenger liner Alaska, built}manned with highly paid American inked ship Oriental, schr Henry Wat timbers and general construction) cagar—ririn, Haw, $8.03; retined, firm: Cracked and teed moni, 100's r or the “Alaalea’ Bteamahip. 0 " D. Hi Bas i: iterns Is large. Automobile, furniture, | oe Granulated, $9.00 0.86 Ask B: k f o on, here for the Alaska Steamship Co,,|crews. Thomas. D. Heley, business jegiman Creosote Worke—Str Horace 3 flooring and interior trim manufac-| Coffee—No, 7 Rio spot, 4 @11Ke Ib; 3) an rupley: Co) lotieg end geome following her launching in Com:|manager of the union, said it was fos or. Sia hia ff t 14 1 prouting, mencement bay yesterday, It is ex- v leffornan's dock—Motorship © turers remain heavily on the hnrd-| No 4 Santon, 14% 015 Mitchel] Motor Co. | wheatreseanea’ Niched to. Have her Iii cORrmleatOn Te (eee ae ea ora eoes ar od a1 eee ase tTNIn eit ats Ce wood market, while miscellancous aren Xe 5, [AlleGrain Chop. 80's Heat ave her in commission In joperate a fleet of 110 ships plying |" ‘sr cicuta, consumers’ requirements aggrogate a Chicago Car Lots i eae ‘aad ah ia is Chick Mit: 00" time to sail for Southwestern Alas: all the oceans of the worl’. SUimson's Mill—Str Persian Prince, ary petition in bani {OM sizable volume. ‘Thursday's Quotations oh eee Stream—Buoy No. 6—Ship Abner Co! “Buoy No, Neevmasnig B Flint, This Is over twice the space hereto: fore oceupied in Seattle by this cor. poration,