The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 26, 1923, Page 12

SEATTLE ae Produce, Shipping, Real Estate, TRAFFIC MEN OPEN MEETING Experts from Pacific Coast Convene in Seattle dele Harold hambs gates N om t Moore, of of commerce. pproximate Pacific coast the Sea nee, a livered the address on Nat Schwaba J. Wettrick on the transcontinental ate situation, and “The Traffic Situation in Intercoastal de as Seen by Steamship Lines,” by A. F. he Pacific Steamship com. m includes a Theory of unet on Eckstein's os by Co.; a talk Haines of pany \ banquet will be held at the Hotel p the evening, when an by Dr, W. J, Hind gton State Retail Gowman ad dress will be giv ley of the Wasi érs’ associati The Retail Seattle will ference, and ente rranged by Miss R Frederick & Nelson, J of the Rhodes company Latsch of the Standard company Friday's program will be as fo %—"Distribution of Perishab Deck, Portland sociation. “Parcel Post for by C. M. Perkins, raftic Association of ests to the con, ainment has been M. Massey of M. Maloney and L. Furniture the Trafi postmaster, Traffic Situation From Rail andpoint,” by L. vice president Great > way, 1043—Talk by industrial traffic manage MAb—"Ocean Bill of Ladings Claims Consolfdation, Arrangement for Canal Service After July,” by A orthern Rail member of Seattle stary Retail Drygoods | . Los Angeles. Financial Flashes From James Macfarlane & Co. S11 Second Ave. Twenty industrials 101.80, 20 rails $6.67, up Philadelphia & come $2,951,006, inc Western Maryland ne revenue, March, $4 up Norfolk & Southern March net in-| come $163,535. Treasury financing program be announced about May 16. mated $500,000,000 new securities will be issued. Island Creek Coal for quarter ended | March 31 earned $733,276, equal after preferred dividend to $%58 a share on common. State department learns that Ger- many is about to make a reparations offet direct to France. Coca Cola reports for first quarter 1923 net, before taxes, $1,500,203, equal after preferred dividends to $2 mon stock outstanding. Canadian Pacific earnings week ended April 21 were $3,174,000, an In- crease compared with same period last year of $249,000, or 8.56 . Keystone Tire & Rubber year end- ed December 31, after expense, ~ interest and against $679,039, pervious year. American Smelters first quarterly taxes, earnings were $3,637,000. ‘This is at| rate of $14.60 a share a year on com- mon, after payment of preferred divi- dend and bond interest, but before taxes and. depreciation. Atehison report for year ended De-/| cember 31 shows net income of $54. 382,370 after taxes and charges, equal after preferred dividend to $12.40 a, share on common. New Orleans, Texas & Mexico year | ended. December 31, income of $1, 93 after taxes, in- tefest and rentals, equal to $11.47 a share on capital stock. New Issues —— The National City Ce of New York announce a new 000,000 i: sue of 10-30 year federal land bank 4% per cent bonds, due January | 1, 1953, and not redeemable before January 1, 1933, Interest is pay- able at any fede! 1 bank or reserve bank on January 1 and July | 1. The bonds are issued in denom- inations of from $40 to $10,000 and are offered at 10045, to yield 4 per cent. These bonds, in addition to being obligations of the federal land banks, all 12 of which are primarily. liable for (nterest and ultimately ti- able for the principal on each bond, are secured by collateral consisting of an equal amount of United States government bonds, or mortgages on farm lands. Business Changes OS AER CES The Washington Belcano Co. has taken room 2207 White-Henry-Stu- art building and will conduct a beauty shop, The L. O, Hathaway Lumber Co. has rented room 4440 White-Henry- | Stuart building. TRADE TERMS “QATING DEBT A floating debt includes all notes} ov other forms of indebtedness call- ing for payment within a compara. tively stort time, as distinguished from bonds or other fixed forms of long-time obligations. The Norwegian telegraph mints. tration has made public a memoran- dum to the effect that the company to which a license for broadcasting Is to be issued must be a stock com- pany in whieh only Norwegian cap- ital is represented and in which Norwegian radio manufacturers, Norwegian press, and local amuse. tnent syndicates must have an in- terest. ut. | € Industrial will | Esti- | 5 a share on 590,000 shares com-/ net loss $899,306, 1922, shows net | i} BUTTER PRICES DECLINE AGAIN Easier Undertone Cause for|" New Drop underton: e market been ne for th 0 direct fe Creamer cubes will wll to re tallers at 39 and 40 cents a pound. 41 cents, Lo 41 for and Wrapped prints at eal creamerymen pay the butter f VEGETABLES Peld Wholesale Dealers se Prices Artichokes Asnaragus Green Peoe Peppers Pre Potatoes Radishes FRUITS Trices Pald Wholesale Dealers Apples— Arka sas Mie Prices Bald Whi Sumbe Fancy bw DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid to Shippers Mixed Pullete Milk—Cw DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices to Retail Dealers eal creamery, cubes Freeh ranch | Mixed colors Pullets Cheese Or, triplets Wiaeonain Block Swis a Ww tpl ue Tillamook triplets POULTRY 4 ATS Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers = | Broilers—Legt: white shell per tb. . | Medium, lve, 3% to 41h Ibs. light, 3 to 5% Ths, :. ‘ancy dry pleked £ cents above lve. | Geese—Live, fat, £ to 10 Ibe. Fancy d. p., $-15 The $3 | Roasters—Old, live, per Ih 19 | Hogs Chotes, Heavy. light . 2 a3 fancy org 16 18} eu 09@ 10 Ment hspocal heavy. 166-260 tos Fancy, heary, 150°to 200 ths.. [10 14 POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Dressed. per Th 32 Dressed. heary 3 ad, ght ie ty) Lire, heavy. 1 spabasuds ’ | _ Live, tight. th % 3 Brollers—1923. per tb 50 Geese—Dresaed. per i 0 |Turkeys—Fancy. dressed 0@ 43 Live, fancy, Th, > | Belgian Hares—ive, per th... 1 Dressed, per l™ Cows—Country, dressed, tb Mogs—Fancy, bloc Veal—-Paney, light eavy, coat Medium, oe 10 7 oe 16@ oe | Ne od LIVE } Quotatie Cattle— Prime steers |> Medium to | Prime cow Prime Nght STOCK at Stockyards od id heiters Heary, Bulls Light ca Hoge— me Bexoety heavy Rough heavy Pigs | Sheep Prime tambs Cull lambs . Yearlines 9.000 ‘ sree 8008 FLOL R A D SUGAR Wholesale Pri “60 | Flour Blends, local, bales . Art, Joeal,. 49°, bb, : Art, local, balex ....: 4 | Sugar—Cane, per ewt 10, Beet, per cwt. .:. 10 | GRAIN AND FEED | | City Delivery, Wholessis, Ver Ton | | Barley—Whole feed, 100'8 43.00 | Rolled and ground, #0 45.00 | Corm—W hole, ow, 120s 46,00 Cracked and teed ineal 44:00 | |Oats—Whole, fe@l, 100'r 46.00 | | Molted and ground, 70's-80'8 48.00 | Sprouting, 100° 52.00 | | Wheat—Kecieaned feed 49,00 | \Al rain Chop—s0's 45.00 / | Chick Veed 100°"... se.08 | Chlek Mash-— 1060's, with B. M [Growing Feed—i00'" . Pepi one | Growing Mash—100's, no TB. Mu... 159.00 Van Mash 10 0 Be Me eee. 1,00 Seratch Feed—100's . Wheat-—Mixed feed, So's . Cocoanut Meal .... Cottonseed Meni”. [Linseed O11 Meal. Alfalfa Meat 64.90 80.00 | A ATO Grit—Limeatone . Granite | atone Seraps— Eastern Every feild of gasoline in | France is required to buy from the government an amotint of motor al- cohol equal to one-tenth the amount of gasoline purchased, ‘This is be- cause the French government bas on hand such large stocks of alco- hol, and because they want a “na. tonal motor fuel’ to be developed which will have alcohol as a base. Rebuilding of Smyrna is contem- plated by an Ottoman company being otganized in Paris. “Turkish style” ulred for the houses, Tientsin, China, is demanding more and more American plumbing sup- | Cottee—Ne | Grand | Pier 11-8. 187.00 | pier | Pier D—Str Admiral fe THE w York (New York Stock _Market WALL STREET JOUR I er e at ARE STRONGER : CHICAC Liberal buy oP eke rt continued on ard trade today cen were str and higher favorable indleationa w the main builleh Influences in wheat Leading grain experts declared thai he amount of abandoned acreage in winter wheat ts piling daily, and eding of spring wh is seriously fo, causing @ large acreage redu The North Dakota agr Hege stated that « bik Hh acreage in the eastern part the state appeared inevitable. Fe clgn markets were all higher. I cipte Wore light, Wet weather tint na W n Canada own shipments rn reached the crop d¢ Argentine ral sting a hig | Chicage Board of Trade ednesday’s Quotath Cash Wheat ay 5 ved. B31 ty Chicago Car Lots Wednesday's Quotations Vornished by Log & Bryan S10 Second Ave., Seattle N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Wednesda: atone Sugar—Quist. Me r er; wranulated, $9,404 10.05. 7 Mo, apot, 11tke 1b; Hantos, 144 Gite Ib. ar Xe. Balances ..... 1,554,093.66 Portland as | Balances 6042,039.17 1,464,710.52 ‘Tacoma ‘ansactions . 3,084,000.00 Total tr . ‘Ship ewe | Tides in Seattle THURSDAY FRIDAY AVRIL 76 | APRIL 27 | Fire Mig! mite Piest High Tide 1.92 a, m. 145 a om. 116 ft |. Viest Low Tide || First Low Tide 138 8, 47 ft ft Tide 4p m, BT ft Becond Low Tide | t my 21 ft 4 fhe second Low Tide | p.m, 26 ft Weather Bureau Report TATOOS ISLAND, ’ a ate es pers a pawieh, at's nr Moers kilteo ree tr Clete, at 6:40 a, . Arrivals and Depaitires AMRIV 26—8tr Northland teed Bey “Eranioes, atipoen; ore ante Rarbara from New York via porta, 8:43 am. April 14—Str Persian Prince from Tacoma, at ¢ p.m.; str Point Lobos from Tacoma, at 4:26 p. m.; motorahip Culburra from #an Pedro, at £:40 p, m. D—April Bir Phioctetes for Vancouver, B, C., at 12:40 a, m.; ate ‘okiwa Maru for Tacoma via Vancouver, m.; str en at 9 a.m. April 24 Maru for Kobe vy ™m.; ate Remus for Va ™, Dverett, paraiso. via Stuart Dollar for ut San atr El Cleuta for Man Pedro, at 4 Alaska Vessels Ketehikan—Aprit 24—-8alled, ferson, northbound, at 2 a. m, - Note or Mary FH. Fonter str Jot. Be Apri kiki morning of April towed to Honolult. see Vessels in Port at Seattle | Smith Cove Terminal—Pler A—Str Presl- dent MeKintey,, str Cross. Keyn, str Olty of Hpokanee Pler Becatr’ shidavoka Saree ANIMES BNE; eaten ee Packard, bark Guy C, Goss, ship Ort. ental, Bell Street Terminal—Str Santa Flavia, sty Bheldotf, sir Admiral Eva Trunk Pacitio Termin reported lost 24. Now being Queen Ste Owego Pler f—Atr Port Angeles Pler 2--Str ‘Alameda Str F. J, Luckenbach, Pier A—Motorahip Culburra aman, Heattie Shipbullding Drydock Co.— vowership Hoxer. 8. Bhipping Board Moorings—Btr tco- nium, str Anna B. Morae, atr Silverado, atr Weat Hartland, str Connectiout Mtreet ‘Termin Labon, Atlantic Street Terminal—Str Santa Bar- bara, acht Mindana King & Winge--Motorahip Ruby, motor- ship Anvil, Standard Ol Co.'s Deck—Motorship Bel: Hingham, Yodd Drydocks Aagadalion, str sohr O, 8, Holts, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co, Patterson, Amon Termine! Co—Str Ban Juan, ache Henry Wilson, barge Dacula, atr Per- nian Prines Nettieton’s Mill—Mkin Makawell Heffernan's Drydock—-Motorahip Oregon, fitrerm—Buoy No, 6—-Ship Abner Co buen, Buoy No, 7Rark Wel, Mint, Puget Bound Lumber & Box Co.-Btr Ble Nato. Winslow Marine Raliway Caonne, bark Helfant, barge Coquitlam Cit Str Went Admiral Nilus, ptr Nicholson, -Btr ty plies for their houses, factories and other buildings, bktn James Tutt, whalers tar Nos, a4 at! for | was towed off a reef at Wal-| REVIEW 10 Be Amer. Agr. Chem Amer Amer Heet Suga Flosch Meg American Ox Amer a? Amer, Cot Mirombers Car Biandard OF U. & Rubber |. a0 pta U.K Bteel Corp do pfa . Westinghouse Elec ° Liberty Bonds Wecineeday's Quotations Furnished by Logan & Bevan Second Ave. Seattle High lew 101.12 101,08 of Cal om 10 Firat Becand 4s First 4% Second Tae | Third ‘ia. surth 4 etory 4% 0.100.04 wottin.... 9681 see 97.08 100,00 98.26 106.0 8 Foreign Money Status Present valoe 34.866 $09 19.30 ct 19.29 cta. 10.40 ets 19.20 cta 24.82 cts. 26.50 cts oct $0 cts 16.00 eta se0ay 98 cts 6 tlets Helgian franc 6.20 cts -Swies fran Italian lire German m Swedish krona. Norway krone. Danish krone. Greek drachma. eee Foreign Securities Wednesday's Quotations Parnished by Logan & s Btocke— fan Bigs, fan 6458, m Gia, 496cte French | Britian | British Britiah British Belgium Restor ba. | Belgium Premium Gorman W. 1. 6a, Berlin 4m. Hamburg prik Ge none 4a: pancse Japanese Un. Kingdom ign, Un, Kingdom 6135, jitalian Cons. on... Portland Produce Weilnesday's Quotations | Datter—35 @ 400 Tb, | Reae—24 4b 260 dow Chees | Hene—23 ¢) 260 1b San Francisco Produce Wednesday's Quotations | Batter—r: tras, 4ic 1b.; prime | “Oise tb, Eene—Fxtvas, S046 do Wwe dow extre pues, deraized pullets, 210. don jCheeme—Calltornin fie flats, fancy, 2 neat Aiea | Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, April. 26.—Foreign’ ox change opened steady, Sterling, demand, $4.64: Mere, $0.0485 marks, the dol | Foreign. exchange ol ling $4,641, franes, $0.0) tharks, 28, A to the dolla steady. 8 lire, $0.0496 Mexican oil is still going st In 1922, in tht Tampico district, 2: wells were drilled, of which 145 were producers, 89 were dry holes, and 46 salt water wells, ‘Total production of oll in Mexico in 1922 was 185,7 000 barrels, ng. You can't well a shovel in Argen- tine unless you put the word “Ex. colsior”’ on the label. + until they had humored ‘their cus- tomers in this way, Then the shoy- els found a ready sale. ready sale in Ipaly? There is noth. Ink Hike it to be had there at pr ent, tho there im a variety of joe. cream like the “French parfait.” German grocers have to have i. censes, and these must bear photo- graphs for identification purpos SEATTLI ik24 ota! 29,412 to | Several dealors not able to dispose of their stock | Would American ice-cream find a | STAR Building FORGERY COSTS No Buyers’ Strike, Says QUIT SCRAMBLE, | Wi Retailers’ President |§ FORD'S IDEA ~ BIG ANNUAL SUM Carl H. Getz Gives Figures on Bogus Check Loss ernit Washing ner Inatructor in tment of journallam, who been the fi o in New ¥ spend two yi a trip friend business of the ved. atuay crime Sent ork to ing Ay, Gets iw from hove Pow sreciation have nt men ext to whieh Lag depositors It is dif what that get some when tt two checks aaid det bank ke American to vimus Iter oe just help that there means. to of that atare apprec ts recalled sum are only billion “These a total for That there checks $400,000,000,000. ™ than That depositor were written is 60 times more ney is in clroulatios meuns thot every bank last year, on fo that an wrote 60. chi Con! during ant the the tion of Th everage capita ctr than the was} ome idew bh the check money w of crook year .atole know about three .dind @ rouks rT that That means that every half minutes of every: banking day {4 forged check waa ‘cunhed same where in the Upited stater Now, the wervanten eliminate forgery Ip first mule cumstances stranger. he second rule ixsone that plies to bunks, It is that under clrounmtances should the with Al of uncollected finds be permi It gMMmon Cor bank @ocounty, k active over a then, deposit. a check t sum on a bank in © neighboring few, hourn later, before op given to haye an éffort is made almost the'sum check was de 000,000 drone fact ia that the Of fat two rules: would #6 per cent of all! the tiie United nates.) the im tnotier ctr cosh under ap no in ¢ crooks to opén op t ecounts period of wee! been observance of theae acvh businessmen thot dollars. And an examina the of the surety companies In Fast will satisfy anyone that le considerable forgery . records the there ith, Bbottte,"* PULEG COST DIVISION GIVEN Lumber Tops Material Cost in Average Dwelling * H BY JOHN CARSON | WASHINGTON, April 2¢.—Where do your dollars go when you buy materials for the house you intend |to. build? Thru som investigations, the housing division of the department | of commerce lrataed that your dol-| lat spent for materials used ‘in six-room frame-house went lown: Lumber, 45 cents; brick, 4.2. centa; cement, 3.5 cents; + sand, 2.6 conta; plumbing, 10.8 cent Ing eaqliipment, $4 ‘cents; electric equipment, 8.6 .centa: poofing, 5.6 c@mits; finished hardware,” 2.5 cents; int ‘and yardish, 4° cents; miegel laneous, 3.4 cents. In « house, bullt with some de- gree. of legitimate costa ond which is sold at $6,000, it haa been’ esti mated that the expense for moter \iale would be $1,500. In such a) | commerce report, } go as follows: | Lumber, 3675; brick, $63; cement, | $62.60; sand, $38; lime, $38; glass, 1$34.00;.Jath, $29; plumbing, $164.50; |heating equipment, $04:. electric jequipment, $64; roofing, $84; finish, ling hardware, $97.50; paint and var. (nish, $60; miscellaneous, $51 firsts, | extra firsts, | | Let me save you the worry and both- or of planning the details of a trip, A phone call wr letter trom you and I will do the coot—submit Wtinocary, make r00- ervations, do1i all | Hekete te you. | | | | ax fol-| 24 cents; | lime, 2.2 cefits® pfiuwa,” 2.3" cenby; lath, | ; hear.) Merchant: Against beca firat to trike the de of Che Washington Kets address to t Wedne interests and State n) ola We the tion, tion's convention realize that interests of the buying id, “and mt stock up with goods will protect the ¢ int ing to t inflated The by rete fou nual convention of opened Nelson's registere each dele etallers Wednesda Over from gation nent association at Frederick & gations were the state » de all over having or attendance in one ni is estimated t well in repre at the excens of total ielegaton the city by Mayor Brown at limeheon at Indian Bummer eeting from A on behalf of the Be Both at clome were 4 noon d by a H, Lundin Commerce fact t the tween Parts of th necessity " an address by Dr, H 1 the Washington Pre ‘Ter H Ma with lege on nent tailing.” convent oper wan open the auditorium at dent fon p p.m, in ick & Nelson's, Fredes a KETAIL S PROFITS ARE NOMINAL Big mitter wit said com. convent the report of the appointed by entigate the costs and profits of re tailers has been published. The con. crete finding of the committee was the average dollar of mal ¢ retail merchant was making profit, while ribution of his ge of 27 per cent mark-up is so itemized th unskilled in me understand. We have ide publicity the findings of this government com mittee, and bh appreciated the ampel space given to us by the newspapers of thin state. The recent ot *u preme court of the United States on the minimum wage scale has caused a flur 0 far ne Tetallers of the state of Washingt cerned, it will make little ap change. Our recent pre. n before the industrial: com jan showed that Jess than 7 per oeht of the women engaged in our atores are paid as little as the mini- mum wage scale of $13.20 per week, #0 that the retallers of this state are already In advance of anything likely to be proposed, Inasmuch as we} Have clearly demonstrated the prin ciple of wise business economy in maintaining a well paid happy, contented and efficient sales people. BUSENESS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABL “This convention assembles this under auspices more favorable and encouraging to the average re- taller of ‘this atate than ever before. jConditions are the most promising that they have been since the war. The department of agriculture | ports crop conditions as exception- jally favorable, and the recent ‘rains | in tern Washington have almest | jinsured the crop of winter wheat. | There is practically no unemploy ment thruout the state, lumbering and mining activities are experienciing utusual prosperity, ‘due fo the heavy demand of new | | building programs thruout the na- tion. “All of these conditions have help- ow ol congrem to on lex n two cents in net decision the are con |#d to produce what many of our | more conservative business men re- of inflation. materials and h can only result in higher’ priced | house, figured ‘on the department of | goods, and this is already reflected | your dollar# would |in the sharp advance in prices now | [listed on 28 basic commodities. keoms to me, experiences, of 1920 and 1921 this is a time for very careful mer- |ecHandising, as no merchant | want to again pass thru the ex. | perionc@S of another buyers’ strike, lena theré is a point of price in- It} Friendly and unafraid. Bears, Elk, Buffalo, Deer, Antelope, Beaver—all living their natural lives in the beautiful wildness of the park. You will be fasci- nated by the animals, but Wallowatone Park has much more for you to enjoy. * Geysers! Cataracts! Mountains! Forest! Canyons! Waterfalle! Hot Lakea! Cold Rivers! Wonders! Beauties! Pre-eminent sight-seeing tour of the world! Round Trip Seattle to Gardiner ae JUR® to Keptember Northern Pacific Ry. | “2000 Miles of S tartling Beauty’ K, EB, Nelson, A, GP, A, Te: | greatest while the} gun as another threatened period 646 664 cars, of 1931, by Higher prices for raw | ih view of the drastic | that Are Pr otecting Inte rests of Public Inflation ding strong @ ras retasiet’ 0 will permit, ave speculative buying, tempt be me time when rear getting to nt freque open ad frankly business conditions, cred ing and effects merchan me othe t ntervals discunsin, market which of Juction ndition distribution crop pr the dine “Sven in communities where there three or four of such org: anizations informed business conditions and a more Higent under standing of the local merchant his problem,” stores there nizations, and the public are only is need thru th be trend of {thus have can to in’ and ade associa the Co-ordination of all linking them 1 ngton State F was urged in Harry 1 The tions 1 sh > with tailers’ ad Cah an east 1 t alan ¢ Secretary Yakima proved cording Portjand emul Joseph 'T B. C., talked on ciation methods The o ation wuccess in Oregon, Edward A. MacLean who told of the practical ned there. Crowder, of Vancouver business in Canada took part in the cussion of @ proposed consolidation plan were: Albert B, Jones, Z. Y. eman, L. J. Titus, H. H, Van Brocklin, Blake D. Mills, E. C. Me- Heavy, George y Smelser and Herbert Schoenfeld, In the eve ning the merchants ¥ ed at an Orpheum th # obt and asso er party ‘Retail Store Not Daunted by Fire | |island, of meeting # crisis railroad. There are more than 200, business is described 000,000 feet of standing timber on novel the re A in i i the current the Goods Economist, which says The Shepard Co, Providence, R 1, whose » was badly crippled b fire, found the fact that the a store in Boston, Mass., was a lifesaver, Incidental ly something new in store in way issue of Dry ore firm an well the Boston store * that the Provid osed. “Business which would ordinarily have been handled py the Provi- dence store was switched to Boston, and. both cash and charge custom. ers, regardiess of the amount of their purchases, were given free rail- road transportation to Boston and jreturn, "Many customers took advantage of. this novel scheme, and the Provi- | dence business. thus diverted to Boston waa gratifyingly large. At during the 20 ce store was Temporary Wage and Price Boosts Are Useless © the world’s reases risk that Accumulady he needs, er Wages temporarily pay permanently ; more often have never yet come to the of demands made on oup and it is my opinion ‘acturers generally the country may use to regret it unless mar opt this poll, Hoover’s Alaskan Visit Is Approved Secretary of Commerce Hoover's decision to investigate the Alaskan isheries question personally wasap. oved by speakers at a dinner of the Alaska committee of the Seat, Wednes- They expresred the be f that bis investigation would re sult in adequate fishing reserva, | tions, department { management was undertaken staff of the same time, the Shepard Co. be- | jcame the talk of both cities for its | {atom handling of a difficult sit- | vation.” RAILROADS SET ‘SPRING RECORD WASHINGTON, April 26.—The jcountry’s railroads ‘are carrying the volume of spring traffic jin their history, due to the business jrevival, staiistics compiled by the jcar service (hvision of the American | Railway association, revealed today. | A new high record for . freight shipments for this time of year was established by the carriers during the week ending April 14 when 946,- |759 cars of revenue’ freight were jtoadea or within 7 per cent of the record week in history, that of Oc- |tober 15, 1920, These loadings exceeded those of the corresponding week cf 1922 by y 244,653 cars, and substan- and of 345,164 cars, Igher pricts for labor |iaty surpassed 1818\ and 1919 load. jings. cotertain:/ Buy Larger Timber Tract in Canada A group of Seattle lumbermen have purchased 12,000 acres of tim: ber land at Horne lake, Vancouver from the Canadian Pacific the property, making the sale one of the largest the Canadian Pacific has made for some tim. 40? — 40? See MONDAY’S STAR Boat Schedules — SAVE MONEY- Travel by steamer TACOMA 7, 9% 11 A. My 1,3,5, 7,9 P.M 4Se FOR SINGLE TRIP es JUAN IS ‘et stra. from Anacortes or Ev. Beattie dally ex. Sat. 19 BELLINGHAM- ANACORTES PORT TOWNSEND RAIL TION AND MILL PO Ts HOOD CANAL POIN DAY, FI > 4100 AM, ‘TURSD A Trelght Only. NEAH BAY & WAY POR: PUGET SOUND N NAVIG. OLMAN DOCK u will | including me: Saturday . . cwAle HE Sailings every Tuesday and #99 97 One.way fare 7 to $65 Seattle to San Diego and return, eee eae be teed Through sa every Others trueades and aah One-way fire $51.50 to $69.50 Ask for detailed information and literature SEATTLE~304 Second Ave.,L. C, Smith Bldg. and 325 Pike St., at Fourth Ave., Phone Bllioce 2068 TACOMA~1111 Pacific Ave. Phone Main 7178 E.G, McMicken, Passenger Traffic Mgr.) L. C. Smith Bide. Seattie, Waly at PACIFIC STEAMSHIP (CO ALEXANDER PRESIDEN It § former press| Sox THOU firsq yan into; believed Some ing the sen cho’ S feeling. with thé of tryin] leading But v oly do gardle at all. T Piral Gent wi athe time’ eid for Ashi cd All of ned