The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1923, Page 12

- BUREAU KEEPS New York Stock Market ADS TRUTHFUL Kahin Tells How Public Is Saved From Loss upu con Better save How the Gperstes to from being auded by fous merchants and fake ferns, was told by George Th @ speech at the Tuesday meet Mme of the Seattle Advertising club. thru which organization the bureau is maintained. Kahin said that the Basic Kea of the bureau to @nforce truth in advertising, but} Phat it had ted to many diversified Activities “In the branch of the Activities that deals with merchan @ising.” Kahin said, “we have to Keep advertising truthful both as to/ Price and quality At the outset we fo difficulty in the pric statemen! ant we obtained passage of a price ordinance, which | ares for such statements as ‘for Mer price, ‘values up to.’ and the! Tike, Now, when a dealer adver} Bises Values up fo a given amount, | he must tell how many There are on sale at the Prices, and 4 Merely one ® lot. GOODS TESTED POR QUALITY “In enforcement of qua ments, we hove experts Materials, and sometimes go inte} the weight and measure end. We Tbave bad suomitted to us materi! Advertised as ‘sulk and wool,’ which, €n being tested ecientifically, proved | to be all cotton. We have tested all Kinds of articles, including “Jewelry, and where there has been GA misrepresentation, we sectre an) “edjustment, ard institute criminal Ings when the circumstances ity them. “We check up ail securities cf-/ fered the public, and are constantly | free advice on investments 8. Kahin was bureau's cannot ‘ket high-priced state pass on piving wWe find that the fake stock opera- the death and So we} the death notices, teo, and} letters warning against inves:-/| Ang before investigating, and offor- our advice on investments sub- notices “elud, and is maintained by voluntary ptributions from merchants and who realize the benefit the ‘Bureau confers on the cofnmunity this time we have secured f large number of convictions for) ulent selling, including a few; to 10 year terms in the peniten-| ‘truth in advertising’ cam- involves not only the printed but includes the spoken word the counter, and in this way irate Soe © tong way. towsrd | Cetteo—1 ng fraudulent transactions “anscrupulous dealers, thus sav- the’ public a great loss and taining public confidence in © advertising by honest) nts.” ie 1 ‘From James Macfarlane & Co. 811 Second Ave. ‘Twenty industrials 96. 20 rails $2.71, up 1.03, _ Western Union for March reports income of, $1,574,093, com- pred with $1,469,911 in 1922. Great Northern earnings first week lay show gross revenue of $1,859,- an increase of $204,000. Mother Lode Coalition report for ‘Year 1922 shows deficit of $272,251 all deductions, versus deficit of 57,266 in 1921. of = Mexican Petroleum year ended De- nber 31, with owned companies, net profit of $25,276,164 after | depreciation, depletion and versus $12,540,684 in 1921. Atlantic Coast Line year ended De- b 31, net income $11,604,074 faxes and charges, versus $1, 9 in 1921. Contracts for approximately 3,000,- gallons of commercial motor! soline and 1,500,000 barrels of fuel for Diesel engines for the navy ‘up 1.61; | throughe | Exws—Extras, 200 dot; Ww YORK ALL May GRAIN MARKET CLOSES LOWER : CHICAGO, May 15 Were generally lower at the clone the board of trade today A nervous urffertone prevaile: wheat that with the except May wheat underwent many t the day. About 400,000 Dushels was worked for expe ing the morning ued unsettled. Following teadied Grain prices of n of rallies rt dur Crop news « 2 yellow high ® 2 white to t mestic sales aldec baxe held up planting op Provisio Chicago B Board of Trade May BS HATY July 1 as Sept ity Corn Ma: July Sent Mn July Sept L it Sept Ribs May Tuly Bepe 6 rT) $92 Aah Chicago Car Lots Tuesday's Quotations ri ry oo by Logan & Bryan Second Qreine Wheat Cattle Steers, $7 34.5008 847.76 Hoge—e: higher. | Sheep—h. Market pt deg te Lambe, $14.25@18.6 7@0.50; feeders, $24.25 015.25, o- N. Y. Sugar and Coffee refined, ull; Awe, mh; Ne the owes, granulated, No. 7 Rio peng 4 Santos, 144 Tureday’s Quotations Butter—bxtras, 4540 1b; prime firsts, 446%e Ib. extra pullets, tTe doz.; undersized pullets, 22%40 doz. Cheese—California flats, fancy, 220 tb. see Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, May 15.—Foreign ex- change opened higher, Demand sterling, 94.42%; france, $0.0669%; lire, 30. marks, 42,553 to the dollar; $0.0579%. Foreign exchange closed #1 ding, $4. francs, $0.0667% marks, 43,478 to oe dollar. A Portland Produce Tuesday's Quotations Batter—35@ 42c. ady, Ster- 5 lire, $0.0086; by Brya S10 Second Ave., Seattle Bid Asked ae 12 Belgian, | ‘* Dryan » Seattle Loew 7 | Marine pi * T May Dept. Store Miamt Copper 0. W New Haven. | N.Y. Centr | N. ©: Tex Nevada jOtle Heel... Orpheum Circuit Pan Amer. Pet do BR Pere Margueti Pierce Arrow Pittaburs Coa! Pure Oil . Pacific Ol | Produce: | Phittips Reading. Remington Typewriter epublic Tron & Mteel § | Rock Inland do B Replogie Steel | Ray Consoiia: Reynoids Tobacco Hi. | Seaboard Air Line % [Shell Trans. @ T Southern Pacitic Refine | Standard Oi) of c Seneca Copper... * | Skelly Ot British Victory dat British Ref. 4 British Restor. 5s.... Belgium Premium .. ‘were awarded Standard Oil of | 3, | New Jersey. ‘Endicott Johnson awarded contract 60,000 pairs shoes by bureau of n affairs of department of in- h net operating income 130 A roads and 15 switching and lerminal companies, $82,568,475, in- $85,370; three months $183, increase $22,293,910, 3 Senator Harrison of Mississippi urges 50 per cent reduction in sugar Business in Great Britain is active, h record coal production, iron pro- books full and exports and ng arrivals and departures well of last year. Industry in Italy generally is dull, . pig iron production, railway Hight traffic and foreign trade are ter than a year ago, It Is expec! that a considerable portion of the jays will be turned over to pri- enterprise, business in South Africa has been i maintained. ing and diamond sales are sat- , but purchase of supplies is and restricted to necessities ling activity continues and un- loyment is leas. ies in raw wilk shipments to “United States and shifting of cot- ing from the United States to are outstanding features of the trade of Japan. PLAIN BOND cer bond ig a Lond not secured mortgage, “It in practically the as a ‘debenture bond’’ or ‘cer: cate of indebtedness.'’ It would a supposed to have # sinking i A Gold production is anese fitat 41% panese second 4 United Kingdom, 1929 United Kingdom, Italian Cons. Ota dy ‘ | Balances ... Clearings .. Balances i] Tacoma Total transactions.. 2,292,000.00 | a’ Seattle Stosks Farnished by H. M. Herrin & Co. 117 Cherry St., Seattle “Bank Btocks— Bia American Savings Bank. BPH 7 Bank of Californ' Dexter Horton Ni First Bteamship. nation Milk Prod, pfd. Centennial Mill. Federal Telegraph Fisher Flouring Mill General Petroleum com... Globe Grain & Milling com pid. Hawallan Suge Honolulu Plantation. . ta ka Navigation, Pacific Car & Foundry Pacific Coast Bincult.. Tb, 180 2415 79.60 95.00 92.00 ) Puget 8d, Power, 6% ved,’ Heid Bros. com. do p Sperry ee pid. do com... iieaas Superior Portiand Cement, Todd Bhipyardn, .. Zetlerbach com. 112.60 54.00 90.00 18.00" Union Pacific United “Fruit. United Hetail st U. $8. Rubber U. 8, Steet C | Woolworth ‘Total ato v F oreign Money Status 's Quotations Furnished by Logan & Bryan Second Ave., Keattle Normal ces 4. Sterling . Canadian 8% cote French franc, 6.6714 cts ‘Belgian franc. 5.76 ctw -Swies franc 18.05 ctw Italian lira. A864 -German mark, 002354 .Bwedish krona. 65 orway krone, 16.40 Danish krone... 18,80 © Greek drachma 1,85 oon Liberty Bonds Tuesday's aerate Present value ee SOB ets cts ota. eta. Low 101, th 101.01 Kirst 44s. Second 44a Third 448 Fourth 4a. 87.2% Victory 4%9,100.02 Now 4s... 99.07 The Seattle Real Hstate association will meet in the Hotel Butler banquet room at 12:15 p,m, Thursday, Rob- ert L. Proctor, superintendent of the Seattle building department, will give a talk on “The Buliding Outlook and the Revised Bullding ode, if Average person's 76,000,000 air cells, “contain AND ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE CALLED IT - AT LIZZIE” in ballenged of the regardless ' v7 rT up $50,000,000 in the y In addition there are $41,938 ables, making an h equivale en $37,401,695 securities owned and $83,693,884 In mere? Tomaiore rn) ps Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Cocoanuls Per dos Dates—Dromedary, 24-pkg. box Figs-—Dried Cal., 70 4-08. p Grape Fruit— Florida, box bo budded: per fo Feney budd DAIRY r rropucts eee Vaid to Shippers le, Beattie delivery..... Mix Pull Milk—Cwt., £0. eaitle oupoly F. O. B concensary DAIRY PRODL crs Prices to M Batter inc at nea Or. triplets... ue Wisconsin cream brick . Bieck Swiss ‘Wash. triplets et ‘Tillamook triptet . POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers to Shippers | Brotlers—Leghornt, Pir Rees ey Ory picked 3 cents ab live. Geese—-Live, tat, § to 10 The Belgian Mares—4 ha Turk: Live, fat, per tb Roosters-—-Oid, live, per Ib. 190 114 200 The, oe 10 POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid Wholesale Deniers Ducks—Dreneed, per 1b, Hens—Dressed, | Geese—Dreseed, per 1 |Turkeys—Fancy, dressed | ae. th Dressed, per tb. ...... | Cows—Country, dressed,. 1. jogs—Fancy, block | Veal—Fancy, light Heavy, coarse Medium, dressed . LIVE STOCK Quotations at Stockyards 160 fi 08 a Me. Medium to good . Prime cows and heifers . Prime light Heavy calves Bulls... Light calves Do Prime inmbe Gall lambs «. Beet, per owt. GRAIN “AND FEED Clty Delivery, Wholesale, Per ‘Ton Barley —Whole feed, 10 id feed meal, 100’ Whole feed, 10 olled and grou Sprouting, Wheat—Hecleane | All-Grain Chop—s0" Chick pope 47.00 149.00 “64.00 | Linseed Olt Meal Alfalfa Meal .. So: reg Meal Grit—Limentone Granite so. 10 Railroad Will Get Guaranteed Money WASHINGTON, May 16.—The {n- teratate commerce commission today certified to the treasury department that, $3,231,067 is due to the Atlantic Const ine in final settlement of its claim againat the government grow- Ing out of the alx months’ guarantee clause of the transportation act, With this payment the road will have recelved $8,141,967 in all, ie | eaat, Tae China’s Pr ’s Pribcnd Bost: Need Aid Given Now Will Future Say (Editor's Note: The following article was written by an author ity on Chinese affairs, personally known to the editor, but whose identity at this time it is not ad visable to reveal) International intervention in China as inevitable The United States and the other at powers sooneror later will have with China and help or they will have to Which will ur to cqroperate her clean her u they clean house militarily choone ne hold-up of China's crack train Bhanghal-Peking express—and kidnaping of a number of prom. Americans and others, to hold them for ransom, shows which way the wind Is blowing China powerless, Peking ro governs China than Columbus, Ohio, governs the United States. Each of China's £1 provinces hag its military governor, its little tin k © scofts at the edicts of Peking f these feudal war lords whieh the inent in no Each one nen is to ex ignorant Chinese, the well-to-do and wring from the foreigners striving to do business in his territory BANDIT ARMIES HMAKASS GOVERNMENT Bandits roam the country cleaning » military governors have ‘Theme bandits defy the ant and the provin governm allke. Or they work Ip cahoots with the provincial authorities, Just where the so-called Chinese army leaves off and the bandit gangs begin is hard to determine. Not in frequently the two are one, That is, often this or that military unit omen dingruntied, because unpaid and unprovisioned, and, leaders and 1, become bandits Or maybe it is the nd. Some Chinese, us than the determines to make a name for himself. He be- comes a bandit chief, and a good one He becomes so good Poking takes no- lee of him, He ts sent for and made & major geperal and gang are sworn in as soldiers Txo-lin, rd of Man 4 the mont werful figure got does as he pl the r ecre tribute nts all bec other way more ambi rent in China today, t that wa ftir China ts dr 1 down m, towards the ng no longer rpe authe even within the city wally The war lords arrog numer are be. and the law gangs © s and bold. It in easy to see what will happen. Even if no harm comes to any of tht Americans and others captured in the hold-up at Lincheng this time, | there will be another incident and |another, and another, Sear ENTION WILL | BE NECESSARY Sooner or later. thing will hap- pen which will bSrrity the world. ning ii out The great powers will have to fiing| | their armies and navies at the Fiow-/ ery republic, | ‘Then what? ploltation against Pering as the re- sult of the Boxer upriing will sink into insignificance before such an operation as the next would have to be. And there in no telling what might not happen to China once |Ship News News| Tides in Seattle WEDNESDAY MAY 16 THURSDAY Piret High Tide MAY 1 ie a meiet tt | Pint Migh ride Wiest Low Tide | 4:48 a. m, 16.9 ft 16am. 04 t. First Low Tide Second igh Tide | 11:51 4... —9.8 ft ris 11.2 ft. | Mecond High Tide Second Low Tide | 6.68 p.m 4 14S pom, 61 tT eee | Weather Bureau Report 2) TATOOSH ISLAND, May 15.—8 A. M. Barometer rising; dense fog; wind / 10 miles an hour |Arrivals and Departures AMMVED—May 14—Str Kohnan Mara from Kobe via Yokohama, Tacoma and | Everett, at 2:20 p. from Southeastern Alask: at £46 p.m; kong vii atr Ari Shanghal, Kobe ‘ ter Healnier from elnco, at 3:48 p. m. ptdars «fort co via Tacom: | Anacortes, | Roam: ident Hayes for Bue Franclaco, San Pedro, ¥ fan Juan, Ponce, Tio De Ja alro? Santon and Monitor 12:20 p. m, Kage Was els Tuneau—May 12-—Sailed, ate Watson, northbound, at 11 p. m. Ketchikan—May 14—Sailed, atr North- wWeatern, northbound, at 9 p, m.; tr Ad- mira! Evans, southbound, at 2:30 p. m.; atr Victoria, southbound, at 9 p. m. Seward—May 14—Salled, str Alameda, southbound, at 19:20 «. m. . | Vessels in Port at Seattle | amin Cove Terminal—Pier A—Str Yoh- nan Mart. Pier B-Str Yoko Maru, str Santa Clara, Union Ol Dock—Powership Boxer. Bell Street Terminal—ste Commercial Trader, U. B. 1. WT. Heather, U. 8. GC. G. Rear. Pier 11-B--B8tr Owego, Pler 11—-Motorship Apex, Pier &—str Rainier, Pier 7—Motorship Plor2—Mtr Jeffers touche, Pier 1—U. 8 8. Eagle No, | Pier A—Ktr Admiral Nicho | Pler D=Str H. FY Alexander, ate Admiral | Rowers, |. &, Shipping Board Moorings—str Anna . Morse, Connectiout Street ‘Lerminal—Motorenip Cooleha, Btacy Str wood, Commerel A Admiral nvil, i, otr Valdez, wtr La- t Terminal—U. 8, ©, 8 Dell- Holler Worke—Str Santa Spokane Street Terminel—Str Hrookdal Milwaukeo Ocean. Termin fiohr ©, Holmes, Todd Drydocks—Str Went Tron, atr Wei Nilus, str Admiral Hebrea, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.—Str Pattorson. Harbor Inland Dock & Warehoune (in! er's)—Str Arizona Maru, Ames Terminal Co-Htr Sagadahos, bktn Makawell, Heffernan'n Drydock——Bkin Grath Winglow Marine Rallway—str bark Nelfaat, chr Commodore, Rosamond, barge Henry Villar Coquitlam City, wi Ni % sohr Betsy ons, The International ex- | || responsible for the foot |} country,” || followed to ‘sell’ Prevent Cataclysm in s Authority [greedy po her wers turned loose on again r great uid be gre China, It would be to prevent the por powers 4 w er than the diffi eult to wern going ¢ they began attempts to dismem at country ar with each other on their inevitable ber th The alternative to this is to co. with China now, as possible, to put her on her feet help her clean her own house. The world would profit by such action in dollars, and in international security and peace. Chin 000,000 would have # chance, ‘ow they have not OVERNMENT BE REORGANIZ China's operat or a8 soon government must be reor ganized under competent tional supervision Her ragamuffin troops must be disbanded and set to work building roads which China must have if she is ever to be civilized in the And work will keep ers from bk ming A new, much smaller army must b China’s finances must t The system of provi: must be abolished a nystem, interna 1,600,000 come modern sense. the disbanded bandits. but more ef. organized. overhauled. ial war lords sort of state the United | ficient da something States, set up in its place. In short, » world-receivership must De set up for China to save the world from her, to save her from the world and to save her from herself, Benevolent intervention or armed occupation-—war? The latter, with all th volves, is unthinkable, the world sets about it, the other way, the better, This should have been done at the Washington confer- ence, Perhaps it is, even now, not too late. SEATTLE MAN INVENTS SHOE Will Open Chain of Stores Thruout Country China. Which? perils it in- so the sooner In Se has atthe the best climate most beautiful the best harbor in the country by far the best people on earth, now com Beattie citizen. haa added another “best” to the long list. He in Dr. George RL Davis, of the Seaboard building, who has cen- | | tered tho attention of the shoe fra- |ternity, as weil as all folks who pay | |narticular attention to thelr foot | gear, upon this city. Dr. Davis has invented and pat- ented the Dr, Davis Anti-Friction shoe, a combination of the best of the most scientific «hoes on ive | market, he sats, with other new | features. He has entered into a con- jtract with the Thompson Bros.’ Shoe Co. of Brockton, Maas. one | of the largest New Engiand manu-/ facturers of shoes, and will soon en: | tablish a chain of stores thruout the} entire country, The first store of the chain has been opened in New| | York city, ——| Dr. Davis personally expects to} conduct a shoe store tn Seattle, | where his shoes will be sold exclu- sively | | “The science of making shoes, or, rather, lack of {t. ham been largely | ills of the | -~ “I found and and a who Dr. Davis says. that there are only four, possibly five, styles that naturally harmon- | jze with the various styles of hu- man feet, and I have eliminated the | hundreds of other etyles that are shoes.” The idea which Dr. Davis has pat- J ented and which was adopted by the | | concern manufacturing his shoes is the construction of a leather inner jsole that fits the foot and is held in | place with two canvas straps which prevent the foot slipping in the shoe. | Friction, which causes all the} | growths and contusions of feet, | eliminated, Dr, Davis says. The chain of stores which will be | = | opened will all be known as the Dr. | Davis AnttFriction Shoe Stores. Stores will be opened in Seattle, Bos. ton, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Chica- | go and other cities within the next i few, weeks, . Wool Market Sees | Price Rise Coming | BOSTON, May 16.—The wool mar- ket today is quiet but steady, Deal- ers who have been expecting lower prices received a shock today when | reports came from Texas that.a local | dealer had paid 65% cents for 12 months’ wool, long staple, from the} Lampasas district, This would be! 5 equal to $1.50 clean, landed at Bos.| ton, Reports were that local deal. [ers were offering South American cross-bred, but the prices were pro- hibitiv Stock Exchange , Elects Officers NEW YORK, May 16.—Seymour L. Cromwell has been re-elected presi- dent of the Now York stock ex- change and Warren B, Nash treas- urer, FO 18 HIS NAME A Jabaticee artist has scored a hit at the United Salon of Paris with his picture entitled “Kn Famille.” It is painted in water color on what ap- pears to be oilcloth, but which in reality is a number of sheets of paper pasted one over another on ii light canvas backgrounds The picture shows an artist and his French wife sented before a table on which is a Jumble of paints, brushes and other art paraphernalia. CLOCKS IN THE BLACK FOREST There are 26 clock and watch fac- tories located in the Black forest, which employ 8,700 persons. Grand- father clocks are being madb by old. established firms at Purtwargon and Lenzkirch, Two large facturies at St. Georgen specialize In the manufac« ture of clock-works for wall, mantle and kitchen clocks, Wooden cuckoo {clocks still enjoy great domand ESDAY, MA ~ BUYING POWE POWER TKIWANIANS SAIL Is Friendly Assistance HAS \NCREASED FOR CONVENTION Insurance Gains Show Good Times, Says Linton cent 1 A. 1Anton, of Pt fdent of the Insurance adelp! Provident company Mors manager of agencies 4 visit to the fut 6 nton, with mpany’s attle on Western} 1 the « in in & Franklin ¢ compan the prosperity is reflected most accurately of life own by the of the country 4 insurance,” paid LL “is fact that the govern- ment publishes monthly totals of in- surance conditions, Th noted thruout the co for the Pacific No been pleased to prosperity here Linton stated that there was an in creased appreciation of the ty of policy which qiatures for Sts fa value when @ man is 65 of age 1 thus pro for declining He also stated that there is a marked ten dency on the part of the policy hold. ers to have their policies: provide monthly income for the the family Linton and Mores arrived in Seattle Sunday night and will leave for the East Thursday morning. y addressed a meeting ts attended by all the principal cities in sa. nton, rales a increase that fs as good nat rthwest v growing note the year income his years a protection of of company representatives from of the state. Seek Lower Rate on Farm Produc WASHINGTON, May 16.—An ap- peal-for lower freight rates on farm | Burdick. Products was addressed to the inter- | state commerce commission today by | jewelry, & delegation representing a number of national farm organizations. Declaring that unless rates are ad- Justed to permit the farmer a small margin of profit to himself, the entire economic » structure of America will be in Jeopardy, the delegation urged immediate general reduction of rates on farm products Retailers Guests at Bakers’ Night «f tus wnite- The Want tion will be ata “Rakers’ In the Masonic lay evening. Motion pictures and music will be on the program, and 1,400 invitations have been issued. | Swiss Bank Head to Visit Seattle Moritz Zullig, general director of the Swiss Federal banks, ic making a tour of the world, and will be in | Seattle in June, according to word received by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce from Fred Strasser, con- sul for Switzerland, Reciprocity With Canada Is Remote OTTAWA, ‘Ont, May 16.—Trade reciprocity between Canada and the United States is remote, leaders of the government opposition in the | Canadian house of parliament, in- formed reciprocity adherents today. A new disease, called ‘cigaret rash,” has broken out in Havana. ston Bakeries corpora ilers Ni ment club rooms V Tuesday,} | Wholesale Jewelers’ | | } Will Try to Bring Meeting to Seattle in 1925 of Seattle's four Kt Th to the Internatio nailed Tues leg of vention Atle bee afternoon nta, Georg. 8 nder on the & day on tho first an 6,0004ntle trip, They went arm ed with hundreds of pamphieta de soriptive of the Puget Bound coun try and other material, the dis tribution of which wil be part of their program in inviting the 1,000 Kiwanis clubs in the United States and Canada to hold their 1925 convention in Seattle. Stephen I. Miller, Jr., Heutenant an index of business|governor of the Pacific Northwest district, which embraces Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, heads the delegation, and will make. ono of the principal addresses of the convention. Edward H. Hatch, ealdent of the Seattle club; T. Barry Gowman, district trustee, and Roy W. Corbett, vice president, are the other delegates, A group of 50 Kiwanlans were at the dock to wish the delegation success. JEWELERS ARE KEEPING BUSY CINCINNATI, O., May 16—Ameri- can wholesale jewelers are enjoying unprecedented prosperity because of the protective tariff and general prosperity in the United States, ac- cording to H. W. Burdick of Cleve- land, president of the National association, in an address at the annual convention jot the organization here. "The demand for jewelry today is greater than in several years,” said “The people have money and are buying the higher grades of The, time when European watches and clocks were dumped on the American market in vast quanti- tles 1s past. American clocks and watches are better than European. “There never was a time when | high-class American jewelery was be- ing made in such large quantities all and was so popular on the market.” President Burdick said that the high price of platinum Jewelry at present had created an unusual mar- ket for white g Large quantities gold jewelry, he de- clared, are being made in the United States. anes Canada’ s 1922 Fish Catch Is Announced OTTAWA, Ont, May 16.—Canada’s sea-fish catch had a value estimated at $20,963,234 In 19: more than $1,000,000 over the previ- ous year, according to figures com- piled by the Dominion bureau of sta- ustics. British Columbia led the Do- minion in output for¢he year with a value of $5,828,002. Salmon was tho biggest Item in the year's catch, reaching a value of $5,509,555, or 25 per cent of the total. Exports of sea fish during the year amounted in value to $15,464,299. Of this dried, salted, smoked and pickled fish accounted for $7,003,786 and canned fish for $8,460,513. The ex- ports went to practically every nation of the world. Canada’s imports of fish during 1922 amounted to $2,046,- 445, coming principally from the United States, United Kingdom, Ja- pan and Norway. Thimbles were made of walnut and oak at one Ume. SERRE New Calls for Bids The weekly bulletin of construc- tion work issued by Corel B. White, manager of the National Surety Co., Wednesday, shows the follow- ing construction work planned and bids called for: ROADS AND BRIDG Cc, W. Cheatham, district engineer, Juneau, Alaska, bids 10 a. m. June 5, construction 4 39-100 miles Sitka power station, National Forest road project. Paul Fischer, recorder, Gladstone, Ore., bids 7:30 p, m., ay 25, ce ment walks, curbs, Dartmouth and Herford sts. County commissioners, county, Chehalis, bids 10 a. | 26, bridge, Tilton river. PAVING AND SEW City Lewis m., May oRS clerk, Port Angeles, bids May 30, construction sewer Race st. and Front. st.; water Hill, City clerk, Rosiyn, bids June 11, reinforced lined city reservoir. City manager, Astoria, Ore., bids 5 p. m, May 18, pipe and water supplies. City clerk, Chehalis, paving State st, Harold 8, Smith, Hill Water district, trunk sewer Tum- Mids May 28, ekrk, Palatine Portiand, Ore., 22, bids 4 p. m., May water system. W. R. Farr, city clerk, Camas, bids § p. m., May 22, water pipe and supplies. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION R. E. Fulton, school clerk, Port- land, Ore., bids 6 p, m., June 6, electrical work, Washington high school. State capitol commission, Olym- pia, bids 10 a, m., June 8, construc tion legislative building. A. H. Zander, clerk, School Dis- trict No. 1, Milwaukee, Ore., bids 5 Pp. m., May 21, construction gram- mar school building. Alice Vestal, clerk, district No. 9, Marshfield, Ore, bids 12 m., May 25, construction grade school. A. Haydon, clerk, school district No, $27, Buckley, construction six- room addition - Wickersham school; construction vocational building. W. D. Freeman, purchasing agent, Seattle, bids 19 a, m,, May 18, stairs, runways, ete, Rockport, Wash. County commissioners, Chelan county, bids June 5, furnishing hardware Chelan county courthouse. 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