The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 4, 1923, Page 14

SEATTLE BUSINESS—Finance, Produce, Shipping, Real "JEWELRY FIRM HAS NEW STORE Portland Added to Burnett Brothers’ Chain PORTLAND, June 4 Bros., for more than 25 tified with the jewelry Washington, announced its entry Toto the business life of Portland by the purchase of the long-established business of L. C. Henrichsen, Washington st. The deal, according | CLOSES HIGHER of Se Attle, involves something like CHICAGO, New York Stock. Market WALI ix n Saturday's ses: in the gene t gain STREET une 4 JOURNAL FINANCIAL REVIEW Despite the new low estabil Bteel the stock m. t and the ap of w sl market during the session, the ind. 1 avera was displayed by American Can, ther industrial leaders, well abc astrial averag hed the week more | Re California May nts abov Studebaker the low p than 3p leum and d the ind the November Pan- Amer actional gains were # ther industrial favorites } pening prices: Studebaker in Gas, 61% Ame elegraph, 123, « Marland, ve nts lows an reached a urrent moy and Studebaker and many new high on the ¢ at 76% Burnett | : Burn d by Utah, American Can years iden: | 112% dier, 69 Pan up \) P ni , off up 1; Consolidat American ph ‘ rnia Petroleum, 1 up i United: Stat %; Anaconda, 44%; Bothle up; Utah up % N. Y. Stock Market Saturday's Quel: od by Logan & Become Beal busin bs 7 up ‘entral, ST rw Low Close Me u uN $100 Fee 000, Burnett Bros. first entered the jew © elry business in Chehalis in 1898 store was opened in Cen fratia in 1899. Next followed Aber Meen in 1903 and Seattle in 1905, The Tacoma store was opened in 1918 | And the Everett store in 1921 4 iL. H. Burnett, at a luncheon Portland newspapermen and friends Sunday, indicated that the Portland store would not the last in the hain and that there was a possibil Hy of entering still newer fields the & latter part of the year Mr. Burnett announces Work of remodeling the #tore will begin at once Dave Burnett, formerly of Great = Falls, Mont., has moved to Portland | 6 take charge. Demand was on the increase, with 3 \ Foreign Trade 4 elevators reported in urgent need of ‘The United States bureau of for-| supplies Sign and domestic commerce has re-} Oats advanced with other grains wed the following inquiries from | {nd because of © fecling. among B foreign firms who are in the market/this grain are low compared with for “American goods. Full informa. |other prices. Me @ St. P Hoa. will be given to American firms| Provisions were Irregula leer Be "0h application to S. H. Blalock, dis- 3 no ene | Cntle ¢ trict manaser of the bureau, Low-|Chicago Board of \Trade man building, Seatt! Saturday's Quotations Chemicals—(6637) Mexico—Anhy-|, Wheat— Open High Low drous ammonia. (6598) Germany go eae Rosin. (6708) Germany—Sodas, caus fie, bicromate of soda, chrome alum. Drugs — (6399) Mexico — General ; agency. Venezuela—Geners — Mexico—Toilet ar » FPoodstuffs—(6659) Cuba — Beans, ‘onions. potatoes, canned goods, con-| , tard ensed milk. (6660) Ireland—Canned | 5)" ° ‘Beods. (6662) Manchuria—Canned | Ribw— ‘Boeds, confectionery. (6665) Norway |]°!y =Canned goods, flour. (6673) New. |“*?* diand — Confectionery. (6629) —tLard, flour. (6674)—Es (Flour. (6636) Venezucla— =. (6675)—Belgium—Grains, es-| ly barley. (6618) Switzerland— iM, oats and corn. (6684) Argen- | Wheat... ‘ Dehydrated vegetables. (6628) | Fore +s ° eneral merchandise. . ber—{6689) France—Southern pine for box shooks. (6667) Douglas fir, (6709) Italy— timber for aviation construc- American Tobacco Ajax Rubber Alarka Junea 1M and Jun on the Ch rain pric aso board | Ante Amer, Bor Amer halwners 0 Mex 3 ” buying ” in wheat g th was a| Amer Duvall. | amer, Cotton OF whieh they | Ame carrying Car & F upervisor ra that for heavy sup Reports of crop ¢ ndition The t rom 580, 000 bushe the | will aver xpert { winter whe R placed the b t around 77 tal yleld was estimated at 10,000 bushels to 689,000,- The spring wheat yield age from $8.9 per cent to er cent for a total of 212,000,000 to that Portland bushels. ring wheat we ab |. Corn maintained a stubborn under- } with @ fair class of local buy- in eviden Receipts, both ent and pective, were light and it was stated that it would be five or aix months Lefore the now corn now In crop will be available. Chi, Great do pta Weatern nwester pper Close « ban Amer, Sugar Bept ision Chemical Dee © Mines Lack. & Hudson Endicott Johnson | Plelechma: | Smelting ped eneral Cigar Kile Pair’ Chicago Car Lots Saturday's Quotations Purnished by Logan & Dryan 310 Second A Seattle Grain Recta. Eatd. LtYr. Great Northern ptd Guif Hates Bteel! ral Asphalt mn OU Hudson Motors A | Imspiration é x Intl, Harvester Intl. Nickel Invinetbl 3, Southern Kelly Rpringfie! Kennecott... Keystone Tire Lee Tire & Rubber Liggett & Myers. | Loulaville & Neshville | Loew Theaters Lima Locomotive. . | Marine do pid Mack Truck Maxwell Motors A | doB | Middle j Mexican M do etfs | stidvale #heli & Ord MK aT do ptd Missouri ¥ Montgomery Mother Lode CHICAGO, June 2. —Cash wheat—No. 2 hard, $1.12, ee Portland Produce Saturday's Quotations Rutter—I19 4 @Ato Tb, = Egns—23@l60 doz. © Speciaitics—(6599) Mexico—Adding | CBeese—2? G@3le Ib. # Meibines.. (e614) South Africa | stm ent d advertisements, advertising ies, picture calenders. (6597) Barbers’ supplies and fix- (6652) Mexico—Bottles, § or 7- h (6615) Mexico — Gum on machinery. (6608) Canada nut roaster. per 677) India — Paper and Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, June 2.—Forelgn ex- jehange opened lower. — Sterling. Rh65. 1-16; francs, | $0.0648; lire, ce, with dropper corks of metal | $0.0467; marks. 76,923 to the dollar. . The market closed lower, Sterling, “glass. (6653) Japan—Firearms, | 54.635," franca, $0-edTig: ite , cartridges. (6633) Australia | $9.46814; marks, $0,000 to the doll antain pens and pencils. (6710) Pideaie adia—Hardware. (6477) Jayan—| N.Y, Sugar and Coffee ; and specialty articles. Saturday's Quotations $48) Canada—General hardware. | Sumar—Quiet: raw, $8.03") re 404) Japan—Ice skates. (6702) South | -,yeiet: Sranwated. $9.75 @ 9, ; jewelry. (6636) Venezucla—| "Noa Santon Poise et ee fovelties, (6621) Chile—Novelties, eve goods. (6616) Canada—Oftfice i | (6599) Mexico—Office sup- Foreign Money Status | (6633) Australia—Silver and Tornished by Logan & Bryan ware. (6608) Ganada—Soda| 19 Second Ave., Seattle coun’ and confectionery formal: value combines, (6631) Chile— (6599) _Mexico—Typewriters. Australia—Watches and clocks. | 12°) oi! ies — (6636) Venezuela — Hos-| 19.30 cts... . Italian Jira : -82 cts... German mark 0. : 26.80 cts vedish krona 26.80 cts, ...Norway krone. . 26.80 ct... : Danish krone... 16.00 cts....Greek drachma. oe : Liberty Bonds Saturday's Quotations | Furnished by Logan & Bryan #10 Second Ave., Seattle i Series— High Low 4 ‘irst Jigs 100.21 100.17 7 tle ptd Ward Y, Alt Brake ‘ew Haven... ¥. Central... . O, Texas & Mex ‘evada Consolidated Northern Pacific North American Owen Bottling Orpheum Circuit | Phillips Petroleum | Pan Amer. Petroleum YS | Pennaylvania. CU | Pere Marquette. . $48 Cte | Pierce Oil... $58 ct8 | pure Oll.. +18.07 eta | pacitic Oil.. | Producers Postum Reading......s. +6 do ist pfd..... 2 Republic Iron & Steel 49% 4 49M Rock Island 2% do A. 7 mr aera 7 Replogle Ateet 19% Ray Consolidated... 13 Reynolds Tobacco B, vi nuq | HemreRoobuck Close } Shell Trans. & T 100-18 (Southern Pacific 98.00 | Bouthe tw shoe | Southern Haltway 98.05 | stewart Warner 98.09 | gtrombere Carb Ohi, [Studebaker Corp. 98-11 | standard O11 of Cal 99.18 | -rexas Company ——# | tobacco Products do A oF Texas Coal & Olt Seattle Timken Bearings {Unton. Pacit +++ $7,628,064.71 United Metall Stores 1,314,666.35 | |. 8. Rubber | B Steel Corp | do pfd dames Macfarlane & Co. bli Second Ave. ay i Falls $142, off 1.62, i ‘Argentine government reconsiders | ‘ for refunding $50,000,000 7 per | F mt issue maturing October 1, with | tn] two-yeur 6 per cent notes, Will seek | “tong term financing. | _ New statement issued by de- partment of agriculture gives the _ World production for current year _ 8% 269,053 short tons sugar more than at the same time last year, a produced 3,478,000 last ‘Year, and the total output to date gives this year as 3,770,000, | Séars-Roebuck sales said to total | $18,465,379 vernus $14,477,694 for cor-| | arotay ponding period 1922, an increase | x 27.51 per cent. Montgomery Ward sales increase .04 per cent in five months ended | May 21, compared with same, period 1922, while May sales jumped 40 per cent versus last year 6, Literary Digest shows a fall- ibg off in building operations in New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and even further West, of many millions of dollars, due to high costs. Erie System April net $1,863,526, 12,743 in 1922. President Markham, of 1. C. R. R., transportation act of 1920 is erfect, but should stand until 1 nature judgment and proper experl- c¢ demonstrates changes neces. 98.07 98.08 98.25 98.11 99.17 ‘ond dia 2, rd 44a .. urth 448 . Ww 4s | Clearings | Balances .... Portland « 5,760,577.00 958,114.00 Clearings NCO... , Tacoma transactions... Utah Copper. | Vanadium Steel. Weatinghouse Elec... | White Motors | Willys Overland... |_do pf .... White Eagle Ofl....) 27 Packard 12% ‘Total stock salen, 409,900 wh Total bond wa 2,941,000.00 | | | | | | { | 1 * “4 Seattle Stock Market sie eraer bg I. M. Herrin & Co, it. nk Btocks American Savings Bank, ; Bank of California § Canadian Bank of Com.. Dexter Horton National First National Marine National, ,.. etropolitan Q ational Bank of Com. National City,. Seabonrd National. | Seattle National, Heattle Title Trust.. Union National Britinh 5a, Industrial Sto British Viet. 4e.... Albers, com British Ref, 4a...: do pfa Igium Restor. by Aero Alw m um Premium Alaska Steamship « Japanese 4a... Cart jon Milk Prod., pfd Japanese int 44a, Centennial Mii... ; Japanese 2nd 4144 Federal Teleuraph + 450 | United Kingdom, i926 Fisher Fiouring Mills 95,00 United Kingdom, 1937,, General Petroleum, com... 36.00 Italian 68 4.,...05 Globe Grain & Milling, com 55.00 belt do pfa . vee ween + {, Goouyear ‘Tito & ' Chicago Grain ged Range for the Week Bia 75.00 Ankea | $85.00 | 9.00 211.00 | 199.00 290.00 | 220.00 126.00 | © 200.00 419.00 | 115.00 122.00 240.00 240,00 415.00 320,00 | + 170.00 180,00 | 185,00 170.00) 275.00... 110.00 Foreign Securities Saturday's Quotations Vurnisked by Logan & Bryan 810 Becond A Seattle Bid Russian 61gs, Vereag. Russian 54% § eebeoee ok Russlan 649 16 » 48% rite Asked 498 a 1007 iii 55 54 operating compared with 44,00 101.00 ; 100.00 1 98 a 103% 4d RADE TERMS DM. 4. 8. “D, M, J. 8." is used with refer. to bonds or other securities, d meats that the interest thereon | payable quarterly in December, |! ‘ reh, June and Septembe Basic One Fonte; Bees cis RSE it 4 SOMETHING DOING Vist Sulesgirl--That man 1 just old a five-pound box of candy to Id it was for his wife, _ Becond Ditto—Iy he newly mar: ried? - Virst—Hither that or he's done shan ae eae ‘Fransctipt, Rubber (Cal) pta Honolulu Plantations Mawallan Sugar, Chas, WH. Lilly ew World Life.. Northern Lt Oahu Bugar. Owl Drug, pf Furn! Wheat Open on y + $1164 00} 99,00 108.00 85.00 100,00 120.00 | 49,60 | 95.50 10.00 44.00 4.00 94,00 70.00 100,00 117.00 54.00 + 109.60 77.00 08.60 +. 110,00 tle, pid 8M TO, & Tol, pla, 94 Pioneer Milin Crugar), 24.50 Puget HA, Power, 6% ptd.. | 80.00 Reld row, com 95,00 do pi ie 90.00 Sperry Flour, com, . OB WEI sy wekd es ove race Superior Portland Cement. Toad Shipyards Zellerbach, com 92.50 ga is re 4% | 4 | Cows—( 1HE VA 1 Fool there And he Even as wa sa you But he dug them Of the old strong When a salesman Some wildcat sto And the Right down to hi Even as you and From “Invest Local Ma: Prices Val Artichokes Asparague—Ior Wash Ne | Spinae Texas Tomatoes Mex Cantaloupes | Cherriee—ning Tartarian Hs | Pie Cree | Dates ' Loosebertios Grape Fruit Pineapple 1° Strawberries—lo | Wash | Tangerines—s¢a x NUTS ed sone and I HE MP rocks out box sold him ks, fool was cleaned 8 80x I. ments rkets wre v 1.250 4.00 og? Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers ack Le Almonds " Peanuts bud or th DAIRY PROD Vrices Paid to Shy Botterfat— Heatth . white fob Heattle supply y. O. B. condensary DAIRY PROD! Prices to Metall LeoTs ippers het ue 3B UCTS Dealers Local creamery, cubes al prints, wrapped Fresh ranch, white Mixed colors . Or. triple Swine h. triplet Hiamook trip POULTRY Prices Paid by to Shippers *. per te ie, th per AND + dep Hens—41; The. and up Medium, live, 3% to 4% Live, Ngbt, a to 8% The y alry picked 3 cont to 12 1 the. and #6 per Fancy Me Hetat mm, Nahe yh 0-200 Medivin, 166 POULTRY AND Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Duck» Hens Dressed, Dresved, light Live, heavy, Mm |. Live, light, th Broilers—-1923. per | Geese— Dreaned, | Turkeys Pane |. Live, fancy, th. Belgian Hares Liv ¢ Dressed, per Tm, Mintry,.dremed, Hoge—Fanty, block . Veal—Fancy, light Heavy, con Medium, dresned LIVE | Quotations at Cattle Primo steers Medium to good Prime ¢ Dressed, per tb heavy . ib per tb dressed per | meoth heavy jo iige | Sheep— | Prime lambs | ommon to 1 tiny Wethers Ewes dium . FLOUR AND § 00 1 heifers : 33 MEATS Wholesale Dealers Ihe. . 16 Toe 43 1 09 oo 1o@ 41 uM © 09 MEATS 1g) i t» STOCK Stock ya 00@ 10,00 260 @ 6@ oo” 00@ 12.50 00@ 11.00 00610, 00@ 8.00 09% 6.00 K ’ Wholesale Prices Flour—Diends, localn 49's, r ewt, owt, GRAIN at grad D Flext grade ‘Timothy Th Barley —Wholv (ood Rolled and ground, 40's. Corn Whol Oats Rolled and grow Sprouting, 100" f | Wheat—Rocloaned feed, | AM-Grain Chop—40's . Chick Feed—100'" + Chick Ma 100's, with Bh, | Growing h-=100" | Kee Mash100's, Seratch Feed. anulated . Hardwood Limestone Granite... Minneapolis Price Han eornished by mel A OM $L18M |, 100%". bbl 4.20 4.50 £00 4.50 10,60 10.40 SD. sf 800@21,00 19.00@ 22.00 17.00 19.00 11.00@12,00 ; 43.00 00'% Mixed foed, S0'" . + 104,00 59.00 67.00 196,00 +61, 66,00 Grain © for the Week Macfarlane & Co V0 Low FLU SF oe 10% alam Ba way MO cvcuy a0 iii eh 4 19} | ratio, ATTLE AR LUMBER TRADE IS SLOWING UP Decline Is Not Great and ana Prospects Are Good Wholesale Jergone ¢ trade in lumber widerable reduc volume during May and the at pr Ameri that is quite dull, sa The shown Declines n extensive Lumberman prices have ward trend. not rewult A general down however not like in view of the fact the lumber tn a ntrong position, th: enormous and have hee and are ly to be that om fundam | dustry The mills, atally remains in congestion of business the yeas, at consequent to demand eariier this gray and tions un production cond been elieved he but there is no element war the be that uffer decl I wok bevel made » changed condition, and 1 wi 1 on that ma tor wer neconsary hen us heen sbted! basis. ition to postpone te until have dec that present labor lined proapects the moun elling ¢ uction will be continued uninter Thin umbermen of an and steady market thruout the Retail trade heavy rds which ently carried tocks an of ta simultancour, non old orders, nteadily this Jum er. Howeve 1@ no hurry » buy for an they feel that they can now cure lum ber promptly they need it Distributors expect that, at the present rate of reduction of retail stocks, dealers must come into the tor replenishments June. Manufacturers advan'age nity to clean rebuild stock ssure fdr ruptedly In mo: Id insure nections alone active year and heavy almost mains req result ze re re moving ot they ar replacement when market during heavy mean of the prosent up file exerting no new busin Industriat bu: in ir tt order i and are great slow, Factory ex hardwoods. consumers busy and colient prospects, but are plied with lumber and ly the marke nome particularly have well sup. not like on a large The outlook fall ood to seenter ale for late summe lent, and a str at that time is gen Production in x tarded, in South water and in the North by labor scarcity Stocks therefore remain in bad con. 'diion and, as any material replen ishments this summer appear un. iikely, there are many who look for higher prices, weeks. and og hand ally in excel market expec eriously re the by ‘REPORT SHOWS ‘TRADE FIGURES | The following figures of April do- Mndurtry | would t |To | | { PLAN TO BUILD PACKING PLANT dents have 4 proposed new pack ant and cannery to wulize the of the old ttle Brewing Co., which represent an of one ues, and which h € reven years, G. 1. ¢ of Barton & Cc pirit of the enterprine Georgetown re gone on record favoring iow 4 building Malt extent million dollars at vent va been Bar vacant for on, former! ling wever, ha yet ould the prop. which. not taken conerete form 4 plans be car- ried out, 600 men would be employed at the start for the packing plan which would be the first unit to op- Jt @uld mean new itfe own district, which recuperating from industrial blow suffered when breweries were closed. With the been or George slowly has the the large and growing unty, it yuld be a logical packing plant, as it an ideal shipping point for foreign and domestic market sheep Yakima « 8 be d that Seattle tion for a a larg Want Street Car Convention Here of Seattle plans tov Employes street car en ure | i the American As Plectric Rallw lea to thin ying ard bring of th 1 Of Street and Employes of Amer convention ns end will tion to the at dele send an 19 Oakland gates pre in the and fre instructed wh eptember, from virtua United States a Manila and fur to defray the ¢ the delegation, they will plenic and dance at echt park, on July 3 and 4, a to MJ. Murr chairm F Hackler of the com in charge. convention, iM meet in with ent city ada om Ha raise of give a big penses Les din: Perry mittee We to inducing gates either on Oakland “We and the of our secret aN many dele ponsible to the way to or convention,” said of the visit s from re out to advertise pien plans.” 16 dance Sd will be gt B. P.O. E. on the even eration with on of th tion the evening n in conjunc with ike, No. and that ng of the 4th tr the Victory club. of co-op. Airplane Views MAHOGANY COMES HIGH In is estimated that the total pro: duction of mahogany and Spanish cedar from the eastern part of Nicaragua for the current year will | be 20,000,000 feet, of which Spanish cedar will not exceed 3,000,000 feet. All the wood contracted for in One| H. R, Leigh of the Puget Sound | Joseph A. Bale, consular district hasypeen taken by eight American mahogany compan- fea and the” contract prices have ranged as high as $75 per M feet de- livered at the mouths of the several meatio production have been received | rivers. | by the department of commerce dur-| FARM HORSE 1S ing the past week: pendent stee} mills, 254,808 short tons; copper, 118,424,000 pounds, | petroleum, 65,133,000 barrels, newn- print paper, 116,719. short tons; Western pine, 175,881,000 bourd feet; wheat flour, 10,607,000 barrels. Exports of cotton cloth in April were 44,741,000 square yards, Copper exports were about the same as in | March. Combined sales of 21 grocery chain store systems declined slightly dur- jing the month. Savings deposits in 11 Federal Re- serve districts on May 1 aggregated 313,923,000 compared with $5,734,- 1744 on the same date last, year, Bills discounted by Federal Re- serve banks as of May 23 were $100,- 00,000 compared with $626,000,000 at | the end of April and $471,000,000 on |May 31,1922. The Federal Reserve 6, compared with . the weekly average for the first quarter jot 1923 | Incorporate New Rhodes Companies Articles. of incorporation have been filed for the Rhodes Mercan: ltile Co. with a capitalization $500,000, and for Harriet W. Rhodes Co., Inc., with a capital of $1,000,000, |The incorporators. of both compa- nies are Harriet W. Rhodes, Wil- liam L. Rhodes and ¥F, 'T, Barton. It fiated that the new com- panies have po connection with the companies operating the Rhodes de- partment stores, but are merely formed to také care of other inter- esta, in Mutual Association Seeking New Home The Mutual Savings and Loan as- {sociation hag practically completed | negotiations for the purchase of the | southwest corner of Second ave, and University st. according to an jannouncement made Saturday. The property contains four-story brick | building, on a lot of 30 by 108 feet, }and the price is said to be approxl- mately $185,000, The purchase {ts being negotiated with the object of | establishing the association's homo jin the new. location, |Exports of Grain Show Big Increase WASHINGTON, June 4,—Exports of grain during the week ending June 2 were 4,817,000 bushels, an lincrease of 365,000 bushels over the [exports « week ago, the department jof commerce announced today, | Exports were: Barley, 147,000 bushels, Corn, 382,000 bushels, Oats, 121,000 bushels, | Rye, 881,000 bushels. Wheat, 8,886,000 bushels, xports of flour wore 168,000 bar rels, a decrease of 27,400 barrels from shipments the preceding week, Winnipeg Grain Price Kange for the Week Furnished b dames Mucfariane & Co, 11 Second Ave. Wheat Open ilgh Low Clone May, . $i H116M $haay se, i VOY ceeee VAOM LIT Lay bh Oeters ag ue 1.08% b Dati v duly OU een i en ee crude |tand to replace tractors by horses is|the high pressure steam being util-| 31. Ay Schroeder, $43 Central bidg., frame | by Sheets, by Inde-| GAINING IN ENGLAND A marked tendency thruout indicated by information given out | is aucribed to the low price of horses | with which farms are generally well ers to. handle the crop | bought last year and stocked, to the reduced cost of jabor and to the difficulty in getting farm hands competent to operate ahd take care Of tractors properly. In a few districts, the use of tractors is increasing, particularly on the large arable farms where they can be ad- vantageously employed in threshing and other operations, SHANGHAI BUSINESS IS LOOKING BETTER The Shanghai cotton piece goods | Market, one of the durest barometers of China’s trade, 18 active with a good demand, says Trade Commis- sioner L. W. Hoyt. Piece goods held in go- downs awaiting a favorable market are fast being removed to replenish the stocks of up-country stores which are practically bare. It'is generally believed that the present crisis re- sulting from the bandit activities in Shantung will keep forces s0 occu, | pled as to prevent expected military ‘of operations in North China, and to this extent, exercise a beneficial ef- fect on business, pic cicnres emer: el | Meetings The Seattle Advertising club will meet Tuesday noon in the Masonic club rooms in the Arcade building. Tho meeting will be devoted to the election of officers for the ensuing year, A musical program has been provided. The Universiety of Washington branch of the Américan Institute of Electrical Engineers will meet Mon- day evening at 7:30 In the Good | Roads building/on the campus. T, M. Libby will speak on “Electrical Sys- tems and Apparatus on Nayal Ves- sels. | Business Changes | (Under “Business Changes,” The Star publishes, without charge, changes of location by established business houses, It will appreciate information of such changes, addressed to the Business Editor.) eee Arnold & company have moved from 615 to 510 White-Henry-Stuart building. ‘ eee ©, P, Hutehins and V. A. Arnold have taken 516 White-Henry-Stuart building. se The Olymple Vlorists have rented 318 Union street and will open thelr flower store there ay soon as con. struction work ts completed, Good Berry Crop in Port Angeles PORT ANGELES, Wash, June 4, Reports from Clallam. county Ine dicate a good crop of berries thts year, P. By Gedelman, secretary of the local berry vssociation, reports that it will take ot least 400 plok+ o devoting our efforts | URGE USE OF ADVERTISING Keep Public Informed, Says | Electric Convention NE YORK tinuous June 4 tematic use More cor and wy of news paper advertising space by electri pub- the light and countr companies of at the power was urged today relations section meeting of | National FE) Light association convention, in which section & is represented by W. H- MeGrath Altho more than $3,000,000 wa» spent the industry during the past 12 month, this amount is con sidered small with apent advertising b: lines of by comparison for and amounts other industrie com merelal activity Speakers pdinted out that with investment of over $5,000,000,000, fo adver nts an nd with an annual $1,050,000,000 rows earning the industry's ing expenditure e-third of one pé bu an th repre cent 1 o cent he tot indy figures fact inexs done ment in th rasted with there nted out, Is the and commer Con they that indus advertising is based upon with 4 minimum cent a general d jn many as high as 5 and 6} total gross earnings. everal committees aver Ke $% per. cent, a in es running t of the tw of th the nection yx product star inted out that quan. trical energy production lines of business advertising, there » Were justified upon that basis also upon. the ground that in. 4 understanding by the public of problems within the industry tends | to do away with compaints and cost litigation for which taxpayers and consumers ultimately must pay The report of a committee rating wih educational institu: ns stated that a large number of colleges and universities are seeking of including public utility courses in their curriculums, in ap. preciation of the f that an in. creasingly large number of men and women college graduates will be in the electrical Industry, which has doubled in size on an average of once every five years dur. ing its 41 years of exstence. HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE BUILT NEW YORK, June 4—The con-} struction of a turbine Intended to | operate under.a steam pressure of | from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds was an-| nounced here today by the Prime- Movers committee of the National Electric Light association, of which | tity of ele me more economics an in other nditures for 0+ means needed | Power & Light Co. is a member. This |is tho first time so high a pressure jhas been used ‘to operate a steam turbine and represents an increase |of more than 100 per cent over the} | pressure used commonly heretofore. | Worked out in practice, this: will | | mean that one of these huge turbines | may be added tovan existing plant, | ized into the existing mains and the ministry of agriculture. This | utilized again in: the other turbines |.4- A; Schroode: Jot the plant. The result is expected | to be infereased efficiency and econ- omy of fuel consumption,. with cor- responding decrease in costs of in: | stailation and maintenance, ulti. | | mately meaning lower rates for gon: | | sumers, j | ‘3 | Berry Season at | | Kirkland Opened | Alice Hansen impersonated | ss Kirkland” at ceremonies at- tending the opening of the Kirkland cannery Saturday night, marking [the official beginning of the berry | |Season east of Lake Washington. | | The opening was made a community | event, with’ dancing, music and an | inspection of the plant. | ‘The cannery last year shipped over | 200,000 cases of fruit, and has been | considerably enlarged for the present jseason. It is expected that last | year's weekly payroll of $2,000 will | | be doubled, as the local berry grow- \ing industry has been growing, ‘and Jexperts predict a good season. Wallingford Club Plans Mardi Gras} ‘The Wallingford Commercial club} will hold a Mardi Gras and flower show Friday evening at North 45th | St, between Stone way and Sunny- side ave. The police band will lead |the parade that opens the show at \7 m., and. prizes will “be given |for the best displays of Mowers and | window ‘decofation. Dr. John G. | Byrne and F, M. Waesher have do- inated a silver cup for. the "} | commercial display, Shorthorn Breeders Tour. Stevens Farms COLVILLE, June 4.—The second+ annual Shorthorn breeders’ tour was| held in Stevens county on June 1, {2 and 3 Many farmé were visited | Where Shorthorn cattle Gre kept. It s the purpose of the trip to in- t farmers and breeders in rais- ing of beef cattle, as much of the land in the county is suitable for stockraising and the tour showed some fine examples of beet cattle farming. : Demand for Wool In Italy Returns WASHINGTON, June 4-Ttallan Wool manufacturers are now com: mencing to negotiate for raw wool, ‘Trade Commissioner A, A, Osborne | reports, Last year's stocks are pret: | ty well exhatsted and holders are asking for higher prices. Spinners are working for the most part to supply knit goods manufacturers, Mexico to: Modify Recent Oil Bill MEXICO CITY, June 4-1t is loarned that the senate now sitting Will modify the new oil bill lately pussed by the chamber of di My ie form that will b te MONDAY. JI Estate, Building MERCHANT EXPO MEETING FAVOR Other Cities Are Sending Exhibitors Part manufa in the Pi ers of ot ific orth ition, sponsore of terminal, Commer July 28 in 4 ber er previous she returns from 4 that have been at work dur past week, One committee Frid nd Saturday Bel ingham, tion affairs in the hands of the Chamber of Commerce of th Karlier in the week It neld nference with the manufacturers and wholesaler of t , at Sedro-Woolle The t Tacoma is m ing a and the ng its where the expo campais hearty ma chamber 4 carted efforts One mpia Knitting 3 nas made ity re ract Ww an E concern, — the Mills, of Pe Approxim: one:t available booths hav da This week number of other firms that dicated their intention of exhibiting are ex- pected to contracts, Efforts will be made to dispoge of all booths immediate! the time that had for closing the sale al- past Ta whole the nia concern, dy ervatio con- od yes from manufacturing Pendleton Woolen response, lend toward pushing poth sa Olym ne O rece erda astern Orego' if of sold the to eon get dy is red Wool Market Opens With Small Demand BOSTON, June 4.—The wool mar- ket is dull, owing to the fact that buyers and sellers’ views as regards prices continue to widen. There is a noticeable lack of mill inquiry today, altho. nearly every dealer along Summer st. is optimis- tie. The English markets are lower today, UNDER $1,000 L. H. Marshall, 2616 Third, garage, $59, W.-H 213 Dearborn, altera- tion to resi Mine M. Rent Mra. P. R. Cox. to residence. nd &, garage, $100. $ Kenny st., addition 18th B., alteration to C. Johnsdort, 4833 California ave, base- ment wall, $250. Mrs. J, Klenert, 827 Kenyor rage. $50. H, E. Sibley, 1816% 24th, garage, $200. James & Billie, 2119 Fourth “W., gar- me, $75, J. J. Ramee: realdence, $200. Burton R. Store, $02 22rd, addition to residence, $650. J.J. Fisher; 0615 15th N. B. garage. $350. 2401 Walnut, addition. to Midvale, addition to rewidence, $5 OVER $1,000 Mr. Persson, 4122 Whitman ave., residence 35: 25,00 Mike Gloria, 6216 Flora aye, frame resi- _ dence 35x30, $3,000. St. Ann's parislt, 1212 Second W., frame residence addition, $2,560. Gardner J, Gwinn, -Hoge didg., residence 47x38. $9,000. Mrs. As W. Phillips, 1702 Hoge .bldg., frame apartments 120x106, $120,000. frame frame residence 32x22, $1,600. $43 Central bidg., frame residence 22x22, $1,400 Geo. Gorin, general delivery, frame Pest- dence 38x26, $3,200. Ship News Tides in Seattle MONDAY TUESDAY JUNE & JUNE 5 First Low Tide | First Low Tide 3314/8) m.. am.” 5.4 ff. Firs Fiest High Tide 9:08 2. m, 8.0 ft. Second Low Tid 8.7.tt Second Low Tide 2H0 p.m, 0.4 ft. }221 p.m. 1.6 f Second High Tide | Second High Tide 10:08 p, ma ft.'10:54 p. m., 11.8 ft, Weather Bureau Report TATOOSH ISLAND, June 2.—$ A. M. Barometer rising: cloudy; wind south- t, 12 miles. an hour. Passed in, a steam schooner, probably. str Rainier, at two-mast freighter, green ck with black top, narrow white band, 6:40 a.m, , seks Arrivals and Departures ARRIVED—June 2—Str Romulus from Valparaiso via ports, at 1 » Dorothy Alexander from ta | San Francisco, at 5 a, m: from Baltimore via ports, at § a, m, June 1—Str President Grant from Ta- coma, at noon, SAILED—June Southenstern Alas 2—Str Northwestern for ka, at Sa, m,. June 1— Str Ohloan for New York via ports, at 4:20 pom: str, Frank Lynch for San Pedro, at 10:30 p. mi; str ~ Dominion ‘Miller for London via ports, at 9:30 p. m.: U. 8. AT. Cambria for Alaska, at 9p. m,; str Dorothy Alexander for Tacoma at $:15 p. mz gtr Santa Inez for San Pedro, at 1:45 p. mi; str Agwistar for Savannah vie ports, at midnight, . Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove Terminal—Pier 41—Str Kaga Maru, str Neponset, str President Grant, Pier 40—Str Artigas, Bell Street Terminal—U. 8. C. G. Sno- homish, Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal—Str Ad- miral Watson Pler 1-B—Str Owego. Pler 2—Str Latouche, str Northwestern, Pier 1—U, 8. 8. Eagle No. 57. Pier B—Str Admiral Nicholson, Pier D—Str Admiral Rodman, str Ad- miral Sebree, atr Dorothy Alexander, U. 8. Shipping Board Moorings—Str An- na Bi, Morne. Connecticut Street ‘Terminal—Motorship Cooleha, str Victoria, Standard O11 Co,’s Dock—Motorship Capt. ALF, Lucas, Hanford Street Terminal—Str Romulus, East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Co, Str Gyokoh Maru, Todd Drydooks—Str West Nilus, str West. Ison, U.S.C. 8. Dellwood. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.—str Patterron. Co.—Motorship Drummond Lightera, Chaliamba, Ames’ Termiial Co.—Str Makawel Davenport. ¥ Heffernan's Drydock—Rarl® Gratin, Winslow) Marine Rallway—Sehr Retey Ross, sehr Commodore, barge Coquit- lam City, whalers Star Nos, 1, 2, 3, Spokane Street, Termitnal—Btr -Doniinton ier, atr THANKS, MISTER A farmer walked into a country store necompanied by his wife and 10 children, x “L want to get the whole lot of them fitted in: shoes, After two hours of hard work the clerk finally reached the tenth child, and was making out a bil fer the shoes, when the farmer interrupted him, “Oh! Don't bother about that, said the farmer, “I didn't want to buy tho shoes, 1 Just wanted to gei : he \ y