The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1923, Page 16

s : SHINGLE MEN END MEETING A. J. Morley Elected Presi- dent of Association At the concluding session of the Teeventh annual Red Cedar Shingle congress at the Hotel Gowman, Fri day, A. J, Morley; head of tho Sagi Naw Timber company, of Aberdeen, ‘Was elected president. Other officers chosen were P. R, Smith, of Seattle, Vice president; R, S, Whiting, of ‘Chicago, secretary-manager, and A. Boyan, of Seattle, treasurer, Mortey, who succeeds B. B, Case, ‘of Redmond, as president of the or- Ranization, presided at the afternoon Session of the congress, which In- cluded round table discussions of “problems of the shingle Industry. ‘The expenditure of more funds in advertising, to promote the uso of Shingles, was urged by A, Eastman, of Vancouver, B, C., head of the Brit. Mh Columbia Shingle association, and dy T. Coale, engineering specialist with the Colby Engineering com- = Pany, of Seattle. Charles E. Marsh Adyocated collective advertising thru the association. The congress concluded Friday Right with the annual banquet at ‘the Gowman hotel. SAWMAN VISITS SEATTLE PLANT “Jenkins Here to Inspect New Disston Factory Plans D. W, Jenkins, sales manager of the mill goods department of Henry Disston & Sons, Inc, of Philadelphia, is visiting -Seat- GIVES TALK ON MEXICO TRADE Referring to the possibitition of an expanded American market in Mexico, Alexander P, Dye, newly appointed American attache to Mex loo, spoke encouragingly of the outlook for the opening of bene. ficlal commercial relations with that country, In a talk delivered before the Chambor of Commerce mem- bers’ council Friday on tho subject of “A Commercial Gold Mine at Seatth's Door,’ On the program with Dye were Judge Cornelius H, Hanford and Dr. Sugmund Spacth., Judge Han- ford gave an analysis of the Mon. roe Doctrine, and Spacth, with tho} ald of player piano accompaniment, entertained those present with a talk on the systematization and or: ganization of music, RECORD HOLIDAY BUYING IS SEEN Will Bring Activity to Pro- ducers and Wholesalers ‘That the holiday buying this year} will be, In volume at least, greater than in any previous year, 1s the) forecast of the Brookmire Economic | service, in a review of business con: | ditions just issued. The review points out that, in view of the com-| paratively low stocks being carried | by most retailers, this will mean To} sumption of wholesale and manufac: ; turing activity earlier and In greater | volume than usual. “Tho direction of retall sales dur- ing the year has been almost stead ily upward,"" says the review, “In recent months, buying has held to general levels in idustrial centers and even showed some gains, while | it has been supplemented by a sub-/| stantial Increase in the buying of} BRICKMAKERS WILL CONVENE First Meeting on Coast Marks New Progress For tho first time in the history of the brick business in the United States, tho manufacturers from the Fast and Middle West are going to the Pacifio Coast for thelr annual convention, Eyar since there have beon organizations of brick manufac: turers in this country, the brickmen of tho Far West have been coming East for the meetings of thelr busl- nea, ‘Three special trains, two made up at Chicago and one at Kansas City, | will leave on February 2 for Los An: | goles, where the annual convention of the Common Brick Manufacturers’ Association of America will be held | the week beginning February 11, Those trains will be made up of ape- clal cars coming from points along | the Atlantic Coast and intermediate | stations so that the gathering at Loa | Angeles in February will be as thor-| oly representative of the industry na} have any of the meetings held in the Eastern territory, The gathering of tho brickmen marks a new epoch in the building} brick business of America, While ax recently as the war years the brick industry was disorganized and gen- erally unprofitable, it has today tak. | en its place beside the other great | businesses of the country and fs en: | gaging in promotion, advertising and | technical research in an effort to im: | prove the product, effect economies and broaden its market. The fact that the consumption of common brick was steadily on the! decline from 1909 until 1918, Indi. | cates the general lack of enterprise | on the part of the brick manufactur: era, Sinco 1920 the Industry has been | engaged in national advertising and | Promotion with the result that there |“! | Amer, : Amer, A 1 JOURNAL PINANCIAL TUOVIEW ‘ urther acceleration of the rapid paca recently exchange t place In the closing session of the week, and enthusiastic bullish demonatrations wore staged In many sections C4 the list, prinoipally among the high priged industrials Ikke General Blec- trlo, Kre#ko and Dupont Operations for tho rise went ahead vigorously in various groups, the forward movement in the motors and accessory. ianues attaining posalbly tho broadest proportions in that practically every repromentative stock of this class received itt share of speculative attention, Naturally enough, the market had to absorb heavy profit taking fol- lowing the week's further remarkable upturn and the realising sales created considerable irregularity in the lant hour, Heavy realising salew in oral Electric, Tobacco Products, Schulte 4nd othor carly favorites served to check bullish enthusiasm in the final dealings, but the profit taking offerings were absorbed in ratinfactory fashion and operations for the rise went ahead in stocks like the low priced ofls and industrial mpeciattios, Marland reached new high ground on the movement at 34. The market closed irregular, Closing pricon included: United Btates Stool, 04%, off 4; Texas Company, 41%), Haldwin, 126% off %; Maxwell A, 56%, off 1%) Studebaker, 105%, up General Motors 14%, up “i Westinghouse, 61, up i Davison Che 75, up 3; Mack ‘Truck, 89, up Anaconta, 38, off 1; Cuba Cane, %, off ¥ ‘an-American Petroloum 1," 58%, off %; Hohulte, 112%, off 1; Cas off 42 Brie, 21%, up %; New York Central, 105%, off 1; way, §1% Opening prices win, WT, Petroleu We} neal, 75, Davison Chemical, 75, up 3; B. & O. Mi Bald- + Dupont, 131, up %; Schulte, 114, $ American ustrial Aleob Up %; Tendi Corn’ Products, GRAIN PRICES | DIP ON MART wr | Heavy Wheat Selling Puts aoe Scare in Buyers 4; Chandler, 4; General up 4%; Mack . New York Stock Market Friday's Quotations Furnished by Logan & Hryan » Beattie Low Close . Stock Advance Numley «++ do ptd Air Teduetion Alaska Juneau « 1 Allied Chemteat 0% Allla Chalmers 45 Agr, Chemical. 12 Dest Huger... 40 Hosch Magneto 24% Tirake Hhoe Hank Note ar & Fady 11% | 384 | 34%) CHICAGO, Dec. 7 73% | went a mudden dip a 95M lute of trading and ci 268 | the Chic Am. Amer, Amer, Amer. Amer, Amer firaina under- 6 lant min- ed lower on » board of trade today, 104 Heavy welling of wheat during the 109M | Iast 18 minutes of trading by @ lend~ 6% ling cash warehou threw & seare §% linto earlier buyers, who scurried to 23% unload, and wheat, after experienc- ou *M ling « sharp rally, which brought “4 4344 | prices above the opening figure, re- uu 4%) acted sharply and cloned lower. 2% 3%) The sudden and unexpected turn us 11% | in wheat brought a reaction In corn "W 17 Jand prices lost their early gaina, mK 14 | closing lower. a 43 | Oats did “ o4 i from the do pid Chiele Amer, Cotton do pid Amer, Drug fynat Am. Hide & Lr, pid Amer, Tee Amer, Int. Corp Amer, La France seed Lace. Metals Tadiator Hatety Kaw on A A not remain {mmune Weakening influences © * and hie grain, to: Much Depends on leaders.) (Copyright, 1923, by United Pri NEW YORK, Dec. 8—''The eyes of the business men are on Washington at the present timo, for during tho next year will depend to a considerable extent on what con- Krenn does or does not do," Charles M. Schwab, head of the Bethlehom Steel corporation, de- clared today in « statement tel graphed to the United Press, Schwab sent his wire in re. sponse to a request for his opin- fon on the trend of business dur ing the new year, While putting much stress on the importance of congressional action, the Bethle- hem chairman stated that his corporation is going ahead on the assumption that next year's bunt- ness will warrant enlarged facil- Itles at the corporation's steel plants, His telegram continued. “Among the first things St (congrens) could do to help busl- hess would be to carry out the business conditions Business Conditions Are Sound, Schwab Declares Year, in Steel Magnate’s Opinion (This Is the third of a series of articles on business prospects for 1924, prepared by the United Press from Interviews with noted business Congress for Next) proposal of Secretary Melion for a tax reduction, Buch an act would not only be an aid to busi- ness but would help everybody, “Anothér thing congress could do would be to modify our immi- gration laws along intelligent Mines wo that the test for admin. sion into the country shall not be quantity but quality. “Congress should not enact Jaws that will still further re- strict legitimate business enter- prise, The railroads should be allowed an opportunity to ghow what they can do under existing lows. "The primary requisite for good business ix a sound under- lying foundation and I am con- vinced that the country enjoys this condition at the present time, The country is nelther deflated nor inflated economically. “At Bethlehem we are so con- vinced that business will con- tinue to be good that we are en- larging our facilities to take care of increaned business."* | SEATTLE | ove | MARKETS | VEGETABLES Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers tall dealers by wholesalers. With a few (The prices given are those made to re- | OLYMPIA, Dec. 4.—~The following ar- Ucies of Incorporation have been filed in the office of the secretary of state neral Timber Finance Torner, J. , G. P. Short i, BJ. Lane, G, H. Anderson, Russell Callow and A. L. Hawley. Armature-Electric Works, Seattle, SIGNS POINTING TO PROSPERITY Moody Views Falling Costs With Optimism Moody's Weekly Review of Finan. elal Conditions in its current tes says in part: “Further progress ts being made in laying foundations for p; ity, Counts of materials are fal as Mlustrated by about twice ag many declines as advances in Dun's weekly quotations of commodities, “Labor costs at the moment are still rising, but are bound to de cline later in consequence of the slowly growing unemployment, In. terest rates have fallen consider. ably, “Radical politicians control meyen votes in the senate, and about 30 jn the house, fairly equal membership of the old parties they hold the balance of power, “As to the stock market, brokers and professional traders rather gen: erally believe in the upward moyes ment upon the basis of reputed bullish opinions and operations of leading men, while economists do > not believe In it because the rise has no foundation in trade improve. ment. However, these non-economic rallies or recoveries not founded upon business betterment haye often occurred in the past; haye usually run from a few days to @ few months and have amounted as an average to about 10% points, “Comparison of the lowests of 1923 with the lowests of 1921 in the average prices of 27 different groups of stocks discloses that nine of these groups were recently down around the 1921 lowests. Nearly all of the deflated stocks, however, with the exception of coppers and non-dividend rails, are in a yery weak earning position.” so that owing to the’ Mf Jy | practically all the agricultural con-|is a marked upturn in the consump-| Amer. fnip& « |ters. Recent reports show that even|tion of common brick, and the est!.| Amer. amelters cov the spring wheat districts are pur-| mated production of 1923 in about}. 4 pfd | chasing a materially greater amount cqual to the highest production ever | tle with Mrs. Jenkins as a part of a series of vis- its to the differ. seasonal exceptions, prices to producers | can be figured by deducting the cost of} | transports to Beattie hauling, Wm. 1. Perry, Arthur F. Brooks Musolf. Hansen, Inc, Seattle, 900. ‘ells Hansen, B. J, Risben and 0. H. son, The erection of factory aites; |nold fractionally below the opening Provisions advanced. |Cotton Crop Totals and approxi- Amer, Bauft storage and Amer, Humatra ent branches of} his company sit- uated on the Pa- cific Coast. Mr. Jenkins was pre- viously the Pa- cific Coast man- | ager of the! company and be- | fore that was the | i manager of the| [—emwemmerts Seattle branch. JENKINS He Is here giv-| fng his attention to the details of/ the erection of a new factory which | $s to be located at Fourth ave. S. and | Massachusetts st, which when fin-| Jshed, will be devoted to the manu- | ¢Ht time is of more than usual Im-| actual increases facture of saws and machine kni' of goods than they were in the same} | period of 19: “Average buying at retail for the! |country as a whole has been thruout | the year consistently better in any Jone month than in the same month | of 1923. “When allowance Is made for price differences, the yolume of Christmas buying in 1922 was larger than that of 1919, and the | Practical certainty that this | year’s holiday buying will sur | pass that of last year, points to | a record volume of retail sales during the remainder of the year, | Heavy retail butying at the pres- | | Portance to the manufacturer. Wel |the industry has been able in thr attained in the United States. That} years’ time to redeem the lonses of the previous nine or ten years given unusual enthusiasm to the gathering which {s to take p The production of bricks Inst according to reports from 133 companies, wan 163,000,000. The shipments from planta v about 145,000,000, Indicating that stocks are being accumulated with the expect tion of an active demand at the sumption of spring build! ¢ AgKTegate orders have decreased during the past 30 days by only about § per cent, while ace in February ers Are ne in the districts of the East /and is intended as a convenience and | C&M find no evidence that there has| Middle West In which the largest * source of immediate supply and re-)€eR any heavy accumulation of} building centers are located. + pair for the lumbering industry. - (|Mr. Jenkins states that business conditions are good in the East and} that he is looking forward to 1924 ‘as a banner year. Many Firms May Sue to Get Back Taxes In case the suit of Alex Christie & Co., auto top manufacturers, at 100 E. Pike st., is successful, a prec- dent will be set that may result in ‘Additional trials involving millions. ‘The company is suing to recover $1,842.51 in sales taxes and penalties collected by David J. Williams, for-| Mier collector of internal revenue for Washington. The case is } Judge E. ©. Cushman. ‘The taxes were collected over the protest of the firm, under the regu- }iation providing for the taxation on {the manufacture of automobile ;parts. The Christie company con- tended that-the making of special j auto tops, on which the tax was laid fin their case, was but a part of their ‘general automobile business, and hot a venture in itself. Says Five Million _ Need Decent Homes os PHILADELPHIA, Dec 8.—Five Million people in the United st are forced to live in “shacks, ,outs, cellars and uxinhabitable tene- Ments, because of the ute housing shortage,”’ Bernard J. N aging director of the Philadelphia Housing association, told the United Press yesterday as delegates gath ered for the final session of the ninth National conference on housing America. Railroad leds at 4.78 Per Cent Rate NEW YORK, Dec. §—A railway net operating income of Class One roads for October amount- ed to $102,746,000, or at nnual rate of 4. per cen entative ‘valuation fixed by Merce commi te com Financial Flashes From James Macfarlane & © #11 Second Ave. Average price, 20 industrials, fan increase of .13; 20 rail stocks 1 rage $2.4, an increase of .60. Arbuckle reduced price of re- fined sugar to 9.15 from 9.25, It is reported Pure Oil has under consideration plans calling for a sub. stantial amount of new financing. American Telephone & graph October operating 4, Reo Motors declared extra $1 and regular quarterly dividend of 114 per cent. Ratio of Federal Reserve Sys- tem 764 versus 764 week ago and 74.3 year ago, Ratio New York Federal Reserve Bank 82. versus 83.8 a week ago and 78.1 | year ago + With r dof 1 4 is practical: t for ten months $7,000,000 the Pennsylvania Rail- sured of better rnings on stock than the $3.26 re, $50 par, realized last ytar ul railroad loadings for Yovember show increase. Pennsylvania system loadings week ended December 1 were 145,461 against 161,409 the preceding week. | he: ro on trial before Federal | wman, man-| goods either in first or second hands. | Distributor buying during the last | six months or more, while heavy in| the total, has been done thru small | purchases and numerous repéat or-| ders. This buying policy has, of course, reacted on the producer and | led to but little mating up for stock. | “We believe that in very many | lines a heavy Christmas trade is going to leave very slim inven- tories, with the result that the usual January cleaning out will be smaller in its extent and shorter in its duration than nor- mally. “A reasonable prospect under the {conditions is for a heavier and| earlier volume of buying orders from the distributor than usual, after the turn of the year,” GIVES TALK ON CITY PLANNING. | Meyers Outlines Control of Municipal Improvements It is more easy to effect city im |provement schemes in large cities |than in small ones, David J. Myers iviec Im- provements” at the regular meeting of the Washington State Chapter of the American Institute of Architect ‘riday evening in the Seattle hotel | He reviewed what has been done by | American cities in the establishment of civic centers and other phases of “city planning.” “In 1920,"" Meyers sald, “the De troit city plans commission sent out {a questionnaire to 100 cities. Of the |87 sending replies, 40 had active city |planning commissions, and 27 men-| tion operating by some form of com.! mon council action prehensive c while 19 an ate the preparation of one.| elve cities propose to prepare this commission of city officials, and five ‘cities mention intended employ ment of experts. Sixteen have no plan and 12 do not intend to have| jone prepared in the near future. “If Seattle is going to have a city plan commission, it seems to me t this is the kind of scommission should t ‘A nine-man commission composed | ublic spirited citizens, who shall| be appointed by the mayor and shail] n architect, engineer, real| builder and an attor.| | 63 have a com-| wi he general powers and duties of | is commission might bi “1. To restudy the Bogue yian,| d use | guide for future city | lopments Approval within and for « miles beyond the ; “3. Approval of s widenings, and regrading projects “4. Approval of the location and| design of all public buildings, memo. rials, bridges or other public struc: | | tures, re of all a new plans | nee of several limits. et openings oF | | Close co-operation with the park board and the city government “Fortunately in Seattle ha ark and boulevard scheme well | defined and partly executed; we ha our zoning ordi sed and in operatio} we have the e » for future Itho this plan has not been officially adopted, it will no doubt be followed largely as the cit and our needs become appar. we e de ment, grow ent.” | First Low Tide Ship News|: Tides in Seattle SATURDAY SUNDAY DEO, # | DEC, o First Wigh Tide High Tide 28 m., 12.9 ft m., 1 Fest ifs ¥ 64 tt.) a1 Tide Second Mig re second ‘ 10:48 © m. Second Ii | 4:58 p. m., 12.2 tt | Second low Tide 1 no . 1:04 pam, 28 Weather Bureau Report TATOOMIL ISLAND, Dec. 5-8 a m tal wis Parometer four mil: Arrivals and Departures Arrived—Deo, 8.—Htr Katrina Luck bach from Mobile, via ports, at 9:30 fiteo, “at 6140'as 0a. Str Caracas trem fm. Dee tute Precéent Mad from Ménlle vis porta, at 11:48 5 tr Admissl Farrogut trom Lae A a Ban Francioco at midni atr Albert Jeffrees from Baltimore via Seleds ten, Sele Corus tr Obn land. vid. Ban. Yrancies, at Ba. a oe, New. York via. ports, Maru Kiso Vessels in Port at Seattle t Ranentjord. Pier 40 nal—Str Chas, v. 8 Pler 7. Pler 4 Pier 2 Pler 1—Str Katri Pler B—Stra Admira Farragut f D—Str Cu Coal Termi Sir Ca Bunkers 8. Bhipping Board Moor Himrod, 8. P Maru. King Any Stacy Atreet Terminal eer, Dincoverer, str Winge—Str Ruby, motorsh treet Terminal—Str Director, ‘erminn ni Bt Drur Ma Ames Ter tr Went Seattl 87. Heffernan's Dry Dock—Str Rainier. Stream—Buoy No. 7, atr Madison. Winslow Marine Ratlway—Schra Testy ors, Camano, Ella A., Sophie Chrise | tensen, Meteor and Alumna: bktne Anne Comyn and Charles F. Croker; barges ¢ m Clty and Griffson Latou A. 8. Hilde reatdence addi Teylor & Hecktoll, frame residence Taylor & Becktell, frame fealdence, 26x W. Campfire Girls, A ‘house, $5,000. Witt J. Bell, 608 residence, 26x32, $ Overland ended Willy quarter | profits after all interest and fer equal to 17.16 a cent cumulative preferre which there is an slation in dividends of 15 or $4,244,1 ports September chatge ral t 4 per cent to ptd ner, Hugar Friday's Quotations - High Low 1.09% 1.07% " 1% 16% 1.09% LOTS 43% 46M 14% Cash Wheat cur Liverpool Grain Vriday’s Quot iia aetrma & ovate tua te ad fe 640 te $1.07. Denver Live Stock tons speady to wiek dwn and Portland Produce Friday’s Quotations # Ade I Buying price, ter4 Kare price, 4 Cheese Mens 49@ 450 dor; setting % @2I0 Wy. 16@270 tb N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Friday's Steady; ra granulated, Sagar Coffee. 7K te 4 Ban . Foreign Exchange i Franca, $0,089 ~Forelen Sterling demand, lire, $0,0433\% , four trillion ox. * % BANK CLEARINGS Seattle $6,617,385.27 1,604,044.94 Clearings noes Portland 3,007.00 nee 216,810.00 | Tacoma 1 transactions 296,000.00 Lumberman Hears of Death of His Father | of the death of his father, Dr. George EB ord, Mass, ha Titcomb, mi Falls Lumber ¢ omb has been bed-ridden with a back for ten Other John Titcomb, a son, ¥., and Mrs. John Ur iter, of Manchester, Foreign Monev Status Friday's Q Furnished b n10 Secon 1 Val been received t of the The elder Ti na Ave., Seattle broken year survivors are of Geneva, N. auhart, a d H Farm Crops. phosphate Make plan reinforee the that you t Thirty super to the nure will do wonders. to manure pounds of load of ma peniat phosphate Liberty Bonds Triday's Quota Furnished by Logan & Bryan B10 Second A Seattle | High “Low Close MODERN ELECTRIC SAFE DEPOSIT EQUIPMEN Foreign Securities Friday's Quotations Furnished by Logan & Bryan B10 Beeond Ave, Beattie |Japan lUnited ~ Lees Tage < Carrote—1. Caulifiower—Per ‘crate weal, per crate Local, No. 1. Per tb | Yakima | Parsley —1 rene per dos. dom. Ite Per sack bel bunches per tb item, ma, ton Local, dor. per box ew ted ¢ | 25.009 26.00 Radishes. vunehes 26 «+ 3.000130 @ .90 Ol 8% 2.76 10g 1.65 mek FRUITS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers ‘ LTE 1.6092.00 +1 00G 1.26 1.60 761.00 ALO 1 1.60 A 4.60 16,00@16. * 4.00 O5.60 e250 Obs @ 12% 06 @ .0T 4.0065.00 4.008 4.50 4.00@ 5.00 1.00@1.26 1,00@2.00 + T.00GT.E0 Per ib. Per dos. Per box bbl. Grape Prait Florida Grapes—Per ex ‘ joney —€ r cane . rained, per ™, . uckleberries—Por Ib | Lemons—Pancy Chol Oranges. | Hatanas | Coroanuts Cranberries Per box Japancee, bundle | Pears—Per’ box | Pineapples—Per Crate NUTS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers | Sack Lots | Almonds—1. 3X. L., per Th. Feanuts—Va.. per 'T | Ghina, perm. Pecans—Per tb. Mixed Nute—Per tb ne Prices to Neatil Dealers Buttertat— | A.geade, Seattle delivery .... Fegs—Freah ranch, white shell, | Pultets | Mitk—Cwt., f0,b. Beattio supply ¥. 0. B. condenmry ..... DAIRY PRODUC Prices to Reatfi BL AT 45 31 | Butter 36 ‘ Ty ok triplets, old ..... 32 POULTRY AND MEATS ‘Prices Paid Shippers Droilers—¥ ‘ ons—Liv y 4. deveecayy 20 . per Ib... =: and ur young per Ib POUL | Prices Dueks—Dr Hens sed, Mght heavy 4, per Ib. per Th Turkeys—Fancy, dronsed Liv y, ib a Belgian Harew—Live, por tb. a, per Ib. puntry dressed, Fancy block ..... Venl—Fanoy, ght .....5 Heavy, ¢ Mediuin, Geese Me Or) 160 + 10@ 12 M6 18 dressed + 1.000 1.25 | the water pipes and see that they to deal tn furmiture and fixtures, refrig- | cratore. Nella Hansen Mfg. Co., Seattle, $26,- 000, Kame purpose as above. Olive Branch Mission association, Be- | attle, W. H. Wilson, 0, B. Tit fany, Mr R. G, Witteman, CA. Burns, h. #. E1-| kins and Mra 1 L. Stilwell Todd Protectograph Saler Lochester, N.Y. Certifl drawal The Inter-State Co., Wilmington, Del. Certificate of withdrawal. orthwestern Improvement Co., of Jer- N, J, changing location from to Beatite ninery Engineering Co., F. A. Faliquist, J, L. Faliquist P. Fatiquist Pranklin Lumber Co., Mt. Vernon, $20,- 009. A. Moscow Wilson, W: HL Franklin W. W. Wilson, R. B. ‘Franklin, Minnie | Franklin, Lenora Wilson and A. W. Cus-| ter Pacific Hardwood Co., Seattle, $15,000. L., Winscr and Floyd J. Beach. | J. W. Relover & Bon., Inc. Beattle, £00. J. W. Belover and W. D. Selover: | To engoge in and carry on the business |of buying and selling vegetables, fruits | and produce; to act as broker, ete. North Grove Lumber Co., Beattie, $10,-| 000. W. Of. Bolcom, W. A.M. Smith and | ¥. B. Higgins Dahijelm Steam corporation. Seattle, changing name to Dahijelm Garages, Inc. Western Farm Implements Co, Butte, Mont. $2,000,000. J. 5. Hamble and John M. diample, Power of attorney to| Mary of state | Lundqalet-Lilly of Tacoma, $60,000. Tte- Instated Longview Wenatchee, $20,000, ©. B. Hughes Carlon-Miller 415,000, C. EB Lily Mitte Kelso Realty "fname to Corp, of of with- Rpokane, w. Wenatchee Co. | Orchard J. W. Kitner and Motor Co. Ellensburg, Carlson, M. ©. Miller and K Inc. Kelso, chang- ngview-Ralnter4 ing stock from | re National Listing 7 | Washington, $15,000. F. A E. Towlou, M. HH.” Lavin, Carter, Josephine Hutchinson, inhoward, Blanche Getchell and | usb. Bavage, M. James F, Quotations at Stockyards tem rime steers Medium to good ....... Cholce cow: nd heifers Calves Bulls Hoge— |" Prime Smooth heavy Rough heavy Pigs Sheep— Prime lambs .... Common to cholce . Yearlings Wethors Ewes 4.000 + 1000 + 7.600 b.00@ + 4900 - 6909 + 9.50011.50] + 1.506 9.50 ss T60@ 895 + €00@ sage - 460@ FLOUR AND SUGAR Flour—Local blends sate Family patents ...., Sugar—Cane, per owt. . Beet, per ewt. | HAY, GRA | Alfalfa Hay—Fi Straw és Corn—W? , Cracked and feed meal, Darley—Whole feed, 100'a .., R nd, $0'5-100's - 100s nd, 70'a-80'R 141,00 | 44.00 | $44.00 | 00 eat—R Mixed feed, All-Grain Chi Chick Feed Chick Th. M, Mash—100's Growing Feed—100's 100° cod—100'R 100 10's... 10's. 100's. 100° $48.00 | 54.00) 86.00 | 51.00 | 49.00 $49.00 29.00 jeal = 69.00 inseed Oil Meal an Meal Meal ¢ Meal—100's Granulated—100's Pharcoal (hardwood)-—S80's \, 10's. +57.00 | + 87,00 | + 62.00 67.00 18.00 | eae 26,00 + 102.00 Grantte, 101 Meat Scraps Eastern, 10's Agricultural Look at} | well protected from freezing during} the cold snap that {8 coming. A REAL GIANT OF T Introducing the M- aid to be the largest engine approximately 544,000 pounds, just turned out by the ” Pennsylvania im existence, It | 320 doz. | oats, HE RAILS Nine Million Bales WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Cotton sinned to December 1 from the crop of 1923 totaled 9,243,917 running bales, including 228,967 round bales counted as half-bales, compared with 9,319,601 bales to December 1 last ye totaled 713 bales, against 4,907 bales last year. Public Markets SANITARY Btalln 24-26-37, 1 th, Baker's unswest- ened chocolate, 35c; Cream of Wheat, tte pkg.; Hilla’ bulk coffee, 380; Ghirardellt’s chocotate, 2%¢ Tb. 3 Tha. 79. Stalls, 0, 1 new crop soft shell walnuts, 36¢; 'o. 1 new crop soft shell almonds, 2 fhe, 5Sc; Florida grape fruit, 4 for 2c. Stalls 21-22, erab meat, 69c %D.; barbeéued sod, 2 kippered salmon, 25e; skinned sole, lbe, 2 for 25c: black cod, 160; white aimon, 20c; genuine sole, She: Eagle brand haddie, 25c. Stall 8, Pacifie Not margarine, 25, 2 Te. Tc; Pimento cheese, 2 pkgs. 25; pullet eggs, ema, Staite R-i2-15, Bastera eras- berries, 20c Tb.; artichokes, 1$¢, 2 for ; pew tomatoes, 1c Tb.; sweet pota- 2 Tbe. 15c; grapes, 10 %.; green peppers, 20c; Florida grapetrutt, 18, 2 for 2hc; celery, 18c, 2 for 2c.’ Stall 181, best butt 2 Ths. $1.55; creamery butter, 4 40; strictly fresh eggs, large, Sic: fresh pullets, ie; mild cheene, Sic; sharp cheese, 23, $ Ibs. 48¢; brick cheese, 28c. CORNER Stall 2, veat roast, rec; beef roast, te; » ITM; veal chops, 2 Me. 26e; Sc; sirloin steak, 15¢. mutter, B2c, 3 Tbs. $1.55; creamery butter, + 3 The. $1.40; strictly fresh exes, Sic Gox; fresh pullets, Sle; oleomargarine, 23¢, 2 tbe, 45¢; mild cheese, 2c; sharp cheese, 2c; brick cheese, 2Sc. Stalls 94-96 Pike st, pot roast, & lamb chops, 12 Ai2%c; sirloin steak, 15 20¢; veal ros 10e, ted coffee, 2 Iba. 39c; 2 Tbs. fresh Nut margarine, sorted cookles, big pkg. &e. PIKE PLACE 8 Tos, best cane sugar, Te boiling beef, 4 the pot roast, Sc; ham- sage, 3 Ibs. 260; pure lard, Stall 81, special on, butter, Tbs. 95c; fresh eggs, 8c, 2 dos special on ollve ofl; “8-1. pail Téc, Stall 23, 4 boxes }e bottle catsup, 20¢; small can milk, 6c; 10-™. sack flour, 38c; special on all extracts; 2, amall cans Se, Stall 25, fresh herring, § for fresh salmon, dest lute- Stall 39, very b dry onions, ; large pkg. Quaker cate, 3c; large Muscat raisins, 2 Tbs, 25c; all kinds flour, $1.65 to $1.80; all kinds coffee, 21 to Ate. Stall 17, Stall 1527 Pike pl, $1.18; Yakima 201 corn flak Ibe. ONOMY Stall bet cane sugar, 156 Stall 40, peanuts, 2 The, 250: chocolate, # Ths, 4c; Royal baking powder, 8c} pop corn, 2 tha. 160; walnute, 2 Ibe 65e Stall 38, 4 100 pkgs. table figs, 260; 9 66 sx table figs, 10c; 6 Ths. finest rolied , 2b; 2 large pkgs. new curranta, fine mixed candied peel, 390 1.; se can sliced pineapple, 25, Stall 63, of marmalade, ‘t0e 1b.; delicious cement, 2 Tbs. 43c; new kraut, 2 qt c. Stall 20, eating and cooking apples 800 box and up; new crop walnuts, 354 2 Ths. 65c: new golden dates, 2 TDs 15 s ans corn or string being, a or chocolate, 260; @ t matches, 25e; 2 lerse WESTLAKE Sugar stall, § Tha cane Centennial Best flour, 49 1 bara Crystal White soap, 25 or Borden's milk, $4.85 cas 100 Ths. $2.45; middlings, 100 That $1.50; oats,” 100 Tha, $2.15. Stall 105, Jelly, Te fig bars, 18c; raising, 2 Tbe. 250; rolied 4 Tox. 25c; Amaizo éalad of, 400 at. Stall 104, corn beef, 100 T.; ham= burger ‘usage, 100 Tb; sugar ct dacor ail 159, fresh creamery butte Se; fresh ranch eggs 45¢ doz. onions, 100 Ths. $1.60; turnips $1.26; potatoes, 100 tbe, $1.50; cy Delicious, $1.75 bess fanty $1.60. bo: cans tomatoe: sugar, $1.6 , 460 and Stall 125, 100 Ide, extra fi Spitzenbers, Farm Management—Pian a perma- nent long time rotation for your As, Railroad Altoona works, and measures 84 feet 9 5-8 inches and weighs American-Egyptian cotton ginned )