Expert advice sought on Skagit river power project
Committee from the civic bureau will prepare a public report on the Skagit river proposal. The Chamber of Commerce urges the city council to call for bids from responsible contractors to determine the full cost of gorge creek development transmission line and substation before proceeding. The project’s economic payoff remains in doubt with $2,000,000 already spent and debate over future rates and debt.
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Chamber of Com
Bureau of Taxation
Chamber
Seattle
Bhagit
Ber
Daniel A. Trefe
Civic Bureau
Skagit
Gorge Creek
Skacit
Hhe Chamber
Reble Contractors
Market Notes From The South On Fresh Produce Prices
A California basket car arrives at the Beattie market with sweet potatoes selling seven cents per pound and spinach at two dollars per basket. Southern sweet potatoes wholesale at three dollars per hamper, top squash weak because of a dropped net price, hothouse cucumbers at four dollars per dozen, and various crates and baskets of peppers and beans quoted. A ship was expected by Friday as the street remained bare of sprouts Wednesday.
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California
Los Angeles
Beattie
Whdnes
Munson Line Names Pacific Coast Agents
The Munson line of New York appoints the Pacific Steamship Co. as their Pacific coast agents. Steamer Depere heads from Portland to Seattle to finish cargo for Chile and Peru. Over 2,000,000 feet of lumber loaded at Tacoma on Mitsui steamer Horalsan Maru bound for Japan and China. Weather and vessel reports from Puget Sound ports included.
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Depere
General Steamship Corporation
Portland
Seattle
Chile
Peru
Tacoma
Mitsui
Horalsan Maru
Commencement Bay
Japan
China
Smith Cove
Tempaisen Maru
Great Northern
Kateri Mare
Reealie Wahenery
Banta Ava
Alameda
Hell St
CO Algonquts
Grand Trunk
Artigen
Admiral Goodrich
Spokane
Dewey
Pacific Coast Engineering
Westward Ho
Lconium
Mantern
Hartland
Himrod
Te Steel Inventor
Towermite
Alaska
Ste Shagway
Victorid Lander
Coyote
Milwaukee Ocean
Tr Delight
Atr
Weet
Tedd Drydocks
Colomia
Foront King
Puget Bound
Piridge & Dredging
Patterson
Hull Rainbow
Lake Union
Hulle Abilia
Abeoba
Aby- Ames Yards
Hkoosereit
Standard Holler Works
Heffernan Dock
C&g
SR Wawona
Harveyor
Ketchikan
Jet
Ferman Muimeon Mill
Deper
Gloomy Europe News Dims New York Trading
Gloomy European developments including Germany’s refusal to meet a large indemnity weighed on stocks on the New York Exchange. The session showed declines in United States Steel United States Rubber Central Leather Baldwin Bear Roebuck Pan American and related issues with gasoline price drops contributing to the losses. Industrials remained soft as traders assessed international tensions and economic signals.
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New York
Fed
New York Stock Exchange
Europe
Germany
Colby
United States Steel
United States
Central
Baldwin
Beare-Roebuck
Pan-American
Pan-American “S
Beara-Roebuck
Heare- Roebuck
General Motors
Bethlehem “D
Atantic Gulf
Grain Prices Rise Amid Strong Demand In Chicago
Feb 2 Chicago markets see grain prices start up amid broad demand for wheat. Commission houses purchased heavily as provisions tightened in sympathy. May wheat and corn show early gains with futures climbing after opening lower and then rising through the session.
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Chicago
Troda
Commission
Chicago Live Stock Quotations From Manning & Co
Receipts at Chicago markets show 28 900 head of cattle and 15 000 head of sheep. Cattle market mostly lower with milk and butcher stock prices listed. calf and feeder prices noted. Lambs steady to 60 cents lower with quotes for various grades and weights.
Foreign Exchange and Port Notices Afloat in New York
Foreign exchange opened with varied rates and multiple currency listings amid a congested port scene. Vessels in Seattle and Milwaukee terminals await docking while ships and docks across Puget Sound and Atlantic routes show movements and engineering work in progress.
Argentina Will Fight Tariff War
Buenos Aires reports Argentina will retaliate against the US Fordney tariff plan. Deputy Saccone forecasts a global tariff conflict and a 40 percent levy on imports from any nation raising duties on Argentine products, to start when the Argentine Congress reports May 1 if the Fordney bill passes.
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Buenos Aires
Armaentina
Saccone
United States
Western railroads seek partial government payments
F Blaine vice president Seattle Chamber of Commerce announces in Washington that Western roads want partial government payments to backrehabilitate rail systems. He says the Washington delegation in Congress supports the plan, aiding Western states' development.
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Ship Board
Eugene BR. West
United States Shipping Board
Washington
Seattle
Col. West
McCormick Snow
Portland
Indorse
Western Roads
F. Blaine
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Robert 8. Boyns
Blaine
Congress
Portland Market Status
Portland market report shows cattle steady and unchanged. House receipts seven cents per head. Sheep receipts ninety eight head, market steady. Hogs butter at forty six cents per hundred weight. Hogs price sixteen four cents per dozen. Cheese triplets three forty six per ton. Men a two forty one? per ton.
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Portland
Financial Totals From Hidden Ledger Report
A jumble of numbers appears to show balances and totals including 4 662 786 16 and 1 067 449 20 for Tacoma Clearing. Other entries show 694 485 00 and 54 094 00 with unclear labels. The fragment suggests multiple accounts or line items with small names peeking through.
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Tacoma
Silk factory for Seattle urged by silk delegation
Mark Ten SBuie spokesman for the Chinese silk delegation said a Seattle silk factory is the most logical in America after a Can ton plant investment of $100000 yielded 231 3 percent profit in year one. A luncheon for the group was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. The report from San Francisco notes Southern Pacific reduced forces in Sacramento and other shops affecting about 1100 workers.
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Seattle
America
Mark Ten Sbuie
New York
Canton
Suie
Alk
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Sacramento
H. Dyer
Dyer
New York Coffee and Sugar Price Notation
New York market notes list spot prices for coffee and sugar including granulated sugar at 4,820 per pound and raw sugar at 44214 per 100 pounds, with various coffee bids such as No. 7 Rio spot at 64 6e per pound and No. 4 Banton at 6 10e per pound.
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N. Y
New York
Denver Live Stock Market Report
Denver February 2 cattle receipts 125 head market steady top 9.00 per unit or 9.46 in some sales cows and heifers 646.96 stockers and feeders 67.16 calves 9 to 12.60 sheep receipts 2,200 market higher with Lambe 7.26 to 6.78 and feeders 6 to 8.50
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Cmlvod
Ealew
Denver
Misses' Shoes Priced at 3 85 in stock
A sale note lists 200 pairs of missies shoes in sizes 11 to 2 with lace boots in kid and kid vamp materials. Shoes feature cloth tops welt soles and low heels priced at 3.85 each.
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Weather Bureau
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Yosemite
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Latowehe
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Beymour Narrows
V. & Naval Communications
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Nile
Beattle
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Chicago Board of Trade
Foreign Exchange
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Etree
Munion & Teen
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United King
United Kingdom
Silk Factory
Rraser-Paterson CO
Second Avenue
University Street
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Crepes
BIG Steel Center
Skinner & Fiddy
Shipping Board
U. 8 Navy
Vulcan
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Chamber of Com. Merce
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Caronia
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Ew York Albania
Bertland
SATURNIA CASSANDRA _ Ne
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Columbia
Kited Company
Peking
Kuo Min Tang
Chinese Nationalist Party
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Freigi
Pleiades
Luckenbach Line
Atlantic
P Sound
Seattle Baking Co
Main St
Baker
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