Salmon Industry Faces 18 Year Setback and 20000 Jobs
Officials warn a collapsed 1921 salmon pack could erase up to 50 million dollars yearly and lay off more than 20000 workers in Seattle and surrounding industries. The Pacific Fisheries notes vast storage and distribution gaps threaten revival for years, affecting nets, boxes, cans, machinery, and shipping firms.
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Northwest
As of Pacific Fisheries
Seattle
Frank Wright
of & Ale Packing Company
Iim
Salmon Packing Indus
Auto Engineers in Columbus Meet MBUS
Men of reputation in the motor industry attended the annual Society of Automotive Engineers meeting in Columbus today. A. Johnston of Chicago presided as the technical session opened with sessions from university departments and farm mechanical experts on the program.
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Auto Engineers
Columbus
MBUS
Motor Indus
Society of Automotive Engineers
A. Johnston
Chicago
Ives
Engi
Matty Univer
Official DTES Richard Lane Dies at Home
Richard Lane 28 vice president of the Frank Waterhouse Co. died at night at his home 1122 Ave N. The report notes his death occurred at the residence and identifies his company role.
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Dtes
Richard Lane
Frank Waterhouse Co
Ave
Councilman Dies Pioneer Commission Merchant W Chamberlain
W Chamberlain longtime commission merchant died Wednesday. He led the Co W lain Co founded in 1395 and served as its president. A Shriners and Elks member born in Oakland Iowa in 1870, he lived at 928 13th Ave N. A daily shipping paper named Guide was bought by L KR publisher of the Daily in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Chamberlain
Pioneer Ave
Co. W. Lain Co
Shriners’ Elks’ Lodges
Iberlain
Oakland
13Th Ave
Boys Shipping Paper Guide
L. KR
Seattle
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Shipping notices report heavy demand for European cabin space with Cunard advising inquiries to local agents for spring and summer sailings. KASHIMA MARU bound for Seattle February 25, while Yale and Harvard await March service.
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Seattle
Europe
Cunard Line
Kashima Maru
N. ¥. K. Sevick
Yokohama
YALE
Harvard
Los Angeles
Maritime cargo movements reported with multiple vessels
Arrived February 1 from the southwest via Southeast Alaska at 8 a.m. and February 3 from Vancouver via Common and Tacoma at 1 p.m. Queen from Tacoma at 11:15 a.m. Ly Aan Stewart from Oleum at 7 a.m. February 16 Queen sails for San Diego via San Francisco and San Pedro at noon. Alameda sails southwest to Southeast Alaska at 9 with further leg to San Pedro.
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Certeve
Southwest
Alaska
Vancouver
BBC
Common
B.C
Tacoma
Queen
Ly Aan
Stewart
Oleum
San Diego
San Francisco
San Pedro
Alameda
Northbound and southbound vessels reported in brief notice
Fragmentary OCR notes show two vessels with times and directions from Cordova and Ketchiken February marks. One entry notes a southbound passage at 3 p.m. and another at 7:30 a.m. on February 9 with a reference to Northwestern walls.
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Ketchiken
Cordova
Ste Northwestern Walled
Maritime Movements From Seattle and Beattie Ports
Goods and ships report arrivals and sailings between Seattle Beattie and nearby ports. Vessels include Yokohama bound Takthybice and Kashima Mare via Yokohama, Mantha Mare to Seattle, and Admiral Dewey from Seattle to Beattie. Several ships departed for Puget Sound bound ports and Beattie, with routes via San Francisco San Pedro Astoria and Victoria.
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Yokohama
Talthybice
Seattie
Kobe
Kashima Mare
Seattle
Mantha Mare
Philadelphia
Air Mexican
Tacoma
Port Angeles
Portland
Astoria
San Francisco
Cristobal
Balboe
Valder
San Pedro
San Diego
Admiral Dewey
Beattie
Ban Pedro
Ryder Hmanify
Governor
Victoria
A. C
Ttr
Ryder Manify
Puget
Str
Arizonan
Sir Edward Lockenbach
Shipping movements and inbound vessels logged in Victoria area
A sequence of inbound and outbound ships and docks listed with positions and timing near Victoria, San Pedro and Seattle including motorship Theodore Roosevelt 1,250 miles from Victoria at 2 a m, a 19 m point near Cape Flattery, and multiple U S Shipping Board and Puget Sound facilities with vessels such as City of Reno, President, Artigas, Alameda, and Admiral Goodrich referenced among terminals and moorings.
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Victoria
Theodore Roosevelt
Alameda
Seymour Narrows
Cordova
Cape Blasco
Walruna
Cape Flattery
Tite
Reno
San Pedro
Seattie
Beattie
Ate
San Francisco
Heattie
Artigas
Tacoma
Boston
Port Townsend
Smith Cove
Weat Notus
Great Northern
Katort
Daron Oldock
Laman Stewart
Bell
Algonquin
Tyndareus
Delight
Santa Ana
U. & Shipping Board Yarde
Leontum
Westward Ho
Weet
Hartland
West Nimrod
Eastern Leader
Yoremite
Admiral Goodrich
Admiral
City
Bpokane
Admiral Bebree
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Works
Btr Patterson
Hull Rainbow
Ames Yard
Str
Roosevelt
Gas Sehr
Standard Holler Works
Heffernan Dock
Fichr Salvator
Etr
Jefferson
Surveyor
Manufacturers Meet To Link Retailers With Producers
Several hundred local manufacturers met at noon Thursday at the Butler hotel to discuss closer contact between retailers, consumers, and manufacturers through the Pacific Northwest products committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Butler Hotel
Pacific Northwest
The
Chamber of Commerce
Stock market opens higher amid mixed oils and copper shares
New York on February 10 saw several specialties and low priced oils rise in early trading as Copper issues like Anaconda and Utah drew demand. Famous Players climbed to 61 percent, while a wave of odd lot buying and broker expectations pointed to a higher market in March despite a dull close.
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New York
Famous Players
Utah
Ath
Cop
United States Steel
Cuba Cane
Mexican Petroleum
Si Sinclair
Republic Iron Steel
Haldwin
Crucib
Atlantic Gulf
Royal Dutch
Southernacific
Northern Pacific
Andy
Baldwin
Pan-American
Anaconda
Northern Pacifla
Off & Brudebaker
Southern Pacific
Up &i Crucible
Meading
Butter Rises as Eggs Fall in Coast Markets
Butter prices reached 48 cents per pound in bricks and 47 in creamery for cubes while fat advanced to 48 cents. Free ranch eggs drifted lower from 32 to 43 cents per dozen and poultry moved at 27 cents. A 4 car celery shipment sold at $5 per crate with cauliflower and Florida green peppers at $2.50 per crate and peppers at 35 cents per pound. California sweet potatoes noted as well cleaned up Tuesday.
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California
Grain futures rise on light cash demand in Chicago trade
Chicago Board of Trade futures advanced as cash trade remained light for good commodities. March wheat opened at 1.62 and later moved higher while May wheat rose. May corn and July corn showed gains after opening unchanged, with oats and other grain contracts following the upward trend.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Southwest
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Market report shows cattle receipts at 3 800 head with prices around 4.40 to 5.40 per cwt. Stockers and feeders steady with hogs mixed. Sheep and lambs noted with ewes around 206 per head and lambs close to 62609.99 in reported figures.
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Chicago
Maeet
Latendy
Lambe
San Francisco Produce Market Report
San Francisco market report notes bids and prices for prime firsts and cheese items. The fragments indicate various lot weights and price shifts, including mentions of Bertras and Caladrolia Nata with small lots and downgrades, plus undersized pellets and miscellaneous downtimes.
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San Francisco
New York Coffee and Sugar Market Report
Market snapshot from New York on February 16 notes mixed activity in coffee and sugar with refined sugars steady and raw coffee prices showing small movements. Traders recorded prices for Santos and Pie UC varieties amid a volatile session.
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N. Y
New York
Umar
Ameter
Foreign exchange closes with steady sterling demand
The market reported firm opening with demand for sterling at $2.87 in New York on Feb 16, with prices shown for various currencies including francs marks Canadian dollars and kronen. A later note on Feb 19 records a firm opening again with sterling at $2.87 and corresponding franc mark and Canadian dollar quotes.
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New York
France
Dire
Portland Market Status Report Feb 10
Market conditions show mixed activity with receipts weak and prices steady for several commodities. Cattle receipts 14 with market weak. hog receipts 79 steady. sheep market slow and unchanged. cheese triplets 3 cents. butter 24 cents.
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Portland
Money on Call in New York on February 10
Money on call in New York today eased as mercantile paper quotes near 74 percent with short loans at 7 percent and interbank rates steady. London markets showed little movement while New York treasury activity remained subdued.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
London
Denver Live Stock Market Report Feb 16
Cattle receipts 1 100 with steers 18 26¢ lower and cows and heifers 4 50 6 10, stockers and feeders 5 50 6 50, calves 7 10. Hoge receipts 1 200 market 19 20¢ lower top 9 20 bulk 6 8. Sheep receipts 1 500 market steady Lambe 6 50 4 WOOD PIPE STANDS TEST. Continental Pipe Manufacturing Co wood pipe stood a severe fire test at an exhibition before engineers.
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Denver
Eteady
Lambe
Continental Pipe Manufacturing Co
Fire Station Bids Sought For New Building at 46th Ave and Ferry
The board of public works calls for bids February 18 for the general contract and the plumbing and heating job on the new fire station at 46th avenue West and Ferry avenue. Herbert Hoover buys $20 000 worth of Northwest canned salmon for European relief, per L H Burnett state relief chairman.
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46Th Ave
Ferry Ave
Board of Public Works
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Europe
L. H. Burnett
Relief Committee
Steel Trust Pensions Hit 1920 Payout Total
Pittsburgh report shows United States Steel Corp and subsidiaries paid 779,766.60 in pensions to retired employees during 1920, the tenth annual U S Steel and Carnegie pension fund release. The 1920 disbursement exceeds 1919 by 46,059 dollars.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel and
Carnegie Pension Fund
Grocers Back Anti Alien Land Ownership Bill
Seattle Retail Grocers Association endorsed the anti alien land ownership measure now before the state legislature. At a Wednesday meeting in the Masonic club rooms over 100 members pledged to descend on Olympia to urge passage. Twenty five autos were arranged with more possible. Frank Kinnear was named to lead the lobby and schedule the Olympia trip.
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Seattle Retail Grocers’ Association
Masonic Club
Olympia
Frank Kinnear
No Conference on Jap Legislation Delayed in Washington House
Washington will not send legislators to a conference on the Japanese situation with Oregon and Idaho lawmakers. House members fear the gathering would delay pending antialien land law legislation in the Washington legislature. The senate approved the conference proposal last week but the house indefinitely postponed it on Representative Murphine of Seattle’s motion.
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Olymtmia
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
House
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H. M. Read
de- Wedneaday
Arizona
J. Torkelson
Y of Washington
Vet of
St. Mihiel
Em the
West Coast Lumbermen’s
Lember
B. B. A. Aberdeen
Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle
Daniel Kelleher
Seattle National Bank
R. Auzias de Turenne
W. H. Crowther
Bank For Savings
A& m
Merchants’ Exchange
Arctic
Kerr, Gifford & Co
Katori Maru
Sai
Ortent
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Wiliams Line
B. C
Struther & Dixon
West Ivia
Far East
Devel
Shipping Board
United Kingdom
Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Rainiae
Wireless
U. S&s. Naval Commnications
Imperial Valley
Walla Wella
Arkaneae
Lugato Leval
Renee
N. Y. Stock Exchange
LB. & Co
Miah Law Lowe Atehiaon
Amer Leet Hogar
Amer Oar & Poy
Amer International
Amer Sumatra
Amer
Amer Tel
Canadian Pacific
General Motors
Goeedrich
Kennecott
Lackawanna
Chicago Board of Trade Mexican Petroleum
I” Athena Missouri Pacific
Verubeet Te Learning & New Haven
Penneylvania KR
Sie Ktromberg
Udebaker
Texac Co
Asian Pacific
Vege
Preti_Pier United
Imperia
Butler
Wabash
Westinghouse
Willys-Averiena
Ainska-Juneau
Brest Rer R
Enews
Saica
Forei Securities
Frettch
Wien
Wheirease Deslere
Miitieh
Melgium
Belgium
Ueder
Leipzig
Munich
Priees Reid Whetesslers Frackfort
T. Brock
Nia
E ‘ Cent Pacific
Mt. Paul
Lowlaville & Nash
P. P
Ote Rat
George Pepperdine
Kansas City
Sam
Western Auto
E. Pike
Shone
Westlake
Orvet
Steel Trust
Federal Reserve Bank
J. W. Maxwell
HH. Witherspoon
J. Blordel
Ww. i. Suiter
Enochson
A. ¥. Anderson
Discovery Ray Logging Co
J. W
National City Bank
Marion
Goodrich
Knickerbocker I
Butler Drug CO
J. P. Chase
Second Avenue
James Street
Elliott
Dodge
Pacific Meat
First Avenue
Pike Street
University State Bank
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