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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1922
Page
3
Local ad promotes Hinks buying 10 Pike Wala furniture and selling cheap. It advertises storage and loan services, plus today’s bargains like drop-head sewing machines, a brass bed, oak dining set, ivory bedroom suite, and a Arkema onograph at 1609 Ethave near Hear Pine. Elliott 2510.
Property offers 30 acres cleared including meadow and 10 acres standing timber with a fine stream. Close to cement and located in a berry growing district near Lake Forest Park on a new boulevard. Timber stock valued at 100, price 2600 cash or 20 monthly payments.
A chaotic listing showcases farm and city tracts for sale in Victory Heights and other Seattle areas with prices like $500 and $4,000, plus terms and down payments. It includes stocks, bonds, and local business opportunities such as cafes, garages, and a shoe repair shop, with contact details for Goodwin Estate Co and other local firms.
The market reports Wien lettuce debuting on wholesale lines Monday and moving fairly well Tuesday amid high Imperial Valley head lettuce prices. Daily arrivals expected with steady prices around 1.50 a crate. spinach, lettuce, and fruit prices noted with mixed movement and anticipated market shifts.
Opening prices show Mexican Petroleum advancing to 110% and leading gains as New York brokers weigh a bond issue over payroll taxes. Studebaker climbs above 4, steel and Gulf States rise modestly while industrials and oils post fractional gains. Sugar futures hold firm with several major issues advancing at the opening.
Chicago board of trade opens with May wheat up 6 8 and July wheat higher as investors react to a decline in foreign markets and drought fears in the U S southwest. Livestock prices also show gains with receipts firm and market described as strong.
Foreign exchange markets opened in New York with demand sterling at 4.95 percent. The franc quoted at $0.00024 and lire, marks shown with little change as trading begins.
Seattle bank clearings show totals of $5 701 458 54 and balances of $1 551 993 14. Additional figures include Pare 6 120 624 02 and 1 869 908 67. The readable data presents multiple currency figures without context or dates.
After a stormy day in Seattle Police freed Chin Quong 25 unconditionally and allowed Inge Yeun 19 to post 500 bail on concealed weapon charges Hom Yuen 45 faced the same charge but could not raise 500 dollars The remaining four men thought to be Bing Kung tong members remain held on open charges Police expect further arrests as they locate the wanted men and say Seattle may not see new tong killings soon.
Figures by C. A. Foresman place Yakima valley 1921 production at 39,884 carloads valued at 34,101,154 dollars. Itemized values include vegetables 2,353,565. grains 1,010,213. livestock 1,965,250. dairy 796,300. fruit and vegetables 1,083,650. hops 1,252,000. cement pipe 35,000. miscellaneous 275,000. Apples and hay not included.
New division chief of internal revenue for Northwestern Washington and Alaska, New Revenue Chief Huey, began duties Tuesday. He succeeds William T. Heeks, who resigned recently. Huey has served in the local department for two months and was Bremerton navy yard purchasing agent from 1911 to 1919. He then spent a year in Washington DC in the office of the commissioner of internal revenue. Appointment came through Burns Poe, collector for Washington and Alaska.
Mrs Anna Shea formerly Wade filed suit in Judge Boyd J Tallman s court Tuesday asking that the $15 a month child support set in the 1918 divorce be increased to $30. She claims her ex husband Walter Wade now in the auto accessory business in Seattle should contribute more for their son s support.
Lillian Russell touring Europe to observe immigration reports that poverty disillusionment and false hopes dominate letters from would be emigrants across the United Kingdom America still seems a utopia to many. She notes a Russian princess seeking a maid position and a mother asking passage for nine children to Los Angeles with conditions.
Ships report arrivals and departures at Seattle including the Arabia Mara Wenatchee Selma City Naeples Maru Admiral Dewey Princess Victoria North Western and others. Vessels in port span London Kobe Yokohama and San Francisco routes with multiple ships listed at various piers and times. The wireless report lists positions of Pomona Bldridge West Jester Edmore and others miles from Seattle.
Desmonneaux pleaded guilty to six counts of theft and forgery of naval pay checks totaling 1487.40 from Bremerton. Federal Judge BE Cushman sentenced him Tuesday to three years in federal prison and a $100 fine on each count, with sentences to be served concurrently.
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