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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1922
Page
4
The Amateur Press Club invites members to celebrate its 19th anniversary at Wolfe's cafeteria in Granite Falls. A chair will serve as toastmaster while W. Deery oversees arrangements and Roy Erford handles general duties.
Wholesale price list shows vegetables, nuts, and dairy with per crate and per case rates. Poultry and meats detail dressed and live prices, while stock market receipts and flour sugar quotations are included for Seattle area markets.
Barometer rising. Rainfall east and west reported. Winds at 12 miles per hour. Steam schooner passed at 5 a.m. and another vessel at 6:20 a.m.
Log lists arrivals and routes in Alaska and Pacific Northwest. Ships include Sir Hattie Luck bach from Mobidie via New Orleans and other ports, and vessels such as Admr Watson via Routhewestern in Southeastern Alaska. Entries record sailing times, port calls, and southbound or halted movements through January 23 24.
Shipping notices list ships arriving sailing and heading to Puget Sound, Seattle, Beattie and related ports. Vessels include Tesan, Poll tetan, Wheat land Montana, Pine Tree State, Arable Maru, Kaypt Mary, Cape Henry, Munrto, Horace X Baxter, Nome City, Admiral Redman, Wapame, Panaman, West leleta with varied arrival and departure times in January through early February.
A dense listing details vessels in port at Seattle and adjacent docks including Beattie for San Francisco, Honolulu routes, and ships like the Admiral Henley and Admiral Nicholson plus numerous terminals such as Smith Cove and Pier 11. It notes moorings, tugs, dredging firms, and various shipping lines, with references to numerous ships and routes across the Puget Sound region.
New York stock market opened with heavy action outside Gulf Blazens, led by steel shares down from Monday and last week’s highs. Rubber and equipment issues showed mixed moves while Baldwin and Studebaker fluctuated. Electric Storage Battery stock climbed to a new high as a committee considers capital re adjustment for the company.
Grain prices closed irregular at Chicago on January trade. No local selling, firm market tone cited from Buenos Aires. Cash wheat No 2 red at $1.24, May wheat steady, July wheat up. May corn and July corn mixed with small gains and later declines. May oats up, July oats up then eased.
Monday quotations from the New York Stock Exchange show cattle sheep and hog receipts with various price ranges for different grades. Denver market notes list cattle receipts and feeder prices alongside hogs and sheep, while foreign money rates and grain prices are provided by Manning and Co. Also noted is the statement that England's artificial flower industry employs over 10,000 persons.
California perishables were abundant on the Seattle wholesale market Tuesday. Spinach baskets moved from 2.50 to 2.75 for 20 to 24 pounds, crates at 4.50 for 50 pounds plus. Cauliflower 2.26 to 2.50 per half crate, Imperial Valley lettuce 3.00 to 2.56 per crate, San Fernando stock 2.50, celery varied in price, extra fancy oranges up to 6.50 a box. Apple prices firm amid strong demand East and for fancy grades, eggs weakened by rising receipts into April or May, butter unchanged at 34 cents a pound.
HW KR King, chairman of the Beattie thrift committee, urged making Thrift Week an annual institution. He spoke on its effects as the celebration ended Tuesday, noting a recurring need for thrift values and the strong influence on students in schools and colleges as they prepare to enter the workforce.
Jan 24 report shows only fair trading with few price changes. Southern citrus and vegetable freet damage extent undetermined for ten days. notes on fresh items and miscellaneous produce prices in the quoted lines.
In a family company descended from the late David Eceles, heirs control lumber and railroad interests in Oregon, sugar holdings in Utah and Idaho, and street and interurban railways serving Ogden and nearby areas.
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