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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
7
A Wyoming flock of 4 100 sheep and two Montana flocks of 1 200 each arrived in Duluth to be placed on Northern Minnesota cutover land after drought starved their ranges. Over 20 000 acres of land have been listed with railroads for feeding starving stock and officials expect up to 1 000 000 head shipped here for fattening in coming weeks.
Chicago reports hogs climbing to 22.80 per hundredweight with dealers forecasting 23.00 by week’s end amid keen competition for high grade bacon. In London, Bonar Law announced steps in Commons to prevent the escape of the former kaiser.
Superior Judge Walter M. French of Kitsap county testified before the grand jury on Wednesday as a principal witness in the case of James Bruce I W W organizer acquitted recently of criminal anarchy. Other witnesses included Mrs Joe Hill and Hotel Butler staff as the probe continued with local law officers and witnesses named from the Hotel Georgian and Kirkland highway chicken ranch.
After his seventeenth Alaska voyage Gus Snelling, long time City of Seattle first mate, earns his master's license and will skipper the Aquilla owned by H F Alexander and D C Jackling. He previously served on the Cyprus and Minnesota, served in World War I, and will sail for Alaska once Jackling arrives.
James T. Leghorn, auditor in Olympia, declines the Seattle post as auditor of appropriations citing health. Corporation Counsel Meier had called the council appointment illegal, noting Leghorn is not civil service eligible and the president of the council must appoint.
Henry Broderick acting for John T. Heffernan serves notice to tenants at the northeast double corner property at Sixth Ave. and Pine St. that a new modern business structure will be built soon. Work is expected to start August 1 with the block size and final plans not yet determined.
San Francisco market notes list butter extras 55 percent, prime firsts 54 and 52 cents per pound. Eggs extras 62 cents per dozen, extra pulpets 46 cents. Cheese California flats fancy 82 cents, firsts 30 cents. Potatoes old crop Idaho gems $2.40 per cwt, Yakima $2.10, Oregon burbanks $2.15, new delta white $2 per box. Onions red $4.25 per sack, yellow $7 per cwt. Red feed $2.60, seed $2.75 per cwt. Barley spot feed $2.96 per cwt.
Coastal traffic reports show vessels arriving at Seattle and Tacoma such as the Africa Maru for Yokohama and the Kashima Maru for Seattle, plus numerous coastwise sailings from Umatilla lightship to Vancouver and San Francisco. Port Townsend and Everett ship movements include the City of Beattie and Multnomah, with wireless US Naval communications noting Admirals Rodman off Digby Island and Libby Maine through Unimak Pass.
Port land market notes cattle receipts of 29 head with steers selling from 7 to 10 dollars and cows and heifers up to 7.50. Prime mixed cattle 21.50, pigs 15.50 to 19.50, sheep 6 to 13. Prime lambs 12 to 13, yearlings 6 to 8, butter 52 to 53 cents per pound, hens 26 to 28 cents, broilers 21 to 26 cents per pound.
Local markets received first new potatoes of the season from Kennewick on Tuesday, selling at 4% cents per pound. Soft fruits remain strong but slightly lower than initial quotes, with carload fruit shipments from eastern Washington moving nationwide. Seattle receives only fruit that cannot endure long railroad journeys, yet prices stay competitive with national markets. The local market faces a growing surplus of cheap grade produce that traders refuse to move at half price, hindering butter movements. New California and other regional entries appear in mixed quotes for vegetables and fruits, including cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, radishes, rhubarb, and potatoes priced by ton or per dozen.
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