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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1922
Page
4
Market reports show fresh ranch eggs at two cents per dozen under Monday’s ad with assorted colors and stock levels. Butter and other commodities trend higher nationwide as lemons remain firm with prices ranging by grade and size. wholesale fruits and dairy products also listed with varied per crate or per dozen figures.
Early dealings on the New York stock exchange showed firmer prices with gains in several issues. Union Pacific rose to 1525, others like Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific edged higher while notes on copper and Chilean production appeared, and a special demo in copper was staged as markets steadied.
Chicago sept 19 irregular grain market with easy fluctuations. Wheat declined due to weak export business while corn showed late gains after early weakness. Oats and other futures opened mixed and largely closed off their intraday levels with slight net changes.
Chicago cash wheat and cattle quotations show slow market action with receipts around 14 000. No. 3 hard wheat at $10.5 to $9.96. bulk sales to $7.46. hogs, sows, and feeder cattle listed with varied weights and prices. Cattle receipts near 14 000 with mixed grades and prices from $6.96 to $16.75 for choose and prime, veal calves at $11.76 to $12.50, and lambs around $9 to $15.75. Market described as steady to slow with mixed demand.
Market steady across cattle and sheep with steady gilt receipts. Cattle steady with steers $7,505.25 and cows to $85.75, calves $4.50, prime mixed $19.76, heavies $7.10, sheep receipts 679 with lambs $9.49 to $4.50, wethers $4.56 to $7.60, ewes $2.05. Feed and grain prices listed for wheat, corn, alfalfa, linseed, and oils.
Tide details for Seattle appear with times and heights for high and low tides. The schedule lists first and second low tides and highs across the day with specific feet measurements and timestamps.
The report details foreign exchange in New York with the pound at 4.41½ dollars, francs at 0.??, and marks around 6.00064. It also mentions San Francisco商品 pricing entries and various commodity terms with unclear OCR phrases tied to dairy and cheese items.
Four men were hospitalized after a belated shop strike disorder near the labor temple in Portland. One man, Charles Arnold, 26, feared fatally stabbed. Fr F Amyck, a confessed strikebreaker, and two others D F Green and Frank Smith were treated for chest neck cuts and black jack wounds. Three men were arrested on disorderly charges.
The Hewitt Lea Lumber Company sued King County for damages from Lake Washington’s 1916 lowering. A Superior Court jury, directed by Judge J T Ronald, was dismissed after a nine to three vote in favor of the plaintiff.
W. Smith, 2¢, was held in the city jail Tuesday on charges of stealing B. Wileford's watch. The report notes Smith now has time to reconsider his actions. The piece also mentions 100,000 London children under six in elementary schools.
James H. Flannery of Georgian Annex appeals to Chief Bev eryne after claiming a Severyn police officer took his black derby from a restaurant hat rack. Flannery quips it is worse when a cop swipes his hat, and now wears a gray chapeau left by the officer in place of his own.
The will of George M. Stewart, Seattle postmaster under McKinley, was admitted to probate in superior court Tuesday by Judge King Dykeman. Stewart died in Seattle August 24 at age 72. Beneficiaries include widow Mrs Kate T. Stewart and three daughters Mrs Marguerite Fisk, Mrs Gladys Talbot of Seattle, and Mrs Vonnie Brown of Newman California. The estate values around $5,000 with A B Stewart and J H M Ballinger named executors.
Thompson Br Moore 67 president of Seattle hotel formation bureau died last week. He came to Seattle from the East in 1906 and helped build 20 Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition buildings. Survived by widow Matilda J Moore, four sons including Br T Moore, and daughter Hazel Moore.
Judge Jeremiah Neterer of the U S district court will speak at the Kiwanis club gathering Wednesday noon at the Washington Annex. The program, under the public affairs committee, marks Constitution week and commemorates the signing of the American Constitution as part of Kiwanis International activities.
Two masked assailants attacked Tom Waall of Stel acoom at the Tacoma Interurban station late Monday night. He was assaulted, rendered unconscious, and robbed of $30 and a luggage check.
A burglar broke into Toy Lam Hing's room on Monday night taking Toy's winter Manuels razor strap soap and a bottle of Chinese medicine.
Mrs. N A Peterson of 6341 Fourth Ave N E offers a reward for the return of her dog Ted a Spitz shepherd white with brown spots. Ted vanished months ago from Kenwood and is to be brought home. contact the morning call number Kenwood 8342.
A party of noted writers and illustrators touring America will arrive in Seattle at 6 p.m. Wednesday aboard David Whitcomb's yacht. Guests include George Palmer Putnam and Mrs. Putnam, Wallace Irwin, George S. Chappell, Charles Hanson Towne, John Hold, Frederick O'Brien, Walter Trumble, Hubbard Hutchinson, and Ruth Hale. Women will be entertained at the Stimson home, while men dine with the Puget Sound Chamber of Commerce at a fish dinner.
The Blue Funnel liner Ixion, managed by Dodwell & Co., will deliver about 4 600 tons of Oriental products to Seattle on its last voyage to this port. The new steamship Achilles will take over the trans Pacific run, replacing the Ixion and expected to arrive Manila before December 30. The Achilles is a sister ship to the Tyndareus and the Ixion will carry tea and silk among its cargo this week.
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