H. N. EVANS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Stores at
Kanaf.ak, Egagik, Chignik
THAT PEI'S OUTFITTED.
Mail Orders Given Careful
and prompt attention
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Ha.<s Seversen, Prop.
Pioneer Trader - Fur Buyer
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Iliamna, Alaska
i1 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Questions
1. How far into the ocean water
does the sunlight penetrate?
2. Was the deep sea ever a land
area?
3. How deep is the deepest part
of the Mediterranean?
4. In what year was “The Star
Spangled Banner” written?
5. In what year was Maryland
settled?
I i 6. What was the first city set
tled in Pennsylvania?
Answers
1. To a depth of 000 feet. 2. No.
3. About 10,000 feet. 4. 1812. 5. 1832.
6. Philadelphia.
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SEATTLE
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SEWARD GRILL
Mel Holben, proprietor
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I Seward Light & Power Co.
Light, Power and Telephone Service
Contractors and Dealers in
Electrical Supplies and Appliances
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The KOHLER Automatic
produces 110-volt current
The Kohler Automatic Power and Light Plant ^"oduces
standard 110-volt electricity, and therefore allor * you to
use the same standard electric light bulbs and appliances
used in cities. These appliances are available everywhere
and cost less than those of lower voltage.
Coupled with this advantage of the Kohler Automatic is
the feature of “no storage batteries.” This does away with
the trouble and expense of maintaining a la rye bank of
glass-cell storage batteries. The only battery Tised wn i
the Kohler Automatic is a small, autcmobi: j - type for
starting the engine.
Thus the Kohler Automatic gives you all the advantages
of city electricity with the same convenience—simply
turn any button cn the circuit and you have electricity |
for power or light. Send for illustrated booklet. Come in
and see the plant in operation. o
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Seward Machine Shop
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, t/P)— ;
Many of the older residents ut' this
|wonderful city are able to lecall the
picturesque character and career
i of j. C. Flood, who starred as
;a poor mechanic and won a great
i fortune on the Comstock lode in
Nevada. Although he never rose to
isuch nation-wide prominence as
did his partners, Fair and Maekay, j
1 Flood played a conspicuous part 1
in the days of the California gold
rush and in the latter financial
history of San Francisco
! Born on Staten Island, New York
October 25, 1826, James C. Flood
received a meager education in
the public schools of the metropolis
and then tooK up the u«,uc ui a
mechanic. He was among the first
of the pioneers who came to Cali
fornia in ‘49. On reaching San
Francisco he worked for about a
year as a carpenter, then went to
the diggings and engaged in min
ing, and after accumulating sever
al thousand dollars returned to
New York. With his little capital he
removed his parents to Illinois,
bought them a farm, and then re
turned to California.
FORMED PARTNERSHIP
Soon after his second arrival in
San Francisco he met ont Wil
liam O’Brien, who had accompan
ied him on his first trip around the
Horn. The two formed a partner
ship and opened a saloon, which
soon became the headquarters for
many miners. The partners added
to their business that of buying
claims, finding purchasers for dis
couraged and needy miners, loan
ing money, speculaing in stocks,
and joining fortunate claim own
ers in developing their property.
BECAME BROKERS
The success of these ventures led
O’Brien and Flood to stablish a
regular brokerage office. Later,
the partners invested heavily in
various mines in the celebrated
Comstock lode, and made a large
sum of money. Soon after their
investment, they became acquaint
ed with James G Fair and John
W. Maekay, both successful mining
men, and the four uniting in part
nership formed the famous Bonan
za firm. A large number of smail
properties were purchased for the
reported sum of $75,000, combined
mto two—the Consolidated Vir
ginia and the California—and stock
to the amount of $5,000,000 was
placed on the market.
GREAT SILVER DISCOVERY
In 1871 the firm began to push
the development of their mining
property with vigor, ancl in 1875
made the announcement of the
wonderful discovery of silver that
astonished the world. Their stock
rose to fabulous figures and start
ed a craze for speculation. In six
yvars the two mines yielded in gold
and silver $172,275,270 and from
1875 to 1879 paid $75,000,000 in div- j
idends. The partners were report
ed to have cleared $20,000,000 each
by tne transaction.
MINING MADE PROFITS
i Flood, as did his partners, be
came one of the financial mag
i natesl of San Francisco. He enter
ed into the banking business, but
in the panic of the late ’70s his
bank failed and he was reputed to
have lost considerable money. Lat
tr he encountered another heavy
loss in a colossal wheat speculation.
His mining properties, however,
continued to yield large returns
and he retained a fortune of many
millions. Mr. Flood was generous
in his donations to public causes
and did much for the development
slid improvement of San Francis
co. His home on Nob Hill, erected
at a cost of $1,500,000 and lavishly
i places of the Pacific coast metrop
furnished, was one of the show
olis. He also owned much property
in the business section of the city.
Flood died in 1889 while traveling
in Europe.
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| SAN FRANCISCO, May 22. (/P)
—California has a population of
5,524,887, far exceeding all ex
pectations. It means an increase
of 2,043,985, a percentage of 58.
EL PORTAL,, Calif. May 22. UP)
Family hatreds, flaring into
reu d,toils frenzies as the result
the double murder on the edge of
of a drinking brawl, resulted in
Ycsemite Park, according to the
Mariposa County officials.
The dead are William Wilson,
45, Indian and his wife Susan.
Half a mile from the All Year
i highway, where the bodies were
i found, the police found Joe Rube,
Mrs. Wilson’s brother. He was ta
ken into custody for further hi
ve, t'ga lion.
There was bad feeling between
Wilson and Rube, according U
other Indians, over a $75,000 wih
contest in which Wilson was an
important witness. No charge has
been placed against Rube.
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