Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
Resourses $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
SIMSON RETURNS
FROM GERMANY
CONDITIONS BAD
FAIRBANKS BUSINESS MAN VIS
ITS FLORIDA FOR BRIEF PE
RIOD; NOT SO GOOD
“Everything in Florida is inflated
and the party who buys last, espe
cially of real estate, is apt to come
out the loser,” stated Ben Simson,
clothing merchant of the Interior who
arrived in Seward last evening from
Seattle on the Admiral Watson. Mr.
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Simson, en route to Alaska from the
East coast, came by way of Florida
and looked the country over. As an
example he related one incident where
a young man purchased a 50 foot lot
three years ago for $1000 and a few
months later sold it to the United
Stores Company, Inc., for an even
million dollars. Since then the com
pany has begun the construction of
a $250,000 business block.
Mr. Simson has been making trips
to Germany the last three years and
is direct from there now, having spent
the past six months there in various
portions of the country. Conditions
are bad in Germany, he said, and
poverty is raampant. A few years ago
where large banks each had a deposit
of several millions of dollars, they
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for a few days only
Come early and take your pick
now have a few hundreds of thou
sands. It is almost impossible to
transact loans thru them. The rate
of interest is now on the average of
15 per cent and on top of that is the
commission charge of nine per cent.
If anyone has the cash and want to
purchase a business block or an apart
ment, $5,000 in many- instances has
bought outright a building valued at
$90,000.
Mr. Simson continued on to An
chorage this morning, departing cn
the freight train. After a few days
spent in thes Inlet town where for
merly he was engaged in business, he
will go on to Fairbanks where he is
interested with his brother, Lipma.a
Simson, in a general store. While in
Seward he was a guest at the Hotel
Van Gilder.
ACT OF HEROISM
SAVES LIFE OF
TELLER WOMAN
(Nome Nugget)
A story of unusually pathetic inter
est was brought to Nome by Captain
Thomas Peterson of the Teller Light
erage Company, on Friday evening,
October 30.
Capt. Peterson came to Nome at the
request of John Read of Teller for
the purpose of bringing if possible a
doctor to attend Mrs. Reed who is in
a very serious condition. The woman
has been ailing for some time and
was suffering from what was consid
ered rheumatism, and steadily growing
worse was taken over to the Luther
an mission across the Bay. Some
three days ago a decided change for
the worst took place and she became
paralyzed from her waist down. After
vainly trying every means available,
it was decided to go to Nome for a
doctor. Mr. Peterson got ready his
launch, the Pippin, and in company
with Norman and Edward Tweet, they
started for Nome.
Facing a strong easterly wind with
a heavy surf they made Cape Spen
cer, and when abreast of the Cape
the rig used for raising and lowering
the propeller became disabled leaving
no alternative but to get the launch
ashore and repair the break, which
took about 1’ hours to accomplish by
the most primitive means. Mr. Pe
terson and the boys made improvised
forge fires and with the lights from |
blazing fagots welded the iron into j
shape. After placing their boat in j
snape tney neaaeci ior sieage island.
The wind which had been easterly
when they rounded the Cape, chopped
into the south east with a nasty sea
running. At times only the superior
seamanship of Capt. Peterson saved
them from a watery grave. Battling
with the elements they finally made
shelter at Sledge Island after dark
on the evening of the 29th, laying in
the lee of the island until the fore
noon of the 30th. They decided the
weather had moderated sufficiently to
make Nome and reached here about
5 o'clock at night.
After landing Mr. Peterson rushed
to Dr. Rex Swartz, where he was in
formed it would be impossible for the
doctor to leave as his services were
too urgently needed on critical cases
here. However the doctor gave Mr.
Peterson a letter of instructions to
the nurse at the mission directing her
how to proceed and also medicines.
Capt. Peterson hastened back and re
ports received here later state that
the patient is much improved from the
instructions and medicines sent.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed are both well
known in Nome and are old timers in
the Teller section. Before her mar
riage Mrs. Reed was a nurse at the
Swedish Lutheran Mission.
ECHO QUERIES WHO?
[ Who is going to be the District At
i torney for the Third Division? That
, is a question that is agitating many.
[ Apparently the contest has narrowed
> down to a choice between J. L. Reed,
i of Valdez; F. H. Foster of Cordova,
| and W. D. Coppernoll of Seward, all
J of whom are able attorneys and would
■ fill the position with honor to them
\ selves and credit to the Department,
J and either would be acceptable to the
« people of the Division. Evidently we
■ are not to know until after the first
\ of the year when Congress convenes
• again. Those with a large bump of
■ curiosity including ourselves, would
a like to know just what is holding up
J the appointment—Valdez Miner.
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