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About 1793. during George Wash
ington’s second administration and
while the Spanish padres were
comnleting their chain of missions
in Alta. Calif., this little settlement
was moved to Pavlovsk, or St. Paul
harbor, the present site of Kodiak.
At this time the American renre
sentatives of the Shelikoff-Golikoff
Co., was Alexander Baranoff, who
for 30 years was an outstanding fig
ure in Russian American history.
When in 1796 the Shelikoff-Goli
fcoff Co., was absorbed by the great
fur monopoly known as the Russian
American Co., which dominated
trade in Russian America until the
occupation of the United States
and of which several members of
the royal family as well as the Rus
sian government were heavy stock
holders, Baranoff succeeded to the
management of the new organiza
tion. He was later known as the
Russian governor and Kodiak be
came the Russian capitol. Thus it
remained until after the founda
tion of Sitka which remained the
capitol under United States rule
until the removal to Juneau.
One reflects upon these days of
old as he wanders thru the green
vaults of the old mill road where
more than 100 years ago the early
Russian settlers carried their grain
to the old mill at Loon Lake, four
miles north of Kodiak, listening
perhaps to the peal of the bells in
the Russian church, the very same
bells that ring out their messages to
the inhabitants today.
And reflecting this, one comes to
a startling thought as though he
had put his hand into a surprising
void where he had expected solid
substance. He comes to the sud
den realization that over yonder to
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the west scarcely more than five
miles away where the mountain be
gin to roll themselves into towering
billows is “terre incognito”,—a land
as completely unknown as when
the bold Glotoff sighted those ma
jestic peaks nearly 167 years ago.
Over there is the interior of Kodiak,
probably one of the greatest unex
plored expanses of Alaska remain
ing to be prospected and mapped.
THE GRIM KODIAK MENACE
Down in the harbor the fishing
vessels come and go; up in the hills
the giant Kodiak bear lumbers
along the trail or crushes thru the j
brush in quest of fish and berries, j
a veritable behemoth, the largest
carnivorous animal on earth. He
has been known so big that he
would weigh a ton and his pelt
would almost cover the floor of a |
12 by 14 room. As a writer in the
National Geographic Magazine de- |
scribed the foot prints of the bruin j
over on the peninsula, “they were
about 16 inches long and a foot
wide, as as big as the. magazine ;
spread out.”
Here we have two reasons why |
the Interior of Kodiak is practically
unknown even though it had some j
of the earliest white settlements in
America.
The inhabitants have always
been of the sea. They cared naught ;
of the interior; they traveled by the !
sea and lived from the sea, and be
sides they feared the bear because
the Kodiak bear is a fearsome
thing. Hunters have penetrated a
few miles from their boats in the
bays and inlets but back-packing is
an arduous thing; stockmen have
ranged their herds of cattle and j
flocks of sheep a short distance
;from the home ranch on the beach
es but the deprivations of the bear
have driven them quickly back; i
prospectors have braved the foot- j
hills of the mountains but a foray
on their cache would drive them
back with the fear of the great bear
in their hearts.
(Continued on Page Seven)
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SENDING FAMOUS MEDICINE
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wherever Sargon has been in
troduced, thousands of letters
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results that have been accom
plished by this celebrated med
icine
THOUSANDS EXPRESS
GRATITUDE
On November 27th, a letter
dated November 23rd, was re
ceived at the Sargon offices ad
vising that in one week one drug
firm alone had received orders
for Safgon to be shipped to
Cavite, Philippine Islands; Coca
Solo, Canal Zone; Belebrok, Ire
land; and Paris, France.
Only recently a well-known
resident of Denver, Colorado, who
had been restored to health by
Sargon, sent a full treatment to
London, England, to his sister,
who is the wife of an executive
of one of the greatest retail drug
firms in the British Empire.
During the past month there
appeared in the Toronto papers
the statement of a well-known
World War veteran whose health
had been greatly impaired while
in the service, who stated among
other things, that he owed his
restoration to health to two bot
tles of Sargon sent him by a
friend in Minneapolis.
LETTERS RECEIVED FROM
THE NORTHWEST
From the Northwest, many let
ters of this kind have been re
ceived advising that users of
Sargonare sending it to relatives
back in their old countries of
Norway and Sweden.
Many such letters and en
dorsements have been received
from men of prominence, in
cluding former governors, bus
iness and professional men,
mayors, state and county offi
cials, and even Ministers of the
Gospel have deemed it their
duty to come forward and tell
what Sargon has done for them.
These are only a few of thous
ands of such cases and not a day
nor a week passes that does not
bring hundreds of statements
from the people concerning the
good this medicine is doing, and
reciting case after case that
would convince the most skepti
cal.
Sargon’s fame is built on ac
tual results—not empty promises
and only those who have put it
to the test know its real powers.
Sargon’s aim is not mere tem
porary relief, but new and abun
dant health. No wonder it is now
called the medicine with a mil
lion friends.
The Seward Drug Company oi
this city, is the local agent for
Sargon. Adv.
1861: Texas seceded from the
Union.
Mrs. Wm. Shellhorn, wife ol
t^c loeol power official, who ac
companied the Seward girls cage
team to Anchorage, remained
over to visit friends and may re
turn home, with daughter Wilma
on the next train.
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Here is an interesting game
which at present has taken the
! North country by storm. When J
things become dull at house par
ties the guests may choose some
article of furniture, radio, auto,
I or even wearing apparel, then
I each player take a turn at guess
1 ing how many installments the ,
owner has paid. 'This is said to j
| be a thrilling indoor sport.
GAMES TONIGHT
The Seward Midgets defeated the ;
Jesse Lee Midgets 10 "to 6 in a game !
played last night. The Seward high
school team also defeated the Jesse |
Lee Home high school in a fact
game, 36 to 14. The high school
team will play the Firemen tonight i
and the Seward high second string j
will take on the Jesse Lee grade
school team.
The Margus Cafe, at Anchorage, j
; has temporarily closed, it is said, j
until the return of Gus Knapp !
sometime in April.
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Seventy new postal boxes were
recently installed at the An- j
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eter by which to guage the growth
of a city.
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Among others of those who
journeyed to Anchorage with the
Seward girls high school team
mcl who are staying over for a
couple of more days visit, were
June Geyer, Maude Larsson and
Doris Sullivan.
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