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FRANK 'BORAX' SMITH,
FOll FORTUNE ON TIE
DESERT IN NEVADA
Frank "Borax” Smith, immigrant
boy from the middle west, had lost
many times in mining before he
won his fortune in Nevada mining.
He had roughed it thru Arizona and
California, the regular routes of his
kind, he wandered alone down a
Nevada ravine about which clus
tered legends of hot lava, deadly
serpents and myriad other destruc
tives- It was called Death Valley.
Frank Smith was challenging sui
cide in this desert. A great area of
shining ’white surface spread
a Square mile before him. ‘Twas
borax, nigh pure; naught akin to it
approached in history.
Within months, the claims he
' staked—alone there, save for tra
dition’s horrors—lifted venturer to
millionairedom. He became as fam
ous as Wall street’s rarest.
Borax Smith made money faster
than cashiers could spend it. And
what a spending career started!
The new Croesus bought everything
that anybody offered, anybody
\ could be persuaded into selling. He
• \ went in for banks, for mines, for
\ parks, manufacturers, railways, de
Vpartment stores. However high the
\orax tide climbed, there were
siting water gates to send the
^Jbes flooding broadcast. Mr.
\Srr%h owned so much he just could
Votl015115?6 a Part ft- He went
^(leheartedly broke.
m course, there isn’t any such
th«g as luck. But, sometimes, it
doejfceem as if there is something
—anlhow, that’s the way it ap
peared in the Borax Smith case.
\ FOR RENT
atCooper’s Landing
Two furnished cabins; car
and boats at your service.
Free wood, in fact everything
furnished but the eats.
JACK LEAN
Seattle Fur Exchange >$
6S MARION STREET VIADUCT
SEATTLE.'VI.S.A.i
FILMS FBOH THE SRCTIC !
BIG BUSHED SMS
Harry Blunt, the “Bering Sea
Eagle”, of the Alaskan Airways, ar
rived in Seward Friday evening
from Teller, bringing a consign
ment of films from the Metro
Goldwyn Mayer expedition, film
ing their production “The Eskimo ,
up in that section of the Arctic.
The films are being rushed to the
States to be developed and immed
iately upon arrival here they were
placed aboard the SS. Yukon.
Pilot Blunt, and Mechanic
Rudy Gaier, made the trip from
Teller to Seward in little better
than seven hours. The boat await
ed about half an hour for the air
men to arrive with the film con
signment. Mail from that region
for the states was also brought
down by the plane. Pilot Blunt
returned to the Anchorage base
early this morning.
Baby seagulls appear unable to
recognize their own parents.
Moose are fond of grazing be- ■
neath water.
Though original millions were de- j
pleted, he refusd to be depressed |
—kept along prospecting—one day .
to hear that across the alkali an- j
ether borax bonanza had been lo-j
cated. A hundred miles away was j
reported the find. But (only 75
years old), he mounted his horse
and negotiated the desert distance,
not once dismounting
And, just offhand, he bought the |
prospect outright. Paid a quarter j
of a million dollars for it^by elo- j
quence, 99 per cent psychology, and
! a promissory note,
j At the end of one month, what
j he had not paid for was appraised
i by bankers at $14,000,000. And for
i years he flourished on until at his I
s 80th birthday he died.
SPECIAL ON TIRE REPAIR. IN
quire at Bob’s Garage.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE
LOST—Waltham watch, gold, open
face; chain with fob and knife.
Initials E. M. on back of watch.
Finder please return and leave
for owner at Gateway office. 3x
Cabin for rent. See J. L. Graef.
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| FOR RENT—Four room house. See
McKay.
FOR RENT—Three room apart
ment by J. L. Graef.!
FOR SALE—Pontiac coach; excel-!
lent condition. Cheap. ^Inquire, j
Gateway.I
FOR SALE—Well bred Chesapeake ;
puppies. Enquire The Gateway.!
ALASKA FRESH EUUS
From the Lakeview Poultry
Farm
KENAI LAKE BOAT SERVICE i
Connects with taxi for Russian
River Points.
Rates reduced 25 per cent
j Short Hunts can be Arranged
Telephone HOWARD LONG
“TUMBLE DOWN
INN”
Mile 7 on Seward-Kenai
Highway—All the at
mosphere of Alaska
expressed in real
Alaskan style
CHICKEN DINNERS
DANCING
LUNCHES
Phone— 3 long rings
Doris Lee, Prop.
NIJKA BAY TRANS
PORTATION CO.
MS ROLPH in
Capt. Pete Sather
Leaves Seward 20th
of each month
For Charter or Hire
r
Fresh, Frozen or Salted
FISH
ADAMS 14
Paulsteiner’s
SEA FOOD MARKET
SHIP ANYWHERE
Wholesale apd Retail
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WILL REPRESENT CANADA
PORT TALHOUIE, Ont, July 23. |
—The Leander eight-oar crew of J
Hamilton will represent Canada in j
the Olympic games. They won the ;
right to battle for the Maple Leaf j
by defeating the Toronto Argonauts
here in the time of 5 minutes and
49.45 seconds, the fastest time ever
recorded in North America.
GOING HOME
WASHINGTON, July 23. —Many i.
hundreds of veterans of the bonus I
army are becoming tired of it all [,
and, half-starved, they are secur
ing whatever financial aid they
can in the way of borrowing on
their certificates, enough money to
provide for food and transportation ,
tjack home.
GOOD OUTLOOK DUCKS
WASHINGTON, July 23. —Cana
dian scientists who have been
studying sunspots from the Dom
inion Observatory of the Depart
ment of the Interior, Ottawa, have
predicted more rainfall and a bet- j
ter breeding season for ducks for j
the next several years beginning j
this year.
Porcupines are very fond of salt.
Flowers made to order for all
occasions. Sylvia’s.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr, A. D. Haverstock
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Seward, Alaak*
FOB FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
AGENT
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Attorney-at-Law Notary Public i
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Phone Madtaon 108— Teeklenherg Bldg.
Douohue & Dimond
attorneys at law
OFFICES
VALDEZ AND CORDOVA
MENU GROT ME
ENGINEERS TO SEIM)
Filot Matt Nieminen, of the Al
iskan Airways, came to Seward Fri
day forenoon with three passen
gers. engineers, who have been in
vestigating cinnabar properties in
:he Crooked Creek district of In
ferior Alaska. They were flown
from Crooked Creek to Anchorage
rhursday and the last leg of their
flight being completed Friday when
;hey were flown to Seward.
The engineers, John Muirhead,
Robert Karpenski and H. L. Smith,
le enroute to the States and left
m the SS. Yukon. The engineers
aave traveled quite extensively
since they came to Alaska and have
looked over a number of mineral
prospects. Nieminen left yester
day afternoon for Anchorage.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
J. L. Reed, with headquarters at
Seward, returned Friday from a
business trip to Anchorage. Judge:
Reed was accompanied by his son!
Richard and daughter Alice. Mrs..
Reed returned to Seward several
days ago.
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PERSONAL ATTENTION
given all auto work done by
BOB'S GARAGE
AND REPAIR SHOP
BOE BUILDING
6th and Washington
ROBERT MANTHEY
Phone Mad. 144
“Let us end your motoring
troubles.”
MS BLUE FOX
FOR HIRE or CHARTER
Makes monthly trips around all
Shumagin Islands and Herin
deen Bay and will land anyone
anywhere on either side of Al
aska Peninsula.
CAPT. RALPH GROSVOLD
Sand Point, Alaska.
A FULL STOCK OF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE—MINERS’
SUPPLIES, A SPECIALTY
GEORGE ROLL
HOPE, ALASKA
BETTER TIMES ARE COMING
Don’t be Discouraged!
Don't lose the will to win .... don’t join the pessimists who
see naught but disaster ahead—
’ During a previous depression, the government had to is
sue paper “Clearing House Certificates” as a substitute for
money. Conditions were just as bad, only we have forgotten.
Prosperity has always followed bad times—this is one of the
laws of business cycles.
Now is the time to substitute the word “Reconstruction” for
“depression.”
Don’t be discouraged. Lend a hand to reestablish confidence.
America will see this through and emerge victorious.
Better times are coming!
We pay 4 per cent interest compounded semi
annually on all savings accounts.
Bank of Seward
Travelers’ Checks
Coal
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FROM US BY THE SACK
OR IN CARLOAD LOTS
NANIMO, nut or mine run, range coal in sack or bulk
EVAN JONES, Lump or mine run coal.
HEALY LUMP, from the Matanuska Coal fields
Premier Coal.
WOOD, COAL, ICE, HAY, GRAIN, and TRANSFERING
Alaska Transfer
Office in Arcade Building Phone Main 81
H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
ANOTHER LAUGH YARN
OKLAHOMA, July 23, —The story
is told here that Governor “Alfalfa
Bill” Murray, visited a state insane
asylum Friday and that as he ap
proached one of the inmates he j
was asked who he was. Governor .
Murray told the enquirer, “I am ^
Governor Wm. H. Murry of Okla
homa” The inmate laughed and
then told the Governor, “You’ll
soon get over that, I thought I was
Herbert Hoover when I came in”.
The USS. Gannet team again
sent the local baseball Dlayers home
from the Harriman Lake baseball
stadium with defeat. The Gannet!
beat Seward 12 to 6.
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
National—Pittsburgh, .593, Chi
:ago, .549, Boston, .512, Philadel—
>hia, .489, St. Louis, .488, Brooklyn ,
476, New York, .463, Cincinnati,,
435. American—New York, .67J„
Cleveland, .570, Philadelphia, 568.,
Washington, .558, Detroit, .549, St..
!xmis, .470, Chicago, .361, Boston^.,
241.
PLAN BIG FLIGHT
ROME, July 23, —Italo Balbo-,
talian Minister of Alt’, is planning
o lead a flight of 24 planes in a
ion-stop flight across the Atlantic
icean within the near future, it was.
evealed here.
Thirsty? Try Sylvia’s fountain^
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It can be purchased in special Vacuum Cans,
where the famous “Dated" Can is not avail
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