The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 12

THE. SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, 1919. | Salmon Outstrips Gold in Wealth of Alaska ut more than 16 what which Alaska fame the chief product of the Far Russia sold us Alaska for a 000, In 1918 Alaska products were valued country was purchased for Gold had been superseded by eal North te The at $90. was minerals OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN 1919 NEGOTIATED THRU “An Office That Knows Its Subject’ HOGE BUILDING Private Exchange tal of all Alask Two-thirds of thi finh, ducts during 1918 was valned while only one-third MINERALS. $10,000,000 180,000 Gold Silver Tin lead Antimony Pungaten Ore, P Petroleum, Fish PRODUCTS falmon ee . . ibut, Cod, F Clams, Shrimps, Crabs, etc Fertilizer and Meal ou es Whalebone Total mr and Skins M lancous Total Minera: Grandé Total . Main 4350 ) destructive winds. WEATHER PROMOTES ~~ Sage ed omg A ea ee oe tes eats etal oat ao ea | SIRE DEPARTRRNT beneficial weather 12 months in the year o j The climate ts mild, with an aver id can bout of EMPLOYS 600 MEN Age dally temperature ranging from er, better or! ‘The earliest fire nt on 36 to 46 in mid. winter and 50 to 76 | ° mer CITY BOUGHT WATER — SYSTEM FOR TIDY SUM The fi ' un Me record here was a n Seattle t# 7 per! pany equipped with ainfall is never excenntve, | 1,000, the lowest in the world. Jand buckets. | r ie never euffocating, humid “ a " The present fire department em-| valued at or breathlens. | Washington has onesixth of the pioyn 600 firemen and the city’s fire water to The nights are always cool and | water power in the nation. Seattle! apparatus is valued at $700,000, The the days never too hot. has the cheapest péwer in the coun-| improved property used by the de- Seattle ix free from the ravages of | try, exeeptine peastbly Niagara. | partment is worth $1,100,000 water 248,158. It supplies: 00 customers. Seattle has the largest cargo) crane on the Pacific coast. Grays Harbor Motorship Corporation Plant and General Offices: Aberdeen, Wash. Executive Offices: Seattle, Wash. Designers and Builders of the New “Forest Line” Five-Masted Barkentines SEATTLEA FIRST DEPOT. THE PRESENT DEPOTS ARE NOW LOCATED DIRECTLY OPrPro SITE. KING 8ST. AT THAT TIME HAD NOT BEEN CUT DOWN OVER THE HILL. “FOREST PRIDE” “FOREST DREAM” “FOREST FRIEND” “FOREST NYMPH” Completed in November and December, 1919. THE FIRST TRAIN OF LOGS TO ENTER SEATTLE BY RAIL. THIS WAS A BIG NT AT THAT TIME ling to Superintendent of Public Utilities Thomas F. Murphine. Ad Jan accommodation to the patrons of | the general store operated by Dexter 5 5 Horte In those days Storekeepers ditional trackage will embrace the 5 Dexter Horton, David F a North Ballard or Greenwood line, the ‘Dexter Horton Opened First that the three men Mentioned © woodshed to m room for the| pany last April at a cost of $15, stick it under the counter for ante negotiation < As matters now stand & 3 Bank in Old Store above opened their first bank—the new banking quar’ 000,000, one of the most radical steps attle owns eeping a: let the owner return and take it any time he saw fit to do so. the most ext It was in June, 1870—six months City Gives Longest Ride for rasiway in tn Five Cents Here _ Seattle is a banking town. Small| Dexter Horton. And it is @ matter y of 8 sand large, her banking institutions of record that they found it neces 4, rivaling o far 9 move a large number of ally owned system of G after Senttle incorporated as a city When the city of Seattle took over | « r barrels and apple boxes into| Sound Traction, Light & Power com-| 4 " ines of the Puget|t ed mu SUNG ose be ana thes the street car lines of the Puget Tposits of over $183,000.00: years ago Seattle's fin carried in money belts » With six-shooters to a gre It is amusing to executives ands officials of one of Seattle's large banks today to look back to the first bank Seattle could boast of. The first bank here was run as! ASKOW Thru the payment of a «ingle five cent fare a passenger may ride from of the city to the The free tran stem maken suc a ride possit Extenalve munictpal is West y employes an 148 employese—and there ie ple box in the place half-century of existence,|one end ) miles of street car yatem. in her other | tracks in t | ‘The municipal system will Include Golf every day of the year in Se| more than 300 miles of trackage be attle over four wonderful courses, | fore the year 1920 Is ended, accord kin planned 1920. of tt for Seattle ¢ TACOMA Perkins Bldg. Mai 6 Northwest Builders Supply Co. SAND and GRAVEL These vessels are designed and especially adapted for the lumber carrying trade and embody the latest achievements in construction and design. SPECIFICATIONS Built of Douglas Fir Lumber, Well Seasoned Length over all 260 ft. Our sand and gravel pit at Steilacoom is equipped with the most modern electrically driven machin- ery for washing and screening. 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