Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-28
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Sell FLOUR FOR
RED CROSSFUND
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John d. McGilvray, wife Of the poten-
tate, who we're here recently, and
Joe Heineberg, Mayor James Rolph.
Jr, bought tickets Nos. 103 and 100.
Teddy Schmidt of the German Bank,
holder Of ticket Nc. liz, won the flour
and gave the sack to Potentate Jack
McGflyray, who was also here, to be
ratified off again on June IA at the
big shrine ceremonial at Dreamland
rink, San Francisco, the proceeds OF
the sale TO be donated to the Red
Cross. The flour brought $3.50.
Contest No. 3
Almost 1900 tickets were sold at 25
cents each for this contest. Herman
Johnson, United States senator, now
at Washington, d. c., bought ticket
No. 176. Potentate McGilvray drew
ticket No. So at the banquet held i'm
mediateIy after the ceremonial on
June IA, and Robt. c. Little with the
German Bank was the winner! Mr..
Little, like the other winners, IL a
member Of Islam Temple. Winner
Schmidt sold winner Little his ticket,
a. they have adjoining desks at the
sane bank.
The proceeds Of this sale were
$t76.2s. The sack Of flour was again
returned to Islam Temple and the po.
tentate offered the flour 70 Aahmes
Temple of Oakland to be ratified Off
at their Red Cross entertainment at
the Municipal Auditorium on June Is.
Contest Nc. 4
|. The fourth contest was held at a
ball Of the Aahmes temple and the
proceeds were $7a.25. Contest No. 5
was held on board the Wilhelmina
June 25 and was won by A. Anderson,
the assistant engineer, who donated
It back to Islam temple. The proceeds
were sS1.25, making q total Of $450.25
the flour has already realized for the
Red Cross through the Shriners.
The question now before the house
is: How much will Honolulu donate
Another question il: VIII this sack
Of -four, which started SO modestly
but IL still travelling and IL destined
TO more trips, become as famous as
Gridley's $276,000 sack Of Civil wal
famef The story Of that sack is short
but picturesque. 1t goes something
like this:
The s27s,ooo Sack
During the Civil war q sack Of flour
was sold hundreds Of times by Reyel
Colt Gridley, merchant Of Austin, Ne
yada. The money from the auctions
was donated to the sanitary commits
sion, an organization that cared for
the widows and families of Union so.
diers. The flour was sold the first time
In the mining camp of Austin, in 1864,
and the first sale brought $4,000, anc
the second sale occurred in the min.
ing camp at Gold Hill, Story county,
Nevada, where Il sold several times
and brought $5225.00. Grfdley and his
sack OF flour visited many more min
ing camps, then went 10 Sacramento,
and the flour had now brought in $685..
00Q00, three. city dblocks IN Austin
swofth ,$7,000.00, a house and lot IN
Dayton, Nevada, as we'll as much val.
liable mining stock.
The flour was then taken to San
Francisco and sold at the Metropoli
tan theater, where the bidding wac
spirited, miners throwing twenty
dollar gold pieces on the stage. The
proceeds Of the evening we're $2S00.0G,
the first bid being $4,000. Mr.. Grid
ley and his now historic sack of flour
went east, selling In New York and
all the large cities OF the East. 1t
was finally put in buckskin sacks, and
besides wearing out dozens of ordin.
AIRY flour sacks, three buckskin sacks
were completely worn to threads.
At the end Of the war Gridley had
sold and resold the same sack Of
flour hundreds Of times, for It was III
every case returned to its first owner,
Merchant Gridley Of Austin, Nevada,
the total sales amounting to- $275,-
10000, all of which was used by the
sanitary commission for the benefit
OF the wounded soldiers and widows
OF Union soldiers who lost their lives
In the war. III, ...s
After the CiSil war, Gridley settled
in California, where he died, and was
buried at stockton, where the citizens
Of San Joaquin county erected o mon.
ument, showing him In his well-known
Prince Albert coat and the sack Of
-four by his side.
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