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Show FATHER" HORTON DIES ' AT ADVANCED AGE San Dlpgo. Cal.. Jan. 7. Alonzo KraFus Horlon. founder of the present pres-ent San Diego and Its oldest Inhabitant, Inhabi-tant, died today, aged 95 years, as a Ti-snilt of Infirmities Incident to old te. In 1KC7 "Father" Horton. as he was unlvtrtally known, surveyed and purchased pur-chased at auction for twenty-six cent-? An acre, PS0 ncres of land around the bay, upon which San Diego now rtjnds. Every flag In this city is at hnlf-mast today, nenldes being tht? e ldest local Inhabitant Horton was thy : second oldet Elk in America. |