ANNOUNCING
The Completion and Opening
Of The New
? TEXAS CREEK
' HIGHWAY
Built by the. U. S. Government at a cost
of nearly a half million dollars, with the
express object of opening this new and
remarkably mineralized portion of the
[ Hyder, Alaska section of the Portland
Canal Mining District to development
g— and exploitation.
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old, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores
abound in this wonderful mineral region and
offer excellent oppotunities for profitable mining
investment under the economical transportation
conditions provided by the splendid, new 12
mile highway traversing the Texas creek valley
trom end to end.
In addition to opening this rich mineral region
to mining endeavor, the Texas Creek Highway,
offers a scenic excursion of matchless mountain
scenery, and the most remarkable glacier vistas
in the world.
For intormation relative to the mineral resources of the
Hyder District and other data, address the
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Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Hyder, Alaska
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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ALASKA NOTES.
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Progress at Belkofski, on the
south coast of the Alaska
Peninsulais evidenced by the
purchase by residents this fall
of six new cooking ranges.
Mice are plentiful in the In
terior, which indicates, say
oldtimers around Fairbanks,
that snow will be deep and
fur-bearing animals plentiful
this winter.
John Lyons, who first came
to Alaska in 1898, and who
seived as United States Com
missioner' at Valdez for eight
years, died recently in Seattle
of heart ailment.
Jack Chovin, old time resi
dent of Anchorage, who left
there several months ago to
engage in the tomato-raising
business in Mexico, has aban
doned his plan after looking
over the ground in the south
ern republic.
Establishment in Ketchikan
of a factory by the American
Can Company was promised
by H. W. Phelps, president of
the company, while he was in J
Seattle on his way to attend
the recent convention of the
Association of Pacific Fisheries
in Bellingham, according to
the Ketchikan Chronicle. The
factory is expected to begin
operations in 1932.
In Ketchikan there are 1,100
telephones in use and 1,542
persons use electricity in homes
or business places, in each in
stance the largest number in
the history the city, accord
ing to the report of the Citi
zens’ Light, Power ond Water
company.
To furnish coal v for the
Alaska Railroad under a new
contract, the Evan Jones Min
ing Company at Jonesville,
neat Anchorage, is being re
opened. The present force ot
15 ipen will be increased to 40
after January 1.
The federal building to be
erected at Fairbanks, will be
three stories high, and of con
crete material. It will occupy
ihe block bounded by Cush
man, Turner, Second and Thirc
streets. The old courthousr
will not be razed until spring j
Sir George Hubert Wilkin:
has been sued for $450 plus
interest by Boris Magids
Kotzebue, Alaska, busines:
man.
Magids says in his complain i
he paid a man the money a j
Wilkins direction when the
iatter was in Alaska on tht
Detroit-Artic Expedition.
R. W. Nye, formerly a gov j
ernment school teacher and a.
present a fox farmer on one
of the Aleutian Islands to the
west of Unalaska, knows whai
t feels like to have one’s home
•.wallowed by a volcano. H<
built a house on Garoli Island
which had a rocky shore, ex
peeting to winter there. Re
cently in his Power boat, Ht
went from Unalaska to Garoli
He scarcely recognized the
place. An eruption had occur
ed. Where his house had stood
was a volcanic crater, and the j
rocky shore had been changed i
into a sandy beach.
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYfiKR. ALASKA
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will Include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday,
Jonuary 3, 1931.
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P. M.
Sunday, December 28.
1:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
i: 15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY.
J: 15 Atwater Kent Program, NBC-NY.
(:15 Studobaker Champions, NBC-Chi.
1:4") Garden Patch Program.
POO First Church of Christ Scientist.
POO Borden Milk Program, NBC-SF.
t:30 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
P45 Asso. Oil Co., Vocal Recital.
10:00 Kaffee Hag Slumber Hour.
10:30 P. S. P. & L. Co., Concert Orch
estra and Vocalists,
tl: 00 Silent.
Monday, December 29.
1:00 Totem Broadcasters, How’s Bus
iness?, NBC-NY.
5:15 One-Quarter Hour in the Nation’s
Capita], NBC-Wn., D. C.
>:30 Garden Patch Program.
POO Maytag Orchestra, NBC-Chi.
!:30 G('nl. Motors Program, NBC-NY
i’:00 StroUiberg Carlson Concert, NB
C-Rochester.
.’:30 Great Northern Railway, Empire
Builder, NBC-NY.
POO Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
NBC LA.
:45 Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
:00 Schwabacher’s Mozart Concert
Hour.
0:00 Chrysler Motors Program.
0:30 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
1:00 News Flashes.
11:15 Varsity Vagabonds.
.2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital
Tuesday, December 30.
5:00 Brazilian American Coffee Pro
gram, NBC-NY.
:30 Garden Patch Program.
P00 Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., Con
cert Orchestra and Vocalists.
P30 Happy Wonder Bakers, NBC-NY.
POO Westinghouse Salute,, NBC-NY.
:30 Am. Tobacci Co., Lucky Strike
Orchestra, NBC-NY.
1:00 Violet Ray Music Box. NBC-LA.
:30 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-LA.
P45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
i;00 Florsheim Frolic. NBC-SF.
P30 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
10:30 News Flashes.
0:45 Uncle Hank From Clderville
Center.
■1:00 Olvmpic Hotel, Varsity Vaga
bonds.
2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Wednesday, December 31.
100 I*. S. P. & I.. Co., Concert Trio.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co.. NBC-NY.
3:30 Garden Patch Program.
1:00 Halsey Stuart Progurm, NBC-NY.
S:30 Palmolive Hour, NBC-NY.
f: 30 Coca Cola Program, NBC-NY.
1:00 Asso. Oil Co., Program, NBC-SF.
5:30 Amos 'n' Andy. NBC-LA.
3:45 Am. Popcorn Co., Jolly Timo
Popcorn Review. NBC-SF.
BOO P. S. Nav. Co., The Navigators.
1:30 Camel Pleasure Hour, NBC-SF.
10:30 Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.,
Tuneful Two.
0:45 News Flashes.
il:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds. directed by J. Robinson,
ies, NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Thursday, January 1.
>.:00 Fleischmann’s Sunshine Hour,
NBC-NY.
1:00 Am. Radiator Co. Program, NBC
NY.
3:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NBC
NY.
i:00 Lucky Strike Orchestra and Voc
alists. NBC-NY.
i':3rt Standard Symphony Hour, NBC
SF.
5:30 Pepsodent Co.. Amos ’n’ Andy,
NBC-LA.
5:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
LOO Hotel New Yorker Orchestra, N
BC-NY.
10:00 Equi-Fractionators Dance Hour.
il:00 News Flashes.
11:15 St. Francis Hotel Orch.. NBC-SF
,2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Friday, January 2.
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orcestra
and the Cavaliers, NBC-NY.
3:00 Interwoven Pair, NBC-NY.
5:30 Armour.Hour, NBC-NY.
7:00 Armstrong Quakers, NBC-NY.'
r:30 R. K. O. Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Fisher Mills Co., Violin Recital.
3:15 Brown Shoe Co. Program, NBC
NY.
5:30 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-LA.
3:45 Union Oil Co., Tone Pictures,
NBC-LA.
i:15 p. s nav Co., Song Recital.
>: 30 Schwabaeher's Little Symphony
Hour.
10:30 Friedlander’s, the Watch Mai.'
ers.
10:45 News Flashes.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity
bonds, directed by J. Rr
12:00 Fox 5th Avenue Theatr*
Recital.
Saturday, January 3.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
5:30 Fuller Brush Co., The Fuller
Man, NBC NY.
8:00 Genl. Electric Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC-NY.
3:00 Gilmore Circus, NBC-LA.
.3:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
NBC-LA.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Consolidated Cigar Co., El Sidelo
Minstrels, NBC-SF.
1:30 Chevrolet Chronicles.
10:00 P. S. Nav. Co., Tuneful Two.
10:15 News Flashes.
10:30 Spotlight Revue.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.