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
■ and exploitation.
Gold, 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
• from 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 information relative to the mineral resources of the
Hyder District and other, data, address the
. Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Hyder, Alaska
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ALASKA NOTES.
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Leaders of at least one mil
lion fur seals, valued at more
than $35,000,000, have been
sighted off the California coast
on the annual migration to
Alaska.
The St. Paul, Minn., grand
jury has indicted Wilbur B.
Foshay, president of the W. B.
Foshay Company, and six of
his associates in the now de
funct Foshay companies.
With a cargo of furs worth
$40,000 an airplane of the
Northern Air Transport, pilot
ed by William Graham, recent
ly landed at Fairbanks from i
Alciak, an Eskimo village on 1
the Kuskokwim about 30 miles
above Bethel.
Leo P. Bott, Jr. of the Bott
Advertising Agency, Little
Rock, Arkansas, who has made
four trips to Alaska, and has
written a number of articles
on Alaska, which have appear
ed in such national publica- i
tions as Nation’s Business, Log j
of Circumnavigators Club, i
Popular Mechanics, etc. has |
again secured some important j
publicity for the Territory. j
An article appears in the
February 15th issue of the
Market Growers Journal, pub
lished in Louisville, Kentucky
entitled, “Agricultural Alaska”
and is a splendid treatise on
the opportunities that this
country afford for those inter
ested in agriculture.
Mr. Bott plans to return to
Alaska some time in the near
future, for he terms it hi^
“Adopted Country.”
R. S. Raven, for four years
principal of the Juneau high
school assumed his duties as
superintendent of public
schools there Feb. 9, succeed
ing W. K. Keller, who resign
ed recently preparatory to
taking over the office of Ter
ritorial commissioner of educa
tion to which he was elected
last November.
A bill to fix the salaries of
the governor and the secretary
of Alaska was signed by Pres
ident Hoover recently. The sal
ary of the governor was fixed
at $10,000 a year, an increase
of $2,500, and the salary of
the secretary was increased to
$5,GOO.
Foster and Ellis, attorneys of
Cordova, will open a branch
law office in Juneau. Mr. Fos
ter, senior member of the firm,
is a member of the legislature.
Clyde R. Ellis, the other mem
ber, was formerly assistant
district attorney at Cordova.
Gus Haag was found para
lyzed and speechless in his
cabin on Caribou Creek, in the
Salcha country, recently, and
was taken to the hospital in
Fairbanks by Fred Moller,
of the Fairbanks Air Express.
Haag now able to talk, said
that he suffered a paralytic
stroke three months ago. He
was not entirely disabled, and
fortunately had enough wood
cut and piled close by to keep
his cabin warm. He could not
walk to the river for water, so
melted snow. He was in a ser
ious condition when found, but
is somewhat better now\
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIVDKR. 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,
APRIL 4
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j P. M.
SUNDAY. MARCH 29
| 5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
■5:15 Collier s Radio Hour, NBC-NY.
I 8:15 Atwater Kent Program, NBC-NY.
7:16 Hotel ST. Francis Orch., NBC.
I 7:45 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vocal
Recital.
I 8:00 First Church of Christ Scientist,
j 9:00 Standard Brands Program,NBC
SF.
9:30 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
9:45 P. S. Nav. Co., Cello Recital.
10:00 Kaffee Hag Slumber Hour.
10:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
cert Orch. and Vocalists.
; 11:00 Silent.
MONDAY, MARCH 30
5:00 Totem Broadcasters, How's Bus
iness?. NBC-NY.
5:15 One-Quarter Hour in the Nation’s
Capital, NBC-Wn., D. C.
5:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co. Con
cert Trio.
5:50 Stock Summaries.
6:00 Maytag Orchestra, NBC-Chi.
6:30 Genl. Motors Program, NBC-NY
7:00 Stromberg Carlson Concert, NB
C-Rochester.
I 7:30 Great Northern Railway, Empire
Builder, NBC-NY.
,5:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chl.
| 3:15 Shell Oil Co., Rudy Seiger’s
I Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
i:00 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
NBC-SF.
9:30 Schwabacher Bros. Mozart hour.
10:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vo
Ensemble.
11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital
TUESDAY. MARCH 31
5:00 Paul Whiteman's Painters, NBC
NY.
5:30 Spratts Patent Program
6:00 McKesson Musical Magazine.
NBC-NY.
5:30 Happy Wonder Bakers, NBC-NY.
7:00 Westinghouse Salute., NBC-NY.
7:30 Am. Tobacci Co., Lucky Strike
Orchestra, NBC-NY.
I 3:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chl.
I S: 15 Memory Lane, NBC-SF
; 3:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Florsheim Frolic, NBC-SF.
9:30 Fisher's Blend Hour.
10:30 University of Wash. Hour
11:00 News Flashes.
11.10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1
i 5:00 Llsterlne Program, Bobby Jones
Golf Chat; NBC-Atla.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
5:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
J 5:50 Stock market summaries,
cert Trio.
6:00 Halsey Stuart Progarm, NBC-NY.
6:30 Palmolive Hour, NBC-NY.
7:30 Coca Cola Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos n' Andy, NBC-Chi
8:15 Camel Pleasure Hour, NBC-SF
9:15 Phoenix Hosiery Co.
10:00 NBC Drama hour. NBC-SF.
10:30 Fox West Coast Theaters,
Owen Sweeten’s Playboys.
| 11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
THURSDAY. APRIL 2
5:00 Fleischmann’s Sunshine Hour,
NBC-NY.
6:00 Am. Radiator Co. Program, NBC
NY.
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NBC
NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Orchestra and Voc
alists, NBC-NY,
7:30 Standard Symphony Hour, NBC
SF.
8:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos 'n' Andy,
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 MJB Co.; Demi Tasse Revue.
9:30 New World Life Insurance Co.
10:00 Talk Under Auspices of Pub
lis Opinion.
10:15 Fisher Flouring mills Co.
10:30 Uncle Hank from Ciderville
Center.
■ 11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.,
NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
FRIDAY. APRIL 3
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orcestra
and the Cavaliers, NBC-NY.
6:00 Interwoven Pair. NBC-NY.
6:30 Armour Hour, NBC-NY.
7:00 Armstrong Quakers, NBC-NY.
7:30 R. K. O. Program, NBC-NY.
S:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chi.
S: 15 Brownbilt Footlites. NBC-SF.
8:30 Sussman, Wormser & Co.; S.
and W. Melodies, NBC-SF.
9:00 Chevrolet Chronicles, (ET).
9:30 Schwabaeher's Little Symphony
Hour.
10:30 New’s Flashes.
10:40 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Pac.
Nomad, NBS-SF.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds, directed by J. Robinson.
| 12:00 Fox 5th Avenue Theatre, Organ
Recital.
SATURDAY. APRIL
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
5:30 Fuller Brush Co., The Fuller
Man, NBC-NY.
6:00 Genl. Electric Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Gilmore Circus, NBC-LA.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Consolidated Cigar Co., El Sidelo
Minstrels, NBC-SF.
9:30 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
10:00 News Flashes.
10:10 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.