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
I
remarkably mineralized portion ot 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
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 information relative to the mineral resources of the
Hyder District and other data, address the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Hyder, Alaska
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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ALASKA NOTES.
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Jack Stewart, a resident of
Dawson for 30 years, dropped
dead there while standing be
hind the desk of a hotel where
he was employed as a clerk.
Owners of radio receiving
sets of Seward have organized
with a view to minimizing in
terference with the receiving
of broadcasts.
W. H. Conners, 65, I ioneer i
of Alaska, died recently in j
Anchorage. His widow, a son.;
10 years old, and a brother I
are in Stanwood, Wash.
Dogs roaming the streets ir:
Seward have become such a
nuisance that Chief of Police
Fred Keilchesky has warned
owners that they must keep
animals at home or on a leash
or pay for their keep in the
pond.
.Fur trappers in the vicinity
of Bethel are meeting with
fair success, but catches arei
light in other parts of the In- i
terior. To date this season,
about 1,500 pounds of fur1
have been brought to Anchor- j
age fiom Interior points.
Recently on separate voy-!
ages, three steamships in sue- j
cession were forced to leave
the dock at Seward and to!
anchor in the bay. Strong
south winds buffeted the ves
sels against the piers, and to
avoid damages the boats had
to move off shore.
Fur is very scarce in t|)0
Chena TIol Springs district in
the Fairbanks area, H. K. Car
lisle, examiner for the United
States I and Office, reported in
Fairbanks on his arrival from
the springs. The only signs of
wild animals seen by him were
tracks of a hand of wolves.
John Hansen of Unikwak,
about GO miles from Valdez,
broke his right aim while at
tempting to crank the engine
of his gas boat. He was un
able to manage the craft and
it drifted for two days before
he was rescued by a mail boat
and taken to Cordova. Doctor
hope to save the injured arm
instead of amputating it. He
was engaged in logging it
Unikwak.
Publication in various news
papers recently of an item
dating that Frank Cleary,
Fairbanks pioneer, had seer
“Swiftwater Bill Gates, fam
ous character in the early day:
if the Klondike, at LaPaz,
Bolivia, in 1923, has brought
from J. K. Burnett, Seattle
attorney, information to the ef
feet that “Swiftwater Bill” is
now mining', with excellent
prospects of rich returns, a
piece of gold bearing property
near Tirapata, Peru.
At a recent meeting of the
Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce to consider increases ir.
freight and passenger rates by
the Alaska Railroad fewei
than 12 persons were present,
much to the disgust of the
Anchorage Times, which op
poses the higher schedules [
and hoped for a representative i
gathering of the Chamber’s
membership to protest against
hem.
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDKR. ALASKA
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during th*
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,
1 March 7,
! --o
j P. M.
Sunday, March 1
) >:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
5:15 Collier's Radio Hour, NBC-NY.
»:15 Atwater Kent Program, NBC-NY.
7:15 P. S. P. &. L. Co., Concert Trio,
i i: -15 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vocal
Recital.
1 ':00 First Church of Christ Scientist.
>: 00 Standard Brands Program,NBC
| SF.
1 i: .10 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
1:45 P. S. Nav. Co., Cello Recital.
10:00 Kaffee Hag Slumber Hour.
10:.10 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
cert Orcli. and Vocalists.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, March 2
1:00 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.
>:50 Stock Summaries.
i:00 Maytag Orchestra, NBC-Chi.
’>:30 Genl. Motors Program, NBC-NY
’:00 Stromberg Carlson Concert, NB
C-Rochester.
. :30 Great Northern Railway, Empire
Builder, NBC-NY.
1:00 Amos ’n’ Andy. NBC-Chi.
4:15 Shell Oil Co., Rudy Seiger’s
hell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
':00 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
NBC-SF.
t:30 Schwabacher Bros. Mozart hour.
10:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vo
Ensemble.
11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Varsity Vagabonds.
'2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital
i uesaay, March 3
5:00 Paul Whiteman’s Painters. NBC
NY.
5:30 Fisher Flourng Mills Co., Con
cert Trio.
>: 00 McKesson Musical Magazine.
NBC-NY.
>:30 llappy Wonder Bakers, NBC-NY.
7:00 Westinghouse Salute,, NBC-NY.
7:30 Am. Tobacci Co., Lucky Strike
Orchestra, NBC-NY.
1:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chi.
15 Violet Bay Music Box, NBC-LA.
1:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
>: 00 Florsheim Frolic. NBC-SF.
0:30 Fisher's Blend Hour.
(0:30 University of Wash. Hour
11:00 News Flashes.
11.10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Wednesday, March 4
j.uu cisieruie i-rug ram, aoooy Jones
Golf Chat; NBC-Atla.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
1:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
,:50 Stock market summaries,
cert Trio.
1:00 Halsey Stuart Progarm, NBC-NY.
1:30 Palmolive Hour, NBC-NY.
7:30 Coca Cola Program, NBC-NY.
COO Amos n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
:15 Camel Pleasure Hour, NBC-SF
•: 15 Talk under auspices of “Public
Opinion.”
0:00 NBC Drama hour, NBC-SF.
10:30 Fox West Coast Theaters,
Owen Sweeten's Playboys.
11:00 News Flashes.
l:lo Varsity Vagabonds.
2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Thursday, March 5
5:00 Fleiscliniann's Sunshine Hour,
NBC-NY.
1:00 Am. Radiator Co. Program, NBC
NY.
i:3u Maxwell House Melodies. NBC
NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Orchestra and Voc
alists, NBC-NY.
7:30 Standard Symphony Hour, NBC
SF.
»: 30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
>:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
i:00 MJB Co.; Demi Tasse Revue.
t:30 New World Life Insurance Co.
iO:Oo Fisher Flouring Mills Co.;
Piano Paintings, NBC-SF.
1:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Hotel St. Francis Dance Oreh.,
NBC-SF.
,2:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Friday, March 6
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orceslra
and the Cavaliers, NBC-NY.
7:00 Interwoven Pair, NBC-NY.
1:30 Armour Hour, NBC-NY.
7:00 Armstrong .Quakers, NBC-NY.
7:30 It. K. O. Program, NBC-NY.
1:00 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-Chi.
1:15 Brownbilt Footlites, NBC-SF.
1:30 Sussman, Wormser & Co.; S.
and W. Melodies, NBC-SF.
»: 00 Chevrolet Chronicles, (ET).
i:30 Schwabaelier’s Little Symphony
Hour.
10:30 News Flashes.
10:40 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Pac.
Nomad, NBS-SF.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds. directed by .1. Robinson.
12:00 Fox 5th Avenue Theatre, Organ
Recital.
Saturday, March 7
5:15 It. C. A. Radiotron Co.. NBC-NY.
5:30 Fuller Brush Co., The Fuller
Man, NBC-NY.
1:00 Genl. Electric Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos ’u’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Gilmore Circus, NBC-LA.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
1:00 Consolidated Cigar Co., El Sidola
Minstrels, NBC-SF.
3:30 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
10:00 News Flashes.
10:10 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ UecitaL