LOCAL TOPICS
Wiliam Gray, proprietor of
the Hyder Lumber Company,
left Thursday on a vacation in
the south. During his absence
the company business will be in
charge of Roy McLeod.
A chimney fire in the resi
dence of John Campbell in
Stewart last Sunday afternoon
created a flurry of excitement
for a time but did no damage
to the dwelling.
Mrs. Jerome, wife of Victor
Jerome, left Monday evening
accompanied by her childi'en
enroute to the former family
home in Washington.
The first cold snap of the
winter struck the camp Sunday
night, sending the thermom
eters down to 12 below freez
ing and causing unwonted in
roads on coal and wood piles.
The regular annual meeting
of the Hyder Public Library,
Incorporated, which will in
| elude the annual election of
| officers and board members,
| will be held in the library
| building Friday December 2 at
8 p. m., it was announced this
week by the secretary, Mrs. E.
L. Dale.
The present library board in
i eludes Ernest Blue, president;
I Mrs. Dale, secretary; T. H. Ev
ians, treasurer; board members,
Clyde B. Hager, B. B. Smith,
Richard Wirth, Harold John
son, Mrs. Ray Snyder. Miss
Helen Hall, librarian, who left
for the south recently, has been
succeeded by B. B. Smith.
With cords on cords of fire
woods piled in woodsheds and
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PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED
HYDER DRUG CO.
( AT THE POST OFFICE ) .
NOYES BOAT COMPANY
Operating M. V. Fairbanks, Carrying U. S. Mails
FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
HYDER and KETCHIKAN
Hyder Dock Company, Hyder Agents
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Hyder Grocery
FRANK REICHENBACK, PROPRIETOR.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
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FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES
IN SEASON A SPECIALTY
INTERNATIONAL AVE. HYDER, ALASKA
plenty more on the nearby hill
sides awaiting only the appli
cation of axe, saw and energy,
Hyder is ‘‘sitting pretty” as far
as the fuel problem is con
cerned.
The Red Cross is helping Hy
der. Show your appreciation
by joining in the Roll Call.
New Carnegie Books Arrive
B. B. Smith, librarian of the
Hyder Public Library, reports
the receipt of seven new books
from the Carnegie Foundation
for Universal Peace.
Combined with the consider
able number of volumes here
tofore received from the same
source, the Library now poss
esses in this department a most
excellent array of authoritat
ive works dealing with foreign
lands and customs, which
should be read entire by every
one desirous of increasing their
knowledge of the world or of
self-improvement.. The new
volumes include the following
titles:
Young Europe, V. Thomson
Across the Gobi Desert, Hedin
This is Russia, Raiquet-Huff
The Mother Yusuke Tsurumi
Bagdad and Points East, Casey
In Search of Wales, Morton
The Unseen Assassins, Angel
Show your appreciation of lo
cal Red Cross unemployment
aid by joining the Roll Call.
Governor Parks Leaves For
Washington Conference
Governor George A. Parks
and several officials of the in
terior department in Alaska
left last week for Washington,
D. C., to confer with the secre
tary of the interior and other
department heads and also to
appear before congressional
appropriation committees re
garding budget appropriations
for the Territory.
Included in the gubernatorial j
party are Ike. P. Taylor, chief;
engineer of the Alaska Road
Commission; Paul W. Gordon,
director of education for the !
Alaska division of the Indian ■
Service, and Ur. F. S. Fellows,
director of medical relief. They
will probably be absent sever
al weeks.
i Recent Washington reports j
announced that Ketchikan is i
among 227 cities and towns to !
which have been allocated new
postoffices under the Garner;
and Wagner Relief Law. The
list is made up almost exclus
ively of buildings to cost less
than $100,000. The law re
quires that where leases ex
pire prior to July 1, 1934, the
government must construct |
buildings.
JOIN THE RED CROSS
’Tis the human touch in this
world that counts;
If you can help ease another’s
pain,
And watch their joy as their .
courage mounts, <
Then Life for you has not been <
in vain. (
Mrs. Oren F. Hill. ,
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The most convenient battery lantern on the market
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Warm, Fleece-lined Canvas Gloves — 20 Cents the Pair
BOUNDARY GIFT SHOP
PHONE 1 p9
HUBERT THOMAS. PROP.
PHONE 109
-LUMBER —
From $15 to $25 per M.
at the
HYDER SAWMILL
PHONE 106
HOUSE, SIGN and AUTO PAINTING
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