BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms wnieh
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hydei Machine Shop
Automobita Supplies—
Attorneys—
Ernest Blue
George B. Grigsby
Ketchikan, Alaska
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithling—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Explosives—
Hyder Fuel Co.
F«bl—
Hyder Fuel Company
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Hills Hand Laundry
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Chas. F. Sandford
Machinery—
Hyder Machine Shop
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional-—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Geo. B. Grigsby
Frank A. Metcalf
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Rubber Stamps—
Hyder Herald
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Hyder Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Noyes Boat Company
Tailoring & Cleaning—
Robt. Nakki.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
Typewriters—
Hyder Drug Co.
U. S. Mineral Surveyor—
Frank A. Metcalf
Juneau, Alaska
BRIEF ITEMS F ROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY!
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Coyotes are making their ap
pearance in great numbers in
the country east of Chickaloon.
The animals appear to have
come in from Canada, and are
following the caribou herds in
the Nelchina country.
Taxable property in Peters
burg increased nearly $100,
000 during the last year over
the amount taxable in 1926,
according to estimates present
ed to the city council by City
Assessor Erick Ness. The total
amount taxable this year is
approximately $911,000.
John C. Ware, aged 62, who
is reputed to have carried the (
first mail into Nome, driving a
dog team from Dawson, passed
away recently in Seattle. Ware
is said to be the original of the
character “Steve” in the Rex
Beach novel, entitled “The Sil- i
ver Horde.” _
The Canadian Pacific steam
er Princess Charlotte was at
tached by the U. S. Marshal
in a libel action brought by
the Alaska Packers’ Associat
ion, owners of the steamer
Kvichak, which towed the big
Canadian liner into Wrangell
after it had struck "a reef in the
Wrangell Narrows. The Pack- i
ers Association later filed an [
action in the district court ask
5250,000 for salvage. The libel
case will be given a prelimi
nary hearing in Ketchikan this
month.
The Skagway Alaskan, estab
lished early in the summer by
Miss Katharine Hahn and G.X
Farwell, suspended publication
August 31. The publishers
found the venture unprofit
able.
A cash prize of $20 will be
awarded to the person exhibit
ing the best collection of sugar
beets at the fourth annual
fair of the Tanana Valley
Agricultural Society. The prize
i3 offered by John DeLong,
rpresentative of the Idaho- j
Utah Sugar Company. Beets i
raised in any section of the j
territory are eligible.
Dr. E. F. Graves, veterinary
expert of the U. S. Biological
Survey who has been assigned
to work in Alaska as adviser
to fur farmers in the Territory, i
Home of the great PREMIER MINE, with an annual production approximating 230,
000 tons of ore and a record of $10,550,000 paid in dividends to stockholders during
seven years of operation.
Also of the DUNWELL and RIVERSIDE MINES, both large and regular shippers of
concentrated ores, the former averaging 800 tons per month; and of the PORTER-ID A
HO MINE, a seasonal shipper of raw ores averaging close to $300 per ton in value.
The PORTLAND CANAL DISTRICT also contains literally dozens of partially de
veloped gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper properties which give every promise of becoming
paying mines with more extensive development.
The Most. Remarkably Mineralized Area on the North American Continent, Present
ing Numerous Possibilities for Profitable Mining Investment.
FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT ADDRESS
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
HYDER. ALASKA
arrived in Juneau recently and
will begin his duties 'immedi
ately. He was selected by Gov.
Geo. A. Parks on the recom
mendation of Chief Paul Red
dington, of the Survey. The ap
pointment of a veterinary ex
pert was authorized by the
last session of the legislature,
which appropriated funds to
be expended by the Governor
in securing a competent man
and paying hi3 salary and
expenses.
Six yearling elk from the
Olympic Mountains of Wash
ington arrived in Juneau re
cently for the Alaska Game
Commission. The animals were
furnished to the commission by
the game authorities of Wash
ington. Expenses in connection
with their capture agd trans
portation to Alaska were de
frayed from funds provided
by the last legislature for
stocking certain areas in Alas
ka with game and fur-bearing
animals. Two elk placed on j
Kruzof Island by the commiss-!
ion last year under the act are !
said to be thriving and are '
said to have been accompanied
by a baby elk when seen re
cently.
“What does the professor of
chemistry get?”
“Oh, about $3,000 a year.”
“And the football coach—”
“About $12,000 a year.”
“Quite a discrepancy.”
“Well, did you ever hear 40,
000 people cheering a recitat
ion in chemistry?”
Inebriate—You see, I started
home early, but was ‘tackled
by a thug—
Wife- And your tongue clove
to the roof of your mouth.
Inebriate—Yeh, but how did
you know?
Wife—I smelled the cloves.
Straw hats are always cheap
at the wrong time of the year.
a
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
TO Wm. Murphy, your heirs,
executors, administrators and
assigns,- and all persons inter
ested.
You are hereby notified that
the undersigned has expended
the sum of One hundred Dol
lars each year for the years
ending July 1st, 1924, July 1st,
1925, July 1st, 1926, July 1st,
I 1927 in labor and improve
i ments upon the Silver Bow
I Mineral claim, said Silver Bow
j Mineral Claim is situated on
I te Easterly side of Fish Creek
; a tributary of.the Salmon Riv
! or in Hyder Mining District,
Alaska and is about 2 miles
above the mouth of said Ei. h
creek, and on the Mountain
View-Titan trail, The location
certificate of 3aid claim and
the affidavits of annual labor
for the years above mentioed
are found of record in the re
corder’s office at Hyder, Alas
ka, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the
laws of the United States and
the territory of Alaska con
cerning annual labor upon
mining claims. Such expendi
tures being the amount requir
ed by said laws to hold said
claims during said period.
And you are further notified
that if within ninety days (90)
from the completion of the
publication hereof, for the per
iod of ninety days, you fail or
refuse to contribute to the un
dersigned your proportion of
such expenditure as a co-own
er, your interest in said mining
claim will become the property
of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made such re
quired expenditure.
Dated at Hvder, AJaska, the
5th day of October, 1927.
W. R. Tonkin
Co-Owner.
Publish Oct. 2-15-22-29 Nov.5- .
12-19-28 D«c. 3-10-17-24-31
Jan. 7th.
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