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MINER
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VOL, 2, N<?. if
flYDER, Alaska, N<y.#>. 1921
FIVE DOLLARS A JfEAR
I
WHARF SEEMS
•TJnU ily^er is (to have a whgff
4.9 >n seems WV ® practical cprtain
i y Folio vving $ pon $£ yis^t qf
[J. S. Eyg,iijeer Huddleston a shqrf: j
^ ime ago, on jy;h\ch he carefully
looked injo tl\e situation here, Jos
eph yimer, road commissioner foy
jhe First Djiyisjgn, y^ho also a
fuiveyor, arriyed on tjhe Carmen
Monday and ha§ been t\usy since,
making a hydrographic survey of
iiyder's waterfront and .taking
soundings, the Cayme/1 awaiting ttf\e
completion of his work before leav
ing.
Mr. Ulyier had litfle .to say jp ,re
gard to his jyojrjc .beyond the facf
that he had be.ep sent in |o do it,
be >s uot oyt of accord with
giiief goy eminent officials connect
ed with the development of Alaska
,in declaring that a wharf in Hydef
is a ne^egsity for the promotion pf
this district’s welfare and as #
means of furnishing an outlet for
the wealth which is only now coim
mewing to be produced, and the
production pf which will require
frequent Visit* by vessels of large
tonnage,
OCEAN VIEW COMES DOWN
The big SCQW that brought the
Ocean View building down from
gtewart the first of the month, and
felysed to budge after delivering
its lufld, wag diglodged and taken
from beneath the building Monday
j,oyn, the high tide, augmented by
& stioug south wind, providing suf
ficient water to float it. A cable
was run to a large granite boulder
a hundred yards or more from the
ficow. and by means of three sets
of blacks and an improvised wind
lass. the refractory craft was made
to behave. The building has been
Up on stilts six feet or more above
the foundation for a month, but is
now down to where it belongs.
SENATOR RUNT
LIKES BOOM
That Senator Forest J. Hunt of
Ketchikan has tf\e interests of his
constituency very nj^ich at heart
a^id is in accord with a,V efforts tjiat
trpnd toward the upbpiidiug of this
section of the Territory, is evi
denoed by the following letter which
undoubtedly yoices the opinion of
a njajoritv of Hydef's residents:
Ketchikan, Alaska,
Nov. 25. 1921.
Editpr Hydpr Mine/,
Hydef, Ah$ka.
Dea; Sir:—
I haye (rgad with m^ehj
interest the subject ina|ter, giyen on i
t^e fyonf page of yo)U issue of |Jbt,
16th insfv copied, yop state, from a
booklet prepared by Jffhu Ronan
for the American Miffing Congress
held in Chicago,
f wish to call your attention to
the fact that such advertising is of
too mffoh yalue to not only the Hy
der district, but this entire section
of Alaska, tp be confined to the at
tention of the Mining Congress.
Copies of the booklet should be
given circulation generally through
out the. country.
If there fS not a sufficient supply
now printed, I suggest that it should
be done without delay, and ) will
very much appreciate it if J pap j
have a supply of them for distri- J
bution.
1 have a stationery store and j
news Stand where many of the trav
eling public cal) for reading mat
I ter, and 1 would take great pleasure;
: in distributing such literature: it is
the kind of advertising needed for
the mote speedy development of
, Ah’-Ska,
Yuurs truly,
Forest J. Hunt.
ASSOCIATION MEETING
| Tomorrow night, Dec. 1, is
j the regular meeting night of
| the Hyder Commercial Asso
ciation. Let’s all be there and
I make it snappy.
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PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn’t to tv
Found elsewhere ti>
The Midget Emporium
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at t^e Mecca.
Barney tycHugh has ^^tumed from a a !
trip to Anchorage.
The Carmen arrived Monday and left [
for Ketchikan at k p. m. today.
Jack Howse left on ti\e ,Mbert '|’hurs;
day night on hi£ way t.9 England.
Father Leray of Rupert is paying one
of his periodical visits tp Stewart.
Sandy Connacher cams >}p Monday
ijrom his trapping camp down the canal.
Mr. and Mrs, John Stewart of Stewart
have gone to Victoria fo spend the wiy
ter.
Mrs, Harfy Comer M hony? agajn, after
feveral weeks spent ip Rupert for eye \
treatment.
Mr. and JJrs. Wm. MpP°pneW are noyr |
occupying B. jyf. Sfppa's residence on fhe j
forest reserve.
Ole ggssner, proprietor ot the Knog
Hotel ip iittperf. tyas ip camp during til*
stay of the Albert,
II,P,Gibson and W J,Crawford went up
to the Premier today |p s$e if if is in #
healthy condition.
A.L, McDonald (eft feat Thursday night
for Saaffie, where he Will spend the win,
ter with his family.
Key. lid win Moss of Stewart has gone
to England wifh the intention of remain
ing there about six mouths.
J,J Raleigh, traveling freight agent tor
the Canadian National Railways, was i|> j
camp during the stay of (he Albert
The Albert was in Thursday with ICO !
tons of equipment for the Premier and
50 tqne of coal for the Rorey Transfer. j
liomer Fickljn gnd E. Poison returned i
Monday from a trip to the Naas over the
Itear river glacier. They had a rough
trip.
The Dorey Transfer have leased the
large double barn on the Shaw lot. Pre
mier avenue, and will use it for a garage
and stable.
Patsey Crogan, who has a homestead
about 30 miles down the canal, came up
Monday with his iaunch for supplies, ac
companied by his wife and daughter,
Martin M. Smith of Stewart, agent for
the new townsite of Hyaer B. C.. left last
Thursday for Hupcrt to go under a doc*
tor’s care. Martin has been in poor
health for some time.
Captain A. Swanson, owner of the l’a
cheha and Provincial, has received a
contract to carry mail from Rupert to
Stewa.; every second week, alternating
with the Grand Trunk boats,
The lowest temperature recorded during
the recent cold wave by Qren F. Hill's
registered thermometer was 10 above zero
which is 80 degrees warmer than the
temperature reported from Idaho.
DonTTorget the movies tonight. See
what happens to an overworked business
man when a heartless woman and a
crooked lawyer combine their devilish
talents and conspire against him.
H.P.Kergin, member of the B.C, legisla
tor*. has wired the Stewart Citizens’ As
sociation that he has arranged to have
the Bear river bridge rebuilt. The bridge
was taken out by the flood this fall.
We have a large line of Christmas nov
elties, Pig’n Whistle Candies, Perfumes,
toilet articles and framed hand colored
views of the Portland Canal district,
Pictures framed upon 24 hours notice.
HYDER DRUG COMPANY.
Mrs. Johnson, Sanitary laundry, A street
imperial BathSi Russian iUent IsAlhi 4
■JTomorrow Jotyi W Frame apsyiqies of. ;
flee afi Commissioner here, reliey^ng john
T. Heed, who will leaye in a abort limn
jfor California,
.Fred Dqipy took a crew of n\en down
(the equal with the lay.rich Silver Heels;
today Jo net out piling to byild a walk
from F\rqt street Jo the wireless station ‘
jyhich is being put in by down-town bus
iness men.
The Qrst snow qf the season fey on the
p.ight of Nov. 26 and looks as though it
bad coin$ to stay, though the weather
b$s turned very mild. Twp winters agp
the '‘big snpw” st.qrtqb 99 the same daje,;
qr.d last ye.V on I >ec. } 5, i
Jack y.oppg, foreman last summer pf
f he Silver yip ?nd Silver Orest, who left
last fall with his cfey/ from these proper- !
fies to work th$ Moose mine op Alice
Arm, has returped. The Moose suspend,
operation^ pprly ;p the winter and
gi.,ce fhat i.me Jack has visited Yancou,
ver, Edmonton aW Print* George,
Dr, H.X, Uogers has gone to Ketchikan
and Petersburg to look the towns over. In
(ire former place, according {o word re
ceived here, he learned that the treat
ment h« bad giyen Dr, Hawes during |he
past six months, as revealed by an X-ray
examination, had made it unnecessary
for the latter to «o Outside for an opera
tion.
m FAT MALLARDS
BREAK THEIR NECKS
A short time ago the Ketchikan
Chronicle told of & remarkable bag
of ducks, geese and brant brought
home by a party of which Ed J,
Williams, owner of the Carmen and
Taku II, was a member. Captain
Williams came over on the Carmen
this week, ani in a busrt of confi
dence he toid the Miner how thfe
feat was accomplished. “You see,"
said that truthful mariner, “there
were a lot of ponds all frozen over
with glare ice; also, a stiff gale was
blowing. The big fat mallards
would sail down the wind and light
on the ponds, not knowing they
were frozen. When they lit their
feet flew out from under them and
they either broke their necks or
| batted out their braii.s cn the ice.
All wc had to do was to wait on
| the leeward side of the ponds and
pick them up as they skidded to
the shore.”
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch at
: the Ocean View.
See Pete Fite for saw filing, wood cut
j ting, of any kind of work, Leave orders
j at Hotel Hyder.
For rent, building on Main street, forest
reserve, formerly “Bill's Boarding House."
Apply Miner office.
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Laundry work done right and promptly
delivered. Tub and shower baths, new,
modern, strictly up to date. Jim Johnson.
LETTER OF AUTHORITY
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 23, 1921.
To Whom It May Concern:
Mr. Alexander Frazier is hereby auth
orised to rent, and collect rental, of a
! certain barn structure located on the
i Shaw-Dickey lot in the townaita of Hy
■ der, Alaska.
(Signed)
L. F. Shaw.
A ddress:
Carroll Apartment,
I Cor. Thomas and BallevUa,
I Seattli Wtfl
NEW LEAD ON
NEW ALASKA
Development otf the New Alaska
under Pat Daly’s direction si^ce he 1
tended the property, has proved
most gratifying. Considerable sur
face work has heen done and drifts
run both ways op the vein cut by 1
the tunnel jyhic/i Gh.as. H. Caldwell
drove two ye.rs ago. This tunnel
passed through a yeln 60 feet wide'
and into the country roqk beyond. 1
The surface work has determined!
the cjuiinjtffion of this vein and
also exposed a parallel vein 180
feet distant,, jyhich has been traced
for about 20.00 feet.
Starting from the bflinjt of a creek
a tunnel was driven to crosscut
this vein, and encountered it in 11
feet, and when Pat came down was
into ®ffi a distance of 31 feet with
out the opposite wall being reached
This crosscut is being continued.
Values over the entire ore show
ings of the property win from $15
to $150 per ton, which Is far above
the surface values found on the
Premier, while the ore is almost
identical in cbarapitr.
r
—WHILE THE IRON IS HOT
The letter from Senator Hunt,
published elsewhere in this is
sue, contains a valuable sugges
tion upon which the Hyder Min
ing Congress would do well to get
at once. The local C Ji.grees in
itial ed the fines individual ad
vertising project ever undertaken
in the camp by arranging for
proper representation at the Am
erican Mining Congress. This
advertising cotild be made cum
ulative if, as Senator Hunt sug
gests, a quantity of the booklets
prepared by John Ronan were
printed and distributed. It would
be unfortunate if the good work
started should now be allowed
to die out. The year 1922 will
be ‘‘Alaska's Year” and the town
that will profit mo6t by the tide
of business that will flow this
way is the town that goes after
the business. All successful
merchants have attained their
goal by advertiging. Fora min
ing district to attract attention,
advertising is absolutely essen
tial.
EODIE WILL EAT
GREEN GRASS NOW
Dan and Andy Lindeborg have
gone south on their annual winter
migration. Dan took along his old
pack horse "Eddie” and will pen
sion him for life on the tioh pas
turage of the Fraser valley. A
30-30 bullet is usually the portion
of the pack horse when he outlives
his usefulness, but Dan is too grate
ful for the faithful service rendered
bv Eddie to consign him to such a
fife
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BONDS BAV VIEW
The Bay View group, situated on
the west side of Bear river a&d
within sight of Stewart, has bt,QJ3
bonded by Captajn Jphn Irving otf
Victoria, who jwade a careful ex
amingtjv^n of ihe property last sum
mer and said at that time that he
was most favorably impressed with
the ore occurrences and the values
obtained from general assays.
The Bay View is owned by Goo
Cameron, Will Came*o<< and P. S.
Jack of Stewart, and the group ex
tends from near the timber liras
westward to the International boun
dary, where it joins onto the Mam
moth group, owned by S, G, Benson
and associates. The property has
been worked in a desultory way at
various times in the past, but it
was not until last year that even a
passable trail was put in. A num
ber of veins have been partially
opened up by surface cut* and short
tunnels, and the showings made are
such as to warrant more extensive
and systematic development
Captain John Irving, who has had
many years' experience in mining
since he quit the sea. spent In < n
tire Bummer in camp looking lor a
prospect that suited him, and did
some strenuous work on the trails
and with hammer and moil taking
samples. That he has selected the
Bay View speaks more for the
property than any mining engineer's
snap judgement could guarantee
THANKSGIVING PARTY
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
In all the history of Hyder there
has never been a Thanksgiving
party or, for that matter any other
kind of a party to compare with the
party given Thanksgiving night by
D. W. MeLeman and H. 0. Lyon in
Pioneer hall to a number of their
friends. Twenty or more invited
guests sat down in the early eve*
ning to a sumptuous feed at which
turkey was tne piece d'resistaftce,
and nearly as many more who had
previous gustatory engagement"
dropped in during the course of the
later evening and participated in
the post-proceedings.
To attempt a description of thesfi
proceedings would be an attempt
to gild the lilly or paint the rose.
Songs were sung in most civilized
languages, also in Scotch. Stories
ver; told, speeches were nude, and
f tli latter the one delivered by
red Dorey whereby Louie Legge
as elected to the legislature, will
o dawn in history as a model of
j "re - ic skill.
Je k Scott and Louis Legge went
i ;> the mat in a wrestling match
.or the championship of Missouri
street, and Jock threw Louie every
plaie except out of the window.
The party broke up when those
present decided to go home, which
was the next day. The participant^
are wishing that Thanksgiving came
oftener it Mac and Harry Would
always treat their friends that wtf
fta that day.