Marr Building
Company
Wi’l contract for anything in the building line
J^T othing too big for us to handle
^othing too small for us to overlook
Absolutely expart work guaranteed on all jobs
J. W. Marr, Manager. OrncE, Hotel Hyder
HYDER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
Rough
Dressed
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
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TERRITORIAL TATTLE
R-W.Calderhead and Andrew An
derson recently shipped a oarfoad
of blacksmith coal to Fairbanks
from their mine at Riley creek.
Burial permits, in which the des
ignated lot in the cemetary must
be stated, must now be secured at
Skagway.
George Hoag and "Smoke House
Mike” Knutson have started a fox
ranch on Nuka island, near Resur
rection Bay.
B. W. Dyer. Federal mine inspec
tor, announces that coal mining on
a commercial basis will soon be a
reality in Alaska.
Dan Nicholson, mine owner of
Ophir, has returned to that district
and will operate during the oomingr
season, the first time in two years.
E A.Sherman of the Department
of Agrioulture and Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Alaska
Interdepartmental Board will visit
the Territory tome time during the
eoming summer and will remain at
least a month. Most of his time
will be spent in the national forests
Electric
Laundry
Ketchikan, Alaska.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
See H, Hucke for shipping
instructions;
T. J. Donahue, a Douglas pioneer,
recently celebrated his r*3d birth
day.
Chimneys and smokestacks were
recently laid low at Seward during
a high wind storm.
Capt. Louis Knaflinch will keep
off the sea this year and work his
mining property in the Good News
Bay district.
Forty men are working in the
Chandelar region, several good
dumps having been taken out dur
ing the winter.
Mrs. May Harrington has resign
ed as postmistress at Seldovia. A
petition has been circulated for the
appointment of E. Rogart.
Forty-four horses ate being used
to haul the big dredge ef tne Yukon
Gold Company from No. 60 Hunker
to Granville where it will be oper
ated this season.
The Bartlett teams which are at
work in the Kantishna district haul
ing ore from the Aitken mine to
the river bank at Roosevelt will al
so be used to distribute corduroy
along the new summer read for use
in bridging the swampy places.
A warning has been issued to
prospectors who ace planning tp
stampede to the Kuskokwim dis
trict on account of the glowing re
ports from the re. that the fields
will require the expenditure of
much time and money before they
can be put on a paying basis.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporate under the laws of Alaska
Capital Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savings Departments
Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the
United States
HYDER PAINT SHOP Painting, Paperhanging
-- Kalsomining
Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints. Oils, Stains, Varnishes. Shellac. Wallpaper. Deadening Felt.
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
Sutherland Building, Main Street
%\je ©Hater's Hot
£o soon after you light your firo
it •will give you the surprise of
your life—and in unlimited quantity
—and you dont have to put in an
expensive water-works system.
yyith Harry Hanson’s patented
hot water coil in your eouk
stove you can have real home com
fort. All the principal homes of
Rupert are so equipped and Stewart
forks are installing the system as
fast as Hanson can do the work.
£ome on over to Stewart and see
how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
Harrg Hanson
Fm Lumber
Flooring
Ceiling
SPEED
W. L. BALCH
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SERVICE
Sash-Doors
Store Fronts
Store Fixtures
SATISFACTION
HYDER, ALASKA
Gateway to the Great Salmon River Mineral Area
At the Door of the Famous Premier Mine*
You Have to Come to Hyder to*
Reach the Mines
FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE NORTH