Metcal-f & Grefe
Gvfl and Mining Engineers
U. S. Deputy and Mineral
SURVEYORS
Juneau, Alaska.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
FORTUND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART, B. C.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
McGrew Transfer
Wocd. Coal, Hay, Grain
Chicken Feed
BAGGAGE and
local TRANSFER
QUICK SERVICE DELIVERY ANYWHERE
DAILY STAGE LINE
Up Salmon River Vllaey
No Job Too Bi& or Too
Small For Us To
Handle
SADDLE HORSES & TEAM WORK
M. R. Jamieson, A&ent
omt'K UliAU 11VKKK 1IOTKL
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
“M«re Heat With Less Fuel.”
Install a Sinhold Superheater.
Ask those who have them: Hy
der Mercantile Co. Agents.
Cards, invititions, bill hea3s,
statements, letter-heads, envel
opes, business cards, hand-bills
and advertising cards at the
Herald office.
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The Alaska Examiner, start
ed six months ago in Ketch
ikan by John W. Frame, has
ceased publication. Mr. Frame
went south several weeks ago
on business and the paper quit
appearing shortly after.
The Booth Fisheries Com
pany was recently found guilty
of illegal fishing by a jury in
the district court at Juneau.
The trial covered two charges
of trap operation within a pre
scribed area adjacent to the
mouth of a salmon stream.
Years of prosperity for the
Brooks placer camp is predict
ed, following the re-discovery
of the rich paystreak on the
Deep channel claim, which
has already produced a large
amount. The present lessee is
reported to have taken out
pay dirt which went nearly
$10 to the pan.
“Conservatively speaking, we
have at least one million dol
lars worth of ore in sight in the
Fern mine,” is the announce
ment made recently by T. F.
McDougal, superintendent of
the mine, which is located in
the Willow Creek district.
Fairbanks recently exper
ienced a sharp ccold snap
PIONEERING
THE WAY
»
>EFORE the world knew of Alaska’s gold, before her oil fields were dreamed
of, before the eye of the saw-mill and pulp-mill operator was cast on her
magnificent forests of spruce and hemlock, before her agricultural possibili
ties were even thought of—long before the inception of any of these
industries which have become factors in Alaskan commerce, the pioneers of Alaska’s
salmon industry entered the field.
In 187S the first cannery was built at Klawack and was followed in 1882 by a
cannery at Cook Inlet end one at Karluk. The total pack of Alaskan canneries in
1S32 was 21,745 cases of one pound tall cans.
From that humble beginning the industry has developed to its present gigantic
proportions, with a $65,000,000 investment and a production annually to the value
of approximately $35,000,000 to the packers and considerably mere at retail selling
prices.
The pioneering of the canning industry has contributed materially to the social
development of Alaska for in its wake have come radio stations, postoffices,
hospitals, transportation facilities and merchandising institutions, thus creating
living conditions in the far-flung outposts of the territory which made development
in other lines possible.
The natives of Westward Alaska will not soon forget the influence epidemic of 1918
during which the packers threw open their stores, hospitals, and bunk houses,
supplied the population with blankets, fuel, food and medicine, nursed the sick!
buried the dead, cared for the orphans—in short, saved the natives from utter
annihilation—all this at their own expense, and without expectation of financial
recompense.
What the canneries havo contributed to the economic development of Alaska is
another story a story full of interest and perhaps surprises to Alaskans them,
selves—watch for it.
The Packers of Alaska believe that the True Meaeare
of any Inetitution Lite in the Service It Heneiere.
The Canning Industry of Alaska
A
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T«i
2SS25ZS;
that sent the mercury down to
52 degrees below zero. The
cold was so severe that all traf
fic between the town and the
nearby creeks was halted.
According to the Anchorage
Alaskan, the caribou are still
roaming in the district along
the northerly sections of the
government railroad. Three of
the animals were seen by pass
engers on a passing train near
Mile 322 in the brush near the
track and a herd of several
hundred were observed on the
nearby hills above the timber
line.
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The Grand Hotel and several
nearby cabins in Iditarod were
destroyed by fire on the even
ing of December 14, according
to a message reaching Anchor
age recently. No lives were
iost but many lost their be
longings in the hotel. Accom
odations for the hotel patrons
were found in vacant cabins.
The hotel was burned to the
\ ground.
A remarkable meteor was
[recently seen to fall at Anchor
age. In appearance the celest
ial visitor resembled a dum
bell of good size, with two
balls of fire connected by a
brilliant link of light, indicat
ing that two boloids were trav
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| In the District Court of the
United States, for the District
of Alaska; First Division.
In the Matter of the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company,
Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to an order duly
made and entered of record on ;
I the second day of January
11925, all persons having claims
| against the above named bank
rupt are required to file the
'same with the undersigned •
(Trustee in proper form and ac- j
companied by proper proof'
'thereof, on or before the 1st
iday of February, 1925.
Chas. F. Sandfprd
Trustee
Date of first publication Jan
uary 7th, 1925.
Date of last publication Jan’*
juary 14th, 1925.
eling in close proximity. The
brightness of the meteor ant
the speed at which it was trav
eling indicated that it was
very close.
A number of Ketchikan men
have organized the Annette
Island Mining and Smelting
Company to develop mining
; properties on Annette Island
R. R. Thornton, Wm. A. Holz
heimer, A. J. Marshal, Frank
Goff and A. C. Kriedler cons
titute the board of directors,
with the first two as president
and secretary-treasurer re
spectively. A contract has been
given to E. J. Webber to drive
a 100-foot tunnel on the prop
erty of the company. A com
pressor has been installed and
work is proceeding.
Steve Wilson, widely known
old timer, owner of the Cass
iar road house on the Chata
nika trail, died at Circle after
a long illness December 6.
Folowing a week of severely
cold weather recently, Seward
was without either electric
lights or telephone service, ow
ing to the freezing up of the
hydro-electric plant.
Adam Swan, known as the
of the“Father of Valdev” and
one of the earliest setlers in
that section, died recently at
Tacoma, death being attrib
uted to the intimities of old
age.
The Northern Machine Works
of Ketchikan,, one of the pion
eer industrial plants ot tin*
i city, is about to enlarge its
! olant for the second time to
;meet ever increasing demands
|of business in connection with
the repair and upkeep of the
vessels of the district, in which
the company specializes.
The gas boat New England a
60-foot craft, was abandoned
by its crew near Cape St: Elias
on November 29, according to
a warning broadcasted by the
Sitka radio station. The New
I England dropped its propcl->r
during a blow, it i3 believed,
and the crew, unatle to repa;r
the damage, took to sm'T
boats. The New England w
loaded with salt herring and.
enroute to Seattle at the time
of the accident.
—
The second trial of the Rom
eo Hoyt case has been 3et for
trial at Fairbanks on Februar
9. Hoyt is linger 'ndictment
a charge of robbing the 7"
banks postoffice. His f:
trial, several m>nthi ago
suited in a disagreement of 1
jury.
A freight train, pn’l d 1
two locomotives stalled on
Dec. 11 in the snow at Broid
Pass. A rotary plow wa3 sent
and brought the train in.
The Sitka Tribune has sus
pended publication for the
winter months but expects t>
resume publication in the
spring with an up to date
plant. Typesetting is at pres
ent done by hand and this an
tiquated method will be dis
carded with the installation of
a linotype. During the time the
plant is closed down, Mrs.
Cole, the publisher, will la’-e
a course of study in jo urn 1
ism and her present assistant
will leai’n to operate the 1!no
type to avoid employing help.
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION'
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF
The SALMON RIVER BANKING CO located at HYD~:R
Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the 3ist. day
of December, 1924. ~
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . 40,577.9')
Loans on real estate . 29.033 40
Overdrafts . 2,138 71
United States bonds owned. 200.00
Other bonds and warrants own d . 350 00
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 6,949.23
Other real estate owned.
Due from other banks. 22,238.03
Checks on other banks and other cash items. 41.50
Exchanges for clearing house...
Cash on hand . 8,333.80
'Other resources, judgements, claims, etc.
Expenses in excess of earnings.
TOTAL. 109,872.57
_LIABILITIES_ _
Capital stock paid in . §15,000.00
Surplus fund . 6,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid .1,230.66
Dividends declared but unpaid. 1,200.00
Due to other banks-deposits. .
Due to other banks-overdrafts.
Individual and savings deposits. 85,292.37
Demand and time certificatesof deposit. 1,131.36
Cashier’s and certified checks.... 18.18
Notes and bills rediscounted...
Bills payable (including certificates of deposit) for
| money borrowed .
I.total :::::::: . 109,872.57
United States of America )
Territory of Alaska ) ss.
First Judicial Division )
I, E. D. Haddon, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signed) E. D. Haddon
Cashier
(Notarial Seal)
(Correct Attest)
Subscribed and sworn to be
ore me this 6th day of January
1925
Ernest Blue.
Notary Public in and for the
Territory of Alaska. My com
mission expires Nov. 17, 1926.
J. A. Hall.
Irene Hall Haddon
Directors or Partners
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