BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile 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.
Blacksmithing—
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.
Fuel—
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. Saudford
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 IROM AIL
FARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Reception'of the radio broad
cast program from stationKG
BU, at Ketchikan, was recent
ly reported from Meriden,
Conn. The station has been
sending out a very interesting
program every evening except
Sunday church services.
Raids upon stills by federal
officers in the Fairbanks dist
rict recently created a short
age and a resultant increase in
the prices of liquid refresh
ments.
White mule formerly retail
ing at from $10 to $12 jumped
to $15, and still higher prices
were expected.
Leonard Seppala, famous dog
musher of Nome, who left for
the eastrecently to enter the
big dog races this winter, has
received an offer from Lieut.
Commander Byrd to accomp
any him on his proposed trip to
^the South Pole.
Natives claim that wolves
are more numerous than ever
on Annette Island, in spite of
the bounty paid by the Terri
tory and the increased value
of wolf pelts. As evidence of
the situation the natives recent
ly reported that Benjamin
Dundas, a native was chased
for several miles by a band of
wolves and was compelled to
shoot five of the animals be
fore making his escape in a
boat. He said that at times the
animals pressed him so close
he feared his time had come.
Arrivals in Anchorage recent
! ly brought word of the tragic
death of W. F. Holden, a home
steader of the Wasilla district,
who ended his life by shooting
himself at his homestead. Hol
den had been a patient in the
Anchorage hospital on two oc
casions and it had been found
that he was suffering from a
cancerous growth. It is believ
ed that the knowledge that he
could not recover prompted
the rash deed.
O. P. Gastaud, former receiv
er of the defunct Washington
Alaska Bank, of Fairbanks and
recently convicted of embez
zlement of funds belonging to
that institution, was sentenced
to six years in the penitentiary
by Judge E. Coke Hill at Val
dez a few days ago.
Two hundred dollars worth
of platinum was shoveled in
daily during the past season
in the Good News Bay district,
according to Gaston Sinclair,
a prospector, who recently re
MAP OF''
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER, ALASKA
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-IDA
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
turned from the district.
Prospectors in the new plat
inum district are reporaed to
be highly elated over the find.
Good News Bay is situated
on Bering Sea a short distance
north of the Kuskokwim river
and was once the scene of a
gold stampede which attracted
many from the Nome and low
er Yukon districts.
The motorship Sierra, oper
ated by the Lomen Reindeer
Company, was compelled to
leave Nome last fall without
loading her scheduled cargo of
2,000 cases of canned reindeer
meat, as a result of bad weath
er conditions on Bering Sea.
U, S. HOLDS 41/2 BILLIONS |
IN GOLD
Treasury figures place the
gold stock in the United States
at $4,500,,000,000, which rep
resents 55 per cent of the gold
coin of the world. The United |
States can also claim distinct- j
ion for having more gold coin
in one spot than anywhere on
the face of the earth, as $2,- j
000,000,000, in gold is stored
in the government’s assay of
fice in New York, representing
4,000 tons inweight.
In the Commissioner’s Court:
Territory of Alaska. Division
Number One. Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Patrick William McDonnell,'
Deceased.
Number 31 Probate.
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of
the estate of Patrick William
McDonnell, Deceased, to all
persons having claims against j
said estate to file the some j
within the time required by
law with proper vouchers at
my office in the town of Hy
der, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
12th day of December, 1927. j
W. R. McDonnell
Administrator
Pub. Dec. 17, 24 31, 1927; Jan.
7, 14, 1928.
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 year*
ending July 1st, 1924, July 1st,
1925, July 1st, 1926, July 1st,
1927 in labor and improve
ments upon the Silver Bow
Mineral claim, said Silver Bow
Mineral Claim is situated on
te Easterly side of Fish Creek
a tributary of the Salmon Riv
er in Hyder Mining District,
Alaska and is about 2 miles
above the mouth of said Fiah
creek, and on the Mountain
View-Titan trail, The location
certificate of said 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 pf 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 lav/s 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 Hyder, Alaska, the
6th day of October, 1927.
W. R. Tonkin
Co-Owner.
Publish Nov. 19, 26; Dec. 3, 10,
17, 24, 31, 1927; Jan. 7, 14, 21,
28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 1928.
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made to your specifications
right here in Hyder—Herald
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etc., See our Real Action Color
Posters—Herald Job Shop.
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