the Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich In Minerals
and Hydei ia the Gateway in
CopsfgMeRee of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North,
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
This Paper is Out to Publish al'a
the Mining News. Keep Your
Friends Posted by Sending them
the Paper after You Have Read
it. Boost for Hyder all the
Time.
VOL. 4. NO.-S.
HYDER, Alaska. Jan. 10. 1923
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
YOUTH MUST BE SERVED
HYDER TAKES PLACE AS “FIRST CITY” IN ALASKA
AU Indications Point to Era
Of Unprecedented Prosper=
ity for Port of Entr> to Vast
Northern Domain
•rhousands of Vis
itors ComingTo
See Sensational
Mining camp
That the Pacific Steamship
Company intend routing their
ships so as to call at Hyder is
t^e word brought to Hyder by
Captain Ed J. Williams of Ket
chikan; who visited here on
the last tfip of the Prince of
Wales, and who had just re*
turned from a trip to Seattle.
The Pacific ships are to alter*
nate with those of the Alaska
S. S. Co.
The Miner has received a cir
cular from Mrs, Jessie V. Hayes
pf Philadelphia, giving the itinerary
of the Pacific coasts—Alaska tour
under the auspices of the Philadel
phia Teachers’ Vacation Club.
The fjarty will leave the “City of
Brotherly Love" July 1 1 by spe
cial de luxe train, going west via
Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake and
Los Angeles to San 1 ranc sco,
then north, making Hyder their
only Alaskan port of ca'!. j h y
will go east via the Grand Trunk
railway and reach home August
17. They will be in Hyder Aug
ust 3.
Seat ri.E—(Alaska Bureau,Cham
ber of Commerce Con espondence.)
ke, orts from the P;.» d c, Alaska
and Canadian Pacific Meamship
companies that 23,0GU tourist vis
ited Alaska in 1922 have been re
ceived. General Passenger Agent
McKenzie of the Pacific Stean si ip
Company is making urrangeme ts
to handle at least 30,0CG taunts
through Seattle for the Nor<bt n
t rritory this coming year. Inquir
es for tourist rates and ser\ice
from Seattle to the Northland dur
ing the seaspn of 1923 already a e
coming in from New York, Iova,
fjouih Dakota, Oregon, Nevati ,
California, Ohio and Haw aii, ac
cording to Mr. McKenzie. T he
*sual tourist- season will probably
q&c&utal two weeki Oil feat.
A very large proportion of the
tourists to Alaska this year will
first set foot on Alaskan soil in
Hyder. Portland Canal is known
to be unsurpassed anywhere in the
world for scenic grandeur and
beauty, but it takes the pilgrim
from the effete East to fully ap
preciate its wonders. This eighty
mile stretch of glacier-capped and
cascade hedecked mountain ranges;
rising sheer from both shores of a
mirror-like fiord, is in itself worth
a trip across a continent to view.
But the visitors will see more
than scenery by visiting this place.
They will see a hustling, bustling :
mining camp, teeming with the
activity of opening new mines; they
can see, if th y will, the wonder
mine of the wo ld pouring out its
millions in clean wealth; they can
see the people of two countries i
living side by side in the utmost
harmony and good-fellowship, each
side aiding in every way the up
building of the other.
So much from the visitors’ stand- i
point.
The residents cf this district
will reap untold benefit (rom this
influx of pleasure seekers,
of them indeed will leave
without becoming enthused
he business investment possibilities
of the ois.net, and many will un
doubtedly return to become aetive
and permanent members of the
Few
here
with
community.
Those who do not return will
ali become animated adveitising
mediums, and their descriptions
in their eastern homes will result
m an ever increasing tide of visitors
and an eventual attainment, by the
district, of its enviable destiny.
Mass Meeting
Pioneer Hafl. January 26
Speeches
Concluded by motion pictures
Everyone is invited :o attend, in
the interest of a United Hyder.
Adm ssion Free
Rr**ian tUmm bm)jg $4 U, J, Scott
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn’t to be
Found elsewhere try j
The Midget Emporium.
Miss Ida Watson has gone to Vic*
toria to attend high school.
Postmaster Oren F Hill is on a
business trip to Ketchikan.
Ole Hanson has returned from «
visit to Bell Island hot springs.
The Hyder Commercial Associa
tion will hold a dance March 17.
George Gervais, an oldtimerfrom
the Interior, is a recent arrival.
J. Thornton, blacksmith at the
Premier, is down for a few days.
John Ramsey, a compressor man
from Seattle, ia a visitor in camp.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Shough have
gone to Seattle for the balance of
the winter.
Judge James Wickersham was
in camp during the stay of the
Pricce George.
Household hint—If you are de
pending on electric lights, cut out j
the night work. 1
B. W. Lyons and F. J. Thorpe are
here from Alioe Arm. They came
over on a gas boat.
Mr. and Mrs G. C. Frame have
arrived from Port Angeles to make
Hyder their home.
Billy Turner, a well-known old-i
timer of the Interior, arrived on |
the Prince of Wales. j
George Banbury, Ketchikan agent i
for the Pacific S. S. Co., arrived on
the Carmen to look the camp over
for the company. He leaves here
or Seal tie to report.
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Harry Smith, teacher of the Stew
art school, returned Thursday from
a visit in Vancouver.
The next meeting of the Inter
national Service Club will be held
in Moose Hall January 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dann left on
the Prince George for Victoria on
a business and pleasure trip.
Road Commissioner Joe Ulmer
has returned to Ketchikan after
spending several weeks here.
Deputy Marshal and Mrs. T. W
McDonald now have a daughter,
born in Ketchikan January 5.
Latest songs and instrumental
musicat The Midget Emporium,
sheet music at popular prices.
M. R. Jamieson is in New York i
with Pat Daly on mining business.
They will hring home the bacon.
J. M. Blanton, father of Walter
Blanton, wno has been here several
months, left Thursday for his home
in Seattle.
Godfrey Anderson is sick at the
Sunshine camp, A. Johnson and
Albert Peterson have gone un to
bring him down.
Miss Peggy Parker, who has heei;
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ji.n John
son, returned Thursday to her
home in Rupert.
W. \V Rush of Stewart left on
the Priace George for Seattle on
business connected with his min
ing interests.
J. C Barber who, with Carl
Strong of Ketchikan, is developing
the Riverside, looked the property
over this week.
| Green Theatre j
jg Saturday and Sunday jj
| “HAIL THE WOMAN” I
SB ==
§ Thomas H. luce Presents His g
(American drama of today!
g C. Grrdner Sullivan =
s Worth Seeing Twice! M
| Saturday and Sunday |
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RYDER PIONEERS
TRAVELING TRAIL
OP PROSPERITY
Hyder Igloo, No. 20, Pioneers
of Alaska, has accomplished what
appeared at the start to be a for
midable undertaking, and today
occupies a position second to no
Igloo in the Territory in the matter
of financial independence, a posi
tion that has been secured quietly
and without ostentation, in a little
more than two years’ time.
The Igloo owns its own home,
a fine three-storied hall that cost,
with fixtures and equipment, at
least $6000, this without taking
into consideration the volunteer
labor, of which there was a large
amount donated. The initial mo
ney was raised through issuing
bonds in denominations of $25
each, a total sum of $1450. Of
these bonds, twenty were sold to
non-members of the Igloo. These
have ali been redeemed, and the
33 held by members, amounting
to $950, constitutes the only in
debtedness of the Igloo. The only
other receipts have been from so
cial entertainments and member
ship fees. There is practically
enough money in the treasury now
to offset the outstanding bonds.
Pioneer Hall is a thoroughly
appreciated asset to Hyder. It is
the only hall where gatherings of
any size can be held. And the
Pioneers have been more than
generous in opening its doors free
of charge to all meetings of a pub
lic nature* Mass meetings of var
ious kinds, funerals, chuich ser
vices, school entertainments, <_hrrst
mas celebrations, labor union meet
ings, all have been held there with
out cost. Not only this, the Pio
neers have expended approximate
ly $700 in emergency donations.
The ground upon which the hali
stands was donated to the Igloo
by Dan and Andy Lindeborg.
The Igloo started with an initial
membership of 63, at a time when
Hyder was very much in thej lime
light and filled with oldtimers fron
the Interior, those of the stampede
variety, who understand placer but
not hard rock mining, and who
head for every new camp as sooi
as its name is mentioned. Man\
of these have returned to the In
terior, and the membership of the
Igloo has dwindled in consequence
to about 35 in good standing.
Now that the Igloo is on a
sound financial footing the mem
bers feel that they can conscien
tiously call on every resident of
the district who is eligible to join,
to come into the organization. It
is the intention to make the Igloo
more of a social ovder and a real
benefit to all the oldtimers residing
in these parts.
Some
Doings
Deta i I s Nex t Week
B. C. Silver—1050 feet from por
tal of tunnel Premier main vein
tapped and crosscut 25 feet with
out reaching opposite wall.
Indian Mine—Has $2,000,000 ore
in sight and just starting real de
velopment.
Hugh B. McGuire turns a deal
for $300,000 on Vancouver and
Woodbine groups.
W. R. Tonkin, president and
manager of the Fish Creek Mining
Co. and vice president of the Am
erican Mining and Milling Co. is
back. Things are humming at the
mine. Five rawhide outfits are
hauling down ore.
F. H. Bold, proprietor of the El
ectric Laundry in Ketehikani was
in camp during the stay of the
Prince of Wales.
Gilbert Skelly, well known in
every camp in Alaska, arrived on
the Prince of Wales. He was here
for a short time two years ago.
Bob Robertson who, with Walter
Davidson installed the plumbing
in Keith’s and the Ocean View ho
tels, left Thursday for Rupert.
Joe Green has fixed up an at
tractive real (state office in the
premises at Main and Volunteer
Drive vacated by C.H. Sundmacher
Billy Frame bought Frank Na
gel’s Lizzie, cut her tread down to
sied width, and drove her to Thir
teen-mile, and back in 45 minutes.
Revolutionary, Billy is.
Attorney C H. Sundmacher left
Thursday lor Arkansas to join
Former Senator Ronan. Judge
Sundmacher was the first legal ad
visor in Hyder, arriving here in the
fail of 1919.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bunting art
b ;ck from a visit of several weeks
with Mrs. Bunting’s people in Spo
kane. On-their way back they
stopped over lor a week with Mr
and Mrs. Elmer Ness in Alice Arm
G. C. Turner, on the engineering
staff of the Bureau of Public Roads
who superintended the construc
tion of the dock approach, has re
turned to Ketchikan. While in
Hyder Mr. Turner took an active
part in the social life of the eamp
and his many friends here are hop
ing that he will return and become
a permanent resident.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
Cabinet© rent, blunoy Charlton.
Don't go home hungry. Get a hutch &
the Oeean View,
Three-room house and two lota fee
sale. Snap. Enquire Mbw eSaa.