1 t! n.oii Kiver District is
.■imsly Rich in; Afiaerai*
.ni.i Hyder is the Gateway in
(Jun»c<j uence of Which Hyder is
ihe fastest Growing Town in
the North.
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it. Boost for Hyder all the
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VOL. 2. NO. 22.
HYDER. Alaska. May 11. 1921
FIVE DOLLAKh A YEAR
Affected By
Walk Out
• Dissatisfaction ever living con
ditions at the Premier mine, aug
mented by a reduction in wages
with no corresponding reduction
in the cost of board, and intensi
fied by the abrupt discharge of 60
men. have caused a general strike
at the mine and a sympathetic
strike of tramline employees and
teamsters, including the drivers of
the caterpillar traotors. The total
number of men idle In consequence
is in the neighborhood of 300.
Rumblings ef impending trouble
have been heard for some time, in
fact ever since the mine manage
ment put o nmore men than there
were decent acoommodations for.
It is an undisputed fact that the
bunk houses have been overcrowd
ed and that other accommodations
were lacking, such as sufficient
dry-room spaoe. The men have
hung on, hoping that condition#
would be improved, a hop* which
was ardantly shared by the resi
dents of Hyder and Stewart, but
which proved in vait^
Early in the month notices were
posted at the mine that a new wage
schedule would come into effect on
May 16, the reductions ranging
from 73 eents to $1.25 per day for
Various classes of labor, cotnmon
tabor being hit the hardest. A few
days ago abobt 60 wefe laid off and
Tuesday the balance of the crew
Came down the hill, taking the §m
ployees at 13-mile ondO-mile along.
A meeting was held in Stewart
wit!) Qhas, Lake in the ohair and
•L fiosfcina acting as secretary.
There were about 200 men present.
Various committees were appointed
to hoodie the situation and several
addresses were made, the heavy
artillery being fired by "Engineer"
Tom Burns, the noted Alaska mush
er and prospector who recently
mushed out to the coast from the
Mackenzie river district;
Mr. Burns went into detail as to
the unpleasant surroundings at the
mine, pointing out that there was
no form of recreation provided for
the men, not even a reading room;
that the mail service was inade
quate and sleeping accommoda
tions peor. He laid the blame on
the general manager, D. L. Pitt, but
spoke highly of Assistant Manager
Bert Smith and Foreman Hector
McDonald. He also handed the
Guggenheims a loft-handed compli
ment, saying in effect that their
eitrv into a camp meant a blight
on all other operators ae well no
bulldoaing tactics employed to
ward the men.
Committees were appointed as
follows;
To look after the housing, etc. of
the stlikers residing in Hyder;
Sweeny, Hagen, Daly, Pillage.
To look after those residing in
Stewatt: McDonald, Dempsey, Mc
Manus, McBride.
.To interview the men working oh
the tfamline: Westman, Lake, Got
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Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
If it isn't to be found elsewhere, try
The Midget Emporium.
Emil Olson, a pioneer of Hazelton, is a
recent arrival.
“Mickle” Stringer, a railroad man. if a
recent arrival from Rupert.
Vic Cicotte. an oldtimer of the north,
lias taken up his abode here.
Ernest Erickson, who spent the winter
on the Skeena. has returned.
Miss Kate Ryan if convalescing after a
rather severe attack of the fig,' -
Geo. Williams, an oldtimer of Alaska.
Is a recent arrival from the north.
Sam Lyndeheim. a well known Alas
kan. is now making Ilyder his home.
Chris Benson has opened a store and
roadhouse at the Fish creek ciossing.
Howard Campbell is hack from an ex
tended visit in Vancouver fnd Victoria
Lopis Robichaud, a pioneer of northern
H. C„ who left hare about IS months ago.
has returned.
R.C.Jeffery has purchased the Hotel
Hyder pool table and installed it in the
Northern Pool Hall.
Dr. W D'Arcy < 'hace is looking over
the camp with a view to locating here.
His present home is Ketchikan.
Pat McBride has returned from a trip
to Vancouver op b siness connected with
his mining interests up the Salmon.
Harry Tanner, former sup' rlt:t* ndent
of the Bush,sad now associated with the
New Alaska, has return'd to Seattle.
Jimmy £artcr. a phu aer <.f the ?;• rth
and famous mulligni mixer, Is back from
Prince George, where he s|»ent the winter
Lance Crane has sold bis residence
near the foot of International to the
Hyder Townsite and Improvement Co.
Charlie Peters has left the Salmon Riv
er store to take up. another proposition
and Alex I'over i* now behind the coun
ter.
Jack Snider, who left for Edmonton to
Join the oil stampede, hit the baok trail
is fast as he could travel and is here
again. ■ 1
Miss Jean Macdonald, sister of Mrs
A.G.BehsDh, Who spent the winter at her
Home In Vancouver, has returned to en
joy the salubrious summer elimatfe of Hy
de and incidentally .to x'u some more
mountain <ellmblng,
don, Coyne.
The several committees selected
from among their number a gener
al strike committee. It was de< id
edto post pickets where necesiury
and to discourage the handling of
Premier ore and supplies at the
wharf.
The#eominittee who interviewed
the tramline empioyees were suc
cessful as these also, at a met. ting
held in Hyder, decided, b.y a vote
of 17 to 15s to join the str.ke. T.H.
Graham, who has charge of the
tramline construction, eitud to ti e
Miner that he had 52 mm on tire
payroll eitclusive of thb sur\eying
crew and teamsters. Ibis being
the case, there were more than 20
not present at the meeting and it
is understood that an effort is be
ing made by somte of those dissat
isfied with the strike td fia'^4 An
other meeting called and a new
Vote taken.
The men, said Mr. Graham, bad
no complaint on th'e tramline. They
wese glad to go to Work for the
Wages they we.re teceiViiig and were
being well treated. Their part in
'the strike is puiejy a sympathetic
$ne. As one of th'e men naively
put it: “We are striking to force
the Premier to pay their men $1 &
day mote than we are ”
Martin Smith, • hrary property owner
of StewRrt, who left for Vancouver island
aaverai weeks ado, has returned with his
little son.
The Alaskan Hotel has reopened mid
has been full-up from the start. The bil
Mard and pool tables are doing a rush 11 it
business
A. Lincke. who baa been back in the
mountains at the head of Davis river for
same time, has returned. He saw num
srous goats
Angus McKenzie, locator, with Ed
jfVonsen. of the President group near the
New Alaska, has gone to Edmonton to
investigate the oil excitement,
A fine horse-shoe counter has been in
stalled in the Alaska Cafe, room having
been obtained by taking out the boxes
The counter was built by D.W.McLeman.
A Premier ore specimen showing free
gold, native sliver and silver sulphides in
a matrix of white quartz, Is on'dlsplay in
the front window of the Midget Empor
ium.
Paddy O'Rourke has moved his house
from his riverside forest reserve |ot. Last
summer the high water nearly washed
house and lot away, and this year he is
taking po chancts.
Little Elisabeth Pitt had a birthday re
cently and the assaying staff presented
her with a ring: made of native silver
from the Premier, with a setting of gold
from the same mine.
F. C.Lu wrcnm . the j ■-.% ele and optician,
who s[>ent mo t of the winter in Seattle,
ha* returned. He says there is an in
creasing interest in this district Outside
and he is very Optimistic as to the future
of Hydef
Andy I.indeborg who, with his brother
I tan sta ted the Big Missouri^and the Hy
de:" townsite, is tiack from a tour of the
aoutli and Hawaii. Six months at a time
away from here is more than chough to
suit Andy.
K.W. (Bob) Martin, one of the original
owners of the Mineral Hill group, is back
after a lengthy sojourn outside He has
plans for resuming work on the property
which have not yet come to a definite
conclusion.
John Hovland, pioneer assayar of the
camp anl siperintenie i: o' the Spider
while that prop;rty way operating, has re
opened his assay office in ilyder. His
prices, published in un dtiercolumn,show
that there has been a big reduction for
assaying, in keeping with the tendency
of the times.
B. M. Stone, who has icon away for
about two months, attending the legisla
tive session in Juneau and visiting sever
al towns of the Panhandle, returned on
the Taku and is glad to get back. He
has seen little since his departure except
rain and more rain, and the balmy sun
shine of Hyder pleases him.
George Bunn has repainted and (gener
ally overhauled his launch in which he
hved all winter, at the rear of the Ilyder
rirug Store, and by placing it on skids
<vas ab'e to have it hauled down to lower
ground for launching. He ran it up to
its winter quarters on the highest tide of
Vast October and there has been no tide
since that time that would float it.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bunting are home
after a visit to Billy's former home in
England which he had not seen for over
twenty years. Billy is one Of the original
locators ol We Premier and participated
hi the nViiWot excitement of 1910. He
fays that one cannot be satisfied in Eng
land after spending any 'considerable
length of tin* in this part of tVie world.
Get Union-m&de Silver Springs Beer
at iootfi's'.
SLIGHTLY DISFIGURED BUT
STILL IN THE RING
During the past two weeks the
Editorial, Reportorial. Mechanical
and Business staff of this Great
Family Journal and Compendium
of Useful Information Concerning
Potential Possibilities of the
Portland Canal District has been
-. '■gaged ip the recently acquired
I cal pastime yclept “Fighting the
/ t|." In consequence the morale
uf the aforesaid newspaper etc. has
been badly demoralized. Now,
however, the editorial staff I9 slow
ly on the mend; (We mended our
trovysies three days ago.) the re
portorial staff is making good in
the usuai nondescript manner; the
mechanical staff, though weak in
the knees, ts able to set at the
case (“set" is the correct word and
not “sit,”) and the business stall'
may be on the job after awhile.
No one will lose anything through
the visitation as the business staff
has been instructed to credit sub
scribers and advertisers ahead for
missed numbers.
Thanking you for your kind in
dulgence -
A third and joint meeting
of the Premier and tramline
strikers held as this paper was
about tQ j(o to pres** made no
change in the strike situation.
WILL HAVE MOVIES HERE
RE.Coffyn, with his wife and son.
arrived on the last trip of the Taku.
coming from Juneau. M«. Coffyo
is in the moving picture business
and will supply Hyder with as high
class attractions as can be seen in
Alaska. He is connected with W.D
Groes of the Coliseum theatre in
Juneau and head of the Alaska
Film Exchange, The Pioneer Hall
has been seoured and three shows
weekly will be given at the atart.
The opening night will be very soon
SURPRISED HOME FOLKS
When Hyder folks, upon the re
turn from the south of two of our
former citizens sane: out: “Fow do,
Mrs. Peterson—I.ello, Mr. Lund
vall,” they made a bati break, be
cause these two are"now traveling
in double harness, having been
married in Vancouver on the 21st
of April. They have purchased
Hugh McDougal's cosy cottage cn
Cottonwood avenue and are making
their homo there.
Temperatures
AS recorded by official registered
thermometer of Oren F. Hill at the
Hyder Drug Company.
Date Max Mm
May 4.46. 36
5...49.34
’6..46.32
7 .58.30
8 .54. 36
. 38
*6..,.$0.....* 84
Hyder Is
Beehive Of
Activity
Without blaring of ttum«>eta or
clashing of oymbals, no fuss at all
but just the application of sound
business judgement, Hydes is stead
ily forging a baud. There is not a
yacant residence in the- town and
secant'arrival^ have had a hard
time securingjli ring quarters. There
is an incaeasing demand for bdth
residential and business lots and
several sales have been recorded
lately. Inquiries in this respect
from the outside are becoming
more numerous.
The demand for lumber is such
that the Hyder sawmill is compell
ed to work two shifts, with the
planes running incessantly. Much
of this lumber is Intended for the
tramline and the Premier mine,
but there is also a brisk local de
mand. - -
Yael Rosenstain has just pur
chased the lot across from the Hy
der Drug Store, on the corner of
International and Kansas, and has
started to erect a modern store
building, 30 x 40 feet in size, two
stories high and with a warehouse
addition. The foundation- 4s 30 x
60 feet in size. The work is being
done by Niefc Belyin.
Alex Fraze* and Jack Adkins
have put an addition on the Mecca
which covers more ground space
than the original building and have
entirely remodeled the interior of
the establishment. D.W.McLeman
has the contract on this improve
ment. Alex Frazer has also pur
chased the adjoining lot from Pete
Lowe and Louis Watkins and con
templates erecting a substantial
structure In the near future. A
substantial foundation is already
in place.
Bob Keith's improvements to the
Alaska Cafe have just been finisn
ed, giv.ng him double the room he
previously had. The Hyder Town
site and Improvement Co. will re
model the Crane building which
they have just purchased, convert
ing it into government offices for
Commissioner Rted. Mrs. Phyllis
Watson has had a modern store
front put into her building adjoin
ing the Silver Grill, and has taste
fully decorated the interior.
Among the new residences that
come to mind without taking a
ramble all over town, the modern
bungalow being built by Max Priebe
for Ge »rge Plawn on Main street,
forest reserve, is the most pretent
ious. Sam Potts has put an ad
dition on his home and Jack Mul
len and W.H.Williams have built i
house on the forest reserve. Billj
Bunting has also built a subsl an
tial addition to his residenoe. D. W
McLeman is remodeling the uppei
story of the Hydqr Drug Store, con
verting it into residential quartet's
Send a dollar for a set of tweK'e Alas
kan scenes—real photograph!!. The Midget
Emporium.
Cowhide, for ratoMdiffg, at Cin'dlj n;
Butcher Shop, Stewart.
Big 'r. diction in all kin'ds 6f TiardWace
'»l»o Staple ^rdcet'fife.