IIYDER ALASKA MINER
W. II. Hull-- Editor
A newspaper whose purpose is to tell
the world about the newest and b> s
iest town in the northland, and the
native resources which are responsible
for its existence.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered as second class matter Nov
ember 4, 1919, at the post office at
Hyder, Alaska, uuder the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Sent anywhere for $5 a year.
Advertising rates on application.
HYDER. ALASKA, Janua y 30, 1920
The outside public is request
ed not to send postoffice money
orders to this paper as there is
no money order branch in the
Ilyder postoffice. Checks look
good when we open our mail but
greenbacks look better. Those
who have already sent money
orders will receive the paper and
we will try to induce the post
office to establish a money order
branch here so that we can cash
in the orders on hand.
INTRODUCING MR. WILDCATTER
The voice of the wildcatter will soon
be heard in the land.
Already we read in outside papers
glowing descriptions furnished a too
gullible press by companies unknown in
the north, with claims unheard of out
side of the recording office.
A mining man recently returned from
Vancouver told the Miner that prom d
ers were thicker in the lobby of the
Vancouver hotel than second-growth
spruce saplings o:i an old burn. And if
this is true of Vancouver, where there
is less interest taken In mining than in
any city of its size west of the Rocky
mountains, what must be ,he situation
in other cities where a real interest is
manifested in the country’s greatest
industry!
We have heard the remark that every
mine was, at initial stage of its exist
ance, a wildcat. This is not true. It
is trueethat every mine was at some
time a prospect, but there is a vast
difference between a prospect with
well defmde surface showings of ore,
wnich intelligent development may
prove to extend to depth, and a wild
cat with its few acres of country rock,
whose owner staked it because some
prospects in the district were showing
np well, and whose promoters foist it
upon the public with the fn 1 knowledge
that not a dollar’s worth of ore will
ever be extracted from it
However, we are not inclined to pity
the public with too great a pity. Any
one who will invest his money in min
ing stocks because of a high-sounding
name or glowing prospectus, and with
out making such inquiries as any ten
year-old child should have brains enough
to make, is not entitled to pity.
There is only one good thing about a
wildcatter. The money he extracts
from the public he generally puts back
into circulation with both hands. As a
rule his easiest victims are people
who are so tight they wouldn’t buy a
cheese sandwich for a starving orphan
but who pull their money out of the
banks when told by some suave gentle
man that they can easily double it with
no other effort on their part than sign
ing checks.
Many of the companies now organiz
ing are being formed in good faith and
the money turned over to them will be
expended honestly. Such companies
are public benefactors. They under
take mine prospecting and development
work which the individual, unless he
belonged in the multi-millionaire class,
could not undertake. If they fail, no
one is hurt much because no one has
invested much. But if they develop a
mine, the money taken from the ground
is distributed among the many * share
holders, people of moderate means, to
whom an augmented income is of some
benefit.
Alaskan
Hotel
McDonell
Jamieson
Reid
HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN
Electric Lights ■ - Large Rooms
W. R. REID, Manager
A SQUARE MEAL
A SQUARE DEAL
The MARKS
RESTAURANT and BAKERY
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Campbell
ROWE'S COW BAY TASK SHOP AND
BOND AVE.SHEET METAL WORKS
M \nufacti'i:ers of All Kinds of Sheet Metal Goons
Galvanized Roofing Gas Tanks Sheet Copper and Brass
Chimney Tops Galley Pipes Stove Connections
Eave Troughing Ships’ Lamps Stove Pipes and Elbows
Conductors Deck Plates Brass and Iron
Galvanized&Black Iron, Copper, Brass and Lead Pipes and Fittings, all
sizes, $ to 4 ” in stock. Sheet-iron, Black and Galvanized.
Sheet Copper, Brass and Zinc Carried in Stock, Sold by Sheet, Bun
dle or Ton Lots. Lead Pipes and Fittings. •«
We Specialize In Warm Air Furnaces — Repairs of All Kinds
Estimates Cheerfully Given 220 2nd Ave
We Aim to Please PRINCE RUPERT B.C.
Pressing1, Cleaning, Repairing
MISS LEATHA DAVIS
LAUNCH TAKU II
U.S. MAIL BOAT
LEAVES HYDER
EVERY TUESDAY
Freight and Passengers
Ed. J. Williams, Master
Alaska Trust & Investment Go.
Incorporated under Laws of Alaska Governing Banks & Trust Companies.
Paid up Capital $50,000
Surplus
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
$5,000
Departments
| BANKING Commercial & Savings
: TRUSTS of every nature
j BONDS
j SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for Rent
INSURANCE Fire and Marine
| CUSTOMS BROKERS
: NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE
Officers and Directors
F. E. Ryus President
Dean C. Cannon 'Vice President
S. L. Cadwell Secretary
James Dickson Treasurer
F. J. Furnivall Gen. Manager
Ed. J. Williams
T. J. Pennell
N. F, Zimmerman
A. C. Ivreidler
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Famous Colored Chef
Southern Dishes to Tickle the Palate of an Epicure
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SMOKE
SHOP
j WILLIAM REID TOOTH, Proprietor
Soft drinks Solo Tables
Everybody Welcome
Wait There for Stewart-Hyder
Stage Line
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|
The
Portland
Bar
| Soft Drinks,
Tobaccoes,
Cigarettes, etc.
Theresa O’Donnell
ALASKAN CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobacco, Soft Drinks
. Mrs. M. HARRIS, Prop.
HYDER CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies and Refreshing Drinks
MRS. A. MILLER, Proprietress.
WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’
SHIVERIN’—THAT’S WHAT!
YOU NEED WOOD
Get It From NELSON & FOY
F. L. LAKE
Launch SILVER HEELS and RED SCOWS
Speed - SERVICE
The Stewart Trading Company an
nounces the opening of their new gen
eral store in Hyder and invites you to
come in and get acquainted. After
saying “how-do?” and absorbing some
of the heat from the big stove, if you
care to look around and maybe find
something that you like, it will give us
great pleasure to serve you, and at the
right prices.
„ We expect to make a living by giving you the
right kind of goods and the right kind of service. Al
though every boat will briug fresh supplies, we already
have a very complete assortment of everything that a
good general store should carry. Come in and get
acquainted.
STEWART TRADING COMPANY
G. E. AUSTIN