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VOL. 1. NO. 45.
HYDE& AM18**- Sept. 15. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Death Calls
Mrs. Stoner
Mrs. Caroline Stoner, one of Ch<
b?«tkn)wn md most highly es
t' Hied pioneer women in all Alas
ka. died at an early hour Saturday
morning, Sept. 11, at her home or
Premier avemue, Ihe cause of death
being heart failure. She had beer
ailing since early summer and hei
death was not wholly unexpected
but nevertheless the event caused
a distinct shock to the community
as the day previous she had ap
peared to be in her usual state of
health, doing her housework and
attending to her flock of chickens.
Mrs. Stoner was born about 1874
on a farm near Newcastle, Pennsyl
vania. She married early, and was
the mother of two sons, who now
reside in Newcastle. Her husband
died in Portland about three years
ago. She leaves two brothers, one
in Pennsylvania and one in Port
land, and three sisters, one in Penn
sylvania, one in Idaho and one in
North Yakima. The last, Mrs. Ly
ons, spent a month or more with
Mrs. Stoner when she was first tak
en ill last summer.
Just prior to the Klondike rush,
Mrs. Stoner came wes*, landing in
Skagway in the winter of 1897-'98,
going to Circle in ’98 and to Daw
son in '99. From Dawson she went
to t otmcil, thence to Nome, and to
Fairbanks in 1903. From Fair
nanks she went to Delta where she
ran .. road house until it was burn
ed in 1910. She then went to Tol
ovana and from there returned to
Fairbanks where she joined the
women's auxiliary of the Pioneers
oi Alaska in 1916. Leaving Fair
banks, she lived for a time in Ruby
and Idit,.rod, and in 1918 went to
Seattle, her first trip Outside in 21
years. In 1919 she came ta Hyder
and opened a restaurant on Main
street which she conducted while
her health remained good.
t uneral services were held Tues
day afternoon at he* home undet
the auspices of the Pioneers, inter
ment being: in the Hyder cemetery.
There was a large concourse of
friends attended to pay their re
spects, and the floral offerings were
magnificent in their quantity and
beauty. The burial service was
read by F.C.Lawrence, chaplain of
the Igloo, and President F. E. Butler
made an address, paying a fitting
tribute to the memory of one who,
in life, represented the very spirit
of the wonderful Northland which
she loved "Lead Kindly Light was
sung by W. S. Orr and D. W. McLe
man."
Road Camp
Bear Killed
Indignation runs rampant at the
government road camp three miles
up the Salmon valley road, because
of the killing of a little black bear
that had become a pet although
never in captivity, ftonie time ago
a mother bear brought her two cubs
to the camp to get them acquaint
ed with civilization and incident
ally to beg tiie cook, Billy Black,
for some table scraps. Nearly every
morning thereafter the three put in
an appearance, and a week or so
ago a two-year-old camt with them.
Within two days the latest arrival
would eat out of the hand of any
one who would feed her, and num
bers of townspeople have gone out
to play with her and take photos.
Monday she helped the bull-cook do
his w 3h ng, mi 'ing her paws in
the tub and stirring the cloths
around.
But now the little bear is dead
slain by one of the crew who wish
ed to show the efficiency of a rifle
in the camp. The body lay where
it fell until ordered buried by the
foreman, and for hours the two
oubs stayed beside it, mourning and
crying, and trying to bring her
back to wakefulness again.
The use of firearms around the
camp has now been forbidden, but
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
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Meet me at the Mecca.
The Teco tfcas in this week with 156
tons of dtel.
Jas. F. Walker and wife have (tone to
Prince Rupert. '
Glenn Thompson, a mining! man of Se
attle. is in cai^p.
Local Nimroos are bringing in some
nice bags of ducks.
C has. e. Caldwell of the New Alaska
arrived in camp Sunday.
O H Brown and J. P. Brown ane over
from Ketchikan on a visit.
Fresh tobacco always on hand at the
Hotel Stewart tobacco stand.
The proposed road up the Marmot has
been surveyed and will be built nextaum
mer.
Chas. Kraser, a Ketchikan business
man, spent several days in camp this
week.
The Rough Hider brought in nine pas
sengers on her last' trip. Captain Clary
brought her over
Mrs. J. R.McI tonald left for her home
ih Seattle last Sunday after spending the
summer in the catnp.
Jack Lambert is repairing his gas boat
and will operate it this winter in connec
tion with his wood business.
•• liiiiiiy uarurr wuu uas wet*n one in uie
chefs at Bill Hamilton's boarding house,
has gone south for the winter.
Dune Mclsaac, Jack McLeod Charlie
Hetone and P. I >onohue have gone to
Alice Arm to work on the Moose.
VV. 11. (Cyclone) Thompson, who broke
a leg last week in a friendly scuffle, is
doing well in the Stewart hospital.
C.P. Hickman, inspector of fisheries for
the B. C, government, arrived in camp
Sunday and has gone to Meziadin lake.
J. ltoy of Vancouver is now in charge
of the Stewart Trading Co. in the place
of G.E.Austin, who has gone to Vancou
ver.
The Stewart school nas opened with
Miss Dorothy Thompson of Victoria again
in charge. Four of the pupils are from
Hyder.
Jack Berndgen is down from his claims
on Tide lake. He says bears and goats
have been very plentiful in that vicinity
this season.
Wm. Fillier, Dan Woodmore und Bill
Hall, who have been working up the Sal
mon, have gone to Alice Arm to work on
the Moose.
this cannot restore life to a harm
less creature, one of the playful
little people of the great, jpreen
forest.
i Bob Keith's new sky-scraper on Main
•treet is nearing completion. lie will
move the Alaska Cafe into the lower
floor for the winte\
Canadian currency bought, drafts drawn
on Canadian banks payable in Canadian
funds, sold at current rates.—Salmon
River Banking Company..
Pat McBride says it was the Hninesta't •
group and not the 'iot.ier Li le which
Ur. Hoyes sampled on his recent trip np
^heSalnton h r I»r. McRechnie of Van
couver.
John Elliott, of the government road
staff. Is back from a trip to Ketchikan.
His brother Phil of the Chronicle, is re
covering from e serous attack of appen
dicitis.
P. Donohne and Jack McLeod, former
ly of the Silver Tip kw, showed their
versatality the latter part of the ve fc by
making a quantity of packing cases in
Stewart
Jack Young, who tins been foreman at
the Silver Tip. wip hold a similar position
at the Moose. Wm. Etherington. the
cook, also went to A lice Arm with Mr.
Racey’s crew.
Roy Moseley, proprietor of the King
Edward hotel in Stewart, returned the
latter part of the week from Bell Island
hot springs and V't Sunday on a trip to
San Francisco.
■ \ Japanese naoy, uaugnrer or one oi
the cooks at the Premier, was brought to
the Stewa-t hospital this week and died
there. The hody will he shipped to Prince
Rupert on the next boat.
Mrs. and Mi s Kellerman, mother and
sister of J.E.K Merman, have returned to
their home In Seattle after spending the
summer here. Mrs. Kellerman is a sister
of S. P. and Jack Fitzgerald.
Jim Mooney, one of the tunnel con
ractors at the Spider, was down the lat
ter part of the week for optical treat
ment. I le says he has been looking at
ruby silver for so long that everything
looks pink to him.
Fred Dorey, manager of the Hyder Au
to service, has put in a telephone at
Blondy Charlton's cigar store, Internation
al and Volunteer Drive, connecting with
Stewart. He has also installe 1 a buzzer
in his home to facilitate night calls.
A.IIalsted has been doing some devel
opment work on the U. S. claim at Elev
en-mile, He says he has a well defined
lead which he can trace the full length
of the claim and which is from four to six
feet in width. It is a galena proposition.
Development
Oil Hercules
Fred Swanson, Gus Hcdlund, Gus
Sundberg and Charlie Bergman
have finished their contract for
150 feet of a crosscut tunnel on the
Hercules, and the first two named
are now sinking a 50-foot winze on
the property under contract. It is
unofficially reported that develop
ment. WiJ be continued on the Her
cules ii.i winter
Pioneer Dies
Wo'.d has been received of the
death in Vancouver of Adam Berh
enstock, a well known and much
respected northern pioneer. He
was one of the first operators in
the Atim district.
CARD OF THANKS
Hyder Igloo No. 20, Pioneers of
Alaska, desire to thank all ’ those
who assisted at the last rites for
the late Mrs. Caroline Stoner, and
to especially thunk those women
w.o u ..uted their services and
were sj generous and thoughtful in
prov..i aj ;iarai cr.outes.
Titan Group
In Limelight
By the commencement of active
>perarions on the Titan, group of
claims on Fish creek, another Sal
mon valley property on the Alas
kan side of the line comes into the
Inn Tight, and from reports received
from ttme to time regarding this
property it appears that there is
more than an even chance of an
other large shipper being developed
The Titan has been owned for a
number of years by S.P. and John
Fitzgerald who have done consid
erable surface prospecting upon it,
exposing the main lead for a dis
tance of 1,000 feet by means of open
cuts, and tracing it for a total dis
tance of 3,000 feet. This lead runs
practically east and west, and is a
coptact vein, with greenstone on the
north and quartz-porphyry oh the
south. The work done shows that
it will average from ten to twelve
feet in width, and assays show en
couraging values- One average
taken across the vein gives 74 oun
ces in silver and 1,95 per cent cop
per, another gave 7.5 ounces in sil
ver, 10.10 per cent lead and 10.10
per cent zinc. All the assays give
an invariable return of $4 in gold.
There are nine claims in the group.
Through L. Jessen becoming in
terested in the property, diamond
drilling will commence at once, Mr.
Jessen having leased a drilling out
fit from Boyle Bros, which has been
packed to the property, together
with the necessary supplies. Three
days were consumed in taking in
the outfit and 23 horses were em
ployed. The packing was done by
Reid and Legge. It is the intention
to drill into the lead in four places
this fall, and the results will deter
mine the future program. The pro
perty it excellently situated for %
deep and economical development
as 600 feet of a tunnel will give a
depth on the lead of 500 feet. As
to shipping facilities, the Fish creek
trail turns off fro i 'he Salmon val
ley road five miles from Hyderand
but five miles of road remain to be
constructed to connect the Titan by
wagon road with salt water.
In contradiction to certain geolog
ical reports made on some port oris
of the Salmon mineral zone, S. P.
says that the dykes of the Fish
creek belt are not old dykes tins
week and new dykes next week.
Silver Tip
Suspends
Because of the la'e start on the
development of the Silver Tip the
management have deemed it the
widc tuuiac iu uwc iui inr Viiiiir'i
rather than to unc'ertake the kx
tremely expensive work of buff
ing winter camps and getting it!
supplies at this time of tho year
Managing Engineer P.W.Racey has
taken practically the entire crew to
Alice Arm and will open up the
Moose property.
Eighteen men were employed a1
the Silver Tip and the work done
has exposed some stringers of na
tive silver which, however, do not
represent the true value of the prop
erty which lies in the large ore
bodies. Results have been in every
way satisfactory and work will be
resumed in the early spring.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE—Hyder
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