11i« Salmon Rivar District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hyder is the Qatewfty in
<'onsequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER
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VOL. 1. NO. 20.
HYDiSR, Alaska, Mar. 12. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Protection
Against Fire
That precautionary measures shall
be taken for safeguarding the town
against fires, epitomizes the action
taken by the Hyder Commercial
Association at a special meeting
held last Monday evening in Will
ard hall for the purpose of hearing
die report of a speoial committee
which had been previously appoint
ed to examine into the situation.
The oommittce reported that they
had inspected SO buildings and had
found the majority of the business
bouses and dwellings in a danger
ous condition because of defective
fines and a lack of precautionary
safety devices about the pipes, and
Recommended that safety fiuea be
■nstalled with the least possible de
lay in all these buildings and that
;i>sjtructions to this effect be given
the owners. The committee deems
it wise to install brick, concrete or
galvanized iron flues, the latter to
he placed as a jacket around the
pipe from the ceiling to the roof
v here, the pipe is not easily access
ible, the jacket to be not less than
one and one half inches from the
pipe.
The committee also recommend
ed that four fire stations be estab
lished, each with one 18-foot ladder,
me 14-foot roof ladder, 10 buckets
(tainted red, and one gong, the sta
tions to be located as follows- Hy
. der Cigar Store, Willard building,
Salmon River Trading Co. store,
Cyder Drug Store; and that a per
s concur fire chief and assistant be
selected.
A vote ct thanks to Smcil" and
McDougal for the donation of two
gongs was recommended, also that
two more gongs be ordered from
them, and that a committee be ap
pointed to solicit funds to pay for
ail public fire equipment.
i’hey also recommended that the
secretary be instructed to correspond
with tho Pyrene company and or
der 50 extinguishers, pump type,
and 50 recharges.
A further recommendation was
made that ell tents within 75 feet
of a building be boarded in and
roofed as quickly as possible or re
moved
The Association unanimously
adopted the recommdedations of
the committee, instructed them to
‘carry on” and secure the funds
mentioned, selected F.LLake as fire
chief and U. S. Deputy Marshall
.John Ronan as assistant, and in
structed the chief to carry out the
committee's recommendations.
letter from Secretary Howard
to Governor Riggs concerning the
construction of a bridge across the
Salmon river was read, also one
from a special committee to the
Seattle Times answering libellous
statements made in a purported in
terview with a steamship represen
tative published by them. Both let
lers were approved by the Associa
tion and ordered forwarded.
The special street committee rec
ommended that the walk to the
Lake and Green dock be put into a
state of repair, that the platform in.
front of the Salmon River Trading
Company’s store be cleared of coal
and lumber and that an approach
be built frijm this point to connect
with tht government road where it
enters the town. As to the latter
clause, a committee consisting of
P.R.Backus, Robert Small and Hugh
McDoujJal was appointed to look un
to the feasibility of the project, and
report at a special meeting to be
called by President Marks.
For the flag committee E.E.Charl
ton reported that the pole was ready
to be raised, and was authorized to
draw on the treasury for the pur
chase of a pulley and rope. Until
a flag can bo bought Mrs. Willard
offered the loan of her flag for which
she wos tendered a vote of thanks.
Mrs. WiV'ard had just (inished a
very fine oil painting of the mouth
of Marmot river as seen from just
below Hyder and this, together with
a hand-made frame built by John
Nikko, wus donated to the Associa
tion to be raffled tor the benefit of
the treasury. Both painting and
frame arc real work6 of art worthy
a place of honor in the most pre
tentious abode, and the Association
expressed its appreciation of the
gift by a hearty vote of thanks to
the donors.
Prince of Wales
On Maiden Trip
With a number of passengers and
25 tons of freight for the Salmon
River Trading Co. the Prince of
Wales arrived early Thursday morn
ing from Ketchikan and remained
in the harbor for 24 hours. This is
the boat which was purchased by
W.J.Neill and R L.Cole and refitted
specially for the Hyder run, and
considerable interest was aroused
by its first appearance here.
The boat is equipped with a 125
liorso-power engine and is a staunch
vessel with stateroom acommoda
feons ior IS passengers and cots for
as many more, as well as hold room
for 40 tons of freight. It is the in
tention of the owners to make semi
weekly trips between Ketchikan
end Hyder, a stTvice that wili be
appreciated, though the okltimers
here are likely to remain loyal to
Captain Williams in recognition of
the excellent service lie has given
throughout the winter with the Taku
II in the face of adveree weather
conditions.
Included in the accommodations
are excellent staterooms, Steam heat
and running water. In fact the
Prince of Wales oilers all the ac
commodations to be found on the
large steamers plying the waters of
Alaska.
The Ptince of Wales was built at
Eagle Harbor, Puget Sound, and
was put on the run from Wrangell
to the west coast. Later it was
sent to Juneau and ran to Sitka.
Paddy McDonell, one of the origiual
sourdoughs, is ia camp. He came down
from Puorinan last August and has been
making a visit to the outside.
Falsehoods
Are Refuted
Following is the letter ordered
forwarded to the Seattle Times by
the Iiyder Commercial Association
in answer to a libellous interview
published in that paper:
“The attention of the Ryder Com
mercial Association has been called
to an alleged interview with a “rep
resentative of steuinship interests"
published in your paper under date
of Feb. 8, which contains a mass of
misstatements regarding Iiyder.
“Had this interview been publish
ed rn a papei of less repute the Hy
der Commercial Association would
have paid no attention to it. The
future of this town and district is
so assured that no petty knocks can
hurt or hinder its growth. But com
ing from the Times, we cannot al
low such an article to remain un
answered.
“To be frank with you, we know
who the ‘special representative' is,
and the interviews he gave the Hy
der AVaska Miner and the Ketchi
kan Alaska Chronide are entirely
divergent from the interview you
publish, and which seriously libels
the town.
“In this interview it is stated that
prospectors cannot outfit here be
cause of a lack ef supplies. We
wish to state that one store in this
town has just finished invoicing and
that they are now carrying ii $23
000 stock. A branch of this store*
or lather the parent store, in Stew
art, two miles away, carries a larger
stock. Not only this, you must bear
in mind that we are on deep water
navigation and could move the
whole of Prtnce Rupert or Ketchi
kan here in 24 hours should the oc
casion warrant.
"Your ‘special representative' says
that Hyder is built on piling. Part
of Hyder js, There ace 200 acres
of tide flats available for building
purposes. These a«e being taken
up, piled and capped, and most of
tlte business of Hyder today is be
ing conducted on this kind of hold
ings. However, something which
your ‘special representative’ seem
ed to have overlooked is the fact
that adjoining the tide flats is the
Lindeborg townsite of 72 acres, and
adjoining that the government for
est reserve of 00 acres, both plotted
in town lots and the former with
several big business houses con
structed, the latter with some very
fine residences.
“But if Hyder had to depend on
the tide flats for building purposes
so did Aberdeen, Washington, and
Raymond, Washington, two of the
best towns in the state, Marshfield,
Oregon, than which there is no better
little town in that state. We are
informed that 2,500 acres of Seattle
itself is built on piling, and we know
that Chicago, inside the ‘loop,’ is all
piled.
As to accommodations for tran
sients. People who come into the
north have been taught by Klon
IN Tli K DISTRICT COURT F< )R THE
DISTRICT OF ALASKA. DIVISION
NUMBER ONE, AT JUNEAU.
In the Matter of modifying the)
boundaries of the Ketchikan)
Recording district, Number)
Eight, and establishing a Re-1
cording District thereout, to)
be known as the HYDER)
REC< IRDING PRECINCT: de-) ORDER,
lining the boundaries thereof.)
and appointing a United)
States Commissioner, ex ofli-)
cin Justice of the Peace, Re-)
(order, and Probate Judge)
therefor )
Now, on this day, it appearing to the
satisfaction of the court that the public
interests demand, and that the conven
ience of the public requires that, the
boundaries of the Ketchikan Recording
District, Number Eight, located within
the District of Alaska. Division Nnmber
One, be modified, and a portion of said
Recording District lie detached therefrom,
and the portion so detached be establish
ed as a separate Recording District, and
that i United States Commissioner's Pre
cinct be established therein.
And it further appearing to the conrt
that a proper and qualified person should
he appointed United States Commissioner
and, ex officio Justice of the Peace, Re
corder, and Probate Judge, in and for
said Precinct,
IT IS. THEREFORE, HEREBY OR
DERED that, the Order of this court,
heretofore made and entered on the
fifteenth day of November, A. I). 1901,
defining the present boundhries of the
said Ketchikan Recording District, Num
ber Eight, be, and the same is, hereby so
far modified as to detach, except, and
exclude from the said Ketchikan Record
ing District, Number Eight, and to place
and embrace within the said hereby es
tablished Recording Precinct, all that
portion of the said Ketchikan Recording
District, Number Eight, contained within
the following described boundaries, to
wit:
Beginning at the point where the Inter
national Boundary line between the
United States of America and the Dom
inion of Canada intersects the shore of
Portland Canal; thence southerly along
said International Boundary line through
sai'l Portland (.anal, Pearse canal, and
Dixon Entrance to a point on the said
International Boundary line due south of
Cape Fox; thence northwesterly following
the center line of Revillngigedo channel
to a point opposite the entrance to Behm
canal; thence northerly along a line in
said Behm canal passing through the
center of the channel between Smeaton
island and Uevillagigdeo island and con
tinuing along the center line of said
Behm canal to a point.due south of Point
Lees; thence to said Point Lees; thence
northerly to the summit of the divide be
tween the watershed of said Behm canal
•nd that of Bradfield canal; thence north
easterly along the summit of the divide
between the streams tributary to the
Unuk river and the streams tributary
to said Bradfield canal to a point where
the divide intersects the ssid Internation
al Boundary line between the United
Stages of America and the Dominion of
Canada; thence southeasterly along the
said International Boundary lino to the
place of beginning.
ANI) IT IS HEREBY FURTHER
ORDERED that, the said portion of the
said Ketchikan Recording District, Num
ber Eight, detached, excepted, and ex
cluded therefrom by this Order he, and
the same is, hereby established as a sep
arate Recording District, to be known as
and called the HYDER RECORDING
PRECINCT,
And reposing special trust and confi
dence in the ability and integrity of John
T. Reed.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDER
ED that, the said John T. Reed, be, and
lie hereby Ls. appointed UNITED
S I AT ES COMMISSI' )NE1! and ex oificio
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. RECORDER
and l’RORATE JUDGE, in and for the
said HYDER RECORDING PRECINt i\
and lie is hereby authorized and empow
ered to execute and fulfill ; iie duties of
that office according to law, and to Have
and to Hold the said ( hfic with all the
powers, privileges, and emoluments to the
same of right appertaining unto him, the
said .lolin T. Reed, in the penal sum of
one thousand dollars, ($1009.00) to be
approved by the said Judge, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his official
duties.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the said Commissioner, ex
officio Justice of tiie Peace, Recorder and
Probate Judge, shall reside t.n 1 k cp his
office at the town of Hyder, within said
HYDER RECORDING PREOiNCt.
- — *i rTrf JrHi ifia'MlTfilTmMfc [ 'TBHMIillirCi]M
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the Clerk of this Court for
ward to the United States Commissioner,
ex officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder,
and Probate Judge, in and fur the Ketch
ikan Recording District, Number Eight,
a certified copy of this Order; and also
that notice of said Order be given to the
public by publishing a copy thereof once
a week for four successive weeks, in the
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, a newspaper
published in the city of Ketchikan, Alas
ka; and also in the Hyder Alaska Miner,
a newspaper published in the said town
of Hyder, Alaska.
DONE IN OPEN COURT this seventh
day of February, 1920.
Robert W. Jer.. :ng»,
DISTRICT JUDuE.
Date of First Puaiication, February 2J,
1920.
Date of Last Publication, March 12,
1920.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Wm. Lawley will be chef at the Alaska
Grill.
Max LIpovatz of Ketchikan has become
a resident of Hyder.
A.C.Whitney, who has been outside to
have his eyes treated, has returned,
Gus Erickson is back from a trip out
side which took him as far as ’Frisco.
Ed. Fernell and Bert Edmonds are sick
with the flu, but both are reported to be
on the mend.
Sam Fitzgerald, who has been sick
since his return from the south a week
ago is around again.
W.R.Reid, manager of the Alaskan He*
tel, is l ack from Rupert where he went
to rustle some lumber.
-John Salsbury, an oldtime Alaskan, ar*
rived in camp this week. He qas been
outside for a visit.
D.W.McLeman has severed his connec
tion with the Hyder Lumber Co. and has
gone into business as a building contrac"
lor.
Geo. J.Frizzell, the enterprising Prince
Rupert market man, came in on the Al
bert and will have a building put up at
once for his market here.
Bill McGrew is building a cache at 13
mile for the Big Missouri. While sleigh*
ing is good supplies for the summer work
are to be taken to the cache and stored
until they can bo packed to the mine.
dike experiences to be able to shift
for themselves as to sleeping accom
modations. However, your ‘special
representative’ is away off on this
subject. There are two large hotels
and five rooming hous*s at the
present time, each of the latter be
ing able to accommodate from 12 to
50 roomers.
“Orin HiU, proprietor of a drug
store on the townsite, has a govern
ment tested and registered ther
mometer which registers maximum
and minimum temperatures. The
coldest registered this winter was
eight degrees below zero. This
should put to shame those who
have said that 18 and 20 below
have prevailed. There is still pfen
ty of snow in the district, thopgh
the crust has formed and traveling
is easy Prospecting cannot he done
however for two months or more,
no more than it can he done in any
of the camps of Alaska or northern
British Columbia.
■'One word more, as to drinbini
water litre. If your special repre
sentative’ eves tested the water here
he experienced no ill effects. The
one well which he mentions was
driven—not sunk, as he says,— over
ten years ago. There has never
been a case of typhus or other in
fectious disease in the district. If,
as he says, the water is not fit for
human consumption, this well would
have accounted for a mortality list.
However, there are ten wells in the
piled district, all driven into a sub
terranean stratum and all produc
ing water which is good for anyone
who likes water. C« the townsite
and forest reserve annex there are
other wells.
“Not a poor man’s camp? Cer
tainly not. Was ever quartz camp
a poor man’s camp? But it is a
camp which will develop into a nice
little mining town, one In which the
poor man will have a better chance
for himself and family than he could
ever have in the narrow confines
of a city’s box conyons, commonly
called streets.
“We trust that you will give this
letter the same publicity you gave
the interview which was responsi
ble for its being written,”
Ross Ficklin and Wm. Papke have re.
turned from the Naas where they were
trapping. They were fairly successful.
Homer Ficklin and H.A.Allen made $
trip across the Bear River glacier with
Allen's big dog team and staked some
claims that Ficklin had prospected last
simmer.
Vince Lade, foreman of the Forty Nine,
was taken sick on the trail on his way to
the mine and is now at the llig Missouri
camp. Bill McGrew mushed up there
with some medicines.
Small and McDougal have finished fit*
ting up a number of double-endep horse
sleds for theAlgunican Syndicate for use
in getting their supplies in to the North
ern Light and Spider.
Jack Hegth, census enumerator for the
Ilyder district, returned Wednesday from
a ten days'trip down the canal with J09
Green in the latter's speed boat.
Bernard M. Stone, probably the best
known newspaperman in Alaska, came
in Thursday on the Prince of Wales. He
has spent most of the winter outside irj
connection with Hyder enterprises.
Since Bob Keith retnrned from the
south he has entirely reconstructed the in
terior of the Alaska Grill, and when the
old patrons assemble for the reopening
Saturday night they will hardly know
the place.
The Hyder Lumber Co. put their ne\y
mill into commission this week and are
ripping up the logs at the rate of 10,000
feet a day. For a long time there hag
been a lumber famine in the camp which
will now be relieved.
W. G. Harris has resigned as superin-,
tendent of the Premier mine in order to
have time to attend to his business aff*
airs. He has considerable property in
the district and figures that there is a
busy season ahead of him.
According to the Juneau Empire John
T.Reed, commissioner for the Hyder dis*
trict, was to leave the capital city for
this town between the 6th and 10th oi
the month. This should bring him here
on the next boat from Ketchikan.
Tom Taylor, a well known Vancouver
hotel man, and Pete Murphy, an oidtime
favorite tenor of the vaudeville circuits,
have purchased a building in Stewart and
will open the Ocean View house. They
intend bringing in some high class enter,
tainers from the south.
K;;v. T.J.McQueen, superintendent for
the Methodist church of missions in Alas
ka. came over from Juneau Wednesday
to investigate conditions here witlra view
to establishing a church in the near fu*
ture. I!ev. McQueen has been so long in
Alaska that he does not like to live any
where else.
It is reported on reliable authority the t
B.K.Neill has resigned as general many; r
er of the 4'retnier. in an interview pub
lished recently in the Prince Rupert Daily
News he advised the public to invert no
money in tins district, so ids resic; i.ii-u
will cause no tears to fall in this neck of
ths woods.
Blondy Charlton and Jack Fitzgerald of
the Hyder Commercial Association hay
committee, assisted hy a number of pub
lic-spirited citizens, raised the ling pole
at the foot of Main street vVecb esday,
and Dan Davis, who started tin subscrip
tion list for tne purchase of a flag, had
the distinction of being the first to hoi:t
the Stars and Slripes to the peak.
Through the enterprise of Oran F. Hill
J.E.Thwaites, the best known photogra
pher of Alaska, whose collection ol Alas
ka views is unsnrpassed, has taken 80
pictures of Hyder and the surrounding
digtriet, and tbe eolltction is now on dis
play at Hill’s drug store. The set gives
a vivid portrayal of the town and dis
trict as they appear in winter garb.
STEWART - HYDER
STAGE
LEAVES
Stewart
11 a. m.
2:30 p. m.
Hyder
12:30 p. m(
3:30 p, ini
Special trips arranged i