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W. C. BLANTON, Prop.
HYDER, - ALASKA
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rLOCAL topics
Walter Blanton, proprietor of
the Silver Grill, is on a business
trip to Seattle.
Mrs. Clothier and her two
children, accompanied by Miss
Lois Comer, their nurse, were
southbound passengers on the
Prince George Thursday.
Felix Seppi, of the Salmon
River Stage Line, returned
Thursday on the Prince George
from an extended vacation
on the Outside.
Tony Grashio has practically
recovered from his recent se
vere illness and is up and
about--a little weak but still
there with the big smile.
Sam Wagner, of the Alaska
Agency, has established a
branch in Stewart.
Messrs Rochfort and Rolston
have opened a brokerage of
fice in the Portland Canal
News building in Stewart and
will specialize in the handling
of local stocks.
Customs Collector E. R. Stivers
is taking a vacation in the
States. Mr. J. J. Hillard is in
charge of the local customs of
fice during his absence.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tooth are
back from an extended vacat
ion in the States during which
they visited practically every
section of the country, eas|(j
and west.
Deputy United States Marsh
al T. W. McDonald, Mrs. Jung
holm and M R. Wright, repre
| sentat|Ve of 1j)he< Ketchikan1
Mercihant/ile Company, were}
incoming passengers on the
Prince of Wales Thursday.
Claiming to have lost money
on the call of the steamer
Oduna, which recently landed
137 tons of freight here, the
rAlaska Steamship Company
officials at Ketchikan inform
ed local visitors to that port
that the company is deter
mined to send no more vessel
to this port unless the volume
of the cargo offered is suffic
ient to pay a profit on the trip.
Joe Grashio, popular tdnsor
ialist and proprietor of the
Malamute Barber shop, is
back at the old stand after a
stay of several months in the
itates, during which he spent
:ome weeks in Denver at a
famous sanatorium, where he
gained great relief from a bad
:ca& of stomach trouble. Joe
looks fine and feels fine and is
now an ardent advocate of
proper diet and the simple life.
The following have beeh
named by Commissioner Chas.
F. Sandford as judges of elect
ion for the primary election
to be held April. 29th.
Clay Porter, Ray Snyder and
Jos. Connors. The order of el
ection de.'jigfriates ,t!he, 'entflrel
Hyder district as one election
precinct, the polling place of
which will be at the Golden
Gate Hotel.
HOT STUFF!
Fresh Bread Every Night at 5
o’clock. ..The Best and Biggest
Loaf in Town. Try It at Blan
ton’s Silver Grill.
James S. Pitcher, district
game warden, arrived on offic
ial business during the latter
days of last week.
An enjoyable basket social
was held at the Hyder M. E.
church Thursday evening, with
a considerable number attend
ing.
H. H. Howard, manager of
the Midget Emporium, was a
passenger to Ketchikan on the
Wales Thursday. N. H. Stev
ens is in charge of the Empor
ium during his absence.
Mrs William Sloan, wife of
manager Sloan of the Daly
Alaska, arrived Thursday from
the south, accompanied by
their two children.
Clay Porter, managing director
of the Porter-Idaho Syndicate,
has returned from a vacation
in the States and will resume
work on the syndicate proper
ties in the Marmot section as
[soon as conditions are favor
able for taking in supplies.
Frank Fischer and Joe Green
have effected a deal whereby
they have acquired the inter
est of Joe Neary in the Joe
Joe claim, one of the most not
ed of the recently discovered
Texas creek propertites.
Arrivals from Ketchikan re
port that the road officials for
this division have asked for
road fund allotments for the
Hyder district totaling $107,
000, of which $90,000 would
be expended on roads and $17,
000 on trails in the event of
the full amount being allowed.
It is said that the bulk of the
road money would be devoted
to the repair and improvement
of the Salmon River highway.
Nothing was learned regarding
the new road construction pro
gram.
i Development work has been
! resumed on the L. L. and H.
properties, located on the ieft
fork of Bitter Creek in the
Bear river section. Supplies
were freighted to the property
last week. It is said to be the
intention of the owtiers to ex
tend the main tunnel, which is
now in over 300 feet and has
tapped the second of a series of
three large veins at a depth of
155 feet, exposing an immense
body of what is said to be good
milling grade ore, the values
of which are principally gold.
Southeastern Alaska has an
.area greater than many states
| being four hundred miles long
by one hundred wide. It has
|an area of 35,000 square miles
;or two-thirds that of the State
of Washington, and has 900
miles of shore line. It is the
most accessible portion of
Alaska as well as the most pop
ulous and highly developed.
The value of land fur-bearing j
animals shipped out of the
Territory in 1923 was $1,794,
159, according to a report of
the Biological Survey. The tot
al number exported was 397,
287.
..LOCATION NOTICES and
PROOF OF LABOR blanks at
the MINER office.
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