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HYDE
ALASKA MINER
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VOL. 2. NO. 3*.
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HYDE3R, Alaska. July 6. 1921
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
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low Hyder
Celebrated
Vhocver makes the weather for
neck of the woods certainly
ded Hyder a lemon for the
rth of July celebration. Every
watched the sky Sunday for
•e sign of a clearing up, and ev
lie received a gob of co4d, wet
vater it) the weather eye. The
th was just as miserable as
day before had signified it
!d be, a cold drizzle being driv
p from Rupert by a stiff south
breeze.
y this time, dear reuder, you
e readied tj>e conclusion that
e was no celebration in Hyder,
‘hat is where you are complete
Jed. There was a celebration
h good one. Bert Kergin and
,ry Fowler brought |he Wake
Sunday night with about 25
e liveliest bunch of boys that
ox could produce; abigeon
Tt can.e down from the Poe
and the smaller properties
deserted; the whole of Stew
(bved over, and all defied the
ler man to dampen their
> nttli.ij g>3i ball games
* pulled off, one on the morning
Vie Fourth and the other in the
*moo». The games were so
,'ing good the home boys be
ie completely rattled and let
visitors get away with them
h. If there had been time for
more games. Anyox could have
them blindfolded. The scores
■d 7—3 in the first game and
0 in the second. So as to bring
tish of shame to e’en *>ne ,nan
>w, the Miner shall never her*
aid the names of the players to the
civilized world and Missouri.
Of oourse there are plenty of ex
cuses. Anyox has four times the
population of Hyker from which to
pick players; has a home league of
three teams which keep each other
in continuous practice; half of the
Hyder boys work miles and miles
up the valley and never get down
to practice at all; half of them don’t
know the other half, even by their
first names, and so on, ad infina
tum, ad nauseum.
But lor all that, everyone had a
rip-roaring time and probably had
as much fun out of the games as
; hough Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth
were on the grounds.
The Anyox Gun Club failed to
make the grade, and as an inter
national meet had been advertized
Stewart, with the true neighborly
spirit which has always character
ized that community, sent over her
best splatter-gun experts; and with
the spirit of thrift which also char
acterizes our Canadian neighbor,
these same experts took home most
of the coin. It was impossible to
make good scores under the pre
vailing climatic conditions, but
that was alright for them, as up to
the 15th of June they had been
more used to being wet than the
Alaskan sports.
A post mortem of the match dis
closes the following results;
First event, 15 birds, won by
H A. Allen, Stewart, with 10 hits.
Second event, 10 birds; Allen and
Baleh tied, with 7 each’ In the
shoot-otf Baleh (Hyder i won, 8 —7;
I
ou’veGot to Hand it to Us
/hen your Kodak rolls are filled
e will develop them and print all
the pictures you want*
On the Other Hand
e wili^eir you Kodaks and Kodak
’Ippliesat -ih e same prices- you
Would have to pay in th£ States
HYDER DRUG CO;
Oren P. Hill, Prop
fiydep Alaska
mt mim kobax agents
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Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Get your bread from Jimmy Carter.
If it isn't to be found elsewhere, try
The Midget Emporium.
Alex McPhee has covere'd the Hotel
Hyder roof with a new coat of tar.
II. i’. Gibson made a business trip to
Itupert the latter part of the week
Jack McCallum has returned from Hu
pert where he spent most of the winter.
The Carmen was in Sunday noon from
Ketchikan, getting away on the same tide
Mr. and Mrs. E.II.Barthoif came down
from the Outland Silver Bar for the cele
bration.
Louis Legge has built a summer resi
dence near the Hyder Transfer Compa
ny’s barn.
Hugh B. McGuire is in camp again
after spen ling a week or so in Spokane
on mining business,
Ole OlSon is busy with his logging con
tract for the Premier sawmill. He has
about eight men employed.
Mr. and Mrs. L.K. Bingham have mov
ed into their new home on the forest re
serve near W.L. Welch's residence
It is reported that A1 Harris, former
manager of the Mineral Hill, is the daddy
of another boy. born In the Lytton hospi
tal. A1 is in charge of a mining property
in the Lilloet district near Lytton,
Third event, 10 birds, Bennett
(Stewart) and Charlten (Hyder)
tied with 6. In the shoot-off Ben
nett won, 7—6.
The collection at the ball games
amounted to $108 which was di
vided equally between the two ball
clubs. About $90 cieaied at the
dance Saturday night was divided
between the Hyder team and the
gun club, the latter’s portion being
put up as prizes. The Anyofc team
was given a complimentary dinner
at the Silver Grill after the second
gatne;
The members of the Anyox club
who came over are F.F.Mealy, Geo.
'Thomas, Harry Downes, Jim ^er:
;guson, Fred Brown, H. Shorley,
j Jack Jherman, Gy Greenwell, Ben
Fitzpatrick, Pete Draugson, Dick
Greenwell, C. J. Wall and Dooley
Deane; the last named being the
mascot. The Wake left for the re
turn trip about 7 p. m;, and the
Anyox hoys Were heard to express
ilierttsblVes as being highly pleasfed
ftiih their trestmhhl here and de
termined to cbme again as soon as
that' coiild secure another holiday.
The celebration ended with a
dance in Pioneer hall which was
even better attended than that held
at the time the Vancouver Board
of Tradf* excursion was here. Therfc
was Hardly elbow room, and of
course Cveryohe had just the best,
tiirife imaginable. E.E:Coffyn, matV
agef df the nriovie shoW; added to
the Cuioyment by showing eight
reels* of films during the dance in
termissions. The tousle Was far
iiisit^d by Hassler and PoWers; Who
dddk* to their already large list bf
ddmirers.
The hall was taStefltliy decorat
ed with fllags; hunting dhd banners
jbnd so was the whole town for that
i matter. Even tH’e faithful old flag
al the foot of Mdib street seetoed
to take on a bright^ Color against
US grey background of murky Sky,
as though proelaitoing its joy id
being able to Withbss anothbV Glor
ious Fourth, the ikU it will fevelf
Wave
The Premier company have replaced ]
the old corduroy on the International ave- (
nue bridge with four-inch planking. ,
Mr. and Mrs. M. J Evans of Topeka,
Kansas, are visiting J. A. Hall and fam- ,
ily Mrs. Evans is Mrs. Hall's sister. I
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Anderson and H.F.W. ,
Benson of Victoria arrived on the George ,
to spend a week or more in the camp. j
The Albert was in last Thursday with ,
a load of equipment for the tramline, ami
took out about 300 tons of Premier ore.
Misses Agnes and Alice Pitt of Salt
Lake City are visiting their brother, Date
L Pilt, general manager of the Premier.
A tree which Dick Johnson was falling
for the Premier mill slipped#!>ack and
threw him about 40 feet, breaking one of
his fingers.
Morris Pederson and Albert Johnson
have completed assessments on their
claims near Georgia river and are going
up the Salmon.
W. R. Reid, manager of the Alaskan
Hotel, is on shift again after spending
several days at home on account of hav
ing his tonsils removed.
By Slipping from a springboard while
falling timber for the Premier sawmill,
Bert Olson sprained an ankle and had to
come to town for treatment,
Mrs. Oren c\ Hill came over on the
Carmen from Ketchikan to visit her hus
band, who is Postmaster General of 11 y
der and proprietor of the Hyrier Drug
Store.
Hawn and Company nave moved from
the Lake building to the Campbell build
ing on International avenue, giving them
more room for thuir rapidly expauding
business,
Miss Anna Christopher has opened a
tobacco, soft drink and confectionery
store in the building erected by Wm. Me*
Grew on Main street, and has a neat and
attractive establishment.
Jimmy Daly and A1 Sweeney have fin
ished their assessment work near the
Forty Nine and are down for a few days.
They expect td start Soon on their ground
west of the Salmon glacier.
Homer Ficklin. who if logging on the
Moimot for Lawrence and Workman, was
over for the Fourth. Pete Lowe, A.Wilds
and Harry jackSoh whd Ore working for
him. also spent the holiday in town'
Dr. and Mrs. J.L. Hawes and l>r. R, N.
Rogers returned Saturday from a cruise
of several days down the canal in their
hew launch. They caught some flounders
and crabs, but left ft few for the next trip
llyder is fortunately situated for drink
ing-water. By driving ab'out W feet any
where in the valley an inexhaustible sup
ply Of absolutely pure, ice-cold water i's
Struck which cannot be excelled in any
phrt of the globe.
Grant Carlson', who ii ’mteVeStpA with
Wm. Bartholf in mining property up iT.'c
Salmon glacier, has returned after spend
ing the winter in C alifornia and Nevada,
Mr. Barthotf is expected to arrive from
'Auburn, Wash., next SUhday.
George Flawn's bungalow on Main st.,
forest reserve. W practically completed
and is one of tile nift#l attractive and
convenient homtes IP the tow'ft. Beside
an exceptioualB' large living room it con
tains two bed robm'A kitchen and dining
room. The ihteriAr iJ tastefully finished
throughout, thb tfecotating having been
done by Travetky Bros, of the Hyder
Paint Shop' hebrge has in mind the con:
struction oi an auititioii 'for a wood shed
und store koohi
■“Forest Home' building for sale. One
ind on^^al? s^Hee, 18 .by 40 feet; 1^
10 by HVy v Good Well bf »0ft water. sl4cal
>pporttfni?s lot irteam laundry. Tfil* « f
reft Squire Miner
Ross Patton, who has been working on
the American creek bridge, came down
Friday, the B.C. government having stop
ped all government work throughout the
province. Boss is now building a resi
dence on International for Alex Frazer.
The Portland Cafe has adopted a new
system fcr serving meals. Instead of
having regular meai hours as heretofore
the servioe is now continuous from 7 a.m.
till 8 pm„ a change which is a conven
ience to those who do not eat at recog
nized meal times.
The Goldenrod arrived Thursday from
Ketchikan with a load of passengers and
towing a float house which has been add
ed iO Hydr.s waterfront residences. It is
said that many more residents of Ketchi
kan would move to Hyder - if they could
bring their houses along.
H C.Shough and his crew are down from
the Salmon river pridge at Texas creek,
having finished the contract for grading
the approaches, filling the main pier with
rock and grading about 250 feet of road
from the west end of the bridge. It is
now possible for wagons to go for some
distance up the Texas bar.
The tram crew working on this end of
the line are more than pleased with the
new bunk house on Premier avenue which ,
they are now occupying. The sleeping
quarters are divided into eight compart
ments. with steel beds and wool matt
resses. There is a large sitting room and
a commodious wash room, with a pump
An'enjoyable little surprise sup
per party was given by D. W. Mc
Leman in bis bachelor quarters at
midnight on the night of July 4
to Fred Dory in honor of his birth
day anniversany, the affair proving
one of the most pleasant social
events in the history of the camp.
The utmost taste w. s displayed in
the selection, preparation and ser
vice of the collation, Frank Reich
enbach, as major-domo, being voted
the par excellence of caterers.
There was no formality, songs,
toasts, stories and reminisences
springing spontaneously as the
spirit moved. Those who partici
pated in the treat are: Mr. and Mrs
O.FHill, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Pilcher,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Lyon, Mrs. P. R.
Backus, Mrs. H. Coiner, Miss Lois
Comer, W.S.Orr, Frank Reiehcnbach
Fred Dore'y, the guest of honor and
D. W. McLeman, the host.
TRAMLINE CARLE ARRIVES
The Albert brought in 35 tons of
cable fos the tram which was ship
ped from NeW Jersey through the
Panama canal oh one of the ships
Of the Dollai line to Vancouver and
transferred there. The forge reels
of cable vC’eigh 5 tons each, and the
smaller ones about 3,000 pounds.
Eighty buckets of one-half ton ca
pacity have also arrived, and 45
more are required.
Exceptional bargain. Tight little blin
go low for sale. Well finished throughout,
No incumbrances Apply A. A.Frazer.
T.ost—22 calibre, high power, knock
down rifio, Keturn to Miner for reward.
Will sell or trade 160 arre* of land. 30
miles west of Prince freorxe. 6 jniles from
railroad. Enquire The Junction.
For Sale
“THE BUNGALOW"
at Hvder
Xirpis if desirca
Apply Prtmla^l
PREMIER MILL IS STARTED
Power was turned on this week
at the Premier concentrating mill,
and the performance of the new
plant is entirely satisfactory to the
management. The machinery will
be turned over slowly for a few
days and only a small amount of
ore fed in, in order to adjust all the
parts, tighten up the launders, etc
The mill is built for a nominal daily
capacity of 100 tons and is the fist *
unit of a much larger plant which
the company contemplates building
NEW CAMP ON FISH CREEK
A large shipment of supplies for
the Fish Creek Mining Co. arrived
on the George and is now on its
way up to the property. Harry
Tanner, the manager, came down
Saturday night and reports that «
good pack trail lias been completed
from the present camp to the upper
showing and that an additional
camp will be established ther*.,
This lead shows exceptionaWy strong
and carries high values, and it »s
the intention to do considerable
work there.
Sam Silverman, in contradicting"
a report published in the Portland
Canal News that the Forty Nine
h--.d been sold to the Guggenheim?.,
writes the Stewart paper that tin
Guggenheims nor anyone else ha*
bought the property, nor is a sad
contemplated, but that he intends
keeping it and working it hi motif
Ask Rube Miller about house cleaning,
suit pressing, shoe shining, wood for sale.
Or leave orders at Frazer and Adkins,
Pedigreed Airedale pups for sale; slit
and dam both registered. Pups ready for
delivery after July 15. Price, $-0, Can
adian, Can be seen at Backus' home.
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
NOTICE is hereby given that each
male person over the age of twenty-one
years, and under the age of fifty years,
excepting those exempted under the Act,
residing within the Hyder School District
Territory of Alaska, is required to pay to
the School Tax Collector the sum of five
dollars $5.00,) school tax for the year
1921.
Said tax shall he payable between the
first Monday in the month of April and
the first Monday in the month of August
in each year; PROVIDED, that all pe;
sons subject to the tax who are in the
Territory of Alaska on the first Monda'
in the month of April shall pay said ta>
on Or before the first day of May in tin
same year, and all persons arriving in thr
Territory of Alaska after the first Mon
day in the month of April shall pay said
tax within thirty (30) days after such
arrival; PROVIDED, further, that all
persons subject to said tax shall pay the
same within ten (ten) days after a writ*
ten or oral demand by the said School
Tax Collector made within the period be
tween the first Monday in April and the
first Monday in August in each year.
All taxes shall become delinquent il
not paid within the times prescribed in
the last preceding paragraph or within
ten (10) days after demand by the School
Tax Collector, as above prescribed, and
each person delinquent in the payment
of his tax, as aforesaid, shall be subject
to the penalty of two dollars
addition to the amount of »{,g tax ,
^ Any person who"raalffail, neglect oi
refuse-lo pay his tax, as above provided
shailbe deemtfd guilty of a misdemeanoV
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
.punished by a fine of not more than
twenty five (£25.00) ot imprisonment* in
the Federal Jail not to exceed oile (1)
month.
'Signed
ihn'hard M, biQlif. .
'School Tax