Marr Building
Company
WT? -*ntract for anything in the building line
otliTJ’.jl too big for us to handle
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F^o'hing t'.»o small for us to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobs
1 \V. Mark, Manager.
Office, Hotel Hyder
HYDER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
Rough
Dressed
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
McMillan's Cigar Store
Formerly the Portland Cafe
Best Brands of
CIGARS CIGARETTS TOBACCOS SOFT DRINKS
SOLO AND PINOCHLE TABLES
Alex McMillan, Prop.
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JOE GRACIO T. O’DONELL
£>oft Brtnhtf anti Cfgarjef
7 rstclass Barber Shop Haircuts a Specialty
Main Street Opposite Bob Keith's Restauraut
HYDER
TRANSFER
COMPANY
H. L. Reid - Louis Legg
Saddle and Pack Horses
DELIVERIES MADE
Anywhere - anytime
W. H. JOHNSTON
Building Contractor Real Estate
international Avenue
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TERRITORIAL TATTLE
Police court fines in Ketchikan
for the month of August and Sep
tember last, amounted to over
$1,500 it is said, or more than was
collected in twelve months last
year.
Quartz regulations have been
changed in the Yukon Territory
and hereafter no mining recorder
will be required to record a docu
ment transferring less than a quar
; ter interest in any claim.
The first pack train carrying sup
plies for Interior mines in more than
a year, recently left Valdez for
Quartz Creek. The shipment con
sisted of 30,000 pounds of supplies
for the Flint Mining Co. Reopening
of traffic to Interior points is antic
ipated with the opening of the trail
north from Valdez Wilson Creek.
A trio of big game hunters who
recently ariived in Anchorage re
port having witnessed a terriffic
battle between rival leaders of two
big moose herds on Kenai penin
sula. One band of more than 100
moose was sighted which was ap
proached by another band of about
30, led by a bull with a 70-inch
spread of antlers. After the usual
preliminaries, the bulls charged
each other with terrific force, the
leader of the lesser herd being
thrown back on his haunchs with a
deep gash in his forehead. He
later arose and accompanied by one
lone cow staggered away but was
hot by the “sports men."
Members of the train crew oper
ating between Seward and Anchor
age recently captored a poung goat
on the track between Potter and
Rainbow. The animal will be taken
to Anchorage to be tamed.
The assessed value of property
in Ketchian has been fixed by the
tax equalization board of that city
at $2,024,865. This repmsnts an in
crease of over $1,000,000 over thr
valuation of last year. This years
tax rate has been fiixed at 2 cents
the full rate permissable under the
Territorial laws.
With funds alloted, Territorial
Road Commisioner James E. Wilson
of Valdez is opening up a road to
the Hurdle Creek Company's prop
erty nnorth from Valdez, The road
taps the Richardson Highway at
Mile 55, and officials of the com
pany announce that work will be
carried on during the winter, sup
plies to be freighted in as soon as
possible.
A vein of high grade coal in suf
ficient quantity to warrant develop
ment on a large scale has been un
covered in the working of the Hea
ry River Coal Corporation, at the
junction of the Healy and Nenana
Rivers on the line of the Govern
ment Railway south of Nenana
The vein is reported as having a
thickness of seven feet, ideally sit
uated for milling.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporated under the laws of Alaska
Capitol Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savings Departments
Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the
United States
HYDER PAINT SHOP Painting, Paperhanging
Kauomining
Tkaveksy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints, Oils, Stains, Varnishes, Shellac, Wallpaper. Deadening Felt.
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
Temporary quarters Portland Cafe Bh’g
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tETfje MUatrr’s Hot
£0 soon after you light your fife
it will give you the surprise of
your life—and in unlimited quantity
—and you dont have to put in an
expensive water-works system.
^^ith Harry Hanson’s patented
hot water coil in your cook*
stove you can have real home com
fort. All the principal homes of
Rupert are so equipped and Stewart
forks are installing the system as
fast as Hanson can do the work.
£ome on over to Stewart and see
how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
S&rrg Hanson
HYDER, ALASKA
Gateway to the Great Salmon River iVlineral Area
At the Door of the Famous Premier Mine
You Have to Come to Hyder to
Reach the Mines
FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE NORTH
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