Marr Building
Wi!! contract for anything in the building line
Nothing too big for ub to handle
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J^othing too small for ua to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed pn all jobs
J. W. Mam, Manager. Office. Hotel Hyde*
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HYDER LUMBER CO*
LUMBER
Rough
Dressed
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
TERRITORIAL TATTLE
Mrs. John McIntosh, formerly of
Fairbanks, has opened a women's
supply store at Anchorage,
Deputy U. S. Marshal Mossinan
of Anchorage will place a large
force of federal prisoners at work
on a garden tract to produoe veg
etables for winter use.
The Hudson Bay Co.’s schooner
Lady Kindevsly was launched from
the yards at Vancouver, B. C„ re
oently. The schooner will be em
ployed in the Arctic fur trade and
will sail for Herschei island as soon
as navigation becomes possible in
the Arctio.
A warehouse on the corner of
First and Lack streets in Fairbanks
formerly a commission house of
the firm of Merseteau & Clark, Buf
feted a roof cave-in due to the bur
den of the winter,s snow accumu
lation. The property had been sold
for delinquent take* at a munici
pal sale in recent years and the
new owner apparently did not re
alize the weak points of his prop
erty.
Electric
Laundry
Ketchikan, Alaska.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
See Fred Dorey fot shipping
instructions;
Dr. Von Zesch of Cordova is
cleaning the teeth of ail acheo)
children free of charge,
If js> said that a good djpcovery
of free milling gold quart? hhs re=
ccntly been made in the Wheaton
dis'idct tributary to Whitehorse.
Recently Marshal Erwin appoint^
ed Bill Butter Deputy United State#
Marshal at the end of steel and Bill
Will soon be looking after the peace
and quietness of that camp, Bid j
is a Black Republican and Marshal I
Erwin an unsurrendered Democrat j
but that play is the natural poll- j
tics of the far north where people
take politics as they really are.
A board of survey headed by Lt.
Commander F.H. Young of the coast
guard cutter Snohomish has com
pleted a survey of the gas boat Jo
seph Pulitzer, on the western Alas
ka mail run, which was missing
several weeks after being aground
at Chignik, Dec. 27, 1920. The find
ings of the board have been filed in
the office of the governor. The
board found <nsny violations of the
laws governing vessels carrying
passengers and said: “It is imposs
ible to imagine that the conditions
as found on the boat could exist on
a regularly inspected vessel." The
board also stated that besides not
having a full licensed crew the
boat was unseawoi thy and unsafe
for carrying passengers. It also
made several recommendations as
to boats having mail contracts.
The Peoria. III., chamber of eotn.
merce has announced"' -that ■* *ts
annqal dinner Alaskan reindeer
meat will be a feature of the menu
Delegate Dan Sutherland has
been assigned to five important
committee a. which is more than
any oth?r member of the territory
iaj delegation has ever been assign
ed to, These are the public lands,.
Indian affairs, pogtoffieps post roads
and mining,.
The Petersburg Report is running
a story in two parts written by the
late Creighton Campbell, at one
time a resident of Douglas, but who
died last year at Cape Fanshaw. It
concerns a trip made by himself
and two man, Scott and Murray,
to the headwaters of the Iskut river
ii) 8£$roh of gold in J887.
A Seattle dispatch states that an
Alaskan nnd his money are soon
parted. A resident of Unimak Pass
was relieved of $450 recently by
the fluctuating rate of exchange
with foreign countries. The victim
desired to take unto himself a fair
maiden from far-off Croatia. He
sent His money to the maiden foe
her fare and expenses and a letter
revealed that the maiden had chan
ged Her mind. When he attempted
to change hie kroner back to Amer
ican dollars he found the rate of
exohange had approached zero. He
raised a howl by mail to the inoome
tax collectors in Seattle who could
do nothing but sympathise with
hitn,
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
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Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints. Oils, Stains, Varnishes, Shellac. Wallpaper, Deadening FeJt.
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
Sutherland Building, Main Street
Fir|Lumber
Flooring
Ceiling
Sash—Doors
Store Fronts
Store Fixtures
W. L. BALCH
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SERVICE
SPEED
SATISFACTION
HYDER, ALASKA
Gateway to the Great Salmon River Mineral Area
At the Door of the Famous Premier Mine'
You Have to Come to Hyder to
Reach the Mines
FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE NORIK