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VOL 1, NO. 13
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,1924
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
FINE LEAD ON
HOVLAND GROUP
The Mountainview Gold Min
ing Company is making good
progress in the Skookum Creek
tunnel on the Hovland group,
according to Arthur Moa,
manager. The tunnel is now in
55 feet, following an 18 inch
lead of solid ore.
Mr. Moa says the results of
the past season’s development
are most encouraging and sat
isfactory. A crew of five men
will be employed during the
winter months but will be in
creased to larger proportions
about March.
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Treed by a brown bear for
two hours on a day that was
not overly warm, was the ex
perience! of Richard Herzer,
a Nugget Creek miner, recent
ly.Mr. Herzer was walking
along the creek when he sight
ed the bear some distance
away. He had a rifle with
three shells in it and thought
he had two more in his pocket.
He immediately went into act
ion andi wounded the animal
with the three cartridges. He
reached into his pocket for the
other two shells just as the
bear discovered him and
charged, only to find that he
had no more ammunition.
Herzer made a record climb
up the nearest tree, and for
the next two hours remained
perched on a limb while the
bear waited near by. Mr.
Herzer was the better stayer
and the bear eventually wand
ered off.
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Fairbanks soil is particularly
adapted to the growing of sug
ar beets, states W. F. Black,
who recently arrived in Fair
banks, says the News-Miner.
Mr. Black hails from Idaho
where his father is superin
tendent of a sugar beet plant.
Being familiar with all the
phases of this industry, of
W’hich there has been consid
erable talk of the establish
ment of one along the railroad,
in line with the colonization
scheme now under way, it is
claimed that the soil in this
locality, with the general cli
matic conditions, would be
productive of splendid results.
BIG SACRIFICE SALE
25 PER CENT DISCOUNT
On All Diamonds, Ladies Wrist
Watches and Gents Watches,
AH Standard Makes. We Are
Overstocked On Jewelry And
Will Give Our Customers The
Benefit Of This Sale Before
Christmas.
25 PER CENT DISCOUNT
WHILE THEY LAST
MONDAY, TUESDAY
and WEDNESDAY
December 8th, 9th and 10th
GOOD WORK ON
STAR & DANDY
Robert W. Martin, president
and manager of the Victoria
Mines, Ltd., operating on the
Star and Dandy group, adjoin
ing the Dunwell, was a south
bound passenger on the Car
dna, accompanied by Mrs.
Martin.
Before departing Mr. Martin
said that he was much pleased
with the progress of develop
ment work on the company’s
properties during the interval
since his arrival from the south
a few weeks ago. Contractor
Jack Howse has made splendid
progress in driving the exten
sion of the No. 4 tunnel on the
Dandy No. 1 and should reach
the first objective, a fine look
ing vein, from the outcrop of
which excellent values have
been obtained, within the next
two weeks. The tunnel ex
tension is expected to cut*£he
vein at a depth of about 120
feet. Two other fine ore
exposures' some distance be
yond are expected to be tapped
by the first of the year. The
northern extension of the main
vein of the Dunwell, adjoining
the Star and Dandy group on
the south, also runs through
the group some distance be
yond the first vein system but
will probably not be reached
for several months.
The excellent surface indicat
ions as well as the splendid lo
cation makes the property one
of the most promising in the
Glacier Creek district.
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Alaska is pictured as a land
of opportunity in the reports
of Noel W. Smith and other of
ficials of theAlaska Railroafd,
submitted recently to the De
partment of the Interior. It is
declared that the Territory is
capable of supporting 50,000
famers and that the conditions
are favorable to colonization.
It is also declared that Alaska
within a limited period will
prove a large factor in supply
ing the United States and for
eign countries with meat, dairy
and farm products. The near
ness of Alaska to the Orient is
pointeid out as indicating that
China and Japan are prospect
ive markets.
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The Tamarack and Hecla
lode claims situated between
11 and 12 Mile and owned by
the Alaska Exploration Com
pany, will be sold January 10,
by the Marshal’s office under
a forclosure of a mechanics
lien granted by the District
Court Novmber 25, in favor of
Henry Hummel. The sale is the
outgrowth of a judgement ob
tained by Hummel through the
failure of the Alaska Explor
ation Company to pay him for
performing the annual assess
ment work on the two claims,
last year.
MI ENTERTAINMENT'
OCCURS TONIGHT
The entertainment committee
of Hyder Methodist Episcopal*
Church will present Saturday
at Pioneer Hall the first of a
series of entertainments that
have been planned for the win
ter season. The program will
include pianologues, child im
personations, dialect, comic
and dramatic readings and rec
itations by Mrs. Myrtle C. Hat
jton, reader and impersonator,
a one act comedy, and a num
ber of song specialties. The
complete program follows:
1-a "Out Where the West Be
Igins,” .Chapman
b. “ The House by the Side
of the Road,” .Foss
c. "Hard Luck Henry,’’..Ser
vice,
Myrtle C. Hatten
2. "Three Little Maids at
Tea,” .Song Specialty
Dorothy Mehlfeld, June Mehl
feld, Lillian Stewart.
3. "The First Settler’s Story,”
Myrtle C. Hatten
4. Saxaphone Solo, Selected
Roy Newton
5.-a. “Mammy,”. Stanton
b.'“Just a Little Cabin,"
c “Lindy,” .Christan
Myrtle C. Hatten.
Piano accompaniment by Miss
Marion Hunt.
6.
“The Angel Child,” ...
Myrtle C. Hatten.
Dix
7. Vocal Solo,.Selected
( Miss Maye Coombes
8. “Old Benedict Arnold,”
Myrtle C. Hatten.
9. . “Jason Stebbin’s Court
in’,” .Playlet
George Mehlfeld, Mrs. Jas. D. |
Lyons, Dorothy Mehlfeld, Lil; j
ian Stewart.
10. Child-Impersonations.
a. “At Aunty’s House,”Ril?y
b. “Teddy’s Lament,” Brooks
c. “The Happy Little Crip
ple,” . Riley
d. “The Bear Story,’’....Riley
e. “The Moo Co\V Moo,”
. Cook
Myrtle C. Hatten.
Under the direction.^ Miss
Marion Hunt.
The price of admission will
be 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for children. Refresh-1
ments will also be served for
an additional 25 cents. The
proceeds will go to meet local
expenses of the church.
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In a letter received recently
by J. W. Blase, of Anchorage,
from Germany, is confirmed
the report that three men had
attempted to destroy the Zep
pelin ZR-3 prior to its epoch
making trip across the Atlantic
ocean. The instigators of the
plot were sentenced to long
terms in prison.
NEWLYWEDS GIVEN
ROUSING WELCOME
Gay bunting and a noisy fan
fare of cheers and welcomes
greeted the return of Bert F.
Smith, assistant manager of
the Premier mine, on his ar
al on the Grand Trunk liner
Prince Rupert at Stewart dock
Thursday morning, accompan
ied by his bride, formerly Miss
Helen Fraser Watt. The re
ception in honor of the newly
weds was arranged by the
Premier employees, and pre
ceded another unexpected
greeting from the same source
at the foot of the hill below
tile mine, where the young
couple were met by the Pre
mier band and escorted up to
tfie Premier camp.
preparations for the annual
Community Christmas Tree
aad entertainment are going
forward rapidly under the di
raction of an able committee
h&ded by Rev. Chas. T. Hat
tefi. Practically all the gifts
that will gladden the hearts of
l#dkl juveniles have been se
lected and embrace about ev
ery thing in the catalogue that
will tickle the kiddies and not
one child in the community has
been overlooked or forgotten.
The committee was fortunate
in being able to secure practic
ally everything needed in the
local stores this year, thus do
ing away with the uncertainty
and delay incident to securing
them from the outside, in ad
dition to keeping the money ex
pended at home and encourag
ing the local merchants to pro
vide suitable stocks to meet re
quirements. The entertainment
will be held at Pioneer Hall on
Wednesday evening, December
24th, according to an an
nouncement by Miss Maye
Coombes, chairman of the pro
gram committee.
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Louis Wolfe, widely known
sourdough jeweler and watch
maker, who in the course of
his 12 years connection with
the Territory has visited pract
ically very section, is a visitor
in Hyder and will remain un
til after the holidays.
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Eustace P. Ziegler, former
Episcopal rector at Cordova,
who recently quit Alaska and
settled in Seattle, is among the
21 artists of that city who were
honored by being permitted to
show pictures at the art ex
hibit there. Two of Mr. Zieg
ler's canvasses were hung in
the exhibit.
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Flash Lights—The Midget
Emporium.
PERMIER STOCK
| IS CLIMBING UP
Remarkable past perform
iance, combined with uniform
ity of output and excellent
future prospects are the im
portant factors in a sharp ad
! vance in the stock of the fam
ous Premier mine during the
past two weeks. Since Novem
ber 7 the stock has advanced
steadily from $2.15-to $2.75
bid in the local market, with
every indication of further ad
vances in the future. Reports
from the outside also indicate
that there is an,increasing de
mand for the stock and a re
sultant increase in value.
To all appearances the invest
ing public is taking new inter
est in the mine, doubtless as a
result of publicity arising from
the recent widely published an
nouncement that the mine had
paid over six millions in divi
dends in less than four years
of operation, in addition to pro
viding most of its equipment
out of the proceeds of product
ion.
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Certain units of the U. S.Nav
al air forces, including one di
rigible which is slated to go to
Juneau will visit Alaska next
summer, according to a letter
received by the Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce from G. K.
Copence, editor of the Aero
nautical Review, Los Angeles.
He asked the Chamber for
certain data and photographs.
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) When the mine tender Chich
agoff .was drawn from the
water recently at Leo Anchor
age, near Chichagoff Island,
two live sponges were found
attached to the anchor rope.
One of the sponges measured
4l/> inches one way by 3 inches
another and was about one
inch thick. The other sponge
is about 6 inches across. The
smaller sponge will be present
ed to the Alaska Museum.
The find of the sponges off
Chichagoff is believed to in
dicate that the Japanese cur
rent is moving in-shore, per
haps the change having been
caused by the recent earth
quake disturbances.
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The native population of the
Nome district are fast learn
ing the ways of the white man.
Recently Frank Evyanok was
| arrested on the charge of forg
: ing a check for* $55, and it is
Isaid that the particular check
! causing his arrest is but one of
many he has drawn.
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Mail Xmas Packages Early
RIVERSIDE MILL
NEAR COMPLETE
With the new building almost
completed and the machinery
under cover, the Riverside mill
is nearing completion and un
less unforeseen developments
retard construction, will soon
be grinding out concentrates at
the rate of 60 tons or so per
day. From the present look of
things the mill will be in op
eration shortly after the first
of the year.
Otto Trojanowski, construct
or of the Premier mill, and a
mill constructor of wide exper
ience, is in charge of the work.
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GETS DAILY NEWS
OVER AIR RCliTIS
C. M. Ridley, manager of the
Ocean View Hotel, has suc
ceeded in overcoming many of
the difficulties encountered in
his earlier efforts to snare the
elusive radio programs broad
casted in the South and now
has his apparatus working in
fine shape, with the result that
he does not lack for either en
tertainment or news. Among
the news items received during
the past few days wa3 one
from Oakland, Cal. detailing
the killing of six people and
the injury of 49 others in a
wreck occuring when.a Key
Route electric train was hit by
a Sacramento railroad passen
ger train at 12th Street, almost
in the heart of Oakland. The
electric train was standing still
and was hit by the Sacramento
train and knocked fifty feet
from the track.
Another item of interest to
local sport fans announced
that Dempsey and Gibbons
have signed up for a fistic con
test at Boyle’s 30 Acres arena,
New York City, in the near fut
ure.
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The Miners and Merchants
Bank of Nome shipped to the
States on the last trip of the 3.
S. Victoria a little over a ton of
gold bullion, valued at $>76,
000, making about a million
dollars shipped out of Nome
during the open season of nav
igation. It is estimated that
the total output will include
about a half million more.
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CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
TOILET GOODS
HIGH GRADE CIGARS
BOXED CANDIES
SUPERFINE STATIONERY
CUT GLASS - CAMERAS
FOUNTAIN PENS
AT
THE MIDGET EMPORIUM