ANNOUNCING
The Completion and Opening
Of The New
TEXAS CREEK
HIGHWAY
Built by the U. S. Government at a cost
of nearly a half million dollars, with the
express object of opening this new and
remarkably mineralized portion of the
Hyder, Alaska section of the Portland
Canal Mining District to development
• and exploitation.
Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores
abound in this wonderful mineral region ant
offer excellent oppotunities for profitable mining
investment under the economical transportatior
conditions provided by the splendid, new 12
mile highway traversing the Texas creek valley
- from end to end.
In addition to opening this rich mineral regior
to mining endeavor, the Texas Creek Highway
offers a scenic excursion of matchless mountaii
scenery, and the most remarkable glacier vista:
in the world.
For information relative tG the mineral resources of thi
Hyder District and other data, address the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc
Hyder, Alaska
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
At Kasilof on Cook Inlet
more than 250 silver fox pelts
have been shipped this season.
Fox faimers are building new
pens to take care of last year’s
increase, and adding more
breeders.
With a cargo of furs worth
$40,000, an airplane of the
Northern Air Transport, pi
loted by William Grahm, re
cently landed at Fairbanks
from Akiak, an Eskimo village
on the Kuskokwim about 20
miles above Bethel.
For the death of Mrs. Big
•Joe, a native, John Freihage
was found guilty of man
slaughter by a jury in the Unit
ed States District Court at
Fairbanks. The woman died of
a beating. The crime was com
mitted at Ruby.
Solomon on the north shore
of Norton Sound, 20 miles east
’ of Nome; is anxious that a
: school with a teacher, be estab
lished there. The population is
. mostly native. At a Christmas
• tree party given last Christ
j mas by Peter Curran, the store
■ keeper, and Mrs. Curran, there
: were 27 guests, including 15
• children.
I
i Thomas Vevig of Cordova,
| has bought for $600 from
Jerry O’Leary the skeleton
. of the “pike whale” recently
found by O’Leary near Glacier,
Island. The bones will be
brought to Cordova, cleaned
and then wired together. They
will bo shipped td the Stats
for a commercial exhibitior
tour.
Billy Lowden, one of th<
Klondike kings who mined 01
Bonanza Creek, in the Yukoi
Territory, in the early days
died in Earlemast, Calif., re
cently. Mr. Lowden was on<
of the most popular men wh<
ever lived in the Klondike.
New pay has been found b;
Albert Littlewood on the En
gineer Association claim oi
Engineer Creek, one of th<
old-time producers of the Fair
banks district. A shaft has
been dropped 101 feet. Foui
men are employed. A gooc
sized dump will be taken out
before the run of water in the
spring.
Andrew Hunker, discoverei
of Hunter Creek in the Klon
dike, passed away in Fresno,
Calif., a short time ago, hav
ing reached the advanced ago
of 80 years. Mr. Hunker won
great fortune from the creek
that bears his name, and after
he quit the Northland he set
tled in California. He died
very wealthy.
High grade quartz has re
cently been discovered in a
vein on Chichagoff island, ad
jacent to the old Chichagoff
mine, from which millions
were recovered. A sample has
been forwarded to the Tacoma
Smelter for a mill test. Assays
are reported to range from
$150 to $1,000 per ton. Nick
Bez, canneryman of Gig Har
bor, Wash., is the principal
owner of the ground upon
which the discovery was made,
and he is taking the ore to the
smelter.
a RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
1 only such broadcasts as occur after
1 5 p. m. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday.
> March 28.
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! P. M.
) Sunday, March 21
5:00 Enna. Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
| 5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY.
6:15 Atwater Kent Program, NBC-NY.
,!7:15 Hotel ST. Francis Oreh., NBC.
.7:45 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vocal
Recital.
'8:00 First Church of Christ Scientist.
I 0:00 Standard Brands Program,NBC
! I SF.
. (9:30 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
(9:45 P. S. Nav. Co., Cello Recital.
! 10:00 Kaffee Hag Slumber Hour.
. 10:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
cert Orch. and Vocalists.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, March 23
5:00 Totem Broadcasters, How’s Bus
iness?. NBC-NY.
5:15 One-Quarter Hour in the Nation’s
Capital, NBC-Wn., D. C.
5:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co. Con
cert Trio.
| 5:50 Stock Summaries.
I 6:00 Maytag Orchestra, NBC-Chi.
: 6:30 Genl. Motors Program, NBC-NY
(7:00 Stromberg Carlson Concert, NB
C-Itochester.
(7:30 Great Northern Railway, Empire
Builder. NBC-NY.
| 8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Shell Oil Co., Rudy Seiger’s
j Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
9:00 Adventures ot Sherlock Holmes,
NBC-SF.
9:30 Schwabacher Bros. Mozart hour.
10:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Vo
Ensemble.
11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital
Tuesday, March 24
5:00 Paul Whiteman’s Painters, NBC
| NY.
I 5:30 Spratts Patent Program
6:00 McKesson Musical Magazine.
NBC-NY.
I 8:30 Happy Wonder Bakers, NBC-NY.
(7:00 Westinghouse Salute,, NBC-NY.
7:30 Am. Tobacci Co., Lucky Strike
Orchestra, NBC-NY.
i L00 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
j 8:15 Memory Lane, NBC-SF
l 8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Florshelm Frolic, NBC-SF.
9:30 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
10:30 University of Wash. Hour
11:00 News Flashes.
11.10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Wednesday, March 25
5:00 Listerine Program, Bobby Jones
Golf Chat; NBC-Atla.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
5:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Con
oco Stock market summaries,
cert Trio.
6:00 Halsey Stuart Progarm, NBC-NY.
6:30 Palmolive Hour, NBC-NY.
7:30 Coca Cola Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Camel Pleasure Hour, NBC-SF
9:15 Phoenix Hosiery Co.
10:00 NBC Drama hour. NBC-SF.
10:30 Fox West Coast Theaters,
Owen Sweeten's Playboys.
| 11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Thursday, March 26
5:00 Fleischmann's Sunshine Hour,
NBC-NY.
5:00 Am. Radiator Co. Program, NBC
NY.
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NBC
NY
7:0u Lucky Strike Orchestra and Voc
alists. NBC-NY.
7:30 Standard Svmphony Hour, NBC
SF.
8:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
1:00 MJB Co.: Demi Tasse Revue.
9:30 New World Life Insurance Co.
10:00 Talk Under Auspices of Pub
lis Opinion.
10:15 Fisher Flouring mills Co.
10:30 Uncle Hank from Ciderville
Center.
| 11:00 News Flashes.
11:10 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.,
NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Friday, March 27
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orcestra
and the Cavaliers, NBC-NY.
5:00 Interwoven Pair, NBC-NY.
6:30 Armour Hour. NBC-NY.
7:00 Armstrong Quakers. NBC-NY.
7:30 R. K. O. Program. NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Brownbilt Footlites, NBC-SF.
i:30 Sussman, Wormser & Co.; S.
and W. Melodies, NBC-SF.
1:00 Chevrolet Chronicles, (ET).
1:30 Schwabacher's Little Symphony
Hour.
10:3o News Flashes.
10:40 Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Pac.
Nomad, NBS-SF.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds, directed by J. Robinson.
12:00 Fox 5th Avenue Theatre, Organ
Recital.
Saturday, March 28
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
15:30 Fuller Brush Co., The Fuller
Man, NBC-NY.
6:00 Genl. Electric Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy, NBC-Chi.
8:15 Gilmore Circus. NBC-LA.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Consolidated Cigar Co., El Sidela
Minstrels, NBC-SF.
9:30 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
10:00 News Flashes.
10:10 Spotlight Revue, NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.