BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro^
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Automobiles—
Hydet Machine Shop
Attorneys—
Ernest Blue
George B. Grigsby
Ketchikan, Alaska
Banka—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
The Silver Grill Restaurant.
Blacksmithfing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Curios—
Bonudary Gift Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Room*—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Bonudary Gift Shop.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Explosives—
Hyder Fuel Co.
Hyde Dock Company
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Hyder Dock Company
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Lumber—
Hyder Lumber Company.
Portland Canal Electric
Hills Hand Laundry
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Chas. F. Sandford
Machinery—
Hyder Machine Shop
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Geo. B. Grigsby
Frank A. Metcalf
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Bonudary Gift Shop.
Rubber Stamps—
Hyder Herald
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Bonudary Gift Shop.
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Bonudary Gift Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Hyder Dock Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Hyder Fuel Co.
Typewriters— ' •"*?’
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Lines—
Noyes Boat Company
Tailoring St Cleaning—
Mrs. Sullivan
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Bonudary Gift Shop.
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Frank A. Metcalf
Juneau, Alaska
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Under the provisions of a
measure that passed the Sen
ate recently the Alaska Road
Commission is given power to
regulate traffic passing over
roads and trails constructed
or maintained out of moneys
obtained in whole or in part
out of the Federal Treasury.
The intent of the bill is to pro
vide protection against speed
ing, oversize vehicles or over
weight loads on roads and
bridges in the Territory.
The body of Daniel H. Han
ford, Birch Hill farmer, was
found in his cabin recently by
C. W. Shipley, a neighbor.
He had been dead four or five
days. Heart disease is believed
to have been the cause of
d**iith. For many years Han
foid has been a familiar fig
ure in Fairbanks.
Licenses recently approved
by the federal power commis
sion included two Ketchikan
projects. The Citizens Light &
Power Company, was given a
license for a project on Ketchi
kan Creek and Lake, partly
within the Tongass National
Forest, to develop 2,560 horse
power from the creek and 1,
440 from the lake. Harry J.
McCain, Eugene Wacker, Sher
man Duggan, P. F. Gilmore,
R. R. Thornton and John. W.
Frame were licensed to devel
op a project for 100,000 horses
power from Ward’s Cove
Creek.
The most westerly herd of
reindeer on the North Ameri
can continent, belonging to the
Cape Reindeer Company, of
Wales, Seward Peninsula, has
just been rounded up, marked
and counted. Over 15,000 deer
were handled in eight days.
The best day’s run was 2,287
deer in 7 hours, which wap
putting them through the cor
ral at the rate of 5.04 per min
ute. The herd was established
by the Bureau of Education in
1894 with 100 deer. It was
from this herd that the rein
deer meat was shipped out re
cently on the Boxer for use at
the Bremerton Navy Yard.
Charging that he was hoisted
above the deck of the Alaska
Steamship Co. vessel Yukon,
by his hands, while aiding in
loading the vessel, and then
permitted to drop to the deck
through negligence of the
winch operator, a suit for $25,
000 damages has been filed in
Seattle by K. D. Risness, sea
man. The accident happened
at Drier Bay, Alaska, the com
plaint asserts, and it is alleged
he suffered permanent injury.
Blazing an aerial trail from
Alatna, o n the Koyukuk river,
to the headwaters of the Ko
buk river, Pilot Noel Wien
made two flights to Walker
Lake recently, landing four
members of a prospecting and
development company and ov
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYBER, ALASKA
Home of the greet PREMIER MINE, with an annual production approximating 240,
000 tons of ore and a record of $12,150,937 paid in dividend* to stockholders during
seven years of operation.
Also of the DUNWELL an d RIVERSIDE MINES, both large and regular shippers of
concentrated ores, the former averaging 800 tons per month; and of the PORTER-IDA
HO MINE, a seasonal shipp er of raw ores averaging close to $300 per ton in value.
The PORTLAND CANAL DISTRICT also contains literally dozens of partially de
veloped gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper properties which give every promise of becoming
paying mines with more extensive development.
The Most Remarkably Mineralized Area on the North American Continent, Present
ing Numerous Possibilities for Profitable Mining Investment.
FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT ADDRESS
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
HYDER. ALASKA
I
er half a ton of supplies. Wein
was in the air for ten and one
half hours, covering 645 miles.
The lake is the source of the
Kobuk. So steep is the grade
that the river is not covei’ed by
ice for a considerable distance.
The lake is set in a basin, and
an approach can be made only
I from the south. On the other
sides the mountains rise to a
height of five thousand feet.
j To make a survey of the in
| tenor country from the air,
j and chiefly of the aviation
! fields throughout the Terri
| tor, Governor George A. Parks,
Major Malcolm Elliott, Presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
mission, and R. J. Sommers,
Territorial Highway Engineer,
will make an airplane flight of
about two weeks, taking off
from Fairbanks. The program
of inspection calls for surveys
of roads and trails on the
routes to be followed through
the air. Although no details of
the program have been com
pleted, nor schedules for fly
ing arranged as yet, the route i
of travel wil carry the officials
from Fairbanks to Nome,
thence into the Koyukuk and
south into the Kuskokwim.
i
The John Borden marathon
race at Nome, April 1, develop
ed a surprise when three native
teams bested six other en
trants. A light snow Saturday
made the course from Nome
to Cape Nome and return slow,
and the best time was nearly
20 minutes slower than the
record set by Leonard Seppala.
of one hour and fifty minutes.
Amos Statuk finished first in
two hours, nine minutes and
eleven seconds. Harry Luke
was second in 2:11:5, and Al
bert Dalatuk was third, his
time being 2:16:58.
In honor of his rescue of the
passengers of the of the steam
ship Northwestern when she
grounded on Cape Mudge last
December, Captain Magnus
Hansen has been presented
with a beautiful Hamilton gold
watch by the Alaska Steam
ship Company. The timepiece
is handsomely engraved, the
inscription reading ^‘Present
ed by the Alaska Steamship
Company to Captain Magnus
Hansen of the Explorer in ap
preciation of his heroic ser
vices in rescuing: passengers
from the S. S. Northwestern,
December 11, 1927.”
H. Ashball, pioneer hotel
man of Sitka, died recently
while enroute to Seattle. Ash
ball had been ill for some time
before leaving Sitka and was
enroute to Seattle for an op
eration when death overtook
him.
G. I. McLan, formerly comp
troller of Yukon Territory, has
been appointed gold commis
sioner and chief executive of
Yukon Territory, succeeding
Percy Reid, deceased.
In response to a request from
the National Capital for a
specimen of the recenty dis
covered black tail mountain
sheep of the Chickaloon dis
trict, the Alaska Glacier Tours
Association have dispatched
two of its hunters, to that
region to search for specimens.
The expedition was arranged
under a special permit for the
purpose of obtaining the speci
men for the Washington Mu
seum.
A plan for the organization
of political clubs throughout
Alaska under the banner of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
is said to be well under way.
For the purpose of financing
the proposition the sum of
$4,000 is being raised, it is al
leged, by the various branches
of the organization in the First
Division. It is further stated on
good authority, that the money .
is to be turned over to William
L. Paul, who is to start shortly ...
on a trip to and throughout
the westward, as well as the
interior of Alaska, for the
purpose of organizing A. N. B.
lodges at all places where
there are any number of In
dians. For the purpose of rais
ing the required sum, dances
it is said are being given un
der the auspices of the A. N. B.
lodges in the First division. It
is known that a number of
such dances have already been
given by the Indians of Doug
las.
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