Marr Building
Company
Will contract for anything in the building line
Nothing too big for US t© handle
jSjothing too Email fot us to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobs
J. W. Mark. MaNaher. Orncr, Hotel Hyder
HYDER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
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jRough
! Dressed
! Flooring
Ceiling.
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
TERRITORIAL TATTLE
On January 16 the Fairbanks
dty treasurer had on hand the sum
of $12,500.
Capt. E. T. Barnette, formerly of
Fairbanks, is now in the oil game
in Montana.
Teddy Kremmor, formerly Yukon
Gold dredge master on Gold Run,
Dawson, js now on a dredge at
Tillamook, Oregon.
Norman Watt, formerly of Daw*
son, is now seoretary to T. D. Pa
tullo, minister of lands, with head
quarters in Victoria.
Owing te the high cost of heat
ing, the Golden North Hotel at
Nome closed on January 1 and will
not reopen Until June 1.
Four Yukon oldtimers, Howard
Cooley, Walter Murphy, D. M, Mc
Rat and E.J. McDonald are now en*
route from Whitehorse via the Lit
tle Salmon, Ross and Gravel rivers
route for Fort Norman, the Icene
of the recent oil strike^
Colonel Frederick Mears, of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
announced at Skagway recently
that the government would ship
much freight to Fairbanks and
Norman during the coming season
via the Upper Yukon route.
Keno hill production of ’ high
grade shipping ore for 1920 amoun
ted to 1,440 tons. Fifty head of
horses are now employed by the
various companies hauling ore to
the banks of Stewart river for ship
ment at the opening of navigation.
The freighter Princess Ena re
cently discharged 1400 tons of coal
at Skagway for the White Pass and
Yukon Route.
The John T. Bowers mining camp j
on Duncan Canai will resume op
erations soon, according to Wran
gell advices. - !
William Aldcroft, long time in
charge of the C. R. M. machine
shops at Bear Hreek, Klondike, will
shortly open a public garage in
Dawson.
The schooner Republic has left
Seattle for the Portlock fiishing
banks of Kodiak island, the first j
of the fishing fleet to come north
this year.
A Board of Trade has been organ
ized at Mayo, Y. T., J. E. Ferrell
being presidaent, Oscar Latourneau,
vice president, and Stanley J. White
secretary and tieasuser.
R. B. Hyett, formerly baggage
man on the White Pass Route, who
sustained an accident last fall in
which one of his legs was fractured
in two places, is now hobbling
kround On crutches at Whitehorse
and will soon be back on his old iob.
Fiank E. DSvidson, old time Yu
koner, plans to take 59 men over
the trail to Dawson and then to
Fort Norman, the new oil land
fields, before th* snow goes, accord
ing to advices received from Van
couver, to Dawson.
SALMON RIVER BANKIN'! CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporated under the laws of Alaska
Capital Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savings Departments
Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to all Parts ofj the
United States
HYDER PAINT SHOP Painting, Paperhanging
--——I Kalaomining
Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints, Oils, Stains, Varnishes, Shellac. Wallpaper, Deadening Felt,
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
. . Temporary quarters Portland Cafe Bid#
The STIMME-Z Bot
soon after you light your fire
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.
yyitli Harry Hanson’s patented
hot water coil in your cook
stove you can have real hqme 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 setf
how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
N
Barry Zanson
1 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 NORTH
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