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U. S. Deputy and Mineral
SURVEYORS
Junelut, Alaska.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second Thursday of
Month-Stewart and Hyder.
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART, B. C.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
Shop Early
Mail Xmas Packages Early
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STEWART AND HYDER
BEST OF FRIENDS
The following interesting art
icle, descriptive of ourselves
and of the fine amity existing
between th citizens of Hyder
and Stewart B. C., just across
the international boundary
line, is from the pen of J. A.
Shanks, former Stewart res
ident, and is reprinted from a
leading Vancouver paper.
The evening recreation of the
citizens of Stewart, B. C.f is a
walk to Hyder, Alaska; while
the good people of Hyder take
the opposite course and visit
Stewart. The towns are just
one and a half miles apart.
To folk who are not convers
ant with the Far North, Alaska
sounds mighty cold and dis
tant. Its very name brings up
visions of '98 and hardships.
Yet here it is, tame enough.
Hyder contains little of the
symbols, the poker games or
gunplay, that stirs the imag
ination; for the mind has a
tendency to picture Alaska as
being the last step before the
end. Hyder is an unpretent
ious place not yet organized
into a town; but its lay-out is
striking and it has the unique
feature of being reared on
stilts.
There is hardly a building or
a road in the place that is not
elevated six to twenty feet.
Houses and walks are perched
high above the flats, so called,
which are really the unwater
ed bed of the Portland Canal.
Like Stewart, the background
of Hyder is a mountain, while
1 its face looks out towards the
open sea. Then the U. S. flag
is conspicuous and the spread
eagle on the custom officer’s
uniforms, but with all that
Stewart and Hyder are like.
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one. No hindrance is apparent
in the simple matters of social
and business intercourse be*
tween the)«? two nationally
divided communities.
If a Hyderite wants a drink
of “hard stuff” he goes to
Stewart-unless he can find it
closer to home. A Stewartite
who uses tobacco finds econo
my in a trip over the line as he
saves duty, and as it works out
about fifty-fifty there is no
harm done.
A citizen of one town is
greeted as a brother in the oth
er; dances concerts, picture
shows and lodge meetings are
internationally patronized.
Funerals, weddings and polit
ical problems seem to concern
both communities equally, re
gardless in which place they
era staged. Not long ago three
citizens of Hydfer were burned
to death while but on a pros
pecting expedition. Stewart
mourned. Every business place
in the town closed for the aft
ernoon of the funeral; pract
ically every Stewartite joined
with their American neigh
bors in sorrow and respect for
the deceased. Instance* arc
told how Hyder likewise has
shown staunch sympathy when
Stewart had occasion to weep.
But now about Hyder; its orig
in, its development and its
prospects.
A stranger would wonder
why a town was ever started
where telegraph poles are
needed for building foundat
ions. With all the land that
comprises Alaska one would
naturally think that a town
site on terra firma con Id have
been located. The reason, how
ever is clear.
Hyder is the gateway to
the greatest Canadian mining
property in the Portland Canal
zone. When the international
..In the Commissioners Court;
Territory of Alaska.. Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of
of Wilfred S. Atkins, Deceased
Number 16 Probate
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administratrix of
the estate of Wilfred S. Atkins,
deceased, to all persons having
claims against said estate to
file the same within fifteen
(15) days from date hqreof
with proper vouchers at the
office of Erhest Blue, in the
town of Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska this
22nd day of November, 1924.
Mrs. Evelyn Atkins
Administratrix.
Pub. Nov. 26—Dec.3, 1924.
boundary line was thrown
across the mountains and glac
iers of this wonderful North,
it gave to Canada figuratively
speaking, by the fraction of an
inch, the rich ore deposits
known as the Premier Mine.
But the Americans control the
front door. It is impossible to
go otherwise than through Hy
der when starting on the six
teen mile hike or "mush" that
must be covered before the
Premier is reached. And on
coming out with a fat pay
cheque, and with undisguised
desire for "life” and hilarity,
Hyder is the first port of call.
The alert American business
man discovered that feature
and if it had been necessary
to build clear out into the mid
dle of Portland Canal, I guess
he would have done it. The
only defect is that the pay
cheques are drawn on the Bank
of Montreal, Stewart. That
fact interferes somewhat, for
the bulk of the big money
comes on to the Canadian
town.
Canada, however, does not
possess all the wealth produc
ing ground in this region. On
the American side, tributary to
Hyder, are some good pros
pects; but as yet that is all
they are. They have no work
ing properties of any dimen
sions worth while brought un
der way. But the greatest asset
of a mining camp is hope, and
Hyder has its share in abund
ance.
The Salmon river, which di
verts its course back and forth
between Canada and Alaska,
is looked upon as the Alad
din’s lamp of Hyder’s future.
The fact that the Premier on
the Canadian side is in the Sal
mon river belt, gives confid
ence to the prospectors. The
Americans have great hopes,
on their side of the stream, of
even outstepping the big Can
adian producers, and every
inch of ground that shows the
least symptoms of pay dirt is
staked and documented to the
limit.
The old-time grizzled pros
pector is rather a rare bird
now-a-days. He is rapidly be
ing supplanted by mining ex
perts, college bred chaps who
wear horn-rimmed spectacles
and golf hose. The Americans
appear particularly rich in
this new-fangled species of the
"sourdough.”
Hyder has ambition—plenty
of it. New buildings are going
“More Heat With Less Fuel.”
Install a Sinhold Superheater.
Ask those who have them: Hy
der Mercantile Co. Agents.
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...EVERY KIND...
BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS’ LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, CARDS, INVITATIONS.
TAGS.’ ETC:. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN
OWNERSHIP OF
THE ENGINEER MINE
BEFORE THE COURTS
Another chapter in the varied
and romantic history of the
famous Engineer mine was
opened recently in Vancouver,
B. C. when the British Colum
bia Court <?f Appeals decided
that the suit of Robert E. and
Horace K. Williams, claimants
of ownership in the property
must be tried.
The Williams’ base their
claim on alleged proof that
their sister married Captain
James Alexander, with whom
she was drowned in the sink
ing of the Princess Sophia in
October 1913.
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The migrating caribou herd
this year came within twenty
miles of Whitehorse. One hunt
er killed seven at the 21 mile
post.
The McCarthy News has
again changed hands, the new
owner being C. O. Marwood.
With the death a few days
ago of William Keegan, at the
age of more than 85 years, one
of the most picturesque and
historical characters of South
eastern Alaska is no more.
Keegan was the patriarch of
the Tongass tribe of Indians.
He was born in the year 1838.
His declining years were spent
in Ketchikan and his death
was attributed to old age and
heart failure.
Fifteen orphans from Tyonek
arrived at Anchorage recently
enroute to the new industrial
school at Elkutna. The chil
dren, ten boys and girls, are
from the Tyonek Native Orph
anage, which will be discon
tinued.
up farther back where mother
earth gives a better foothold
and where room can be found
to plant an early bed of let
tuct. Some day it may rise to
city honors, which it surely
will if the Hyderite of the pres
ent is a dependable prophet.
On May 24 the entire pop
ulation of Hyder moves in a
body over to Stewart. Hyder is
closed for the day. In return,
the “glorious fourth” finds
every Stewartite whooping it
up in the Alaskan town. Such
an example of international
brotherhood would be hard to
duplicate.
Shop Early
Card of Thanks
The undersigned wishes to
express heartfelt thanks to the
ex-service men of Hyder and
friends at Riverside whose
help and sympathy were ex
tended during her recent be
reavement.
Mrs. Evelyn Atkins.
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IN THE RECORDER’S
OFFICE
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j Instruments pertaining to
| mining filed in the Hyder re
j cording office during the week
ending November 22.
—NOVEMBER 17—
! Location Notice: C. D. Jones.
■ Fish Creek Falls M. C. No 7,
i Salmon River.
j Location Notice: Mrs. C. D.
j Jones, Fish Creek Falls M. C.
iNo. 8, Salmon River.
j Location Notice: Angus Me
i Kenzie, Fish Creek Falls M. C.
No. 9, Salmon River.
Location Notice: C. D. Jones,
Fish Creek Fads M. C. No. J O,
Salmon River.
Location Not'ce: B. B. Smith.
Fish Creek M. C. No. 11, Sal
mon River.
Location Notice: Angus Me
Kenzie, Gold Lead No. 2, Sal
mon Rivr.
Deed, Quit Claim: J. A. H-dl
to C. W. Peterson, undivided
interest in Texas M. C,
Texas No. 1, Texas No. 2, Tex
as-Creek.
Location Notice: E. M. Jones,
Jack Davis, L. R. Doggett, Pat
sy M. C., Salmon River.
Location Notice: E. M. Jones,
Jack Davis, L. R. Doggett, Pat
sy No. 1 M. C., Salmon River.
Location Notice: E. M. Jones,
C. J. Davis, L. R. Doggett, Pat
sy No. 2 M. C., Salmon River.
Location Notice: E. M. Jones,
J. C. Davis, L. R. Doggett, Pat
sy No. 3 M. C., Salmon River.
—NOVEMBER 18
Location Notice: Tom Kelley,
Gold Lead No. 1 M. C., Salmon
River.
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—NOVEMBER 21
Deed, Quit Claim: Angus Me
Kenzie to B. B. Smith, Fish
Cree Falls No. 9, Salmon River.
—NOVEMBER 22
Location Notice: Helen Bell,
Ida Placer Claim, Salmon Riv
er.
Location Notice: Helen Bell,
Helen No. 2 M. C. Salmon Riv
|er.
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.General Repairing: Odd Jobs
I Done—A. Pasco. Leave Orders
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