BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobiler Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Chinaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder "Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
0 General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
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Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Border Line Trajasport’n Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
Typewriters—
Hyder Drug Co.
HARDING AND HILL
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
The Senate has confirmed the
nomination of E. Coke Hill, to
be Judge of the Third Judicial
Division of Alaska, and also
the nomination of Judson W.
Harding, to be United States
District Attorney of the First
Division with headquarters at
Juneau, Alaska, according to
Washington press reports of
February 15.
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TWO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
SWIM WRANGELL HARBOR
The weather was so mild at
Wrangell, Alaska, February
13, that Erma Grant, daughter
of Mayor J. G. Grant, and
Irene Tozier, both high school
girls swam Wrangell Harbor.
Many pictures were taken of
the two girl3 during the
swim.
JUNEAU WILL HAVE NEW
COLD STORAGE PLANT
A modern quarter-of-a-mil
lion dollar cold storage and ice
manufacturing plant ia assured
Juneau, according to an an
nouncement made recently by
Wallis S. George, Treasurer of
jthe Juneau Cold Storage Com
pany, who has devoted several
months to financing the Jun
eau Cold Storage Company
for the purpose of providing
| it. The plant will be located
! on property recently acquired
| from the Alaska Steamship
| Company and others having
| 210 feet frontage and a depth
of approximately 275 feet. The
first unit will be constructed
this year, work beginning in
April, and will be designed to
give this port facilities for
handling all the fish that may
be brought to Juneau.
Byron Olson A. Olson, Jun
eau resident and old-time
Alaskan, age 52 years, passed
away recently as a result of
pneumonia developing after
an operation.
Mr. Olson entei’ed the hospi
tal January 27, after being
confined to his bed for six
months with rheumatism. He
was operated on in an en
deavor to discover the cause
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of his trouble as he was slow
ly weakening. Mr. Olson re
sponded to the operation and
remarked that several joints
in his body were loosening up
and ho felt much better. His
condition was very weak how
ever and after a hard struggle
for life he passed away.
Mr. Olson was born in Smith’s
Lake, Minnesota, near St.
Paul, in 1874, spending * his
boyhood days in Minnesota. He
i came "to Juneau when he was
18 years old, engaging in pros
: pecting and theatrical work.
{ The Grim Reaper won in
; his battle with the stork in
Ketchikan last year, according
; to figures taken from the rec
ords in the office of the
U. S. Commissioner. Ninety
seven deaths were recorded in
1926, while 86 births were
reported.
Arrivals at Dawson from the
Mayo district during the early
part of December reported a
shortage of snow in the silver
camp, with the result that ore
shipments and freight were be
ing held up.
Ernest M. J. Whalley, chief
engineer of the canery tender
Libby, was fatally injured at
Seattle recently as the result
of an explosion on the boat.
The deceased was an Alaskan
pioneer, coming north in ’97.
He followed mining and news
paper work at Dawson and
Fairbanks for many years.
The city council of Ketchikan
recently ordered sold at public
auction seventy parcels of land
in that city for delinquent
taxes and street and sewer as
sessments. This is the first
time such a sale has been or
dered in Ketchikan for seven
years.
John T. Spickett, proprietor
of the Palace Theatre, in Jun
eau, recently fell down stairs
in the theatre, receiving severe
cuts around the head and also
a broken rib. He will be con
fined to his home for some
time by his injuries.
Mrs. Julia Phinn, an aged
early resident of the interior,
passed away recently at Fair
banks. Thrombosis of the leg
induced by weak heart action,
was the cause of death, which
came with a final illness of
only a few days.
Reports reaching Fairbanks
from the outlying districts in
dicate an exceptional fur catch
his season. Word from both
McCarthy and Chatanika is to
he effect that foxes have nev
;r been so plentiful. Mink,
ynx ad other fur bearers are
ilso being taken in large num
oers. The good fur condition
s attributed largely to an
ibundance of rabbits over an
jxccptionally long cycle. A
:carcity of the bunnies has
men noted in some sections
luring late weeks, and it is
miieved the plague is upon
hem again.
T. A. Smith a homesteader in
he Palmer district, and an ex
mrienced railroad man, has
men awarded the contract by
he Alaska Railroad for oper
iting the Moose Creek spur
ine in connection ith the Mata
Luska and Rawson mines on
Joose Creek to the main line.