' The Salmon Birtr District la
Marvelously , Rich in Minerals
and Hyder is the Gateway in
“v Conoequencc of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
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HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Sajmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL, 3. NO. 4
HYDER, Alaska, Jan. *4. 1922
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Cyclone of
Merriment
Three Nights
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Donna Balef| , ,~. 1,4?2
Elizabeth Bqyn(an . 1,927
Elizabeth Pitt ,. 34,909
lla Ypanf . 17,414
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When a tornado hits a town it ip
generally over ip a very shorttime,
L but what do yop know about a tor.
pado lasting three nights? That is
the experience through which Hy.
. der hag just passed, And the Pio.
* peers are responsible, They schemed
around for four pr five weeks, mak
ing medicine for a big storm that
they thought .night set the camp
topsey-turvefr for a night, and when
the storm broke loose-—ZOWIE—it |
wouldn't be stopped, and for three
nights had the populace in its grip,
if a storm could be said to have
hands, mention might be made that
it algo had its hand* In the public's
pockets, for at the end of the dis.
turbance the Pioneer!' 'poke was
$2000 fatter than it had been.
Ail of which 19 simply prelimin
ary to the statement that the Pio
neers' carnival “has came and went"
on advertised schedule, exeept that
the gaing proved considerably de
layed, us hinted above, Pioneer
Hdll wus iavishly decorated for the
Obcasibn, etui the second story, a
•Urprise to those who had not vis
ited the hall for a month or so, adds
100 per cent to the capabilities of
die hall for furnishing enjoyment.
The front' half of this room was oc
cupied by gambling tables; craps,
faro, roulette, black-jack etc., and
the scene here reminded the old
timers of the early days when dance
kails ran unrestricted and gambling
♦as indulged in as a respectable
incidental. Phoney bills of large
denomination wste sold to the play
ers for a nominal sum, and all the
games were well patronized}
In the rear of this room two long
tables bore edibles of the most ap
petising and seasonable variety)
prepared by Walter Blanton* pro
prietor of the Silver Grill mid dis
pensed by Billy Black and Teddy
Sponsler.
The balcony, a mezJanine door
midway between the top story and
the main hall, was used as a rest
room and its occupants could sit
in comfort and over-look the gaities
going on below,
Carnival Quaeft Crowned
Extreme interest accumulated in
the selection of a Carnival Queen
as the time for balloting drew to a
i lose, and as it became apparent
Hm the Hyde? etwhd'tff «{g|
hopelessly distanced, the efforts
centered ob making the contest be
tween Ila Young of Stewart and
Elizbeth Pitt of the Premier a close
one. The Premier contingent loy.
! ally supported the little lady who
j is the idol at both mine and mill,
jand their voting strength overcame
all opposition to their choice Soon
after midnight all other activities
ceased while the crowning ceremo
ny took place.
The Queen, (who ip seven years
old, and the youngest of the candi
dates,) dressed in ermine robes,
advanced from the waiting room,
through the length of the hall, es
corted by Grand Usher Arthur
Hall, and attended by little train
bearers, June and Mona Meblfeld,
and mounted the throne at the cen
ter of the stage where Prime Min
ister Joe Ulmer, president of the
Ketchikan Igloo, placed the crown
upon her head and a gold nugget
necklace arouud her neck, amidet
tha cheers of the assembly. It was
rather a trying ordeal for the little
lady, but she bore herself right re
gally, and one could almost believe
that a re-incarnation of "Good
Queen Bess” \*as actually taking
place.
The crowning and a short address
delivered by U. S. Commissioner
Frame, constituted the only formal
occurrances of the carnival. Ilf.
Frame briefly outlined the histoiy
and objects of the Pioneers of Al
aska, and was followed by Misis
Olga Caldwell, formerly with the
Orpheum circuit, who sang two
soprano solos in a pleasing manner.
Other Events
The following night a go-as-you
please dance was held, and Monday
night the carnival came to a close
with a masquerade which attracted
aimost as large an attendance as
did the opening night. Four prizes
were given, the winners being Mrs,
W. H. Watson and Qwney McFad
den of Stewart and Mrs, R.E, Lund*
vail and Jack Scott of Hyder.
On the opening night prises were
given to the lady and gentleman
possessing the largest amount of
the bogus money at the close of the
celebration, and Mrs. Oren F. Hill
and Geo. Mehlfeld were the luoky
ones.
Drawings were made for the re
demption of eight $25 bonds, stand
ing as obligatibns against the Igloto,
and those to receive their money
back are: Chas. Skoning, Reid abd
Legge; (2) Louis Leggd, Dan Davis,
Frank Reiehenbach, Geo. BUnh and
E, E. Charlton.
Musid for all the events was sUp*
PIN by George Pgww*.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to ba
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium,
Mike Coyne left Friday on the Carmen :
for Ketchikan
Joe Sexsmith, woodworker at Nine
mile, was in town Friday.
Don Chisholm, Premier foreman at.
Nine-mile, was down for the New Year’s
celebration.
Fred Elder, machinist, and E, R Davis,
plumber at the Premier mil), were down
during the latter part of the week.
Prank Naggl left last Saturday night
for his old home in Minneapolis where he
will visit with relatives until spring, ,
The freighter A mur w»s in this weak
with machinery for the Premier, and took i
out a shipment of ore and concentrates.
In a letter from Jimmy Cullins tn Van-'
couver he says that he saw Bob Keith
and Jack Adkins there, and that Harry
Howson is coming to Hydet op the next!
boat,
Joe Ulmer, road commissioner for the
First Division and president of Igloo No,
J6, Pipneers of Alaska, came over Friday
from Ketchikan to check over the survey
for the wharf approach lneinentally he
attended the Pioneers' carnival here.
Meet me at the North Star,
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star,
Jim and John Gray were down Friday
from Nine-mile.
Jim Bovard, formerly a carpenter here,
ia now filing saws in Nenana,
The Pioneers will hold a masquerade
ball on the night of St Valentine day.
The consignment of new file bvokeu
ordered by tbp Commercial Association,
have arrived.
S. P. Fitzgerald and Geo. Clothier, resi
dent B. C. mining engineer, visited the
Premier the latter part of the week.
Th# Dominion telegraph line from Stew
art to Anyox was put in commission last
Monday after being down for 31 days.
Alex Pover has severed his connection
with the Salmon River Trading Co. and
Boh Stewart is back on the job after be
ing put of it for about a year.
Thera is always something doing an the
piling, Seldom a week passes but some
kind of a realestate deal is made. The
latest transaction ia the purchase by J.K.
tiresn this week of Miss May Collins'
building on first street between the No
Mila cigar afore and the Midget Empor
ium, ; .
To Have Wharf
Early hi Spring
Plans for the construction of a
wharf in Hyder are complete
and the work of driving the piling
is to commence about March \.
The wharf will be built by Captain
^ Ed J. Williams, of Ketchikan, owner
of the Carmen ahd Taku II, E. V.
Clary, Captain of the Carmen, ahd
Fred Derey, of Hyder, head of the
Dorey Transfer. They have been
considering the project for some
time, and had their plans perfeete
a month ago, bfat did not make
them public at that time because
of Waiting for permission from the
War Department, a permission that
has reoently been granted.
The wharf is to cost in the neigh*
borhood of $5000 and will be lo
cated close to where the Salmon
valley road constructed by the gov*
eminent would strike deep water
if continued from its present south*
ern terminus at the baseball back
stop. H. Hucke has had a crew of
men at Rivers point for several
weeks cutting piling for tke Wharf
and approach, and the best location
for the wharf was determined by
Road Commissioner Joe Ulmer
when he visited Hyder the latter
part *f November,
The government is to build the
approach, approximately 2200 feet
In length, and the plans call for its
entrance into Hyder en First Street)
connecting With Main at the Alas*
ken Hotel corner, An additional
Ipproaok will t* mx to Ut» $W
ent end ef the Salmon valley nafl
in order that it may not be neces
wry for freight destined for the
i mines to make a detour through
the business section of the town.
The government work will cost in
the neighborhood of $20,0<;0, and
Construction is to start from the
Wharf as soon as the piles are driven
for that structure.
LOCAL HUNTERS RETURN
FROM EXTENDED TRIP
Tom Hatton; Charlie Johnson and Ed*
die Holm returned last Friday after being
away for two months on a trip down the
oenal that wal scheduled, when they
left, to last for only two weeks at the oat*
side, They took ten day*’ grub along and
wert marooned for five days in a hole in
the rocks at Cape Fo«, by the unkind buf
feting of the Pacific ocean,
Paring the trip they killed one deer
and Interviewed a number of settlera,
Hut the clams-—say, the clams are so
fat and lazy you can ansak right up on
thetn. You hardly heed a gun. Near
Hidden Inlet Grant Mahood came along
in his sea-going launch, the Adorlam, on
hia way home to 6tewart from Rupert
and towed them in. Otherwise this story
might not have been written for another
month.
Shoe shine stand, AlaskanJMotel. Rube
Miller. Leave orders for laundry.
Found -pocketbobk containing money,
Owner H*ay have same by (tailing at the
postoffice and paying for this adi
Don't go home hungry, Get a lunch at
the Ocean View,
btywlll §»*** JhtMlin ilftRi kethi 91
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SWEDE JOHN
IS BUCK FROM
EXTENDED TRIP
J. 0. Stenbraten. known all over
! the mining area of the North Am
erican continent as “Stampede
John," returned Saturday after be
;i.g away ten months and visiting
'*aPa!§, Manitoba, Long Beaoh, Cal
ifornia and the Mayo district in
Yukon Territory, beside making a
number of aide tripr of a few hun
dred miles each, which were mere
incidentals in his travels, and the
result of curiosity on his part as to
the truth of reports he had heard.
For instance, an his way out from
Dawson, he took a run up into the
Chandelar, Where some new strikes
had been reported,
He stayed only three weeks in
LaPas, having gone there on a
strictly business trip. Leaving
there, he spent a few day# in Ed
monton and saw some old-timers
from Hyder there, including Nor
man McLeod, Fred Joyce and 0. B,
Bush, Then he went to Quesnel,
B, C., ant) operated a Keystone drill
for awhile for the California Cari
boo Dredging Co., a California cor
poration of which W. W. Wishon,
a mining engineer of international
fame, is the manasing engineer.
Taking a run dowu through his
old stamping grounds in Arizona,
Nevada and California, he soon be
j came fed up with the heat and
seent of sage brush, aird pulled out
for Mayo, the most northerly hard
rock oamp on the continent. Mayo,
he ears, has some wonderful show
ings, but none but the most wealthy
corporations can operate there, and
it it anything but a poor man's
camp. Ore running $200 a ton can
1 not be shipped at a profit, as the
cost of production and transporta
tion tuns up to that figure. Keno
hill, four miles from Mayo, where
the principal operations are under
way, has an elevation'of 6400 feet,
and cord wood at the mines costs
$65 a cord. John brought back
some samples of the ore, and left
specimens in the Hotel Hyder and
Midget Emporium mineral exhibits.
He says that from north to south
there is more talk about Hyder than
of any other camp, and he predicts
great activity in ibis district with
the opening of tiie spring season.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Neither the International Roadhouse,
J>. S. Mains nor L. R. Doggett will be re
sponsible from this date for any indebt
edness incurred by H; D. GilliS.
Dated at Hyderi Alaska, December IS
1921.
Signed,
L. R. Doggett, Manager of International
Roadhouse.
Laundry work done right and promptly
delivered; Tub and shower baths, new(
modem, strictlyugjmdate Jim Johnson.
Mtt< drtmtwn 9«gl(«ry Iguninr, A iimi
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL
GRIND OPENING I
FINE SOCIAL EVENT
The grand opening last Thursday eve
! ning of the Ocean View Hotel, the first
business to be established on the new
townsite of Hyder, B. C., was a most en
joyable social event, and the guests, at
that time, of Mine Host W, R. Tooth
and Mrs, Tooth, are still talking about it.
Althoughjthe hotel building, formerly
the Ocean View Cabaret in Stewart, had
been moved down for over a month, the
interior alterations were not completed
until just before the formal opening, and
the concensus of opinion is that the pro
prietor showed good judgement in hold
ing off until he could give his his guests
the climax ot entertainment.
With George Powers at the piano, Frank
Bowler manipulating the drums, and the
floor in perfect condition, devotees of the
danoe had nothing more to wish, and the
lun-0—well, fi'i people who participated
are ready to swear that it could not be
improved upon,
The whole establishment was decora
ted with evergreens and Holiday bells.
Each guest upon arrival, was furnish* d
with some sort of fantastic headgear that
lent a bizarre appearance to the assem.
My, and seemed to accelerate the socia
bility. Nearly all the Stewart people who
attend social functions were there, and
Hyder was also well represented.
Asked about his shipment of mission
furniture, Mr, Tooth said that in order to
make room for the dining tables he iwt
stored tht furniture, which failed „u, ar
rive on the last boat, in the wareltewe#
which he intends building next spring, »-•
COMMERCIAL
ASSOCIATION
MEETING
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Thursday evening of this
week the Commercial Asso
ciation meets, the first meet
ing in 1922. This is the year
In which the start of big
things in Hyder is expected
and in order to make them
assured it is essential that
all members of the Associa
tion stick together to formu
late plans for Hyder’s benefit".
SiG DOUBLE BILL AT
MuVIES SATURDAY
Saturday night there will be •
moving picture show With a big
double bill. Edith Storey, called id
Filmdom‘‘The Public Idol," will ap
pear in “Revenge,” a five-act drama
yf vengeance and the desert, and
in addition there will be a Western
drama, “The Crow,” featuring Mil
dred Moore and Hoot Gibson. Hotne
folks who have returned recently
from the Outside say that both pro
ductions are hummers.
See I'ete Fite for saw filing, wood cut
ting. or any kind of work. Leave order*
•t Hotel Hyder. 9