ANNOUNCING
The Completion and Opening
Of The New
TEXAS CREEK
HIGHWAY
Built by the U. S. Government at a cost
of nearly a half million dollars, with the
express object of opening this new and
remarkably mineralized portion of the
Hyder, Alaska section of the Portland
Canal Mining District to development
and exploitation.
Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores
i
abound in this wonderful mineral region and
offer excellent oppotunities for profitable mining
investment under the economical transportation
conditions provided Ly the splendid, new 12
mile highway traversing the Texas creek valley
from end to end.
In addition to opening this rich mineral region
to mining endeavor, the Texas Creek Highway
offers a scenic excursion of matchless mountain
scenery, and the most remarkable glacier vistas
in the world.
For information relative to the mineral resources of the
Iiyder District and ether data, address the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, inc.
Hyder, Alaska
f'
Chamber
ot
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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ALASKA NOTES.
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Quartz Creek in Dawson
district will witness consider
able activity this winter. Own
ers of eight claims have
announced that they will take
out dumps for spring sluicing.
N. P. Johnson, known as
“Discovery” Johnson, discov
erer of gold on Long Creek,
is missing and his friends are
concerned. He was last seen in
the vicinity of Deer Creek in
the Poorman district.
Sportsmen of Seward assem
bled their shooting irons when
a large brown bear strolled
across the side of Marathon
Mountain, occasionally stopp
ing to take views of the town.
He disappeared before hunters
could get to him.
Establishment of an Indian
reservation in the Nabesna
! mining area is protested in
resolutions adopted by the Cor
. dova Chamber of Commerce.
' which has asked the Federal
i Government to hold a hearing \
' on the subject.
, All ties for the Alaska Rail
[ roeti will be obtained in south
east Alaska in a few years. One
hundred and fifty thousand
■ are used annually. Between 60
' 000 and 70,000 come from the
1 Rail Belt, and the rest are
bought in southeast Alaska.
Tlie supply of the Rail Belt is
becoming exhausted, according
to Col. O. F. Ohlson, general
manager o f the railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. George White
were burned about the face
and neck and hands by an ex
plosion of gasoline on their
fishing boat Regal, at Wrang
ell, P. Orcutt was blown off
the deck of the craft, but
suffered only slight injuries.
The accident happened as the
Regal was filling her tank
with gasoline.
Installation of a cyanide
plant at the Hershey gold mine
on Palmer Creek, near Hope
in the .Moose Pass district is
contemplated next spring. Sev
eral thousand tons of tailings,
the result of some years’ oper
ation of a five-stamp mill now
on the property will be treated
by the cyanide plant.
H. Wendall Endicot, wealthy
Boston sportsman, when in
Fairbanks recently after a big
game hunt, notified the Fair
banks Kennel Club that, in
addition to the $200 he gives
yearly to the club to promote
dog racing, he will donate r
large cup for the H. Wendall
Endicot dog derby, which is
run annually.
Samuel Turner of Wrangell
was recently seven days with
out food, fire or shelter on the
Etolin Island side of Chichagoi
Pass before he was rescued bj
John Halstead, a troller, who
while fishing in his boat near
the island heard the distressed
man’s cries for help. Turner’s
boat had capsized while he
was approaching the island to
hunt. He swam ashore.
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
RYDER. ALASKA
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception (luring the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur alter
5 p. m. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday,
| Saturday, December 27, 1930
-O
P. M.
Sunday, December 21.
| 3:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
5:15 Collier's Radio Hour, NBC-NY.
I 3:15 Atwater Kent Program, NBC-NY.
7:15 Studebaker Champions, NBC-Chi.
7:15 Carden Patch Program.
8:00 First Church of Christ Scientist.
3:00 Borden Milk Program, NBC-SF.
a: 30 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC-NY.
P:45 Asso. Oil Co., Vocal Recital.
10:00 Kaffee Hag Slumber Hour.
10:30 P. S. P. & L. Co., Concert Orch
estra and Vocalists.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, December 2.7.
5:00 Totem Broadcasters, How’s Bus
iness?, NBC-NY.
5:15 One-Quarter Hour in the Nation's
Capital, NBC-Wn., D. C.
5:30 Carden Patch Program.
3:00 Maytag Orchestra, NBC-Chi.
5:30 Genl. Motors Program, NBC-NY
7:00 Stromberg Carlson Concert, NB
C-Rochester.
7:30 Great Northern Railway, Empire
Builder. NBC-NY.
3:00 Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
1:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
NBC-LA.
:45 Shell Symphonists, NBC-SF.
):00 Schwabacher’s Mozart Concert
Hour.
0:00 Chrysler Motors Program.
10:30 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
,1:00 News Flashes.
11:15 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital
Tuesday, December 23.
5:00 Brazilian American Coffee Pro
gram, NBC-NY.
>:30 Garden Patch Program.
>:00 Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., Con
cert Orchestra and Vocalists.
3:30 Happy Wonder Bakers, NBC-NY.
’:00 Westiughouse Salute,, NBC-NY.
| .*: 30 Am. Tobaeci Co., Lucky Strike
Orchestra, NBC-NY.
3:00 Violet Ray Music Box, NBC-LA.
3:30 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-LA.
1:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
1:00 Florslieim Frolic, NBC-SF.
):30 Fisher's Blend Hour.
10:30 News Flashes.
10:45 Uncle Hank From Clderville
Center.
11:00 Olympic Hotel, Varsity Vaga
bonds.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Wednesday, December 24.
5:00 Fisher Mills, Concert Trro.
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co., NBC-NY.
5:30 Garden Patch Program.
3:00 Halsey Stuart Progarm, NBC-NY.
5:30 Palmolive Hour, NBC-NY.
7:30 Coca Cola Program, NBC-NY.
3:00 Asso. Oil Co., Program, NBC-SF.
1:30 Amos 'n' Andy. NBC-LA.
3:45 Am. Popcorn Co.. Jolly Timo
Popcorn Review. NBC-SF.
):00 P. S. Nav. Co., The Navigators.
1:30 Camel Pleasure Hour, NBC-SF.
j 10:30 Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.,
Tuneful Two.
10:45 News Flashes.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds. directed by J. Robinson,
ies, NBC-SF.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Thursday, December 25.
5:00 Fleisclimann's Sunshine Hour,
NBC-NY.
5:00 Am. Radiator Co. Program, NBC
NY.
3:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NBC
7:00 Lufkv Strike Orchestra and Voc
alists. NBC-NY.
7:SO Standard Symphony Hour, NBC
SF.
->:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n' Andy,
NBC-LA.
1:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
):00 Hotel New Yorker Orchestra, N
BC NY.
10:00 Equi-Fractionators Dance Hour.
11:00 News Flashes.
! 11:15 St. Francis Hotel Orel).. NBC-SF
j 12:0u Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.
Friday, December 26.
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orcestra
and the Cavaliers, NBC-NY.
5:00 Interwoven Pair, NBC-NY.
1:30 Armour Hour, NBC-NY.
7:00 Armstrong Quakers. NBC-NY.
7:30 R. K. O. Program. NBC-NY.
1:00 Fisher Mills Co., Violin Recital.
1:15 Brown Shoe Co. Program, NBC
NY.
j i:30 Amos 'n' Andy, NBC-LA.
j 1:45 Union Oil Co., Tone Pictures,
NBC-LA. ...
i:15 P. S Nav Co., Song Recital.
11:30 Schwabacher’s Little Symphony
Hour.
10:30 Friedlander’s, the Watch Mak
ers.
10:45 News Flashes.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Varsity Vaga
bonds. directed by J. Robinson.
12:00 Fox 5th Avenue Theatre. Orgaa
Recital.
Saturday, December 27
5:15 R. C. A. Radiotron Co.. NBC-NY.
5:30 Fuller Brush Co., The Fuller
Man, NBC-NY.
' 6:00 Genl. Electric Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC-NY.
8:00 Gilmore Circus, NBC-LA.
8:30 Pepsodent Co., Amos ’n’ Andy,
NBC-LA.
S:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Consolidated Cigar Co., El Sidelo
Minstrels, NBC-SF.
9:30 Chevrolet Chronicles.
10:00 P. S. Nav. Co., Tuneful Two.
10:15 News Flashes.
10:30 Snotlight Revue.
12:00 Fox Theatre, Organ Recital.