Mafr Building
Company
Will contract for anything in the building line
J^othing too big for us to handle
^othinj* too small for us to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobs
J. W. Mark, Manager. Office, Hotel Hyde*
HYDER LUMBER CO.
{Rough
{Dressed
LUMBERS™*
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
McMillan’s Sigar Store
Formerly the Portland Cafe
Best Brands of
CIGARS CIGARETTS TOBACCOS SOFT DRINKS
SOLO AND PlNOGHLE TABLES
Alex McMaLAN, Prop.
%\)t Jtflalamute
JOE GRACIO T. O’DONELL
&oft Mrinh0 attb Cigar*
Firstclass Barber Shot) Halrenta a Specials
Main Street Opposite Bob Keith'! feastauraut
HYDER
TRANSFER
COMPANY
H. L. Reid Louis Legg
i Saddle and Pack Horses
» DELIVERIES MADE
ANYWHERE - ANYTIME
W. H. JOHNSTON
Building Contractor Real Estate
International Avenue
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TERRITORIAL TATTLE
Police soar* fines ir. Ketchikan
for the month of Aoguf and Sep
tember leal, amounted to over
$1,500 It is said, or more than was
collected in twelve months last
year.
Quartz regulations have been
changed in the Yukon Territory
and hereafter no mining recorder
will be required to record a docu
ment transferring (ess than a quar
ter interest in any claim.
The first pack train carrying sup
plies for Interior mines in more than
a year, recently left Valdez for
Quartz Creek. The shipment con
sisted of 30,006 pounds of supplies
for the Flint Milling Co. Reopening
of traffic to Interior points is antic
ipated with the opening of the trail
north from Valdez Wilsen Creek.
A trio of big game hunters who
recently arsived in Anchorage re
port haying witnessed a terriffic
battle between rival leaders of two
big mooee herds on Kenai penin
sula One band of more than 100
moose was sighted which was ap
proached by another band of about
30, led by a bull with a 70-inch
spread of antlers. After the usual
preliminaries, the bulls charged
•ach other with terrific force, the
leader of the lesser herd being
thrown back on his haunchs with a
deep gash in his forehead. He
latnr arose and accompanied by one
lone cow staggered away but was
shot by the “sportsmen."
Members of the tnin crew oper
ating between Seward and Anchor
age recently captured a poung goat
on the track between Potter and
Rdinbow. Hie animal will be taken
to Anchorage to be tamed.
The assessed value of property'
in Ketchlan has been freed by thej
tax equalization board of that city |
at $2,024,865. This represnts an in
crease of over $1,000,000 over the:
valuation of last year. This years
tax rate has been fiixed at 2 cents
the full rate permissable under the
Territorial laws.
With funds alloted. Territorial
Road Commisioner James E. Wilson
of Valdez is opening up a road to |
the Hurdle Creek Company's prop-!
erty nnorth from Valdez. 'Ihe road !
taps the Richardson Highway at!
Mile 55, and officials of the com-;
pany announce that work will lie'
oarried on during the winter, sup- j
plies to be freighted iu as soon as'
possible.
A vein of high grade coal in suf
ficient quantity to warrant develop
ment on a large scale has been un
covered in the wosking of the Hea
ry River Coal Cargo ration, at the
junction of the Healy and Nenana
Rivers on tha line of the Govern
ment Railway south of Nenana
The vein is reported as having a
thickness of seven feet, ideally sit
uated for mining.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporated under the law* of Alaska
Capital Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savinfa Department*
I lomoetic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to ad Part* of the
United State*
HYDER PAINT SHOP Pint.,,*,
Kaleomtmng
Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Points, Oil*, Stains, Varnishes, Shellac. Wallpaper. Teadening felt
Cheese Cloth, rialsomine.
Temporary quarters Portland Cafe Bldg
Cfir ^Hater’s Hot
£o 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.
Yyfith Harry Hanson's patented
hot watef coil in youf cook
stove you can have reel hqme com
fort. AH the principal homes of
Rupert are so equipped and Stewart
forks are installing the system as
fast as Hanson can do the work.
Qome on over to Stewart and see
how it is done. Anyone there
oan tell you where to find
j^arrg Hanson
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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