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VOL. 1. NO. 23.
HYDEK. Alaska, April 2. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Prince John
Wrecked
With 114 tons of freight for Hy
der and Stewart aboard' the Prince
John i9 on the bottom at Skidegate,
Moresby island, and most of the
goods are ruined.
The John was rammed by the
Albert in a heavy fog. and there
would undoubtedly have been lives
lost b$jt for the fact that when the
collision occurred the Albert was
gjven (full speed ahead and pushed
the John ashore before the latter
could founder. The Albert came in
* this Friday morning with a badly
.damaged tow and sixty passengers.
Will Dance
For Street
Repairs
Resulting from ap idea conceived
py San] Estes, a popular dance \yill
be held Saturday njg.pl of {his yeek
in the old LjghtL|op$« Jjpildipg, the
proceeds to be turned oyer to the
tiyaer L-ommercj^i Association fof
expenditure on street improvements.
The plan has been received with
enthusiasm by everyone who has
been approached pn the subject and
there is no doubt of a record atten
dance in spite of short notice. Tick
ets will be $1, and Stewart citizens
will be invited to come over and
join i»i the fun The building is
owned by Mistj Dolly Arthur of
Ketchikan, who left it in charge of
hid Jones, who has not only given
the hall for the affair but will have
the place put in perfect condition
for dancing.
SHIPS HJGUCIRAIjE
The Tillamook sailed Sunday for
Tacoma with all the Premier ore
she could stow away, well over 300
tons, in fact the ship was so heavily
loaded it was forced to wait in the
harbor more than a day for favor
able weather. The shipment was
the heaviest sent from the Premier
this winter. D.LJPitt, formerly as
sistant general manager, has been
appointed general manager to suc
ceed R.K.Neill who recently resign
ed. Mr. Pitt has returned from a
business trip outside, bringing Mrs.
Pitt with him.
CUSTOMS is UI SAN’C E
Canadian customs officials have
decided to burden the people of
Hyder and Stewart with a load of
trouble and inconvenience by en
forcing some petty red tape rules
about passenger launches plying
between the two towns. With the
snow leaving the road and exposing
the rough granite boulder road-bed
which is practically impassable foi
wheeled vehicles, visitihg between
the two towns will have to be done
on foot until late in the summer
when it is possible the road may
be surfaced. Local officials are not
responsible for the annoyance—
the-orders-owne from- outsider
Commercial
Association
Monday Eve.
Next Monday night the Hyder
Commercial Association will hold
its regular monthly meeting iu the
Miners Home hall, formerly the
Willard hall. There is important
business to be transacted and a full
attendance is desired.
Extend^ Tirne
Increases Prize
While a npmber of suggestions
were handed in to H.H. Howard for
a new name for the Up to Date
Store, in the name contest which
closed Wednesday night, none seems
fo exactly hit the spot, and Mr.
Howard is giving the public another
tfy. This time the contest will
close Saturday night, April 10 and
a prife of $20 will b* giyen for the
right pame. The contest is uncon
ditional. Anyone may compete and
»ena in any number ot names. Hie
name should suggest the nature of
the business and be attractive from
an advertising standpoint. Contest
ants will do well to }imit the num
ber of words in the name to three
at the most.
GEDMEY COMES IN
The steamer Gedney, Captain
“Gappy" Apderson, came in from
Seattle Saturday night and stayed
in the harbor until Sunday morn
ing. She brought a oargo of freight
including the engine and edger for
the Hyder Lumber Co. It is the in
tention to run the Gedney between
Seattle, Ketchikan and Hyder on a
ten-day schedule if the traffic
offers.
pictokal .News films
Representing the Gaumont mov
ing picture concern of France, one
of the largest supplyers of films in
the world, R.J.Suratt of Wrangell is
in camp and will take pictures of
every scene of interest in the dis
trict. He is to visit the mines and
record their operations, and is par
ticularly desirous of photographing
the horses working on snowshoes
hauling supplies to the Spider, and
dogs working, as well as portraying
the activities in the towns of Hyder
and Stewart. These films will be
circulated all over the world in the
weekly pictoral news service which
tiie Gaumont people supply.
POOL HALL CiOlNCi UP
R.C.Jeffrey, formerly partner oi
Tex Jones in Anchorage, lias pur
chased Jack Adkins' interest in the
property adjoining the Salmon Riv
er Trading Company’s store, former
ly owned by biauton and Adkins
and he and Walter Blanton will im
mediately start the construction oi
a building which wdl be a inoderi
billiard and pool parlor. At present
they are managing the Junction foi
Ale* Frazer w ito is rar ban Francisco
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
C C. Brooks and Wm La Yetie arrived
from Seattle Tuesday.
Miss Vinoent of New York City is visit
ing Mrs. Mildred Harris.
Dan Wheeler is back from Engen. B. C.,
where he spent the winter.
Mrs. Bob Keith has returned from a
visit with relatives in the east,
Bill Watson and Bill Hall were down
last Sunday from the Lakeview.
Al Elliott has gone to Skeena Crossing
B. C. to put in crops on his farm.
T. B. Waller, the real estate man, has
returned from a business trip to Seattle.
Ernie ami Jack Crawford are back from
Vancouver where they spept |he winter.
The first blackbirds to ariive from their
winter quarters in the south struck camp
March 29.
Jack Campbell has returned from Van
couver where he spent the past two months
on mining business.
The Taku and Prince of Wales came in
together from Ketchikan Tuesday night
with light passenger lists.
Mr. aivd Mrs. Jack O’Connor are build
ing a house on fheir forest reserve lot and
will move their laundry intg it.
The Piinpe of Wales was in this Fri
day, having made the round trip to Ket
chikan in two days and four hoqrs.
It ts reported that E. R. Stivers of Skag
way who is to be customs officer in Hy
der, will be in on the next boat from
Ke(phikan.
W. J. Jancowski, owner of considerable
mining propefty in the district, has re
turned from Vancouver where he took a
course ip assaying.
Frank Brown of Seward spent a week
in camp, leaving Tuesday for Seattle to
join Mrs. Brown. He expects to locate
herp later in the season.
Wesley Warren, superintendent for the
Tidewater Copper Co. at Sidney lnlef,
B. C. is renewing apquaintenpes yith the
mining fraternity here.
Mr, and Mrs A! Harris, who have been i
outside for two months, are back. Mr, '
Harris is superintendent of the Mineral
Hill and Lakeview properties
Joe Grqchio, alias Dago Joe, alias The
Alaskan Caruso, whose melodies have
been enjoyed ip most northern camps,
has hp.ccme a resident of fjyder.
Small & McDpugal, thp blacksmiths,
have purchaseu the boiler which tlje Hy
jier Lumber Co. discarded for a larger one
and wii} put it in good working order,
S. G. (I’at) Benson, well known mining
man, returned with his bride from Vic
toria the latter part of ljst week and they
are now occupying Roy Clothier's resi
dence in stewart.
Construction is being rushed by the
Marr lipildipg Company on the new
Frizzell market building and it will soop
be ready for occupancy. Ed McLaren Is
in charge of the work.
Oren F. 11 ill, the dfuggist, has been
forced to go to Ketchikan for medical at
tention. He had the Hu and si(fTere4 a
relapse after thinking he Ipid recovered
and it is feared that pneumonia has set
in.
Mr. and Mrs Harry L. Shough have ar
rived from Anchorage and are going to
prospeef down the canal until (he snow
leayps tfie hills. Mr. Soough formerly ran
a stage between Willow creek and the
\Yasilla mine.
Fre(J Nagle, formerly in the transfer
bu§ipess in Anchorase, and who was l)ere
fpr g couple of yyceks last fall, returned
Tuesday from the oufside. He had a mo
tor truck shipped ir\ on the Gedriey, and
will start a transfer business here.
M. D. Ickis. who has been in Ketc|iikan
all winter, returned Tnesday and will do
gome development on his claims six miles
up the Salmon and on the Alaskan side,
he repenfly received a letter from Dap
Lindeburg stating that he was leaving
San Francisco March 29 for Seattle and
Vancouver and would jet urn to fjyder
about {he first of Mpy,
ALASKA MINING IjRJEJFS
A six-foot vein of quarty carrying free
gold and galena has been crosscut in a
tunnel driven by the Independent Gold
^lining Corporation at Windham Hay.
It is said that Jerome Drumheller of
Spokane will actively prosecute wo k this
season on the Fern-Goodell property pur
chased by him in the Willow Creek dis
pdct of the Cook Inlet country.
Ii is reported that Milo Kelly will in
stall a stamp mill on the Hrpoklyn mine
jn the Willow Creek district.
The Mable Mining Company, operat
in the Widow Creek gold camp, plans to
install a torty-ton per day stamp niiii
this season.
I), C. Sargent, formerly explosives in
spector in Alaska, is moving an outfit in
to the Nebesna, where he will operate
placet properties next summer.
The new mill at the Salt Chuck palla
dium mine is now operating with a cap
acity of eight tons per hour. The steam
er Alaska recently took $50,000 worth of
the ore south.
The Cliff Gold Mining Company, which
discontinued operations five years ago,
has reorganized with G- P. Deane presi
dent. Joseph H. Plant, vice-president and
F. G. Mudgett. secretary-treasurer.
Colonel Ramsey, English baronet, be
lieved to hold an interest in the Alaska
Lighterage Company, has purchased me
Cape Lisburne coal mine from Finley
McIntosh.
The liroad Pass Coal and Development
Company has organized at Fairbanks to
develop lignite coal in the Nenana coal
fields.
A. G. Larsen, consulting mining engin
eer of Spukaue, has been making an ex
amination of the Salt Chuck mine near
Ketchikan.
The gypsum mine at Gypsum, Alaska,
has resumed operations.
The Northwest Corboration, a Klondike
piacer gold mining company, is having
3,000 cords of wood hauled from Jensen
creek to its property Oil Dominion creek,'
where it will be used next year for thaw
ing gravel for the company's dredge.
In order to ferry out their extensive
plans for prospecting on Shaw creek and
Salchaket, Frank Lawson and associates
have just finished cutting a thirty-mile
road from Richardson up Shaw preek
over which their churn drill, which was
taken from Fairbanks to Richardson over
a month ago, will be taken to their prop
erty.
W. II. Williamson, superintendent of
the Copper King mine at Whitehorse,
says developments on that mine demon
strate it to be a very valuable copper
property. Whitney and Pedlar, the own
ers, value it as one of the best mines in
the north..
The Alaska Chapter pf the American
Mining Congress, with headquarters at
Fairbanks, has begun a campaign for
roads throughout the interior of Alaska.
The Anchorage firm of McNally and
Maitland who have been turning the past
two years under- a ppripit at Bluff Point
on the eastern shore of Cook inlet, have
leased the ground front the government.
The coal is a lignite, but adapted to local
needs.
BUNGALOW RLOPKNED
Last Friday ni^ht the Bungatow
reopened its doors after being closed
for two weeks and celebrated the
occasion with a concert by Mieses
Stephens and King and Messrs Har
vey and Putney of the Prince Ru
pert Symphony Orchestra, the con
cert being followed by a dance, The
affair was so successful it was re
peated Saturday night.
BUI L.I) ROADHOUSE
Park Stump has sent up material
for the commencement of construc
tion of a new roadhouse and sum
mer resort which he will build at
Fish creek, about six miles up the
valley from Hyder. Fish creek has
the reputation of furnishing about
the best trout fishing to be found in
tile Territory.
ro too THE TOWivHITE
The Hyder Lumber Company have pur
based all the merchantable timber on
he Lihdeborg townsite from the Hyder
rownsite and Improvement Co and will
og it off this spring. A cruise of the
imber shows that it will scale between
100,000 and 125,000 feet.
HYDER DANK TO OPEN
T. J. Marks, manager for the Hyder
I’ownsite and Improvement Co„ has re
ceived word that supplies for the Hyder
tank have been forwarded and should be
:ere on the next Grand Trunk boat, Mr,
Marks will open the bank as soon as the
supplies arrive.
INDIAN MINE FINANCED
Roy Clothier, president of the Salmon
River Trading Co., and also heavily in
terested in the Indian Mines Ltd., has re
turned from Victoria where he spent the
greater part of the winter. While on the
outside he succeeded in securing ample
funds for further development of the In
dian, and this work will be undertaken in
a short time. The Indian has already
been developed to a stage which proves
jt to be one of the most important prop
erties of the Salmon ltiver district.
GOLDENROI) JS IN PORT
The launch Gpldenrod came in from
Ketchikan last Friday evening and re
mained in port for a number of days. The
Goldenrod is a trim and comfortable craft
with accommodations for about a dozen
passengers, and may be placed on the
Kefchikan-Hyder run should the trnffic
offer. On her first trip she brought a num:
ber of passengers, including Mrs Anna
Weiss, who recently purchased a one
third inteicst in the Miners Home from
Mrs. Willard.
W,\U ATHLETE IN CAMP
Arpong the recent arrivals in camp is
Maurice I laly, a well known athlete whq
for four years hpld the British Columbia
rough riding championship, and vyho re
turned frqrq the front with an enviable
record. Daly was personally decorated
by General Pershing for his achievements
and has several war medals. In Paris he
pitched for the All-Canadian baseball
team qgaii.st the All-Americans, and
held tiiat championship aggregation to a
gcore ot 1 to 2. Standing well over six
feqt in height, and wearing his cow-boy
regalia, Daly presepts 2 picturesque figure
in a mining camp.
HKOlIIiilTION'M VICTIM
Father Gerasin Schmaltz ot Afognak
recentiy made a trip to Kodiak lo secure
ten gallons of wine he had imported for
sacramental purposes, only to find that
the container was filled with salt water.
The win- had been stolen en route.
AVERAGE YEARLY PRICES
SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC.
1910 to 1919 Inclusive
Silver Copper Lead Zinc
Year Oz. Lb. Lb. Lb.
1910 .54 .127 .044 .054
1911 .53 .125 .045 .057
1912 .(115 .165 .045 .069
1913 .604 .155 .044 .056
1914 .553 .133 .039 .051
1915 . ,507 .175 .047 .124
1916 .658 .272 .068 .134
1917 .814 .271 .087 .089
1918 .967 .247 .074 .083
1919 . 1.110 .189 .057 .073
Average Prices Silver, Copper, Lead
and Zinc During 1919
Silver Copper Lead Zinc
Month Oz.
January .101.12
February ....101.12
March .101.12
April .101.12
May .107.23
June .110.50
July .106.36
August .111.35
September ..113.92
October .119.10
November ..127.57
December ..131.92
Lb. Lb. Lb.
.204 .056 .074
.173 .051 .067
.150 .052 .065
.152 .050 .064
.159 .050 .064
.175 .053 .069
.208 .055 .077
.225 .057 .078
.221 .060 .075
.216 .064 .078
.204 .067 .081
.185 .071 .086
The Ilamsdyke Mining Company is
moving its big hydraulic plant into the
Cache creek district where it will be op
erated during the coming summer.
That good pay has been recently struck
on Lucky Ghlcb, a tributary of Livengood
creek, is the cheering news brought to
Fairbanks by an arrival from the Tolo
vana damp;
New Ore In
Two Mines
Superintendent Harry Howson and
Ed Fernell mushed down from the
Forty Nine on Wednesday, coming
over the route that leads behind
Slate mountain and by way of Long
lake. The going for the first fifteen
mites was extremely heavy, the
6torm of last week having added
four feet of new snow to the win
ter's accumulation.
Mr. Howson confirmed the report
that a new discovery of high grade,
ore has been made in the crosscut
and drifts are now being driver)
both ways on the shoot to deter
mine its extent.
P.A.Jenns, superintendent of the
Bush, also came down Wednesday
and states that the crosscut tunnel
on that property is progressing at a
satisfactory rate. Thi* tunnel, white
a crosscut, is being driven through
dyke matter which is more or less
mineralized, and occasional lenzes
of ore are encountered which Jetei
exploitation may prove of valpe
from a tonpage standpoint, Opt
such lenite was struck during the
past week.
Lumber
Shortage
Relieved
With the installation of a power
ful new engine at their mill the Ry
der Lumber Co. is now in a position
to supply practically all local de
mands for lumber, the mill having
a daily capacity of 15,000 feet. Be
sides the ordinary run of rough and
dimension stuff they are turning out
flooring, ceiling, rustic, wainscotting
etc., am with the lumber famine
thus relieved, a building booip hi/s
already started here.
In addition to this, T. J. Marks of
the townsite company made a trip
to Wrangell and bought a scowload
of dry finishing lumber which is
now on its way here, according U<
telegraphic advices. Prospective
builders and carpenters aie accord
ingly happy.
OPEN MINERS HOME
Following a meeting of the Com
mercial Association next Monday
night a housewarming party is to
be held in the Miners Home, which,
has recently been acquired by Mrs
Anna Weiss of Portland, and every
one is welcome to attend. There
will be music, and those who wish
to dance will be strictly in order.
Mrs. Weiss has made a number of
improvements to the ground floor
of the building, and installed a com
plete stock of confectionery, tobac
coes, soft drinks etc. The new pre
mises is now one of the most at*
tractive places in Hyder.
STEWART - HYDER
STAGE
LEAVES
STEWART Hyder
11 a. m. 12:30 p. m.
2:30 p. m. 3:30 p. m;
Special trips arranged;