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THE POODLE DOC CAFE
The House of Quality
JOE VINCENT, - PROP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE '
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
STEWART, B' C. AND K DE ( ALASKA
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
Sunday School at 11 o’clock
Classes for all ages
Preaching at 8 o’clock P. M.
F. E. REddick, Pastor
LOCATION NOTICES and
PROOF OF LABOR blanks at
the MINER office
In the Commissioners Court;
Territory of Alaska: Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate
In the matter of the estate of
Frank Johnson, Deceased.
Number 9 Probaie.
Notice of hearing on Appli
cation for Anoointment of Ad
ministrator.
Notice is hereby given that
Merle Thomas, of Hyder, Alas
ka, has filed in the above entit
led court a petition praying for
the appointment of adminis
trator of the aforesaid estate,
and that at the hour of 10
o’clock in the forenoon of Jan
uary 3d.,1924, at the United
States Commissioner’s office in
Hyder, Alaska, will lie held me
hearing upon said petition,
when and where all persons
may have the opportunity to
be heard in connection theic
with.
And notice is hereby further
given that it appearing to this
court that the value of the
aforesaid estate does not ex
ceed the sosts incident to ae
cedant’s last sickness, the fun
eral expenses and the costs or
administration; therefore, an
order will he entered com
manding that said.estate be
summarily closed and all per
sons may have the opportun
ity at the aforesaid time ana
place to make any objections
thereto. And it is so ordered,
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
3rd. day of December, 1923.
Chas. F. Sandford.
United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
WEEKLY MINER WILL
DO JOB PRINTING
Included in the equipment
of the Hyder Weekly Miner is
a complete job printing plant,
capable of filling all orders for
letterheads, billheads, state
ments, cards, circulars, invita
tions, etc. Those who desire
job work of this charactv.-T'
will find it to their advantage
to secure our prices before or
dering elsewhere.
Games of all sorts— the latest
in entertainment for the chil
dren. Fun with instruction: at
the MIDGET EMPORIUM.
Nicknames No Longer |
Fashionable In Northland
Now that Alaska has shed ;
the days of the dance hall ana
settled down to staid civiliz
ation and marbled hallways
and elevators and everythin’:
it is no longer fashionable to
give people nicknames, says
the Dawson News, commentin'?
on the strange and curious var
iety of names bestowed on
some early day residents of the
north. Among the numerous
nicknames recalled by the
Dawson journal are the follow-!
ing, many of which will be re
called by the old timers:
There was Posthole Pete, who
got his name through an inci
dent in Montana. He was set at
work digging post holes when
Montana was still a big range
country, and the owner •told
Pete to keep busy and go
straight ahead until he return
ed. The owner forgot all about
Pete until he happened by on
the range and observed a man
still digging postholes straight
across the state.
There was Whiskey Dick, the
Gambler’s Ghost, the Rampart
Spider, King Oscar, The Big
Chief. Hootalinka Dan, the
Sweet Pea Girl, Cigarette Liz.,
and Coal Oil Johnnie.
There was the Seventy Mile
Kid, a big ski jumper from Chi
cago, who got his name from
the Seventy Mile river. He is
now in charge of the national
park at Mount McKinley-, and
is the right man for the job, as
he knows that mountain better
than anyone living. It was
“Seventy-Mile” who piloted
the late Archdeacon Stuck to
the top.
There was the Malamute Kid,
and he was a dog musher and
a good one, the Step and a Half
Kid, he had a limp; the Talan
ika Kid,named after the river
of that name; the In and Out
Kid, the Yellow Kid, the Two
Bit Kid. the Ping Pong Kid, the
Bald Faced Kid, the Single O
Kid and the Double O Kid, so
named because of a predilect
ion for playing the single and
double O’s on the roulette,
board; and the Going Kid. The
latter was the son of Frank
Goyne, the old Fairbanks News
Circulator* and won his "frame
on account of the fact that he
could make a dog team do any
thing but sing grand opera. He
won a lot of races in the north
and afterward in Canada, and
was drowned recently while
driving his racing team.
Old timers of the Dawson vin
tage will recall Sweet Marie,
the Dutch Kid, the Oregon
Mare, the Utah Filly, the Daw
son Nightingale and a lot more
of the Six Cylinder bunch.
Then there was the Outlaw '
Swede, named not because an
outlaw or anything like that,
but just because he had a great
reverence for Jesse James and
the Younger boys, Billy the
Horse was another well known
old tinier. Billy got his name
while freighting on the Koyu
k ik river and the natives gave
him’the name because he used
a horse to tow his poling boat.
There was Jimmy the Bear,
Caribou St Clair, Moose Ander
sen, and Bull Council, all nam
ed after animals by their
friends. There was Long
Shorty, the only man in the
world who knew how to prop
erly dry King salmon. Long
Shorty has gone to his reward,
but the favored few who used
to take the “bilek” along for a
trail lunch will never forget
him or the secret that passed
with him.
And Pop Corn Jimmie, named
for the reason that he always
had a bowl of pop-corn on the
end of the mahogany. Pop, too,
is gone but when his name is
recalled, many an Alaskan will
treat themselves to a reminis
cent smile.
Dolls—all-sizes—at the MID
GET EMPORIUM.
Pioneer Brings Spscimens Of
Long Extinct Mammalian Life
Martin Mattsuka, a Japanese,
who has been a resident of the
North for 32 years, arrived re-,
e-mtly in Juneau from Fair- j
banke, bringing a remarkable !
collection of specimens of the j
mammalian life of the Terri-!
tory during the pleistocene age.
The collection included bones
of the mastodon, water buffalo,
and other animals, all of which
are said by scientists to have
been extinct for countless ages.
Most of the specimens were
obtained by Mattsuka in the
Tolovana district, which is rich
in prehistoric specimens.
The prize of the collection is
a mastodon head, weighing
| complete 600 pounds, which
; was found at a depth of 98 feet
on Lucky Gulch. Two large iv
ory tusks, supposedly from the
same animal, were found at a
similar depth near where the
head was found. There are two
skulls of an animal that more
nearly resemble those of the
water buffalo than any other
(known animal, although much
| larger. Another specimen is al
|so of the buffalo type but much
j larger than the specimens of
1 the water buffalo and differing
also in the degree that the
horns turn downward, instead
of upward. Mattsuka’s collect
ion also included several huge
teeth of ah unrecognized type,
which are unlike those of the
mastodon in everything but
size. In all the collection inclu
des more than 100 specimens,
all gathered in the Tolovana
during a long period of years,
in which Mattsuka was en
gaged in the hotel, restaurant
and bakery business.
The collection will probably
be purchased by the Territory
for the territorial museum, ne
gotiations to that end being un
der way, according to the last
reports.
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Weekly Miner subscribers are
herewith notified that in the
event of our carriers being un
jable to make deliveries because
of deep snow or unbroken
trails, 'their papers will be left
at the Hyder Drug Company
store or mailed.
Novelties in Lacquer, Wrought
Iron, Pottery, Chinaware,
Brass, Bronze, Leather, Bro
cade and *vory from almost ev
ery country of the Old Worm
to the Newest Camp of the
New. Give them your consider
ation at THE MIDGET EM
PORIUM.
Ml
Bill Anstett, -of Dawson, has
i raised twenty five turkeys
this vear, which are now large
j birds. He has also five oia
i birds, making a flock of thirty
in all, of which he intends to
keep all the hens to raise a
larger flock next year.
The first snow of the season
fell at Anchorage on November
4, covering the ground to a
depth of sixteen inches.
; Exceptionally attractive books
|for children at the MIDGET
i EMPORIUM.
» i
Midget ^Emporium |
In New Quarters
Pioneer Business Establishment
Outgrows Original Home
Occupies Modern
Building
The doors of the new home of
the Midget Emporium on Inter
national Avenue were opened
to the public at 7 p. m. Thurs
day evening, with a simple but
pretty formality. Little Mar
garet Jancowski, whom Har^y
Howard, manager of the store, |
has known ^li her life, did the
the honors in opening .the new
establishment. The dainty lit
tle miss officiated so pr^tily |
that she was presented wlrh a I
splendid souvenir to keep the
occasion fresh in her memory
for a long time to come. Little
Margaret, who is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jancow
ski, of Stewart, had previously
carried into the.new store from
the old display a case of Ever
sharp pencils, her choice for
the first thing to enter the new
Emporium. The new store is
the outgrowth of a steadily in
creasing business, begun in
humble quarters in the spring
of 1920. Located in a small
building on the piling at the
head of First Avenue near the
International boundary line,
the first store occupied a floor
"space of ten by fifteen feet and
housing a stock, to quote Mr.
Howard’s characterization of
it i dimensions, “which would
almost fill a bushel basket.’’
In seeking a name for the bus
iness, Mr. Howard at that time
ran a name contest, offering a
substantial cash prize for the
most appropriate name. The
name the establishment now
boars was chosen from the
considerable number submit
ted. And time has demonstrat
ed that it was a happy choice,
for the name has “caught on,”
a , has also the store’s slogan:
“If it irn’t to be found else
where, try The Midget Emp
orium.” As a result of the en
terprise and untiring devotion
of its proprietor, the little bus
iness grew to such proportions
that capitalization became im
perative and The Midget Em
p >rium, Incorporated, took its
siand in the field recently,
taking over the business and
j property of The Midget Em
porium. Mr. Howard is not un
!mindful of the support accord
him in the past and when seen
at the new store after the open
; ing said that this is his great
,0 t hope for the success of the
new venture. As manager of
The Midget Emporium, Incorp
orated, Mr. Howard is justly
I proud of the progress made by
the business and hopes that the
community as a whole may en
ter into that pride and help to
| make the new establishment a
depot for their own require
ments and a show place for
visitors.
The new Midget Emporium
building is a model of fine
i craftsmanship that is worthy
of description in this connect
ion. The structure is two story,
thirty by fifty feet, finished
throughout in first grade mat
erials brought from Seattle. It
I is plastered and decorated in
the best of taste and combines
comfort with utility. The store
Ion the ground floor has a front
age of twenty four feet on In
ternational Avenue and is
i twenty-eight feet deep, with
j twelve foot ceiling. The full
' plate glass front, with its deep
! recessed door, gives ample
loom for large window clis
i plays and the present fine ar
rangement of Christmas goods
lends to the store a decidedly
metropolitan aspect. The fix
tures, shelving, drawers, the
handsome show cases, all ex
tend an invitation to the passer
by in their attractiveness. Good
taste is the most striking feat
CUT GLASS; JEWELRY;
MOCASSINS; CURIOS, EAST
MAN KODAKS; PIG’N WHIS
TLE CANDY.-HYDER DRUG
COMPANY-The Post Office*
Store.
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Oldest Newspaper In Alaska
Suspends Publication
Skagway Now Newspaper less
Alaskan Suspends After
Nearly 26 Years Of Steady
Publication
Skagway is now without a
newspaper, the tri-weekly Al
askan having appeared for the
last time. Lack of sufficient
support to justify its continua
tion is given as the cause for
its suspension, accor<iing to
Stroller’s Weekly, which gives
the history of this famous old
Alaska journal as-follows.
“The Skagway Daily Alffskan
was started by George W. De
Succa in January of 1898. It
continued to appear as a daily
until a few years ago, whei»;ts
owner, the latQ Dr. L. S. Keller,
changed it to a tri-weekly,
which it continued to be until
now, when it suspended entire
ly
The first’ paper published in
Skagway was the News, which
was founded by the late M. L.
Sherpy in October of 1897 and
which continued until some
t’me in 1902, when it was sold
and the plant taken away from
Skagway, buS not before its
founder had made a good
thing out of it. About the same
time the Daily Alaskan started,
the late Oscar W. Dunbar be
gan the publication of the
Daily Budget, which ran for
three or four yea” '.nrt was
succeeded by the !y Guide,
which was owned and edited
by O. M. Kinney. The Guide
retired from business in 1904
o.' 1905. About 1908 another
paper was launched in Skag
way under the name of The
Interloper. It was, as m'ght be
expected from its name,, a
brief but rather meteoric car
eer and after a few month! it
passed away—from SVagway,
the plant being moved to Ju
reau by A. O’Brien, lately of
1 larshfield, Oregon, hut now
o? Ukiah, California.
J'ol- the past dozep years or
more the Alaskan has had the
ixagway field entirely to uself
a id Dr. Keller showed com
! mendable enterprise in keep
| big it going as a daily for many
ears after Skagway ceased to
| b i a daily paper town—from
the standpoint of support.
Mr.;. Keller has managed the
i business since the death of her
; husband a year ago, but it is
iderstood she desires to dis
pose of her holdings, incljding
h;e newspaper plant, in order
|that she may locate somewhere
n the outside.
Toys—instructive, amusing,
mechanical, at the MIDGET
I MPORIUM.
Shrimp Bay Pulp Plant To Be
In Opera ion By Next Year
The Alaska Pulp and Paper
Cmpany, with extensive hold
ings at Shrimp Bay, which
were recently purchased from
tiie government, gave out re
cently through its president,
Mr. A. E. Millington, that a
force of men numbering about
one hundred, will begin con
struction work on the company
plant the first of the year and'
inside of one year’s time the
plant will be running full blast
The value of this new Alaska
industry to the country will be
•• alised when it is known
hat at the present time the
i’nlted States is almost wholly
i ^pendent upon Canada for its
• so or supply.
The pulp worhs at Swanson
i;ay and Ocean Falls, B. C. ep
. ate successfully under con
■rtions almost identical with
hose ef Shrimp Bay and with
tie coft wood of that section,
.he water of the best character
'or the purpose, there is no
rear-on why the projected plant
_hov!d not flourish.
Tells How ’’Hootch*’ Originated
Among Natives 01 Interior
Rev. S. Hall Young Telb
Origin Of Name Given
Popular Beverage
At a recent dinner given at
tiie Officer's Club, Dr. S. Hall
! Young, veteran northern min
ister, who knows Alaska as
few men do, told how a certain
popular beverage received an
; Alaska name that is now al
most universally known, at
least wherever English is
spoken.
“Hootch,” said Dr. Young, is
a native word for brown bear,
and “noo” means fort. Certain
natives had a stockade on an
island which they called
“Hutz-noo,” and these natives
were known as the “Hoochin
oos” from that. They learned
to make rum from molasses
and, although I do not wish to
ho offensive, it was the sold
iers who taught them to do so.
This home product became
known as “Hoochinoo,” or
“hooch.”
Dr. Hall then told of his per
sonal contact with these nat
ives and how they muidercd
four members of his native^con
gregation before his eyes. The
chief, who had offered all his
possessions as a peace offering,
was shot between the eyes
while Dr. Young had his brand
cn the man’s shoulder. This
lawlessness, according to Dr.
Young, was the direct result
of the withdrawal of the troops
from Alaska in 1877, and the
consequent lack of any sema
l.tnce of law enforcement.
ure of the store and of the ac
cumulation of distinctive lines
of stock for the tourist or cas
ual purchaser, a3 well as for
the permanent trade.
Behind the store is a commod
ious suite of rooms, the win
dows of which give an uninter
rupted view down the Canal
and provide a comfortable
home of which any city dwel
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Our display of Butterfly
! Coasters, Service Trays, Ash
; Trays, Change Purses and Pen
dants is awaiting your pleas
ure at the MIDGET EMPOR-!
HUM.
1 -r might be envious. The sec
ond floor is reached by a wide
; airway from which access is
had in front to two suites of
offices and in tire rear to a liv
ing apartment of three rooms.
A il the rooms have commod
ious built in closets and in all
ether particulars the bu'liing
i: modern in every way-the
same, we may add, as the bus
mesa that ci'eated it.
Visit THE CLARTDGE SHOP
at THE MIDGET EM^O^UM.
'A wide variety of Chnstmas
. r; me mb r ranees on display.