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S. S. CURACAO Leaves Seattle September 15
S. S. CURACAO Leaves Seattle October 5
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Apply to W.L BALCH, Agent.
LOCAL TOPICS
Louis McCallum is back from
a short visit to Ketchikan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McKenzie
were passengers on the Grand
Trunk boat bound on a short
visit to Vancouver. -
i The Moose lodge will hold in
itiation ceremonies at the next
meeting of the lodge in Pion
eer Hall Thursday evening.
E.. R. Stivers, Deputy Collect
or of Customs, returned on the
Wales Saturday from a trip to
Ketchikan.
The International Service
Club is making preparations
for the construction of a club
I building in Stewart during the
I fall.
! Jack'O’Lantern Ice Cream Par
1 lors—The Midget Emporium.
Miss Maye Coombs, Hyder’s
' popular school marm, returned
from her summer vacation on
the Wales to resume her duties
in the public school.
Mrs. Lillian Miller, propri
etress of the Ideal Bath House,
was taken to the Stewart Hos
pital Friday, following a sud
den attack of illness.
Mrs. Helen Baker, employed
for some time past at the Ideal
Cafe, left Saturday on the
; Wales for Vancouver, Wn.
C. N. Miller, a prominent
coast mining engineer, whose
. j headquarters are in San Fran
cisco, arrived last week, from
the South to inspect the Texas
Creek section and other local
ities.
Jens Pederson is back from a
brief visit on the coast.
During his stay in Seattle, Mr. j
Pederson gave the camp an ex
cellent boost in one of the news
papers.
i .
Edgar Provinse was a paoe- f
enger on the Wales for Ketch
ikan to attend the present
term of the District Court.
N. H. Stevens, is assisting Mrs.
Provinse in the big Provinse
store during his absence.
Mrs. Chas. Schomberg ana1
children returned Friday from ;
a two months sojourn at the
i Schomberg and Barron log
ging camp, some thirty miles
down the Canal.
Manager C. M. Ridley is mak
ing preparations to give a Big
Jazz Dance on the evening of
September 20that the Ocean
iView Hotel.. The Ridley Or
chestra will furnish the music
and everyone is invited. Ad
mission for gentlemen will be
$1, including supper, ladies
free.
Messrs., Nagle and Johnson,
have added two new moters,
two arc lamps and a trans
former to their motion picture
equipment in Pioneer Hall,
with a vast improvement in
the picture displays as a result
of the increased light and pow
er provided by the new appar
1 atus.
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! The fine, two-story Traversy
! building on Main Street is fast 1
nearing completion and will
be a splendid addition to Hy
ders fast growing list of bus- I
iness houses. The building is
24 by 30 feet, with spacious
display windows on the ground
floor, which will be occupied
by the Traversy paint # store
j Miss Esther Traversy, 'sister
of the owner, Noel Traversy,
will also maintain a public '
stenographers office on the
ground floor. Mr. Traversy in
tends to carry an up to date
stock of paints and decorating ]
materials, wall paper and !
leather goods. J
JOB PRINTING
Neatly done at the Herald
Job Printery.
Holgar Johnson, manager of
the Hyder Fuel Company, re
turned on the Wales from a
trip to the States.
Jack Lambert, well known
Ketchikan fish-trap man, ar
rived today in his power boat
Explorer on a business trip and
will remain here a few days.
Mrs A. B. Herman, of Lincoln
Channel, near the mouth of
Portland Canal, was a passen
ger.
The Curacao will make but
two more trips direct from Se
attle under the present sched
ule, Sept 16 and October 6.
A new schedule will probab
ly be arranged for the winter
season, with the Queen or
some other vessel of the Ad
miral line fleet calling at this
port at somewhat longer inter
vals than at present.
The fall term of the public
school commenced today, with
Miss Maye Coombs in charge
and with an enrollment some
what smaller than last year,
due to the departure of a num
ber of families.
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Apartments and Offices ..for
rent: The Midget Emporium.
E. B. Bartholf, of the Cron
holm-Bartholf Co. Ltd., ac
companied by Mrs. Bartholf,
left Saturday for the South en
route to old Mexico, where Mr.
Bartholf Will ^invesKagjate. at
number of mining properties.
The well known couple expect '
to remain in Mexico for some
weeks and will then return to |
Tuscon, Arizona, where they
will spend the winter. I
Mrs. Lee Balch and daught
ers and Mrs. Jack Little-!
page and family, Charlie Mur
any, nesuth reeoth ersand cmf I
phy and C. F. Lane, represent- i
ative of the Ingersoll-Rand;
company, were among the |
number leaving on the Cura- ■
cao.
C. W. Cheatham, district en
gineer of. the Bureau of Public |
Roads, paid Hyder a flying
visit during the first days of
last week, arriving on the pow
er boat Highway, a palatial
vessel,with splondid accomo- !
dations belonging to the Bu
reau of Public Roads. Mr.
Cheatham’s visit was made in
the course of a trip of inspect
ion which will take him to all
parts of the First Division
where road work is in progress
under the direction of his de
partment.
Considerably more than half
of‘‘the 625 tons of cargo car
ried by the Admiral line steam
er Curacao on her last visit a
few days ago was for this port.
A total of 335 tons was landed
from the big freighter, a maj- -
or portion being consigned to
the Premier mine, Hyder Fuel
Company and Riverside mine.
The Premier shipment com- j
prised 51 tons of hay and a
new auto truck; the Riverside
received 68 tons of mine equip
ment and machinery for the
new mill. The Hyder Fuel Co.
received 125 tons of coal.
The remainder consisjted of
merchandise and general car
go for various consignees.
For local views, enlargements,
panoramas, write to The Mid
get Emporium.
Salmon river again demon
strated the imperative need
for securing some form of pro
tection against high water by
overflowing its banks for two
days last week. In the vicinity
)f the Backus, Talbot and Had
don residences the water was
knee deep and for a time it ap
peared that residents of that
section might have to flee.
Fortunately, however, the wat
er receded before damage re
sulted.
If you want to find it, go., to
The Midget Emporium.
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