HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastoi
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH . AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OP ALASKA .
The Ketchikan Chronicle has
been converted into an eight
column eight page newspaper.
This is the first time in the
history of Alaska an eight col
umn paper has been published.
There are now 93 pioneers
at the Home in Sitka, accord
ing to an official report by
Governor Scott C. Bone. This
s said to be the largest num
ber ever received there at any
one time. The average number
l of inmates is said to be about
60 to 65. The previous high
number was 82. *
Spotty Taylor,-a pioneer of
airbanks and a member of
i'he Pioneers of Alaska, pass
ed away recently. He was bur
ied under the auspices, of the
Pioneers of Alaska.
• The P. E. Harris Cmpany at
: False Pass have a new 80 foot
cannery tender of the latest
type which is coming north
soon.
One case of smallpox, a Mex
ican. has been reported at Sit
ka in advices received by Dr.
H" C.. DeVigbne, of Juneau,
Territorial Health officer,
from'Dr. Johnson, of Sitka.
Seldovia is again in commun
ication with the rest of the
world, wireless operator A. W.
Lipke having returned from
the states.
Fire completely destroyed the
hotel and store of V. J. Dwyer
at Strelna, recently causing a
loss roughly' estimated at
around $30,000. Some insur
ance was carried but the
amount is not known.
Sparks from the chimney set
fire to the roof of the building
and a 30-mile wind carried the
flames quickly through the
wooden structure, making it
impossible to save anything.
Accidentally falling from a
trestle near the ocean dock at
Cordova Edward Mooney, of
Tacoma, struck a rock in two
feet of water and was instantly
killed. He had just come there
on the steamer Northwestern
to take a position in the audi
tor’s office of the Copper Riv
er Northwestern Railroad.
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER. ALASKA
THE PORTLAND CANAL
DISTRICT
Presents Greater Opportunities for Legitimate Mining
on the Continent. In Aadditionto the greet Premier, the
in Existence, with e record of over Seven Millions in Dividends in
0«1 District contains Two Producing Mines; a Half Dozen or More
old of Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines..
The Mineralization is Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining is
the District the Greatest Mineral PrpdUcingArea on the Globe.
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Frank Wright, president 01
the Carlisle Packing Company
received word from Delegate
Sutherland that the new
ait mail and fisheries patrol
service for Southwestern Alas
ka and Bristpl Bay sections had
been, officially authorized and
that two Douglas torpedo
planes of the world cruise to
be used. The plans call for a
four hour service from Seward
to the head of Bristol Bay.
Three hundred dollars worth
of furs were destroyed recent
ly in Chitina when fire consum
ed the barn used by John Me
Crary, mail contractor on the
Chitina-Gulkana route, to store
his trapping equipment. A total
loss of $1,600 was sustained.
The Hemrick Packing Com
pany will be operated this year
by Capt. John Swanson of Ku
kak Bay. This clam cannery is
hiring all local help. This com
pany has the best clam plant
in Alaska, and the finest grade
of clams to be found in the ter
ritory are located here.
Karl Armstrong and Shallan
berger will employ local help
at their herring saltery at
Three Saints bay. This is a
good thing for the country, as
it keeps the money in the Ter
ritory. p
A Goldfield dispatch of recent
date says Thomas Toner, aged
prospector of the Klondike, is
in a critical condition due to
rattlesnake bites. A fortnight
ago he stepped on a nest of
the reptiles and they bit him
on the legs many times, while
he killed four of them with a
shovel. He refused to go to a
hospital and said he could
treat himself best. He is still
alive, but in a serious con
dition.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap left re
cently for Seattle where he will
go over the plans for the new
Jesse Lee Home, for natives,
near Seward. It is understood
that the building will cost in
the neighborhood of $100,000
and will be of the stucco type.
It is reported that the site fav
ored by Rev. Dunlap is at
Woodrow. The buildings and
grounds will probably cover
five acres or more. The site is
an ideal one from every stand
point.
The United States Smelting
Refining and Mining Company
has acquired the Hammon Con
solidated Gold Fields Com
In The District Court of The
United States. For the ..First
Judicial Division of the Dist
rict of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company,
Bankrupt.
No. 48 BKCY.
In Bankruptcy
Notice of Sale.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an order duly signed
and made of record on the
18th day of April, 1925, in the
above entitled court, the un
dersigned Trustee will sell at
private sale all the assets of
the above named Bankrupt a«
shown by the Inventory on file
in the above entitled court.
Sealed, bids will be received
jy the undersigned Trustee for
any portion or all of the prop
erty of the said estate, a«
shown by the said Inventory,
all of which may be seen at the
office of the said Trustee in
Hyder, Alaska.. All bids re
ceived will be opened at the of
fice of the said Trustee at Hy
der, Alaska. on the 25th day
of May, 1925, at the hour of
2 :00 P. M. of said date.
Chas. F. Sandford
Trustee.
Date of first publication April
22, 1925.
Date of last publication May
20, 1925.
pany, with its three large
dredges, mining holdings and
equities in the Fairbanks dis
trict.
The U. S. Smelting Company
is going ahead taking up its
options in the Fairbanks dis
trict, where the company will
do more preliminary work this
season,' but it is the intention
of the company to concentrate
most of its efforts to Seward
peninsula in an endeavor to
put the Hammon Company’s
holdings qn a paying basis-, one
of the first things being to sys
tematize the cold water thaw
ing proposition at Nome.
General Manager Noel Smith
of the Alaska Railroad has an
nounced that the railroad will
no longer spend any money in
keeping up the wharf at Anch
orage which means that, so far
as continuing to be a deep sea
port town the career of Anch
joage is limited. As the railroad
j must have the haul from Sew
I ard to Anchorage in order that
lit may receive revenue from
that portion of it3 line, it is
argued that it is working
against its own interests to
maintain the wharf and port
at the head of Cobk’s Inlet.
In view of the condition de
scribed above the Admiral
| Line has decided to cease op
! erating its steamers to Anchor
| age and notice to that effect
: has been sent out from the Se
attle office of that company.
The San Juan Fisheries and
3old Storage opened for busi-!
ness at Seward last week and
are now buying halibut in any ■
quantity offered. The price j
paid for fish is six and three j
.:ents, which is within three j
cents of the price paid at!
Ketchikan and southern ports, j
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
under the provisions of Chap
ter 29 Session Laws of Alaska,
1919, there is imposed and lev
ied upon each male person
except soldiers, sailors in the
U. S. Navy or Revenue Cutter
Service, paupers, insane per
sons, or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alaska,
or the waters thereof, over the
age of 21 years and under the
age of 50 years, an annual tax
in the sum of $5.00 Said tax is
due and payable between the
first Monday in the month of
April and the first Monday in
the month of August in each
year. Provided, that all persons
subject to the tax who are in
the Territory of Alaska, on or
before the the first day of May,
in the same year, and all per
sons arriving in the Territory
of Alaska after the first Mon
iay in the month of April shall
pay said tax within Thirty
days after such arrival; Pro
vided further, that all persons
;subject to said tax shall pay
'the same within Ten days aft
er a written or oral demand
>y the school tax collector
made within the period be
tween the first Monday in
April, and the first Monday
in August each yeai\ If not
paid within the time prescrib
ed or within Ten days after
demand by School Tax Collect
or, each person delinquent in
the payment thereof, shall be
subject to a penalty of Two
Dollars in addition to the
amount of the tax.
Any person failing, neglect
ing or refusing to pay said tax
shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon con
viction thereof, shall be pun
ished by a fine of not more
than Twenty-five Dollars or
by imprisonment in the Fed
eral Jail not to exceed one
month.
Clyde Hager
School Tax Collector
In an address before the Jun
eau Chamber of Commerce re
cently, Speaker Wilcox of Val
dez called attention to the
movement started some time
ago to relieve gold mining com
panies from the paymenlt of
Federal income taxes. "We
have heard a great deal about
the need for aid to prospect
ors,” said Mr. Wilcox, “but we
need capital to develop pros
pects more than we need pros
pectors. There are 250 pros
pectgr-likely and promising
prospects-in the Valdez dis
trict that are awaiting capital
for their development wh le
prospectors are keeping them
selves broke doing assessment .
work.”
Mr. Wilcox’s suggestion that
gold mines be relieved from
the Federal income tax was re
ferred to the Legislative Com
mittee for investigation and re
port.
Miss Barrett Willoughby,
whose home for many ye:.r.j
was in Katalla, is the author of
a second successful novel,
“Rocking Moon,” copies of
which came out recently. The
story is already familiar to
nany readers, as it \va3 just
completed in the Ame;ican
magazine. The novel is l a-ed
on the author’s trip to Loir.
Island, near Kodiak, wh re -e
spent several weeks on a fox
farm.
National Forest Timber for Sale
Sealed bids will be received
>y the Forest Supervisor, Ket
chikan, Alaska, up to and in
cluding May 16. 1926. for all
the merchantable dead timber
standing or down, and ail the
live timber marked or desig
nated for putting on two areas
comprising about 40 acres, lo
cated in Glacier Bay, Portland
Canal. Tongass National For
est, Alaska, estimated to be
tOO.OOO feet E. M. of Sitka
Spruce and Western Hemlock
sawtimber. No bid of loss than
$1.50 per M. feet B. M. for Sit
;a Spruce sawtimber and $1.00
•>*»r M. feet R. M. for Wo tern
Hemlock sawtimber, will ba
:onsidered. $800.00 must be
ieposited with each bid, to be
ipplied on the purchase price,
refunded, or retained in part
is liquidated damages, accord
ing to conditions of sale. The
right to reject any and all bids
•eserved. Before bids are suo
mitted, full information con
cerning the timber, the condit
ons of sale, and the submission
>f bids should be obtained
from the Forest Supervise,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
LOCAL STOCKS
(Vancouver Quotation*)
April 80th.
B. C. Silver
Indian Mines
Silver Crest
Dunwell
Glacier
Independence
Premier
Rufus
L & L
Lakeviow
Daly Alaska
^ortv-nine
Bid Asked
1.38 1.45
.091/2 .101 i
.IS*/* .19
3.75 " 4.40
.22 .28
.15 .20
2.32 2.40
.12 —
.20 .25
.25 .50
.18 .25
.31 .32
Bay view .10 .13
. Summary of sales for Anril
Low High
Bavview 21,400 .10 .121.4
B. C. Silver, 6,700, 1.31 1 50
Daly Alaska, 6,000, .19»/2 27
Dunwell, 100, 4.00 4.00
Glacier 5,450, .24 .31
Indian, 114,300, .09 14 Vi
Independence, 2.200, .15*4 16
L & L, 22,150, .20 .°4
Lakeview, 900, .34 .53
Premier, 5,954, 2.25 2.50
[Silver Crest, 27,700, .15.2c