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VOL. 3,
NO. j».
jH.YXXER, Alas^u, Jan. 14. 1922
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FIVE DOLLARS A YEA?
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Mineral Production for 1921
Falls Off in Alaska and B, C.
Increase in Output
of Copper, §ilver,
Platinum, Lead,
Cause Sluinp in
Alaska
Alaska mineral production dur
|ng 1921 was valued at $16,109,000
according to preliminary .estimates
made public J>y the geological sur
vey, as compared with $23,303,757
the previous yeajr. The decrease
}s accounted for by the loss of $6,-j
*100,000 ip the yalye of the copper
production, $073,000,in silver, $100
600 in lead, $155,000 in platinum,
$125,000 in petroleum. An increase:
at $135,000 in coal production is
reported.
The report points out that the
practical completion of the. govern
ment railroad in Alaska is the most
important happening of the year to
pffect the mining industry and it is
relieved that thjs will mean the
opening up of large tracts of prop- i
erty that are now lying idle, as well
as make it possible to operate thou
sands of acres of low grade placer
ground of the interior which have
hitherto been inaccessible.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF
The Salmon River Banking Company,
located at Hyder, Territory of Alaska, at
the cluse of business on the 31st day of
becember, 1921.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . $10,412.84
Loans on real estate . 5,600.00
Overdrafts . 2,014.42
United States bonds owned .. 250.00
Other bonds and warrants
owned .. 360.00
Banking nouse, furniture and
fixtures . 6,279.77
Due from other banks $11,599.18
Checks on other banks
and other cash items 357.92
Cash on baud .. .. 3,937.44 15.894.54
TOTAL ' ■ •
LIABILITIES
$40,811.57
Capital stock paid in . $15,000 00
Surplus fund .. 1,500.00
Undivided profist less expenses
paid. 376.32
Individual and savings deposits 22,880.45
Demand and time certificates
of deposit . 664.08
Cashier's and certified checks 390.72
TOtAL^..,.. $40,811,57
UNITED STATES OF AMERIC A 1
TERRITORY OF ALASKA } SS
FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION )
1, .1. A. Hall, President of the above
tiamed bank, do solemnly swear that the
foregoing statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
J. A. Hall
President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
7th day of January, 1922.
Loretta C. Hill
(SEAL) Notary Public in and for the
Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Nov. 1, 1928.
Laundry work done right and promptly
delivered. Tub and shower l aths, new,
IMder n strictly up te date. Ji u JaMnson.
Production in 1922
Expected To Be
Increase^ by the
Output of Salmon
River Mines
British Co^mbia’s mineral out
put, with the exception of gold, de
creased from $35,543,084 in 1920 tv i
$28,934,848 in 1921, according to
the annual report of the minister of
mines issued in Victoria,
Gold production increased from
$2,702,000 to $3,155,000 during
1921 with indications that it will be
considerable more during 1922. Sil-1
ver fell from $3,325,000 to $1,611,
000. Copper fell from $7,832,000
in 1920 to $4,127,000. The coal
production was 85 per cent of what
it was the previous year.
The report indicates that the
mines at the head of Salmon river
are likely to increase the general
mineral production tiuring 1922, es
pecjally in view of the fact that
the Premier mine has just oomple
ted its big aerial tramway which is i
expected to handle thousands oi j
tons of rich ore.
PETE ANNAHCE WAS NOT
!N B, G, ELECTION FRAUD
Writing from Vancouver where
he has a job printing business,
Jimmy Cullins, founder of the Port
land Canal News, refutes the report
published by B. C. papers at the
time of the Canadian electioft last
month to the effect that Peter An
nance, a formes resident of Stew
art, had been mixed up in an elec
tion fraud at Comox. Jimmy says
that Pete is not even acquainted
with the others with whom his
name is associated in the ffaUd,
and that the fact of thete being a
name on tl e voters’list at Comox
similar to his led to the mistake
being made. Pete has many friends
in the north who will be glad to learn
that the report was untrue.
DANNY TAKES A TUMBLE
While helping Harry Gordon on
th« Dominion telegraph line last
Satnrday, Danny Hume fell over a
cliff about 40 feet and received
numerous cuts about the forehead
and face, which Harry patched up
with adhesive tape. Danny is lit
tle the worse for the experience,
thanks to these being an abundance
of soft, cooi snow.
See Pete Fite for saw filing, wood cut
ting, or any kind of work, Leave orders
at iiotvl Hyderi
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
s|f it isn-’t to be
F'oi|nd elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet .me at ti\p North Star
S«md this paper to yopr Wqpd
Ketchikpn Chronicle at the Nprth Star.
A new office has been ,built jn ghe front
of the 11 otel Hyder,
The Pachena was in frog) Riyiert Fri
day with 12 passervgers.
Gus Anderson, one oi the premier fore
men, was down Sptytdpy
Ernie Bchtyig: left on the -Carman fqr
Ketchikan Monday night.
Frank Kelly .returned on the Albeit
from a short business trip to Rupert.
W. II Straight, a miner from Interior
Alaska, arrived Friday on the Carmen,
John and Jim Gray, who have been at
If in«-mile all summer., left on the Albert
for the Outside.
Bob Cameron was down from the Fish
Creek Mining Company's camp the latter
part of the week.
John Carlson came down the latter part
of last week from the Fish Creek Mining
Company's camp.
L. T. Siem, a brother of A, T. Siem,
manager of the Salmon River stores, ar
rived from Seattle Friday.
John Sault, an oldtimer of the Hazel
ton district, is a recent arrival. He met a
number of old friends here.
Hector McDonald, foreman of the Pre
mier for many months, returned Friday
from an extended visit (>utsule
The Carmen arrived from Ketchikan ,
Friday nijrht and stajed until Monday i
night. She lirought 11 passengers.
Ho.vard D Cameron, managing engi
neer <.f the Siiverado. returned Friday
from b business trip to Vancouver.
Walter Danielson, hard >ock miner, ar
rived Monday from Anchorage, He has
been chntfactii g on the government rail
road,
The Albert arrived at 6:30 Monday
morning from Rupert with about a dozen
passengers, most of whom were from In
terior Alaska.
A sleighload of Stewart ar.d Hyder
ladies spent last Saturday hight at the
Premier, the guests of General Manager i
and Mrs. D. L. Pitt.
James O'Brien and Pat Ragan, miners j
from JuneeU, arrived on the Carmen Fri
day night and Intend prospecting In this |
district next season.
Joe Ulmer, road commissioner for the
First Division, returned on the Car
men to Ketchikan after checking Up the
survey of the wharf approach.
Mrs. Newt Hoguewood returned Mon*
day from Rupert bringing the household
effects which she and Mr. Iloguewood
had in their residence in that city.
Deyuty U. S. Marshal Stanley Oaksmith
returned on the ('armed Friday from Kat
chikan, where he went With two prison*
ers. He says he Is glad to get back.
Wm, Dann, proprietor of the Stewart
Hotel, and Mrs. Dann, left Monday for a
vacation in southern U. C. and Puget
Sound cities. They expect to be away
about a month.
The freighter Amur Is in port. She
brought oil and machinery for the Pre
mier and will take out a shipment of ore
and concentrates. A. B. Wing is a round
trip passenger from Swamp Point.
Noel Traversy took the ham out of
Bingham. He painted a sign: "Bing's
Lunch" on the window of L S. Bingham's
new eating sstabliahment. Now we know
where the ham aandwiches come from.
Shoe shine stand, Alaskan'Hotel, Rube
Miller. Leave orders tor laUndri.
At£ Murl%tte, pn oldtlmprpf tl\p ,camp
yho Itxft in .the spring of '20, returned
Monday qo the Albert, coming out troni
.the interior vis Anchorage and Rupert,
J}e has been contracting on the govern
ment railroad.
Mr, and Mrs. H. Mitchell arrived Mon
day from Fairbanks and intend locating
£cre. Mr. Mitchell took in th.e Wilbur
creek excitement and says the Hyder
hoys who had figured on going there did
well to keep away,
Mr and Mr?. ICd Christianson arrived
on the Carmen, coming out from Fair
banks and Venana vja the government
railroad. Mr. Christianson is a carpen
ter-contractor and built many of the
buildings erected in Anchorage during
the boom.
In celebration pf tlic fact tj»"t they
were about to escape from business cart s
for a few weeks and hove a vacation in
she south, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. I)snn lust
.Saturday night gave a delightful dance
and dinner in the Stewart Hotel ball
room. Both dance and collation were
greatly enjoyed by a large number of
their friends.
Harry Kowson, superintendent of the
Forty Nine when that property was oper
ating, returned from the Out.-.ide Friday
after being away for about eighteen
months. He says that interest in min
ing circles centers largely on that district
and lie anticipates great mining activity
here after financial emiditLi.s in the
nionej centers have become adjusted.
He intends going to New York in Febru
pry, returning here with the opening of
spring io take charge of operations on a
property up the Salmon river
TWO PHASES OF SOCIETY
liditiPAHEO IN PHOTOPLAY
A striking c *ntrast between the
high and low walks of life is drawn
in the photoplay, “A daughter of
Two Worlds.,, from the novel of the
same name by Le Roy Scott, which
will be shown at the moving pic-!
ture show next Saturday night.
Norma Talmage, who is starred
as Jennie Malone, plays the part of
the beautiful daughter of Black
Jerry Malone, keeper of a question
able dance hall in the slums.
The ambition# of her father, who
is not as black as his name would
indicate, carry her her out of jail,
through a fashionable bearding
school for girls, and into society,
where she meets the man who
wins her love,
The stigma of the past follows
her into her new environmdnt, and
a dramatic situation arises when
Jennie learns that she alone can
save from the electric chair a man
who has wrongly been convicted
•f murder.
To do so, Jennie is forced to risk
the loss of her fiance and her place
in aociety.
Can a girl of the underworld, who
! has lived straight, make good in
the social world?
The photoplay antwers that
question
COMMERCIAL
ASSOCIATIM
MEETING
Nothing particularly r^ew, with
the exception of a determination to
dispose of the oil painting which
has been up /or raffle for some time,
transpired at the meeting of the
Commercial Association last Thurs
day night. The painting, a large
canvass dope by Mrs. L.A. Willard,
formerly proprietress <rf the Miners
Hotel, show injf the backgrond of
mountains as seen from Hyder,
was presented t<5 the Association
some time ago and will be raffled
at tha moving picture show next
Saturday night, inespeetive of the
number of tickets that have been
sold.
Bills for 150 copies of the special
Hyder edition of the Pathfinder,
and for additional fire buckets were
ordered paid, aud ai the treasuer’s
report showed that funds were run
ning at an ebb, Alex Fraser and
W. R. Hull were appointed a com
mittee to rustle more money.
The Pathfinders are for sale at
the Midget Emporium at 25 cents
each, and it is felt by the Associa
tion that every person having the
interests of Hyder at heart should
send copies to friends who might
be interested in learning about the
oamp.
In regard to the proposed waih
from First street to the wireless sta
tion, Secretary Dorey reported that
the piling have been delivered.
When funds are available for this
impiovetnent it will be built.
KBS CAUSE HIYU TROUBLE
Pete Lowe, who christened the
T. H, Express on its initial trip up
tne Salmon, undertook the other day
to act as conductor for a trip, and
let himself in for a peck of trouble,
He left the rig for half a minute,
and the horses bolted up the road,
with Fete In hot pursuit, and gain
,ng at every jump. But—alas and
alaok—the seven hounds that run
with the rig became mixed up with
his legs, throwing him in the snow
and jarring loose an eruption of
laiigliage that Woke the hibernating
bears and caused the mountain
goats to jump from precipice to
precipice and back again. Before
Pete could kick the slats out of the
K98 with his No. 9s, the eayuses col
lided with a freight team coming
down from the Premier. The rest
isn't fit to print,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Neither the International Roadhouse,
D, S. Mains nor L. R. Doggett will be re
sponsible from this date for any indebt
edness incurred by H. 1). Giiiis.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, December 15
1921.
Signed,
L. R. Iloggett. Manager of International
I RoadlidUUi
•PPROPRIATIOI
FOR PROTFCIIOl
AGAINST FLOODS
^__ * *
A private radio message
from Juneau is as follows
$36,000 a llotted For.esf Re
serve for repairing flood dam
age and protecting agains?
future; also part -cost .off con
structing approach to Hyde'
dock,
contractTet
FOR ADDITION
TO B, C, DOCK
Engineer Lambert of the Cana
dian government staff, was in caini
during the stay of the Albert ii
connection with the proposed addi
tion to the government wharf, L
Waide, who has the contract fo»
making the alterations, was down
from the Premier in consultation
with Mr. Lambert, and told thr
Miner that he intended to com
mence the work in a very short
time, as the contract calls for itt
completion by the end of February.
He has arranged with Jack Kellogg
to furnish the piling required,
The alteration will consist of an
addition 30 x 50 feet in size, on the
south side of the wharf, and be
tween the ore bunkers and the
shore. This will permit an exten
sion of the public warehouse, which
has always been inadequate to ac
commodate the freight offering,
Mr. Waide built the three bridges
on the B. C. government road be
tween Hyder and Stewart in the
fall ef 1919.
FOR STEWART READERS
The Stewart News Go. is th<
authorized agent for the Hydet
Alaska Miner, and is empowered
to accept subscriptions and colled
for same. For convenience of Stew'
art readers, the Miner is left witl
the Stewart News Co. for distribu
tion.
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch al
the Ocean View.
Mrs. Johnson, Sanitary laundry, A strte
Found—pocketbook containing money
Owner may have same by calling at thi
postofTice and paying for this ad.
Imperial Baths. Russian steam baths $
r '
HYDER TRANSFER STAGE
FOR 13-MILE
Leaves Salmon River Store
Monday Wednesday Saturday
AT 10 A. M.
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