HYDER ALASKA MINER
W. R. Hull - - - - Editor
A newspaper whose purpose is to tell
the world about the newest and bus
iest town in the northland, and the
native resources which are responsible
for its existence.
Application made October 25, 1919, to
have the Hyder Alaska Miner enter
ed as second-class matter at the post
office at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
Sent anywhere for $5 a year.
Advertising rates on application.
HYDER, ALASKA, January 9, 1919
MEMORIES -MEMORIFS
How times change!
The director of this paper’s destinies
has passed another milestone on the
road toward that place to which all
newspapermen are traveling—whei e it
is he does not know nor care and the
event has brought up memories.
Twenty-five years ago, when such a
momentuous event occurred, Pete
Stewart, one of the whitest saloon men
who ever staked a stranger to a meal
ticket, would come up to the Daily
Olympian office in Olympia, with a
pua't of Old Taylor, which had been
in the wood since 1874, and after a few
felicitous remarks would solemnly pull
the cork, "then the two owners of the
paper, one of whom was also a mem
ber of the Washington legislature, the
business manager and the writer would
gather 'round, and the Old Taylor would
accomplish the purpose- for which it
was made -cementing the ties of friend
ship and good fellowship, ’warming the
cockles of the heart, cheering without
inebriating, clearing the brain of its
cobwebs and strengthening the spirit
for greater accomplishments.
When the quart was finished, Pete
would go back to his saloon, the bnsi
ness manager would get out and hustle
ads, the owners of the paper would go
into political conclave and the writer
would hop onto the typewriter with
glee.
Dear departed days! But Alas
Today there was not so much as a
drop of moonshine in the office, lhere
was no genial Pete to remember that a
newspaperman is not a camel, and if
there were it wouldn’t do him any-good
to remember. We do not know where
Pete is now, but according to the allot
ed span of life he should have been
gathered to his fathers years ago. We
are almost prone to hope that he passed
before the prohibitionist got in their
deadly work and converted a once smil
ing world into a cheerless desert.
In snow-water we drink to the mem
ory of Pete Stewart—a man.
May He who turned water into wine
at fhe wedding feast have him in His
keeping.
GET YOUR GOAT
It’s a wond r that prospectors long
before this haven’t taken a tumble to
the value of the Nanny goat, and quit
buying canned milk to pack into the
hills, and extra grub to feed a dog.
Animated milk factory, pack animal,
pet and companion, docile as a kitten,
able to go wherever man can go and
then some, able to eat anything from
cedar twigs to wrapping paper, an j
asset rather than an expense, the Nar-1
ny goat would revolutionize the pros
pector’s life, if he only k*ew it.
Just imagine-fresh milk, rich as
cream, for the coffee night and morn- j
ing; twenty-five to forty pounds of a
pack transferred from weary human \
shoulders to a husky animal’s back
when traveling, or an extra pack taken
along, enabling the prospector to ex
tend his.trips away from his base of
supplies. Isn’t the picture alluring?
Don’t feed a dog - let a goat feed you.
“He was married and had two sins’’
says a Ketchikan paper in a recent
obituary notice. The proof-reader's
obituary has not yet been written.
Alaskan
Hotel
McDonell
Jamieson
Reid
HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN
Electric Lights - - Large Rooms
W. R. REID, Manager
ROWE'S COW BAY TANK SHOP AND
SECOND AVE. SHEET METAL WORKS
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Sheet Metal Goods
uaivamzed Koonng
Chimney Tops
Eave Troughing
Conductors
lias tanks
Galley Pipes
Ships’ Lamps
Deck Plates
Sheet Copper and Brass
Stove Connections
Stove Pipes and Elbows
Brass and Iron
uaivanizea&rsiaeK iron, copper, Iiras3 and Lead Pipes and rittings, all
sizes, J to 4 ” in stock. Sheet-iron, Black and Galvanized.
Sheet Copper, Brass and Zinc Carried in Stock, Sokl by Sheet, Bun
dle or Ton Lots. Lead Pipes and Fittings.
*We Specialize In Warm Air Furnaces — Repairs of Ai.l Kinds
Estimates Cheerfully Given 220 2nd Ave
We Aim to Please
PRINCE RUPERT B.C.
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When in Hyder Visit
Belmont Ave.
Pressing, Cleaning, Repairing
MISS LEATHA DAVIS
LAUNCH TAKU II
U.S. MAIL BOAT
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LEAVES HYDER
EVEtyY TUESDAY
Freight and Passengers
Ed. J. Williams, Master
RICHARDSON
AND
MOORE
Contractors and Builders
HOUSE BUILDING and
PAPER HANGING
Estimates Furnished
Leave orders at The Bungalow.
Alaska Trust & Investment Co.
Incorporated under Laws of Alaska Governing Banks & Trust Companies.
Paid up Capital $50,000
Surplus ♦ $5,000
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Uepartments
BANKING Commercial & Savings
TRUSTS of every nature
BONDS
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for Rent
INSURANCE Fire and Marine
CUSTOMS BROKERS
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE
Officers and Directors
• P P Pima _*.
Dean C. Cannon
S. L. Cadwell
James Dickson
F. J. Furnivall
Ed. J. Williams
T. J. Pennell
N. F, Zimmerman
A. C. Kreidler
Vice President
Secretary
T reasurer
Gen. Manager
We solicit Your Business 's
TERRITORIAL TATTLE.
Representative P.J.Daly of Nome is
spending the winter in Seattle.
Fairbanks has adopted a regulation
which forbids boys under 17to frequent,
pool halls.
Jay P.JefFries of AnchoraflW was re
cently called to Boston on account of
the serious iilness of his mother.
Two new mounted police stations
were established on the Yukon last
year, one at Teslin and one at Ross
river.
Howard Kinney has leased the Shau
ley House at the Tanana Hot Springs
from Charlie Jackie and has opened it
as a roadhouse with Miss Elizabeth
King in charge.
The Alaskan Engineering Commiss
i ion is considering the purchase or char
ter of a freight steamer to carry freight
from Seattle to Seward and Anchorage
for use in the construction of the i
Alaska railroad.
A1 Doze, proprietor of a 16-aere farm
near McCarthy has made a great suc
cess of agriculture. He says he has no
difficulty in selling all the products of
his farm to the Kennecott mine in his
vicinity.
The
Portland
Bar
Soft Drinks,
Tobaccoes,
Cigarettes, etc.
Theresa O’Donnell
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ALASKAN CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobacco, Soft Drinks
Mrs. M. HARRIS, Prop.
HYDER CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies and Refreshing Drinks
MRS. A. MILLER, Proprietress.
WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’
- SHIVERIN’—THAT’S WHAT!
YOU NEED WOOD
Get It From NELSON & FOY
F. L. LAKE
Launch SILVER HEELS- and RED SCOWS
Speed - SERVICE
The Stewart Trading Company an
nounces the opening of their new gen
eral store in Hyder and invites you to
come in and get acquainted. After
saying “how-do?” and absorbing some
of the heat from the big stove, if you
care to look around and maybe find
something that you like, it will give us
great pleasure to serve you, and at the
right prices.
We expect to make a living by giving you the
right kind of goods and the right kind of service. Ah
though every boat will briug fresh supplies, we already
have a very complete assortment of everything that a
good general store should carry. Come in and get
acquainted.
STEWART TRADING COMPANY
G. E. AUSTIN