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Freight and Passenger*
R )und trip Between Hyder and Ketchikan every four (jay*
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Fred Dorey, Hydbr Agent.
Crawford Transfer Co.
Pack Horses - - - Saddle Horses
Freighting of all Kinds
COAL - - * Auto for Hire
fije Red Barn1' Premier avenue, Hydej, Alaska
For Messenger
i)AY OR NIGHT
City M ssenger Service
From Any Public Place
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and
Trucks
SERVICE
Telephone
1 long, 2 short
Launches
and
Scows
I. F. Laucks, FiC.
ASSAYERS
Chemists Metallurgists
Mill Tests and Design
Supervision of Shipments at Smelters
Established 1908
Seattle Taooma
_ 39 Marion St. 202-3 Tacoma Bldg,
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the /jyorId about t|w newest and bna-j
ipstfayp ip the nort^lpnfj, and thej
native reeoyrcea^hicb are ^spqnsible
far its existence.
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ember (1919, at the post'office tat
Hyd^r. Alaska, uudar the jAiit of
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Sent anywhere fqr $6 p year.'
Advertising rates on applioation.
HYOER, AI.ASjCA, Dec. 2a -1921
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MORAL AND FINANCIAL FIZZLE
As we see;t, tfce fanpoys prescrip
tion beer order <4 the Treasury De
partment is the first reai crack in
the foundation of this country's ri
diculous prohibition structure. Cow,
ardly puHiticians every where are
beginning to slyly attack the law
in response to public pressure and
newspapers the states around are
echoing the growing opinion that
the whole business is a farce, pro,
hibijting nothing but good liquor,
creating an army of criminals drink
ing more bad liquor and denying
this country enormous revenue that
it sadly needs. Neighboring coun
tries are profiting enormously at
the expense of both our pookets and
our stomachs, and the whole world
I laughs at us.
We may not live long enough to
'seeit, but we are convinced that
sane regulation of the liquor traffic
will eventually supercede present
absurd conditions. It is well to look
; around us and consider what the
! present national course means. For
1 instance our nejghdor, British Co!*
• uinbia, has taken over the liquor
i traffic and afteF several months'
jperatioo is in position to give ihe
world some facts. While there has
been some suspicion of graft, i.s
there inevitibly always must be,
the operation of the act has on the
whole been extremely satisfactory.
There i3 little or no evidence of in*
toxication in public places, except
possibly fe3 supplied by visitors
from this side of t o international
line; the vending a ores are as rt
spectable us bank or church; good
licjuor is dispensed and infraction
of regulations i« severely dealt with.
In NoIsop, well k own to thous
I an Is .>f Bposane folks, it is said that
daily sales amount to around $ld;a.
supplying a district of perhaps 6000
population. If government regula
tion were in effect in Spokane and
sales ran at the same level, the an
nual income from that source would
run well over seven million dollars,
assuming that the territory to be
9erved would be approximately 20
times greater. But, as a matter ol
fact, sales would in all human prob
, ability, largely exceed those of Nel
son, for the reason that local stocks
are at a minimum, while in Nelsor
importation of liquor has remained
legal even under prohibition. Higl
prices are exacted in the provinc*
and it is believed that approxi
mately one-half of the entire amoun
taken in goes to the government
which then divides with each com
munity. With luch ah arrange
TTir
;
opntfj^tjjjq $(
three $ M? liW M1*™
from Spq^afte.g^ gity would
benefit to theajctqnt of, jay, a mil
lion and g half &f a vy$ry agreeable
offset to excessive taxation now
giving business of all kjnds away.
Copsidert^ion gf .these figures
^rill giye some idea of the tremen
dous financial >lqss t,his coutrtry js,
Suffering .ftf course, the Prohibi
Jbitionist wdl take the position that
liquor money is fainted. Perhaps
So, but just,the same the United
States hps not stopped buying
liquor pud is spending enormous
sums for inferior gopds unloaded
by other countries not so squeamish.
Nfeanwhile. we get no,t a dollar of
revenue and spend minions .in a
Campaign that makes criminals of
good men, incites graft in official
dom end is doomed to failure if
human nature remains as it is. We
ere not afraid to say that prohibi
tion js a rank moral and financial
failure and neithef dte we afraid
to say that, when all the isms of
cranks and fanatics have been tried
out, it will be found that djspensa^
tion of liquor by the high-license,
regulated saloan, is the only sensi
ble alternative, that bad liquor and
its worse effects may not be driven
into secret places and the home.—
Northwest Mining Truth.
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i CHRISTMAS
IS ALMOST HERE!
MAKE IT A MERRY ONE
And Don’t Fail to Visit Our Store
Before Choosing Yoar Gifts
WE HAVE NOW
A LARGE ASSORTMENT
To Choose From, and More
Coming On Every Boat.
Toys for the Kiddies
DECORATIONS
For Home, Store and Hall
PRESENTS
For the Older Folks
Come and look them over.
be Stewart News Co.
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Voii and Your Horses
Can get anything you want at the
Fish Creek Roadhouse
WE CATER TO COMFORT
SKOOKUM COFFEE ALE HOURS
Bill Murphy Prop.
THE MALAMUTE
Joe Grashio, Prop.
' Smokes of all kinds
Best brands of soft drinks
FIRST CLASSMRBER SHOP
in connection
Expert Hair-cutting
The NORTHERN POOL HALL
Optimo and Chancellor Cigars
Some - Cigarettes
Sweet Cider, Sodas and Lemonade
SPECIALTIES—
Pool and Gut-cards
Trays, Fives and Sevens of Spades
—COURTESY
Blanton &. JohnsqN, Proprietors.
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HYDER CIGAR STORE
Ci^mv TnhfiOcos. C'ntici'n • an I UtM'eshir.L Prinks
MRS. A. MILL/iR, Proprietress
HYDER
TRANSFER
COMPANY .
H. L. Reid - Louis Legg
Saddle and Pack Horses
COAL and WOOD
DELIVERIES MADE
ANYWHERE • ANYTIME