Marr Building
Company
Wi?l contract for anything in the building line
]VI othing too big for us to handle
^othing too small for us to overlook
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Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobs
J. W. Mask, Manager.
Office, Hotel Hyder
HYDER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
Rough
Dressed
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Wainscottin
g
From a sliver to a cargo
TERRITORIAL TATTLE
Mrs. Nellie Beattie and Jason C.
Carey, residents of Anchorage, were
recently married in that city,
Mr. and Mrs. O.S.Weaver return
ed to Nome recently from a ten
days trip to Kruzgampa hot springs
Prof. T. E. Savage has returned
toChickaloon and will conduct work
for the Alaska Coal Commission in
vestigating deposits on Coal creek.
Twenty-two oldtimers of the Lu
koil were recently on the trail go
ing inside after visits to the States
lasting from one to five years.
Thirty families are now located
at Homer. A school has been es
tablished with 20 children attend
ing, the teacher being Mrs. Edith
McCullough.
The remains of John Lake, a
track walker on the Copper River
&. Northwester^ Faiiroad, have been
found near Mile 13. Lake dissapear
ed about January 7. When the
body was found a revolver fell from
one of the dead man’s hands and
investigation showed that he had
shot himself in the head.
Electric
Laundry
Ketchikan, Alaska.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
See H. Hucke for shipping
instructions;
Fred MaoLennan, veteran coJJec- j
tor of customs for Southern Yukon I
recently suffered a stroke of paral-:
ysis and is in a critical condition !
at Whitehorse. ;
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The mess house of the Alaskan '
Kn lineering Commission at Seward J
has h. en closed down owing to few i
employees being on the payroll at
that town.
Miss Ruth Rcat is visiting in An
chorage, having come out over the,
trail from Flat. She is the wner
of a reindeer herd in the Kusko
kwim and intends driving the ani
mals to Broad Pass for grazing •
this summer.
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Ed Ryan, who abdicates as pota- j
to king of the Matanuska valley i
plans to leave for Cordova and
Hinchinbrook island where he will
embark in the hog business, having
arranged to lease the island con
taining 15,000 acres, where he will
place a number of porkers this'
summer and try to capture the Al- j
aska market. Ed says the island
is covered with wild peas and straw
berries and this should produce a
hog only requiring a diet of milk
weed to furnish a meal of pork
ohops and strawberries and cream.
Etl has been employed by the A.E.C.
since the government railroad buil
ding started save in 1C17 when he
put in 17 acres of potatoes in the
Matanuska valley.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporated under the laws of Alaska
Capital Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savings Departments
Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the
United States
i'JYDER PAINT SHOP Painting, Paperhanging
--Kalsomining
. Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints, Oils, Stains, Varnishes. Shellac. Wallpaper. Deadening Felt,
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
Sutherland Buiiding, Main Street
Wf)t SJKatrr’s
soon after you light your fire
it Jwill give you the surprise of
your life—and in unlimited quantity
—and you dont have to put in an
expensive water-works system.
Y^ith Harry Hanson’s patented
hot water coil in your cook
stove you can have real hqme com
fort. All the principal homes of
Rupert are so equipped and Stewart
forks are installing the system as
fast as Hanson can do the work.
£ome on over to Stewart and see
how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
S?atn> Hanson
Fir Lumber
Flooring
Ceiling
Sash-Doors
Store Fronts
Store Fixtures
SPEED
W. L. BALCH
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SERVICE
SATISFACTION
HYDER, ALASKA
Gateway to the Great Salmon River Mineral Area
At the Door of the Famous Premier Mine
You Have to Come to Hyder to
Reach the Mines
FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE NORTH