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 26, 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,. December 19,1919
STICKING TO FACTS
This paper does not claim to be in
fallible, but it does claim that in its re
ports on mining matters it aims to stick
as closely to facts as is humanly pos
sible.
When reports of “strikes” and new
discoveries are made, it wants them
verified. If it hasn’t first band infor
mation it will say so, putting the re
sponsibility for the reports where it
belongs.
There is no need for wild statements
nor flowery discourses concerning the
mineral resources of the district. The
properties will stand on their merits,
and the Miner wiil be satisfied with
giving bald statements of fact regard
ing mininff onerations. These will be
interesting enough.
But these statements, if published
as facte, will be facts.
The Miner will father no wildcat
schemes, and in justice to the prospec
tors of the district it can truthfully say
that up to date it has not been asked
to do so.
As to mining deals, a deal is not a
deal, so far as this paper Is concerned,
until the papers are signed, sealed and
delivered There is many a slip ’tw.xt
cup and lip, and somi times a deal is
spoiled by premature publicity.
A pleasing featuoe of the mining
business is that every man who makes
a deal makes it easier for his neighbor
to make a deal. Judging by jthe way
properties have gone this fall and win
ter it should be easy enough for.anyone
with any kind of a showing to get
action next spring and summer. By
advertising ihe general possibilities of
the district to the world, the Miner wi^
help to bring in capital to the claim
owners. And where reliable i iforma
ion is furnished concerning individual
propereies it will be giad to publish
this also. But the information must
be reliable, and we keep our separator
handy to extract the facts from the
other stuff that super-enthusiasts are
apt to peddle.
SWEET SEVENTEEN
Today we are "Sweet 17!”
Oh, my! Spare our blushes!
io tr.e maiden s Heart n means
life just beginning in earnest. It means
the “'party,” and the dancing and con
gratulations, flowers and candy, and
everything nice. To a hoary-headed
old newspaperman it means seventeen
kinds of remembrances and then some,
and seventeen million thanksgivings
that it has lasted that long.
When a human babe is born it hasn’t
any ‘“age,” and no party is given in its
honor. When a newspaper i3 born it
takes the age of 1 with its first issue,
and remans 1 for 365 days and then
becomes 2. At its birth all the force
becomes drunk, as a relief from the
awful hustle to get the paper into ex
istence—17 years ago they all did; to
day none of them will, because they
can’t; there ain’t anything to get
drun t on.
1 he brightest days of the ni wspap r
are the days the paper doesn’t print.
We have 57 varieties of such days—-or,
rather, 57 such days, with fewer var
ieties. Fifty-two of them are Sundays
which we welcome thankfully each
week, anc the other five are holidays,
which are as welcome. Any day we
don’t have to priut to hold our job is a
gi od enough day for us.
Alaskan
Hotel
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McDonell
Jamieson
Reid
HEADQUARTERS FOR *MINING MEN
Electric Lights • - Large Rooms
W. R. REID, Manager
When in Hyder Visit
BUSY BEE CIGAR STORE
MERLE BELMONT Belmont Ave.
ROWE’S COW BAY TANK SHOP AND
SECOND AVE. SHEET METAL WORKS
M iNUFACTI'RERS OF Al L KINDS OF SHEET METAL GOOl'S
Galvanized Hoofing
Chimney Tops
Eave Troughing
Conductors
Galvanized&Black I
Gas Tanks
Galley Pipes
Ships’ Lamps
Deck Plates
•on. Conner. Krass anil
Sheet Copper and Brass
Stove Connections
Stove Pipes and Elbows
Brass and Iron
Lead Pities and Fittinp's. all
sizes, ft to 4 ” in stock. Sheet-iron, Black and Galvanized.
Sheet Copper, Brass and Zinc Carried in Stock, Sold by Sheet, Bun
dle or l’on Lots. Lead Pipes and Fittings.
Wf. Specialize In Warm Aik Furnaces — Repairs ok All Kinds
Estimates Cheerfully Given 220 2rd Ave
We Aim to Please PRINCE RUPERT B.C.
Pressing, Cleaning, Repairing
MISS. LEATHA DAVIS
LAUNCH TAKU II
U.S. MAIL BOAT
LEAVES HYDER
EVERY 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.
In the past seventeen years we have ;
made all sorts of errors ancTmistakes
and in the next seventeen we expect to j
make more. We are too old now to
reform, and we never did think much j
of "reform” anyway. You can pray
for us if you wish, or curse us as you
ike—we’re on our 17th birthday case
hardened, and glory in it.—Fairbanks
News-Miner.
Send the Miner
to Your Friends
TERRITORIAL TATTLE.
Cordova raised the sum of $800 for
the Arifienian-Syrian Relief Fund.
W.G.Strench, in charge of the immi
gration service in Alaska, is the father
of a boy, born at Ketchikan, v
The Faribanks rifle club has complet
ed a rifle range, and regular shoots will
be indulged during the winter.
^O. P.Mickelson, D.T.Phillips and E.
Lee have been e'eeted as a board of -
managers of the Cordova fire depart
ment,
Woodbury Abbey, United States sur
veyor, has completed tfie land office
surveys for settlers in the Chilkat val
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, who
conducted the road house at Nizana in
the summer time, will spend the winter
at McCarthy.
William A.Simpson, a homesteader -
at Roosevelt, and Mrs. Hattie J. Dillon
of South Dakota, were married recent
ly at Seward. They, will live on the
Alaska farm.
CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS
Only complete stock of holi-1
day goods in the district.
Fresh Candies
Choicest Fruits
Fancy Stationery
Best Brands of Tobaccoes
Cigars and Cigarettes
STEWART NEWS CO. j
Stewart, B. C.
ALASKAN CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobacco, Soft Drinks
Mrs. M. HARRIS, Prop.
HYDER CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies and Refreshing Drinks
MRS. A. MILLER, Proprietress.
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WINTER IS COMING
Get your wood now. Nelson and Foy have plenty on hand
and will trade it to you for cnrrency.
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. Al
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. B. AUSTIN