Marr Building
Company
Will contract for anything in the building line
j^othing too big for us to handle
joshing too small for us to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobe
I W, Mmir. Manage*.
Office, Hotel Hyder
HYDER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
Rough
Dressed
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
.
TERRITORIAL TATTLE
The Susitna river bridge eo the
government railroad was opened
for traffic February 5.
0. A. John son purchased the inter
ests of Charles Cook in the North
ern cigar store at Anchorage.
A deal is pending for the pur
chase of the old labor temple at An
chorage which will be converted
Into a modern hotel.
Charles A. West has been appoin
ted steamship agent for the Alaska
Steamship Company at Petersburg
to succeed J. W. Stoft.
A snowslide at Mile 71 on the
government railroad Feb. 9 was 15
feet deep and 150 feet across. The
rotary cleared it away in iu noara.
The bachelors of Whitehorse in
vited the citizens of that town to
be their guests on St. Valentine's
Day at a masquerade ball and there
was a large attendance.
Robert C. McLaren has been ap
pointed chief of the Dawson fire
! department, succeeding Andrew
Hart, who died recently. McLaren
had been captain of the department
for many years.
Emerson O'Neil who recently died
at Dawson, a former resident of Ju
neau, was one of the first men to
take horses to Dyea during the rush
to the K londike for use on the Chil
kootPass trail. He went from Daw
son to Nome when the stampede
| was on in that district and later re
turned to Dawson.
Sixty men and woman are now
employed at the shrimp cannery at
Wrangell.
Chased by a herd of sea lions,
thousands of hesring were beached
recently on the shores of the inlet
at Klawak.
N.N.Armstrong, a pionelr miner
who operated at Chichagof as well i
as en the Siberian coast, died in j
Seattle January 22.
Will Clayson, clothing dealer at
Cordova, formerly at Skagway, is
now in Anchorage and may open
a branch store there.
Frank H. Clark was elected coun
cilman at Fairbanks to fill the va
cancy caused Dy me departure u*
Hosea Robs for the States,
A big freighting hroject of mov
ing a former Yukon gold dredge
from No. 60 on Hunker to Gran
ville has begun. The work will re
quira several weeks.
Dava Clough, proprietor of the
Clough Hotel, has returned to Fair
banks from a trip to Ophir where
he purchased the stock of Tom Price
8nd will freight it to the Interior
metropolis.
During the middle of March de
velopment of the Specht and Kirs
chbaum mining claims at Kassan
will be started. A mill with con
centration and flotation process ma
chinery will be constructed next
summer, according to the Ketchi
kan Chronicle.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
Or HYDER
Incorporated under the lews of A laska
Capital?*# O? $13,000.00
Commercial and Sayings DepertroenU
Home* tic end Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to ell Peru ofjthe
United State*
HYDEK PAINT SHOP
Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paint*. Oils, Stains, Varnishes, Shellac, Wallpaper, rgadenin* Felt,
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine,
Temporary quarters Portland Cafe BId|
The Materwkot
Co soon after you light your fire
it will give you the surprise of
your life—and in unlimited quantity
—and you dont have to put in an
expensive water-works system.
V\/ith Harry Hanson’s patented
hot water coil in your cook
stove you can have real home 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.
r0me on over to Stewart and see
S”' how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
Zarry Pan-san
Iv
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