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VOL. i.
NO |0.
HYDER, Alaska, April 20. 1921
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Work ba§ stalled in a small
j/n the actual coastryctiop ^ the
Premiej tfpg a^eoy.djng^
P.H.G;aljap), ha# cfrajge ofthe
installation, tb,ej£,will soon ftp fjropa
150 to 200 man employe#. Mr.
.Graham, accompanied by his son
Wayne and |tif> foreman, Pate San
don, arrived ffoip Spojkape
day. Monday he went oyer the
fine with the engineer P R. Backus,
from the wharf to the mine, pstyrn.
jngr Tuesday, fie said h® we#
agreeably surprised by the access*
ability of tbs route and sntjejppjLes
po partioular difficulty in lapdipg
all suppjigs op the ground. The
tram prsctUally parallel* the Wag,
po load end at np p|gp# If it say
jlroat distance awe# (papa ||;
Mr. Graham has bean betiding
trams lor the part 85 ylsri anti «U
though making Spokane his heme,
is away so much that he ts hardly
acquainted with bis wife, HM Iasi
work, which took nsoro than a year
was constructing a tram to the sul
phur deposit at Unimak Pass for a
Chicago company.
Mr. Graham stated that it Is his
intention to employ all the loss!
labor that he can secure, and hopes
to be able to secure sufficient help
here to obviate the necessity of
sending outside for men. He will
also buy all the supplies here that
can be obtained.
Lumber is big item in the tram
construction, it being estimated
that a million feet will be used.
This will beep not only the Hydes
sawmill but the Lawrence & Work
man mill at Stewart keyed up to a
little extra speed for awhile.
There will be 150 ordinary tow
ers built, the timbers for which can
be secured on the ground. In ad
dition. twelve tension towers will
be necessary. An ordinary .tension
toyej takes about 13.000 feet of
lumber. Then there are three angle
1 station and the two terminals,
mafeipg A of 167 supports for
thplfam, Mr. Graham will also
the construction /oi the
$#0-fon pre hunkers git the wharf.
gay# that fie is going |o rpsh
tha work as fast as posgjbU, bast at
that ha figures that it wifi take fix
flpnthg to poffiplete the job «n4 h*
*41 kaya to bttak tha first heavy
•nova of peat winter.
The stationary or varying oabia
will ba ofl#.-inoh aofid steel, and the
traveling cable five-eighth’s of an
tosh la diameter,
Pill M«rphyj» house on Premier
Avenue has been secured fer an
offie#,
tea MARKET LEASED
FrlateU'a market has been leas
ed to J.O,Lyons who. witji his wife
and baby, arrived from Rupert Sat
urday and took charge Mobday.
Geo. J. Frizzell, owner of the pro*
mists, also tame up and remained
during the stay of the Albert, He
statad to tha Miner that tha reason
for leasing tha market is that he
hal all he oan look after in Rupert
and up the Skeena. He has con
tracted to supply practically all the
canneries on the Skeena, and this
of itself is a big undertaking. Mr.
Lyons is an experienced market
man. having practically grown up
in the business. Since his return
from overseas he has been in busi
ness in Rupert.
SAD NEWS, LADIES
Billy Orr says he is not going to
have a stock-taking sale of stamps
before turning tha postoffice over
to 0*en Hill. Dont seem to be any
bargains at all now-a-days.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Mejef me at the Mecca: <
Send this paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronjclept the hjecca.
L. Bingham is a recent arrival from
Ketchikan.
J.A.Young came in from Ketchikan on
^be Sea Lion.
Mrs. H.P.Gibson of Stewart paid Hyder
a visit Monday
Harry Scholey returned Saturday from
a trip to A ajliforrria.
•Roy Clothier has gone to yupert on t
short business trip.
If It Isn't to be found elsewhere, try
The Midget Emporium.
Mrs. Wm. Gray has returned from Ser
attic where tfee jprytt the * inter.
Captain Tom Xeeley arrived Sunday
from Ketchikan with his launch.
Oan McDonald, an oldtimer of the
camp, has returned from a trip Outside.
Mm..Wot, Oaorge has returned from
Vancouver where she spent the winter.
Prank McArttw, of the I*remier Mice
staff, left on the Allied for Vancouver.
D.W.McLsman has finished re-lining
theoold storage room in the Hyder mar
ket,
Bill Coffey left Saturday night for the
Westward, intending to locate in Anchor
age.
Paddy Bagan is hack from ■ month's
trip which extended us fates Princeton,
B.C,
Mr. and Mrs. Hroedow and Miss E. M.
Welsh of Seattle arrived on the Sea Lion
Ketchikan.
L. Jessan. diamond drill expert at the
Premier, has gone to Vancouver for a
month's visit.
Murdock McLeod has been away for
six months in Rupert and Anyox. He
returned Saturday.
R.E. Moore, manager in Rupert for P.
Hums & Co., wag in camp during the
stay of the Albert.
H. A. Ikljfge. ah expert machinist,r
came over Sunday from Ketchikan on
Tom N’celey's launch. -
Grant Maheod received two big work
horses on the last boat and will use them
in his logging operations.
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DEVELOPING & PRINTING
FILMS
PostCards
ENLARGEMENTS
Chemicals
, and all
EASTMAN
KODAK
Supplies
Hyder Drug Co.
Oren F. Hill, Proprietor
Hyder, Alaska
Kodaks
CARRYING
CASES
Portrait
ATTACHMENTS
Color
Filters
Tripods
DEVELOPING
TANKS
VOUR EASTMAN KODAK AGENT S
:C.W.Cheatham returned to Ketchikai
on tl»e Taku. t -
R.:E. Murphy, Alaska tepresemative.nl
the Ijupont. Powder Co., was in camp rthW
week,
C. Besson and Chas. prank were amor.
M>e passengers to arrive from Ketchikan
on the Sea Lion.
Dan Kinnelly fame down Tuesday
from {fte Premier where he fcas hee:t
swinging a Single-jack.
Kincaid, mechanic at the Pre
mier, was down to see his brother Jerry
off (or the Fort Norman oil fields..
Mr. nod Mrs. W, R. Tooth broke away
from the Smoke Shop in Stewart Sunday
for awhile and paid Ilyder a visit.
Jimmy Bowsed, carpenter at the Pre
mia* .for nine months, who has been Out
side for recuperation, returned Saturday,
* V ,
Chi Dampier's underpinning has be
come wobbly,. Ha haa bean an hi* feet
too medh amt the arches have given
tray.
Tom Pew ere. Iran Chlahotra and Oeo,
Pike, who intended starting fat Fort Nor
man, have delayed their departure for a
time.
Someone high-graded 40 feet of drill
«teel from H. C. Magee's eabin. which
makes that pioneer of the Marmot river'
angry.
' Baldy Warner, an oldtlmer of the camp
who was formerly electrician at the Pre
mier. has returned from an extended vis
it In San Diego.
t. E.H. Bartholf and Pete Lowe are up on
the Salmon glacier finishing the moving
of the former's supplies to the Outland
Silver Bur property.
Sam Gourley. pioneer of 1910 and loca
tor of the Ben Bolt group, which he sold
for $00,000, has returned srom Seattle
whereihe Spent the winter. -
W.L.Balch hns built 300 • feet of side
walk from International Ave. to his car
penter shop near the southern boundary
of the Lindeborg townsite'. -
George Clothier, district; engineer for
the B. C. department of mines, has been
in camp this week. His season's work
of rnine'exariitnation'will begin soon.
Mr. and Mrs.. Jack Stewart and baby
of Stewart have returned from Victoria
where they spent the winter. Mr. Stew
art predicts a busy season this year up
Bear river. -
Tom Johnson, mechanical superinten
dent for I larton &. C. of Seattle, came in
on the Albert to overhaul the cold storage
plant at the Hyder market and put it in
good working order.
M. Ellison, who left here last fall to
■pend the winter on his ranch near Van
derhoof, B.C.. has returned. He says that
moose were sd plentiful this winter he
didn't have to snare any rabbits.
F.E.Wright, who stampeded into the
north in '97, has worked on the lakes and
White Pass route and has run the gamut
of usual Klondike experiences of the ear
ly days, is a recent arrival in camp.
Full line of sun and snow glasses at tin
HYDER DRUG CO.
"he gas boat Sea Lion, Captain.J. Kel
logg, arrived Tuesday night witp about
dozen passengers from Ketchikan
I he Albert brought in 57 passengers
last trip and took out between 300
300 tens of Premier ore.
1 Harry Tanner, superintendent of gibe
.Push last year, cam* up from Seattle in
connection with the new deal on the New
Alaska. He says that W. R. Tonkin will
i do considerable development this year on
the Fish Creek Mining Company's ground.
O.A.Maykee, who represents tne Can
ada life insurance company in western
B.C. north of Ocean Falls, spent the week
in camp. Monday he tackled the dolly
varden trout at th* mouth of Salmon
river but couldn't fool tnera,
Whil* the Albert was in port the Stew
art people pulled off a dance which was
attended by a number of Hyder folks who
report that they had a good time. George
Frizzsli of Rupert was master of cere
monies and allowed no loafing,
Mrs, Hath Hedges was over from Any
ox diving the week end purchased the in*
terest of Mrs Phyllis Watson in tho Jo
ker building. The letter then bought the
Surberiand building adjoining the Silver
Grill, and Travorsy Bros., who had their
paint shop there, moved into the next
building to the north.
V.
BAUSC'H k LOMB mineral glasses and
compasses at the HYDER DRUG CO.
LA UffDRY—Anyone having left laundry
with mew hereby notified to call for
him within SO days or it will be eold
for chargee. Mrs. Grotabush.
Cowhides tor rawhiding, at Carolyn's
Butcher Stop. Stewart.
k . ..thuas^l1
Big reduction in all kinds of hardware
also staple groceries. Jack Nelson.
Send a dollar for a set of twelve Alas
kan scenes—real photographs. The Midget
Emporium.
Get Union-made Silver Springs Beer
at Tooth’*.
ATTENTION, CHECHACOS
The most westerly point of Alas
ka is 100 miles south of Prince Ru
pert, which claims to be In the ba
nana belt.
DAN DAWS WANDERS SACK
Dan Davis, pioneer of 1910 and
original locator of the New Alaska,
has returned from Indianapolis
where he spent the winter with his
family. While there he had an op
eration and is very much improved
in health, lookin'1 ten years younger
than when he went awa>. ! e will
get into harness in u few days and
resume his old job of keeping the
camp's boots and shoes fit to wear.
Incidentally, he has already start
ed his garden at the stone house on
the international boundary which
kept the oamp supplied pith lettuce
and radishes last summer.
REMODEL ALASKAN HOTEL
The Alaskan Hotel will re-open
in a few days, the ground floor
having been entirely remodeled
and the two upper stories renovat
ed and the 22 rooms put in perfect
order The ground floor has been
converted into one room, with a
small office counter at the fFont and
a cigar stand at the rear. The re
maining space will be utilised as a
pool and billiard room, RJ.McDcn
ell having .brought six pool tables
and an American billiard table back
with him when he retui ned from
Victoria Satusday. The i emodel
ing was done by W.L.Baloh.
Negotiating
New Deal On
■H
New Alaska
There is a new deal pending on
the New Alaska, but at this writing
it had not been consummated, ow
ing to difficulty in securing tele
graphic connection with the New
York people who pre the vendee*.
Sunday night the owners, Dan
Davis, Wm. McGrew end Ctiarfea
Kntpple, met with Harry Tanner
who represents the New York int
erests. and an agieement was
reached which is subject to confirm
ation by Mr. Tannes'a principals.
Until this confirmation is received
details of the transaction cannot
be published.
LETS ALL 80 HSHIN* V
Mrs. P.RBackus has opened the
trout fishing season by capturing a‘
oreel of nice dolly vardens near
the meuth of Salmon river. \
The old wharf half way to SteW
art has become a rendezvous for
local residents who like flounders.
Theae silly-looking freaks of the
piscatorial genus are said to be
plentiful and not particular whatf
kind of bait is tised to induce theftl
to commit suicide.
An Indian was up from the mouth
of the Nass this week with four
tons of oolichans. Ha had to dump
most of them overboard, there not
being enough hard-boiled residents
here who have developed the oolich
an habit. Since his airival most
of the former residents of Hazelton
have been humming- that almost
forgotten hymn: "The klootch I
left behind me.”
Ed Jones caught a 115-pound
skate while fishing for flounders at
the old Stewart wharf. Some years
ago the wharf tipped over and a
quantity of hooch was spilled in
the salt chuck. Now you know why
the skate was loafing around there.
NOTICE—Anyone wanting to
catch crabs has only to follow Jack.
Lambert down the canal and then
dp as he does.
Clams are tame thi« spring. It
is said to be no trick at all to sneak
up and grab one right by the face.
You don’t need a gun.
Suckers bite the year ’round,
That’ll be enough about them.
Temperatures
As recorded by official registered
thermometer of Oren F. Hill at tie
Hydei Drug Company.
Date Max Min
Apl. 13.40. 26
14 .3t».24
13.42.28
16 .60....... .32
17 .58. 34
18 .50. 37
19 .48. 38'