BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—*
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hydet Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies—
Attorneys—
Eme3t Blue
George B. Grigsby
Ketchikan, Alaska
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Explosives—
Hyder Fuel Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Hills Hand Laundry
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Chas. F. Sandford
Machinery—
Hyder Machine Shop
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
.Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Geo. B. Grigsby
Frank A. Metcalf
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Rubber Stamps—
Hyder Herald
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyd-er Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Hyder Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Noyes Boat Company
Tailoring & Cleaning—
Robt. Nakki.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
Typewriters—
Hyder Drug Co.
U. S< Mineral Surveyor—
Frank A. Metcalf
Juneau, Alaska (
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
^EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Thomas Price former well
known resident of the Anchor
age district, passed away re»
cently in Seattle from cancer
of the stomach.
Mrs. J. E. Ryus, a resident of
Ketchikan since 1209, passed
away there recently at the ripe
age of 80 years. Mrs. Ryus was
the mother of Floyd E. Ryus,
proprietor of the Ryus Drug Co
who was accidentally drowned
in Ketchikan bay earlier this
year. She is survived by a son,
L. D. Ryus, and two grandsons.
A new gold strike on the Dal
ton trail, near Whitehorse, was
reported in Juneau recently by
two prospectors who made a
trip into the interior of Alaska
recently. According to the re
port, the find was made by In-.
dians and had not been pros
pected by white men so far as
known.
An influx of RusSian s who
have been attempting to enter
the United States by way of
Nome, after crossing Behring
sea from Siberia, has been
stopped by the Nome authori
ties. Eighteen of the would be
immigrants who crossed from
the Siberian coast in small
boats are held for deportation.
A. J. Meals, one of the pion-!
eers of Valdez, passed away in
that city recently at the age of
76 years. Death was due to a
stroke sustained a week prev-'
ious to his demise. Deceased
w’as a native of Pennsylvania
and came to Alaska in 1898,
landing at Valdez He is surviv-1
ed by a widow and six child-,
ren.
f
The largest brown bear killed
in the westward district this
reason was shot near Afognak
recently, according to recent
arrivals at Seward from that
section. The pelt measured 14
feet 2 inches.The presence of
the huge beast became defi
nitely known when a cow came
into the village with half of its
face torn off. Hunters located
the bear directly behind the
town. The bear had killed a
I cow and was eating the carcass
when a bullet cut short his car
eer.
The recent Ketchikan grand
jury in its final report, stressed j
the need for a new court house,
urged increased pay for U. S
Commissioners, deputy marsh
als, and asked the establish-;
ment of a juvenile court in
Ketchikan.
A shortage of herring earlier
in the season had the effect of
boosting prices to unusual lev
els, according to reports from
Anchorage. Buyers are said to .
have paid as high as $34 a bar
rel some time ago.
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL* MINING DISTRICT
IIVDER, ALASKA
Home of the great PREMIER MINE, with an annual production approximating 230,
000 tons of ore and a record of $10,550,000 paid in dividends to stockholders during
seven years of operation.
Also of the DUNWELL and RIVERSIDE MINES, both large and regular shippers of
concentrated ores, the former averaging 800 tons per month; and of the PORTER-IDA
HO MINE, a seasonal shipper of raw ores averaging close to $300 per ton in value.
The PORTLAND CANAL DISTRICT also contains literally dozens of partially de
veloped gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper properties which give every promise of becoming
paying mines with more extensive development.
The Most Remarkably Mineralized Area on the North American Continent, Present
ing Numerous Possibilities for Profitable Mining Investment.
FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT ADDRESS
Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
HYDER. ALASKA
CHARGE SUTHERLAND
MADE ILLEGAL ELECT
ION EXPENDITURES
A recent Washington dispatch
anounced that expenditures in
the 1926 campaign in Alaska
for the election of the congress
ional delegate are being inves
tigated by the Department ot
Justice. It is said that Hugh J.
Wade, one of the department’s
investigators, is in the Terri
tory probing complaints that
the corrupt practices act was
violated during the campaign,
particularly in connection with
newspaper advertising.
While no definite anounce
: ment was made, the press re
| ports say it is understood that
one complaint'charges that del
egate Sutherland spent more
! than the $5,000 allowed by
law. In discussing the case the
delegate said he had heard
that the department was mak
ing an investigation, but did
not know the nature of the in
quiry. He said he had spent
more than he should have on ■
the election but had kept with
in the law.
C. J. Inder, of the London,;
England, engineering firm of
Inder and Henderson, arrived
in Hot Spiings recently from a
survey of placer tin claims in
the Tofty section.
t A corporation to be known as
i the Alaska Range Mining &
i Development Company, incor
| porated under the laws of
! Alaska, with 2,500,00 shares
I capital stock, is forming at
| Anchorage for the primary
purpose of developing a num
ber of gold quartz properties
located by L. A. Powles3 and
others in the Valdez Creek
section. A small block of the
stock will be placed on the An
chorage market to raise funds
for determining the extent and
value of the ore bodies. Three
strong veins have been located,
one of which is said to show 6,
000 feet of ore, and all three
carrying excellent values at the
points so far developed.
Reports from Bethel on the ■
Kuskokwim river announce the
discovery of paying deposits of i;
platinum in the Good News
Bay region. Quite a stampede
to the new diggings is reported. '
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
TO Wm. Murphy, your heirs,
executors, administrators and
assigns, and all persons inter
ested.
You are hereby notified that
the undersigned has expended
the sum of One hundred Dol
lars each year for the years
ending July 1st, 1924, July 1st,
1925, July 1st, 1926, July 1st,
1927 in labor and improve
ments upon the Silver Bow
Mineral claim, said Silver Bow
Mineral Claim is situated on
I to Easterly side of Fish Creek
l a tributary of the Salmon Riv
er in Hyder Mining District,
Alaska and is about 2 miles
above the mouth of said Fish
creek, and on the Mountain
View-Titan trail, The location
certificate of said claim and
the affidavits of annual labor
■ for the years above mentioed
j are found of record in the re
j corder’s office at Hyder, Alas
| ka, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the
laws of the United States and
the territory of Alaska con
cerning annual labor upon
mining claims. Such expendi
tures being the amount requir
ed by said laws to hold said
claims during said period.
And you are further notified
that if within ninety days (90)
from the completion of the
publication hereof, for the per
iod of ninety days, you fail or
refuse to contribute to the un
dersigned your proportion of
such expenditure as a co-own
er, your interest in said mining
claim will become the property
of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made such re
quired expenditure.
Dated at Ifyder, Alaska, the
6th day of October, 1927.
W. R. Tonkin
Co-Owner.
Publish Nov. 19, 26; Dec. 3, 10,
17, 24, 31, 1927; Jan. 7, 14, 21,
28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 1928.
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made to your specifications
right here in Hyder—Herald
Stamp Department.
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etc., See our Real Action Color
Posters—Herald Job Shop.
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