ASBESTOS, “MISSING LINK”
Asbestos is called the “miss
ing link” by the men who mine
it, because it is between a rock
and a .plant. According to the
National Geographic Society,
it is a physical paradox even
though it cannot bridge the
entire gap separating the
boulder from the sapling.
Asbestos can be woven like
cotton and wool. In the natural
state it looks like spun glass in
bundles and it is as smooth as
silk to the touch. It finds its
way into many important
places. At present it is used
as roofing, for theatre curtains,
clothing and paper. It impris
ons live steam to hard labor,
prevents many auto crashes
daily and often hides itself in
1he rustle of a silk skirt.
Asbestos has been known for
ages. The ancients spun the
fibers and wove them into
cloth. Charlemagne, it is relat
ed, had an asbestos table cloth
the chief advantage of which
was the ease and simplicity of
laundering. AH rthat
essary was to throw it in the'j
fire for a while.
The art of spinning and weav-,
ing the fibers into cloth, how
ever, was somehow forgotten
or neglected for many years.
It was not until about 25 years,
ago that man learped.again
how to put this valuable non
metallic mineral to practical
uses. The bulk of the world’s
supply today, however, comes
from Eastern Canada.
W. J. Boone, until recently
employed by the Copper Riv
er & Northwestern Railroad
at Cordova, was arrested at
Juneau on a. telegraphic war
rant from Cordova charging
him with obtaining goods un
der false pretenses. It is al
leged that the evening before
| he left Cordova, Boone ob
i tained goods to the value of
i $50 from a Cordova mer
! chant. It is also stated that
' that he left a number of
unpaid bills.
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A quick reference, list of pro
gressive business firms. which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—.
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies— -
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Silver GriH.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmith&ng—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Cleaning, Pressing—
Robert Nakki
Chiaaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
| Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
• Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
. Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
i Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
f Gilbert Berg.
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Ilerald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Silver Grill
Quick Lunch
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store*
Northern Pool;Hall
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies
Salmon River Dock Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co. >1 £
Midget Emporium. -
BRIEF HEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Capt. E. A. Lathrop, owner of
the Empress circuit of Alaska
movie theatres plans fro con
struct a theatre at Fairbanks
this summer at a cost o‘f about
$100,000.
Miss Nellie Hopkins has re
ceived the appointment of
postmistress at Haines, to suc
ceed Mrs. Anna Brown, de
ceased. Miss Hopkins has lived
in Alaska all her life.
An indictment charging as
sault and battery was brought
against D. W. Flannigan,
former federal prohibition en
forcement officer by the grand
jury at Cordova.. The specific
charge is that on August 25
last he struck C. Kline of An- |
chorage over the head.
The body of Peter Nelson
was found dead on the beach
at Tenakee on March 2, and
was brought to Juneau for
autopsy. It was found that the
heart and'stomach w'ere both
in a weakened condition. In
vestigation disclosed that Nel
son, on the evening prior to
the finding of his body, had
upset a skiff a short distance
from shore. He apparently suc
ceeded in making his way to
shore but died there from
the effects of the shock and
exposure.
Seventeen prospectors are
enrolled in the Second Mining
'Short Course, now in session
at the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines.
Many of the camps of the In
terior are represented in the
present short course and there
is one man enrolled from Lon
don England, one from Ketchi
kan, and three from the Moose
| Pass district, near Seward.
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In The Commissioner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
Margaret Lobley, Deceased.
No. 21 Probate.
I Notice of Hearing on Petition
j for Appointment of Adminis
; trator with Will Annexed,
j NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
j that Mrs. Marie Vincent, of
I Ilyder, Alaska, has filed in
| the above entitled court a
i petition praying for her ap
i pointment as Administrator
with Will Annexed of the
aforesaid estate, and that at
the hour of 2 o’clock in the
afternoon of Friday, the 30th
day of April, 1926, at the
United States Commissioner’s
office, at Hyder, Alaska, will
be held the hearing on said
peition, when and where all
persons may have the oppor
tunity to be heard in connect
ion therewith.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
27th day of March, 1926.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commission
er and ex-officio Judge of
Probate.
Pub. March 31, April 7, 14,
1926.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Tinsmi tiling—
Gilbert Berg.
Carl Engstrom, head me
chanic at the Kennecott shops,
had his arm broken in two
places, his hip fractured and
his head cut recently while
working in the power plant.
According to an eye-witness,
Carl had gone to the upper
part of the plant to replace a
belt which had come off a pul
ley, and was caught by the
rapidly revolving shaft, whirl
ed through the air and dashed
to the floor twenty feet be
low. The full extent of his in
juries are not known, but are
very serious at best.
Hydraulic equipment former-1
ly taken into the Vavouette j
property on Copper creek, has
been secured by N. P. Nelson
and Gus Johnson, who have
staked placer grourd on a
creek near Strelna and plan to
use the plant there. Nelson
was formerly a partner of Billy
James in the original discov
ery of the Shushanna.
Albert Stone, veteran miner,
has recently returned to Van
couver from a prospecting trip
and declared that valuable
platinum deposits have been
found along the Fraser and
Thompson rivers, in the interi
or of British Columbia. Stone
displayed three pounds of
platinum ore and said it was
worth $70 an ounce in the
crude state. Stone plans to re
turn to the district and stake
claims.
Reaching up from her crib to
a nearby shelf, little Ruth
Joice Clarkson, aged two and
one-half years, secured a bot
tle of Lysol and drank from it
with fatal results. The child
lived only 20 minutes after
l swallowing the liquid. She
J was the daughter of Mr. and
i Mrs. Ralph Clarkson of Old
! town, Cordova.
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The construction of a 50-ton
daily capacity mill on the
Charles Williams mining prop
erty at Hawk Inlet, Admiralty
Island, is assurde in the near
future, according to telegraph
ic advices received at Juneau
recently. C. J. Ste\yart, well
known Nome mining operator
has became interested in the
ground and will * install the
plant.
Twelve Nomeites were car
ried to sea on drifting ice floes
on Bering Sea when the ice
suddenly broke loose from the
shore at the conclusion of the
John Borden Cup race March
15th. The castaways were
rescued by the Coast Guard
without loss of life. The ice
was unusually smooth this
year and was used as a speed
way for dog and auto races.
NEW ALASKA AIRPLANE
SERVICE PROJECTED
The Alaska-Oregon-Washing
ton Airplane Company, a new
ly formed corporation, will es
tablish an airplane service in
Alaska with Seward as its
headquarters. The formation
of this new commercial air
Dlane service was made poss
ible by the hearty cooperation
and support by several of t?he
big salmon packing concerns,
the Alaska Packers Associa
tion, Libby, McNeill & Libby,
Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany, A. P. Products Co.. Ke
nai Red Salmon Packing Co.,
Union Fish Co., and the Car
lisle Packing Co. The com
pany will be under the man
agement of Ray J. Davis, an
experienced aviator, who had
a plane in the Seward district
last season. The main service
of this company will be be
tween Seward and Kogiung,
on Bristol Bay, where a week
ly round trip schedule will be
maintained, beginnig early in
the reason. Mail and express,
as well as passengers will be
taken, particularly for the
nery interests.
Full particulars were recent
ly received at Dawson relative
to the injuries received by
Bob Henderson, who recently
fell 30 feet from a cliff wh'le
prospecting on Mount Finlay
son. The injured man was im
mediately removed to St.
Joseph’s hospital, in Victoria,
where it was at first thought,
in addition to seven broken
ribs, his lungs had been crush
ed. Although Bob’s condition
was considered serious, the
veteran Klondiker is making
nrogrcss and will pull through.
Bob, with Carmack, shares the
distinction of being the first
to discovers gold in the Klon
dike.
Alleging that Gust Affes, a
resident of Kasaan bay, fired a
rifle through the door of a
cabin in which they were re
dding, with intent to injure,
E. V. Knight and John Bar
bich, swore out a complaint for
the arrest of Affes. Affes, it is
alleged, accused Knight and
Barbich, together with Mrs.
Knight and her 16 year old
daughter, with having stolen
in otter skin from him. When
they denied the accusation
Affes is said to. have gone to
his gas boat, obtained a rifle,
and fired at the cabin in which
Barbich and the Knight family
had gone. The bullet pierced
the door and lodged in the
rear wall. Deputy Marshal
Fiank Sayres left Ketchikan
to take Affes into custody on
'the charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
A loss of about $3,000 was
sustained by Eris Nestos, when
his logging camp at Simpson
i Bay was destroyed by fire re
cently.
LETS GO. WHERE? TO THE
- Silver Grill -
Steaks, Chops, Poultry
EVERYTHING THE MARKET AFFORDS
§ QUALITY and QUANTITY §
FINE PASTRIES—ITS THE COFFEE!!!
Charlie J. Odermat, Manager.
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