BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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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.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmittfng—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Chinaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
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.
Alaska Hotel
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
- P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald. 3
Pool Room?,—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Border Line Transports Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
Typewriters—
Hjpier Drug Co.
In the Coninxhsl&ner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
Samuel Wall, Deceased.
No. 25 Probate
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned adminstrator ox
the estate of Samuel Wall, de
ceased, to all persons having
claims against said estate to
file the same within fifteen
(15) days from date hereof
i with proper Vouchers at my
office in the town of Hydex,
Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
29th day of December, 192b.
E. M. Reynolds
Administrator.
Publish Jan. 3-10, 1927
! In the Commissioner’s Court,
I Territory of Alaska; Division
! Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
j In the matter of the Estate
! of John Ferguson, Deceased
Number 26 Probate.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned adminstrator of
the estate of John Ferguson,
Deceased, to all persons hav
ing claims against said es
tate to file the same within
1 fiftenn (15) days from date
; hereof with proper vouchers
at my office in the town of
i Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
29th day of December, 192o
T. H. Evans
Administrator,
i Publish Jan. 3-10, 1927
The Public Library is open
every Tuesday and Friday, af
ternoon and evening: Hours 3
to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
BOAT SCHEDULES
L
C. N. R.: Prince Rupert ar
rives, leaves Thursday morn
ing.
Steamship Border Queen
every twenty days from Se
attle.
Ketchikan Mail boat Taku II
| arrives Wednesday morning;
[leaves Wednesday evening.
THE HERALD
JOB PRINTING
DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS STATIONERY
CARDS, LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, INVOICES,
SHIPPING TAGS, SPECIAL BLANKS.
TICKETS, ETC.
SOCIAR STATIONERY
INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRO
GRAMS, CARDS, M*NUS, ETC.
POSTERS, IIANB BIERS
CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS. FOI DF.RS.
PLACARDS, ETC.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Word was recently received
in Fairbanks of the death 01
Frank E. Boarman, one of the
early business men of that
city. Mr. Boatman died in Se
attle, November 12 , after a
paralytic stroke.
Fire destroyed the Schultz
Hotel at Fortymile on the
Yukon, on the night of Decern
ber 12. When the flames were
discovered in the basement
they were beyond, control. It
was considered the best hotel
in that part of the country.
Frank Berry, mine owner and
former resident of the Fair
banks district, was severely
injured recently while duck
hunting in California. A high
power shell shattered the bai
rel of his gun where he was
holding it with his right hand,
tearing the thumb, palm and
part of the wrist off.
Col. James G. Steese presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
mission, has been promoted to
the rank of brigadier-generai,
according to an official an
nouncement.
Brigadier-General Steese has
spent the last two months in
Europe on business for the
government.
See our splendid new line of
Art Calendars before ordering
your supply of Christmas cal
endars. Also a fine line of ad
vertising blotters. Prices as low
at outside. The Herald Job
Shop.
For Dances, Entertainments,
etc., See our Real Action Color
Po3ter3—Herald Job Shop.
Let us figure on your job
printing.—Hyder Job Shop.
For Sale and For Rent Signs
at the Herald Office.
JIalf-bjricd mud hovels of a
primitive design, held uprignt
by ivory tusks, found on unin
habited, rocky islands in Bex
ing sea. suggest that the first
inhabitants of America may
have come from Asia by wa>
I of Al. . a. The dwellings were
discovered by officers of the
j Coast Guard cutter Algonquin,
! while cruising along the east
ern edge of St. Lawrence 1s
'and, midway between Alaska
and Siberia. The islets were
: off the southeast cape of St.
! Lawrence Island. In the froz
! en earth the guardsmen un
i covered skulls and bones 01
humans and crude metal im
plements. Two of the skulls
were forwarded to the Smitn
sonian Institution. A peculi
arity of the skulls found on
the island was that one side ol
the jaw appeared to be more
developed than the other.
A raging tempest swept Ber
ing Sea and the Aleutian Is
lands recently, doing consider
able damage. At St. Paul Is
land the highest wind in many
years was reported. Judge
Driffield, U. S. Commissioner
at Unga, nvirelessed that the
wind wrecked both the wharf
and cannery buildings at Unga.
The spray from the sea is said
to have been carried over the
entire village. The Alaska
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION'
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF
The Bank of Hyder located at Hyder Territory of Alaska,
at the close of business on the 31st. day of December, 1926
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts .
Loans on real estate .
Overdrafts .
United States bonds and securities.
Other bonds and warrants.
Stocks, securities, judgements,claims, etc.,
Banking house, furniture and fixtures.
Other real estate owned.
Due from other banks. $29,078.12
Checks on other banks and
other cash items. 809.19
Cash on hand. 8,908.10
36,669.46
18,744.80
181.63
200.00
... 360.00
7,500.00
2,000.00
38,795.41
TOTAL
104,451.30
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. 25,000.00
Surplus fund . 8,500.00
Reserves . 1,839.56
Undivided profits less expenses paid. 839.03
Dividends declared but unpaid.
Due to other banks.
Demand deposits. 68,175.23
Time deposits..
Cashier’s and certified checks. 97.48
Notes and bills redisco'unted.-. none
Bills payable (including certificates of deposit) for
money borrowed . none
TOTAL. 104.451.30
United States of America )
Territory of Alaska ) ss.
First Judicial Division )
I, E. D. Haddon, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the j
best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signed)
(Notarial Seal)
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 7th day of Janu
ary, 1927
Ernest Blue
Notary Public in and for the
Territory of Alaska. My com
mission expires Nov. 17, 1930
E. D. Haddon
Cashier
(Correct Attest)
J. A. Hall.
I. H. Haddon
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I Commercial Company whan
at Dutch Harbor is reported
to have been flooded by the
rain storm and heavy seas. No
lives were lost so far as has
been learned.
T hnmas Harrington, one of
env’y pioneers of Fairbanks
and of Alaska, died in St.
Joseph’s hospital in that city
recently after a lingering iu
nci'S. Mr. Harrington was born
; i Canada, and came to Alas
ka hi 1893, settling in trit
Fortymile district.
‘Dad” Grant, discoverer of
Grant Creek, on the lower Yu
kon, between Tanana aniT
Ruby, had the misfortune ie
centiy to lose his cabin, with
its entire contents, by a fire
originating from an overheat
ed stove.
Dredge No. 1 of the New
North West Corp., which be
gan operations on Dominion
Creek, in the Dawson district,
on July 3, closed down for tne
winter early in November aft
er having dredged all of the
thawed ground.
Richard Howe, pioneer mer
chant of the Ruby camp, died
recently at an advanced age
age. Howe conducted a cob
bler shop in Fairbanks foi
several years prior to leaving
for Ruby. He was lame and, as
a result of his affliction had
eked out a bare existence dur
ing his residence in the North.
Dr. Herbert Chapman Ca
rothers, of Ketchikan, died re
cently in a sanitarium at Glen
lale, California,../allowing ar«
operation for appendicitis and
other complications.} Dr. Cai
rothers had been in poor
icalth for some time and, left
Ketchikan a tew weeks ago,
accompanied by Mrs. Carrotn
ors and daughter Mary to
seek medical assistance in *.h
states. Dr. Carrolher.' ra
to Alaska in 1919 locatin - a;
Petersburg. Later he war/ 4
Ketchikan and practice ’ hi
profession there until his cle
parture to the States.
Mrs. J. II. McLean, o' Ta
otna, who was brought to
Fairbanks by airplane two
months ago, suffering from
| cancer of the abdomen, died
I here a few days ago She was
! well known in the Nor h.and
having lived in the country
since 1908. She is survived by
a husband, J. H. McLean pr„
orietor of a store and road
house at Tacotna.
‘Till eat lemon pie in Feo
iiory, from fruit grown in
Uaska,” declared Bob Ku
vara, proprieotr of the U r on
'lafe in Anchorage. This is no
idle boast for his lemon crop
has been making progress
in growth all season. Kuvara
has a lemon tree growing n,
he front part of his business
establishment which has reach
ed a height of more than four
feet in a period of two year.-.
A single lemon, which will be
this year’s crop, was about th.=
sire of a small walnut in July,
it is now the size of an aver
age lemon but is still green.
The grower of the tree expects
it to be ripe in February, An
other crop of lemons has start
ed. in a cluster containing six
buds, which are expected to
eventually form mature lem
ons.
The Nixon Fork quarts prop
erty, which was worked by
the Treadwell Company sev
eral years ago, and has since
been operated by C. A. Peai
son and several other o’d
timers of the Kuskokw'm,
made a good showing during
last season, according to Pear
son, who arrived in Fairbanks
recently. Six men wore em
ployed in the operation of ..he
mine and i0-stamp mill. Wor;v
continued until cold w'eathei
compelled a suspension of at
tivities. It is the intention to
resume operations next spring
as soon as weather conditions
permit.
The announcement was re
cently made of the discovery
of a lead rich in silver, lead,
sine and molybdenite in tne
Chulitna district, close to
the silver-lead property of
“Moose” Johnson and Harr>
Wertz. The discovery was
made recently by Johnson,
Wertz and George S. Masiei,
who came upon the lead o>
accident while packing sup
plies toward Silver Dome. As
says of the ore made at the
Alaska Juneau show $7 in
gold, SI6 in silver and strong
values in zinc and molybde
nite.
The first run of king Salmon
was reported in Juneau recent
ly when several trolPng boats
-eturned from Tee Harbor and
Auk Bay with large catches.
About 400 boats are tied up in
Ketchikan waiting for the sal
mon run. Last winter the first
run was in about the same vi
cinity as this year and Jun
eau trollers are reported to
have had a profitable seasov