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—
Hydei Machine Shop
Automobile; Supplies—
Attorneys—
Ernest 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—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
HydeV Fuel Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Jewelry
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Lauiidiy
Portland Canal Electric
Hills Hand Laundry
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
B. .Burns ct vjo.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Chas. F. Sandford
Nursing—
Mrs. A. Perry
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—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Hyder Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Border Line Transport’n Co.
Noyes Boat Company
Tailoring & Cleaning—
Mrs. W. S. Sullivan
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
T ypewritera—
Hyder Drug Co.
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Frank A. Metcalf
Juneau, Alaska
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Victor Durand, pioneer vio
linist of the .north, and known
in practically every camp in
Alaska, is now playing in Neil
McGregor’s new picture thea
tre in Petersburg.
Miners in the Circle district
report that the present season
is the driest ever known in that
section, and water shortage
has seriously hampered mining
operations.
A petition by the natives of
Sitka for an extension of the
fishing season in that district,
on the plea that they had
caught practically no fish, and
that fishing was practically
their only means of livelihood,
was denied recently by Com
missioner of Fisheries, Henry
O’Malley.
Mi-s. Mariana Perez, of Doug
las, was recently convicted of
violation of the prohibition law
and of maintaining a nuisance,
and was sentenced by Judge
T. M. Reed to serve three
months in the federal jail and
pay a fine of $200. Her hus
band is also in jail for the
same offence, having been
sentenced some weeks ago.
Alex Anderson, a Finlander
about 30 years old, was recent
ly fatally injured in the Mabel
mine, in the Willow Creek dis
trict, when a 6-foot slab of
rock fell fiom the wall in a
small stope in which he was
working. Anderson died sever
al hours later while he was be
ing taken to Wasilla in an
automobile. Charles Isaacs,
who was working with Ander
son, was injured by the slide
of rock, his left arm being bad
ly bruised, but no bones brok
en.
The Fairbanks city council, at
a recent meeting, appropriated
$1,000 for construction of a
municipality airplane landing
field. It is believed ,says the
Fail banks News-Miner, that
the Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners will add anoth
er $1,000 to this amount. Act
ual work of building will be
done by the Alaska Road Com
mission. The ball park is the
site selected for the new field. 1
Two 3>000-foot runways will
be built in an “X” shape. Each
runway will be about 500 feet
wide.
T. Gilbert Pearson, president
of the National Association of
Audobon Societies, of New
York City, will visit Alaska
soon, according to a telegram j
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER, ALASKA
Home of the great PREMI ER 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-IPA
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-zin c-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
received by H. W. Terhune, ex
ecutive officer of the Alaska
Game Commission. Mr. Pear
son is one of the most noted of,
American ornithologists, and
has an international reputat
ion. He has written a number j
of books on bird life, including
three volumes on The Birds of
North America.
The sixth annual Southeast
ern Alaska Fair will be held
this year in the biggest fail
building north of Seattle, and
will run four days from Sep
tember 28 to October 1, inclus
ive, according to an announce
ment that has just been made
by the Southeastern Alaska
Fair Association. The new
building, it is announced, wili
occupy a space 100 feet by 200
feet. It will be the largest
building of its kind north of
Seattle, and will be built par
ticularly with the needs of the
fair in mind.
In raids made on two separate
establishments in Fairbanks,
by federal officials recently,
811 bottles of beer were con
fiscated and one man was ar
rested. The first raid was made
on the Columbia Hotel, where
the officers found 508 bottle:
of beer and arrested Louis J
Hertle. Later the party de
scended on the cabin of Wra.
McGrath, and seized 103 bot J
ties of beer. McGrath is at lib
erty on his own recognizance
and Hertle was held undei j
bonds of one thousand dollars i
on the charge of possessing in- •
toxicating liquors.
Ten new aviation fields will
be constructed in the Third
Division. The fields will be lo- ;
cated at Seward, Valdez, in |
the Rainy Pass at Skwentna I
Crossing, the Moose Creek coal i
mining district, Willow Creek j
mining section, Cache Creek
Curry and Cantwell. The C'urrj !
field is being constructed in
conjunction with the Alaska
Railroad. In the Fourth Divis
ion, new fields will be con
structed at Nenana, McGrath,
Berry’s Landing, and Palmei
Creek, in the upper Chena
river country. The field at
Ophir will be' improved and
the fields at Nulatio, Chand
lar and Brooks will be com
pleted this summer. In addit
ion, maintenance work will be
done on all existing fields in
both Second and Fourth Divis
ions.
Arrivals in -Fairbanks from
he Livingood country report
hat exceptionally good pay
has been found on 20 above on
Livingood Creek. The pay is
.aid to average $1.50 a foot.
In common with other parts of
he Interior, the Livingood dis
trict has experienced this sum
mer a shortage of water which
has not only curtailed mining
operations somewhat, but has
made navigation up the river
almost impossible. The river
has been so low recently that
it has been necessary to take
mail from Fairbanks to Brooks
by airplane.
Equipment for the .second radio
beacon to be established in
Alaska left Ketchikan recently
on the lighthouse tender Cedar.
The radio beacon is an auto
matic device which sends out
.lots and dashes and gives to
’.hips during fogs and thick
weather, or in the darkness of
right, an angle for their posit
on relative to the lighthouse
)r stationary objects. By the
rid of the compass stations the
rosition of the ship is more ac
urately approximated. At the
oresent time there are naval
adio compass stations at Soap
stone Point and at Hinchin
brook Island. The new station
will be located at Cape St.
Elias.
Captain E. G. Rowden, pres
cient of the Koyukuk Gold
Mining Co., and vice-president
>f the Detroit Mining Co., left
Fairbanks recently to take per
sonal charge of the affairs of
ire two companies in the Koy
ikuk district. A survey wa3
nade last summer for a 45-mile
litch running from Clear
fheek to the mining properly
m Hammond River and the
Tammcfnd and Nolan benches.
Work of building the ditch is
rot expected to be stalled this
/ear. The ground is being
worked by the drifting and hy
draulic methods.
THE HERALD
JOB PRINTING
DEPARTMENT
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