Ilu Salmon River District Is
Marvelously Kith • In' Minerals
dnd Hydei is the Gateway In
Consequence of Which Hjder is
(he Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 3. NO. 16.
HYDER, Alaska Mar. 2<<. 1922
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Forest Service Willj
Build Approach and
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Protect River Bank
Hyder Ambassadors to Juneau Receive
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Assurance of Assistance on Proposed
Public Improvements, Including a
New School House
Be inn:* with them the assurance
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that the United States Forest Ser- j
yice would provide an approach for
a dock to be built in Hyder and!
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would also take steps for the pre- j
vention of further damage by Sal
mon river Hoods, W. L. Balch and
J. A. ill returned Saturday from
a trip to Juneau, well satisfied
with the success of their mission.
The work to be done by the gov
ernment on the dock approach will
really be an extension of the road
built during the past two years
from its present southern end at
th baseball backstop, out to deep
wa'er, without which that portkn
of the road extending south from
Nevada street on the Lindeborgl
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addition is worthless as a public
highway, since no traffic originates
at the basebali backs'op. 'ihe ap
proach will be 2500 fee’ in length,
extending across the Side flats to
deep water. It will be built for
heavy traffic, as with its completion
itnu the dock in readiness, a large
a nouiit of freight wiil be handled
j.: u ling, if is s»id, sui plies and
* guipinent ur the Premier mine"
originating eii the American side.
J. W. Cheatham, senior highway
engineer for Alaska, is exi ected -to
arrive on the next trip of the Car
men to start plans for both the ap
proach and river project. W. L.
Batch and Fred Dorey will build a
dock 50 x loOfeet in size, on the
site selected by Mr Cheatham, with
the necessary warehouse accommo
dations, and construction of tie
approach will undoubtedly stait
from the dock. A provision .insist
ed upon by the Forestry on in Is
and wiilin , y conceded by (he dock
prom iters ns that ample free space
be provided for the accommodation
of (iie pubt.c and for governmental
business. With the extension of
roads and trails t brougham the dis
trict a considerable amount of
equipment and suppl.es will be
• landed here and there will be no
wharfage charge. Sinali craft, such'
as private launches aid fishing
boats, will also have free access to;
the wharf. j
River Protection
Just whatjorm the river protec
tion project will take has not yet
been determined and will not be
until Mr. Cheatham can look into
the situation thoroughly and also
receive advice from the head office
of the Forest Service in Portland.
A representative of the Service is
now on his way to that city to take
up the question and will wire Chas.
H. Flory, chief of the Forest Ser
vice in Alaska, with headquarters
in Juneau, as to how far the de
partment can go in this respect,
and Mr. Flory will then advise Mr.
Cheatham.
School Matters
Being a member of the Hyder
jschoo! board, Mr. Hall took up with
t the territorial school officials the
; matter of providing better educa
tional facilities in this town and
was informed that the government
would continue to provide for a
teacher and school equipment, in
cluding a library, also that there is
available a fund of $1800 for school
building purposes which ctuld be
secured upon recommendation of
Governor Bore, and that this wouid
undoubtedly be allocated to Hyder
upon the governor’s return from
Washington
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i? DRIVER
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f oe long, heavy ti nbers that,
have been dragged through Main I
street this week are for the eon-j
s .m -ti> i i a piledriver which is
heiv.g ei,i,ii.eered by Jack Suther
land and put tOj-a ther at the foot
of Main street. A number of the
timbers are 50 feet ‘ong, and two
of them are 16 x 18 inches in size.
They were hewed in the woods
backofHyder. The piledriver is
being built so as to be on hand
when one is needed ior the construc
tion of the dock and approach. Jack
is assisted in the enterprise by Sam
Wagner, Jim Caiey, Fred Cameron,
Harry Hummel and Steve Stoy.
They h t.e a donkey engine, ham
mer and cable, and are securing i
the other metal parts from Ket
chikan.
Laundry work done right and promptly
delivered. Tub and shower baths, new,
modem, strictly up to date. Jim Johnson,
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the North Star.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star
The Miner wishes all of its readers a
merry April Fool.
Hilly Dann has put a pool table in the
lobby of the Hotel Stewart.
Ex Senator John Ronan left Sunday
for Ketchikan on a business trip.
The Pachena came in from Rupert,
Saturday night and returned Sunday aft
ernoon.
Walter Blanton, proprietor of the Sil
ver Grill, went to Ketchikan Sunday on
business.
11. F. Gordon and J. R. Brown, Domin
ion telegraph line repair men, were in1
town Monday.
Dan Quinlivan. who has been working
for the Premier at 'Nine-mile, is in town
for a few days' rest.
Deputy Marshal McDonald started yes
terday occupying his new quarters on'
international avenue.
The Carmen arrived from Ketchika n at i
midnight Satu dav and left on the return ■
trip at noon the next day.
T. W. McDonald, deputy marshal for
Hyder, returned on the Carmen from a
business trip to Ketchikan.
Anthony Barlich, who left here last
spring on account of poor health, return
ed on the Carmen Saturday.
Bert Wing, contractor at Swamp Point
for getting out limestone for the Granby
smelter, was in town Sunday.
J. B. Smith, who was among those who
stampeded in to the Stewart excitement
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in 1910, arrived from Ketchikan Saturday
night.
Bill Lee. an oldtime Interiorite who;
has been visiting here for two weeks, left
■ on the Carmen Sunday on his way back |
1 north.
Saturday will be All Fools’ Day. Don't,
try to kick any ol 1 hats off of the side
walk, There will be a chunk of ore con
cealed beneath.
The twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley !
Oaksmith, Maurice and Gerald, recently \
celebrated their twelfth birthday with a '
party in Ketchikan.
Tom Haddon and Ed Evans are plank-1
ing in the whole of the street in front of ■
Jack Goughian's property on Main street*
opposite the Miner office.
W. L. Balch and Bloody Charlton are j
putting a galvenized iron roof on the j
Campbell building, and making other al- !
terations and improvements,
B. D C lesrg of Vancouver, branch man
a’er of the Canadian Ingersoll-Iland Co.,
made his first trip to this camp last week ,
and visited the Premier mine.
Hugh MacD • igall left on the Pacliena
Sunday on his way to Vancouver and
will also visit his son ant daughter 1n
Spokane. The length of his stay Out- j
side is indefinite.
Hyder has a "human flv.” E. E. CofTyn
climbed the wireless ft ’.ion poles the
other day and fastened new guy lines
near the top. Toe poles stand 105 feet
above the ground,
Harold M. Roscoe, representing the;
Giant Powder Co. of Canada Ltd., made i
a visit to the Premier the latter part of
the week. He covers the territory for
merly taken by Morley Shier.
John Curnyn, who has been working at
Thirteen-mile for the Premier for two
months, was in town Sunday night, leav
ing Monday morning fer ( amp 4 where
be is to take charge of a Diesel engine, i
Hugh I). Gillis returned the latter part
of last week from a trapping expedition
of several months to Meziadin and Bow
ser lakes, and went out again this week
with more supplies. He says he is having
fair success.
M.-d. Bugge, who conducted the firs: j
store in Hyder, back in the boom days of
1910, in the building now occupied by the
North Star cigar store, is now operating
a mining property at Helm Bay, on Cleve
land peninsula.
The crnis -r launch Seymour left for
Rupert Monday night with L. Jtssen,
diamond drill expert, who is on his way
i > T Trace, where Bovles Bros, are drill
ing for oil on land held by Captain Jas.
Anderson and associates.
Dale L. Pitt, general manager of the
Premier mine, accompanied by Mrs. Pitt
and daughter Elizabeth, returned on the
Anvox Sunday from a vacation of sev
eral months spent principally in Salt Lake
City an5 California. They went to the
mine immediately after landing.
Max. Priebe has made alterations to
the interior of the moving picture theatre
that add much to the attractiveness of
that popular amusement place. The seat
ing capacity has been greatly increased,
the building lengthened, and the ceiling
raised, allowing a larger screen to fce
used.
Alex Gallagher, who wus sent to the
Rupert hospital early last summer on ac
count of injuries received through a log
falling on him when he was building a
cabin at Thirteen-mile, is reported as
nearly recovered. He broke a leg and
two ribs and was badly crushed. Whi'e
in the hospital he also suffered an attack
of the flu.
Magnus Meisingseth has built a walk
from the front of the Commissioner’s of
fice to connect with the International
avenue walk at Scott's barber shop. This
makes a connecting link between the
piled section and the Lindeborg addi'ion
and was built on account of the jail be
ing moved to the latter. Anyone down
town desiring to break into the new jail
can do so without peing compelled to en
ter Canadian territory.
mm GREW NOW AT MINE
By taking advantage of all the
daylight hours and working over
time, the Indian mine crew was
able to complete their trail work
last week, and on Saturday moved
up to the mine camp from Thirteen
mile where they have been making
their headquarters. Horses now go
through to the Indian with double
ender sieds, and supplies for the'
summer work are being taken in. '
HOLD APRIL FOOL DANCE
The Pioneers have planned v j
special dance for the night of Aprii
1 at-w i: -;h some novel features will!
be intr ) iuced, including a prize
waltz ;-r which a cash prize will
be given. The usual attractions—|
best hour, best music and an appe
tizing supper, will be provided as j
a matter of custom.
Don't home hungry. Get a lunch at |
the Ocean View.
for Rent——Business lot on Interna- ■
ttonal ,\ venne, Lindeborg Addition, $10 |
a month or will arrange terms. Address
XX. Crt.e Miner.
Shoe shine stand. Alaskan Hotel, Rube
Miller. Professional bath rubber.
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PREMIER DIVIDENDS
Word comes from the Outside that
the Premier is to pay a second divi
dend in April, the amount to be dis
tributed being $500,000, or ten per
cent on the company’s capitalization.
This, coming so soon after the first
dividend ot $400,000, which was dis
tributed last December, gives some
idea of what the earning capabilitits
of the mine will be after it breaks
into its full stride. It must be borne
in mind that heavy expense for in
stalling equipment is still being me
and that this is paid out of returns
from ore anti bullion shipments.
QIMlilJ SIlUAriONS
IN ‘‘CHOOSING A WIFE'
The thrilling adventures of a
scientist among the savages of the
South Sea islands are realistically
set forth in “Choosing a Wife,”
which will be shown at the moving
picture theatre next Saturday night.
Andrew Quick is an explorer
backed by wealthy interests which
send him into the South Seas to
study the natives and various as
pects of the country. Traveling in
one of i he remote islands with a
small bodyguard, be is set upon by
the fierce savages who kill off his
followers and take Quick prisoner.
Held by the natives he is visited
by a dark-skinned-girl who longs
to go to the lands of the white men,
of which she has heard in a vague
and distant way. She begs to be
allowed to go with him, and secret
ly gives him the means of freeing
himself. A native lover of the girl
vitnesses his escape. Killing ihe
girl who was responsible, the huge
savage chases Quick to the top of
a high eiiif, where they fight to the
death.
By superhuman effort Quick
tnrows the savage into the^ea.
Later he is rescued by a relief ex
pedition. It is then he goes book
nome to face tiie most remarkable
situation imasinable, that of ans
wering to a woman who thinks he
aas proposed to her, while in truth
ie has been trying to propose to
her niece.
Charlie Chaplin in the Rink
Can you imagine a funnier com
oination than Charlie Chaplin and
a pair of soller skates? Well, this
combination will be also shown
Saturday night, so this is a warn
ing to see that your buttons are all
sewed on tight before you come to
the show.
PREMIER ORE SHIPMENTS
In order to relieve the congestion
at the Premier ore bunkers the
freighter Anyox, which cleared Sun
day, tpok away 400 tons of second
grade ore to the Granby smelter at
Anyox, in addition to 700 tons of
high-grade for the Tacoma smelter.
The tug Tartar took out a scow
load of 500 tons to the Granby lasj
Thursday and did not leave an
empty scow to be filled while she
was making the trip. Since the
first of the year the Premier has
shipped over 15,000 tons of ore, a
large proportion of which wa3 high
grade.
SMOKER MADE
EVENING OF
MERRIMENT
The smoker hel l by the Pioneers
in their hall last Friday evening
provided wholesome recreation for
more than one hundred residents
of Hyder, Stewart and the Premier
mine and proved a most enjoyable
affair. There were no dull mo
ments, the various events following
each other in rapid sequence till
after midnight. There was always
something doing: when someone
wasn’t singing a song someone else
was telling a story or else all were
watching a boxing or wrestling
bout. To the credit of the pro
gram committee it may be sai2
that the contestants in the athletic
events were all evenly matched,
aud all bouts were interesting and
sometimes thrilling.
The boxing events were Billy
Bunting vs Jack Scott, Archie
Smith vs Sandy Connacher and
A. Baynton vs Felix Seppi, while a
capital wrestling exhibition was
staged by Felix Seppi and George
Mehlfeld.
The soloists of the evening were
Frank Bowler, G. S. Lawrence, ivi.
Meisingrseth, W. S. Orr, VV. H. Wat
son and Arthur Baynton, with Will
Cameron accompanist on the piano.
A farcicul sketch staged by H.H.
Howard and Biily Orr, with the
aid of a pseudo ghost, a suitcase
and a couple of candles, completed
the down stairs part of the pro
gram, adjournment being then
taken to an upper fl xjr where cof
fee and sandwiches roun ied out
the evening and the waist lines of
the participants.
Four bonds were drawn for pay
ment, and those who will be reim
bursed this time for the money they
advanced to help build the hall are
W. R. Tooth, Fred Dorey, Charles
1 Knipple and W. J. Crawford.
The United States Coat ; Guard
Cutter Unalga arrived in ; ort la; t
evening and left shortly a.-tr noon
today, 'the ship was on one of hti
regular cruising trips, bu. brought
Special Deputy Customs ollectcr
I M. S. Whittier of Juneau, • ho had
business with Customs Collector
|e.R. Stivers of this p n. Mr.
Whittier, it will be remembered,
was appointed to his present posi
tion upon the resignition of Chas.
D. Garfield last fall.
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HYGER TRANSFER STAGE
FOR 13—MILE
Leaves Salmon River Store
Monday Wednesday Saturday
AT 10 A. M.
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