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Marr • Building
Company
Will contract for anything in the building line
J^othiiM1 too big for us to handle
Nothing too small for us to overlook
Absolutely expert work guaranteed on all jobs
J W. M.\kr, Manager. ■ Office, Hotel Hyder
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HYDER LUMBER CO.
. | Rough
j Dressed
LUMBER^”*
Rustic
Wainscotting
From a sliver to a cargo
TERRITORIAL TATTLE
W.J.Ford, oldtimer of Whitehorse
recently died at Burke, Idaho.
A. A. Gordon, an oldtiine mining
operator of the Klondike, returned
to Dawson recently after a trip to
the East.
Louis Krause, former Daws n
merchant, has retired from the
Klondike business field and has
gone to California to locate.
Fred Bradford and family of An
chorage who have been spending
the wi^fer traveling in the eastern
and southern states, have returned
to their northern home.
“Mammy,” the black cat of the
Dawson fire hall, is dead. The cat
was the pet of the late fire chief,
Andrew Hart, and the fire boys
claim it died from grief for the
chief.
A new typesetting machine has
been installed in the office of the
Shagway Daily Alaskan. For many
years the paper has been using a
Junior Merg., which gave the read
er of the paper the impression thet
he was billious or seeing things.
Electric
Laundry
Ketchikan, Alaska.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
See H, Hucke for shipping
instructions;
William Gelineau. formerly a bar
ber at Valdez, is now in the furni
ture business in Los Angeles.
Three men were recently caught
at Latouche with a gunny sack fill
ed with whiskey. Two were fined
$350 and the other $500.
Sam Gamble, well known citizen
of Whitehorse, was recently killed
in Chambers' wood camp on Tah
keena river by a load of wood fall
ing on him.
Deputy Marshal Jake Hepfinger,
a former Valdezan, receives honor
able mention among those present,,
in an Anchorage paper. He reports
business quiet in Talkeetna.
The R. C. M. P. patrol which has
been searching the Pelly river dis
trict for some time looking for Wil
liam McKinnon, oldtime prospector
hunter and trapper, have returned
to Dawson, having found no trace.
Joe Stevens, a Douglas man, was
swept off his father’s boat by a
huge wave which struck the craft
as it lay at its moorings in the har
bor recently. He kept his head
above the icy w ters for about ten
minutes, until rescued apparently
none the worse for his ducking.
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The Alaska Road Commission has
announced that two bridges will be
built on the Richardson road dur
ing the coming summer. The Bear
creek bridge will be 150 feet long,
and another bridge of 175 feet will
be constructed over Sheep creek.
SALMON RIVER BANKING CO.
OF HYDER
Incorporated under the laws of Alaska
Capital Paid Up $15,000.00
Commercial and Savings Departments
Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the
United States
HYDER PAINT SHOP Painting, Paperhanging
_ Kalsomining
Traversy Bros.
SIGNS
Paints, Oils, Stains Varnishes, Shellac, Wallpaper. Deadening Felt,
Cheese Cloth, Kalsomine.
Sutherland Building, Main Sheet
%\)i Water’s m
Co soon after you light your fire
it fwill give you the surprise of
your life—and in unlimited quantity
—and you dont have to put in an
expensive water-works system.
\\fith Harry Hanson’s patented
V hot water coil in your cook
stove you can have real hqme com
fort. All the principal homes of
Rupert are so equipped and Stewart
forks are installing the system as
fast as Hanson can do the work.
£*ome on over to Stewart and see
^ how it is done. Anyone there
can tell you where to find
^arrj? Hanson
Fir Lumber
F LOOKING
Ceiling
Sash—Doors
Store Fronts*.
Store Fixtures
W. L. BALCH
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SERVICE
SPEED
SATISFACTION
HYDER, ALASKA
Gateway to the Great Salmon River Mineral Area
At the Door of the Famous Premier Mine"
You Have to Come to Hyder to
Reach the Mines
FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE NORTH