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VOL, 3, NO. 34,
HYPER, AW«, Aug. 2. 1922
T
PJVE DOLLARS A YEAR
T
FIRE DESTROYS
LUNDVALL HOME
AND FOREST HOME
Fire, caused by an explosion of
gasoline about 2 p. m. last Sunday
Completely destroyed the home of
ft. E. Lundvall on the forest reserve
and the adjoining building, former
ly the Forest Home rooming house.
Mr. LundVall was preparing to
Sturt his assay furnace, which was
in the rear of the dwelling, when the
explosion occurred. He was badly
burned about the face and hands
and is now in Dr. -Chace's care.
Mrs. Bennett, Miss Moss and H. W.
M. Rolston of Stewart were near
him when the accident happened
and the last named helped to ex*
tinguish the flames with which his
clothing was covered. Mrs. Ben
hett ran and gave the alarm.
, The chemical engine and Are
buckets bought by the Hyder Com
mercial Association were rushed to
the fire from the down-town sec
tion and did effective service in
Saving near-by residences. The
Whole populace turned out and
formed bucket lines from a creek
that runs in front of the building
S.tes, and only by the most heroic
efforts were the cabins owned by
Feli* Seppi and Mrs. Estmere, and
the residence of R. L. Stewart,
saved. Had the last burned, a row
of several residences in the same
b:ock could not possibly have es
caped.
The Lundvall home was a two
storey structure built of logs, that
were a long time in burning and
gavp out an intense heat. In addi
tion, ten cases of gasoline stored
in the assay office complicated the
situation, but fortunately burnsd
without exploding. Nothing was
Saved from the house except the
Sewing machine and phonograph
and the loss is approximately $3000
With no insurance. The Forest
Home, which was built by Mrs.
Lstmere and sold to Pete Hanson,
tais unoccupied, and the where
abouts of the owner is unknown. ,
When the danger was passed a
movement started spontaneously to
provide the Lundvall family with
a new home. Subscription lists
were started and on Monday night
a meeting was held in Pioneer hall
to organize the movement. The
monetary sights were set at a mark
of $2500, and this amount is al
ready assured, with whnt is certain
to come from the Premier. General
M mager Dale L. Pitt sent word to
the meeting that he would make a;
j>ersanal oanvass on the hill. The
born mttee ih charge of the sub
Bcriptiou lists consists of Dale L.
Pit. for the Premier, W. R, Tooth
t»r Stewart, R. L. Stewart, Walter
felanton and Joe McFarland for
fciyder.
A CORRECTION
Since page four of this issue was off
the press we have learned that it was not
the father and young brother af .1. A.
Mr I ion a Id who lost their lives in a Nova
Scotia mine, but his brother, Dan R. Mc
bonald. who went down the shaft in an
4ioit to rescue the boy.
DEVELOPMENT WORK
ON VIRGINIA GROUP
GIVES FINE RESULTS
Fine progress is being made on
the development of the Virginia
group, and encouraging results pro
duced. A tunnel is being driven
on a lode 30 feet in width, lying
between dykes of granite and dio
rite, and the full face is in ore show
ing fine-grained galena and silver
and iron sulphides, which is the j
typical ore of the belt in which the
Virginia is located.
The tunnel is in about 45 feet and
Wm. Bunting, who is in charge of
the work, says that d Steady im
provement has been shown from
the surface. The property is own
ed by Mrs. Bunting and Messrs
Finzell of Juneau and J. A. Hall,of
Hyder. Three other leads oecur oil
the group, on all of which surface
work has exposed ore.
MISS BAYNTON AND
LOUIS LE66E WED
Miss Elizabeth Baynton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baynton,
and Louis Legge, a young pioneer
of the camp and member of the
Hyder Transfer Co., were married
last Friday afternoon in St. Mark's
Church, Stewart, by Rev. Edwin
Moss. The wedding was public,
and the church was pacKed.
After the deremony the bridal
party motored to the home that
Louis had built in Hyder, and with
a score or so of friends sat down to
a wedding breakfast. In the eve
ning a reception and dance prepar
ed by their friends was held in
Pioneer hall, lasting till the break
o’ day.
Last Monday the ladies of Hyder
gave a shower for the prospective
bride at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J, A. Hall, where she was deluged
with useful and beautiful gifts.
No more popular young couple
dwell in this district, and their wed
ding aroused mere than the custo
mary interest. The Miner expres
ses the unanimous wish pf both
Hyder and Stewart in bespeaking
for them a long life of continuous
happiness.
I
THAT BI6 MISSOURI STRIKE
i
Reiiorts have been current this
week of a fabulously rich strike on
the Big Missouri. A. B. Tritea, who
has the property under bond, and
Harry Howson, the superintendent,
were asked about this on the dock
last Sunday and Mr. Trites, who
was about to leave for the south,
did not deny that they had good
ore, but said there was good ore in
sight when they started develop
ment and that the fresh work is
simply a verification of their pre
vious knowledge. He also said that
he did not know yet if they had a
mine but was going to find out, not
by driving blind tunnels but by
getting onto tne ore and following
it's course.
Lost—An oxidized silver bracelet, set
with enamel plaques and moonstones.
Finder please return to Bey. Edwin
Moss, St. Mark's Parsonage. Be ward.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
It it lio't to be
Found elsewhere try j
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the North Star.
Send this paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star
Joe Sexamith baa returned from a viait
Outaide.
Bob Jamieaon played tennis in Stew*
art yesterday.
Bob Jamieaon ia on crutches With a
badly strained leg. „
L. Jesken, Boyles Bros, diamond drill
expert, left Sunday on a trip to Rupert,
Mrs. Mildred Curtis went out on the
Prince Rupert for a visit in Oakland CaL
Dr. L. Hedger left Friday night fbr An
chorage after spending several weeks in
camp. , , *
Harry Smith, school teacher at Stew
art, has gone to Vancouver for the sum
mer vacation.
Howard Cameron left on the,. Prince
Rupert for Vancouver and Seattle o*
mining business.
C. A. Banks, who is operating the B.C,
Silver, arrived with Mrs. Banks Sunday
from Vancouver.
The Griffco cleared Monday night with
1000 tons of Premier high-grade ore for
the Tacoma smelter.
E. J. Conway, held engineer for the
Granby Company, is in camp to inspect
a number of properties.
Eighteen ore cars for the Premier ar
rived on the Prince Rupert, They were
made in Wallace Idaho.
The Chilkoot was in last Wednesday i
with a cargo of lumber for the Premier
and coal for the Crawlord Transfer.
A. W. Fox, former commissioner at
Ketchikan, left last Friday for his home
after spending a number of day! here.
W. G. Tanner, president of the Alaska I
Premier, left on the Prince Rupert for1
Seattle, after spending the week here, ]
Emil Davis, manager of the Common
wealth, went south Sunday on A busi
ness trip. He expects to return in two
weeks.
Joe Ulmer, road commissioner for the 1
First Division, arrived on the Carmen
from Ketchikan and is spending a week j
or two here.
W. R. Tonkin, president and general
manager of the Fish Creek Mining Com
pany, left on tlfe Prince Hu pert for a
short business trip to Seattle.
The Marmion this week took out a cargo
of Premier silicious ore to the Granby
smelter and also towed a barge with
twelve hunered tons additionol.
R. W. Wood, president of the Premier
Gold Mining Co,, and his son Jack, left
on the Prince Rupert for Vancouver,
after spending two weeks in camp.
J. C. Barber, who is interested with j
Carl Strong in a bond on the Riverside :
group, left on the Carmen for Ketchikan ;
after an examination of the property.
Rev. T. J. MeQueen. superintendent in
Alaska of Methodist missions, has re-1
turned from a trip to the Westward. Sun-1
day night he held services in Pioneer hall!
Grant Mahood, managing director of
the American Mining and Milling Com-!
pany, who are operating the Divide and {
Daly-Sullivan, left Sunday on a business
trip to Vancouver.
Jack Howson, son of Harry Howson,
superintendent of the Big Missouri, has
arrived from Detroit and is now at the
mine with his father. Jack was robbed j
in Winnipeg of his money, ticket and '
provisions, but being a chip oft of the |
old block he refused to wprry any, and
Arrived in Hyder on schedule time, He
is twelve gears old.
Mi*s Emerence O'Neill of Nelaon B. C..
niece of Pat Daly, managing director of
the Daly Alaska, Is paying the camp a
! visit, and is the home guest of Mr. and
Mrs. M, R. Jamieson,
Phil White of Vancouver, mining en
gineer, accompanied by his son John, ar
rived Sunday to look over various prop
erties of the camp, including the Daly
Alaska, of which he is a director.
R. K. Neill who. with Wood, Wilson A
Trites, developed the Premier into a ship
ping mine, spent ten days in camp, ar
riving on the Carmen and leaving on the
Prince Rupert, He was accompanied by
his sen, Walter B. ,
. • One of the enjoyable social events of
the year was a dance given at the Pre
mier by Mrs. Pitt in honor of Jack Wood,
son of R. W. Wood, president of the Pre
mier company. The affair was. thorbuh*
iy enjoyed by the younger set of camp.
Captain W. J. Neill, owner of the
Prince of Wales, which ran between Hy
der and Ketchikan lyjo summers ago,
was in camp during the stay of the Car
men. He expects to put the Prince of
Wales back on the run when the ship re
turns from Seattle. ,
Three officials of the Canadian Nation
al Railways, who are operating the Grand
Trunk fleet of steamships, have made
their first visit to the Portland canal sec
tion. coming in on the Prince Rupert.
They are C. E. Friend, comptroller, Geo,
Collins, special representative, and M,
Eager, general superintendent of rolling
stock., ■ , ,
Andrew G. Larson, one of the most
prominent mining engineers of the north
west and consulting engineer of the Daly
Alaska Mining Company, has finished
an inspection of the property and gon*
to Vancouver to prepare bis report. Mr.
Larson's experiences, if he would talk,
would make a mighty interesting book—
but he doesn't like to talk.
Alex Frazer's garden <s one of the at
tractions of the camp for sightseers, Alex
Is worried about his peas. The package
said they were of the Telephone Variety
and grew two feet high, fid has already
trestled them up to seven feet, and the
way they are going he figures he will have
to pick top ones from an aeroplane. His
Strawberriesi sp-ids, beets etc. are grow
ing in proportion.
The ' Lighthouse'' building,, which has
been a landmark for years In old Port
land City, now the thriving miniug camp
of Tlyder, and Mrs. Anna MiUer.s build
ing near the foot ot Main street, formerly
the Hyder Cigar store, have been moved
to their new locations on the Hyder B. C.
townsite, both being moved on scows and
landed in their new locations fifteen min
utes after they left the old The Light
house was built in 1910 by Dick Harris,
now of Ketchikan, and Mrs. Miller's buil
ding When the Hydef building boom
started in the spring of 1019.
CARD OF THANKS
. Through the medium of the press. 1
wish to thank all those who rendered
such timely and efficient service in Sav
ing my home from destruction by fire last
Sunday and making a success, out of
what seemed to be a hopeless effort.
R. L Stewaft.
NOTICE
Take notice that after this date I will
not be responsible for any debts contrac
ted by my wife, she having of her own
free wi.l left my bed and beard.
H. J. Scott.
Dated J-ily 28, 1922.
NO <CE is hereby given that Hugh
McDonald has my full authority to collect
all ascounti dee *ei X B. McCormack. I
GREEN THEATRE MAKES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
HIGHEST CLASS FILMS
J. K. Green, owner of the Green
Theatre, haa arranged for a film
service direct from Vancouver in
stead of fooling around with dam
aged goods from Juneau, and here
after patrons of the popular house
of entertainment will be presented
with the highest-class productions
shown in the States. The first of
the new pictures. “Silent Years," a
dramatization of Harriet T. Com
stock's powerful,.novel, “Mam'selle
Jo,” will be shown Saturday night
of this week, with an all-star cast
consisting of Rosa Dione, Tully
Marshall, George McDaniel, George
Seiginan, Will Jim Hatton, Jack
Mower, James 0. Barrows, Jack
Livingston, Rutji King, Kate Ton
cray, Lillian Rambeau, Ruth Ashby
Jean O'Rourke and Pauline Starke.
Included ip the list of pictures
already assured is "The Four Horse
men," one of the greatest scenic
sensations of recent years. The
date for showing this has not yet
been set, but arrangements will be
made whereby everyone in the dis
trict will be able to see the master
piece before it leaves the Green
Theatre.
PIONEER ALASKAN OIL
MAN VISITING HERE
W. G. Cheeney, president of the
Eureka Oil Company, owning 2560
acres of oil locations in the Katalla
field and a similar acreage at Cold
Bay, arrived from Ketchikan last
Thursday and is around getting ac
quainted, with Hyder residents. Mr.
Cheney is credited with having put
the Qrst drilling outfit on Alaskan
soil since the recent passage of the
oil land leasing law. His property
at Katalla is near the producing
well of the Chilkat Oil Company,
at the head of which are Falcon
Joslin and George Hazelct.
Mr. Cheney says he now has a
drilling outfit in the Katalla field
and hopes to commence operations
this summer. The Cold Bay field
will be tested this season by the
Standard Oil Co. and the Consoli
dated Co. of California.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
i n the matter of the estate
of Henry Bibinger, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, by the under
signed administrator of the estate of
Henry Bibinger, to all persons hav
ing claims against said estate, to file
within thirty days from the date hereof
with the United States Commissioner in
the town of Hyder Alaska, all such claims
with the proper vouchers.
Hyder Alaska, July 7th, 1922.
Edwin Evans.
First publication July 12, 1922.
Last publication August 2, 1922.
For rent, store building. Premier and
International Ave. W. S. Sullivan.
One-half interest in a lot on Premier
avenve, Lindeborg addition, for sale for
one-balf the original cost Ask Joe Green
Pure, clear, spring-water ICE!!
Order from Potts or Traversy.
Russian steam baths $1. H. J. Scott.
QFor sale, Lot No. 11, Block No. 6, Hy
der Townsite Price $300. W. H. Thwaits,
P« 0. Box 2192, Portland, Oregon.
HEW ORE SNOOT
FISH GREEK MIRE
HAS GREAT VALUES
Before leaving for Seattle last
Sunday W. R. Tonkin, president and
general manager of the Fish Creek
Mining Company informed the
Miner that conditions at the mine
are mere than satisfactory. A
second shoot of high-grade ore has
been encountered in the drift front
the crosscut tunnel on the upper
lead, where the lead now carries
two and one-half feet of good ore,
with six inches of solid grey copper
assaying 493 ounces in silver and
$28 in gold, a total value of $521 A
ton. Development is being pushed
to the limit by Foreman Angus
McLeod. Between 15 and 20 toi s
of high-grade ore sacked and there
are about 150 tons additional on
the dump. Regular shipments are
to commence this week, the ore
being packed down to the wagon
road and from there hauled to the
wharf.
RICHARD GEORGE PASSES
INTO THE GREAT BEYOND
Richard George, brother of Wm.
George and his partner in the well
known George group of claims up
Bear river, died Mond y morning,
July 24, the cause of death being
heart trouble.
Deceased was born in Romsey
England, 52 years ago, ai d for the
Dast 25 years has been connected
with the Ku Ison’s Bay Company
in Vancouver He has often visit
ed this district in connect. n with
his mining interests, ami while of
a reserved disposition, possessed
the faculty of securing permanent
friends. He is survived by hi»t
father. William George, a sister,
Mrs. H. M. Sleeves, both of whom
live in England, and a brother"
William Gtorge, of Stewart B. C.
A great-uncle, Richard Ge, rge, wad
a '49 stampeder to California and
is still living, making his home in
England.
Funeral services were held fronj
the home of Mr. ana Mrs. William
George in Stewart on July 26, the
Church of England sen ce being
conducted by Rev. Edwii Moss.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the matter of the estate
of Ira Evans, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, by the under
signed administrator of the est. te of Ira
Evans, to all persons having claims
against said estate, to file within thirty
days from the date hereof with the
United States Commissioner in the tow it
of Ilyder Alaska, all such claims with
the proper vouchers.
Hyder Alaska, July 7th, 1927.
Harry Hummell.
First publication July 12, 1922.
Last publication August 2, 1922.
Rainier draft on ice. Hotel Ryder.
Lawrence. Watchmaker.
Cabins to rent. Blondy Charlton.
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch n|
the Ocean View.