Tj«e Salmon Riser District Is
Marvelously 'Rich in Minerals
and llyder is the Gateway in
C«ii»«-quenee of Which" Hyder is
the Fastest Growing: Town in
the North.
HYDE!*
MINER
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VOL. 1. NO. 33.
HYDER, Alaska, June 16, 1920
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FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
$torm Fiend
Plays Havoc
Marshal J. K. Green and Henry
Hucke nearly drowned.
Green*8 launch dragged under by
drifting piledrlver and partially
wrecked.
Canadian piledriver torn from
mooring* and carried to ruilrond
* h irf,
Boom of piles broken and piles
scattered far and wide,
Alex McPhee's house blown down.
Joe Gtaccio's partially completed
building laid flat,
Louis Watkin's rowboat and sev
eral other boats carried to the head
j f th ‘ canal and piled on the beach.
Numerous trees on the townsite
pud forest reserve uprooted.
These are some of the results ol
a storm which swooped up the can.
»i) :md which, though it lasted only
s iew minute*, was decLred. by old
timers to be the worst the district
has ever experienced.
Henry Hucke. who has bought
J.K.Greeq’s boat business, was work
ing with the boat at the piledriver
ana tne latter was with him, When
(iie wind tore the driver away they
fastened opto it and tried to tow it
to a place of safety, byt Bych was
the force of the wind that it drove
the cumbersome driver and scow
faster than the launch could travel
pi full speed ahead, and it was
dragged under and spun around like
a !rolling spoon. When Anally cut
K ose however, it was right side up
but full of water. Drifting past an
anchored launch near the Stewart
wharf, the marshal and Hucke had
0 chahce to djve into it, which they
did with neatness and dispatch.
Soth were thoroughly chilled and
could pot have survived many more
minutes of the buffeting they had
bttu teceiving from the icy waves.
llieir launch drifted onto the
flats at the bead Of the inlet and at
low tide was baled oyt, f, L, Lake
went up on the night tjde with the
Silver Heel§ apd towed it back to
Itmu. xiw uuu jo uuucuua&ru, uu\
the house is a wreck,
1W1111111 ■
Commercial
Association
fife protection was the principal
topic at the Commercial Association,
meeting last Monday night and the
precautionary measures already
adopted were considerably enlarged.
More fire huehets were ordered and
|t was also decided to place barrels
of water in certain locations on the
piled area,
Wm, Patterson, engineer for the
Alaskan hotel, was called into con
sultation and explained at length
the operation and capabilities which
has been installed there for the pro
tection of the totef. He stated that
by running a pipe ©at to the street,
a distance of approximately 80 feet,
and making a hose connection, pro
tection to the congested1 portion of
the town Would bo limited only by
the amount of hose on hand, as his
(Wti'.t and engiq# were cajwWh of
forcing water to that extent.
The association decided to pur*
chase the pipe and a considerable
amount of hose which, in connec
tion with the 200 feet of hpse al*
ready furnished by the Alaskan
hotel and the Salmon River Trading
Co., will afford a certain amount of
protection to a large part of the
down town district. The necessity
of every building beipg provided
with fire extinguishers was again
emphasized however, for quick ac
tion in an emergency.
Marshal Green state! that while
ip Ketchikan he had a talk with
P. M. Kempfler who is associated
with John W,Frame in the publica
tion of the Pathfinder, the official
organ of the Pioneers of Alaska, and
that the former ottered to print g
history -f Hyder in the Kelohikan
number which is to be published in
July, if the article were prepared
and forwarded to him. Dan Lip
deborg, Bernard M, Stone and W.R.
Hull were appointed a committee
iq mienu to mis matter,
Road Wages
Are Adjusted
Ftoad foreman T, H, Evans has
been handicapped up to the present
time because of inability to secure
and keep a full orew of good men
on the construction of the Salmon
river road, but a telegram which he
has just received from Superinten
dent 6. W. Cheatham has cleared
the atmosphere for him, and com
mon labor on the government work
will here fter receive the equivalent
of better than similar labor at tha
mines up the Salmon.
Superintendent Cheatham has
authorized Mr, Evans to pay com
mon labor $6.00 per day. which,
with the deduction of $1,50 per day
for board, leaves $4.90 dear, in U.
S. money. With the prevailing
discount of 10 per cent, on Canadian
eurreney, this is the equivalent of
$9.00 in Canadian money, in which
the nqeq at the present working
mines are being paid, They are
clearing $4,25, so the meA on the
road will be getting two bits the
best of it, in fact.
The telegram also stated that a
tractor and truck had beep ordered,
and upon their arrival the road
equipment Will be practically com.
piste.
Mr. Evans states that the Salmon
river bridge Is well under way, and
he expects to have the structure
safe by the time the water rises to
the danger point.
how About Bears
Governor Riggs wants informa'
tion concerning all persons maimed
or killed by bears in Alaska, far use
in the east against (he efforts te
have Alaskan beefs protected
EASTMAN KODAKS AND SUP’
Tim AT TW HYDWt MtUff CQ;
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT,
Harry Shaw has gone to Seattle,
The salmon trout are biting in Fish
creek.
Chas. Coutts is a recant arrival from
Dawson.
Frazer and Adkins have the agency for
the Alaska Dispatch.
George Leith, a mining man of North
Vancd iv, r is u recent arrival,
Pat Henson went out to Vancouver
Sunday on a short business trip.
W. S, Sullivan has built an addition to
his home on International avenue,
Mrs, Hob Keith has lost the end of one
of her lingers. The bread knife slipped.
Senator Honan and Conn Beggs are do
ing some prospecting work up Fish creek.
Bill Murphy has a square hole in his
rustic gate. If you want to know why,
ask him
Crawford Bros, have shipped in eight
more horses from Vancouver to add to
their pack train,
A b#by girl was born last Sunday at
the Stewart hospital to Mr. and Mrs. L1
M. Johnson of Hyder,
Harry Hangon. the bum plumber, has
leased the Portland cafe building in Stew
art fur a plumb inn shop.
Joe (Jraccig hfls the basement of hi*
Main street building completed gnd is
working on the upper stories,
Dolph Patach and L, Gunderson, N orruf
miners, are recent arrivals. The former
has already gone into the hills,
G. E. Austin, head of the Stewart Trad*
in# Co., is the proud dpddj of a One hoy
which arrived last Monday night.
The damage to F. L. Lake's nose was
caused by a towline irrespective of what
some folks would like |o insinuate,
The Road Commission has sunk a well
at the corner uY Nevada and Premier to
obtain water for their donkey engine.
Eddie Krause has returned from Prince
George where he spent thg winter, and
will put no auto taiii nn the Salmon
river road.
C, J. Robertson, who was here in coin
nectiqn with ihe estate of hia hruthet. It.
M. Robertson, has returned to his home
on the prunes.
The gas engine which will be used in
hauling freight over the Bear river rail
road, ha# arrived, jt is of ten horse power
ai\d weighs eighteen tong.
Mr, and Mrs. P. R. Uapku; have re
tnrned Ironi cut- f crfuk when they went
in quest of g bear. They hpve no hide
tacked to their house— *ye|.
The family of JL A. Halt pre-'-id' Ot of
the Salmon River Banking Gi. li the
Hyder Townsite and Improvement G.. are
expected Sunday from Seattle.
The Prince of Wales is, taking the
Stewart baseball team to ifupert and
Will return in time to leave Hyder for
Ketchikan Sunday afternoon.
Hugh (i. McGuire and John Angus
came down Monday frqm the upper Sal
mon- The sun and *no,w combined made
their faces the color of broiled lobster,
P, C, Hanley, district manager for
Boyle Bros, came up from Rupert Sunday,
He says that all their diamond drilling
machines in this district will be grinding
in a very short time,
Lee Batch is building a fine home near
Main and Cascade, It will be 20x36 feet
In size, and thoroughly modern. When
it is completed he will build a home on
the adjoining lot for M. Meisingsetb.
Bill Hamilton and Jimmy Carder are
beautifying the grounds around ilaerii
ton's restaurant and bakery in the forest
reserve, Jimmy'fe making flower* grow
where onoe there grew a big hemtech
|W»*
Jean Vanolpen, head of the Algunuian
Development Company, Ltd,, who have
a number of the leading properties of the
district under bond, has arrived froth
Belgium, He is accompanied by his wife
and daughter.
Through an oversight the Miner last
week stated that the Prospectors Club of
Stewart was in the Newel) building. |t:
ie located in the new Gibson and JKnlpple
building which adjoins the Stewart News
Company's store;
Pat Quilty, who has been diamond
drilling for Boyle Bros, at the Ihremier
for the Igsu two months, oame down early
In the Week and has gone to the Northern
Light for Lynch Bros., with whom he has
been associated Jor some time, -
Pioneers
To Organize
Everyone in Hyder eligible to joio
the Pioneers of Alaska is expected
to participate In the festivities which
will be held over the Hyder Drug
Store Sunday night, June 20, to cel.
eDraie me granting ot a cnarter tor
a Hyder Igloo, T^fl fun promises
to be fast and furious, as there will
be plenty gf eats and smokes, and
there are seme good entertainers
hero numbered among the old.
timers, ‘Eligibility for membership
consists of having resided in the
territory prior to 1905, The Nation
al Forestry Service have given lot
19, block 1 to the Igloo, and in tha
course of time a home for the Pion
eers will be built there. The lot is
in a most desirable location, being
only half a block from Indian ave
nue and close to Nevada street,
Canadian currency bought, drafts drawn
nn Canadian banks payable in Canadian
funds, sold at current rates.—Salmon
River banking Co
EASTMAN KODAKS AND SUPPLIES
AT THE HYDER DRUG CO.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NO. ONE. AT KETCHIKAN.
IN RE HYDER DISTRICT
Order Reforming Roundaries of Hyder
District.
Fnr CMVirt anH Aiifficiont roaonnctliie dou
made to appear to me, it is ordered that
the boundaries of the Hydyr Recording
and Commissioner’s Precinct established
by the order of February 7, 1920, as
amended by the order of Map 1, 1920. be
and they are no* hereby established as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection of the
Unuk river and the international boun
dary line; thence due south to the 96th
parallel of north latitude, being about
S3 1-2 miles; thence along said parallel
due east to west longitude 130 degrees
30 minutes, being- about 9 miles; thence
due south about 45 miles to a paint due
west of the northern-most point of Boca
de Quadra Inlet; thence due east to
the international boundary line in Port
land C&nal. to the place of beginning.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all
previous orders heretofore made estab
lishing the precincts of Hyder and Ket
chikan are hereby annulled so far only as
the said enters may conflict with this
order.
IT IS FI 'OTHER ORDERED that one
copy of this order be sent to the United
States Commissioner at Hyder, and one
copy to the United Slates Commissioner
at Ketchikan; and that one copy he ptfb
h shed for fear consecutive weeks in the
Ketchikan Chronicle and one e py in the
flyder Alaska Miner.
Done at Ketchikan this 24th day of
May, 1926.
ROBERT W. JENNINGS,
Rear Breaks Up
Tide Lake Camp
Bill Hedges and Jack Berndgen came
down from Tide Lake Sunday and went
back again Tuesday. They have, beside
B'jme good news as to their mineral show,
ings, a tale of woe to tell about how a
bear cleaned their cabin ot)t, Bruin not
only knocked down everything movable
but broke their windows and scattered
their supplies and bedding for a hundred
yards around the cabin. They set a gun
for him for several nights without sue.
cess.
Insurance
Against Fire
Is Promised
Up to the present Hyder has been
without fire insurance of any kind
but this is to be immediatly seme
died. John J, McCaughern, assis
tant secretary, and Frank Slaker,
inspecting engineer for the Board
of Fire underwriters of the Pacific
came in on a special trip oI the
Tekq Monday night accompanied
by their wires and Mr. McCaugh.
ern’s eon. They made a survey of
the town for insurance purposes
and stated that rates would be es
tablisbed for insurance as soon at
they could get into communication
with the head office,
Meanwhile they have authorized
Bernard M, Stone to write insur
anceeubject to the rate adjustment
and he is already busy, Their tfe
termination as to the piled area was
favorably affected by a demonstra
tion made by Wm. Patterson, engi
neer of the Alaskan Hotel plant,
made for them Tuesday morning,
Of the fire protection afforded by
the pump and engine which he con.
trols, and by the action of the Com
mercial Association the night before
taken to extend this service.
Refuses His
Appointment
Haoause of dilatorines* on the part of
the postal authorities at Washington in
forwarding his commission, and refusal
on the part of the authorities to assist in
any way toward providing quarters for
the posteflSce, E.L*. Meyer has resigned
his appointment^ postmaster.
Jas. Holloran
Laid To Rest
The funeral of Jat, HoDoron was held
last Saturday, a large number of friends
going out in autos to pay their last re
spects to a sturdy pioneer. Commissioner
John T. Heed read the burial service and
Senator John Ronan made an address,
paying a fitting tribute to the memory of
a man who possessed many sterling qual
ities. The new cemetery ia in a beauti
ful spot, about two miles up the Salmon
from town, and Jim’s friends saw to it
that his grave was properly decorated.
New Store Opens
Frazer and Adkins have their new store
opened, and on the last boat they receiv
ed an attractive assortment of fruits and
vegetables which ere drawing people like
the lodestone draws the magnet, Among
ether table favorites are fresh pineapples
green peas, cabbage, Onions, glazed apri
cots, cucumbers, bananas, grape fruit,
new spuds, lettuce, radishes, parsnips,
beets, carrots, turnips, cauliflower, honey,
puU from the Nut House, etc. They have
!TTO»'i the M9ft fhe Menft
Preparing
For Great
Gala Day
v *' *y
Preparations for the Fourth of
July in HyHer are being made by
Hiram A.Stevengon Post, Returned
Soldiers’ Club, who wilf hare charge
of the celebration. S.nce the Fourth
this year falls on Sunday it was de
cided by the general committee
that the celebration be held on Sun
day and Monday, July 4th epd 5th,
giving two ball games, one oh each
day. Both the Stewayt team and
the Anyox team have been asked
to play against the Hyder Terrors, 1
' Appropriate prizes will be given
for the following contests:
Tug of war, teams to be selected
after two or more captains consult
the sports committee,
One mile relay race, Stewart,
Anyox and Hyder teams.
Three-legged race, young men
under 21 years.
Fat men’s race, open.
Rock drilling contest, Stewart vs
Hyder team. Anyox has been ask.
ed to send a team to enter the con.
test.
Boys and girls' races, with pota.
to race, 50 yds and 100 yds dashes,
egg race, pie-eating contests,
Womens §0 yds dash, nail driv.
ing and wheelbarrow contests will
feature their sex,
Shoe race for men and women,
Other features may be added
after the committee meeting Monday
A favorable reply is expected
from John F.Coffey, who has been
asked to deliver the oration,
The committee chairmen have
selected, and ask the following citi
zens to assist the work of their com
mittees so as to make these days
the “One Big Eagle Scream,"
Entertainment: Walter Blanton
Billy Bunting, W, Lee Balch. Ad
verusing: rsoei m, traversy, w. K,
Hull, Ronald Benson. Sports and
Races: Holjar Johnson, George Foy,
Chas, Blanton. Baseball: Pat Ben*
son, Chas, O'Niell, Fred Dcrey. Dec
oration: Chris Benson, J. K. Green
John Nikko, F. E. Krause. Dance
and Music: George C. King, Grant
Carison, Sandy Gonnacher. Finance:
Norman McLeod, Dan Liudeboig,
M. R. Jamieson, Bob Taylor. Judges.
Btarters, and clerks of events: Judge
Reed, Mr. Lindsay, A. J. Hall, T. J.
Marks, P. E. Rees, R. Zeller, Bob
Small, Dr. J. L Hawes, Dr. R. N.
Rogers, Gus Seiffert, Sam Fitzgerald.
Rooters from Stewart will most
likely be headed by Bill Tooth.
Hyder should hold her own with
this veteran, with Bob Keith in the
lead.
The above committeemen are re
quested to meet at Blanton and
Jeffery’s Monyay evening at 8.
Walter Blanton, secretary of the
Soldiers' Club, will furnish all date
and answer questions on these two
days' events.
EASTMAN KODAKS AND SVP*
PUBS AT TH9 HYDER DRUG GO/