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Metcalf aGrefe
Civil and Mining Engineers
U. S. Deputy r.nd Mineral
SURVEYORS
Juneau, Alaska.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second Thursday of
Month-Stewart and Hyder.
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART. B. C.
John Hoviand
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The Canadian National Rail
way will put two steamers on
the Prince Rupert-Alaska run ;
next season, according to Sir!
Henry Thornton, head of that
system. He said the first vessel
would be laid down in the
Prince Rupert yard immediate
ly and the second would
follow if he could secure the
approval 'of Uhe* government!
and the necessary funds.
L. B. Pentz arrived at Ketch
ikan recently in a 16-foot row
boat with an outbound motor.
Accompanying him was his
wife, baby and a goat. They
left Seattle on June 2, and
made the trip of 650 miles to
Ketchikan without mishap.
The party left Ketchikan a
few days later en route to
Skagway. Pentz was formerly
a resident of Ketchikan.
; Fairbanks is to have a new
newspaper in the near future,
Hjalmar Nordale, city editor
of the News-Miner, has an
nounced that he will shortly
start the publication of a
weekly paper, of which he will
be editor and general manager.
Until such time as a plant can
be secured the newspaper will
be printed at the News-Miner
office.
j A large shipment of “whale
i feathers” from Alaska passed
| through Tacoma recently to
; find their way to the hats of
I the women of America. They
are known to the trade as “os
trich gloss,” a substitute for
ostrich feathers. They are
from four to eight feet long
and retain their curl indefinite
ly. They are filaments from
the food straining apparatus
of the Arctic whale.
| W. W. Getchell, member of
j the first Territorial legislature
from the Second Division and
un experienced trail musher,
was found dead on the trail
between Nome and Taylor dur
ing the latter part of August.
Getchell was employed as a
; Deputy Marshal at Nome and
met his earthly end while mak
• 'ing an official trip to Serpen
tine Hot Springs, where he ar
rived August 1. He left the
Springs four days later enroute
ito Taylor, 10 miles away, and
apparently became lost among
the hills.
Superintendent Hansen of
the Copper River & North
western Railway, after a visit
up the line, returned to Cor
dova a few days ago with the
report that rapid work is being
done on the reconstruction of
the power plant at the Kenne
cott mine, recently destroyed
by fire. Superintendent Neid
ing of the Kennecott Copper
Corporation gives assurance ■
that things will again be runn
ing, at least temporarily, to
furnish power sufficient for
the mine and mill to resume
operations within two or three
weeks. About 250 of the old
employees have been retained,
and as others are needed they
will be brought in.
Mrs. Ross Kinney, who not
long ago went to the Kusko
kwim district to join her hus
band, who has charge of the
road work for the Alaska
Road Commission in that sect
ion, had a novel experience at
Holy Cross while waiting for
boat connections. She and an
other woman dressed in hiking
j clothes for the rough trip up
the Innoko river on gas boat,
strolled over to the mission at
Holy Cross to have a look at
the big institution, but upon ar
riving* there they were denied
admission because of the na
ture of their attire. Hiking
suits are taboo at the mission.
Falling- down an eighty foot
shaft and breaking his neck
was the sad eroding of Robert
Fulkerson, one of Alaska’s old
prospectors^nd one of Ruby’s
best* Citizens. The accident oc
curred on July 29th on the un
fortunate miner’s claim at
Poorman. Fulkerson and Stan
ley Coffin were repairing the
shaft, standing on a platform
\yhich they, had rigged up and
tied’ by cable. When about six
feet from the top of the shaft
| the two men stepped on the
jsame side of the platform, pre
cipitating Fulkerson to the bot
tom of the shaft where he land
jed on his head. Coffin hung on
to the cable and pulled him
self to the top.
Dan Kelly, aged 70, track
man at the Alaska Juneau, was
struck by an ore train at the
mine recently and fatally in
jured, dying a short time later
without having gained con
sciousness. Kelly was an old
timer in Southeastern Alaska,
and had been employed at the
Alaska-Junea mine since the
year 1913. The accident is said
to have been due to a rail
which projected from one of
the cars which hit Kelly, who
was standing beside the track,
knocking him against some
timbers and crushing him.
A nameless craft, designated
merely by “U-23” for the pur
pose of registration, was tow
ed into Anchorage recently
and is being held by the fed
eral authorities as a rum run
ning prize. The capture was
made by Deputy Marshal H. I.
Staser, who was making a trip
down the Inlet on other busi
ness on the fisheries boat Kitti
wake. Attention was attracted
to the boat which was at anc
hor at Boulder Point by the
fact that when the Kittiwake
came into view three men on
board the craft were engaged
in a supposedly drunken row,
and a woman was seen on deck
waving her arms and calling
for help. As the fisheries boat
drew near, one of the men
went overboard, either as a re
sult of the fight or in an en
deavor to escape. He was fol
lowed by another and then by
the third. Two swam to the
beach and escaped into the
brush, while the third, George
Kiliary, landed on a sandspit
and surrendered. On board
the boat were found two butter
barrels filled with white mule,
and several similar barrels
supposedly containing salmon
bellies. The prisoner, George
Hiliary, is believed by the au
thorities to be the owner of the
booze.
Exchanges bring the sad news
that Miss Nelli^Cashman, not
ed pioneer ^oinan, intrepid
musher and mining operator of
the Koyukuk section, who
ispent some days'in Hyder
last spring, is now in fhe Fair
banks hospital suffering from
a severe attack of rheumatism
land what is believed to be a
general breakdown. 1
According to the Valdez Min
er, the vivacious and energetic
ic old lady failed to get back
!to her home at Koyukuk. She
'reached Betties, about eighty
miles away, June 20, enroute
to her mining properties on
Nolan Creek, and while wait
ing there for transportation
was taken down. She was
brought back to Nulato by gas
*boat and a week or two later,
on her 75th birthday, boarded
the steamer Jacobs enroute to
Fairbanks.
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HYDER NEWS NOTES
Rumors of a rich strike on
the American side of the boun
dary line have been circulat
ed about town during the past
day or two but could not be
traced to a definite source be
fore going to press.
One version of the tale is
that someone had displayed
to someone a piece of quartz
containing generous quantities
of native silver, which was
supposed to have been found
somewhere in Salmon River
valley. Those in the know say
the story is unlikely, although
willing to concede that some
development of the kind might
result from the numerous pros
pecting activities now in prog
ress. •
Portland Canal Lodge No.
1218, Loyal Order of Moose, is
preparing to celebrate the sec
ond anniversary of its organ
ization, Saturday, October 4th,
by rolling up its several shirt- j
sleeves and clearing the land !
around the public school build
ing, in order that the kiddies I
may have a nice, clean and '
dry playground, instead of a
damp, weed and moss-grown
plot as at present.
As the Moose order is found
ed upon the view that the care
and education of the child is
one of the first duties of the
nation-a view,by the way, that
is beautifully examplified by
the great home for children of
deceased members of the order
at Mooseheart, Illinois—it if
quite natural that the local
lodge should assume leader
ship in the matter. It happens, ;
however, that the lodge is not !
a large one and many of its
members are away in the hills ;
at present, while the work of
cleaning up the school grounds
is a rather large sized task. It
is therefore proposed to en
list the assistance of members
of other organizations and of
citizens. A committee, consist
ing of John Hovland, Earl
Hinckley and Harold Johnson
was appointed at the last
meeting of the lodge to ask
the cooperation of the Pion
eers, Chamber of Commerce
and other organizations, as
well as citizens. All who wish
to volunteer for this laudable
labor may secure further par
ticulars from members of the
committee.
The Herald has no doubt that
everyone who can spare the
time will devote an hour or
two at least to the beneficeni
task of giving the little ones ol
the community a proper play
ground. And we are equally
sure that everyone who does
will afterward feel a pleasant
glow' somewhere within his be
ing and be right glad that he
had a hand in doing it.
Wanted:—a housekeeper by
grass widower. See W. L.
Batch for particulars.
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■
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HYDER CITIZENS GIVE
SPLENDID DISPLAY
OF PATRIOTISM
Despite the heterogeneous
and highly variegated charac
ter of the local population, on
ly three out of the approxi
mately two hundred citizens
interviewed • by a committee
of three appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce in con
nection with the observance
of Preparedness Dry, were
found unwilling to endorse
national prepared One
of the three gave no reason
for his attitude; and the re
mainder of the trio were ap
parently of the “conscientious
objector” type.
In view of the fact that a
major portion of the oopula4:
ion is of foreign birth, many
of them from lands where
hatred of militarism is almo«t
universal, this must be consid
ered a record scarcely excelled
by any town in the Territory
with a highly mixed Dopolut
ion; and one of which Hyder
may well be propd.
Owing to Preparedness Day
coming in thp heart of the
short working season, when
the bulk of the population is
in the hills, the committee
made no attempt at hcl ling a
demonstration, confining its
activities to sounding out the
sentiment for and against pre
paredness and enroll ng under
the “one day enlistment” plan,
the leading feature of the cd -
brations held in the States,
such as cared to sign the must
er roll. With the three except
ions noted, every mala town
resident approached register
ed their names. The com ni tea
[consisting of E D. Haddon,
! Merle F. Thomas and Fred
! Cameron, also made a trip m
i Salmon river valley for the
i ume purpose. The committee
v/as unable to reach a lar^e
nercentage of those up the v l
1 iy but, basing the estima e
| upon the average enrolment
;in the lower valley,, it was de
termined that about 9> n r
icent of the population is in
i favor of preparedness.
In accordance with ♦b'* re
cent request of Colonel Hart
man, the estimate and other
desired information relative to
1 >cal activities was w'-ed to
the Signal Corps headquarters
i.i Seattle.
A largely increased all^ment
of Forest Highway road fund's
has been made for the fiscal
year 1925, according to * re
cent announcement by Dele
rate Sutherland, who says
the amount allotted to Alaska
is $360,508.
In addition the Delegate
states that the Alaska Forest
DeveloDment fund has been
allotted the sum of $25,626
for the same period.
In the Commissioner’s C~urt;
Territory of Alaska; D'vision
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Fred Dorey and Samuel L. Fry,
Co-partners, Deceased.
No. 12 Probate.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that
|all persons knowing th-nrel
:ves to be indebted to the Es
itate of Fred Dorey and Sam
uel L. Fry, Deceased, should
make settlement thereof at my
■office on or before October the
V.h, 1924.
Ernest Blue, Administrator.
Ocean View Hotel
Limited
HYDE R, B. C.
First Class Accomodations
Electric Lighted. Hot Water Day and Night
FINEST BATHS IN THU CITY
BANQUET HALL FOR PRIVATE PARTIES A DANCES
FIRST HOTEL COMING OUT OF ALASKA INTO CANADA
C. M. RIDLEY, MANAGER.