The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-27
ALASKA NOTES

Hyder now has a full-fledged movie show. It is owned and operated by Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Hawes. Exhibi- tions are given two evenings each week.
 A new 75 H. P. engine was recently received at Petersburg for the light plant and is now being installed. The entire plant is being gone over and necessary repairs made. It $ estimated that the town will 5e without light and power for period of two weeks.
 Jack Ereta, a 5-year-old Japanese boy and local "character' of Peters burg was recently run down by an automobile at that place suffering a fractured leg. He was playing on the sidewalk and ran out in front Of all approaching delivery auto, which was unable to stop in time to prevent the accident.
 The mill of the Petersburg Lum- Der Company was closed down last week after a most successful season. Although starting late on account of reorganization, the mill cut between four and five million feet of timber including two large shipments made 10 Seattle.
 U. S. Commissioner, Capt. J. J. Donovan. of Steel Creek in the Forty Mile district. recently visiting Daw- son. reports the outlook there bright CT than for years Everybody in the district, he said, is working, some on gravel barsA and others in the hills prospecting
 The North Coast Division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and MetaIlurgy met recently al Stewart, B. C., on an interesting two day ses- sion Many miners of the Stewart River district were in attendance. Owing to the bad roads. it was nec- essary for the members to abandon their plan of visiting the famous Premier Mine in body.
 Premier John Oliver, of the Prov ince of British Columbia, was a re- r; 4l to, opt r.,y He spent several hours at Hyder on the American side of the line. Ac- companying MT. Oliver were T. D Pattulo, Minister of Public Lands of British Columbia, and Russell II Walker, of the Vancouver Province staff.
 Max IT. Smith, one of the ,r9. prietors of the "Kirmse's" jewairy and cprio establishment at SkagwaI recently went to Ketchikan for the purpose of opening a branch store ii that place. II will also b. LapW1 ae "Kirmse's."
 Alaska mal9le quarried from inc Vermont Mari a Comp2Ays pits at Tokeen. will be featured in the new banl; building in process of constrUc ton at ketchil1an The contract fo' installation of the interior deeora tions and furniture has been lei t. p. T Ainge and Company of P0rt land, Ore The woodwork will be of mahogany.
 Police signaD lights have beon in stalled by the City Council of Ke' chikan recent test showed il t( be in fine working order. The .lighta will be controlled from the tele%hone central.
 A campaign has been launched by the Nome Chamber of Commerce tt secure an all-Alaska endorsement oi the McFadden Bill. which is 2imeo to secure a bonus on newly produce gold of $l0 an ounce. The orGlniZH ton recently passed a resolution CT dorsing the bill and will endeayor l get all other commercial bodies r the Territory to take similar action,
 L. J. Morrison. City Clerk of Pc tersburg, has rendered his resign ton to the City Council of tha place. He stated that he would b. forced to be absent in the State. for several months on personal bun ness this winter and consequent .. wiuld be unable to fill his duties Clerk.
 J. K. Nicolayson, Andrew Isra, son and Martin Kildall have be '' named as judges and J. w. Stoft al, T.. J. McKechnie as clerks ill tnj