Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-03-12

turned from the Naas where they were trapping. They were fairly successful
 Homer Ficklin and HA.AlIen made trip across the Bear River glacier with Aliens big dog team and staked some claims that Ficklin had prospected last sumner.
 Vince Lade, foreman of the Forty Nine, was taken sick on the trail on his way to the mine and is now at the Big Missouri camp. Bill McGrew mushed up there with some medicines
 Small and McDougaI have finished fit- ting up number of double-ender horse sledS for the Algunican Syndicate for use in getting their supplies in to the North ern Light and Spider.
 Jack Heath, census enumerator for the Hyder district returned Wednesday from a ten days trip down the canal with Joe Green in the latter's speed boat.
 Bernard NJ. Stone, probably the best known newspaperman in Alaska came in Thursday on the Prince of Wales. He has spent most of the winter outside in connection with Hyder enterprises.
 Since Bob Keith returned from the south he has entirely reconstructed the in terior of the Alaska Grill, and when the old patrons assemble for the reopenine Saturday night they will hardly know the place.
 The Hyder Lumber Co. put thelr new mill into commission this week and are ripping up the logs at the rate of 10000 feet day, For long time there has will now be relieved.
 w. G. Harris has resigned as superinz tendent of the Premier mine in order to have time to attend to his business aff- aTs. He has considerable property in the district and figures that there is 6 busy season ahead of him.
 According to the Juneau Empire John T.Reed, commissioner for the Hyder dis trict, was to leave the capital city for this town between the 9th and 10th of the month. This should bring him here on the next boat from ketchikan.
 Tom Taylor, well known Vancouver hotel man. and Pete Murphy, an oldtime favOrlte tenor of the vaudeville circuits. have purchased building in Stewart and will open the Ocean View house. They intend bringing in some high class enter= taiuers from the south.
 Rev, T.J.McQueen. superintendent for the Methodist church of missions in Alas ka. came over from Juneau Wednesday to investigate conditions here witha view to establishing a church in the near flu. ture. Rev. Mcqueen has been so long in Alaska that he does not like to live any, where else.
 It is reported on reliable authority thst R.K.Neill has resigned as general manag- CT of the Premier. In an interview pub lished recently in the Prince Rupert Daily News he advised the public to invert no money in this district, so his resignation will cause no tears to faii in this neck of the woods.
 Blondy Charlton and Jack t'itzse of the Hyder Commercial Association fag committee, assisted by number of pub lic-Spirted citizens, raised the flag pole at the foot of Maiu street Wednesday, and Dan Davis who started the subsc~ip- tion list for the purchase of flag, had the distinction of being the first to hoist the Stars and Stripes to the peak.
 Through the enterprise of Oren F. Hill J.E. Thwaites, the best known photogra- pher of Alaska, whose collection of Alas ka views is unsurpassed, has taken 80 pictures of Hyder and the surrounding digtvict, and the collection is now on dis play at Hills drug store. The set gives a vivid portrayal of the town and dis. trict as they appear in winter garb.