The Cordova daily times., 1920-01-31

gist, who formerly was in business lAbt Juneau and Douglas has left for Ketchikan to go to Hyder and put up a store. His company is the Hyder drug company.
 The Commandery of the Knights Templars at Fairbanks elected the fol- lowing officers recently: John A. Clark, generalissime;, Frank R. Clark, captain general Frederick Lewis, senior warden; Michael c. O'Brien, junior warden; Guy B. Erwin, treas urer; and E. H. Mack, recorder.
 The Red Men of Wrangell have elected the following officers for the year: Oscar Kickstrom, sachem; A. Jacobitz, senior sagamore; O. John son, prophet; L. NJ. Churchill, chief of records; P. c. Mccormack, collector of wampum; J. E. Worden, keeper of wampum.
 instructions to begin work immedi- htely on the Unicorn group at Hyder were received there recently by the owner, J. R. Mcdonald, who is in New York City. It is stated that diamond drilling will be carried on this sum- mer. The crew of men who started for the mine were forced to return to Hyder on account of the deep snows. and inability to freight in their sup plies
 The snow tractor recently purchas- ed by the Premier mine to be used Ill breaking trails for the ore trains arrived recently, and is said to be an unqualified success. The tractor is manufactured by the Standard Snow Motor Company and is Spokane pro- duct. It is propelled by two large ci- gar shaped cylinders, which are fitt- ed with spiral elects In front of the machine is pair of runners to steer by.
 
 Arnold Gutfeld who enlisted at theI beginning of the war in the Signal Corps and who was given charge of the Skagway cable office where bel sSfved as messenger for several years .as recently discharged from the army. He will enter business with his father, Max Gutfeld, the pioneer Ska6way business man. He has beenI succeeded at the cable office by First| Class Sergeant H. G. Scott. Louis Kempfer, a widely known old time resident of Nome died at Geneva, Switzerland, November g, 1918 of in- fluenza, according to word received at Nome on the last boat He was one of the first to take. part in the great gold rush and was proprietor of the old Hub saloon, one of the famous re- sorts of the stampede period. Re re- turned to Switzerland shortly before tho outbreak of the war and mobili- zed in the Swiss army. He attempted to get discharged in order to return to the Emitted States but was unsuc- cHsful.
 The >s- Standard Motor Snowplow being used by the Premier Mining company to break trail so that horse teams may haul the ore to tide water from the mine for shipment to the States for treatment is working in fine shape, according to Jack Sutherland, who is in Hyder from Portland canal district The blow was given a try out and answers the purpose very well indeed, proving that the idea Is alright. A heavier blow would prove more effective on the trail on which the ore is being transported, but it is believed that the one in use will answer the purpose.
 In a recent issue of the Fairbanks Citizen there appeared an article re- counting the predictions of an alleged astronomer to the effect that mighty forces of nature would cause such dis turbances in this little old world on or about December 17th that it would just naturally lie down and quit work It so happened, says Bob Sheldon, that he mailed this along with several other copies of The Citizen to min ing partner of his up in the Jarvis country About the time it reached it's destination this miner had struck a little pay dirt. Coming from the scenes of his labor into his cabin he sat down to read his papers and one of the first stories he read was that about the world coming to an end "I lnew it." he said, "Just my luck. Here