Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-08-11
Meet me at the Mecca.


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 A. W. Balzimer is Outside on mining business. Lon Doggett has returned from busi- ness trip to Prince Rupert.
 O.B.Bush came over from Alice Arm the latter part of last week.
 Fresh tobacco always on hand at the Hotel Stewart tobacco stand.
 A daughter was born in Stewart last Thursday to Rev. and Mrs. J.K.K K Green. C.Thompson, of the Kimberly mine in the Kootenays, is looking the camp over. RK.Neill and family left for the south Sunday after spending several days in camp.
 Pat Benson got into an argument with a brown bear up the Salmon and brought home it's hide.
 Ed Graham has returned from a visit to Montana. He motored from Miles City to Spokane.
 Wm. Fox, camera man for the Canadian dominion government, took number of views of the camp Sunday.
 Roy Moseley, proprietor of the King Edward Hotel in Stewart. has gone to Ketchikan on business trip.
 Engineer Weeks of the Consolidated Goldfields Co.,, South African corpora ton. is here on scouting trip.
 WA. Hodgson, the sign painter, now located in Ketchikan. was renewing ac- quaintences in Hyder this week.
 Jean VanOpin, head of the Algunican Development Co.,, went to netchikan on the Prince of Wales Wednesday.
 Reg. Macfarlane of the Vancouver and Stewart brokerage firm of MacfaFlane & Manhood Ltd is visiting the camp.
 George w. Nelson. president of the Hy- der Water. Light and Power Co.,, has re- turned from business trip Outside.
 O.SCaldwell. who put in the winter and spring at the New Alaska, has gone Outside and will take course in mining engineering.
 D.LPitt, general manager of the Pre- mier, came down from the mine Sunday. He had hard time getting through be- cause of the flood.
 A.( Roberts of Victoria has been book ing over the Cascade No. 5, adjoining the Premier and owned by his father. 'T.R Rob- erts, also of Victoria.
 Canadian currency bought. drafts drawn on Canadian banks payable in Canadian funds, sold at current rates.-Salmon River Banking Company.
 Fred Joyce has gone to the prairies to help the harvesting. He took along the caterpillar tracror brought here last spring by himself and Norman Mcleod.
 John and A. Meheu. residents of An chorage for five years, have arrived in camp. Since leaving Anchorage they put in some time at Katalla and ordova.
 F.COutland. head of the Outland Sil- yer Mines Ltd, owning group of claims across the glacier from the Forty Nine, has returned to Seattla aftAr 'loing the annual assessment work on the property. He says he is well pleased with the re- suits of the work done.
 Brieadier General R. G. Edwards Leckie of Vancouver is here in connection with development of the Hercules Mining Com pany's property adjoining the Big Miss ouri on the north The Hercules was one of the first discoveries of the camp and is said to have an excellent showing.
 Dr. W.T.Hoyes of Vancouver is here to formulate plan of development on prop erty near Summit lake in which he pur= chased half interest last winter from A.W .Balzimer.> Pat Mcbride is associa- tel with him in the claims. Dr. Hoyes broke into the mining game in Rossland in 1895;
 Vim. Bartholf. Grant Carlson and Roy Veach returned Thursday from their property across the glacier from the For tv Nine where they have been doing some development with encouraging results: They had hard time coming down, wading for miles where the liver had oY, SAnS:.3 kAn .sS9A