Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-06-29
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

 after spending week at the Premier. He expressed himself as highly pleased with the way development has progress ed at the mine
 c. w. Cheatham superintendent of AL aska roads, was in camp during the stay of the Carmen and inspected the work done this season on the road up the val ley, expressing himself as being well sat isfied with the progress made.
 Dr. and Mrs. J.L. Hawes are obtaining real enjoyment from their launch which was built in the woods on the forest re- serve and launched a short time ago. The launch behaves we'll and makes or 10 miles an hour without catching the heaves
 R.E,Lundvall was down from the Mar mot for the week end. He and Frank Kelly are driving tunnel to crosscut one of his leads. They are now in 30 feet and MT. Lundvall figures they have 60 feet yet to drive to reach their objective. When the lead is struck they will have more than 100 feet Of depth
 Max Nelson now has q wife, fruit farm and chicken ranch near Stockton. Calf, His address is 2387 E Church street, R, l, Box Al. He grades his strawberries with a gold pan, has rifles in his irrigatins ditches and makes clean-up in his hen house onoe day. He doesn't have to neck it into town with his output.
 The faku came in Friday night from ketdhikan towing d donkey engine on a raft and bringing back Fred Gordon and Butler Larson, who went over to get the engine for the Hydef Lumber Company, who will use it as yatder in their logg-
 
 ed itself from the beach up to the mill.
 George McHugo and G. A. Platt, who last year staked a group of claims three and 6fie-haif miles beyond the Bear rivet glacier, Have arrived from Queshel to do their assessment Work A iuinber of prominent railroad men are interested with tliem in tfie owhership of the prop erty and they are expecting an engineer in next week, on whose report future op- eratiohs will be based.
 Hydef has ,he finest climate of any city this Side of Poft Essihgton. When it isn't raining or showing we are apt to have sunshine unless it is fossy or misty. It never gets too hot in the winter time, but lots of times cold enough iii the sum- mer. The result of this extraordinarily favorable climatic combination is that the district produces an annual crop of devils clubs and skunk cabbage which we defy any part Of the country to excel.
 Just as the B c. government closed up the hootch parlors in Stewart crew of men was put to work widening the later al plapking on the old dooh approach. This, in view of the fact that General Sobriety is TOW ir command, seems a useless expense. No one who has not been taking telescopic observations thro' the neck of bottle or helping schooners to cross the bar needs more than three blanks to walk on, or to drive an auto on for that matter.
 Property owners of the Marnlot river section are endeavorins to. persuade ths provincial sovefanent to fix up trails and bridges, for then, So that they can operate their claims, ,tut are not overly sansuine of meeting with success. The n $ Stewart district vot"g against lss the gOveEEngm1ent in 'he last election and has M ts since ? ' been slap ped On thss il .s wfrisI wfrr.issI The sowh and district have ,,s spYsipn1lsl 1 di Kick coming as the taxes paid in aFe out of all proportion to