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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 47.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1933. SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
DISTRICT ENTERTAINS
CANADIAN WAR FLEET
The visit of Canada’s diminu
tive but modern naval fleet,
composed of H. M. C. S. S.
Skeena and Vancouver, was an
interesting event of the past
week to residents of the Port
land Canal district, as well as
to the officers and crews of
the two vessels.
The trim and decidedly effic
ient-appearing fighting ships
arrived from Vancouver at 5
p. M. Tuesday and remained
until early this afternoon. As
their visit was of informal
character, no pulblic ceremon
ies occurred, aside from the
tendering of the district’s
greeting and welcome by a del
egation headed by W. R.
Tooth, chairman of the Stew
art Village Council and includ
ing J. H. Wilson and Wm.
Newell, Council members; Mr.
Thorpe of Premier, and Chas.
F. Sandford, United States
Commissioner at Hyder.
During their stay the officers
and crews of the two vessels
were regaled with a variety of
entertainments, including
sight-seeing trips to the Texas
Creek glacier, the Premier
mine, and a public dance in
Stewart, which was attended
by a large gathering from both
sides of the international
boundary line. An extensive !
program of field sports and 1
contests was unfortunately
rendered impossible by ex
tremely foggy weather.
Dinner entertainments by the !
ships’ officers and a reception
for the children and their
mothers on board the ships
were also much enjoyed feat
ures of the visit. The com
bined ships’ companies also
presented a concert and enter
tainment for the Canadian Leg
ion in Stewart. The program ;
included nearly two hours ol‘ j
musical, vocal, dancing and
novelty numbers, for which the
music was provided by the
ships’ orchestras. The program
was followed by a smoker and
iuncheon.
The Vancouver was a new
comer to the district but the
Skeena was a visitor here in
1932 and was the first Canad
ian naval ship to visit this sect
ion of Portland Canal. The
Skeena is under the command
of Commander G. C. Jones, R.
C. N., who was in command
last year, with Lieut. Com F.
T. Houghton as his chief aide.
With the exception of Com
mander Jones, the entire offic
ial personnel has been changed
since the earlier visit and
Lieut. Commander E. McDon
ald is now chief officer. The
Vancouver is commanded by
■ Famous Mine Engineer
To Visit District— Report
Rumor? to the effect that
L. Wernecke, noted mining en
gineer, manager of the Wern
ecke Mines of Yukon Territory,
a subsidiary of Treadwell Yu
kon, Ltd., and a member of the
technical staff of the latter
company, will pay this district
a visit in the near future to
look over local development
possibilities on behalf of his
company, have been in circu
lation in recent days.
Although apparenty well
grounded, diligent inquiry has
so far failed to trace the report
to any responsible source,
hence it may or may not be
true. The Herald, like every
one else, earnestly hopes that
it is, as the arrival of a repre
sentative of the great Yukon
Treadwell company would
indicate that that interest in
the mining possibilities of the
Portland Canal district have by
no means been forgotten by
Outside mining interests.
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Alaska Gets Relief Funds
The Emergency Relief ad
ministration has allotted to
the Territory of Alaska the
sum of $34,629 for unemploy
ment relief, according to re
ports from the States.
Allotments under the relief act
are made on teh basis of ex
penditures previously made
for relief work by states and
communities.
Lieut. Commander G. Gouver
ore and Lieut. Commander
Wourtiele is chief officer.
The two vessels comprise the
entire sea fighting force of
Canada, which, being a unit of
the British empire, does not
need a larger navy. Th° funct
ions of the two ships are simi
lar to those of the United
States Coast Guard vessels be
ing devoted largely to coast
patrol work and assistance to
shipping.
Both vessels are of the tor
pedo destroyer type. The
Skeena is somewhat the larger
and in addition is one of the
most modern and fastest ships
of her class in the world, hav
ing a maximum speed of more
than 36 knots (about 40 miles)
per hour. Both vessels carry
heavy torpedo armaments, that
of the Skeena comprising eight
torpedo tubes. Both ships also
carry a number of long range
rifles, anti-aircraft guns and
rapid fire guns. The Skeena
carries a crew of 6 lofficers and
133 enlisted men and the Van
couver 5 officers and 96 men
Plans To Take Prospectors
To Upper Unuk District
A Canadian Airways super
Fokker seaplane arrived Mon
day evening from the Burns
Lake district to convey a pros
pecting party from Premier
t headed by Thomas. B. Mac
Kay into the upper Unuk Riv
er district. Although expect
ing to get away Tuesday, the
densely foggy weather prevail
ing since Tuesday morning has
prevented departure up to the
time of writing, Friday even
ing.
The party plans to proceed
to what is known as MacKay
Lake, situated in a heavily min
eralized area near the head
waters of Unuk River and
about 75 miles north of Hyder,
where they will prospect for
-everal weolcs, returning by
plane in September Mr. Mac
Kay headed a similar party in
to the same district last year.
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Arizona Joins Repeal List
Arizona joined last Tuesday
the fast growing list of states
voting for repeal of the Eight
eenth Amendment; making the
21st state to line up for repeal.
Three more states will vote on
the question this month; Miss
ouri on the 19th; Texas on the
26th and Washington on the
28th.
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Bob. Willis Now In Ohio
Robert E. Willis, well known
former resident of Hyder, is
now located in Washington
Court House, Ohio, where he
is associated with his brother
in the life insurance business,
according to a letter received
by H. W. Thomas. The letter,
also indicated that Bob. has
gone in for politics and was at*
the time of writing running
for membership on the city
council. In addition he report
ed that he was married last
May. All of which indicates
that he has thoroughly “settled
down” in his new location and
will probably not return to
Alaska.
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“The Strollers,” a talented
theatrical aggregation from
Vancouver, regaled the resi
dents of the district with per
formances in Stewart, Hyder
and Premier during the past
few days. Excellent music and
laugh-provoking comedy feat
ured their programs and pro
vided a distinct treat to those
who attended; as did also
the lively dances which con
cluded each show.
| Administration Going Slow
On Works Program
Local readers who are grow
ing somewhat uneasy over the
fate of the Salmon River flood
project, now before the Public
Works Administration, may
find in the following statement
by Bob. Bartlett, in his weekly
Washington letter, an explan
ation of the delay in making
announcements. He says:
“The Administration is mov
ing with exceeding caution in
approving public works. Af
ter all, three billion dollars is
not an inexhaustible sum. Ev
ery effort i3 being made to
authorize only worthy projects.
That takes time. Alaskans
know the roads which they
wish to see built, the air ports
they are anxious to see con
structed, the buildings they
want to have erected and other
public works performed fall
under the category of meritor
ious projects. The Adminis
tration cannot be expected to
have the same immediate un
derstanding. It first want;
time to investigate so that
there will be no waste of pub
lic money.
“The Administration has no
intention of allocating the
three billion dollars in a lump
sum. It must save some to in
ject*into the commercial vein;
of the nation in coming months.
To change the figure, it would
do little good to run the motor
at full speed for a brief time
and then have it quit for lack
of fuel.
In view of these facts, the
thoughtful observer will rea
lize that Alaska has not fared
badly at all. There is every
reason to expect that more
money will be forthcoming in
the future. As he has ever
since the NIRA became a law,
Delegate Dimond will endeav
or to demonstrate that a great
deal more could be profitably
used now yvithout any suggest
ion of “pork barrel.”
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Inkster Praises Pioneer Home
Writing to Mrs. J. L. Camp
bell from the Pioneers’ Home
in Sitka, to which he was re
I cently admitted, Dick Inkster
is full of praise for the treat
ment accorded the old-timers
there.
“I have not heard one word
of complaint since my arrival,”
he says, “and I can’t see where
they have any possible chance
for complaining. I think the
treatment and courtesy we are
receiving is splendid.”
Dick also sent his regards to I
Mr. and Mrs. Dale and P. J.
I O’Rourke and other friends.
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SALMON GOLD OFFERS
LOCAL INVESTMENT
An initial stock offering of
450,000 shares .of Salmon Gold
Mines, Limited, has been an
nounced in Vancouver by Mc
Dermid, Miller & McDermid,
investment firm, who recently
! acquired control of the Salmon
Gold property in the Summit
Lake section. The company is
incorporated for $1,500,000,
with a capital stock of 3,000,
000 shares of 50 cents par val
ue. The stock is now being of
fered at 20 cents.
Directors of the company in
clude General J. Duff Stuart,
president; Charles E. Neale, of
Hall Company, Ltd., treasurer;
R. W. Kennedy, secretary; C.
M. Rolston, manager of the Im
perial Oil Company, Ltd.; L.
H. Nicholson, president of the
National Biscuit & Confection
Company, Ltd., and E. C. Mor
ris, of Stewart, one of the lo
cators of the Salmon Gold
property and well known local
mining man.
The company plans to push
development work immediate
ly, the reports say.
The reception accorded the
initial stock issue will be fol
lowed with much interest lo
cally as it will be in the nature
of a test of the public disposit
ion to invest in local mining
stocks.
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Minimum Milk Charge Of
$2.50 A Case For Alaska
A minimum price of S2.50
per case for evaporated milk
for export to Alaska and a
maximum price of $2.60 per
case were the figures tentative
ly proposed by evaporated
milk companies at a recent
meeting of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration at
which maximum and minimum
prices for dairy products under
the National Recovery Act
were discussed, according V a
report from the Alaska Dele
gate’s office.
The prices quoted are intend
ed to be the prevailing ones for
Pacific Coast states and freight
charges will be added to Alas
ka points.
Mr. Dimond withheld ap
proval or protest until such
time as he communicated with
Governor Troy.
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Ramsay Leaves Alaska
J. A. Ramsay, special agent
of the U. S. Land Office, who
is well known locally through
his connection with the Hyder
Townsite land allotments, has
been transferred to Billings,
Montana, according to press re
ports.