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VOL. 7, NO. 49
HYDER, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931
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SAYS U, S, OBSTACLE
TO SILVER AGREEMENT
The Mining Journal, of Lon
don, in a recent review of the
silver situation, charged that
the United States government
is the real obstacle in the way
of an international silver
agreement.
The London journal asserted
that the American government
and American press “made it
appear’’ that Great Britain and
other European nations are re
luctant to enter such a con
ference. On the contrary, the
Journal asserted, these na
tions have been urging it.
President Hoover is virtually
charged with shelving the sil
ver question by the London
paper.
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Canada May Soon
Call Silver Parley
Canada will call an official
silver conference if President
Hoover does not act on the sil
ver question within 30 days
according to an unofficial
statement handed to officers ol
the Northwest Mining Associa
tion after the recent Pittman
silver meeting, it is reported
in the September 3 issue of
Mining Truth.
Premier Bennett, according
to that journal, is said to be
seriously concerned over the
delay in the formal call, and
to have made up his mind to
act if President Hoover causes
further delay.
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Salmon Pack Of
5,250,000 Cases Expected
Up to September 5, the 1931 j
salmon pack of Alaska aggre
gated 5,178,292 cases, as re
ported to the U. S. Fisheries
Bureau in Juneau, according
to the Juneau Empire. With
fishing still in progress in the
Chignik, Kodiak, Copper Riv
er and Yakutat districts at
that time, the final revised
count was expected to exceed
5,250,000.
Southeastern Alaska led all
the districts with a total of 2,
491,767 and is expected to be
increased by the fall packing
at Yakutat.
The pack on September 5
included 1,637,906 cases of
reds and 2,816,019 cases of
pinks.
Although the fishing season
had been ended in the north
ern end of Southeastern Alas
ka for from three weeks to
more than a month, salmon
were said to be still running,
many bays and inlets having
myriads of fish milling around j
near the months of streams
and all streams well filled with
spawning fish.
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Pitt Gives Interesting Address
Mr. Dale L. Pitt, manager of
Premier Gold Mining Com
pany, was the principal speak
er at a dinner meeting of the
Stewart Board of Trade Tues
day evening.
Mr. Pitt’s address was one
of unusual interest but was too
extensive to be reported in the
present issue and will be pre
sented next week.
Extensive Drill Program
For The Big Missouri
Reports from the Big Mis
ouri this week are to the ef
fact that the Buena Vista
company plans an extensive
drill program on the property
during the winter, with 8 or
10 men employed in shifts.
Nothing could be learned re
garding the character of the
program or the proposed sites
of activity.
Something over 100 tons of
sacked concentrates, derived
from the operation of the pilot
mill installed last year, are
now piled up on the Crawford
dock enroute to the Consoli
dated smelter at Trail, B. C.
ft is understood that the ship
ment will go south next Mon
day night.
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Lucky Boy Extension Sold
The Lucky Boy Extension
claim, situated on the east
dope of Fish Creek valley
aortheast of the Mountainview
property has been sold by the
Adanac Mines Company of
Alaska to William J. Rennie
ind William S. Holland, ac
ording to a conveyance filed
his week in the office of the
listrict recorder.
The property was formerly
i part of the large mineral
holdings of the Adanac com
pany in that locality and is re- ;
Kited to possess promising ,
urface aspects, on which a
short tunnel has been driven,
in addition to extensive open
■lit work. |
The purchasers are residents
if Vancouver and are under
stood to be members of the j
lirectorate of the Adanac
Mines company. 1
New Mail Schedule
A marked curtailment in '
the number of Seattle mail i
dispatches to Alaska and a i
change in the delivery sched
ule of Seattle mails via Ket
chikan were indicated in post
iffice advices received by
Postmaster Oren F. Hill this t
week. :
Under the new schedule there
will be but one weekly dis- <
patch of Alaska mail from
■Seattle by the American
iteamships between ‘ October i
1, 1931 and March 19, 1932. i
Mails will leave Seattle only
on Tuesday mornings. As a re
mit, mails despatched for Hy- ,
der via Ketchikan will leave :
the latter point at 6 p. m. i
Thursdays after October 8 and ;
will arrive here each Friday :
afternoon until March 15, i
1932. 1
Winter Activities On
The Marietta Group 1
Development activities on j
the Marietta group near the!
head of Texas Creek will be
continued during at least a
large part of the winter sea- :
son, according to reports from
that highly promising prop
erty.
Three tons of supplies were
taken to the group this week
by trucks.
Operations during the past
summer were devoted princi
pally to extension of the ice
tunnel under the glacier—an
operation which has attracted
wide attention in mining cir
cles, judging by numerous
press references thereto reach
ing the Herald from all parts
of the continent and Alaska.
GOLD EXPORTS
Alaska gold shipments foi
the period from January 1 to
the end of August exceeded
those for the same period last
year by $1,153,849, according
to Customs House figures pub
lished in the Juneau Empire.
Up to the end of August, the
gold shipments for the first
eight months of the year aggre
gated $4,967,234, while ship
ments for the last month of
the period totaled $1,002,464,
Em increase of $51,807 over
the same month last year.
For the last four months of
1930, shipments aggregated
$3,856,072. If the rate for the
coming four months this year
ioes not fall below that of the
same months last year, the pro
iluction for 1931 will be more
than $8,750,000. However, if
he output for the coming four
months maintains the same
rate established in the first
jight months, the year’s pro
Jnotion will run between $9,
500,000 and $10,000,000.
Increased yields from the
Fairbanks district and the
splendid output of the Alaska
Juneau mine have been the
major factors in the increased
output, as shipments from the
Second Division have been
lisappointing, owing to the
aek of water.
Outlook For Salmon Trail Poor
The outlook for the construct
on of a trail from the Salmon
itiver highway to serve prop
erties along the west slope of
he divide between the Sal
non River and Fish Creek
alley is apparently some what
emote, according to advices
•eceived a few days ago by
Dren F. Hill from Wm. E.
lesse, territorial highway en
gineer.
As a trail to the properties
ilong the upper slopes of that
ection is badly needed and
las been endorsed by the
Chamber of Commerce, the
natter was called to Mr.
ilesse’s attention by Mr. Hill
lining the former’s recent vis
t here.
Mr. Hesse promised to do
vhat he could on his return to
kineau. The message, sent
;ince his return to the capital
•ity, says nothing can be done
it present, as the Territorial
•oad building fund is exhaust
id and also the Forest Service
rail funds.
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School Zone
Signs Warn Drivers
Complaints of overly fast
iriving between the school
'one signs erected on Premier
Avenue north and south of the
school house suggest a caution
lo car drivers to observe great
er precautions in passing along
Lhat section now that school is
again in session,
rhe zone signs, installed some
ime ago for the Territory by
5upt. T. H. Evans of the Bur
eau of Public Roads, are so
ilaced as to give ample wani
ng to drivers of the proximity
if the school house and the
lecessity for slowing down to
i safe speed during school
lours.
YOUNG SAYS UR
REVIVAL IS DUE
Owen D. Young, famous
i financier and industrial lead
er, in a recent adress in New
j York, raised his voice in be
half of silver by declaring
that a revival of the silver
question is due, adding, how
ever, that this time it will be
an international issue.
Mr. Young pictured the Unit
! ed States as the great creditor
nation of the world, trustee of
40 per cent of the world’s gold
supply and the possessor of
great reservoirs of credit.
One of America’s problems,
j he said, is how these assets
j may be used to create and
maintain stability in the
world’s exchanges so that the
interdependent economic life
of all nations shall go on more
prosperously.
“Gold is only a partial cover,
less than 10 per cent of the
outstanding currencies and
credit, promises of men back
up 90 per cent,” he said.
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New Limits Set in Parcel Post
The Interstate Commerce
Commission has granted au
thority to the Postmaster Gen
eral to increase the limit of
; parcels in fourth-class mail
j matter from eighty-four inch
es to one hundred inches in
length and girth combined,
with the establishment of a
> minimum charge for parcels
! over eighty-four inches.
The ruling also permits an
I increase in the limit of weight
for a single parcel from fifty
to seventy pounds in ull zones.
Estimates were made the in
crease in weight limit will add
$1,500,000 a year to the de
partment’s revenue, while the
increased limit in size will add
$3,500,000 a year.
The change became effective
August 1.
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Soft Ball Proves Popular
Softball is fast gaining pop
ularity in the district. Quite a
number of games have been
played so far and many more
are scheduled before the snow
flies. Wednesday evening the
Hyder team won from the Can
adian Legion by a score of 10
to 3 in one of the snappiest
games so far played and the
Stewart team won from the
Hyder by a score of 20 to 12
Thursday evening. The game
had to be called on account of
darkness at the 6th inning.
The game was marked by the
most spectacular catch ever
witnessed here, when Louis
Legge, of the Hyder team ac
i tually caught a long fly that
he did not see in the darkness
until it landed in his hands.
The ball, hit by Brigden of
Stewart, flew up into the dusk
in Louie’s direction. He could
not see it but players shouted
that it was coming. He held
1 out his hands and started
, searching the sky for a glimpse
i of the sphere, when it sudden
ly plopped into his hands,
much to Louie’s surprise.
There will be two games at
Hyder next Sunday, September
20, starting at 1:30, between
the Moose teams of Hyder and
Stewart and the Stewart
School and regular Hyder
teams.
Costly Night Fire
In
Ketchikan
Damage to the extent of
$35,000 was done to the Mc
Kay marine ways at Ketchikan
by a night fire which destroy-!
ed additional property valued
at $15,000 and threatened for
a time the entire west end of
the city last week.
The near conflagration was
caused by a tar pot equipped
with a gasoline burner catch
ing fire.
In addition to damaging the
marine ways, the fire also de
stroyed an automobile and |
warehouse belonging to Hans
Apich, a trolling boat belong
ing to Jack Rice, and caused
damage to the Ketchikan
Foundary, and Gill’s Laundry
and cleaning establishment.
Volunteer firemen and the
crews of the Cutter Alert and
city fireboat fought the flames
for two hours before the fire
was checked. The weather was
calm and this is believed all
that saved the west end, as
the flames shot 100 feet into
the air, dropping cinders in all
parts.
Brigden—Horrex
Miss Enid Horrex became
the bride of Mr. Earl Brig
den at a quiet nuptial cere
mony performed Sunday even
ing at the United Church par
sonage in Stewart by Dr. Evan
Baker, pastor of the United
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hills
officiated as bridesmaid and
best man and were the sole
witnesses. The wedding was
followed by a wedding re
| ception at the home of the
groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Brigden.
The bride who has been a
• resident of the district for sev
| eral months, is the daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Horrex, of
j Vancouver, B. C., and is a
trained nurse. Numerous wed
ding presents were received by i
the young couple in testimony!
of their popularity.
Cave Full of Alaska
Mummies Found
A cave full of mummies of
the Aleut tribe, an Indian race
that has practically disappear
ed from the face of the earth,
has been found on a small is
land in the Bering sea.
The mummies, several hun- i
dred years old, were located
by Moreau B. Chambers and
James A. Ford, field archae
ologists of the national mu
i seum, who reported their find
; to H. B. Collins, Jr., of the
j Smithsonian institution, ac
cording to press reports.
1 The Aleuts, who inhabited
| the Aleutian islands that ex
| tend like a long tail from the
; southwest corner of Alaska,
have been so infused with Rus
| sian blood that they have prac
tically disappeared as a pure
, race, Collins says, and have
. lost most of their culture.
Aleut mummies, unlike those
*of the Egyptians, were pre
; served largely by the climate
I instead of by artificial means.
The bodies were stuffed with
grass, wrapped in native-wov
en cloth and the skins of seal
and sea otters. They were pre
served by the climate, Collins i
reported. i
AUGUST COMMERCE
MAKES FINE GRIN
Shipments of Alaska pro
ducts to the States in August
showed a decided gain over
the preceding month as a re
sult of the increased salmon
pack, with a total of $15,737,
143, exclusive of gold and sil
ver shipments, according to
figures given in the monthly
statement of Collector of Cus
toms J. C. McBride.
This was $438,853 more
than for the same month last
year, when the monthly ex
ports totaled $15,298,290.
Gold shipments also showed
a marked gain over preceding
months with a total value of
$1,002,464. Silver shipments
for the month amounted to
$6,762. This was slightly low
er than the usual monthly av
irage. The month’s mineral
output also included 70 ounces
of platinum valued at $2,800.
Salmon exports attained a
total value of $14,504,074, as
compared with $13,322,123
for the same month last year.
The total value of all other ex
ports of fish and fish products
was $667,446. The full list of
exported commodities follows:
Animals . 2,145
Curios . 767
Fish: fresh and frozen
(except shell-fish)
Halibut . 83,728
Salmon . 28,096
All other . 265
Canned (except
shell-fish)
Salmon .14,504,074
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 384
Herring . 151,514
Salmon . 236,358
Shell-fish
Clams . 45,635
Crabs . 6,362
Shrimps . 17,294
Other fish products:
Meal . 106,371
Oil . 103,352
All other fish and
fish products . 206
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . 760
Silver or black fox 400
Red fox . 60
Mink . 353
Muskrat . 5,109
Beaver . 3,641
All other . 2,682
Manufactured furs 2,775
Ore, matte, regulus
Copper . 127,109
Lead . 12,768
Reindeer meat . 48,690
Stone, Marble, etc... 9,415
rrophies, specimens 293
* All other articles 9,549
fotal value of pro
ducts of Alaska .15,510,155
Products of the Unit
id States returned .. 226,988
rotal value of ship
ments of merchan
dise .815,737,143
Values “All Other Articles.” *
Paintings . 1,082
Reindeer hides . 3,462
Edible reindeer of
fal . 2,166
Inedible reindeer of
fal . 39
Platinum . 2,800
Cold . 1,002,464
Silver . 6,762