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VOL 3, NO. 16
HYDEP, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13,1926
Fim UKli A A.IMH
TO PROVE RIVERSIDE
STRIKE AT DEPTH
After following the recently
discovered rich ore body to a
point about 90 feet from the
tunnel portal, the Riverside
mine management has discon
tinued work on that level and
is now preparing to prove the
vein at greater depth by ex
tending the raise from the
main level an additional 95
feet to connect with the level
on which the strike was made.
An intermediate tunnel will
then be driven to cut the vein
about 90 feet below. This
work is already in progress.
Company officials state that
the rich ore was picked up
about 76 feet from the portal
of the tunnel, after passing j
through a granite dyke 36 feet j
thick. A full face of ore was j
encountered immediately aft-,
er breaking through the dyke.
Later it was found that the
ore body averages around 7
feet in width, and carries a j
solid vein of steel galena rang- i
ing from 18 to 22 inches wide
as far as explored. The high
grade shoot averages 895 per
ton, and also contains high
values in lead. The remainder
of the vein matter is of good
milling grade ore.
MORE SUPPLIES FOR
OUTLAND BAR
An additional shipment of ten
tons of supplies and equip
ment for the Outland Silver
Bar arrived from Vancouver
Thursday and is now being
hauled to the property by Ern
est Bryson, the well known
freighter and packer.
The shipment included seve
ral hundred feet of air pipe,
iron ties, rails and lumber and
brings the total quantity ot
equipment so far received to
about 40 tons.
Mr. Bryson informs the Her
ald that another shipment of
10 or 15 tons will probably ar
rive this week and will include
the compressor and a supply
of powder.
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C. A. Banks, manager of the
B. C. Silver and Sebakwe op
erations, arrived from Van
couver Thursday.
Arthur Moa, manager of the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Co., left Thursday for the
States, where he will spend
rho holidays with Mrs. Moa,
who will return with him to
Hvder about the middle of
January.
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The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has purchased a new
passenger steamer for the
Alaska trade. The new vessel is
the Panama, sister ship of the
steamer Yukon, of the samt
line, and was formerly known
as the Havana.
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Mrs. James Wickersham, wife
of the well known attorney and
former delegate to Congress,
passed away in a Tacoma
hospital Nov. 25th, after a
lingeringing illness.
NEW MANAGER FOR
BIG MISSOURI
S. A. Knowles, of Denver, a
widely known mining engi
neer, has taken over the man
agement of the Big Missouri
and will direct future operat
ions on that noted property.
Mr. Knowles arrived from the
south Thursday morning, ac
companied by his son Donald
T. Knowles, who is also a
mining engineer and will assist
his father in the management
of the company operations.
Mr. Knowles senior succeeds
Capt. Duncan MacVichie, who
is said to have recommend him
for the position.
Not having seen the Big
Missouri property and being
but little acquainted with con
ditions there Mr. Knowles was
not inclined to discuss the
company’s contemplations pri
or to leaving for the mine, ex
cept to state that the present
plans contemplate an exten
sion of development operations
on a large scale.
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NEAR ZERO WEATHER
The lowest temperature of the
present season was registered
at 7:30 this morning, when !
the mercury fell to 2 degrees
above zero.
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MRS. DOREY
RECEIVES PENSION
Friends of the late Fred Dor
ey, will be pleased to learn
that Mrs. Ellen Dorey. the
eighty odd year old mother 01
the unfortunate young man,
has been granted a pension of
$400 per year by the United
States government. The pen
sion is payable quarterly ana
will insure comfortable sup
port for the aged lady, who re
sides at the family home In
England, throughout the re
mainder of her days.
The pension was secured for
Mrs. Dorey by Attorney Ernest
Blue and is the result of con
tinued efforts in her behalf
commencing shortly after the
horrifying tragedy in Ma>,
1924, when Dorey and his two
companions, Wm. Murhpy and
Samuel L. Fry, were burned to
death in a cabin at 6-Mile.
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Fred J. Hughes, supervising
engineer of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads operations in the
district during the summer,
left Thursday for Seattle.
During his stay in Hyder Mr.
Hughes made numerous locai
friends who are unanimous In
hoping he will again be placea
in charge of the Bureau’s lo
cal work next year.
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Curtis Gardner of the John
son-Gardner Co., holders of
the Salmon River road exten
sion contract, left Monday ev
ening enroute to the compan.v
headquarters in Portland, Or
egon., after concluding the
season’s activities in this sec
tion.
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The Yukon River froze over
at Tanana at 10. a. m. Novem
ber 17th, a week later than
last year, when the ice closea
over at midnight, November,
9th.
SUTHERLAND ASKS
PRESIDENT TO
APPOINT ALASKANS
Requesting the appointment
of Alaskans to fill the federal
xfices in Alaska, Delegate
Dan. Sutherland appeareu
nersonally before President
Coolidge and urged the ex
ecutive not to go outside Alas
ka in making appointments to
offices in the Territory, ac
cording to recent Washington
press dispatches.
It is reported that Sutherland
I is backing John B. Marshal,
; fornter Juneau resident, foi
j Judge of the district court for
j this division, and former as
I distant district attorney Chas.
i R. Miller for district attorney.
! These, with the judgeship of
the Third Division, are the
only important positions to be
filled.
James Wickersham, former
delegate to Congress has an
nounced himself as a candi
date for one of the judgeships.
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NEW ARRIVAL
The stork flew over the vil
lage again Wednesday and
Mr. and Mrs, Marko Savovich
of the Golden Gate Hotel are
rejoicing in the arrival of a
new daughter, who tipped the
beam at 9 pounds in her natal
hour. Dr. H. A. Whillans was
on hand to receive the little 1
stranger and reports mothe. j
and child progressing as nicely
as can be expected. And
“daddy” is passing out the
cigars.
SCHOOL REOPENS
Miss Verne Hanna, teacher in
j charge of the public school, re
; turned Thursday from a trip
to the South. The school, which
| was closed during Miss Han
: na’s absence, was reopened the
I same day.
CANNERIES LOSE
| • TAX APPEAL
The decision of the District
i Court in the case of the Ter
ritory of Alaska vs Alaska
Consolidated Canneries involv
ing the payment of taxes on
the output of the Company's
canneries for the year 1923,
has been upheld by the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals, accord
ing to advices received in Jun
eau. It is said that the decis
ion will affect a number ot
other canneries, which also re
fused to pay the 1923 tax
pending a decision in the case.
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A number of important de
velopments with regard to
road and trail activities were
revealed at the monthly meet
ing of the Hyder Chamber of
Commerce, Inc., held Tuesday
evening in Chamber of Com
merce Hall. Unfortunately,
however, the story is too long
to be included in this issue of
the Herald and must be left
over until next week.
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Leonard Seppala, noted Nome
dog mushcr, arrived in Seattle
recently with 52 malamutes,
on his way to California, where
he will appear in the movies.
He is also to enter the Canadi
an and United States dog races
during the winter.
BIG PAPER PLANT NEAR
KETCHIKAN IN PROSPECT
Following closely on the re
cent announcement that Wil
liarri Randolph Hearst, the
Treat publisher, had applied
to the United States power
commission for preliminary
! permits for power projects
| for paper and pulp making in
| Alaska, comes the news from
the national capital that I. Zel
! lerbach,and his son, J. D. Zel
lerbach, San Francisco capi
talists and paper manufactur- ■
ers, have also applied to the |
commission for power sites in :
the northern territory, says
the Alaska Weekly.
The Zellerbach application
calls for eight creeks and lakes
on Revilla island and for
Punchbowl creek and lake. It
is said that one unit will prob
ably be located on Thome
Arm, with Falls Creek and Sil
via Creek as part of the unit.
A Ketchikan report says that
U. S. forest service officials
have had agents at work on
the propostion, in the hope oi j
interesting the Zellerbach in-;
tercsts, and they felt certain
.hat the big company will fol
low up its application by early
construction work. Punchbowl
Creek is on Rudyard Bay,
Behm Canal, with excellent;
water power possibilities, esti
mated from 12,000 to 20,000
horsepower. Fall Creek is on
Ca’-'-oll Inlet, about two miles
from the head. Carroll Inlet
c-rnpties into George Inlet near
ioar Ketchikan. Silvis Creek
and Mahoney Creek are on
George Inlet, about 15 miles
from Ketchikan and both offer
good water power develop
ment. Other power sites in
clude Bailey Bay, Short Bay,
ihrimp, Bay and Manzanita
Lake, all within a practical
power distance from Ketchi
kan. Thorne Arm, which is
mentioned as the possible mill
site, also has about 10,000
horsepower for development.
CHRONICLE ISSUING
SUNDAY EDITION
The Ketchikan Chronicle is
now emulating the great dai- i
lies of the Outside by issuing
a special Sunday edition 01 :
24 pages, including a 4-page
comic supplement in colors.
The new journal is a most cred-;
itable production and a splen- ;
did testimonial to the enter-!
prise of its owners. Also iti
marks the commencement of a
new era in Territorial joum- i
alism; being so far as we can |
recall, the first Sunday news
paper of such dimensions to be
published in Alaska.
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HOXIE APPEAL LOST
The Circuit Court of Appeals
has affirmed the verdict of the
District Court in the notorious
Chas. Hoxie case. Hoxie was i
convicted of conspiring to com
mit a crime against the Unit
ed States and was sentence'u
to two years imprisonment
and to pay a fine of $4,000.
The case involved alleged vio
lations of the National Pro
hibition Act and attracted,
wide attention.
SEBAKWE STRIKE REPORTS
The latest reports from the Se
bakwe indicate that the values
carried by the recently dis
covered extension of the B. C.
•ilver ore zone are hardly of
the high grade quality indicat
ed by the first reports. Assays
of the ore are said to disclose
only nominal values over the
width of the ore body, which
has been found by later explor
ation to be over 30 feet wide.
Five feet of the vein is re
ported to be a fine looking sul
ohide ore, which appear"
identical with similar ores
found on B. C. Silver and Pre
mier but does not carry more
than nominal average values.
This is not without precedent,
however, as it is a matter of
General knowledge that Pre
mier ores presenting indentical
mineralogical chlariacteristics
to the eye frequently carrv
widely different values.
It appears probable that the
Sebakwe tunnel happened to
penetrate one of the low grade
spots in the vein.
wrW YEAR MASOUE
BAU. ATTRACTING
MUCH INTEREST
j Local dance lovers are look
; in? forward with much antici
i nation to the big Masque ball
jto be given December 31,
New Year’s, in Pioneer ITal>
for the benefit of the "tree1
h’nrht fund. The function will
e held under Jhs direction oi
J Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Hill, whose
; Wilful handling of two earlier
| dance entertainments provides
ample assurance that the mas
querade will be as pleasurable
as can be desired.
Six valuable prizes will be
included in the prize list and
will be awarded as follows:
For best sustained charact
er, lady: most original char
acter, lady; best comical char
acter, lady; best sustained |
character, gentleman; moot
original character, gentleman,
and the best comic character,
gentleman.
The entire net proceeds ot
the dance will be turned ovei
to the Street Light Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
to assist in providing much
needed street lights, the bene
fits of which will be shared b;
everyone in the camp. For this
reason the function should be
given generous patronage by j
our citizens, regardless of their
interest in dancing. The. ladies
of Hyder will also be a^ced to !
help the very beneficial5 cause
by contributing a supply of
their delectable homemade
sandwiches and cakes for the i
luncheon. Others will'bo asked j
to provide the coffee, cream !
sugar, relishes and othe.
luncheon supplies. Music will
be of the best, under the di
rection of Victor Durand.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill earnestly
request the active cooperation
of everyone in making’ the en
tertainment so successful that
the question of maintaining
the street lights will be settled
for some time to come.
U. S. COMMISSIONER
PAINE INDICTED ON
ELECTION CHARGE
Charged with subornation ot
perjury in connection wf v> "n
alleged violation of the elect
| ion laws, United Stales Com
missioner V. A. Paine, of Jun
eau, is under indictment by
the federal grand jury and has
resigned his position, accord
ing to the Juneau Empire of
Nov. 27. The charge against
| Judge Paine apparently has
i its inception in a divergence
; between the Territorial elect
ion law, providing that legal
! residents, when away front
their customary places of resi
dence may vote at general
elections in another voting
precinct in the same Division,
and the law enacted by Con
gress governing delegate elec
tions which requires continu
tions* which requires contin
uous residence of one year in
the Territory and 80 days in
the precinct prior to election.
Judge Paine is said to have
advised Ernest Kerberger, a
personal friend and business
associate to swear in his vote
after Kerberger had been
challenged at the polls on the
gi'ound that he was disquali
fied under the residence
clause of the federal statute.
Kerberger resided at Kake
many years prior to the dis
astrous September fire, which
wiped out his extensive hold
ings there. He was in the
States at the time and on re
j turning to Alaska a short time
before the election took up
residence in Juneau and is
said to have had no other
home than Juneau since the
| fire. After his friend was chal
lenged, it is alleged that Judge
Paine, who accompanied Ker
berger to the polling place,
told him to go ahead and
swear in his vote. He did so
and as a result was indicted
’or perjury, while Judge Paine
was charged with subornation
of perjury for advising him to
do so. The law has been gen
erally regarded as a valid
amendment of the old dele
gate election law and largo
numbers have voted in pre
cincts. other than those in
which they lived, but which
were located in the same di
vision.
Judge Paine and Mr. Ker
berger both appeared in court
before warrants were issued
and were released on bonds 01
$2,000 each. Judge Paine pre
sented his resignation in open
court at the time. Prank A.
Boyle well known attorney and
former Register and Receive*
of the U. S. Land Office, has
been appointed to succeeo
Judge Paine, although the
Southeastern Alaska Bar As
sociation passed resolutions
requesting Judge Reed to noi
accept his resignation “at this
time and to withhold action
thereon until after hi; trial.”
and also affirms its belief in
his innocence of the subornat
ion of perjury charge.
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Ketchikan recently installed
27 new fire alarm boxes at a
cost of $4,500.