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HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 11,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
FINE ORE IN
WOODBINE TUNNEL
A display of ore from the
new tunnel on the Woodbine
group was brought into town
by Hugh B. McGuire last week
and created something of a
sensation in mining circles be
fore being packed for ship
ment to the company head
quarters in Vancouver Sunday.
The tunnel, which is now in
65 feet, has cut through a
large body of good milling
ore from its inception. Recent
ly, however, a change to ore
of 'high grade character be
came apparent and the tunnel
now displays a full face of ore
much of which is of the “jew
elry store” variety, showing
heavy mineralization and in
cluding a marked display of
argentite, chalcopyrite and
gray copper. No assays having
been made as yet, the values
carried are not determined,
but an inspection of the sam
pies leaves no doubt as to the
ore being of more than com
mon value. The face of the
tunnel is still some distance
from the point where it is ex
pected to tap a cross vein of
ore carrying high values. This
vein is the present objective
of the tunnel.
The company is preparing
to let a contract for an exten
sion of the upper or No. 2
tunnel, situated 700 feet abovt
the road and at a somewhal
greater distance above tht
level where the new find was
made. The upper tunnel is tc
be run on a huge body of ort
which promises to develop in
to an ore resource of great
value.
DAN PATTERSON
DIES SUDDENLY
Dan Patterson, widely knowr
local mining man and veterar
of the Dawson and Nome gold
rushes, passed away suddenly
in Seattle during the firsi
days of this month, according
to private advices received
last eek. In the absence of de
tails it is believed that death
was due to heart disease, from
which the deceased had suf
fered for some time. A lettei
from Mr. Patterson dated
March 24, received by Sydney
Anderson a few days ago, in
dicated that deceased was no
in good health at that date
Deceased as aged about 64
years.
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George Wier, aged about 60
years, and employed at tht
Dunwell mine, died in Stewart
Hospital last Thursday as a re
suit of cancer of the throat.
The deceased was acutely ill
about one week before his de
mise.
The funeral was held Sun
day afternoon under the
auspices of the Canadian
Legion, of which he was a
member.
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B. W. W. McDougall, consult
ing engineer for the Extenuate,
left Sunday for the south after
a short visit.
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Emil Davis, local manager of
the Chief Metals Mining Co.,
returned Sunday after win
tering in the south.
PROGRESS AT THE
RIVERSIDE MINE
Work at the Riverside mine
is now being devoted to break-,
down ore in preparation for
the renewal of milling operat
ions the latter part of this
month and to extending the
No. 8 upraise from the third
to the fourth, or upper level.
The raise was up 55 feet Sat
urday and had encountered
what appears to be the down
ward extension of the fine ore
body located in No . 4 level I
some months ago. The raise
has about 40 feet to go before
reaching the 4th level and is
expected to penetrate ore all
the way to its destination.
Mill superintendent M. J. St.
Clair and his staff are also
geting the mill in shape to
dart ht the earlies date poss
ible. The present outlook is;
that the concentrator will be-!
'ome active again between ;
April 25 and May 1st.
Oscar Larson has succeeded
T. H. Hewitt as mine foreman,
Mr. Hewitt having resigned
iome days ago to look after
his personal mining interests
n the Texas section during
^he summer. His successor i3
m old timer, having mined in
the Territory for the past 14
years.
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MOOSE TO INSTALL
NEW OFFICIALS
Members of the local Moose
fraternity are preparing for a
big time next Thursday, when
the annual installation of of
ficers will be followed by a
big smoker. The function will
take place in Hyder. The fol
lowing have been nominated
for tBfc various offices:
Dictator, W. R. Tooth; vice
lictator L. L. Legge; prelate, j
D. J. Mulcare; treasurer, G.
W. Smith; trustee, F. W. Fish
3r. W. R. Tooth has also been
nominated for delegate to the
Supreme Lodge, and John
Hovland as alternate.
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The intial programme of Chet.
Larson’s motion picture show
:n Pioneer Hall Saturday ev
ening proved to be, in the
'anguage of the street, “a
whiz,” and there are a lot of
local folks whose sides still
ache from laughing at the
'Tumorous situations developed
n the feature comedy “Behind
he Front,” which was preced
ed by a Pathe Weekly and a
rature study showing the life !
dory of the curious May fly.
Next Saturday Mr. Larson
will present the famous Tom
Mix and his “wonder horse,”
Tony, in the “The Everlasting
Whisper” and Harry Langdon
n “Feet of Mud,” a comedy
-described as “one big laugh
and a couple of whoops.”
Sunday the bill will feature '
Kenneth Harlin in a real good .
oicture “The Sap.” Mr. Lar-j
?on is to be commended for
he high quality of his pro
grams and should receive gen
erous patronage.
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On motion of U. S. District j
Attorney Justim Harding, the 1
perjury indictrpents against!
former U. S. Commissioner V.
A. Paine and Ernest Kirberg
er, resulting from a misinter
pretation of the election laws,
were recently dismissed in the
District Court, owing to lack
of sufficient evidence to con
vict.
RAILWAY PROPOSAL
DISCUSSED AT
JOINT MEETING
Construction of a railroad
from the Peace River section
of Canada to tidewater on
Portland Canal was the sub
ject of an illuminating dis
cussion by representatives of
the Chamber of Commerce
and the Stewart Board of
Trade at a meeting of the lat
ter organization in Stewart
Tuesday evening. The Hyder
delegation attended in i-e
sponse to an invitation of the
Board of Trade to jointly dis
cuss the project, with a view,
to furthering its ultimate de
velopment.
With president Cameron, of
the Stewart Board of Trade
presiding, and with the hall
crowded to near capacity, H.
W. M. Rolston, publisher of
the Portland anal News, dis
cussed the various proposed j
outlets from the Peace River !
section to the Pacific and show- j
ed by a government report on
the several routes, compiled
by engineers of the Canadian
National and Canadian Pacific i
railways, that the Stewart
route is not only 300 miles
shorter than other available
routes but also presents no
engineering difficulties, owing
to following valley floors prac-i
tically throughout its length. ,
Mr. Rolston pointed out at
length that the Stewart route
possessed various other ad- j
vantages as compared to other !
proposed routes. In addition
to providing the shortest out
let for the entire Peace Riv-'
er section, a railway to Stew
art would also penetrate a
vast mineralized area in the
Omineca district and make ac
cessible the valuable coal de
posits of the Ground-hog sec
tion. *
Quoting from government
reports, Mr. Rolston said the
Peace Liver country contains
8*4 million acres of land which
would become productive
if provided with cheap trans
portation. According to the
engineering estimates quoted,
the cost of a direct line from
the Peace to Stewart, would
be $30,000,000. As denoted :
by statements during a recent
debate in the House of Com-'
mons, one of the objections
raised against this route is an
alleged lack of freight re
sources along its western ex
tensions. As expressed by one !
Mr. James, C. N. R. engineer,
before a committee of the
House, “no freight would be
available west of the Rocky
Mountains unless some one
finds a mine.” This view, the
speaker contended, was er
roneous, ^s it failed to take
into account the mineral, tim
ber, coal, iron, and land re
sources known to exist along
the route, all of which would
be made accessible to develop
ment. Also it failed to take
into consideration that devel
opment of the road with a ter
minal at Hydef would provide
Alaska with transcontinental
rail connections and open a
new avenue for commerce to
and from that territory.
Mr. Rolston presented the
situation in a clear and con- j
cise manner, which displayed
close study of the subject. At
the conclusion of his remarks,
Ernest Blue, spokesman for
the Hyder Chamber of Com
merce delegation, after com
menting on the general possi
ALASKA HOMESITES
AT SMALL COST
A bill providing for the
patenting in Alaska of home
sites not execeeding 5 acres in
size was passed at the last ses
sion of Congress and approved
March 4, according to infor
mation received by C. H.
Flory, district forester.
The new law is reported by
the Juneau Empire to provide
that citizens of the United
States, associations of such citi
zens, and qualified corporat
ions, may purchase one claim,
not exceeding 5 acres of unre
served public land in Alaska
as a homestead or homesite
upon payment of a fee of $2.50
per acre.
Allotments are to be made
under rules and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of
the Interior.
bilities for the proposed road,
brought the discussion down
to a statistical standpoint by
presenting a mass of govern
ment figures showing the large
volume of Alaska trade with
the States; the annual imports
and exports; and pointed out
in convincing manner that a
large portion of the mer
chandise imported to Alaska
orignated in the eastern states
and that the destination of
much of Alaska’s exports was
also beyond the Rockies. With
the opening of a road to Stew
art, and a spur to Hyder, a
large percentage of this trade,
particularly that portion orig
iating in or destined for the
east would become available
to a railroad and provide a
substantial revenue therefor.
This revenue, Mr. Blue pointed
out, was a succinct answer to
the inference of Mr. James
that one must “find a mine”
before freight traffic would
be available beyond the Rock-1
ies.
Mr. Blue, quoting government
statistics, pointed out that
Alaska exports during 1926
amounted to $80,912,059, and
that all but a small part orig
inated in that portion of the
Territory, which is relatively
close to Hyder. Alaska imports
from the United States during
the same period amounted to
$31,587,337. Mr. Blue stress
ed the fact that fully 75 per
cent of the imports come from
points east of the Mississippi.
It was not to be expected that
the proposed road would get
all of the traffic, the speaker
said, but it should at least get
50 per cent of it, and possibly
75 per cent. Mr. Blue also
pointed out that 30,000 tour
ists visited the Territory last
year, and that the number is
increasing annually. Summing
up the possibilities of the
Alaska trade, Mr. Blue ex
pressed the opinion that the
earnings of such a railway
from the Alaska side would
amount to $4,000,000 or more
annually at the present time
and would increase steadily
with the future development
of the Territory.
J. A. Hall, president of the
Bank of Hyder, expressed the
view that a proper presentat
ion of the facts anent the Alas
ka trade possibilities, as dis
closed by previous speakers,
would go a long way toward
overcoming the erroneous im
pression created by the Jones
statement and also offered
some timely advice as to the
means to be employed to
DOINGS IN THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
Following is a summary of
proceedings in the Territorial
Legislature from March 22 to
April:
March 23
H. B. No. 20, Worth. Repeals
fur farmers license law of
1923.
H. B. No. 21, Sheldon. Pro
hibits sale of cigarettes to
minors under age of 16. .
March 24
Bills introduced:
Senate Bill No. 30, Dunn. Cre
ating a Fish Cmmission com
posed of four -elected by the
Senate biennially, with Gov
ernor acting chairman.
S. B. No. 31, Mr. Frame.
Amends Primary Electioi
Laws. The primary object ol
this measure is to make the
Alaska delegate to Congres;
the national committeeman oi
his political party. Othei
changes proposed are: an en
dorsement of candidacy signed
by not less than 10 person.'
showing that candidate “ha;
consistently affiliated with th<
political party at whose hand.'
he is seeking _ nomination,’
fees as follows: delegates and
alternates to national convent
ions; $5; candidates for Ter
ritorial Legislature $10. Alsc
provides that the person nomi
nated as delegate to Congres
be declared elected nations
committeeman for the party.
House Bill No. 22, Ross. Re
peals Chap. 66, Session Laws
of 1925, which authorizes
municipalities to pass ordi
nances placing exorbitant taxer
on itinerant vendors. The lav
was drawn after an ole
Oregon statute which ha;
since been declared invalid bj
the courts.
H. B. No. 23, Paul. Imposing
licenses and surtaxes on trap: j
and other fishing appliances
The measure proposes prohib j
itive tax on fish traps; provide:
for placing graduated surtaxe
on all salmon taken; also af
fects other fishing gear anc
appliances. Gill, drift, se
and stake nets are to be taxec
$10; seines of all kinds $25
fish traps of all kinds $200
Surtax schedule provides foi
payment of one cent on eacl
salmon caught in excess of th<
first 50,000 up to 75,000; oi
salmon caught in excess o
first 75,000 until 100,0000 art
caught, 2Y2 cents; for eacl
salmon caught after first 100,
000, five cents. Also that at
ter any gear has caught 100,
000 sockeye or rod salmon
such gear or appliance shall
pay an additional 25 cents foi
each sockeye or red salmon
caught.
H. B. No. 24, Worth. Reim
bursing town of Petersburg for
expenses incurred in control
ling an epidemic.
Senate today passed H. B. No.
2, $10,000 wolf bounty defici
ency appropriation and Senate
joint Memorial No. 2, for im
provement of mouth of Tanana
River.
^larch 25
S. B. No. 32, Dunn. Prohibit
ing erection of cabins and other
living quarters on traps. -
the best results. Chas F.
Sandford also offered addit
ional statistical evidences
regarding the business that
might be expected from Alas
ka, and various phases of the
subject were briefly discussed
by others.
POSTMASTER HILL
REAPPOINTED
Oren F. Hill, who has been
postmaster at 'Hyder so long
that no one wots not when he
was not, has been reappointed
to that position for another
four years. His commission,
igned by President Coolidge
ind countersigned by Post
master General New, arrived
from Washington recently and
announces that his new tenure
of office commenced March
25th.
During his incumbency Mr.
Hill has fulfilled the duties of
the office in a highly capable
manner and his reappointment
is a due and proper reward
cor faithful and efficient ser
vices rendered.
Senate today defeated S. B.
No. 19, which sought to re
move the legal protection now
liven a defendant who de
clines to be a witness in his
own behalf, by indefinite post
ponment.
H. B. No. 25, Ross. Author
izing trial of civil actions by
-ity magistrates.
H. B. 26, Ross. Appropriation
!>166,850 for Agricultural Col
lege.
d. .J M. No. 6, Smith. Re
luests Congress to pass law
cutting Alaska Railroad on
oar with all common carriers
n the matter of being sued
"or failure to carry out con
tracts.
H. J. M. No. 5, Sheldon. Asks
construction in Alaska of gov
ernment hospital for insane, to
be under co-ordinate super
vision of federal and territorial
governments.
Senate Joint Memorial for im
provement of mouth of Tan
ana River.
March 26
H. B. No. 27, Grier. Appro
priating funds for improve
ment of Kenai school house.
H. B. No. 28, Grier. Makes
provisions for payment of trav
eling expenses of persons
.vhile enroute to Pioneer’s
Home to become inmates and
also pay costs of telergams to
and from goveror’s office re
nting to admission to Home
ind kindred matters.
H. B. No. 29, Grier. Appro
priating $100,000 for con
struction of new Pioneer’s
Home at Anchorage.
Senate passed House Bill No.
3, extending to 90 days the
;ime for filing labor liens; H.
B. No. 4, extending to all
watchmen the provisions of
she present cannery watchmen
lien law, and H. B. No. 5, pro
viding funds for a school build
ing at Kotzebue.
March 28
S. B. No. 33, Frame. Appro
priating $10,000 for fishery
work, reclamation of spawn
ing grounds, etc.
S. B. No. 34, Frame. Appro
priating $693.36 for relief of
Mary Monagle; balance of sal
ary due as teacher.
S. B. No. 35, Brown ann Dunn.
Licensing resident and non
resident (commercial) fisher
men.
Senate joint memorial No. 3.
Asks abrogation of present
contract with Morningside,
Sanitarium and erection of
srovernment hospital.
H. B. No. 30, Paul. This the
Controller Bill, previously in- .
troduced in Senate as S. B.
No. 1. -
H. B. No. 31, Sheldon. Cuts
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