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VOL 2, NO. 31
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7,1926
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
FISH CREEK CO.
WILL INSTALL TRAM
Construction of an ore tram
way lrom Fisk Creek to the
Riverside mine for ihe purpose
of transporting ore to the Riv
erside mill for concentration
is reliably reported to be an
outstanding feature of the
summer development program
of the American Mining &
Milling Company, successor
to the former Fish Creek Min
ing Company.
Partial confirmation of the
report has been received
locally from several disinter
ested sources. As all are in
agreement regarding the main
details, as outlined above,
there is little reason to doubt
its authenticity. One well
known local mining man who
is in a position to know the in
side facts, writes to a local
friend to the eftect that he is
personally aware that the A.
M. & M. Co has decided upon
the tram construction and
has also concluded arrange
ments with ,T. 1). Littlepagv.
for handling the ore at the
Riverside mill.
The Irani project is said b>
those acquainted with the lo
cality to involve about a mile
of line, the Fish Creek prop
erties being located only a
short distance south east of
the Riverside and separated
from the latter property by a
low divide. -
Surface operations on the
Fish CredS group in earlier
years dsclosed large bodies oi
ore which are said to be of
excellent milling grade and ir
is believed that these will be
extracted and milled. It is also
indicated that the company
plans to extend the main tun
nel, on which considerable
work was done .two years ago
by the Silverman interests, to
cut the surface showings at
depth. The tunnel is now in
several hundred feet, and must
be extended approximately a
thousand feet to get under the
main showing.
Eastern advice announce that
prospects are bright for a re
newal of work on the Forty
Nine group during the sum
mer. Efforts to finance new
development are said be pros
pering in spite of the Premier
having failed to take over the
property alter considerable
prospecting work last year.
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The Crawford Transfer Co.,
is engaged in hauling consid
erable quantities of lumber to
the F>. C. Silver and Big Mis
souri for use during the sum
mer.
Harry Tanner, local repre
sentative of the Gold Cliff
Premier Co., is reported in let
tei's to local fpieds as on his
way to New Yoi’k. He expects
to return to Hyder about May
1st
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Bobby Lee, who. has been
quite ill with congestion of the
lungs, is reported rnuchr im
proved.
SEBAKWE INSTALLING
MINE EQUIPMENT
A 60 horse power engine, and
a compressor of 340 cubic feet
capacity, together with other
power and air device and pipe
amounting in all to 13 tons ar
rived last week for the Sebak
we Company for use on the
former Bush properties, which
were recently acquired by
Sebakwe and District Mines,
Ltd., of London and South
Africa, from the National Sil
ver Company.
The Crawford Transfer Com
pany has six four horse teams
at work transporting the new
equipment and a large amount
of lumber for new camp build
ngs.
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MOUNTAINVIEW BUYS
HOVLAND GROUP
The Mountainview Gold Min
ng Company is now the owner
if the Hovland group, on Fish
Creek, having made the final
payment on the purchase
>rice last Thursday, according
:o a statement to the Herald
}y Arthur Moa, general man
iger of the company.
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A company known as the
jtratford Independent Defe
rential Syndicate, Ltd., has
jeen formed to market a new
ype of deferential gear for
notor cars invented by Hugo
Itratford, while he was a resi
lent of Stewart a year or so
igo. The invention, which has
>een patented in the United
states and Canada, as well as
n a half dozen foreign states,
promises to work a revolution
n car manufacture, as it oper
ites independently on one or
ill of the wheels of a car, thus
enabling the application of
oower to any desired wheel.
Air. Stratford spent several
lays in Stewart last week con
ering with Wm. Noble, who
s the head of the corporation.
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Fred Folsom, former resident
of the camp and engaged in
.he transfer business for sev
eral years, returned Sunday
m the Prince Charles after an
oxtended absence to give the
camp the once-over. Mr. Fol
som has been in the Gray’s
Harbor country during the
several years he has been
away. Mrs. Folsom is in Kent,
Washington. Thw old timer re
mained until Monday evening,
Seaving again on the Cardena.
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Joe Grashio, well known old
timer who left for Arizona a
year ago after developing
pulmonary tuberculosis, is re
Dorted in letters to local
friends to have entirely re
gained his health. Joe is run
ning a hotel or lodging house
in Phoenix. Although his re
covery is said to be complete,
he has been advised by his
physicians to remain in Ari
zona another year before re
turning North in order to
.void a possible recurrence of
he dread malady.
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R. Matheson was an arrival
on the Wales Thursday.
FOREST SERVICE
CONSIDERING WAGON
BRIDGE—TEXAS CREEK
1 S. J. Wykoff, forest ranger,
: and Ray Taylor, a technician
of the U. S. Forest Service, ar
rived from Ketchikan on the
i Forest Service Motorboat No. 1
| shortly before noon Wednes
i day, for the purpose of look
ing over the local trails in con
j nection with trail work during
the coming summer and also
to examine the possibilities
for constructing the proposed
upper Texas Creek bridge.
; Mr. Wykoff informed the
! Herald that the latter propos
al has reached a stage of de
velopment where the Forest
Servce is considering the in
stallation of a wagon bridge
across the north fork of Texas
Creek, at some as yet undeter
mined point between Texas
Glacier and the mouth of the
west fork of Texas Creek. It is
also proposed to widen the
lower Texas Creek trail into a
horse trail between the Salmon
River road and the new bridge.
Asked as to why it was pro
posed to build a wagon bridge
without wagon road con
nections with the main high
way, Mr. Wykoff said that the
installation of a pack trail was
the best that could be done.
Forest Service activities in
this respect are devoted to trail
and bridge construction, road
construction work in forest
areas being delegated to the
Bureau of Public Roads. He
said it was realized that a
wagon road was desirable but
the trail could be widened
later and in the mean time
the horse trail would make
Texas section somewhat easier
of access to miners and
freighters.
In addition to the bridge
and trail activities outlined
above, the Forest Service con
templates doing some main
tenance work on the Texas
trail during the open season, j
Mr. Wykoff is no stranger to
the Texas Creek section hav
ing visited this locality two
years ago. He plans to leave
for the proposed bridge site
Thursday in company with T.'
H. Evans local representative
of the Bureau of Public Roads,
and later expects to go over i
whole Texas trail with a view
to possible improvements and
also to acquire information i
relative to the district and
its mineral producing possi
bilities. He will remain for
several days before returning
to his headquarters at Ketchi
kan.
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“The best show ever given in
Hyder” is the unanimous ver
dict of those who witnessed
the minstrel show given by
the United Services Club in
Pioneer Hall Thursday even
ing. Hyder sincerely hopes
that Billy On- and his versatile
comedians will come again
some time.
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Ed. Mustard, head carpenter
at Premier, returned on the
Cardena from a trip to Anyox.
! PUBLIC PARK SITE
IS SELECTED
A tract of land 500 feet
j square at the upper end of the
townsite area has been select
ed and staked by representa
i tives of the Chamber of Com
1 merce as a public park and
• picnic grounds. The tract was
located in accordance -with
| the understanding, had with
I Townsite Trustee James A.
Ramsey during his recent vis
it that the land chosen would
be given to the town without
charge for public park pur
poses. The selected area ex
tends 500 feet south from the
northerly boundary of the
townsite, along both sides ot
Premier Avenue, but with the
major portion lying along the
easterly side of that thorough
fare, and includes sufficient
level ground for a splendid
ball ground, as well as a fine
picnic ground and woodland
park.
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The Moose lodge will hold
its annual Memorial Service
in Stewart Opera House Sun
day evening April 11. The ser
vices, which are held annually
by all Moose lodges in mem
ory of departed brothers, will
be of especial impressiveness
on this occasion, owing to the
presence of the choirs of the
Hyder M. E. Church and St.
Mark’s Church of Stewart. In
addition to the beautiful
Moose memorial ritual, the
program will include sleeted
solos, a duet and a number of
anthems by the church vocal
ists. Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pre
late of the lodge, will give
the memorial address, “Dead,
Yet Speaketh.” Rev. A. W. R.
Ashley, pastor of St. Mark's,
will be the officiating clergy
man.
The lodge extends a cordial
invitation to the public to wit
ness the services, which are
scheduled for 8 p. m.
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Excellently arranged pro
grams were given morning and
evening at Hyder M. E. Church
in connection with the observ
ance of Easier last Sunday.
The morning services included
interesting exercises by the
Sunday School children, dur
ing which were a welcome ex
ercise by seven children; a
prayer by Jean Litllepage;
Boy Scouts exercise; a song
by Mrs. Johnson’s class, “The
Easter Flower,” by Bubbles
Lyon; “Easter Bells,” by three
little boys; a recitation by Bet
ty Mahood, “Night and
Dawn,” by Helen Lee and
Georgia Rose Littlepage; “The
Silver Lining,” by four boys;
“Life is the Message” by Miss
Hall’s class, and exercises by
Mrs. Hatten’s class. Splendid
music by the choir, including
the beautiful Easter anthem
“The Message of Easter,” and
individual, numbers, and also
a pageant, “Those Who Saw
Him Living,” were pleasing
features of the evening ser
vices.
Dick Olson was a passenger
tOvKetchikan on the Wales last
week.
! STREET LIGHTS
READY SOON
Well lighted streets will re
1 place the present gloom
shrouded thoioughfares of Ry
der within the next two or
three days, according to the
‘present contemplations of the
Chamber of Commerce street
lights committee. The wire
and other materials purchas
ed by progressive citizens ar
rived on the motorship Norco
and the work of installing the
, lights, the current for which
will be supplied by the Ton
| gars Power & Light Co., with-*
'out charge,-is now well unde
I way. From the location of th
various lights so far installed
it appears that the main
streets at least will be suffici
ently well lighted to compare
favorably with a majority o
Alaskan towns.
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SUPPLIES CM
(JUTLAND BA?
earner c Bryson kav completed
the task of freighting supplie
to the Out! and Silver B:v
group on iho west border o.
Salmog Glacier and came into
town with his outfit during
iho lirst part of iho week. Ow
ing to adverse conditions etc
velooihg as‘a rcsv.lt of the la.
heavy snowfall, considerable
difficulty, was found in pack
ing ccioss the glacier, a!
though the going had beef'
easy up to that point. After
the snowfall Mr. Bryson wa.
compelled to shovel snow ovei
the greater part of the glacier
trail until be reached the Sil
ver Bar, a process entailing
much labor and lime.
Mr. Bryson reports that or;
arriving at the Silver Bar he
was unable to locate the Wil
son cabin, which was situated
a short distance from the Out
land camp, ;vid he is of ill
opinion that it has either been
crushed by snow or pc -ibly
burned,. No sign of the build
ing was visible and he was al
so unable to locate it by n.-ob
ing in the snow in the locality
where it stood.
Accompanied by a petition
bearing names of those
who endorse hi; candidacy for
the office of Alaska delegate,
the declaration of candidacy
■of Thomas A. Marcjuam war
filed in Juneau, March 25, ac
cording to Juneau reports,
which said that leading mer
■hants, attorneys, former legis
lature members, college pro
fessors, student-, farmers, min
era and railroaders ard r. r»rc
rented on the petition, which
contains more than' twice ;.u
many names as is required by
law. The list of signers wa;
said to be the largest ever ac
companying an independem
filing for any office in the
Ten itory.
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Joe Prout, of Premier, who
has been seriously ill for some
time as a result of an attack of
pneumonia, is able to be about
again.
• NEW SCHOOL
BOARD NAMED
Following are tho complete
returns of the annual school
■ rd election held Monday:
-■'or Direcfor:
John Hovlancl 51
Thomas Evans 18
.Ire. J. A. Hall 7
'r Clei-k;
C. T. Ilatten 29
Farohl Johnson 36
1 J. D. Lyons 11
cr Treasurer:
Merl F. Thomas 36
Mrs. Irene Hacldon 6
ilolgei Johnson 35
A total of seventy-seven votes
w re cast, with one spoiled bal •
lot.
The supervisors of the elect
on were N. II. Stevens, Clyde
lager and Richard Boyer.
The Board of Governors of
he Public Library Associat on
Id their quarterly meeting
i Chamber of Commerce Hall
lor lay evening. An interest
ug feature of the meeting was
o informal talk on books and
brary affairs by . Mono
ihan, representative of a
ro min ant outside publishing
oncern, which specializes in
class literary productions,
cposts presented during the
session disclosed that the pasi
inarter has witnessed excel
ont progress, as well as mark
. cl increase in public interest
the library. A large number
. valuable additions were
ns.de to the list of books thru
• i chases and donations, and
•. considerable number of new
ulveribers were enrolled. The
.'•lancce, were disclosed to be
jatisfactovy, although the rev
nuc-- are by no means as
i1 e .. they might be if
no re generous support wrere
or'hcoming from-the public.
..hough enrollments are
-,idually increasing the pub
ic apparently is slow to ap
preciate the advantages of a
tublie library and extend their
vroperi io v/hat is undoubted
y one of the most useful and
beneficial institutions of the
town, as well as a splendid ad
vertisement for the commun
ity. More people should join
and help in its maintenance.
The fee is so small as to
scarcely equal the price of one
good magazine a month. One
an assuredly receive full val
ue from the splendid list of
books now on hand. The more
v’ub'scribers, the more books,
and a better library.
The Library Board is display
ing excellent judgement in the
selection of new works that
are purchased. One especially
commendable selection that
har. been decided upon as the
next acquisition is a set ot
the Pocket University edition,
comprising 26 volumes of se
lected works by famous au
thors. The set is comparable
to the list of books included in
Dr. Eliot’s famous 5-foot book
shelf list and will be a splend
id addition to the library.
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Lous Watkins left Thursday
on the Wales for Lincoln Pass.