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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RIVER PROTECTION
SILL IMira
The recent effort of the Hy
der Chamber of Commerce to
secure Territorial assistance in
protecting the town from en
croachments of Salmon River,
has culminated in the intro
duction of a bill in the lower
house of the legislature pro
viding an appropriation of $7,
500 for the indicated purpose.
The measure was introduced
by Representative Grover C.
Winn and was prepared joint
ly by Mr. Winn and U. S. Com
missioner Arthur W. Fox be
fore Mr. Fox left the capital
city.
Following his arrival here
this week Judge Fox informed
the Herald that prospects for
the passage of the appropriat
ion bill appeared distinctly fav
orable at the time of his de
parture from Juneau. Repre
sentative Winn, who, is person
ally cognizant of the local
flood conditions as a result of
visits to the camp, will make
every effort to secure favor
able action on the bill and will
doubtless receive the support
of the rest of the First Divis
ion delegation.
PRIZES OFFERED
FOR WOLF KILLERS
One thousand dollars in cash
prizes will be awarded to per
sons taking the largest number
of wolves and coyotes in a
lawful manner in Alaska dur
ing the year beginning July 1,
1929, according to an official
bulletin issued by the Alaska
Game Commission.
The prizes are offered by the
Seattle Fur Exchange and they
will be awarded October 1,
1930, in the following order:
First prize $350, second $250,
third $150, fourth $100, fifth
$75, sixth $50, seventh $25
The awards will be made by a
committee consisting of the
Governor and Secretary of
Alaska and the Executive Of
ficer of the Game Commission.
Selection of the successful
contestants will be based up
on bounty claim affidavits
filed with the Territorial
Treasurer during the year and
only such bounty claim affi
davits will be considered as
are complete in every detail,
with the date of taking the an
imal and the locality properly
attested by U. S. Commission
ers.
In the event of a tie for first
place, the first and second
prizes will be combined and
split between the persons ty
ing and the same rule will be
followed in the case of the
other ties.
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Judge W. C. Arnold, former
U. S. Commissioner for this
precinct, left Thursday for
Ketchikan, accompanied by
Mrs. Arnold, to take over the
position of U. S. Commissioner
for the Ketchikan precinct, to
which he was recently appoint
ed. Judge Arnold resigned the
local office some days ago and
will assume his new office
April 1.
LEGISLATIVE MILL
GRINDS SLOWLY
Late reports from Juneatj dis
close that the ninth biennial
Alaska Legislature has dis
played no tendency to hasten
the progress of legislation. A
few bills had been introduced
in both houses up to the date
of the last reports, March 22,
but with few exceptions they
have been of little importance
and devoted principally to se
curing small appropriations
for this and that worthy cause.
The most important measure
so far appearing is the new
Controller bill introduced by
Senator Steel and creating the
office of Territorial Auditor,
Treasurer and Board of Con
trol and defining their funct
ions. The measure bestows on
the Auditor the present Ter
ritorial duties vested in the of
fice of the Secretary of Alas
ka and passes those now vest
ed in the Governor to the.
Board of Control. Both Audi
tor and Treasurer are to be
| elected by popular vote at the
I general election in 1930, al
though the first officials
named are to be elected by the
legislature if the bill becomes
operative before final adjourn
ment of the present session. In
meh case the officials will
hold their positions until Mch.
1, 1931, after which the term
of office will be for four years
in each case. The salary of the
Auditor is fixed at $5,000 per
year.
The Board of Control is com
posed of the Governor, chair
man, Auditor, vice-chairman,
and Treasurer and its duties
will be to run the Territorial
government. I
Lack of space precludes full
description of the bill at this
time and further details will
be given later. Among other
measures introduced are a bill
by Winn for a new' general
election law.
The measure is a compilation
of all existing Territorial stat
utes on that subject, with
possibly a few minor amend
ments. Representative A. IJ.
Zeigler has presented a bill
making November 11 a legal
holiday in Alaska.
Continued financial aid to
prospectors is provided by a
bill introduced »by Senator
Dunn directing each legislature
to provide the necessary funds
for this purpose. Re-enact
ment of the 1927 Workmen’s
Compensation Act is provided
in a bill by Rep. Winn for the
purpose of curing a defect in
the original enactment. Of
major importance, is the Steel
School refund bill, fixing
school refunds at 85 per cent
; in the case of schools with less
' than 450 students and 75 per
cent where the number of
pupils is 450 or more. It is es
timated that the measure will
increase school costs to the
Territory by about $70,000 to
$80,000 each biennium.
Bills have also been intro
duced in both House and Sen
ate providing for an increase
of old-age pensions to $35 per
month for men who arrived in
Alaska prior to December 31,
1906.
Senator Diamond has intro
NEW COMMISSIONER
EDUCATION NAMED
Lester D. Henderson, Terri
torial Commissioner of Edu
cation during the past 12 years
has been ousted from thAt
position by the Board of Edu
cation in favor of Leo. W.
Breuer, superintendent of the
Cordova schools, according to
reports from Juneau.
Henderson was endorsed for
re-election by 65 school dis
tricts and communities and
: Governor Parks has announced
that no charges had been
filed either against Henderson
or his department. Governor
Parks and Senator Dunn voted
to re-elect Henderson at the
meeting of the Board, while
Senators Steel, Anderson and
Frame voted for Breuer, the
reports say. Opposition to Hen
derson appeared to be mainly
due to a desire for a change
rather than to any lack ‘' of
competence. One senator de
clared that his reason for sup
porting Breuer was that Hen
derson had been in office too
long, although at the same
time praising the efficiency of
Henderson’s administration.
The new commissioner is a
graduate of the Washington
State Normal School and Uni
versity of Washington and was
formerly school superintend
ent at Bellingham, Wn., and at
Nome, Alaska. The new incum
bent will assume office July 1,
for a two-year term.
SEWARD DAY
Today, March 30th, is Seward
Day named in honor of Willi
am H. Seward, secretary of
state under President Johnson,
and commemorative of the
purchase of Alaska from Rus
sia in 1867, at a price of $7,
200,000, or about 2 cents per
acre.
The treaty of purchase was
signed by Secretary Seward
and Baron Stoeckl, the Russian
repreesntative, at 4 p. m. Mar.
30th, 1867, and was sent to
the Senate for ratification on
the same day.
Considerable difficulty was
experienced in obtaining the
appropriation but was finally
granted by Congress July 14,
after much opposition. It is in
teresting to note that after the
passage of the appropriation
bill a controversy arose over
which country should pay the
cable expenses incident to the
purchase. Russia refused to
pay her share and the United
States finally settled, after the
cable company had reduced
the amount.
The formal transfer of Alas
ka to the United States took
place October 18, 1867.
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Alex. N. McDonald, well
known mining man, was an ar
rival from the south Monday
| evening.
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duced a memorial to Congress
urging that the meeting time
of the Legislature be fixed for
the third Monday in January,
instead of the first Monday in
March.
LOCAL MINING NOTES
The Bear River Mining Co.,
Ltd., has been incorporated
with a capital of 1,500,000
shares of $1 par to develop a
group of 29 claims in the up
per Bear Valley north of the
George Copper.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines,
Ltd., decided at a recent share
holders meeting to increase
the share capitalization of the
company from 2,000,000 to 6,
000,000 at 25 cents par value.
The purpose of the change is
said to be to leave substantial
control in the treasury, over
1,800,000 of the earlier two
million shares having been is
sued. Negotiations are also
said to be under way for a con
tinuation of development on
the company properties in the
Glacier Creek section by a well
known operating company.
The latter concern is said to
have already concluded work
ing agreements with the own
ers of the adjoining Morning
Star and Sunshine properties.
The Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Company has added
still further to the list of local
mining properties under its
control by taking an option on
a targe group of Tide Lake
properties owned by John L.
Campbell, of Hyder, and Fred
and Wm. Jancowski, of Stew
art, according to announce
ments from the south. The
optioned ground includes over
40 claims which are said to
display some very promising
surface showings.
Mining and Industrial Rec
| ord (Vancouver) reports that
| Edward G. Brown, well known
i Vancouver mining man, has
taken an option on the M. and
J. Group in the Georgia River
section and will develop the
property for the shipment of
high-grade copper ore to An
yox. Operations will be con
ducted by a company known
as the Ankh Copper Mining
Company, Ltd. Samples across
18 inches of the vein, which
has been stripped for 500 feet
on the surface, are said to have
given assays of 12per cent
in copper.
The property includes five
claims and is located about
3 miles above the mouth of
Georgia River and about 2
miles from the beach.
Crawford Transfer Co. has
contracted to pack in the new
power plant and mine equip
ment of Georgia River Gold
Mines, Ltd., from the beach to
the company properties, ap
proximately 12 miles by trail.
The outfit includes two com
pressors and two gas engines,
in addition to a large amount
of oil, and mine and camp
equipment. It is expected that
the job will last well toward
the end of the year.
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Wm. B. Noel, old-time Alas
kan, was a passenger to Ket
chikan on the Taku II, enroute
to Fairbanks.
SCHOOL ELECTION
IN PROGRESS TOM)
The annual school election is
in progress today, with two
candidates in the field. Under
the new school law, but one di
rector is elected annually, for
one, two and three year terms.
The winner of the present con
test will become a member of
the School Board for three
years. The cahdiates are Ed
gar Provinse and Chas. Fehr
ing and the victor will succeed
E. M. Reynolds on the board.
The remaining directors will
be T. H. Evans and Clyde
Hager.
Judges of election appointed
by the School Board are Thos.
Kelley, Ray Munro, and Rev.
S. V. Warren. The election is
being held in Chamber of Com
merce Hall and the polls will
be open until 6 p. m.
The election next year will in
volve the position of Treasurer
of the board, now being held
by Mr. Evans.
PERRY CASE PROVOKES
CLASH
A sharp clash between the
presiding judge, E. Coke Hill,
of the Third Division, and
Howard D. Stabler, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for the First Di
vision, resulted in the govern
ment’s case against Mrs. Arge
(“Nurse”) Perry being contin
ued until the next term of
court, according to witnesses
who returned from Ketchikan
last week.
As will be recalled by Herald
readers, Mrs. Perry was bound
over to the District Court by
U. S. Commissioner W. C. Arn
old in November, following her
arrest here on charges of vio
lating the prohibition laws.
Witnesses state that Judge
Hill refused to try the case on
the ground that the search
warrant used by the arresting
officers was too old at the
time of service. District Attor
ney Stabler is said to have
strenuously objected to the
decision and notified the judge
that he would appeal from the
ruling. The case was continued
as a sequel to the controversy;
the defendant meanwhile be
ing allowed her liberty.
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The annual memorial services
of the Moose lodge will be
held in Pioneer Hall Sunday
evening April 7, commencing
at 7:30 p. m. and will be open
to the public.
The memorials are in accord
ance with an established cus
tom of the order of honoring
memory of members who have
passed to the Great Beyond
once each year, wherever
lodges of the order exist and
are usually of impressive and
beautiful character.
In addition to the ritualistic
ceremonies, the program will
include an address by Rev. S.
V. Warren, prelate of the
lodge, and music will be pro
vided 'by the choir of St.
Mark’s Church, Stewart.
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Arthur Hall returned Thurs
day from a visit in Vancouver.
JUDGE FUMES
OVER OFFICE OF
COMMDIER
Arthur W. Fox, well known
attorney, who was recently ap
pointed by Federal Judge
Justin W. Harding to be Unit
ed States Commissioner for the
Hyder precinct, arrived Mon
day evening to take over the
duties of his new position.
Judge Fox needs no introduct
ion to the residents of Hyder,
having been a prominent fig
ure in First Division legal
circles for years and also a
resident of the camp for some
months in 1923. During his
long residence in the district
Judge Fox has held a number
of important public positions,
including that of U. S. Com
missioner for the Ketchikan
precinct, one of the most diffi
cult positions of its kind in
Alaska. He also officiated as
acting Secretary of Alaska
during an extended absence of
the regular incumbent.
As a result of these earlier
experiences Judge Fox brings
to his new position a thorough
understanding of the duties of
the office and the adminstrat
ion of public affairs in con
nection therewith that will be
appreciated by all have busi
ness transactions with the
Commissioner’s office.
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EASTER SUNDAY
TO-MORROW
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday,
observed in commemoration of
the Savior’s resurrection. Orig
inally observed by the Jews to
commemorate the Passover or
Pesach, when “the destroying
angel passed over the • houses
of the children of Isreal, when
he smote the Egyptians,” it
was gradually adopted by the
Christian churches as a festi
val in commemoration of the
crucifixion and resurrection of
Christ. The Jews observed
Passover on the 14th day of
Nisan, or the lunar month of
which the 14th day falls on or
next follows the day of the
Vernal Equinox. There appears
to have been some confusion
among the early Christian
churches as to what date to ob
serve, and the Council of Nice
in 325 A. D. ordained that
Easter should be celebrated
on the Sunday which follows
the full moon on or next after
the Vernal Equinox. The Equi
nox is fixed as occurring on
March 21, when as a matter of
fact it may come as early as
March 19. If full moon occurs
on March 21, and that date
falls on a Saturday, the next
day, March 22 is Easter Sun
day, which is the earliest it can
occur. On the other hand, the
first full moon after March 21
may not occur until April 18,
and if this date falls on a Sun
day Easter is observed the
following Sunday, or April 25,
the latest it can occur.
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Harry Dennison of the Pre
mier forces was an arrival
from the south Monday.