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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17,1926
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FIFTY CENTS A KCKTH
UNICORN DEAL
IS CONCLUDED
The Big Missouri Mining j
Company has bonded the Uni-1
corn group from Messrs. John j
Hovland and Louis Watkins.
the owners.
The bond papers have been j
signed and the deal has been
entirely consummated in so far
as the bonding processes are
concerned.
This is the substance of a
statement made to the Herald
by Mr. Watkins.
According to Mr. Watkins
there is no doubt concerning .
the sale. The property has j
been taken over by the Rig
Missouri company, the papers
have been signed and the init-J
ial payment mad§. The deal
was concluded March 10th by ;
his associate John Hovland,
who also represented Mr. Wat
kins in the negotiations under
a power of attorney.
Mr. Watkins says the sale
was practically concluded
some days ago and he was so
advised by Mr. Hovland. Later,
however, there was a defect
found in the papers and this
resulted in an extension of the
negotiations, until) last Wed
nesday, when the deal was
brought to a satisfactory con
clusion.
Developments' during the
week have disclosed that there
Was not an fota of truth in
the reports emanating from
Stewart last Wednesday to the
effect that Indian stock had
advanced greatly on the
Southern markets and tne
mine had been taken over b\
the Premier. It may also be
said that there are indications
that the report was not mere
ly a sample of the peculiar
lumors of the North, which ap
parently emanate from no
where and are based upon
nothing at all. Unless all signs
fail the rumor came from what
appear to be fairly well de
fined sources and there are al
so indications that it was ol
calculated design and uttered
with an unscrupulous and rep
rehensible object. This much
appears practically certain,
even though the evidences, as
is often the case when lies
• should be nailed, are not open
to absolute proof.
So far as can be learned, no
one on this side of the line was
deceived, but this does not re
lieve the rumor of its dastardly
intent or mitigate the censure
due its sponsors. It is a pity
that deceptions of this char
acter cannot be reached by
means more substantial than
mere invective.
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The Northland Mining Com
pany, owners, of the Troy
gioup, elected the following
otticers at a recent meeting in
Vancouver: Capt. W. F. Stew
art, president; I. B. Fulton,
vice pres; E. O. Weston, sec
retary-treasurer. The following
directors were also named: C.
F. Edwards, Neil McDonald,
F. A. Paysamt, Jno. Ensor, Mrs.
A. Cashmore and D. M. Dog
gie.
OUTLAND BAR
PLANS SHIPMENTS
That the owners of the Out
lad Silver Bar are confidently !
expecting to place their prop
erty on a shipping basis in the
near future, is indicated by
the arrival of three thousand
ore sacks on the ore steamer
Anyox last week.
The sacks were consigned in
care of Ernest Bryson, who is
engaged at present in freight
ing to the Silver Bar a large
quantity of lumber and other
supplies which arrived from
the south several weeks ago. j
Mr. Bryson, found no diffi
culty, in landing the freight at
the end of Salmon Glacier
some days ago but has en
countered rather tough going
of late owing to the recent
heavy snowfall.
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The spring schedule of the
Canadian National steamships
will become effectvie March
22, continuing until May 10.
Under the new time table
there will be two weekly sail
ings. The present Thursday
sailings will continue, with
the Prince George making the
run, leaving Vancouver at 8
P. M. Mondays and arriving
at Stewart at 7 A. M. Thurs
days. The Prince Charles will
make the second trip, leading
Vancouver at 8 p. m. Thurs
days and arriving at Stewart
at 8. A. m. Sundays.
Pete Joseplison, a resident of
Steart since last fall, is be*
lieved to have reached an un
timely end in the waters of
Bear River or in a series of
'-loughs along the river a short
distance north of the town.
Josephson is believed by the
authorities to have wandered
away from his home in a de
mented state, barefooted and
minus most of his clothes. Con
stable Islip, aided by Indian
trackers, located the footprints
of a barefooted man leading
up the river and traced them
for some distance until they
were lost in the brush. Joseph
son's clothes were found in
his home, with his money and
other personal belongings in
the pockets., Additional con
firmation of the insanity the
ory is found in the fact that
Josephson recently developed
some peculiar notions concern
ing religion which suggested
an infirm state of mind.
The missing man came to
| Stewart last fall, purchased a
' lot and built himself a home.
He was of a quiet disposition
and was a native of Norway,
j Nothing is known of his rela
' tives and very little of his ante
cedents.
Josephson is the third of a
I trio of mysterious disappear
ances occurring in Stewart
during the past few months,
the others being John Gram
and Norman McKenzie.
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A crew of 20 men left Seattle
recently to resume work at the
mine of the Vermont Marble
i Co., at Tokeen.
DUN WELL MAKES
FIRST SHIPMENT]
Inaugurating what is believ
ed to be the commencement
of an era of vigorous product
ion, the first large shipment
of ore from the Dunwell mine
left for the smelter on the
Grand Trunk steamer Thurs
day.
The shipment consisted of
120 tons. The ore will be treat
ed at the Trail, B. C. smelter. It
is said to be in the nature of a
test shipment, the results ot
which will determine the typt i
of mill that will be installed j
on the property during the i
comfng summer, according to |
present contemplations. Work
on the proposed mill is sched
uled to start in May.
As a result of operations car- j
l ied on during the present I
winter a large tonnage of Ore
has been opened up in readi
ness for milling as soon as the
concentrator is ready.
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R. W. J. Reed, of Nome, geni- j
al local representative of
Uncle Sam’s Customs depart
ment during the vacation of
Deputy Collector Stivers, states
that the citizens of Noma ap
propriated last year nearly '
$400 for the amusement of:
the 200 odd children, whites |
and natives, now resident in
that far away town on Bering '
Sea. The money has bepn use a
to purchase play ground equip
ment, which will be installed
on the public square in tne
heart of town.
Mr. Reed says the amount j
raised was in excess of $376,
of which $275 was donated by
the Kegoyah Kozga, a wom
an’s club, affiliated with the
National Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs and said to be the
farthest north organization of
its kind in the world. The re
mainder of the fund was pro
vided by .the City Council of
Nome. Mr. Reed was commis
sioned to secure and has order
ed the apparatus, which in
cludes 3 swings, 2 maple slides
a see saw, horizontal bar and
flying rings.
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Juneau reports announce that
Federal Judge T. M. Reed and
District Attorney A. G. Shoup >
have gone to Washington to
answer the charges recently
made against them before the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
Their appearance before the
committee is to be at their owif
request.
Judge Ritchie of the Third
Division is also reported to
have secured leave of absenct
for the same purposes.
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Capt. Duncan McVichie, of
Salt Lake, noted mining en
gineer, and a prominent figure
in the Big Missouri Mining
Company, is expected to arrive
in Hyder Thursday, in com
pany with Harry TownBend,
| consulting engineer of the Big
Missouri Company.
TO EXAMINE
ALBANY GROUP
E. A. Haggen, noted mining
engineer and editor of tne
Engineering & Mining Record,
of Vancouver, arrived Monday
on the Cardena to make an i
examination of the Alban*
Group, in the Glacier Cr^k
section, on which extensive de
velopment operations have ■
been in progress during the
winter under the direction of
Jack Watkins. Mr. Haggen
expects to remain until Thurs-,
day investigating the property,
on which at least one note- j
worthy development has oc- ,
curred during the closed peri-'
od. This was the recent dis
covery of a cross vein of fine
looking ore in a tunnel driven i
during the winter on anothei
vein. The new vein was en
countered about 80 feet from
the* portal and is said to be in
the neighborhood of eight feet1
wide at the point of intersect
ion. Several other large ore
bodies carrying working values
are also known to exist on the
group.
According to recent an
nouncements, the company is
planning extensive develop
ment work this year, the pro
gram of which includes the j
probable construction of a
small mill.
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The Senate has confirmed
the nomination of William D.
Coppernoll for District Attor
ney of the Third Judicial Di
vision, with headquarters av I
Valdez. Coppernoll succeeds
Frank D. Foster, appointed by
Judge Ritchie when Sherman
Duggan resigned.
The Union Pacific Steamship
steamer Cardena, has return
ed to the Vancouver-Stewart
run after an absence of sev- j
eral weeks, during which the
vessel was thoroughly over
hauled and placed in shape |
for the increased traffic of
summer.
Gus Bystedt, formerly of Val
dez, now located at Campbell
Creek, Mile 106 of the Alaska
Railroad, recently returned
from the States with a con
tract from the Buffalin Hard
wood Manufacturing Co., of
Tacoma, calling for the deliv
ery of 160,000 feet of birch
wood logs a month. The first
consignment of logs will be
shipped to Tacoma in about
two weeks.
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According to the annual state-;
ment of the Alaska Packers
Association, that company sus
I tained a loss of $175,026 by its
operations in 1925. The com
pany operated 14 canneries in
Alaska and one on Puget
Sound, and packed 510,404
cases of caned salmon during
! the season.
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The Lomen Reindeer Com
pany recently killed 1,000
reindeer at Nome and 4,000 at
Golovin. The carcasses will be
shipped south on the first
steamer in June.
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NO BIDS CALLED
FOR ROAD WORK
Again discrediting local ru
mors that the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads has let a contract
for extending the new Salmon
River road from the vicinity oi
Six Mile to town, C. J. Davis,
well known local surveyor,
who was associated with
Seims & Carlson on the earlier
road improvements, writes to
the Herald, from Spokane un
der date of March 10th that
no such contract has been let
According to Mr. Davis bids
have not been requested on the
work and nothing is definite
ly known regarding the pro
ject. He states, however, that
he is expecting to hear some
thing about the matter most
any day.
Mr. Davsi says that during
his visit in Spokane he attend
ed a Chamber of Commerce
luncheon, where the attend
ance was 300 people, who list
ened to an interesting talk by
Senator Callahan, of Idaho,
who spoke on “Dump Cars ana
Dollars,” something, Mr. Davis
says" we could use in the Hy
der district to advantage.” He
also attended a Chinese fune
ral and watched the Orientals
go through the strange ana
mystical Confucian rites to,
the dead and made a drive ot
several hundred miles through
the wheat belt of Idaho, where
he says things look bright foi
a bumper crop.
Jack says that the eyes oi
Spokane mining men are or.
the Portland Canal district
and they are watching fo;
chances to get hold of prop
erty here. He expects to return
to Hyder about April 1.
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There are 24 volcanoes or
the Alaska Peninsula anc:
Aleutian islands. A consider
able number are active and
emit smoke and steam at inter
‘ vals.
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A shipment of three carloads
of Suntrana lump coal was
shipped south recently by the
Healy River Coal Corporation
consigned to the Pacific Coast.
Co. at Juneau. R. S. Donald
son, vice president of the Healy
concern is now in Southeaa
ern Alaska paving the way for
the introduction of the Sun
trana product in the towns ot
that section.
; A $35,000 Brill motor car has
| been purchased by the Alaska
| Railroad for the summer scr
i vice between Seward and Fair
| banks. The car is 55 feet in
! length and has a 250 h. p. gas
i oline motor. It will carry 72
j passengers and has a compart
ment for baggage and mail.
The total weight is 40 tons. A
crew of two men ,an engineer
and conductor are all that are
required for its operation. It is
understood the coach will be
operated twice a week be
tween Seward' and Fairbanks.
FEBRUARY EXPORTS
FOR TERRITORY
Territorial exports for Febru
ary showed thU falling off
urually discernable at this time
of the year, but reached a tot
al of nearly one and a half
million dollars, according to
the monthly report of Collector
of Customs John C. McBride.
Following is the report in
full:
Animals .$ 60
Curios . 947
FISH—
Fresh and frozen
except shell-fish) :
Halibut . 8,909
Salmon . 60 695
All other . 18 646
Canned (except
shell-fish) :
Salmon . 5,844
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish):
Cod . 41
Herring . 22
Salmon . 125
Shell fish:
Crabs . 420
Shrimps . 22,7 \ t
Other fish products:
Oil . 25
Furs and fur skins:
Silver and black fox.... 4,4 5r>
All other. 165,189
Ore matte and reg
ulus:
Copper . 757,460
Lead . 13,152
Wood, timber and
lumbe .. 3 3i4
All other articles 28,_G9
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska.$1,084 280
Products of United
States returned. 103 323
Total value of for
eign products . 11,817
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise . $1,199,426
[terns included in
“All other articles”:
25 mdf. fur .....$ 145
341 oz. palladium .... 27,990
11 hairseal skins .... 25
Total .$28,160
300,000 furs shipped
by mail during
1925 .$1,484,536
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A peculiar happening occur
red recently on the beach be
low Juneau, at a point 100
feet north of the Standard 01
dock, when a portion of the
beach and channel bank about
150 feet in length and about
20 feet wide dissappeared into
the sea. Previous to the slide
there was a sandy beach
where now there is something
like six fathoms of water. As
the slide was a quarter of a
mile south of the Alaska Jun
eau rock dump, it cannot be
attributed to pressure and one
theory advanced is that it may
| have been caused by a sub
terancan stream fed from the
mountain back of the beach
and that the recent h.avy
rains caused it to go on a ram
page.