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BYBER, ALASKA,
Saturday, may is, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOCU. HIGHWAY
.W HOW TOTAL
OVER $176,000
Funds for trail and highway
improvements in this district
totaling $176,500 have been
appropriated by the Forest
Service road and trail bureaus
and will be expended in this
locality during coming periods,
according to recent announce
ments by Forestry Service of
ficials.
Foremost among the several
allotments made is an appro
priation of $147,000 for the
construction of the final section
of the Texas Creek highway to
the upper end of the Texas
Creek valley. An additional
appropriation of $28,000 has
also been made for surfacing
the completed sections of the
same highway.
This total of $175,00 will be
expended under the direction
of the Bureau of Public Roads
of the department of agricult
ure. '
In addition to the above the
Forest service also contem- j
plates three important trail :
construction and maintenance!
programs in the district this
summer,and for which a total ■
of $1,500 has been made avail
able.
The latter projects, as out
lined -to the Herald by Mr. J.
M. Wyckoff, district forest
ranger, include the expendit
ure of $500 on constructing a
trail from the main highway j
to the Moose swimming pooi j
and picnic park a short dist
ance above town. This project,
which is now under way under
the direction of Mr. T. H. Ev
ans, maintenance foreman of
t^e Bureau of Public Roads, al
so includes the construction of
a parking place for vehicles in
connection with the trail.
Mr. Wyckoff also announced
that an additional $500 has
been ^Hotted for the mainte
nance of the Daly-Alaska trail
and also a similar amount for
repairs to the trails in the Fish
Creek area. These projects
will also be caried on under
the direction of Mr. Evans.
Prospectors in the Texas
Creek section have also out
lined a new travel route from
the terminus of the Texas high
way to the Chickamin glacier
fend have requested the Forest
Service to appropriate funds
for a new trail. It is said that
the new route will obviate
many of the transportation dif
ficulties of the present route,
and will serve not less than a
dozen individual claim owners .
in the Banded Mountain area, I
in addition to shortening the
distance and eliminating the
staked trail across the glacier.
Mr. Wyckoff said the Forest
Service will investigate the
proposal as soon as possible
and if found warranted the
work will be undertaken dur
ing the present season. In such
case, it is understood that the
new route will be made a per
manent one..
Reference to the latter pro
ject recalls the fact that the
construction of the present
Texas Creek pack trail was
due in a large degree to the
judgement and foresight of
Mr. Wyckoff, who personally
investigated and recommended
the project in 1924. His opin
ion regarding the prospective
SILVERADO OUTLOOK
REPORTED TO BE
VERY PROMISING
Although little can be learned
regarding the actual results of
the development work done
by the Premier company bn
the Silverado property during
the past season, the meager in
formation available indicates
that it has heen successful
and that there is a gratifying
prospect that the property will
soon be in production.
From what can be learned of
the present situation it appears
that the 1600 foot tunnel run
during the past winter has en
countered at an approximate
depth of 500 feet three highly
mineralized veins which are re
liably reported to present indi
cations of being the downward
extensions of the sensational
silver bearing leads found on
the surface something over a
year ago. The company is said
to have drifted on one of the
veins for an approximate dist
ance of 75 feet or so. What val
ues are contained in the ore is
not known but samples seen
are apparently of commercial
grade. Activities are reported
being directed at present to
diiving an upraise. It is under
stood that this will be put up
approximately 200 feet to en
able exploration of the ore de
posits at higher elevation..
BUDDINGTON REPORT
READY, SOON
The long anticipated report
of Professor A. F. Buddington
on the geology of the Hyder
district is expected to be avail
able for distribution in a few
weeks, according to a commun
ication received by the Herald
from Mr. W. C. Mendenhall,
acting director of the U. S.
Geological Survey.
Mr. Mendenhall also announ
ces the forthcoming appear
ance of another report by Prof.
Biyidington covering the geol
ogy and mineral resources of a
large part of southeastern
Alaska. The latter publication
will be issued as Bulletin 800
and will be issued during the
coming fall. Mr. Mendenhall
states that he will glad to fum- j
irh copies of either volume up
on request to anyone to whom
they would be of value. Those
who desire copies of the report
on Hyder and vicinity should
apply for Bulletin 807.
Frank Blasher returned from
the head Of Texas Creek Tues
day and reported much snow
in that locality, but going
idly. “Shorty” Carlson is the
only person on the creek at
present.
value of that artery of travel
has since been fully justified
by the subsequent develop
ment in the Texas Creek area
of one of the most promising
mineral districts in Alaska.
For the development of this
project, which has since result
ed in the alteration of the orig
inal pack trail into the splendid
j government highway now un
der construction, the people of
i the Hyder district owe no small
debt of gratitude to Mr. Wy
j ckoff, whose discernment of
the latent possibilities of that
area paved the way for both
improvements.
KMTH LEGISUTIVt
SESSURS1$ ENpEDi
124 BILLS PASSED
The ninth Alaska Legislature
concluded its deliberations at
Juneau last week, after being
in continuous session more th«jp
24 hours and 12 hours bpyond
the allotted sixty d*? period.
Reports of the last hours of
the session disclose that tye
expected legislative jani in the
Senate failed to material
ize and the House of. Repre
sentatives, by steady applicat
ion, managed to clear up its*,
docket some hours before ad
journment. The Senate alao^
got down to business near the
end and almost cleared the
slate before the session ended.
The session,, according to the
press accounts, was disting
uished by a noticeable absense
of what may be termed con
structive legislation. The sol-'
ons did themselves proud in the
matter of appropriations, how
ever, a total of |2,275,Q00 be
ing set aside for various pur
poses during the couipe of the
session. This was but $75^000
less than the high water mark
mark established by the 1927
legislature, which led all oth
ers in the size of itr cash ap
portionments.
A summary published by the
Juneau Empire discloses that
a total of 124 measures were
passed during the session, v a
majority being of the so-called
relief type or carrying fund
allotments for various purpos
es. : }
Probably one of the most im- j
portant of the enactments was
the act making elective the of
fices of Territorial Treasurer,
Commissioner of Education,
Territorial Auditor and Terri
torial Commissioner of High
ways, all of which are to be
elected at the general election
in November, 1930.
With the exception of the
Commissioner o f Education,
who will serve until July and
be succeeded by a success
or named recently by the Edu
cational Board, present hold
ers of the several offices will
hold over until their success
ors are selected by popular
vote. The position of Auditor,
being newly created, was filldd
by the legislature in joint sess
ion, Cash Cole, of Juneau, be
ing chosen by lot from a .list of
three candidates.
AH measures passed, with the
one exception of the so-called
Poor Convict bill, have been
signed by Governor George At
Parks.
Included among the morp im
portant legislation enacted, ex
clusive of purely appropriat
ion measures, are the follow
ing.
House Bills:—
No. 8 Re. compensation of in
jured employees; a reenact
ment with slight modifications
of the old compensation law;
No. 7—Re legal holidays in
Alaska; 21—Requiring all Ter
ritorial and municipal employ
ess to be citizens of the U. S.;
53— providing for limited air
plane service on Seward Penin
sula; 51— For investigation
and study of the warble fly,
reindeer pest; 56— Authoriz
ing physical examination of
of school children; 71 Declar
ing certain game and fur ani
Continued on Page 8.
GRANBY ENGINEER
EXAMINES DECEIT
COPPER DISCOVERY
^he rich copper ore discovery
made by Sam. Robertson on
Portland Canal a short dist
ance below Hyder has been a
leading subject of discussion
in, mining circles throughout
the we$k.
Of chief interest is the quest
ion of whether the strike indi
cates the existence of a new
mineral field or denotes an
unexpected eastern extension
of the Chickaxpin zone. Owing
to ’the dense timber and snow
covering the locality at present
little can be seen of the sur
rounding terrain and the true
geology will probably not be
determined for some time.
A small amount of work done
on the lead by Sidney Ander
son and Robertson has dis
closed that the visible portions
of the vein range from 3 to 8
feet in width and carry the
same heavy mineralization as
far as penetrated.
r Dr. R. L. Mandy, inspected
the discovery this week on be
half of the Granby company
but, vouchsafed no statement
except that the value of the
strike cannot be determined
until more work is done.
B. B. Smith, well known min
ing man, who spent several
days on the ground this week
in the interest-of the owners,
returned to town Thursday
and reported that several pros
pectors have visited the strike
and quite a number of claims
have been staked in the neigh
borhood of the discovery.
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ALASKA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ELECTS
FIRST OFFICERS
The organization of the Alas
ka Territorial Chamber of
Commerce has been fully com
pleted as a result of meetings
held recently in Juneau by rep
resentatives of Chambers of
Commerce and Commercial
clubs throughout the Territory.
The following officers have
been elected to conduct the af
fairs of the organization for
a period of two years:
President, E. R. Tarwater, of
Anchorage; vice presidents,
Alfred J. Lomen, Nome, Luth
er C. Hess, Fairbanks, Chas.
Benjamin, Wrangell; treasur
er, Allen Shattuck, Juneau, ex
ecutive secretary, M. S. Whit
tier, of Juneau. The Board of
Managers is made up of one or
more representatives of the
various local Chambers of
Commerce affiliated with the j
| new organization.
Local participants in the Daw
son ice pool must content them
selves with the thought that
they will have another chance
to make the lucky guess next
spring. The $7,200 prize was
won this year by Thos. Leach,
of Dawson, and Kennedy and
Grace Stewart, of Anchorage.
The ice broke at Dawson on
May 7, at 2:33 p. m.
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Stewart gave the Hyder base
ball crew another lacing last
Sunday. The game is consid
ered far the best of the season,
as indicated by the score of 2
to nothing. The next game will
be played on the local grounds
Sunday. _ &
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KETCHIKAN LEGION
COMING Bf PLANE
Mr FRIDAY
A large delegation of officers
and members of the Ketchikan
Post of the American Legion
will arrive in Hyder next Fri
day morning, according to a
telegram from the Post com
mander, A. E. Karnes, received
this week by D. J. Mulcare, lo
cal immigration inspector and
secretary of the local branch
of the Ketchikan Legion post.
Commander Karnes also an
nounced that the visiting del
egation will make the trip by
airplane and will probably
number about 25 or 30 persons.
In anticipation of the visit,
the local Legion members are
preparing a reception program
which will include a number
of highly interesting diversions
for the visitors and also local
residents.
The visiting Legionnaires
plan to hold a meeting on Sat
urday evening at which local
candidates for membership
will be initiated.
The local branch of the Leg
ion will hold a special meeting
at the immigration office Sun
day afternoon and all who are
eligible for membership in the
Legion are requested to attend.
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DEATH BATTLE
BETWEEN “PILE RATS”
AND “ARISTOCRATS”
In what is declared to have
been the most terrific base
ball battle ever waged in Ry
der, two aggregations of ball
tossers known as the “Aristo
crats” and the “Pile Rats” bat
tled to the death on the local
ball ground Tuesday evening
before an impromptu gather
ing of fans, whose “rooting”
capacities led many to believe
that a riot was in progress on
the ball lot. The Herald rep
resentative did not witness the
contest but the story of the
fray was obtained from an
eye-witness, as follows:
However, before proceeding,
we wish to state that we do not
know whether said eye witness
was an disinterested observer
and do not vouch for the ver
ity of his account. Indeed we
have a slight suspicion that he ,
may have been a wee bit bi-1
ased in his summary.
I Anyway, this is what he repor
ed: “In a ball game Tuesday,
night on the local grounds, the
“Aristocrats” took the “Pile j
Rats” into camp to the tune of
34 to 6. And that was not all,
i as the official scorekeeper,
Erick Lindegaard, had no ad
ding machine. The “Aristo
crats showed how hitting
should be done, while the
“Pile Rats” showed how to hit
only the ambient air. ( What
ever kind that is.) About all
the “Pile Rats appeared to
needed to even hope to keep
i the score close was a battery,
. four infielders and a bunch of
sluggers.
It was also observable that
had “240” and Jack Burns
been equipped with gates be
tween their legs things might
have been somewhat different,
with the gates closed, of
, course.
The only hope the “Pile Rats”
had was in the 5th inning,
with the score 6 to 3 against
them, At that time they had
MIL EXPORTS
WORTH $l«tt
COPPER LEWS
Alaska commidities shipped
to the United States in April
had an aggregate value of $1,
! 552,425, as compared to $900,
| 935 for the same month last
■ year, showing a gain of $651,
: 502, according to the monthly
statement of commerce issued
by J. C. McBride, Collector of
Customs for the Alaska dist
rict. The report places the total
commerce for the month at
$1,635,051.
The gain was due principally
to an increase in the value of
| copper ore exports, shipments
j for the month having a total
I value of $975,831, an increase
i of $390,278 over April, 1928.
Canned salmon also showed
a marked gain, climbing from
$4,460 a year ago to $176,935
last month. Fur shipments also
increased about $65,000. The
list of exports and their values
follows:
Animals.$ 700
Curios. 528
Fish:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut. 82,535
Salmon. 30,093
All other . 105
Canned (except shell
fish) —
Salmon . 176,935
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod. 4,296
Sasmon . 16,588
Shell-fish:
Crabs . 3,880
Shrimps . 6-,050
Other fish products:
Meal . 50
Furs and fur skins:
Seal skins .• 260
Blue fox . 7,885
Silver or black fox .... 3,865
Red fox. 74,463
White fox. 2,545
Mink . 50,289
Muskrat . 383
Beaver . 600
Allother. 71,568
Ore, matte and reg
ulus:
Copper. 975,831
Lead . 14,986
Stone, including marble 12,463
Wood: Timber, lumber 10,265
*A11 other articles. 5,332
Total value of prod
ucts of Alaska.$1
| Products of the United
: States returned .
| Total value of foreign
I products.
$1.552,495
79,522
3,034
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise .$1,<
* Items included in “All
Hairseal skins.. 310
the bases full, with two out
and a weak hitter coming up.
They switched hitters and put
in pinch hitter “Holger John
son,” who had the chance of a
life time. After hitting the air
twice and with three balls
called, he took a mighty swing
at the next ball, which was
right over the plate. Everyone
held their breath expecting a
home run at least; but when
the dust cleared off the ball
was discovered in the catch
ers mitt and there was a man
dead on each sack.
Wool
$5,022
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