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VOLUME NO. 9, NUMBER 7.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1932.
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MANY ALASKA OFFICIAL S
MAY FEEL DEMO. AXE
With the talcing over of the
national administration by the [
Democrats on March 4, 1938,1
it is probable that there will
soon thereafter come many
changes in the federal officials
in Alaska, according to our
weekly letter from Washing
ton.
When the change from Dem
ocratic to Republican adminis-'
tration occurred in 1921. Gov- j
ernor Thomas Riggs. Jr., had i
until April 12, 1922, to serve. ;
But his resignation was ten-'
tiered to President Harding
soon after he took office and
Scott C. Bone was appointed.
Mr. Bone took office June 16,
1921 and served four years.
The term of Governor Parks
commenced on June 16, 1925
and will expire October 1, 19
33, unless he should follow the
example of governor Riggs b>
resigning earlier.
Collector of Customs J. C.
McBride was appointed De
cember 21, 1921, and his pres
ent term will expire in May,
1934. The present Secretary
of the Territory, Karl Thiele,
was appointed in the summer
of 1921 and his present term
will not expire until January
8, 1934.
In the Department of Just
ice appointments there will be
several early expirations of
commissions. In the First, or
Juneau division, the term of
Judge Justin W. Harding will
expire on January 15, 1933, i
and that of District Attorney
H. D. Stabler on February 8,
1933. If their successors are
appointed by president Hoov
er it is a question whether con
firmation by the present Senate
would follow. The term of
Marshal White does not expire
until February 25, 1935.
Judge Lester O. Gore of the
Second or Nome division, was i
appointed June 25 last. The
nomination of Marshal Charles!
I). Jones in the same division 1
had been held up for some!
time but he was finally con
firmed for another term on
April 28, 1932, while the ap
pointment of LeRoy INI Sulli-1
van as district attorney was j ■
confirmed on January 11, 19-j
32. |.
Judge Cecil H. Clegg was;1
nominated for the Third or
Valdez division fcnd confirmed !
on June 10 this year. Dist- i
rict Attorney W. N. Cuddy’s 1
first term will expire June 19, !
1933. The term of Marshal !
Harvey P. Sullivan expired on 1
February 16, 1930, but he con- i
tinues to serve as no other nom- i
ination has yet been confirmed.
In the Fourth or Fairbanks i
GEORGIA RIVER GOLD
COMPANY PLANS MILL
That the Georgia River Gold
Mines, Ltd., is planning the
I construction of a reduction
j plant, following the blocking
out of the several gold bearing
! ore bodies discovered on their
| Georgia River properties, a few
miles south of Hyder, is indi
cated in the annual report of
the company, made public a
few days ago by Wellington
Beaton, president
Mr. Beaton reported that a
considerable tonnage of ore
is shown in the Southwest
vein, which has been opened at
a depth of 400' feet. Samples
were reported averaging $36
in gold to the ton.
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Stewart Dynamiter
Is Adjudged Insane
Prince Rupert papers this
week reported that Joseph
Mazzoraba, Stewart resident,
who was committed for trip 1
last week on a charge of dyna
miting the residence of Mrs.
Molly Michaelezza, was ad
judged insane in Prince Rup
ert and committed to the gov
ernment asylum at Essondah .
He was taken south by Con
stable Potterton, of Stewart.
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Stewart Church Celebrates
Twenty-second Anniversary
Communicants of the St.
Mark’s Anglican Church in'
Stewart met in Moose Hall
last Tuesday to celebrate the
twenty-second anniversary of
the organization of the church
on November 22, 1910. An in
teresting program was present
ed and a luncheon was served
to a large gathering.
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Several Hyderites Working
At Old Chichagof Mine
Reports from Chichagof say
there are a half dozen or so
former Hyder residents work
ing at the old Chichagof mine
near Juneau, which has taken
on a new lease of life. Among
the number said to be on the
mine payroll are mentioned
Max Behrmann, former local
restrateur, who is the presid
ing genius of the cook house;
Joe Prout, Ole Twedt, Charlie
Williams, Bill Irwin and Ed.
Anderson. The mine is work
ing two shifts and has about 60
men employed.
division, Judge E. Coke Hiii’s
transfer nomination and con
firmation occurred in May. 19
32. The term of District At
torney Julien A. Hurley in the
same division will expire Jan
uary 29, 1933 and the term of
Marshal Lynn Smith will not
expire until January 9, 1935.
ROOSEVELT URGED TO
RESTORE BI-METALISM
Restoration of bi-metalism as
£he only sound method of re
storing world buying and shak
ing the United States out of the
present economic stagnation,
was urged upon president
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
this week by Senator Charles
C. Thomas, of Colorado, long
prominent as a silver champ
ion.
Senator Thomas called upon
Roosevelt to do away with
“blind adhesion to the fetish of
gold.”
Governor Roosevelt has indi
cated his position on the silver
question in a campaign address
in Butte and also in a letter to
representatives of the North
west Mining Association, read
ing as follows:
“I have read carefully the
petition presented by the
Northwest Mining Association
and am enclosing in this letter
a copy of the Democratic plat
form and call your attention to
an international monetary con
ference.
“In my speech at Butte, Mon
tana, I stated that, if nothing
was done by the present ad
ministration, I would call an in
ternational conference immed
iately after my inauguration
next March. I might state to
you now that this will be done.
“At that time I will be very
glad to have your association
furnish me with all the data
you have which will assist me
in intelligently discussing this
problem.”
Uniform Date For Closing
Beaver Season Announced
The open season for trapping
beaver will end hereafter on a
uniform date in all the Alaska
fur districts in which their
taking is permitted, under a
supplementary regulation is
sued by the secretary of agri
culture on November 1, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Alaska Game Commission.
Under the new regulation
the beaver season will open
January 1 in all fur districts,
except district No. 1, embrac
ing southeastern Alaska, where
taking the animals is not per
mitted nor contemplated dur
ing the coming year.
The new regulation is expect
ed to increase the take during
the coming season about 20 or
25 per cent and will probably
increase the seasonal take to
some 20,000 or 21,000 pelts.
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D. L. Pitt, manager of the
Premier Gold Mining Comp*
any, left last week on a busi
ness trip to the south.
I LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL
IS NOT APPROVED
Inquiries made at the Herald
office during the past week re
veal that some evidently ill-in
formed person or persons have
staited a report to the effect
that the Hyder flood protect
ion project, recommended last
spring by the War Department
Engineer’s office, has been ap
proved by Congress and that
only a territorial appropriation,
to meet the local contribution
provisions, is all that is necess
ary to secure inauguration of
construction.
This is both incorrect and
misleading. Congress has not
approved the project and, as
indicated below, the amount of
the local contribution will not
be determined until the propos
al has received Congressional
sanction, hence there is no like
lihood of the Legislature mak
ing an appropriation for that
purpose.
The report of the War depart
ment engineer’s office, em
bodying two recommendations
by that department, was trans
mitted to the last Congress by
the Secretary of War last
spring but was not acted upon
or even reported from com
mittee.
The Congressional Record
reveals that the report was first
referred to the House Com
mittee on Foreign Commerce
and later to the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors, but con
tains no further reference to
the project.
As reported earlier in these
columns, the report recom
mends construction of an ex
tensive dike system at an esti
mated cost of $53,000, of
which a portion is to be provid
ed by local or Territorial con
tribution. However, there is a
wide diversity in the recom
mendations regarding the
amount of the local contribut
ion.
The report of Major Malcolm
Elliott calls for a local contri
bution of $7,000 toward the in
itial cost and $200 annually
for maintenance, while that of
the Divisional Engineer at San
Francisco, his immediate su
perior, recommends a local or
Territorial contribution o f
$24,000, nearly half the entire
initial cost of the project.
As the report presents two
divergent recommendations,
the question of which will pre
rail will be decided when the
next Rivers and Harbors bill is
under consideration; Congress
being the final arbiter in such
.•ases. Until this is done the
entire matter will be at a stand
still, as regards both Congress
ALASKA POSTMASTERS
MAY SERVE FULL TERMS
Washington reports this week
•ay it may be interesting to
Alaska aspirants to postmastc •
ships to know that when there
is a change of administration
it is customary to allow a post
master to serve the term for
which he was appointed.
The postmasters of the first,
second and third class are ap
pointed by the president and
confirmed by the senate. The
salaries in the first class are
$3,200 and over; in the second
$2,400 to $3,000, and in the
third from $1,100 to $2,300.
In Alaska the second and
third class offices, with the sal
aries paid, are as follows: Jun
oau, $2,800; Ketchikan, $2,
300; Anchorage, $2,500; Fair
banks, $2,500; Cordova, $2,
400; Seward, $2,200; Nome,
$2,000; Petersburg, $2,000;
Wrangell, $1,900; Sitka, $1,
300; Skagway, $1,800; Fort
Yukon, $1,800; Valdez, $1,
300; Nenana, $1,300; Bethel,
$1300; Haines, $1,100; Hyder,
$1,100. The fourth class post
masters, and there are a num
ber of them in Alaska, are ap
pointed by the Postmaster
General and are changed at
will.
and the Territory, for the Terr
itorial legislature is not in the
least degree likely to provide
an appropriation to meet the
demand for a local contribut
ion until the amount is decided
in Washington. However, the
legislature can, if it desires,
make a special appropriation
for maintenance of the existing
flood control works until act
ion is taken by Congress.
In the opinion of the Herold,
the project will be authorized
by Congress in connection with
the next Rivers and Harbors
bill but,in view of the need for
reducing national expenditures
to the lowest possible mini
mum during the next few years
at least, it is not considered
likely that an appropriation
for construction will be forth
coming for several years, es
pecially in view of the fact *
that there are around SlTiC,
000,000 worth of such projects
already authorized for which
no appropriations have vet
been made. Some of these are
more than two years old.
Viewed from this standpoint,
it would seem advisable for the
Territory to provide a moder
ate appropriation for mainte
nance o/f the present control
system for the coming bienni
um at least.