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VOLUME NO. 9. NUMBER 10.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
SILVER FOR WAR DEBT
PAYMENTS IS URGED
Increased strength in various
movements looking to the in
creased use of silver for mone
tary purposes is indicated inj
late Outside news reports.
Representative Andrew L. j
Somers, of New York, chair
man of the House coinage com- j
mittee and a champion qf sil
v e r rehabilitation, recently I
urged that Great Britain be i
permitted to make her war j
debt payments in silver on the j
basic, of 35 cents per ounce, 10 ‘
cents higher than the present
price, believing that it would
result in raising the price of
silver everywhere and offer a
solution for all future depress
ions.
Other influential members
of Congress are also said to be
casting about for methods for
permitting the use of silver ir.
payment of war debt.
Washington, D. C., reports
said a host of economic leaders I
in and out of Congress have ex- j
pressed the belief that the re
monetization of silver is essen
tial to economic recovery. All
are said to see the remonetiz
ation of silver, or even a limited
use of the white metal for war
debt payments as a boon to the
mining industry.
Farmer Senator Charles S.
Thomas, of Colorado, one of
the world’s outstanding money
experts, recently counseled
president-elect Roosevelt that
the only way to prevent curren
cy inflation in the United
States was to return to the
double standard. Thomas de
clared that it is the only scund
money system which ever ex
isted, or, in the the fundament
al nature of things, can ever
exist.
Senator Thomas declared that
neither gold or any other sing
le standard was ever sound.
“It should be called a shrink
ing standard, conceived, creat
ed and used at given intervals
since its birth to garrote the
world’s activities by destroying
in values,” he said.
Referring to the increasing
interest in silver, Mr. Thomas
said that converts to bimetall
ism have multiplied amazingly
since 1320, adding that econo
mists, publicists and statesmen
everywhere are now proclaim
ing it.
Senator Wheeler, Montana
silver champion, is reported
very active in advocating the
remonetization of silver. In a
recent statement he declared
that silver remonetization is
the first problem of the new
Democratic administration, as
farm relief legislation without
prior consideration of the mon
M. S. FAIRBANKS SUNK
IN ICE ENCOUNTER
The Noyes Boat Company
motorship Fairbanks, carrier
of the weekly mail between
Hyder and Ketchikan, was
sunk in Big Port Waller on De
cember 9, according to advices
received in Ketchikan. The
sinking was attributed to the
vessel having had a hole
punched in her planking as a
result of encountering ice while
entering the Port Waller har
bor while on her regular trip
along the west coast. The ves
sel sank at her moorings after
docking and the crew and four
passengers were unharmed. At
the time of being raised by the
salvage tug Akutan, the vessel
was submerged up to her pilot
house windows and was appar
ently prevented from going
deeper by empty fuel tanks.
The vessel was towed to
shore and beached to permit
patching the hole in her plank
ing.
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Federal Aid Sought In
„ Predatory Animal War
Pointing out that the depre
dations of predatory animals
| have already made heavy in
I roads in the herds of big game
in many regions of the "Terri
tory and have caused a great
i curtailment in the take of small
| game and fur-bearers, the
Alaska Game Commission has
appealed to the federal gov
ernment for help in controlling
he menace resulting from the
increasing numbers of wolves
and coyotes which have infest
ed the Territory during the
past few years. The increase
and spread of the coyotes is
| declared by the Commsson to
i be phenomenal.
In addition to asking federal
assistance in providing a boun
ty system in connection with
I the Territory, the Commission
j asked that a predatory animal
| expert be permanently as
S signed to Alaska.
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Long Cold Spell
The severe cold spell w'hich
settled over the district a week
j ago Tuesday continued without
cessation during the present
j week, making it one of the
longest cold snaps in several
years. Temperatures have
ranged from around zero to
9 below.
I etary question would be futile.
Senator Pittman has also an
nounced his intention to con
tinue his long battle for recog
nition of silver.
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
ENTERTAINMENT DEC. 23
The annual community Christ
mas entertainment, sponsored
by the Moose lodge and citi
zens of Hyder, will be held in
the Pioneer Hall Friday even
ing, December 23, commencing
at 8 p. m., it was announced
this week by the committee of
ladies in charge of arrange
ments.
The program will include the
usual big Christmas tree and
gift distribution, in which
every kiddie in the community
will receive a present from old
Mr. Santa Claus, and the pub
lic school children will present
a varied program of playlets,
songs and music on which they
have been practicing industri
ously for some time under the
direction of Miss Isabel Tho
ma, teacher in charge.
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Commission Asks Later Season
For Hunting of Wild Fowl
Resolutions urging the de
partment of Agriculture to
zone the Territory in accord
ance with climatic condition;
when fixing the open season
period for the hunting of mi
gratory wild fowl, have been
passed by the Alaska Game
Commission, according to Jun
eau reports this week.
The Commission also called
attention to the importance of
the wild fowl as a source of
food supply for the residents
of isolated communities and
urged that they should be
available for as long a time as
is consistent with the perpetu
ation of supply under the mi
gratory bird treaty act.
The Commission asked that
the open season in southeastern
Alaska be between September
20 anfi November 20, instead
of fromSeptember 1 to October
1, the period authorized for
the present year.
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Mink Season Opens
The annual open season for
taking mink, land otter, weas
el, fox and lynx commenced
yesterday (December 16) and
will continue until January 16.
The open season on Wilson
snipe and jack snipe, extend
ing from September 1, ended
Thursday night and further
hunting of the birds is unlaw
ful.
The open season on mountain
sheep and goats will continue -
two weeks longer, closing at
midnight, December 31.
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Joseph Buckshon, Stewart
druggist, whose establishment '
was wiped out in the disas- i
trous fire in Stewart last week, 1
left Monday for Vancouver, j
NOVEMBER COMMERCE
SHOWS BIG DECLINE
The effects of the depression
on Alaska commerce were
again displayed in the U. S.
Customs office statement for
November, showing a decrease
of $382,975 in the value of
merchandise shipments to the
United States, as compared to
the same month last year.
Total value of merchandise
exports for the month was
$709,855. For the same month
last year the total was $1,092,
330.
Gold and silver shipments for
the month were valued at $1,
007,064, bringing the grand
total of ail exports to $1,716,
919. Gold and silver ship
ments during November 1931
were valued at $1,082,655.
The complete list of exports
and their respective values fol
lows:
Animals
Curios .
Fish:
$ 750
1,509
Fresh and frozen( ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut. 46,391
Salmon. 26,031
All other . 3,159
Canned (except shell
fish)
Salmon . 345,061
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish)
Cod .r. 572
Herring . 76,923
Salmon . 60,773
Shell-fish:
Clams . 3,250
Crabs . 9,618
Shrimps . 4,814
Other fish products:
Meal . 11,245
Oil . 3,000
Furs and fur-skins:
Seal skins . 160
Silver or black fox .. 250
Red fox . 180
White fox . 1,274
Mink . 853
Muskrat . 155
Beaver . 271
All other . 1,145
Manufactured furs .. 90
3re, matte, regulus:
Copper . 22,738
Lead . 3,390
Reindeer meat . 15,384
frophies, specimens .. 383
HAll other articles .... 5,173
rotal value products
)f Alaska . 649,358
Products of U. S. re
urned . 60,105
rotal value of foreign
oroducts . 392
rotal value of ship
nents of merchandise $709,855
>old. 1,005,021'
silver .t. 2,043
BONE DRY LAW REPEAL
BY CONGRESS URGED
Repeal of the Alaska Bone
Dry prohibition law by Cong
ressional ratification of the re
peal act passed by the 1931
Alaska Legislature was asked
by the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce in a resolution
passed unanimously by that
body a few days ago.
The Chamber also asked the
validation of the legislative en
actments repealing the placer
mining act of 1912 and provid
ing for absentee voting by
Alaskans. Both enactments
must receive Congressional ap
proval before becoming laws.
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Ladies May Assist in
Unemployment Relief Work
The arrival of some fifty odd
yards of cotton shirting in the
consignment of Red Cross
clothing last week suggests
that charitably inclined Hyder
ladies who are in a position to
do so may perform very valu
able service in connection with
the local unemployment relief
work by making shirts for dis
tribution with the other cloth
ing supplies provided by the
Red Cross.
ihe clothing received con
sists of heavy cotton sweaters
and underclothing for men, wo
men and children, and overalls
for men, but no shirts. It is ex
pected that these will be pro
vided by local Red Cross chap
ters or sewing organization"
from the materials provided by
the Red Cross.
Ladies who may desire to un
dertake such beneficent serv
ice may obtain the the necess
ary materials at the Commiss
ioner’s office.
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J. McAleenan Seriously Hurt
James McAleenan, Stewart
hotel keeper, who was injured'
as a result of jumping from a
second-story window in his
hotel during the big fire last
week, has been found to be
more seriously injured than
at first appeared and left Mon
day for Vancouver to undergo
treatment in St. Paul’s hospit
al. He was accompanied by
Mrs. McAleenan and Mrs. S. G. '
Lawrence, registered nurse.
Grand total. $1,716,919
*Items included in “All other
Articles.”
Inedible reindeer offal $175
Edible reindeer offal 427
Walrus hides 135
Whalebone 263
Hair seal skins 57
Paintings 200
Reindeer hides 2,328
Ivory 750
Wool 833