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VOLUME 10. NUMBER 12.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1934.
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BITTER CREEK
PROPERTY BONDED
The well-known L. L. and II.
gi'oup near the headwaters of
Pdtter Creek in the Bear River
section of the district, has been
bonded by Victoria interests
represented locally by F. R.
Jancowski, according to au
thoritative announcem e n t s
made in Stewart following the
closing of the deal Monday
evening.
The option involves a sub
stantial cash payment and total
payments of $9,000 spread
over a period of three years.
The owners, Jack Harkley, W.
D. Smith and Allan Carolan,
all of Stewart, also retain a 30
per cent interest in the proper
ty. Mr. Harkley is one of the
'original locators.
The group, now known as the
Revenge group, consists of 9
claims and was formerly con
trolled by Bitter Creek Mines,
Ltd. Three tunnels have been
driven on the property; the
upper one at an elevation of
3400 feet, the lower at 3300
feet. The formation comprises
the Bitter Creek argillites with
greenstone intrusions.
The upper tunnel i3 in 100
feet and crosscuts the vein for
60 feet. The lower tunnel is
in 465 feet and crosscuts a 23
foot vein near its portal. A
second vein shows 70 feet of
arsenical iron and 20 feet of
limey rock joining between the
arsenical iron and the hanging
wall. The second vein is
stripped and can be traced on
the surface for 2000 feet.
This development is said to
have disclosed commercial ore
values in gold, silver, lead, cop
per and zinc, with the gold
averaging between $7 and $8
per ton, at the former stand
ard price of gold. Silver val
ues are relatively small.
Water power on the ground
is more than ample for devel
opment and adequate mining
timber is available.
The bondholders, who are
said to include British invest
ors, plan t'o form a company to
finance development.
The Premier Gold Mining
(Company recently became in
terested in the property and
subjected it to examination, but
no deal was consummated ow
ing to the owners having pre
viously pledged an option to
the Victoria group.
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Stcrk Visits Cardan’s
A bouncing baby daughter
arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Carolan in Stewart
Thursday morning. Dr. J. W.
Vosburgh and Mrs. S. G. Law
rence w'ere on hand to receive
the little stranger.
SILVER QUESTION
STILL UNSETTLED
Further disappointing the
hopes .of bimetallists, the sil
ver conference held in Wash
ington Monday failed to devel
op any definite understandings
on the silver question, accord
ing to radio reports.
Although congressional silver
leaders appeared determined
to coptinue the effort to give
silver a definite place in the
monetary equation, president
ial opposition continues to be a
stumbling block to progress in
that direction, with little pros
pect that the executive will re
cede from his position.
Mr. Roosevelt indicated will
ingness to permit enactment of
the Dies measure if remonet
ization were not included, but
indicated the view that estab
lishment of a ratio between the
pound and the dollar by agree
ment with Great Britain and
the fixing of a silver ratio
thereafter is the only practic
able method for giving definite
siarus to silver.
Mr. Roosevelt is said to also j
incline to the view that the ans
wer to the silver remonetiza
tion problem may be found
in the formula presented at the
London Economic Conference,
whereby all nations would fix
definite reserves of silver in
ratio to their' gold supply. It
was proposed at London that
the nations establish silver re-1
serves up to 25 percent of their
gold supply. This would bring
for the first time in history a
fixed ratio throughout the
world between gold and silver,
the President believes.
On the other side, Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma has in
dicated that the silver bloc is
going to force the issue on the
Dies silver bill, recently report
ed by the Senate agriculture
committee.
“The monetary issue is the
only issue before the adminis
tration and on that issue the
administration will stand or
fall,” the Senator declared.
Thomas said the battle will
be against “that group which
knows no country and no flag,
but controls the w'orld’s gold
supply.”
Late reports concerning de
tails of the bill now before the
senate discloses that the meas
ure as passed by the committee
provides flor the nationaliza
tion of silver and for exchange
of agricultural surpluses
abroad for silver at a ratio »of
from 10 to 25 per cent above
the world market price.
Silver purchases abroad to
drive the price up to $1.29 an
ounce and the reestablishment
of the 1926 price level are also
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SAYS JAPAN PLANS I
CAPTURE OF ALASKA
IF HOSTILITIES START
Declaring he had seen a map
from Japanese government
files describing methods for
taking possession of Alaska in
the event of war, Representat
ive William Sirovich of New
York recently told a committee
of the House that the Japanese
have completed plans for the
capture of the Aleutian Islands
as a first step in the conquest
of Alaska in the event of hos
tilities between Japan and the
United States.
Sirovich said he had seen the
map while visiting in Russia
last year. The map had been
taken from official files in Jap
an by Russian spies, he said.
The map disclosed that Jap
an planned to take over the is
lands in the month .of May in
any year in which there were
hostilities and intended to
strike right into Alaska, where
they would be in a position to
send airplanes and submarines
to destroy Pacific coast cities.
Sirovich declared later it is
high time the United States
wokb up to tne tact rnai japan
means to take control of all
fishing on Bristol Bay and also
announced that he was en
gaged on a bill for the estab
lishment of military and naval
air bases in the Aleutians for
the protection of the United
States.
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dim
ond also delivered recently in
the House a stirring appeal for
the establishment of defenses
in Alaska for the protection of
the United States, pointing out
that an invasion of Alaska
would not only leave the Terri
tory at the mercy of the invad
ers but would permit a foreign
belligerent power to gain a
foothold in North America
within a sh'ort distance from
continental United States.
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Moose Memorial May 8
The annual Memorial serv
ices of the local Moose lodge,
postponed some days ago ow
ing to bad road conditions will
be held Sunday May 6 in Pio
neer Hall. The program is
scheduled to start at 7 :30 p. m.
and will be open to the public
without charge.
provided in the bill.
Inflation by means of silver
is now the basis of the pro
gram. Inflationists believe they
have sufficient strength to put
over their program, despite the
open hostility of the president,
and the leaders are determined
to proceed regardless of the
administration attitude, the re
ports say.
RESULTS O F
PRIMARY VOTE
Results of the local preferent
ial primary election Tuesday
were as foll'ows:
DEMOCRATIC—
Delegate To Congress
Anthony J. Dimond 54
For Territorial Treasurer
Martin Harrais 33
Oscar G. Olson 11
For Territorial Senator
W. B. Kirk 41
A. Shattuck 11
For Territorial Representatives
J. K. Green 48
Joe Baronovich 33
A. P. Walker 25
Erick Ness 19
J. W. Cadwell 18
Crystal Snow Jenne 18
A. H. Zeigler 17
John Rlonan 15
R. E. Baumgartner 2
J. P. Anderson 1
Henry Messerschmidt 1
H. R. Thompson 1
REPUBLICAN—
For Territorial Treasurer
Will H. Chase 8
Harry G. McCain 7
H. R. Shepard 7
Walter B. King 6
Frank H. Foster 5
Louis F. Paul 4
The vote was the lightest in
the history of the camp, only
71 ballots being cast, of which
6 democratic and 2 republican
ballots were spoiled. Only ten
republican votes were cast.
Complete divisional and Ter
ritorial primary election re
turns could not be obtained up
to the time of going to press
and will be presented next
week.
Will Press Action
On Assessment Bill
Local holders of mining prop
erty who are on the anxious
seat regarding the perform
ance of their annual assessment
work will be pleased to learn
that Representative Engel
bright of California has decid
ed to press for consideration by
the House of Representatives of
the assessment moratorium bill
passed by the Senate some time
ago.
The bill has been approved
by a House committee and is
now on the House calendar
awaiting final action, accord
ing to reports from Washing
ton.
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Cotton Sales Limit Bill Passed
President Roosevelt signed
last Saturday the Bankhead
bill limiting sales of cot'ton in
1934 to 10 million bales.
SILVER PURCHASE
BILL MAY PASS
Passage by Congress and ap
proval by the President of a
bill to authorize the purchase
of cne bill.on ouncos of silver
ibr use as primary money was
predicted Tuesday by a mem
ber of the Senate silver bloc
who participated in the White
House 'silver conference on
Monday, according to Wash
ington reports.
The indicated legislation
would call for the purchase of
50 million ounces of the white
metal monthly.
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, Cars Must Be Licensed
Before Being Operated
—
.Now that the roads are again
opening to auto traffic, owners
of motor vehicles will do well
to recall that under the Terri
j torial laws operation of motor
I driven vehicles without license
constitutes a misdemeanor and
i:3 punishable by a fine not to
| exceed $100, and that every
! day such vehicle is driven with
j out the required license plates
! attached constitutes a separate
i offense and is punishable ac
i eordingly.
In other words a motor vehic
le must not be operated until
and after a license is obtained
: and the plates attached to the
car or other vehicle. Even
though a license has been ob
tained the vehicle must not be
operated without both license
plates being attached.
The license fee for automo
biles or trucks carrying passen
gers' for hire is $15 per annum,
and all other automobiles,
j trucks, delivery cars, motor
cycles and tractors is $10 per
! annum, meaning the calendar
year. It is provided, however,
that if such vehicles are not
operated until after September
1, the license fees will be one
half of the above amounts for
the balance of the calendar
year.
The license tax constitutes
under the law a paramount
lien on all motor vehicles pend
ing payment of license tax.
This means the car may be
seized and sold at public auc
tion to satisfy any judgment,
fine and costs for failure to ob
serve the law.
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Sullivan Now Commissioner
Harvey Sullivan, for 12 years
United States Marshal iflor the
Third division and known to
nearly all old-time Alaskans,
has been appointed United
States Commissioner at Valdez.