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HYDER, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCKTH
INDEPENDENCE DAY
CELEBRATION PROMISED
Preparations for the observ
ance of ^dependence Day
wete launched at a meeting of
citizens held in the Chamber
of Commerce building Tuesday
evening, with Merl F. Thomas
presiding and Rev. C. T. hat
ten as secretary.
T. W; McDonald was chosen
for Marshal of the Day and
committees were named to
handle various features of the
celebration activities, as fol
lows:
Sport; W. Blanton, Holgei
Johnson, E. L. Dale, Noel I
Traveray; entertainment; G\;
Hager; E. D. Haddon, Jno.
Hovland, C. T, Hatten, T. H.,
Evans; publicity; E. Hinckley,
£. L. Dale, N. Traversy; decor
ations ; H. H. Howard, N. Trav
ersy, E. Blue, Wm. Bunting,
G. Berg; finance, H. Johnson,
M. Thomas, E. D. Haddon.
The details of the program
to be formulated by these com
mittees will be announced
next week.
MARMOT ROAD
* UNDER WAY
Ih accordance with the re
cent announcement of Hon.
Vfm. Sloan, B. C. Minister of
Mines, that a wagon road for
the Marmot River section had
been authorised, work on the
^project is already under way
and the miners of that section
will soon be enjoying the bene
fits of a real highway from j
the mouth of the river to the
forks.
The work is being carried on
under the direction of the
Stewart Public Works office.
About twenty men are emploj
ed and a construction camp
has been established near the
mouth of the river.
TO
EXPLORE
BUSH PROPERTIES
The underground exploration
of the former O. B. Bush prop
erties now controlled by the
National Silver Mines, Ltd. by
diamond drilling is expected !
to start within a few days, ac- i
cording to F. R. Jancowski, of
Stewart, who has been look-j
ing after the company’s inter-;
eats in the absence of Mr.
Bush. The drilling contract
was let some time ago to Boyle
- Bros. A crew of men has been
engaged for some days In
clearing out the older surface
workings and tunnels, putting
the camps in shape, and get
ting things in order otherwise
in readiness for the drill crew.
Mr. Bush, who recently spent
several days in the district
getting things in shape for the
season, left for the south last
week, with the .intention oi
returning at a later period to
spend some time in the dis
trict.
f/hile at woik on the Ryder
Lumber Co., f »w-boat. New
Alice, Sunday morning, Petr.,
iHranceau, an employee
the company fractured two
riba as a result of a fall sustain
ed when a rope on which he
wea polling broke suddenly,
precipitating him over the rail.
PORTER IDAHO TO
RESUME SHIPPING ORE
ABOUT JUNE 20th.
The first shipment of high
grade ore to come down fron.
the Porter-Idaho this year
expected to land on the beach
on June 20th, on which date
the first pack train of the seas
on will go up to the mine.
Owney McFadden and J. Ren
nie, who recently purchased
the Hamer-Bryaon packing
outfit, have the contract for
transporting the ore from the
mine to the landing near the
mouth of the Marmot.
The first shipment to the
smelter this summer will com
prise about 40 tons, most oi
which is already sacked and
ready for shipment.
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WORK ON MUNRO BROUP
Resumption of development
activities on the Munro group
was started last week when J.
E. Munro and A. N. McDon
ald left for that property with
an outfit.
The summer’s program will
embrace considerable surface
work on a number of well de
fined surface showings which
are known to carry high-grade
values and will also include
the extension of a short tun
nel run on one of the more
prominent veins in earlier
lays Considerable surface de
velopment work has been done
on the group and has disclosed
'.ome good looking ore bodies.
The group lies along the
southeastern slopes of Mt.
Linde bo rg about one mile east
)f the boundary line and along
the western border of Salmon
Glacier.
DANCE SATURDAY EVE
A dance with the Premier
orchestra providing music for
he occasion, is the Saturday
night amusement offering of
F. R. Nagle, proprietor of the
Pioneer Motion Picture show,
according to an announcement
this week. The orchestra will
come down with the Premier
baseball team, which will
tackle the Hyder huskies on
the local diamond Sunday aft
ernoon.
WORK ON HOMESTAKE
Hewitt and Carlson left last
week with a pack train of sup
plies to resume development
work on the Homestake group
and Ibex properties in the
Texas Creek area, where val
uable minera 1 discoveries were
made last summer.
It is the intention of the part
ners to extend the tunnel
started on the Homestake last
year and which revealed a big
j ledge of silver-lead ore carry
ing fine shipping values.
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C. F. Clements employed by
: the Mountainview Gold Min
; irg Company on Fish Creek,
sustained a bad cut on the foot
j while hewing a log on the com
I pany’s properties Sunday
morning. Dr. D. S. Standard
was summoned to Fish Creek
and after dressing the wound,
Lrought the injured man to
town. At lart reports he was
getting along nicely in the
I’rovinse rooms.
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Oren F. Hill, proprietor of
the Hyder Drug Co., was •
passenger on the Carden* on
DEVELOPMENT STARTS
ON GOLD CLIFF PREMIER
Launching a development pro
gram aimed at placing the
company’s splendidly locgteo
properties on a producing basis j
as speedily as possible, Harry
Tanner and a crew of men
are engaged in stringing a
cable across Salmon river neai |
the Daly Alaska, to connect j
the Gold Cliff Premier Com- j
pany holdings on the we»t1
bank of the stream with the j
Premier road and open the 1
way for arge scale develop- j
ment operations during ^he i
coming summer.
W. C. Tanner, president 01
the Gold Cliff Premier Com
pany, who is at present in Hy
der, states that it is the intent- j
ion of the company to first j
give the properties an exten
sive surface prospecting pre
paratory to laying out a pro
gram of development work
which will be done largely by |
diamond drilling, that being j
the most economical method j
of demonstrating the various ,L
ore bodies at depth. The com- |
pany holdings comprise three i
groups, the Bluff group of sev
en claims, the Cascade group
of equal number, and the Sil
ver Horde group of 12 claims,
which was recently acquired
.from O. B. Bush, former own
er of the Premier, and who
possessed such faith in the
property that he accepted *$*
large block of stock in the
Gold Gliff Premier Company
in lieu of cash consideration.
The properties are most ad
vantageously situated, with
the famous Premier mine only
a short distance beyond their
eastern borders and the Daly
Alaska adjoining the'souther
ly line. The formation is said :
to be identical with that found j
on the Premier, B. C. Silver
and other high grade prop j
erties in that locality and lies
along the porphyry contact
which made the Premier ore
bodies among the most pro
lific wealth producers in min
ing history. According to Mr.
Tanner there are two large
mineralized zones of quartz |
porphyry on the company’s
holdings, indicating that the
ground holds the western ex
tensions of the Premier ore
zone. This is the opinion of
Mr. Bush, who, in a letter to
Mr. Tanner, expresses the
view that a large ore zone
with a big quartz outcrop
found on the Silver Horde
group is the same zone founu
on the Premier. Samples tak
en from the various properties
show heavy mineralization
and are said to carry good
working values.
: In addition to diamond drill
i ing, Mr. Tanner also conteiu
I plates a survey of the proper
! ty during the season, together
j with such underground work
as may be found best suited to
placing the ground on a pac
ing basis.
A big New York brokerage
firm, E. H. Whiting & Com
pany has underwritten a large
block of the company treasury
stock. This is the same concern
that is financing the big de
velopment plan of the Kay
Cooper Company in Arizona.
The fact that the Gold Cliff
Premier Company has the
backing and endorsement of
NEW ORE BODY
REPORTED ON DUNWELL
A new ore body of apparent
ly large extent and said to car
ry values in silver considerably
above those of any ore hither
to found upon that property
has been located on the Dun
well, according to reliable re
ports from Stewart.
Those who have seen samples
of the rock assert that it is
fairly “alive”- with native and 1
ruby silver, with the metal
contents so thick in places j
that the quartz gangue can
hardly be seen.
The discovery was made
late last week by John McGin
nis, an old time prospector who
was sent up to the property to
do some work. According to
the reports, McGinnis wac
looking over the ground when
his attention was attracted to
an outcrop near the northerly
side line about 500 feet from
the Victoria Mines properties.
Surface stripping by the dis
coverer disclosed that the
zone in which the ore was
found is of large extent. A
space approximately 7 by lo
feet was uncovered but faileu
to reveal either the width oi
length of the ore body.
Persons acquainted with the
history of the Dunwell assert
that the presence of the ore.
body was known several year
ago but given no attention, by
owing, p.rob^
ably to the small extent or
the outcrops, compared to the
more massive ore structure?,
found on the property.
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HYDER IS AGAIN
BASEBALL VICTOR
With both teams playing
first rate ball and with the
bulk of the population of the
two towns on hand to witness
the argument, the Hyder base
ball team again took the meas
ure of the Stewart aggregation
on the Stewart grounds Iasi
Sunday. The score wa 5 to 7.
Unlike the preceding game,
which amounted almost to c
rout owing to the Stewarite?
failing to keep cool at critical
periods, this time the contest
wa3 hard fought and fairly
won and neither side could
justly complain about getting
the worst of the “breaks.”
The Hyder boys led from the
jump. Fortin pitched for Stew
art but, although doing gooi^
work on the mound, was un
able to avoid the lusty clouts
of the local batters. St. Clali
was more of an enigma to the
Canadians and found no diffi
culty in holding his opponents
down to an occasional safe hit.
Sam McNeill, Stewart back
stop, and Lee of the Hyder
team are both entitled to cred
it for good work behind the
bat.
The victory again places the
locals in the lead for the seas
on, Hyder having annexed
four out of the seven game»
Next Sunday Hyder will crosa
bats with the Premier team on
the local grounds and the fans
are anticipating a lively con
test.
the additional fact that the
company, being a New York
company has a much wider
field for financing operations
than is usually enjoyed by
SHRINE PILGRIMS
GIVE IMPROMPTU
ENTERTAINMENT
For the firs time in the- hist
ory of the camp, Hyder en
joyed the pleasure of listening
to the music of a brass band
when 125 red-capped Nobles
of the Syrian Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, of Cincinatti, •
Ohio, with 77 ladies fair in!
their train, took practical posa- :
ession of the town during the'
stay of the Prince George last j
week. And the gay pilgrims!
not only regaled thetown witn
music but also indulged them
selves in a variety of pranks
which well sustained the rep
utation of the Shriners as the
“jolliest fellows on earth.” In
addition their visit was of con
siderable profit <to the town,
as they purchased practically
of the Alaska curios to be!
found, in addition to a variety j
of other objects ranging from
a prospector’s pick to a sample
of galena ore. In one instance
the merry traveller’s took i
practical possession of a store !
and sold out practically its en- j
tire stock of curios by auction i
at prices far beyond the
dreams of their owners. Lack
of space forbids detailed ac
count of their doings, which
included the band concert of
more than an hour’s duration
i in front of the Provinse store;
*wnga by Edriie BaH, tt dever
vocalist; accordion solos by
* Billy Waterworth, who is an
artist with that instrument; an
address by Dr. Clarence Betz
ner, who is evidently a born
comedian, and song selections
by Mrs. Al. Shirmer, whose
I vocal attainments are of a
1 quality seldom heard in the
North. During his address Dr.
! Betzner announced his candi
| dacy for president of the
United States in the next cam
paign and asked everyone to
i support him for the good he
i would do the country. Later,
however, after listening to
his personal rendition of his
| qualifications for the job, he
i became so convinced that he
! was the man for the office
that he announced that he did
I not care whether anyone In
Hyder voted for hfln or not—
: he would be elected anyway,
i After giving Hyder an open
i air entertainment so classy
j that its equal will probably
I not be heard in this neck of the
j woods for some years to come,
j the visitors staged a dance in
| Pioneer Hall and enjoyed the
“light fantastic” to the strains
of their splendid band until
“boat time” snt the crowd
j scurrying to the Stewart
S wharf. Hyder sure enjoyed
; their visit, and the “Salaam
j'Aleukim’s” apparently got a
j good kick out of Hyder. The
| pilgrims were on their way
! home from the great Shrine
! conclave at Los Angeles, June
I 2-3-4. In addition to the splen
j did band of 45 pieces, led by
! Band Director J. Henry Fill-'
! more, the caravan included
the Jane Berger Drum Corps
and an Arab Patrol of 30 men,
commanded by Captain John
A. Griffiths. The band is one
of the most noted Shrine bands
in the country, and was select
ed to play to a crowd of ten
thousand in Los Angeles Stadi
um bowl during the conclave.
The itinerary, arrangements,
NEW OWNER DALY
ALASKA REPORTED
A press dispatch emanating
from Victoria during the last
days of May reports that a new
organization has been formeu
to take over the local holdfaga
of the Daly Alaska Mines
Company.
Details of the alleged devel
opment are lacking, the dis
patch merely stating that the
new company, known as the
Alaska Amalgamated Mining
Corporation, has been gazett
ed and“ owns thse Daly Alas
ka, situated: on the Alaska
side of Salmon Rivehr in the
Portland .Canal district."
The directors of the concern
are given as A. L. McLennan,
Geo. W. Norgan, H. J. Davis,
Maurice deLeon, E. B. Hamble
ton, Jesse J. Kahn, and Wm,
Sloan, all of whom are resi
dents of Vancouver exeeDt Mr.
deLeon, who is a San Francn
o man.
In this connection it may al
’0 be stated that late renorts
from the sout indicate thtii
negotiations carried on in Eng
land during recent weeks lock
ing to the financing of this
property have been most suc
cessful and will place the com
pany in a position to open the
nine on .« productive scale in
the near future. The amount
raised is said to be 135,00u
pounds.
Taterman, chairman of the pil
grimage committee.
Owing to the arrival of the
visitors being practically un
heralded, no arrangements
were made for their recention.
Only two members of the
Shrine were in town at the
time, Merl F. Thomas, presi
dent of the local Masonic Club
and member of Nile Temple,
Seattle, and Edgar Provinse,
also a member of Nile Temple
A. A. O. M. S. It was left to
fhem to do the honors for the
fraternity, a task they accom
plished as far as could be done
under the circumstances.
Following is a complete rost
er of the visitors, whom every
one in Hyder hopes will come
again some day. «
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Breiting,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Iluneke,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gleb, Mrs.
Carrie Haubrock, Mr. and Mrs.
Art. Kiefer, Mr. and Mrs Rich
ard Kiefer, J. J. Brickhonse,
L. A. Cross, Mr. and Mrs J. J.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs L. Elle
brecht, Oscar Meyer, Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Bagley, C. Haynes,
A. Jahnke, Miss Bagley, H.
Knaar, G. C. Larne, F. C.
Leighton, E. T. Mangan, A
Pabst, H. A. Rogers, C.
Schwartz, G. Smith, Mr. anu
Mrs. Harry Schwartz, H. Stem
bock, C. F. Wright, Mr. ana
Mrs. Saul Hurwich, W. A. Law
ton, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Heff
ner, Harry Muth, F. H. Basse
meyer, C. R. Singer, W. H.
Francis, Chas Bose, Jr. How
ard Hafford, Wm. Kunkel, Os
car Kunkel, Wm. Waterwortn,
Louis Dizerans, Gilbert Rick
el, Walter Brinkman, John
Hofer, Roy McDermott, Ralph
Itigio, John Rahn, A1 Kaiser,
Alvin Buck, Ben Califf, Frank
Bernhard, R. Brinkman, Chas.
Gross, G .Carlton Smith, Ed
Dill, Herbert Kabitsch. Carl
Asimus, Jake Bohrer, Edwin
Schath, Joseph Elliot, Ralph
Van Wye, Wm. Simon, Mr. and