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VOL 3, NO. 20
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10,1927
FIFTY CENTS A »IMH
DEVELOPMENT ON
EXTENUATE GROUP
The opening up of the Exten
uate is making good progress,
despite the handicap of heavj
snow, according to Wm. E.
Younkin, superintendent 01
operations, who made a flying
trip to town on business Iasi
week.
Two of the projected new
camp buildings are up; the
bunkhouse and cookhouse, and
work is under way on the com
pressor house and other build
igs, which will include a ware
house and office, assay office
and blacksimth shop. The
bunkhouse is 18x 24 feet, two
stories high, and will accom
modate a crew of 35 men, al
though only a small crew is
employed at present. Mr.
Younkin states that the com
pressor and other essential
machinery is expected to ar
rive as soon as the camp is
completed. A additional 15,
000 feet of lumber will be rt
quired to complete the camp
and is being transported to the
property as fast as traveling
conditions permit.
W<wk on the No. 1 tunnel is
making good progress. The
tunnel* is being run on the ore
and as in a distance of 45 feet
when Mr. Younkin came down,
and had encountered a 2ont
of good looking ore. The main
objective is to get under a big
ore exposure located some dis
tance up the slope, on which
a depth of approximately 400
feet is expected to be gained.
The drift is also expected to
cut several cross veins at
depths of 100 feet and up
ward. The management also
plans to run another tunnel
about 300 feet lower, which
is expected to cut several im
portant ore bodies tha.t will
not be reached by the No. 1
tur.nei.
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The regular monthly general
meeting of the Hyder Cham
ber of Commerce, Incorporat
ed, took place in Chamber of
Commerce Hall Tuesday even
ing but developed nothing
aside from routine business.
Several committees of the
Chamber are at work on vari
ous projects and interesting
developments may be expect
ed shortly.
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Bert F. Smith, left for the
south last week, accompanied
by Mrs. Smith.
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Gosh, Si, You be lookin’ pret
ty perky lately.”
“Yep. gettin’ ready for that
big Hayseed dance neat
week.”
WORK TO START
ON PREMIER EXT.
A program of intensive1 de
velopment will be started on
he Premier Extension as noon
as the necessary arrangements
■an be concluded, according
to advices received during the
week from parties in close
touch with the controlling in
terests. No details of the con
tempations are available at
present, but from the infc iTO
ation at hand it appears that
active work will be inaugura.v
ed in the very near future and
arrangements for supplies and
equipment are already under
way.
Edward G. Brown, of Van-!
couver, well known mining j
man, wj^o negotiated the re- j
cent transfer of the Woodbine
and Vancouver groups to J. Jb.
Watson of Calgary, and as
sociates will direct the new op
erations. Mr. Brown is expect
ed to arrive from Vancouver j
shortly, to get things going.
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Preparations are under way
for a “Hayseed” dance, to be
held in Pioneer Hall the even
ing of Saturday, January 16th,
under the auspices of Mr. ana
Mrs. O. F. Hill.
Music for the occasion will
be provided by the Victor Dur
ant orchestra, which insures
:he best in the line of terpsi
ehorean strains. No one will oe
asked to donate anyth ing.
Everyone attending is expect
ed to help maintain the “hay
seed” character of the danct
by appearing in costumes sug
gestive of the farm; the ladies
in gingham arid sun-bonnets,
and the men in overalls and
straw hats. The price of ad
mission has been fixed at
for gentlemen, ladies free.
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Grant Mahood, president of
the Extenuate Mining Com
pany left for the south last
week, after a short visit to the
scene of the company’s op
erations on the Extenuate
group. Mr. Mahood was ae
companied by John P. Ken
dall, of Toronto, who is associ
ated with the company.
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The steamer Border Queen
■unloaded 100 tons of cargo on
; her last appearance here
’ Tuesday. Fifty tons of the con
! signment consisted of coal for
j the Hyder Fuel Co. and tne
! remainder was made up of
! feed and general merchan
dise.
The vessel is scheduled lo
sail from Sea ttle for this port
; January 18th, and should ar
jrive here by the evening ot
' January 22.
PIONEERS INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS
The annual installation of
officers of the local Igloo ox i
the Pioneers of Alaska was
held in Pioneer Hall Tuesday,
with about 75 pioneers and
guests on hand to witness the j
ceremonies. The newly install-;
ad officers were:
3. B. Smith, president; Angus j
Kennedy, 1st vice president , j
Roy McLeod, 2nd vice presi- j
dent; E. M. Reynolds, secrt |
tary; T. H. Evans, treasurer;
L. R. Doggett, historian; Geo.
Bunn, chaplain; Felix Seppi,
13gt, at Arms; Alex Frazer,
trustee.
Three new members wert
initiated into the order at the
business meeting, which was
followed by a smoker and one
of those “big feeds” for which
he Pioneers are widely and
justly famed. In keeping with
tradition, the chief dish of the !
feast was beans, with “trim- !
ings” of ham, sausage, pickles,
and a wide variety of other de
lectable things to eat. The
edibles disposed of, Princess
Nicotine ruled gaily over the
gathering until the wee, small
hours. Tales were told, songs
were sung and George Bum.
played his guitar in a way that
I made many of the olcl timers,
“hear again the soothin’ tones
J of Bate’s old guitar
As he sang about the ‘Fishei
Maiden’ at the ‘Polar Star—”
in those good, old, distant days I
when the latch string hung
from every door.
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Major C. B. North, manager
of the B. C. Silver mine, re
turned last week from a visit
in Anyox.
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R. G. Mellin, managing en
gineer of the Riverside mine,
left for the south last week
after concluding one of his
periodical inspections of de
velopment work now in prog-,
ress.
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The annual stockholders meet-;
ing of the Porter Idaho Min
ing Company will be held in j
the company offices in the I
Frazer Hotel a week from i
Thursday.
Douglas H. Rae, of the Pre
mier engineering staff, return- j
J ed from the South last week,
bringing his bride, formerly
i Miss Myrtle McCaslin of Sal
i ma, B. C. The young couple
; were married in Spokane
i shortly before the holidays.
Vic Durant says he’ll fiddle |
; Turkey in the Straw at that,
i Hayseed dance, Jan. 15.
HOW TERRITORIAL FUNDS
ARE APPROPIATED
Sixty-five per cent of the
funds collected from licenses
and trades outside incorporat
ed towns and credited to tne
Treasurer of the United States
and by him credited to the
Alaska fund is appropriated
for repair and construction of
• oads and trails outside of in
orporated towns and expend
d under the direction of tne
Alaska Road Commission; 25
per cent is appropriated tor
he maintenance of schools
outside of incorporated towns,
and 3 0 per cent is appropriat
ed for the relief of Indi
gent3.—Ex.
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Latouche is the wettest town
in Alaska, according to figures
recently made public by R. C.
Mize, of the Alaska Weather
Bureau office at Juneau. Mr.
Mize stated that Latouciie
broke all records for a sea le*
el town in 1926, with a rain
fall of 203.68 inches for tne
first 10 months of the yeai.
Adding th e last two months
of 1925 to the record of 192t>,
give the place a total of 249.5a
for the 12 months. Cordovo
with a record of 190.83 inches
for the 12 months of 1912 ana
Ketchikan with a record of
190.83 inches for the 12
months of 1917 are left far
behind by Latouche. Jumbo
mine established a record oi
227.60 inches for 12 months
in 1917.
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GREATEST RUN OF
CARIBOU IN HISTORY
What is believed to have been
one of the greatest runs of
caribou observed in the history
of the Yukon river, took place
this fall, according to a letter
from a prominent resident and
official of Eagle. The letter
was dated October 31 and in
part reads as follows: “Quiet
and peaceful here—just can
bou, caribou. In the river, on
the beach, in the streets, in
the lots, in the woods, on the
mountainside, till you can
hardly see the ground. Yester
day was a big day. On the
mountain across from where I
live, it looked as if everything
was moving. They have been
going and coming for three
weeks. Seems to be a meeting
place here. The oldest inhabi
tants say they never saw any
thing like it. For six miles you
could walk among them. They
will not run away. The dogs
have got so they will not bark
at them any more.”
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Hezekiah Boer, be a goin* to
set up the finest lunch evci
at the Hayseed dance, Jan. 15.
•T7.5ET LIGHT
FUND REFORi
Following is a complete r
.■o al aiemc.ii tOv Jiu. ,
.•dpia and disbur.. mcnt
ronnoction with the instal l
•m end m ! "'i 'ce 0* V
•treat lights from the tim
hey were installed to the pres
•nt The first statement, rhow
deficit of 78.47, is the re*
made by the first Street
. •]) - , • m:n:'.ee o' the Cham
• • >..* Com n: -e, and was
.'a .! :<■ d adopted at «.
" n hat organization.
; . ied wa»
ken care of by the Tongass
•’ower and Light Co. until
funds were raised tor its liqui
dation. The second statement
is a report 'made I.y the pres
ent Chambr of Commerce
.'Street Lights committee anti
diov.-s the statu*’ of the light
fund at the present time, with
ail obligations settled and a
small balance on hand. As win
be noted, the present excellent
status of affairs is due to the
substantial sum raised by tht
benefit dance given by Mr.
and Mrs. O. F. Hill. The re
ports follpw:
Statement of First Street
Lights Committee
-Cost of installing light lines—
Labor (contract) $ 70.Ou
Wire 72.10
Lights 25.60
Meter3 40.00
Other supplies G1.77
Total $269.47
Subscriptions paid 191.00
,
.
Deficit $ 78.47
Signed— E. D. Haddon
Ben Oian
Holger Johnson
Committee
Statement Present Street
Light Committee
Receipts—
Benefit Dance (g o?) $144.00
Coal Raffle (net) 25.00
Total Receipts $169.00
Expenditures—
Dance expenses $ 4.9.00
New light globes 27.80
To deficit shown by re
port of 1st. light com
mittee 73.47
Total disbursed S149.2'/
! TOTAL RECEIPTS $169.00
| TOTAL DISB’D 149.2 /
JBAL. ON HAND $ 19.7S
! Signed—
Oren F. Hill
Frank Reichenback
E. D. Haddon
• Committee
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Charlie Lake was a south
bound passenger on the Prince
! Rupert Thursday.
’ ASKA TRADE NEARLY
DOUBLES 13 YZARS
The external trade of Alaska
325 \va3 91 per cent larger
ban in 19 3 according to
igures made public in a e^m
nnouncement of the war dc
. tment.
' ic Tc ntory’s expoits more
ban dou’d-d during the l*.
ear period while its irr.
increased about 43 per cent. •
In 1913 Ihe Territory’s im
! ooi ts were valued at $22,441,
! 000 and by J 925 they had
i climbed to $32,200,000. In the
former year Alaska's exports
v\ve worth $23,395,000 and
i ] 925 were valued at $56,336,
000.— Exchange.
LONG MISSING TENAKEE
MAN IS FOUND DEAD
| The mysterious disappearance
■ more than four years ago of
of John McCarthy from Ten*
kee was solved recently when
a human skeleton was found
in the woods back of that
town and was identified as the
remains of the missing man.
He had not been seen since
late in the summer of 192‘j
and was generally believed to
have left the Territory to avoid
prosecution on a charge of vi
olating the liquor laws.
Information received regard
! ntr ‘.he discovery of the te
i mains did not indicate the
| probable cause of death, a
! watch bearing the engraved
! scoters “J. M.’\ an automatic
I pistol found near the skeleto..
1 and parts of clothing, formeu
| the means of identification. A
i coroner’s jury decided the
j ke;i ton was that of Me Car
i rh>-.
liar) Thiele. territorial sec
retary, and Tay Bayers, re
cently killed what is believed
to be the largest brown bear
ever killed in the vicinity of
Hoonah. The skin i3 six inches
longer than that of the bear
killed by Dr. W. A. Borland
early this fall, which measured
12 feet. 7 inches.
An effort will be made by
the Tanana Valley Game As
sociation at the coming session
of the legislature, to secure
an appropriation to stock the
Tanana country with elk and
black-tailed deer.
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If money is the root of all
evil, then working must o«=
evil.
..Some say Jedediah Oien will
bring a new gal to the Hay
seed dance, Jan* 15.