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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 15
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1933.
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EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR «*
HOW NEW SILVER
PLAN WILL WORK
Here is how the government’s
new silver purchase plan wall
work, according to explan
ations by Washington officials.
The silver producer will take
his silver—say 100 ounce's— to
the mint, where he will receive
for the metal .its value in relat
ion to gold. The mint will con
vert his 100 ounces of silver in
to $64.50 worth of coins. The
full theoretical value of the
metal would be $129, but half
of this the government keeps as
it makes the metal Worth 64.5
cents an ounce to the pro
ducer, compared with the for
mer price of about 43 cents an
ounce. Thus the producer, de
spite the fact that the govern
ment takes half of his silver,
will stand to gain $21.50 on his
100 ounces of the metal.
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Kustas-Whittaker Nuptials 1
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Miss Elsie Whittaker, daugh
ter of Mrs. J. McCarthy, jf
Stewart, became the bride of
Mr. George Kustas, of Hyder,
B. C., at a pretty wedding cere
mony performed by Rev. j
Frank Buisihfield in the United j
Church in Stewart on Christ-!
mas day. The ceremony was :
attended by numerous friends
of the contracting parties, both
of whom are widely known in
the district.
The bride, becomingly
gowned, was given away by
her step-father, Mr. McCarthy.
Miss Dorothy Whittaker, sister
bif the bride, acted as brides
maid and Mr. J. Kasper w>. s
best man. Little Helen Kasper
was a dainty and fetching flow
er girl. t
Following the nuptials the
young couple left on the steam
er Catala on a wedding trip to
the south. Following their re
turn in about two months they
will make their home in Stew
art.
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Cameron Child Passes Away .
Victim of a congenital heart'
defect, the infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. Frances Cameron,
well known Premier residents,
passed away suddenly last
Monday at Premier, The little
one was only three months old.
The remains of the unfortunate
babe were laid at rest Friday.
Cold Spell Breaks Record
The severe cold spell which
came to an unlamented end
Wednesday night, broke all
local records for duration and
intensity, according to the old
timers.
Starting December 8th, be
low zero weather continued
practically without interrupt
ion throughout the entire 19
day period. Temperatures as
low as 18 minus were regis
tered in towrn, while farther
up the Salmon Valley it was
several degrees colder. Fur
ther increasing the discomfort
of the situation, the north wind
blew much 'of the time with a
violence seldom known in this
'section during the winter sea
son.
The coldest weather recorded
last winter was 9 below zero,
but lasted only a few hours
during the early morning- The
low record for 1931 was 6 be
low zero.
Prince George
Damage Extensive
Inspection of the hull of the
Canadian National steamship
Prince George revealed exten
sive damage to her bottom
from the curve of the forefoot
and aft to 'over almost one
third of her length, according
to Prince Rupert reports Thurs
day.
The vessel has one large hole
in her bottom through which
the inside of the hull may be
seen. Her keel and bottom
have been holed and crumbled
at other points and many plates
have been buckled and dis
placed. The vessel will prob
ably be repaired at Prince
Rupert.
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Angellson Low Bidder
On Local Mail Contract
Retirement of the Noyes Boat
Company as contractor for the
weekly Ketchikan-Hyder mail
run is presaged in reports
from Washington that A. W.
A.ngellson, owner of the motor
ship Tuscan, tendered the low
est bid for the new contract,
which starts July 1. His bid
was $9,600 yearly. The Tus
:an has been engaged in carry
ng the mail for the Noyes
company for several months
ind has given reliable service.
SCHOOL PUPILS GIVE
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
The annual Christmas tree
entertainment of the public
school children, held in Pion
eer Hall last Saturday evening
under the auspice? of the Loyal
Order of Moose lodge, wals one
of the finest school exhibitions
presented here since the school
was established. Presenting a
marked deviation from the
usual round of recitations and
other individual numbers, the
program was composed mainly
of costume musical playlets of
very charming and artistic
character and containing many
tuneful chorus and individual
vocal numbers. It was so good
the Herald sincerely regrets
that shortage of space prevents
mbre than a brief description
of the proceedings and well
deserved personal tributes to
the participants. * —
The scho'ol children were as
sisted by Helen Kasper, Bev
erley Johnson, Billy Blue,
Patricia Haddon and Bert
Thomas, tiny tots who acquit
ted themselves most admirably
in individual numbers; Regi
nald Crozier, who displayed
excellent acting in a difficult
character; Leonard R. Traver
sy, who possesses an excellent
tenor voice and contributed
two vocal numbers with splen
did effect, and by Miss May
Winger.
The school children parti
cipating in the program in
cluded Betty Blue, Frances
Sandford, Jackie Crozier, Mar
jorie Haddon, Emma Kristo
vitch, Loia Winger, Harold
Bushfield, Johnny Kristovitch,
Patrick Krisbovitch, Bobby
Johnson and Tommy Jadro.
The individual efforts of the
young folks were excellent,
displaying not only careful
training, but splendid acting
ability and stage presence.
Musical accompaniments
were provided by Mi's. E. D.
Haddon and Mits Hortense
Whitford.
Following the school pro
gram, Santa Claus appeared
to an accompaniment of jing
ling sleigh bell's and distrib
uted a number of gifts to every
child in the community from
the huge and beautifully dec
orated Christmas tree.
Great credit for the splendid
presentation is due to Mrs
Charlotte Whitford, teacher in
charge of the school, as well
as to the various performers.
Mrs. O’Donnell Passes
Mrs. Clara (“Babe”) O’Don
nell, a well-known resident of
Hyder B. C., and Stewart dur
ing the past eight years, passed
away Monday evening after an
extended period of illness.
Deceased was a Canadian by
birth and is believed to be sur
vived by a brother whose
whereabouts is unknown.
The funeral was held Thurs
day in Stewart, following im
pressive services in the United
Church with Rev. Frank Bush
field officiating. Floral of
ferings were numerous and
beautiful and the rites were
attended by a large number of
friends and acquaintances of
the decease.! The remains
were laid at rest in the Stew
art remete •/.
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Famous Silver Advocate Dies
Patrick A. (“Tay-Pay”) O’
Farrell, famous publicist and
one of the world’s foremost ad
vocates of silver remonetiza
tion, died recently in Dublin,
Ireland, at the advanced age
of 78 years.
In addition to advocating sil
ver remonetization, Mr. O’
Farrell was also an outstand
ing exponent of a world cur
rency system based on joint use
of platinum, gold, silver and
various base metals, the coin
age of which would be of equal
value the world over. He was
also a distinguished and pro
lific writer on world affairs
and economics.
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Premier Has Deep Ore—Report
Rumors that recent diamond
drilling at the Premier has re
vealed new and important ore
possibilities below the sixth
level continue to persist and
apparently emanate from quar-1
ters in a position to know the I
facts.
This is extremely interesting
if ti*ue, as it has been repeated
ly claimed for some years that
the mine ’“t'ottomed” a't the
fifth level, although the offi
cial reports of the first several
^ears of operation admitted the
pretence of extensive deposits
of low grade ore of prospective
future value below the No. 5
level.
BIG MISSOURI CASE
BEFORE PRIVY COUNCIL
The long pending litigation
arising out of the sale of the lo
cal Big Missoui’i property by
the Lindeborg brothers in 1928
has developed a new phase
through being grantod a hear
ing by the Privy Council of
Canada on an appeal of coun
sel for the Hiram Stevenson es
tate.
The hearing will be on an ap
peal from the judgement of the
supreme court setting aside a
judgement of the lower courts
for $13,862 in favor of Mrs.'
Laura McEwen, daughter of
Stevenson.
Following the sale of the
property, William F. Harris,
who with the Lindeborg’s
James Proudfoot and Hiram
Stevenson,, now all deceased
owned the ground originally,
established a claim to a $50,
000 interest against the estates
of Stevenson and Proudfoot.
The estates of the Lindeborg’s
was absolved from liability
in the earlier legal battle's but
Mrs. McEwen undertook court
action to collect from their es
tates under an alleged agree
ment whereby they were to
contribute on a pro rata basis
to the Harris judgement.
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Fine Tribute To Delegate
C. C. Garland, chairman of
the Alaska committee of the
Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce, in a recent letter to the
Hyder Herald, gives to Alaska
delegate to Congress A. J. Di
mond the following high praise
for the work he is doing for the
Territory:
“We believe that credit
should be given where it justly
belongs and we know of no one
person who has been more loy
al and Worked harder for the
development of Alaska than
has Mr. Dimond. I have never
worked with a man who was
more devtoted and more loyal
to the cause than he has been
in our joint efforts since he has
been in Washington.”
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Prince Rupert Replaces George
The Canadian National
steamer Prince Rupert re
placed the reef-damaged
Prince George on the local run
Thursday. The Rupert brought
otver the mail consignment of
the Prince Geo.rge, most of it
Somewhat damaged by water
and with many communications
rendered almost illegible.