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VOL 3, NO. 10
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1926
F1HY GEMS A LIMB
SUTHERLAND SWEEPS
TERRITORY IN
OVERWHELMING VOTE
Incomplete returns of the Ter
ritorial election disclose that
delegate Sutherland has won
an overwhelming victory over
T. A. Mnrquam, the independ
ent candidate.
Following is the vote so far
reported:
Circle: Marquam 5, Suther
land,2. Wiseman: Marquam 1,
Sutherland 33. Livengood:
Marquam 3 Sutherland 34. Ft.
Davis Pet.—Nome district—
Marquam 1, Sutherland 13.
Ruby: Marquam 7, Sutherland
33. Fox: Marquam 15, Suther
land 20. Anchorage: (com
plete returns) Marquam 97,
Sutherland 675. Chatnika:
Marquam 50, Sutherland 56.
Esther: Marquam 7, Suther
land 36. Richardson: Mar
quam 4, Sutherland 2. Clery:
Marquam 4, Sutherland 8. Sit
ka: Marquam 108, Sutherland
209, Batcheller 38, Shattuck
91, Steel, 165, Benjamin 202,
Ferguson 199, Gurr 105, Har
dy 11, Locken 102, Paul 180,
Worth 180, Kubley 96.
Wrangell (2 precincts) : Mar
qaum 91, Sutherland 274, Bat
cheller 18, Shattuck 75, Steel
209, Benjamin 304, Ferguson
214, Gurr 112, Hardy 70, Kub
ley 86, Locken 81, Paul 224, j
vvortn zn.
Stikine: Marquam 16, Suther-j
land 67, Batcheller 5, Shat- !
tuck 17, &teel 54, Benjamin
70, Ferguson 49, Gurr 20, Loc
ken 22, Paul 54, Worth 50. j
Tacotna: Marquam 10, Suth
erland 29. Iditarod: Marquam1
5, Sutherland 8. Bethel: Mar
quam 2, Sutherland 40.
Cordova, (Pet. 2 complete)
Marquam 200, Sutherland 159.
Holy Cross: Marquam 1, Suth
erland 33.
Bulletin— 1:45 a. m. Nov 3—
Sutherland leads by about
1200 votes.
McGrath: Marquam 16, Suth
erland 24.
Alitka: Marquam 2, Suther- (
land 10.
Willow Creek Sutherland 5.
Juneau: (Pet. 2 complete)
Marquam 200, Sutherland 159,
Batcheller 53, Shattuck 198, i
Steel 75, Benjamin 114, Fer
guson 113, Gurr 213, Hardy j
230, Kubley 212, Locken 206,
Paul 106, Worth 114.
Scow Bay: Marquam 2, Suth-.
erland 34, Batcheller 1, Shat
tuck 1, Steel 26, Ferguson 29,
Benjamin 21, Gur 4 Hardy 4,
Kubley 3, Locken 6, Paul 32, j
Worth 27.
" Douglas: 'Marquam' 44,‘ Suth-';
erland 121, Batcheller 34,j
Shattuck 54, Steel 67, Benja
min 97, Ferguson 105, Gurr
54, Hardy 67, Kubley 49.
Locken 50, Paul 82, Worth 86.
Treadwell: Marquam 6, Suth
erland 3, Batcheller 3, Shat
tuck 6, Benjamin 2, Ferguson
3, Gurr 5, Hardy 9, Kubley 6,
Locken 7.
Juneau Creek: Marquam 8,
Sutherland 8, Batcheller 2,
Shattuck 8, Steel 5, Benjamin
5, Ferguson 6, Gurr 13, Hardy
10, Kubley 9, Locken 9 Paul ?.
Valdez: Marquam 101, Suth
erland 73.
Eagle: Sutherland 30, Mar
quam 1.
Ft. Yukon: Marquam 5, Suth-1
erland 17.
Copper River: Marquam 52,
Sutherland 44.
McCarthy: Marquam 54,
Sutherland 36.
Kennecott: Marquam 49, Sutji
ERPUBLICAN TICKET
WINS LOCALLY
The regular republican tick
et, headed by Sutherland for
delegate, won a sweeping vic
| lory in the local election. The
! vote was the largest in any
; election in the camp’s history,
| a total of 141 ballots being
i cast, of .which 7 were spoiled,
i An unusual feature of the con
; test for Representative was a
tie vote between Benjamin
and Ferguson, who headed
the list of legislative candi
dates.
Following are the complete
returns:
For Delegate to Congress—
Dan. A. Sutherland, 84, Thom
as A. Marquam, 49.
For Senator—
Will A. Steel, GO; Allen Shat
tuck, 54; Willis W. Batcheller,
8.
For Representatives—
William L. Paul, Rep. 71;
Chas. Benjamin, Rep. 63; C.
B. Ferguson, Rep. 63; William
E. Worth, Rep. 51; N. O. Har
dy, Ind, 48, Edward Locken,
Ind. 46; L. .H. Kubley, Ind. 45;
A. E. Gurr, Ind. 43.
Road Commissioners—
T. H. Evans, 2; Clyde Hager,
2; Sam Swenning 1; Ray Sny
der, 1; B. B. Smith, 1.
erland 25.
Bonanza: Marquam 36, Suth
land 10.
Jumbo: Marquam 18, Suther
land 7.
Eyak: Marquam 41, Suther
land 108.
Woodrow: Marquam 8, Suth
erland 20.
Bulletin—Nine Precincts in
railroad belt, 3rd. Division out
side of Anchorage and Sew
ard, give Marquam 48, Suth
erland 287.
Ketchikan: (Incomplete re
turns) Marquam 209, Suther
land 309, Batcheller 20, Shat
tuck 196, Steel 252, Benjamin
249, Ferguson 244, Gurr 201,
Hardy 195, Kubley 255, Lock
an 198, Paul 254, Worth 238.
Seward: Marquam 200, Suth
erland 132.
Nulato: Marquam 3, Suther
land 12.
Moose Pass: Marquam 2, Suth
erland 21.
Skagway: Marquam 137,
Sutherland 85, Batcheller 79,
Shattuck 85, Steel 45, Benja
min 65, Ferguson 75, Gurr 132,
Hardy 148, Kubley 123, Lock
en 126, Paul 62, Worth 58.
Hot Springs, Eureka & Ram
part: Marquam 11, Sutherland
77.
L'a'Touche': Marquam 63, Suth
erland 27.
Bulletin Nov. 3—Sutherland
now leading by about 1200.
The final returns expected to
give Sutherland 2000 to- 2500
majority.
Latest Reports—Nov. 3—11:45
a. M.
Juneau: (complete) Mar
quam 782, Sutherland 542,
Batcheller 97, Shattuck 731,
Steel 237, Benjamin 370, Fer
guson, 381, Gurr 764, Hardy
773, Kubley 762, Locken732,
Paul 309, Worth 357.
Craig: Marquam 20, Suther
land 90, Batcheller 2, Shat- ]
tuck-17, Steel 84, Benjamin
80, Ferguson 87, Gurr 19, Har
dy 19, Kubley 22, Locken 22,
Paul 77, Worth 77.
Haines: Marquam 44, Suth
erland 58, Batcheller 10, Shat
tuck, 43, Stel 38, Benjamin 42,
Ferguson 46, Gurr 44, Hardy
56, Kubley 38, Locken 35,
BIG MISSOURI MAY BE
TRANSFERRED—REPORT
Reports of a change in the
control of the -Big Missouri
have been prevalent during
the past few days but appar.
ently have no basis in fact; al
though it appears that thera
is a possibility that the prop
erty may be taken over by
other parties, who are said to
be interested.
i The recent inspection of the
property by Louis Levensaler,
noted mining engineer, is saia
by those in a position to know
: to have been made on behalf
of New York interests who are
I or were considering a possible
i offer to the Big Missouri Min
ing Co. for the purchase of the
option. Although Mr. Leven
£aler has long been associated
| with the Guggenheim organl
j zation, it is understood that
I the parties he represented in.
i this instance are not in way
! connected with the Guggen
i heim’s.
It is also said on good authori
ty that the Consolidated Min
ing and Smelting Co., of Can
ada, owners of the Trail Smelt
er, is interested in the prop
erty and may be considering
possible acquisition.
However, reports from out
side sources indicate that the
Big Missouri company is plan
nng to place the mine on a
producing basis next summer,
with Capt. Duncan MacVichie
in charge of operations. . «•
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Thomas A. Marquam, Inde
pendent candidate for Dele
gate to Congress: Allen Shat
tuck, Independent candidate
for Territorial Senator and
Hon. Henry Roden, of Juneau,
were speakers at a largely at
tended poltical meeting held
in the Provinse building Satur
day evening. The party, which i
> Iso included N. O. Hardy, In
dependent candidate for the ,
Territorial Legislature, arrived
Saturday morning about 10
o clock on the mot:rship Este
beth, after visiting every im
portant town and settlement
in the First Pivis.on. For the
dual reasons that the election :
is now over and the space is!
required to report the results, i
for which purpose the paper!
has been heid over until today,
no attempt will be made to re
port the proceedings, save to
say that the remarks of the
speakers were decidedly il
luminating, in view of prior
statements on campaign is-,
sues by opposing candidates j
and were listened to with!
marked attention throughout.
At ^he close of the meeting!
the visiors returned to Ketchi- i
kail.
R. W. Cornish arrived from j
Ketchikan via Rupert, Monday..
Paul 47, Worth 40.
A compilation taken from
the above reports gives the
total vote for delegate as fol
lows:
Sutherland: 3836: Marquam
2619.
The vote for legislative mem
bers in the First Division so
far reported:
For Senator:—
Batchller 353, Shattuck 1422,
Steel 1257.
For Representative:—
Benjamin 1621, Ferguson 15
51, Gurr 1686, Hardy 1392,
Kubley 1660, Locken 1596,
Paul 1627, Worth 1441.
STOCKHOLDERS ENDORSE
INDEPENDENCE DEAL
Sale of a controlling interest
in the Independence to Ameri
can interests represented by
Chas. Durrwachter under an
agreement made recently by
S. P. Fitzgerald, president of
the Independence company,
was fully ratified by the share
holders of the company at o
meeting held in Victoria
| Thursday, according to a tele
| gram received Friday by Jack
! Fitzgerald.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s message
states that the amount agreed
upon has been paid and the
transaction is fully completed.
Under the terms of the deal
51 per cent of the ownership
of the property passes to the
new owners, the remaining 49
percent being retained by the
present company.
Mr. Fitzgerald informs the
Herald that the action taken
by the stockholders closes the
deal and will enable the new
interests to proceed with such
development plans as they
have formulated.
The deal made is one of ex
cellent advantage to the stock
holders of the Independence
Mines Co.. The purchasing in
terests are in a position to un
dertake development on any
scale desired, which means
that the mine will probably
be placed on a producing bas
is as speedily as conditions
will permit. The Fitzgerald
brothers have held the. prop
erty for more than 9 years.
During that period they have
brought it to a state of devel
opment where it appears that
sufficient capital is all that is
required to place it on a pro
ductive basis. This the new
owners are in a position to
supply.
Mr. Fitzgerald states that his i
brother left for Seattle imme-1
diately after the deal was'
concluded to purchase pipe!
and other equipment for use j
during the winter. Fourteen j
tons of supplies, sufficient to
last over the snowy period,
have been freighted to the
ground. Development work
during the winter will be di
rected to extending the main
tunnel, the face of which is j
entirely in ore, and will be |
carried on under Mr. Fitzger- j
aid’s direction.
Mr. Durrwachter, who recent
ly examined the property in
company with his son, E. W.
Durrwachter, who also is a
mining engineer, announced
during his visit that the plans
of the purchasers include the
continuance of development
work during the winter and the
construction of a mill next
spring.
The first meeting of the new- j
ly incorporated Chamber ot j
Commerce, originally called I
for Tuesday, Nov. 2, has been
postponed until the evening of j
Tuesday November 9th, one
week hence, owing to the origi
nal meeting date falling on
election day.
All members of the old or
ganization have been elected
to membership in the incorpo- j
rated body and are requested
to attend the meeting and sign
the membership roll.
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The motorship Norco, of the
Northland Transportation Co.
is scheduled to leave Seattle
for Hyder November 12.
BIG DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM LAUNCHED
AT RIVERSIDE MINE
The winter development plan?
contemplated by the Riversid<
Mining and Milling Company
are now under way. The mil
has been temporarily closer
down while the underground
development program, design
ed to effect a large increas1
in ore production, is pushed to
completion. New drifts and
tunnels will be run to explor
the various known ore bodie
3nd the ore encountered wi!
be blocked out in readiness to
; a renewal of milling opera! j
ions.
The crew has been reduce
to 15 men for the winter, wit*
J. H. Hewitt as mine forema
R. G. Mellin, E. M., who ton
charge of the mine at the tim
E. E. Hall, Winnepeg capital
ist, purchased a controlling
interest in the Riverside Mir.
ing and Milling Co., will re
| main in charge of operation.
Mr. Mellin w :'l leav • on th
Gardena to winter in the south
but will return here at month
ly intervals to inspect the work
done and direct the course ol
development operations.
Forty six tons of concen
trates, the last batch accruing
from his years’ oprations, will
leave for the Selby smeltei
on the next trip of the Norco
Work on the Salmon Rive
•oad extension, suspended
Wednesday for reasons whic5
could not be definitely deter
mined, was resumed Mondr ;•»
and will be continued u-v.
he snow flies, according :
present contemplations.
Efforts to learn the cause o |
the early shut down proved !
unavailing as the contracting i
firm officials were not inclined j
to discuss the matter beyond !
•nakng vague reference to ad-!
verse weather conditions re-!
cently prevailing. Whatever,
the reason, the entire crew
was laid off and all work dis
continued from Wednesday
until Monday.
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One of the largest dance
crowds assembled in Hydei
during the past year partici
pated in the Halloween dance :
given Saurday evening in Pio j i
neer Hall by Mr. and Mrs !1
Oren F. Hill.
The hall was tastefully deco | 1
rated for the occasion, the en j <
semble being in full accorc. j '<
with the Halloween tradition j:
and presented a decidedly j'
pleasing appearance. Music of ■ ’
splendid quality was provided
by an orchestra composed of
Mary Tompkins, piano; Victor i
Durand, violin; and Ross Nich- *
olson, drums. A tasty luncheon ;
served at the supper hour was !
contributed by various ladies i
of Hyder and greatly enjoyed, ]
especially by the bachelor el- i
ements. Those attending are
unanimous in stating that the 1
function was one of the most j
enjoyable given here in a long i
period. The dance was also a i
marked success from the ft- I
nancial standpoint, $51 being
realized over and above ex
penses. Mr. and Mrs. Hill do
nated the entire surplus to the '
Public Library.
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The steamer Border Queen
should arrive from Seattle, '
Tuesday, according to recent
advices stating the vessel
would sail Oct. 30.
.’ROSPEP'TY G^OUP
MAKES SHIPMENT
Six hundred and thirty sacks
)f ore from the Prosperity
roup in the Marmot F;\er
ection left for the Tiai v. It
or on the Cardena Monthly
night.
The shipment, valued at ap
proximately $10,000 was the
result of a few weeks’ work
this fall by Messrs. Jancowskl,
Davis and Watland, on a rich
extension of one of the Porter
-daho veins which runs thru
their property.
According to the owners, the
ore was broken from the vein
and sacked without sorting.
Assays are said to have shown
average values in excess of
?r»00 per ton in silver, in ad
dition to substantial lead and
zinc values.
The Moose lodge celebrated
“Mooseheart Day” and the
birthday anniversary of Di
rector James J. Davis “father
"*f the Moose order,” with a
with a big smoker and gene
ral jollificaton in Pioneer Hall
Wednesday evening. The ses
sion was attended by eighty
members of the order and their
friends and followed a meet
ing of the lodge at which 14
new members were initiated.
Interesting talks on Moose
heart and the Moose order
were made by Rev. A. W. R.
Ashley, David J. Mulcare,
John Hovlanl, Noel M. Trav
ersy, W. R. Tooth and P. 8.
Jack and numerous instru
mental and vocal selections
were given by the Gordon
brothers, of Stewart, J. O. Ly
on, Rev. A. W. R. Ashley and
others. W. R. Reid also enter
tained the gathering with a
lecidedly humorous story. The
ontertainment was topped off
by a fine lunch prepared by
he Quick Lunch and Ideal
ifafe. During the course of
;he evening a substantial sum
vas collected for the Moose
leart Endowment fund.
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The illustrated lecture entit
ed “Seattle to India,” given
Sunday evening by Rev. S. V.
Warren at Hyder M. E. Church
n-oved to be the most interest
ng entertainment of its kind
iver presented in Ilyder. The
oictures used by Dr. Warren
o illustrate his discourse were
>f a decidedly unusual char
icter and provided an illumi
lating insight into the life and
:onditions prevailing in .. the
various countries described.
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Damage inflicted on the Sal
non River dock by the de
structice toredo worms has
low been repaired by the iii
itallation of new piling by the
Jver-reach Pile Driving Gom
oany of Ketchikan, under the
lirection of W. P. Boos.
A total of 46 piles were found
;o have been seriously dam
igd by the destructive worms
ind were replaced by creo
ioted piling, which are said to
>e immune from their depre
iatons. The V’ork was com
peted last Wednesday and
VIr. Boos and his crew left for
Ketchikan on the Alaska.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. J. St.Clair,
2. H. StClair and John Dono
lue, brother of Mrs. St.Clair,
,vere among the number leav
ng for Vancouver Sunday.
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