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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1930.
B. C. SILVER REPORTS
DECEMBER PROGRESS
The following report of de
velopment progress on the B.
C. Silver property during De
cember was issued by the head
office of the Selukwe company
in London on January 27:
All work was confined to No.
6 level. In drift 631, the main
southwesterly drive, some fur
ther investigation of the silici
fied zone was done at 220 ft.
from the shaft. Sideswiping
and drifting here exposed an
ore body 40 ft. long, averaging
$13 across an average width of
7 ft. Drift 637, the northeast
erly drive on the zone, was ad
vanced 181.5 ft., thus bringing
the face to 325 ft. from the
edge of 633 drift. This ad
vance was all in dark coloured
tuff. A total of 470 ft. of drift
ing, crosscutting and sideswip
ing was done during the per
iod. (Office note-The Board
notified shareholders that in
agreement with the company’s
technical advisers in Canada
development of the 6th level
by the utilisation of drilling the
formation has been author
ized.)
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ixtoeris tt rues ui new v«iup
A most interesting descript
ion by James Roberts, formei
local resident, of the new
“boom” mining camp of Sheri
dan, Manitoba, where the not
ed Sherritt-Gordon mine is lo
cated, will be presented ii
these columns next week. Mr
Roberts is now in charge of s
big cold storage plant of Burn;
& Co. at Sheridan, which is an
other place in the Nortl
“where rail and dog tean
meet,” and tells in entertain
ing manner of his observat
ions and of the conditions ob
tabling there and at the fam
ous Flin Flon mine, a short dis
tance away.
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A. H. Benkendorf, proprietor
of the Hyder Dye Works, re
turned Thursday from Seattle
Mr. Benkendorf is now wel
recovered from the recent op
eration for an infection of om
foot and will soon be as fit a
ever.
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The Coastwise Steamship Co
steamer Griffco brought 15<
tons of coal to the district earl;
Thursday. One hundred ton
consigned lo the Hyder Docl
Co. was landed at the loca
dock, the remainder being un
loaded at tire Crawford doc
in Hyder, B. C., for the Craw
ford Transfer Co.
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Thomas K. Drew, forme
member of the Premier trai
crew, who left before the ho
idays on a visit in the State:
returned Wednesday on th
Fairbanks, after sojournin
for a time in Salt Lake, Lt
Angeles and other centers.
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Neil Stevens, well known a*
countant, left Wednesday on
business trip to Ketchikan.
MINERAL OUTPUT
OF U. S. LARGER
Mineral production in the
United States during 1929 was
reported recently by the de
partment of commerce to have
increased nearly 10 per cent
over 1928, with a total value j
of $5,900,000,000. The in-!
crease was in metals and min-;
eral fuels, the value of nonme-j
tallic products having de-:
; creased slightly during the
i year. Copper and iron showed |
j the largest gains, while lead
| and zinc also increased. Pro- (
j duction of gold and silver de
| creased in total value, although
! silver showed a gain over 1928.
; The value of all mineral prod-;
ucts in 1929, as estimated by !
the bureau of mines, was: Me
tallic, $1,540,000,000; non-me
tallic other than fuels) $1,200,
000,000; mineral fuels, $3,130,
000,000.
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Northland Sailing Schedule
The Alaska sailing schedule
! of the new Northland Trans
j portation Company motorship
Northland, formerly the W. B.
Foshay, has been announced
by the Seattle office of the
company as follows. The dates
present the time the vessel
is scheduled to leave Seattle.
February 14, February 25;
j March 8, March 20; April 1,
j 14, 26.
| The sailing hour from Seattle
j will be 9 p. m.
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S .S .BELLINGHAM COMING
Apparently as a result of a
I last minute change in sched
: ule, the motorship Northland
j will not come to Hyder on her
| first trip north from Seattle,
! Advices received by the Hyder
Dock Co., local agents, state
that the new vessel will trans
fer local cargo to the steamer
Bellingham at Ketchikan for
conveyance to this port. The
Bellingham is expected to ar
rive here Tuesday of Wednes
day.
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Yael Rozenstain. local mer
j chant, left Thursday with his
family on a vacation trip to the
States. It is their intention to
remain in the south about six
weeks; during which they plan
to visit the more important
Coast cities as far south as San
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Diego.
Patrick Carey, well known
oldtimer, will be in charge of
the Rozenstain store during
their absence.
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'! Writing to local friends from
c i Englewood, B. C., Alex N. Mc
Donald, pioneer of this district,
says he is now back on the job
after a long siege of incapacity
r | resulting from a severe case of
a; blood poisoning in one hand,
l 1 combined with a later injury to
one of his lower limbs.
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Leslie Hudson of Premier re
turned Thursday from Prince
Rupert, where he attended the
funeral rites for his father
who passed away there a few
days ago.
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JUDGE WICKER*!
ISSUES PUTFORM
Judge James Wickersham,
former delegate to Congress
from Alaska and candidate for
the republican nomination for
the same office at the April
primaries, has announced his
platform in the race in a series
of platform pledges presented
to the voters in pamphlet form.
The first of these is to work
with and support the president
and administration in all mat
ters affecting the welfare of
the territory; for a more per
fect form of territorial govern
ment; for the development of
our natural resources, with
reasonable conservation, for
the upbuilding of a permanent
population; to support con
struction of the proposed Paeif
ic-Yukon Highway to Alaska,
with branch lines to Alaska
seaports at the mouths of the
Stikine, Taku, Skagway and
Chilcat rivers, with equal privi
leges to Hyder and from Prince
Rupert to Ketchikan, and
branch lines to connect with
the government highway to in
terior Alaska, and to Nome;
To favor connection of the
main line of the Highway in
British Columbia down one or
more of the branch lines join
ing it to the coastal towns o£
Alaska with a free zone or
roadway for the unobstructed
passage of airplanes and auto
mobiles as nearly without re
trictive regulations as poss
ible :
To support and aid complet
ion of proposed Thomas Basin
at Ketchikan for a harbor for
Alaska fishermen and boats;
to support self government in
Alaska game, fur and fisher
ies; better seeding of salmon
i streams; more equal distribut
i ion of conservation burdens on
I fishing gear; that bona fide
! Alaskan lesidents be permitted
S to take fish for own family use
at all times and places; that
non-resident fishermen pay a
higher license on fish, boat*
and gear than resident fisher
men; and continuation of gov
ernment investigations of hali
but and other food fish to aid
in their preservation and in
crease; to secure public build
ings in Ketchikan,, Anehoragt
and Fairbanks; a bridge be
tween Juneau and Douglas
, opening of a boat channel be
I tween Juneau and Auk Bay
construction of an insane asy
lum in Alaska, continuation o
appropriations for Alaska rail
road and highway work; tc
support river and harbor im
; provement projects, coast anc
j geodetic surveys and aids t(
; navigation; to assist in secur
ing extension of Federal Aic
Acts to Alaska College, and t<
support and vote for all repub
licah nominees at the primar;
i election.
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Attorney Ernest Blue, wh<
has been in the south for sever
al weeks in company with hi
family, returned Monday ever
ing.
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CANDIDATES
FOB PRIMARIES
IRE NUMEROUS
Following is a list of the var
ious republican and democratic
candidates whose names will
appear on the ballots at the
primary election to be held
April 29.
Candidates of both parties
are in the field for every terri
torial and First Division office
and there are at least two can
didates for each republican
nomination.
The democrats have two can
dates for Highway Engineer
and one extra candidate for
divisional representative. For
all other territorial and divis
ional offices, the democrats
have only one candidate.
The list follows:
Demrciatic Territorial
Candidates
Delegate to Congress- George
B. Grigsby, Ketchikan, lawyer.
Treasurer-Richard E. Hard
castle, Ketchikan, insurance.
Highway Engineer- Robt. J.
Sommer, Juneau, incumbent.
William A. Hesse, Ketchikan,
civil engineer. (One to be
nominated.)
Auditor- Thomas Gaffney, of
Nome, miner and prospector,
I Commissioner of Education—
■ Anthony E. Karnes, Ketchikan,
Supt. Ketchikan Schools.
Democratic First Division
Candidates
Senate-Alien Shattuck, Jun
eau, leal estate, insurance.
Representative—Frank A. Boy
le, Juneau, lawyer.
Thomas B. Judson, Juneau, civ
il engineer, former mayor Jun
eau.
A. If. Zeigler, Ketchikan, at
!torney.
E. L. Sampson, Ketchikan,
office mgr. Ketchikan Spruce
Mills.
Albert Wile, Ketchikan, com
mercial agent, former postmas
ter Ketchikan.
Divisional Road Commissioner
P. F. Gilmore, Ketchikan.
Republican Territorial
Candidates
Delegate to Congress-John
Rustgard, Juneau, Atty. Genl.
James Wickersham, Juneau,
lawyer, former delegate. (One
to be nominated).
Treasurer— Walstein G. Smith,
Juneau, incumbent, banker.
Frank L. Knight, Anchorage,
banker.
■ Highway Engineer- Joseph Ul
mer, Fairbanks, civil engineer.
, Donald MacDonald, Fairb
. auks, civil engineer.
[ Commissioner of Education
, Leo W. Breuer, Juneau, incum
. bent, educator.
1 W. K. Keller, Juneau, Supt. oi
) Juneau schools past 7 years.
. | (One to be nominated)
r | Auditor-Cash Cole, Juneau, in
I cumbent, transfer and express
j business.
! Elmer E. Reed, Juneau, expert
) j accountant, former clerk of U
_ S. District Court Nome. (Om
s to be nominated).
Republican First Division
Candidates
I LOCAL DIVINE
WEDS IN SOUTH
Rev. Henry C. Cross, popular
pastor of the Hyder Methodist
Episcopal Church, returned
Thursday from a short visit in
the States, bringing: with him
his bride of a few days, former
ly Miss Ina Mae Beiesell, late
of Buenos Aires, Argentine Re
public, S. A:
Mr. and Mrs Cross were unit
ed.in the matrimonial bond in
Tacoma on February 7, the
wedding being held in the Ep
worth League parsonage, with
Rev. Thomas Aeluson and Rev.
O. J. Beadles officiating.
Although hailing from South
America, Mrs. Cross is not a
native of that faroff continent.
She is a citizen of the United
States and her father is a resi
dent of the state of Washing
ton. But, owing to the fact that
she was engaged in missionary
work in the Argentine capital
for five years prior to her mar
riage, she states that South
America seems to her more like
“home” than the United States.
She is an affable and charm
ing youg woman whose pres
ence in the community will be
distinctly welcome and, being
an experienced church worker
she will be of great assistance
to her husband in his minister
ial labors in this section of the
Northland.
The Herald joins the friends
of the young couple in wishing
them a happy future and all
possible success in their en
deavors to spread the light of
Christian teaching and assist
mankind in realizing a nobler
and happier existence.
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Output of silver in the Unit
ed States in December was ov
er a half million ounces be
hind that of December 1923,
according to the American Bu
reau of Metal Statistics. The
output of last December to
taled 4, 769,000 ounces, com
paring with 5,795,000 ounces
in November 1929, and 5,273,
000 in December 1928. Total
production in the United States
last year was 60,357,000, oz.,
aginst 56,149,000 ounces in 19
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Amly Scott of Premier, who
left some weeks ago on a visit
to the south, returned to the
district Thursday.
Senate-Will A. Steel, Juneau,
incumbent, newspaperman.
C. T. Gardner, Juneau, mem
ber firm of Sawyer & Reynolds
(One to be nominated.)
Representative-Grover C. Winn
Juneau, lawyer.
Roy Noland, Juneau, Supt. Jun
eau Telephone Company.
Walter P. Scott, Juneau, Mill
Supt. Alaska Juneau mine.
P. C. McCormack, Wrangell
retired merchant
Eugene Wacker, Wacker City,
owner Wacker townsite neai
Ketchikan.
i J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan, for
I mer city clei'k of Ketchikan,
j Patrick Gildea, of Ketchikan
lawyer.
William L. Paul, Ketchikan
lawyer, former legislator.
Peter Sommer, Petersburg
fisherman. (Four to be nomi
■ nated.)
JANUARY LOW
EXPORT MONTH
—
A marked decrease in the
value of Alaska trade in Janu
ary, as compared to the sam |
month in earlier years, is dis
closed in the monthly report
of Collector of Customs J. C.
McBride.
While the value of January
exports of merchandise in 19
29, $1,455,651, was somewhat
belo w the average, the total
for last month was only $1,
391,399. This was the lowest
January figure for a period of
rive years. The unusually low
volume of trade wa$ due prin
cipally to sharp declines in fur
shipments, which dropped well
over 100 per cent as compared
to January 1929, and also to a
considerable decline in salmon
and copper shipments. Copper
exports were $132, 712 lower
than for January last year.
Fresh and frozen halibut alone
showed an increase over the
figures for last year with a to
tal value of $202,645, com
pared with $187,709 last year.
Jaunary gold and silver ex
ports were also low’er than dur
ing any month since April 19
29, with a total value of $302,
i 143, to which gold contributed
! $286,987.
Following is the complete re
port:
Blue foxes. $ 25,260
Other animals . 3,390
Curios . 340
Fish:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut . 202,645
Salmon . 87,184
All other. 9,958
Canned (except
Shell-fish)
Salmon . 57,134
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 59
| Salmon . 3,765
I Shell-fish:
! Clams . 195
J Shrimps . 9,252
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox. 43,765
I Silver or black fox 11,774
| Red fox . 7,533
| Mink. 14,153
Muskrat . 82
i Beaver . 200
| All other. 11,669
j Ore,matte and regulus:
Copper . 561,600
Lead . 9,854
Trophies, specimens: 270
♦All other articles 495
Total value products
of Alaska . 1,060,597
Products of United
States returned . 30,802
Total value shipments
of merchandise .$1,091,399
Items included in “all
other articles.”
1 painting . $495
Gold . $286,987
Silver . 15,156
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The Friendship Club is plan
ning to hold a whist drive in
Pioneer Hall on the evening of
Washington’s birthday, Febru
ary 22.