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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 51.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1933.
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RETENTION MARSHAL’S
OFFICE IS REFUSED
Efforts of Delegate A. J. Di
mond, the Hyder Chamber of
Commerce and Hyder citizens
to secure a rescindment of the
recent order of U. S. Marshal
Albert White abolishing the lo
cal Marshal’s office have so
far been without effect and
they outlook is that the office
will be closed at the end of the
present month.
As indicated earlier in these
columns, the office was or
dered closed in response to a
govermental dictum necessitat
ing a 25 per cent reduction in
administrative expenses of the
Department of Justice.
From the correspondence re
ceived it appears that the clos
ing of the office was recom
mended by Marshal White and
the final decision as to its re
tention rests with him and not
with the Department of Just
ice. This is clearly indicated
in the following extract from a
letter from the department:
“I sincerely regret that . . .
the Department cannot give
favorable consideration to your
request unless the marshal
finds it possible to dispense
with the services of a resident
deputy at some other point in
lieu of the office at Hyder.
The marshal has already rec
ommended the abolishment of
the Hyder office, in line with
the Administration’s program
of economy and the necessity
of effecting a substantial re
duction in the personnel of that i
division.”
Efforts of the Chamber to in
duce the Marshal to proceed
in accordance with this sug
gestion were rejected by Mr.
White in the following com
munication to the Chamber of
Commerce this week:
‘‘I have your letter of the
22nd. and note the contents. >
“I do not see how I can dis-:
charge a Deputy at some other
point. The same objections
naturally would be made by
that town as being made by
Hyder.
“I trust that by this time you
have heard from Delegate Di
mond and that some other sug
gestion might be made if poss
ible. Of course they have to
start at some point to cut ex
penses.” *
The failure of Delegate Di
mond’s efforts in the matter
are indicated in the following
extract from his last commun
ication on <the subject:
“My efforts to convince those
in authority that many Alas
kan towns will be left utterly
without police protection in
New Gold Finds Reported
Several promising gold ore
discoveries have been reported
in recent days
A1 Soffe found ore carrying
excellent gold values on Fish
creek recently, the find being
made on ground located by
him for W. G. Rennie, of Van
couver, owner of the Lucky
Boy Extension, and adjacent to
that property.
Joe Moran has also located
some gold ore of the free mil
ling type on Marmot river.
Samples brought to town
showed considerable free gold.
Larry C. Thornton is dis
playing some new samples of
rich gold quartz obtained re
cently frdm the glacial ice cap
on his Marietta property on
Texas creek.
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Library Appointments Made
The appointment of Mes
dames H. W. Thomas, J. A.
Hall and J. L. Campbell as
members of the Book Purchas
ing committee of the Hyder
Public Library was announced
this week by Chas. F. Sand
ford, chairman of the board of
directors of the library organ
ization.
Under new regulations
adopted at the last meeting of
the board the former practice
of appointing a new book pur
chasing committe for each
quarterly period will be dis
pensed with in favor of a sys
tem providing for the retire
ment of one member of the
committee at the close of each
quarter and the appointment
of a new member to fill the va
cancy this created. Selections
are to be made from the stock
holders of the corporation.
The appointment of Messrs.
Edgar Provinse, Richard
Winth, and Frank Rcichen
bach as a committee to nomi
nate candidates for the general
election in December was also
announced.
the event deputies are with
drawn, have resulted in offic
ials conceding that point but
replying that preservation of
order, etc., is not primarily the
work of a Deputy United
States Marshal.
“I am sorry that I have not
been able to do anything for
Hyder in this matter, but the
Department seems quite deter
mined to pursue the course it
originally marked out. Our on
ly hope lies either in eventual
relaxation of the economy pro
gram or convincing the Mar
shal that Hyder ought ito have
a deputy, it appears to me.”
PREDICTED EMBARGO
LIFTING TO BRING
BIG MINING BOOM
That the lifting of the export
embargo on newly mined gold
will bring about the greatest
revival of gold mining since the
California gold rush, is the pre
diction made in Outside mining
circles, according 'bo reports
from the south.
Among notable utterances on
the subject is a statement by
Representative Engelbright, of
California, himself a mining
engineer, that 50,000 unem
ployed will find work in re
opened gold mines and more
than $10,000,000 will be added
to the national gold production
through the lifting of the em
bargo.
Washington officials ex
plained that the ruling did not
establish a free gold market in
the United States and was de
signed primarily to halt the
closing of gold mines.
Other considerations include
the need of the world for more
gold and the prospect that an
increase in the floating supply
will serve to increase prices.
Predictions of investments of
at least $2,000,00 by financiers
of the northwest in producing
and partly producing proper
ties in that area and in Alaska
were made by J. D. Hill, past
president of the Seattle Mining
Club.
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Alaska Included In Rivers
And Harbors Projects
Hope for ultimate authoriz
ation of the local flood protect
ion project is contained in
Washington reports announc
ing further allotments of funds
for rivers and harbors projects
by the public works adminin
istration.
An appropriation cf $142,
000 for work on the Wrangell
Narrows wras included in an
allotment of $70,000,000 for
rivers and harbors.
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Prospecting On Texas Creek
Frank Blasher and Harry Boer,
who have been prospecting on
Mr. Blasher’s ground at the
head of Texas creek for sever
al weeks, came in for supplies
early this- week and reported
making good headway in open
ing up a well mineralized
ledge which traverses the prop
erty. So far the work has been
open cut but sufficient depth
has been gained to face up for
a tunnel which they plan to
drive on the ore.
Trygve Hanson, former Stew
art resident, returned Tuesday
by way of Ketchikan to visit
relatives in Stewart.
Alaskans Never Forget
The following yarn of local
interest was carried in Associ
ated Press dispatches of Aug
ust 5 under a Salem, Ore., date
line:
Louis M. Johnson now owns
his farm at Silverton, neai
here, free of encumbrances,
and the people hereabouts are
saying that Alaskans never for
get.
Back in 1919 Johnson was in
the real estate business at Hy
der, Alaska. Nick Thomson of
Oklahoma City, a former Alas
kan, commissioned him to sell a
piece of property at Hyder for
what he could get for it, keep
what he wanted as commission
and send him the balance.
Johnson was offered $900 for
the property, but would not
sell it. A year later he sold it
to the Guggenheim interests
for $40,000. Thomson, since
leaving Hyder, has made a for
tune in oil.
Johnson invested all his sav
ings, which totaled $19,000, in
a farm, but sickness and death
in his family reduced his re
sources. Foreclosure proceed
ings were started last week
and Johnson, becoming desper
ate, hopped a freight train to
Portland and from there hitch
hiked to Seattle.
Unable to borrow money
from former Alaskans there
who also were feeling the
brunt of hard times, Johnson
sent a telegram to Thomson,
telling him of his difficulties,
and immediately received the
reply: “I’m on my way.”
Arriving in Seattle, Thomson
settled Johnson’s hotel bill,
then went to Oregon with him
and paid off Johnson’s mort
gage of $7,500. The men
scarcely knew each other, ex
cept through their business
dealings.
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Ancient Fossil Found
A huge bone, believed to be
either a vertebra of some huge
sea mammal or possibly of
some long extinct land mam
mal, was found a day or two
ago by Ben Malmim in the
small creek running across the
tide flat below First Avenue
opposite the radio station.
The relic is on display at the
Boundary Gift Shop. It meas
ures over 30 inches in length by
15 in breadth and is about four
inches thick. It was found by
Mr. Malmin partially buried in
the mud and to all appearances
is of extreme age.
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Hans Bunzel, who was em
ployed by the Naket cannery
during most of the summer, re
turned to town Tuesday on the
Ketchikan mail boat Tuscan. |
MIGRATORY BIRD
SEASON SAME AS 1932
The open season for taking
migratory birds, including
ducks and geese, remains the
same as last year in the absence
of a presidential proclamation
to the contrary, according to
an announcement made in
Ketchikan last week by Homer
Jewell, game warden, on the
strength of official advices.
The season for southeastern
Alaska last year was from
September 1 to October 31, in
clusive. The daily bag limit
also remains the same, accord
ing to Mr. Jewell. The daily
limit for ducks is 15; for geese
4 per day. The maximum po
session at one time is 30 ducks
and 8 geese.
In making the announcement
Mr. Jewell said efforts are
stiil being made to have the op
ening date of the season in
southeastern Alaska set for
September 20. This is the date
desired by the Alaska Game
Commission and sportsmen
men generally, as few game
birds appear before that date.
He indicated, however, that
in the event that this date is
designated later, there will
be no prosecutions for taking
birds before the order was is
sued.
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Judge Arnold Victim
Of Political Axe
Word comes from Ketchikan
that W. C. Arnold, United
States Commissioner here and
in Ketchikan during the past
four years, has been succeeded
in the Ketchikan office by E. 0.
Austin as a result of the recent
change in the First Division
judgeship. The new commiss
ioner is an old-timer in Ketch
ikan and has held several
public offices in earlier years.
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Capital Stock Tax Return
Filing Time Extended
A further blanket extension
of time for filing of Capital
Stock tax returns is announced
by the Collector of Internal
Revenue for Washington and
Alaska. Taxpayers now have
until September 29 to file-their
capital stock tax returns. No
application for extension is
necessary as the extension ap
plies automatically to all re
turns.
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Salmon Pack Shows Decrease
The total salmon pack of the
Ketchikan area this year was
506,039 cases, a decrease of
about 250,000 cases compared
with last year, according to of
ficial figures. Higher prices
this year are expected to more
than offset the smaller pack.