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HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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VOL 3, NO. 36
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 2,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
RIVERSIDE RESUMES
MILLING OPERATIONS
The Riverside mill resumed
operations last week but was
close d down a/tcr a run of
about 36 hours owing to mot
or troubles.
Repairs are now in progress
and the plant is expected to
resume within a brief time.
Three shifts of three men are
employed. With sufficient ore
broken to keep the mill active
for a year, tjie management
expects to operate at the full
60 tons daily capacity as soon
as the plant is functioning
properly. A total of thirty men
are employed in mine and
mill.
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Andrew Johnson, well known
miner fell over the rocky em
bankment on the Hyder-Stew
art road, in Hyder, B. C., Sun
day afternoon and was taken
to the Stewart hospital in an
unconscious condition. John
son remained unconscious ioi
some hours after reaching the
hospital and the full extent 01
his injuries had not been de
termined at the time of the
last reports from Stewart.
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R. W. J. Reed, deputy col
lector of customs at Nome,
who was in charge of the local
customs office last year dur
ing the vacation of Col. E. R.
Stivers, regular incumbent,
was recently married to Mrs.
Laura C. Backus at Long
Beach, Cal., according to re
cent advices from the south.
During his stay in Hyder,
Mr. Reed’s sterling qualities
and affable disposition won
him numerous local friends,
all of whom will be pleased
to hear of his new found hap
piness.
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The social at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening
was a very enjoyable affair.
Three reels of moving pictures
were shown, after which pict
ures, each of whi-’h had been
cut into two pieces, were dis
tributed, one part of each be
ing given to a gentleman and
the other part to a lady. Part
ners for the evening were se
cured by matching the pict
ures. Mrs. Harold Johnson, in
charge of games, had secured
forty pictures used in ads, and
after replacing the names
with numbers, hung them up
about the church.
Each couple was then given
a typewritten list of the ads
from which the pictures had
been taken, alter which thcv
went about looking at the
pictures and placed
each ad the number
picture which they
went with it. Merl
and Mrs. Hannah outdid all
the rest by getting all but three
correct and received as a prize
a box of home-made candy.
Mrs. Albert Mayer, in chargt
of the refreshments, had se
curd an abundant supply oi
ice cream, cake and coffee so
that everyone had all the>
wished. Those participating
had a most delightful evening.
opposite
of the
thought
Thomas
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Ralph Welch, arrived Sunday
from Tacoma to take charge
of the assay department of
Riverside mine.
SYNDICATE PLANNED
FOR HARNER GROUP
The High Grade group, own
ed by W. R. Harner and Hom
er Ficklin, and situated on the
south fork of the Marmot ai
the head of Mageo Pass, will
be taken over shortly and op- <
orated by a syndicate, the i
plans for which are now in :
process of formation, accord-:
i ing to a statement by Mr. Hai
ner.
The discovery of free gold
in two heavily oxidized veins
on this property created some
! thing of a sensation last year.
Samples taken at that time
over a width of one foot along
the hanging w^ll of what is
known as the West Vein, yield
ed as high as $280 per ton in
gold, silver and lead. General
sampling of the vein indicated
a general average of $60 per
ton. In point of size the East
Vein is the more important of
the two. This vein dips at an
angle of 40 degrees, has an
eastern trend, and an average j
width of 6 Vi feet for a dis
tance of 400 feet, but is trace
able some 800 or 900 feet
rarther. i he vein matter is an
opaque quartz and the min
eralization consists *>f pyrite,
ihalcopyrite and galena. Tht
walls of the vein are free. Tnt
outcrops are strongly oxidized
and panning of this material
yields a good prospect in gold.
The West vein averages from
3 to 8 feet in width and out
i crops over a distance of 120i>
feet. The dip is northeasterly
-it an angle of GO degrees ana
both walls are free. Like the
Sast vein, there is much ox
xlization, persisting to deptns
if five or more feet, as shown
>y open cuts. Where unaltei
cd, the vein is heavily mineral
zed with pyrite, galena, chai
•opvrite and zinc. Two well
known engineers who have ex
imined the property consider
:hat it has considerable merit
and its exploitation is fully
justified.
Provisions for a small force
laie now at the camp and a
crew is to start work immedi
ately on an extension of a
short cross cut tunnel run late
last year. This is now in ot»
feet and has about 25 feet to
j 'o to cut the lead at a deptn
' if 85 feet, which should be
j below the field of oxidization.
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The case of Bank of Hyder
vs. Joseph Jackson, a civil act
ion arising from the non pay
ment of a note held by the
| bank, was heard by U. S. Com
j misioner T. W. McDonald in
the Commissioner’s Court Sat
j urday afternoon and resulted
! in a verdict for the plaintiff. i
A. H. J^eigler, well known
; Ketchikan attorney, represent
ed the defendant, and Ernest
Blue appeared for the plaint
iff.
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The Taku II arrived from
Ketchikan Wednesday witn
the weekly mail and seven
passengers.
| Eldred Ireland, treasurer and
; sales manager of,Trick & Mur
ray, Seattle stationers and
| pi inters, was a visitor in Hyder
; during the stay of the Elks
j party.
BIG MINING MERGER
UNDER WAY—REPORT
A big consolidation of local
mining interests, involving in
the neighborhood of si xty
claims, owned by the Bush,
Mines, Ltd. and Gold Cliff j
Premier company and situated
in the upper Salmon basin on
both sides of the boundary
line, is reported in »rogres3 by
the Western Canada Mining
News, of Vancouver.
Describing the proposed mer
ger, the.News says:
“Mining chums in the Port
land Canal district are in pro
cess of being consolidated, O.
B. Bush, of Vancouver acting
for the British Columbia in
terests and W. G. Tanner of
Seattle for the Alaska inter
will be
Consoli
Included
will be
ests.
The new company
known as the Bush
dated Gold Mines,
in the consolidation
the property of the Bush
Mines Limited, and the prop
erty of the Goldsmith (Gold
Cliff) Premier in Alaska.
There will about 60 claims, a
portion of them adjoining the
Premier mine on the south
and the balance adjoining the
Sebakwe property on the
north, and will include all
the proven area in this locality
outside of the Premier, B. C.
Silver and Sebakwe.
The new company is financed
to equip the properties for
commercial mining on a large
scale. Big ore zones have al
ready been exposed in b^th
British Columbia and Alaska
on these properties.”
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:
Secretary Jardine, of the
Agriculture department, has;
approved an amendment to the
Alaska game law regulations
abrogating the open season on
greater and lesser yellowlegs;
thereby making it illegal to
take or kill such birds at any
time during the year, after
July 2, 1927.
The change is made in order
to comply with certain regu
lations of the Migratory Biro
Treaty Act, which provides
for a closed season on yellow
legs for two years through
out the United States- and
Alaska.
Additional changes in the
present game regulations are
also indicated by the an !
nouncement that regulation* i
12 and 13, respecting the open
seasons and game limits on
certain game birds in Alaska, j
will be revoked.
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Joe Jackson, credited with
I being the original discoverer,
of the mineral riches'on the
west fork of Texas Creek, re
j turned to Ilyder Wednesday
after an extended absence
spent largely in the Cassiar
I placer district, where he owns
• some valuable ground on
Clearwater Creek. During the
past winter Joe leased his
property to outside parties,
who plan to take in a big out
fit for summer operations,
with a crew of six men.
Rev. S. V. Warren, announces
that Mother’s Day services will
be held in Ilyder M. E. Church
next Sunday' evening.
EVENTS IN THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
The following bills were in
troduced during the period
since the Herald’s last report
was published.
Senate bills No’s 43, appro
priating $5000 to aid Federal
government in fire control in
forests ; 41, Frame, prohibiting
stealing rides on railways,
15, Frame, appropriating $1,
500 to complete Unga school
house; 46, Pratt, providing
for the joinder of legal and
equitable actions; 47, Dunn,
providing for compilation and
annotation of Statutes pertain
ing to Alaska; 48, Frame, To
amend Chap. 67, Alaska Ses
ion Laws on branding ot
skins; 49, Pratt, amending
Chap. 16, Alaska Session Laws
re drawing of juries; 50, var
ious, amending school laws of
1919-1923, 51, Jensen, to re
construct old telegraph line
from Tanana, to Unalakleet;
52, various, amending Chap.
27, Alaska Session laws re
uniform school system; 53,
Pratt, repealing a portion of
Sec. 486, Compiled laws of
Alaska, relating to teminating
leases; 54, Pratt, to amend
Chap. 73, Session Laws 1923,
re reports by domestic cor
porations; 55, Pratt, relating
to extradition of persons
charged with crimes; 56, Pratt
and Jensen, to amend Chap.
10, Session Laws of 1919, re
territorial text book commis
ion; 57, Frame, amending com
pensation act to include occu
pational diseases; 58, Hunt,
to provide for h6lding pri
mary elections; 59, Howard
and Dunn, provides for elec
tion of Territorial Treasurer
by popular vote; 60, Howard,
providing a community prop
erty law; 61, judiciary com
mittee, amending Chap 15,
Sescsion Laws of 1915, relative
to challenges for implied
bias; 62, Judiciary Commit
tee; amending divorce laws
by making “personal indigni
ties rendering life burden
some,” a cause for disso
lution; 63, Judiciary Commit
tee amending jury act; 74,
Steel, for election of a Con
troller for Alaska. This is a
substitute for the * original
Controller Bill, lost in tne
Senate previously.
Senate Joint measure No. 4,
Frame, asking for construction
of govt, hospital at Kodiak;
8. J. M. N*o. 5, Hunt, asking
Congress to extend grazing
Homestead Act to Alaska,
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 4, Hunt, relative to joint
meeting to discuss Alaska in
sane problem; 8. J. M. No. 6,
Frame, petitioning War Dept,
to establish radio on Bristol
Bay ; S. J. M. No. 7, Jensen,
re increased appropriations
for stocking game and fui
bearing animals and game
protection work; S. J. M. No.
8, Dunn, petitioning for tuber
cular Indian hospital at Jun
eau.
House bills introduced:
House Bill No. 38, Gaffney,
I authorizng territorial co-oper
1 ation in construction of pro
posed Nome-Shelton, Candle
tram road; No. 39, Ross,
amending fur farmers tax law;
40, Murray, in re search of
: private dwellings for liquoi
violations; 41, Murray, author
izing “cumulative voting” of
HUGE PAPER PLANT
FOR KETCHIKAN
SEEMS PROBABLE
Early development of a new
Alaska industry, paper mak
ing, is presaged in a re
cent Washington annoucement
that the Forest Service has ac
cepted the bid of I. and J. D.
Zellerback, of the Zellerback
Paper Co., for the purchase
of 8,350,000 cords of spruet
and hemlock pulp wood in the
Ketchikan district for papei
manufacturing purposes.
The timber was recently offer
ed for sale by the government
in an effort to induce the de
velopment of the paper in
dustry in Alaska. Bids wen
also received from the Alaska
International Paper Co., a sub
sidiary of the International
Paper Co., covering the same
area. The bid of the Zellei
back company averaged 50
per cord, while that of the
competing Alaska Internal
ional company averaged 45
per cord. The bids in both in
stances were more than 21
per cent higher than the mini
mum set by the Forest Service.
The award of timber is con
ditional upon receipt of water
power development permits
and terminates automatical!
if the water power permits
applied for are cancelled or
failure on the part of the com
pany to comply with the term.:
The Zellerback water power
application covers eight creek
and lakes on Revillagi'-eck
Island and Punch Bowl lake i
the vicinity of Ketchikan. De- J
velopment of these water pov. i
ers will require an investment
of several million dollars, with
a total estimated expenditure
of approximately $12,000,000
Forest Service officials ex
pect it will be at least one and
possibly two years before tht
completion of the engineering
studies necessary to the con
struction of a paper mill and i ,
may be five years befort j
paper is actually produced.
1 banking stock; 42, Paul, relief
! of Sitka Moose' Lodge and ap
propriating $400 as reimburse
ment ; 43, Paul, requiring j
summons to contain notice ot j
what plaintiff demands; 44 j
Murray, appropriating $10,- j
000 for repair and mainte-1
I nance of Valdez dyke; 45.
! Worth, providing for erection,
of monument at Sitka marking
spot of transfer of Alaska to
U. S.; Paul, amending Com
piled Laws re. recovery of
ccsts in civil proceedure.
47, Benjamin, establishing ?
Polytechnic School at Wrang
ell and appropriating $110,
000 therefor; 48, Smith requir
ing use of safety devices b\
Alaska railroals; 49, Gaffney,
for air plane mail subsidy be
teen Fairbanks and Nome; 50,
Ways and Means Committee,
appropriating $5,000 for ola
age allowances; 51, Paul, pro
viding for election of Terri
torial Mine Inspector; 52. Ry-j
deen, appropriating $4,000
for Seward Peninsula tele
phone line subsidy; 53, Paul,
providing for a Community
Property law; 54, Worth, sub
sidizing steamers between
Juneau and Prince Rupert; 55,
Paul, prohibiting fortune tell
ing; 56, Paul, requiring cert
ain public service corporations
ELK VISITORS ARE
SHOWN GOOD TIME
Hyder held open house for
ihe Elks Friday and Saturday,
when ip party of 25 members
of the B. P.,0. E. of Ketchi
kan invaded the town and
held enjoyable conference
with local members of the
fraternity until the small hours ,
of Sunday morning, when they
returned to the First City.
The visitors arrived on the
Ketchikan power boat Thos. E.
Wilson and the Hidden Inlet
canery tender Petrel and were
met at the dock by a delegat
on of local Elks. Included
with the party were a number
of traveling men and Supei^
intendent Ryan of the Hidden
Inlet cannery, who brought
otal number of arrivals to 2s>.
The visitors were shown tne
dghts of Hyder and Stewart
;o)lowing their arrival and lat
r repaired to Pioneer Hall,
where a class of 12 local can
didates was initiated into tho
mysteries of the order. The
niliation ceremonies were con
tacted by L. H. Kubley, bis
iict Deputy Exalted Ruler;
A. H. Zeigler, Esteemed Lec
turing Knight; H. M. Stacrc
oole, Esteemed Loyal Knight,
end E. L. Sampson, Leading
Knight, assisted by lesser of
ficers of the Ketchikan lodge.
Saturday evening the- visit
ing lodgemen were guests of
honor at a public dance giv
en by the local Elks in Pioneer
Hall. The function drew a rea
red crowd, giving the visu
)is an oportunity fo become
acquainted with the local resi
dents, and proved, a most en
:oyable affair to all participat
ing.
Excellent music was provided
by the Durand orchestra ana
several enjoyable musical se
lections were rendered by the
r'our piece orchestra of the
Ketchikan Elks and by Frans
Angor, a cello performer ot
p’endid ability. An excellent
Incheon was served during tn«
course of the entertainment.
At the conclusion of the dance
the visitors set out on the i«*
turn journey to Ketchikan.
Following is a complete list
of the visitors:
A. W. Bryant, L. H. Hibert,
J. M. Welligton, H. R. Tutton,
Alfred Thibodean, J. B. Fasn
ber.der, Eldred Ireland, Max
Humphrey, N| R. Walker, H.
M. Stackpole, <T. Davis, Dr. v..
E. Dickenson, Vint Lougheaa,
W. J. Hitchcock, A. H. Zeig
ler, Paul Doyle, E. T. Sampson,
Dr. R. V. Ellis, E. J. Dyer, Aug.
Gudmundson, Frans. Angor,
P. R. Zurich, L. H. Kubley, D.
F. Ryan, J. A Talbot, Ted Si
monson, Ferry Jenkins.
to publish annual reports; 57,
Paul, providing for discharge
of indigent convicts incarcerat
ed for failure to pay fines;
58, Paul, for protection of la
bor; 59, Paul, creating a Pub
lic Library fund; authorizes
creation of library associations
and provides payment by ter
ritory of 50 per cent of main
tenance costs up to $500 a
year; 60, Johnston, re grave
markers for deceased World
War veterans; 61, Grier, es
tablishing a Board of Publicity
to carry on- official publicity
for Territory and appropriat
ing $50,000; 62, appropriat
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