VOL IV., NO. XLVII
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HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 7,1924
FIFTY (£MS A MONTH
District Court To
Convene April 14
At Ketchikan
The District Court will con
vene at Ketchikan Monday,
April 14 There will be no call
for a grand jury during the ses
sion. A petit jury panel con
taining 60 names was drawn at
the reconvened winter term at
Juneau following the return of
Judge T. M. Reed from the
south a few days ago. This jury
will report at Ketchikan April
14. Two residents of Hyder,
C. W. Jackson and Edwin
Evans are included in the jury.
The court will be busy at Jun
eau until time for the Ketch
ikan session, but no jury cases,
will be heard. Several matters
on the law and equity calendar
will be heard in the interval.
J.L Green New
Register Land Office
Anchorage— Frank A. Boyle,
Register of the United States
Land Office, and candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress, has re
ceived word of the confirm
ation by the United States
Senate of the nomination of
Judge J. Lindley Green, as his
successor.
Mr.Boyle, who has just re
turned from a trip to Fair
banks, expects to leave here
for his home at Juneau about
April 20.
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Will Cross Reindeer
With Wild Caribou
There are probably about
250,000 reindeer in Alaska,
and it is expected that the
reindeer herds will become the
basis of an important future
industry in the Territory. The
Biological Survey of the De
partment of Agriculture has
undertaken to encourage the
industry by studying the dis
eases of the reindeer, food and
range problems, and partic
ularly the improvement of the
herds in size, vigor and meat
producing qualities. To this
end a special worker from the
Biological Survey, Olaus J.
Murie, has spent the past 3
years investigating the caribou
herds of northern Alaska with
a view to locating the large
sized caribou in order to cap
ture bulls for crossing with the
reindeer. As reindeer are, in
fact, domesticated caribou it
is xpected that herds can be
greatly strengthened in this
way.—Valdez Miner.
Advertise Your Wants in tha
Weekly Miner!
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Two Cana
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iiRTi
Lines To Operate
On Alaska Routes
Canada will b« represented
by two steamship companies
| in the Alaska tourist trade
i during the coming season, in
stead of one, as formerly. The
j Canadian National Railway
plans to operate two vessels to
Southeastern Alaska as far
north as Skagway, and the
Grand Trunk line will place
the Prince Rupert and the
Prince George on the run.
j Prior to 1918 the Grand Trunk
! operated steamers to the
i North, but withdrew them in
that year on account of slack
business. — Exchange.
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Double Murder And
Suicide Near Council
A native known as “Jimmie
the Tough,” according to the
Pioneer Scout, states that in an
igloo quite a distance from
Council, three Eskimos were
engaged in a poker game, mak
ing the sky the limit, and play
ing for high stakes. Through
some quarrel, supposedly re
sulting through the players
having imbibed too freely in
moonshine, two of the natives
began fighting with knives, the
j third native standing by look
ling on. After the fighters had
been engaged for some time
they both, approximately at
the same time, succeeded in
stabbing each other and fell j
dead. At the sight of his dead i
companions lying on the floor, j
and the money scattered in all .
directions, the third native be
came frightened and running
into the snow a short distance
from the cabin shot himself '
through the heart.The names
of the natives were not learn
ed.
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HARDJNG MEMORIAL
RETURNS EXCELLENT
Incomplete reports covering
.he Harding Memorial Fund '
drive in the Territory srow to
date subscriptions aggregating
$2,355.35, according to a state
made today by Governor Bone,
honorary chairman of the Ter- ]
ritorial organization. The drive
closed on March 1, and it will (
be several weeks before the .
complete returns are received, j
The feature of the Alaskan i
drive, said Gov. Bone, is found ,
in the generous response from j
the schools, both public and ,
Territorial, and in the contrib- ,
utions from remote districts. ]
Juneau Empire. 1
George C. Cotter killed a j
golden eagle near Seward re- ,
cently which had a wing i
spread of seven feet. The huge
bird was chasing rabbits on the
side of the mountain when 1
ishot,
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If it isn’t to be found elsewhere
try the Midget Emporium.
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DALY-ALASKA SUSPENDS WHILE
NEW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
IS FORMULATED DY OWNERS
I Following the development of
i three veins of the finest look
ing ore that has so far been
been found on that property
the Daly-Alaftka has beeh
temporarily closed down until
Manager William Sloan can
hold a personal conference
with the directors for the pur
pose of formulating a new de
velopment! program- Accord
ing to those who are in close
touch with the affairs of the
company, it is expected that
work, on the property will be
resumed in about three weeks
or so, propably on a more ex
pensive scale than before. Man
ager Sloan is now in Vancou
ver, where the headquarters of
the Daly-Alaska company is lo- j
catcd, having left on the j
Prince George last Thursday1, j
Those in a position to know
say the property never looked
so good as it does at present.
Samples of the ore from the
three new veins found in the
five hundred foot extension of
the main drift, started some
weeks ago, are as fine as any
i
ever seen in the camp, showing
lots of ruby, argentite and nat
ive silver. As the Daly-Alaska,
like a majority of the larger
companies, is opposed to giving
out information regarding its
operations, nothing can be
learned at present with respect
to the values contained in the
new ore bodies. There is, how
ever, an abundance of it and a
glance at the rock itself is con
vincing evidence that it car
ries unusual values.
As is usually the case, the air
is full of rumors regarding the
cessation of operations and re
ports are current that the mine
| is the object of sale negotiate
jions in which H. S. Denny, a
I London mining man, is said to
|be concerned. Local stockhold
ers say they are not aware of
any transactions of this char
acter. In any event it appears
that the property has develop
ed an entirely new status as a
result of the recent discovery
of high grade ore and pur
chase overtures would not be
an unlikely development.
New Corporation
Enters Cannery Field
A financial group, composed
mainly of officers of the Skin
ner and Eddy corporation, has
lately purchased a number of
Alaska canneries, according
to exchanges, which report the
transfer of the Sunny Point
Packing Company plant at
Ketchikan, together with other
holdings of the same concern,
the Ward’s Cove Packing Co.
plant and also the Sawyer and
McKay traps at Cape Chacon.
The consideration in the last
mentioned transaction is said
to have been $100,000. A half
million is said to have been
paid for the Sunny Point plant.
RICH ORE FOUND IN
WILLOW CREEK MINE
According to news recently
brought to Anchorage from i
Archangel creek, in the Will
ow Creek district, the tunnel
which was driven at a vert-j
ical depth of 600 feet to cut
the old vein on the property
of the Fern Gold Mining Com-1
pany, has opened more and
richer ore than was found in
the upper workings, which
have a vertical depth of 300
feet. Jerome Drumheller, pres
ident of the company, has an
nounced that one of the first
steps in the spring will be the
erection of a modern stamp
mill to replace the 14-ton Den
ver mill, which was erected
last year, and which has
served its purpose as a pros
pect reduction works.
Still No 00
At Kanatak
Despite frequent and highly
optimistic prophecies of an oil
discovery during the past win
ter, the outlook for oil at Kan
atak appears no better than
last fell, according to recent
reports from the Cold Bay dis
trict. The latest advices are
I to the effect that the Standard
Oil Company drill has reached
! to a depth of more than 1300
feet without encountering the
oil strata. The drill has encoun
tered shale and the drilling is
now quite easy as compared to
early \/inter. With better prog
ress now being made the next
:two or thre months will prop
ably tell the tale of Kanatak’s
! future as an oil center, as the
geological sharps have figured
it out that the first oil sand
! should be struck around 1300
i feet and the real oil “pay
jstreak” at about 1800 or 2000
ifeet.
SALT CHUCK PLANS
20 TON-SHIPMENTS
OF ORE EACH WEEK
| The Saltchuck mine is plan
| nig to make shipments of 20
itons of concentrates each week
to the smelters at Irvington,
New Jersey, according to the
Ketchikan Examiner.
The shipments will be made
via Prince Rupert. The value
of the concentrates is some
thing like $500 per ton, the
Examiner says. The first ship
ment of ore was made a short
time ago.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CLUB.
Stewart, B. C,
WHIST DRIVE* -Wed nesday, April 9th, 1924.
Admission* -Gents; 50 oents Ladies Free. Commences 8 P.M.
Gotwals To Quit
Alaska Rail Road
Unauthenticated, but appar
ently reliable reports were re
ceived at Anchorage recently
to the effect that Major J.
Gotwals, engineer corps, U. S.
Army, expects to be relieved
from his duties as chief engin
eer of the Alaska Bailroad.
The report states that some
time ago Major Gotwals asked
the war dept, to assign him
to other duties, and that he
has renewed his request sinde j
his recent arrival a the nation
al capital. While the report is
at variance with th tenor of
newspaper interviews with
Major Gotwals published at
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle
while he was on his way east, ,
in which he discussed the rail-!
road’s plans for the purchase !
of new equipment, some of his I
friends say that he asked to be
relieved from duty with the
railroad at the time Col. James
G. Steese was succeeded by
Lee H. Landis as directing head
of the railroad’s affairs.
Indian Suicides
When Deserted
Abandoned on the trail by a
band of Kochrine Indians, Sam
Brooks, a native boy in a tu
bercular condition, committed
suicide by cutting his throat
with a knife, according to word
received by the Anchorage
Daily Alaskan from the Inte
rior. The tragedy occured Feb
ruary 18, about thirty or more
: miles south of Kochrines on
I the lower Yukon. The young
jman was between the ages of
j twenty-five and twenty-eig?ht
and had been a reindeer herd
!er at one time.
The Kochrines have always
carried the reputation of be
iing vicious, and regardless of
missionary work done in their
section, they still retain many
of the former customs, of
which the manner of the young
Indian’s death was one. Of
ficial inquiry is being made in
;to the case in an effort to place
the guilt and mete out the
proper punishment.
FLU EPIDEMIC REPORTED
AT POINT BARROW
A communication from Point
Barrow to Dr. Curtis Welch, in
Nome, states that the former
place has experienced an ep
idemic of influenza, which re
sulted in a number of deaths
among the natives of that
place. The Bureau of Educat
ion schools at Barrow were
closed at the time of the ep
idemic and at the time the let
ter was writen the sickness had
been overcome and the school
reopened.—Nome Nugget.
Get That Spring Suit! Sample
■lere in a Few Days—Wagner's
To Mine Treadwell
Gold Beach Lnt's
Several tona of machinery in
tended for use in mining the
gold bearing Treadwell beach
sands, arrived in Juneau re
cently. The equipment in
cluded tables, motors and other
devices for recovering the fine
beach gold. N. F. Gilkey and
associates are the backers of
the effort to work the beach
deports. The plant will be in
stalled at once and will be
placed in operation as soon as
ready.
The Juneau Empire reports
that the Anderson Company, of
which Nels Anderson is man
ager, has a small force of men
employed on the plant of the
Ready Bullion company, which
also i Ians operation on the
gold carrying beach sands in
the same locality.
Nome Republicans
Endorse Schofield
For Gove^tcr
A late March news dispatch
from Nome announces that the
Nome Republican Club and Ig
loo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska,
also of the Seward Peninsula
metroiiolis, have endorsed Geo.
D. Schofield, of Nome, for Gov
ernor of Alaska in connection
with the forthcoming primary
election. The dispatch states
that a great deal of interest is
being taken in the election and
jSewar 1 Peninsula will give a
isolid vote for Schofield.
Alaska Woman
Dies From Gas
Miss Ella Gordon, 28, was
found dead in the gas-filled
kitchen of her suite in the Est
erbrook apartments,211 Union
Street, Seattle March 1. The
girl had placed a pillow in
front of a small gas stove and
apparently fell asleep. Miss *
Gordon left Alaska for the
states about a year ago. She
had many friends in the
Northland. Up to the time of
ler death she conducted the
\nchorage Baths.—Exchange.
Mrs. Sam Griswold, Camp
Point, Illinois, in a printed cir
cular received by Mr. J. A.
Hall, of the Salmon River
Banking Company, seeks news
of her son, Emerson Griswold,
who has not been heard from
ince June 1920, when he was
in Portland, Ore. All efforts to
locate him since have failed.
A reward is offered to anyone
who can put his mother in com
munication with him.
..LOCATION NOTICES and
PROOF OF LABOR blanks at
the MINER office.