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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 38.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1934.
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SUPPLIES ARRIVE
FOR STAR GOLD
Work on the Star Gold group,
promising Marmot River gold
property owned by Represent
ative J. K. Green and associ
ate's, is n|ow well under way.
Ore is now being sacked on
the property i n readiness
for shipment to the smelter and
will be forwarded as soon as
25 tons i's accumulated.
While the initial shipments
are intended primarily as smel
ter tests to determine the gen
eral average iof the ore bodies,
it is planned r.b continue them
during the summer whenever
accumulations of 25 Lons or
ever become available in the
course of development work,
according to Mr. Green.
Cable and other equipment
for the temporary tram which
will connect the mine with the
road arrived from the sou/th
this week and will be installed
as rapidly as possible to facili
tate the 'transportation of sup
plies and ore.
The Star Gold is one of the
outstanding properties of the
Marmot district and its devel
opment will be followed with
unusual interest locally.
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Curious Sea Specimen
A curious marine specimen
taken from deep water near
the entrance to Portland Canal
by Jack Lambert, local fisher
man, is on display at (the Boun
dary Gift Shop and is attract
ing much intere'sit.
It consists of a curiously
formed, shell-like habitation of
some worm-like sea denizen
attached Ho a small stone. Ex
amination disclosed that it is
made up of a number ,of small
tubes somewhat smaller in di
ameter than a lead pencil,
made of a very thin shell sub
stance and so curiously turned
and twitted as to suggest a fan
tastic carving made by some
sculptor of the new bizarre
school.
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Mother’s Pension Suit Fails
The suit filed several weeks
ago by Mrs. Lily Scott, Indian
mother, against Governor John
W. Troy, to dompel him to al
lcit her a mother’s pension for
her four minor children under
the Territorial act, was dis
missed by Judge George F.
Alexander .in the district court
at Juneau a few days ago.
Dismissal was ordered after
Judge Alexander had sustained
a demurrer interposed by At
torney General James S. Truitt.
The case was argued last
Morgenthau Urges Tax
On Silver Speculators
The administration is very
anxious to keep the proposed
“speculators tax” in the new
silver bill now awaiting action
by the senate, according to a
statement made by secretary
of the treasury William Mor
genthau to the House ways and
means committee.
Referring to the proposal to
tax silver speculators 50 per
cent of itheir profit, Morgen
thau explained thalt the levy
was “just a profit tax on those
who bougth and sold silver
after the 15th ,'of May, 1934.
If the bill becomes a law,
legitimate manufacturers of
salver would be exempt and
the only others to be affected
are speculators who would
buy in direct competition to
the government. There is no
reason why he (the speculator)
should not pay the tax, Mior
genthau said. The 'secretary
added that in his 'opinion the
tax is a modest one.
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Scientists Say Alaska
Getting Slowly Warmer
That Alaska may at some
t'ar disitant time rival Califor
nia in climate balminess is
suggested in a recent an
nouncement by PrlofessOr Rob
ert P. Griggs, ,of the George
Washington University that the
climate of Greenland is appar
ently growing colder while that j
of Alaska, on the opposite side I
of North America is growing
warmer.
As evidence that Alaska is
growing warmer, Prtof. Griggs
said he found an advance of
he forest line in the treeless
tundra at a rate of one mile
per century. This was the
first forest since the glacial
period, as nio spruce pollen
from former forests were found
buried in the bogs where
spruce trees are now growing.
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Tariff Bill Passed
The administration tariff bill
authorizing the president to
negotiate reciprocal tariffs in
the interest of our foreiign
trade, passed the Senate Mon
day after extended and stormy
debates in both branches of
Congress.
month.
The court found that the pe
tition for an alternative writ of
mandamus filed by Mrs. Scot:
through her attorney W. L.
Pauil failed to state facts suf
ficient upon which to base a
writ.
ALASKA FOOD
SHORTAGES ARE
BECOMFNG SERIOUS
Acute food shortages are ap
pearing at several Alaska
points as a result of the long
continued strike of longshore
men on'the Pacific Coast.
Anchorage reports Monday
stated spme supplies were al
most exhausted in that import
ant center, especially butter
and egg?. The largest bakery
there had exhausted its last
flour and restaurant managers
were rationing various food
commlodities.
Governor John W. Troy was
asked by the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce to call a
special session of the legisla
ture to set up a Territorial
shipping system to obtain sup
pines from Vancouver, B. O', by
Canadian steamers if .‘the Unit
ed States Pacific ports failed
to provide immediate relief.
Seattle reports early this
week indicated a possibility
that the federal government
would charter and operate
vessels for tlie Alaska service
to combat the critical food sit
uation.in the notth.
The 30-day strike tie-up is
threatening ithe canning, min
ing and other basic Alaska in
dustries tio the degree that
many thousands may be
thrown out of work and be left
destitute during the coming
winter.
Bulletin —
Temporary arrangements be
tween Seattle chipping inter- ,
ests and the striking longshore- ’
men for the relief of the acute
food and industrial supply situ
ation in Alaska were an
nounced from Seattle by radio
Friday evening.
Under the agreement six ves- i
cels will be leaded with food,
merchandise and cannery sup
plies for the north during the
week-end, the reports said.
The arrangement leaves the j
questions cf hours and wages
for later settlement.
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Old Timer Wins Dawson Poo!
When the ice went out at j
Dawson at 9:57 a. m., May 2.
the lucky guess ithat wen the
pool in the Yukon metropolis j
was May 2 at 11:10 a. m.,
made by Joseph De'sroche, an
oldtime miner of Dominion
Creak, whose portion of the
pool was $1,700.
Mrs. Nina Boyce, business
woman of Dawson, was the
largest winner of minute pools, i
her winning- (totaling $1,480.
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The lumber mill resumed op- J
erations for four days this
week.
American Legion Will Urge
Passage of Alaska Road Bill
Urging Congress to pass the
bill introduced by Delegate Di
nVond <cf Alaska providing flor
the construction of the Alaska
section of the proposed Inter
national Highway from Seattle
to Fairbanks, Lloyd Cochrane
Post of the American Legion
decided at its last meeting to
write members of the Washing
ton delegation in Congress to
“work in the interest of Lhe
measure.”
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Smokes May Come Down
Disciples of My Lady Nicotine
will hear with pleasure that
'there is a good prospect for a
reduction of prices for smokes
if a bill now before Congress
goes through.
The measure provides flor a
flat 40 per cent reduction in
in all tobacco taxes, with the
understanding that the entire
cut will be passed ion to con
sumers. It has been approved
by the House Ways and Means
Committee.
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Alaska Juneau Pays Big
Dividend on 98-Cent Ore j
Although the gold content
c,f its ore averaged only 98
cents to the ton of ore handled,
the Alaska Juneau Gold Min
ing Company paid 81,101,750
in dividends in 1933, according
to the annual report of presi
dent P. R. Bradley.
Total gold production for the
year amounted to $3,829,044,
at $20.67 per ounce and the
total value iof all metals was
$3,960,165. Silver to the val
ue of $40,088 was produced
and lead recoveries totaled
$90,632.
Ore mined and trammed to
the mill aggregated 4,085,960
tons.
In the t\Vo decades of opera
tion the Alaska Juneau has
yielded 48,611,938 tons of ore,
from which $37,626,028 in
metals was obtained. Operat
ing and marketing costs totaled
$28,654,462, while the operat
ing profit was $8,971,560.
Ne£ profit after deduction of
depreciation and fede r a 1
charges but before depletion
charges, was $4,018,920 for
the period.
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M. M. O'Brien, Consolidated
M. and S. Co. mines manager,
arrived Thursday from Van
couver on a visit t‘o the Big
Misstouri mine.
EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL
LABOR ON RIVER URGED
In anticipaltion of the prob
able eahly passage of the Di
mond bill for flood control on
Salmon River at Hyder, the Hy
der Chanmber of Commerce
launched thus week an effort
to 'secure the employment of
local labor in the event that the
project is undertaken under
the contract system, instead of
under the direct authority of
the War Department Engin
eer’s office.
Those interested in the move
ment point out that in the
event that the work is carried
On under a contract, the con
tractor may import labor, to
the exclusion of local laborers,
who are seriously in need
of employment.
As a first step in the cam
paign to forestall such an
eventuality, a communication
has been addressed to James
G. Truitt, associate engineer
of the War Deparment Engin
eer’s /office, who surveyed and
planned the project in its pres
ent form, urging him to coop
erate iin the effort to avoid it,
if possible.
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New Books at Public Library
Four splendid new additions
too the International Mind Al
cove section of ithe Hyder Pub
lic Library are announced by
Librarian B. B. Smith.
These new literary works in
clude “My Russian Neighbors’’
by A. Wicksteed, a British
author, who tells simply and
informally of ten years’ experi
ences in Russia. He is an ad
mirer of Ithe Russian system
whose eyes are not closed to its
many defects.
Government and Politics in
Italy,” by H. R. Spencer, pro
vides a fair analysis of the pres
ent Italian governmental sys
tem and is written in language
easily understood by the gen
eral reader.
“Undiscovered Europe,” by
E. A. Powell, deals with a
number of the smaller Europ
ean countries, including An
dorra, Liechtenstein and M'on
aoo, and provides an interest
ing insight into the customs,
manners and affairs of these
little kingdoms and republics.
The fouiith volume, “Sweden”
presents the life of the Swedish
people, not only in history and
romance but in the practical
working out 'of such problems
as we are now facing in Ithe
New Deal.
“Walters Under the Earth,”
an interesting novel of family
life, has also been added to he
regular library lists.