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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 33.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934.
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SHATTUCK, OLSON,
ZEIGLER LEAD IN
PRIMARY RACE
With at least 500 votes still
unreported up to Monday, re
turns of the primary election
so far received indicate the
probable nominatibn of Oscar
G. Olson of Cordova as Demo
cratic candidate for Territorial
Treasurer; Allen Shattuck for
First Division Senator, and A.
H. Zeigler and Joe Baronovich
for the legislature.
J. K. Green, local candidate
for 'the Demlocratic legislative
nomination was in third posi
tion, 25 votes behind Barono
vich and 49 ahead of Henry
Messerschmidt and Mrs. C. S.
Jenne. John Ronan was 83
votes behind the two last
named candidate's.
On the Republican side, H. G.
McCain was leading the list of
legislative candidates with 336,
King was second with 250,
Shepard was in fourth position
with 240, Foster was fifth with
232 and Paul was la'st with
195. There were no Republi
can candidates fbr the senator
ship.
In view of the probable 500
unreported votes, the outcome
of the legislative race on the
Democratic side is problemat
ical, except in the case of Mr.
Zeigler, who has a lead of 283
over his nearest competitor,
Baronovich.
It i*s said that a majority of
the unrep/orted precincts com
pose the Paul vote and it is not
yet definitely determ i n e d
which candidates they may
favor. A substantial part of
the Paul controlled vote is be
lieved to have gone into the
Republican primary. No Ter
ritorial returns were received.
Following is a tabulation of
•the vote:
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For Treasurer
Olson 953
Harrai's 617
For Senator
Shattuck 1170
Kirk 829
For Representative
Zeigler 1060
Baronovich 777
Green 752
Messerschmidt 703
Jenne 703
Ronan 620
Walker 608
Anderson 563
Cadwell 560
Ness 514
Thompson 395
Baumgartner 345
REPUBLICAN— '
For Representative
McCain 336
King 250
Shepard . 240
GREEN TURNS DEAL
FOR MARMOT GROUP
Territorial Representative J.
K. Green, who left for ithe
south some days ago in con
nection with his local mining
interests, has negotiated a deal
for the Marmot Consolidated
group of claims on Marmot
River, in which he is assoco
ated with Eli Watland of Stew
art. Advices to this effect
were received by Mrs. Green
this week. Details of the
•transaction were not given.
The property comprises 41
claims and is the largest group
of mining claims in the district.
It is located between the east
and north forks of 'the Marmot
about three miles from the
beach and is ideally situated
for economical operation.
The property carries a large
number uf highly mineralized
showings* which yield excel
lent assays in gold, as well as
silver and other metals.
Says Mining Is World Theme
Mining is attracting (the at
tention of the whole world at
present and is a universal topic
of conversation in the south,
acording to S. P. Fitzgerald,
president of the local Indepen
dence and Titan Mining Com
panies, who returned Thursday
from a visit of several months
'in the south.
Mr. Fitzgerald -says this in
terest is certain to result in a
vast acceleration of the indus
try that will be felt locally dur
ing the present year. He will
return south on mining business
next week.
During his stay in the south,
Mr. Fitzgerald secured the
backing iof prominent Seattle
and eastern interests for devel
opment work on the Indepen
dence, where work will start
as soon as snow condition's are
favorable. Mr. Fitzgerald will
return south next week to per
fect arrangements for the seas
on’s operations.
Senate Passes Placer Bill
The House bill restoring to
Alaska the general mining
laws of the United States with
respect to placer mining claims
and rescinding the former spec
ial Alaska placer act was
passed by the Senate late last
week.
Foster 232
Paul 195
The election appears not to
have had a great deal of inter
est and voting was light almost
everywhere in the division.
SILVER LEADERS
PREDICT ACTION
This session
Congressional silver forces are
determined to press the remon
etization question to a definite
conclusion in the present ses
sion, according to reports from
the national capital this week.
Unimpressed by an adminis
tration compromise proposal
made last Saturday to remone
tize silver on a 30:70 ratio with
gold, the congressional silver
bloc expressed Monday a de
termination to continue its
plans for forcing the adminis
tration to give silver a large
and firm position in the nation
al monetary system, according
to the reports.
Virtually all members of the
silver bloc were said to have
predicted the enactment of
legislation this session making
remonetization of silver man
datory.
The compromise proposal
made by the White House indi
cated that the President would
not be opposed to raising the
silver backing for money from
the present reserves of around
! 12 percent to as much as 30 per
cent.
This is in line with the inter
national agreement effected at
the London conference.
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To Resume Silver
Debate Monday
Press of other matters result
ed Thursday in a decision of
the Senate silver supporters 'to
postpone further silver discus
sion until Monday.
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School Program Next Saturday
The closing exercises of the
Hyder Public School will be
held in Pioneer Hall next Sat
urday evening, May 12, under
the direction of Mrs. Charlotte
Whitford, teacher in charge of
the school.
The entertainment will take
the form of a tuneful O'peretta
titled “Spring Glow,” which
depicts in a charming and
whimsical manner the banish
ment of Winter by (the benign
forces of Spring. The cast will
include every child in the
camp.
The program will start at 7
p. m. There will be no admis
sion charge and everyone is in
vited to attend.
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Metlak&tlans Now Citizens
The Dimond bill granting
citizenship to Metlakatla Ind
ians who went there with
Father Duncan has passed both
the House and Senate and is up
to the President. .
MINERS CONSIDERING
SURFACE OPERATIONS
Increased prices for gold and
silver, combined with a new
viewpoint regarding the possi
bilities of open-cut, low cost
mining of high-grade surface
ores, are causing many of the
more progressive type of local
miners and claim-owners to ser
iously contemplate high-grad
ing on their own orlother prop
erties.
As pointed out by one of
them, surface ores of mineable
quality and quantity are abun
dant throughout the district
and can be extracted in a ma
jority of cases by open cut op
erations to varying depths up
to 15 or 20 feet at relatively
small expense. In some in
stances the ores can be fol
lowed underground for short
distances to good advantage
but at increased cost. The pri
mary objective, however, is to
take out paying ore in the
cheapest and speediest manner
possible, hence open cutting is
in mlost cases preferable to
drifting.
.In the majority of cases these
prospects are situated within a
very short distance of the fine
government highways where
motor transportation is avail
able and cheap or in close
proximity to established trails.
With an abundance of surface
ores carrying good working
values in sight and with econ
omical transportation available,
these miners believe there is
every' prospect that mining op
erations of this character can
be carried on successfully dur
ing a large part of the year.
Discu'ssing the outlook with
the Herald recently, one of
them pointed out that the most
important .feature of this type
of mining is the small amount
of capital required. Labor
would be provided by the op
erators themselves, working in
groups of two or more, and
cash outlays wiould be confined
principally to transportation of
the ores to market, cost of
camp supplies, and powder.
“In other words, it is' an oc
cupation in which working
miners lof small means may en
gage with assurances of success
if ores of commercial grade are
obtainable either by preemp
tion or lease,” he said, adding:
“That this is true has been
demonstrated by the successful
high-grading done during the
past three or four years on the
Riverside, Silverado, Porter
Idaho, Home stake and Dunwell
properties.”
I “The installation lof a small
capacity customs mill, say 10
or 15 tons, would be a great
benefit by enabling the miners
to reduce their ores and effect
STEWART RESIDENT
SEVERELY INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Struck by an automobile driv
en by Mfes Agnes Gamble of
Stewart while walking along
the Hyder-Stewart road about
5:30 p. m. Sunday afternoon,
Walter Scrimgeour, Stewart
resident, sustained severe in
juries about the head and face,
in addition to a broken bone in
one leg, and other injuries of
internal character.
The car driven by Miss Gam
ble, who is also known as
‘‘Bubbles,” is owned by John
Campbell, Steward dairyman.
Mr. Campbell and a man
named “Tony” were also oc
cupants of the car at the time
of the accident.
Although a number of people
and cars were in the vicinity,
Henry Stewart appears to be
the only eyewitness to the ac
cident. Stewart, who was on
a bicycle, accompanied by Mi'ss
Jewell Rice of Hyder, was
within a few rods of the scene
and will be the principal wit
ness at the preliminary hearing
to be held in Stewart next Fri
day. Miss Rice failed to see
the car strike its victim but
saw him lying cn the road a
moment later.
Mil?s Gamble and Mr. Camp
bell were arrested on a careless
driving charge under Section
285 of the criminal code of
Canada and released on bail to
await hearing, which was post
poned to await the arrival of
legal counsel for the defend
ants from Prince Rupert.
House Rejects 10 Per
Cent Income Raise
Hope that the already heav
ily burdened taxpayers of the
nation will escape the imposi
tion of an additional income tax
increase of ten percent, as pro
posed by the Senate, was indi
cated Tuesday when the House
of Representatives rejected the
provision by a vote of 277 to
77.
As a result of this and other
changes in the maasure as
passed by the Senate, the bill
will now go to conference,
where House leaders hope to
induce the Senate to recede
from its favorable attitude.
a large saving in shipping costs.
Also it should be a remunera
tive venture for the owners.
But a mill is not essential to
success, as there are numerous
properties where the surface
ores will pay to ship at present
metal prices and the success of
these properties will result in
evitably in someone putting up
a customs mill.”