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VOL 2, NO. 50
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11,1926
FIFTY CENTS A K(MH
OFFICIALS PLEASED WITH
BIG MISSOURI—WILL
PURCHASE PROPERTY
Definite assurance that the
officials of the Big Missouri
Mining Company are satisfied
with the result of the past
year’s development work on
the Big Missouri group, and
that they intend to complete
the purchase and continue de
velopment on that noted prop
erty, was forthcoming Fri
day, in a statement to the
Herald by Mr. G. A. DeHaseth,
Tacoma capitalist and a di
rctor of the Big Missouri com
pany, following his return
from a five day’s visit to the
property in company with Mr.
F. O. Oakley, secretary of the
company, and Mr. S. M. Jack
son, president of the National
Bank of Tacoma.
“During the course of our
stay,” Mr. DeHaseth said, “we
went over every portion of the
property, visiting all the show
ings, and were very much im
pressed. It is a wonderful prop
erty and we are much pleased
with the outlook.
“We are not ready to make
any announcement at this
time regarding contemplations
for the future,” he continued
“We have made the second
payment on the property, and
the additional payments will
be made as they become due.
That is about all we can say
at this time.”
Mr. Jackson, it appears, is
not personally interested in the
Big Missouri. His visit wat
made in the interest of other
principals and was for the pur
of sizing up the property
and its possibilities from the
banker’s view point.
The party remained in town
over Friday and left for Ta
coma Saturday morning.
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A slump of two cents an ounce
in the price of bar sliver oc
curred August 6th in both
London and New' York, ac
cording to New York press re
ports of that date. Quoted at
625/8 cents per ounce, in New
York and 28-y8d. in London,
the price was the lowest re
corded in many years, and if
continued will mean a heavy
loss to the silver mining in
dustry in the United States
and Canada.
Fears that some 400.000,000
Ounces of silver now held as a
reserve by the Indian govern
ment would be thrown on the
market during the next ten
years if the gold standard is
adopted in India, is said to be
accountable for the slump.
Construction work on the
new Texas Creek pack trail
bridge has been completed un
der the direction of Supt. T. H.
Evans of the Bureau of Public
itoads and the structure is now
open to traffic. In its -com
pleted state, the bridge is a
little over 250 feet in length.
5 feet wide and traverses the
creek at a height of about 5
feet above the w'ater.
The structure superceds the
old cable crossing and will be
of great benefit to traffic ir
and out of the Texas valley.
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Martin Welch, one of the
owners of the Mineral Hil
group, east of and adjoininf
the Big Missouri, arrived oi
the Prince Charles to lool
after his local interests.
! COURT CORRECTS
DESCRIPTION OF
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
j To rectify certain errors in
i the description of the bound
I aries of Hyder Recording dis
| trict, the District Court, by or
der dated July 28th, 1926, has
amended the former descript
ion to read as follows:
“Commencing at the inter
; section of the Unuk River
and International Boundary;
1 thence due south to the 66th
parallel of North Latitude, be
| ing about 23V*j miles; thence
along said parallel due east
j to West Longitude 130 de
I grees 30 minutes, being about
I 9 miles; thence south about 45
miles to a point due west of
northernmost point of Boca de
i Quodra Inlet; thence due east
! to the International Boundary
in Portland Canal; thence
' northerly «and northwester
ly along said International
Boundary to the place of be
ginning.”
The new description does not
, change in any degree the
i area of the district as origin
ally segregated from the Ket
chikan Recording District in
1920 by District Judge Wm.
T. Jennings.
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The Standard Oil Co. steel
crew is putting the finishing
j touches on the big oil storage
tank, erected during the past
two weeks on the company
: dock in the rear of the Sainton
River dock. The tank is about
20 feet in height, with a diam
1 eter of 20 feet and wifi hold
between 45 and 50 thousand
1 gallons .The structure is com
posed of steel throughout. It
is understood that the tank is
o be used for storing gasoline
exclusively for the present.
The tank is one of a number
of large storage tanks install
ed by the Standard Oil Co. at
various poin.ts in Alaska dur
ing the present summer. Tanks
| of similar or larger capacity
were recently completed at
Fairbanks, Anchorage, Wran
gell and Kodiak and another
will be erected at Petersburg.
The work has been done in
each instance by the same
crew of steel workers now
employed here under Super
visor of steel crews George
Edmunson.
Daniel Lindeborg, left Satur
day for his home in Vancouv
er, after spending a week in
the district looking after his
local interests. Mr. B. C. Bar
brick, who accompanied Mr.
I.indeborg on the trip, also re
turned to the south.
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Pat. Daly, second vice presi
dent of the Big Missouri Min
infi Co. and noted as the man
whose endeavors were primari
ly responsible for the discov
ery of the enormous riches of
! the Premier; and Big Missouri
i properties was an arrival from
I south Tuesday.
George C. Hazlet, 65, and for
28 years a leading figure in
Alaska, died at Cordova Aug
i ust 6th, after a week’s illness
according to press reports
reaching Hyder Tuesday.
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; Wm. Bunting returned on th<
i Prince Charles from a business
: trip to Prince Rupert anc
Southeastern Alaska points.
ALASKAN LEGISLATION
FIRST SESSION
69TH CONGRESS
The following measures pass
ed Congress during the recent
session and are now law:
II. R. 6573.—Anthracite Rail
road (Controller Bay) exten
sion of time to complete.
H. R. 9210—Amendment to
Fisheries Act; provides for
taking bait at all seasons.
II. R. 3953.— Homestead
claims; authorizes departure
from rectangular system of
survey, and provides for sur
vey of points of land jutting
| into lake or ocean.
| H. R. 8048.—To lease public
lands for fur farming.
H. J. Res. 139.—Authorizat
| ion for construction of Gov
| eminent Dock at Juneau.
H. R. 8192.—Postal Service;
provides that postmasters in
Alaska may act as disbursing >
agents in paying mail con
j tractors.
H. R. 6261.—To permit ex
i port of timber from National
Forests or public domain.
H. R. 9178.—To pay actual
traveling expenses of Army
Officers in Alaska.
H. R. 9508.—Authorizes the
issuance of deeds to certain
Indians or Eskimos for tracts
set apart for them in surveys
of townsites in Alaska, and to
survey and sub-divicle such
tracts.
Senate Bill 3213. Authorizing
disposition of money of insane
persons from Alaska, at Morn
ingside Sanitarium.
H. R. 6117. Authorizes ex-1
change of passes for Alaska
Railroad employees with pri
: vate railroads in the United
States.
H. R. 3454.—For the relief
of certain Indian policemen.
H. R. 3448.—For the relief
of John Solen.
H. R. 10901.—Authorizing
the Town of Wrangell to issue
bonds in the sum of 850,000.00
for constructing and equip
ping a public school building.
The following bills have pass
ed the House and await action
by the Senate in December:
H. J. Res. 100.—Authorizing
appropriation of $125,000.00
for control of waters of Lowell
Creek, near Seward.
H. R. 8377.—For uniform
system of registration of mail
matter. This bill purposes to
increase the amount for which
one may register and insure
maii. It would permit the reg
istration of gold dust or furs
i in one package to the value of
| $1000.00 instead of $100.00 as
l at present.
| H. R. 11803.—Authorizes the
I Town of Juneau to issue bonds
; for school building, amount
$100,000.00
i H. R. 11843.—Authorizes
; town of Fairbanks to issue
! bonds to amount of $100,000.
i 00 for electric light plant, etc.
H. R. 10900.—Authorizes the
town of Wrangell to issue
' bonds to the amount of $30,
000.00 for the purpose of im
proving the town’s water
works system.
The following bills are re
ported on the House Calendar:
H. J. Res. 99.—For the relief
of special disbursing agents of
Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion.
H. R. 6572.—To amend the
i mining law. This bill would
; make the law of the United
States conform to the Territor
MANY CLAIM OWNERS
CONTEMPLATING PATENTS
U. S. Mineral Surveyor Frank
A. Metcalf of Juneau, who
came over from the capitol
city some weeks ago to survey
the Cantu, is finding his ser
vices very much in demand
and has been kept busy al
most every day of his stay, on
preliminary surveys of local
mining claims, the owners of
which are contemplating pro
ceedings for patent. Surveys
have already been made of the
Cantu and Riverside groups,
in addition to a considerable
number of small groups and
single claims, and others are
awaiting their turn. Among
the large properties being
surveyed is the Titan group,
of the Titan Gold Mining Co.
on which work was started
last week.
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The Hyder Fuel Company
completed last week the re
moval of the Virginia com
pressor from the latter prop
erty to the scene of the John
son-Gardner Co. operations on
the Salmon River road exten
sion, where it is being usc^i
on rock work.
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The Cantu surface crew was
laid off last week and dia
mond drilling is now in pro
gress, according to reports
from that property.
The air is full of rumors rel
ative to the results of earlier
operations but apparently are
based upon nothing more sub
stantial than surmise and' con
jectures.
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H. A. Guess, vice president
and general manager of the
Premier Gold Mining Co. i*
expected to pay the district
a visit in the near future, ac
cording to Premier reports.
ial mining law in respect to
locating in more than one re
cording district within a cal
endar month.
H. J. Res. 96.—To pay sums
agreed on for services of sur
geons on Alaska Railroad.
H. J. Res. 73.—To improve
overland communications on
Seward Peninsula.
H. R. 9211.—To prescribe
H. R. 9211.— To prescribe
certain qualifications for vot
ers in Alaska. (This is the
much discussed White literacy
test bill.
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR ROADS.
Alaska Road ; Commission
$900,000.00
Bureau of Public Roads, est
imated, $520,000.00
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
The Rivers and Harbors bill,
held in the Senate with action
deferred until December, car
ries an item of $29,000.00 for
the improvement of the Tolo
vana River; and the following
examinations and surveys are
1 authorized:
Ocean frontage of Afognak,
with a view to providing a har
bor.
I Nome Harbor, £itka Harbor,
Cordova Harbor, Anchorage
Harbor, Dry Pass.
Portage Bay, and adjacent
bays, with a view to providing
a practicable harbor access
ible to the Cold Bay oil fields.
Gastineau Channel.
Port Frederick.
William Henry Bay. .
NO TRACE OF
MISSING HYDERITE
Efforts to locate the where
abouts of John S. (Cyclone
Johnny) Burndgen during the
past week have been without
result, despite an extended
search of the region betweer
the Troy group and Tide Lake
by E. E. Charlton and F. R
Jancowski.
Mr. Jancowski was commis
sioned to make the search by
the Canadian authorities early
last week and spent several
days in the hills in company
with Mr. Charlton, whcr vol
unteered for that purpose, j
Both are well acquainted with
the district between the Troy
group and Tide Lake, where
Burndgen was last known to j
be, but they could find no
trace of the missing man,
either along the Tide Lake
trail or at his cabin on Tide
Lake.
On returning to town Thurs
day evening, the searchers re
ported that the cabin showed
no signs of having been occu
pied recently and was strewn
with the litter created by por
cupines, which had gained
ingress through the win
dow. Burndgen’s blankets, left i
there some time before, were
in the cabin and there was al
so a quantity of food. Messrs.
Jancowski and Charlton are of
the opinion that the presence
of the food and blankets pre
cludes the possibilitiy that
Burndgen might have decided
to make a trip somewhere, so.
he would not be likely to go
any' distance without them.
Despite the failure of Burnd
gen to keep a scheduled ap
pointment with Mr. Jancowski
at Tide. Lake July 22, the dis
cQvery of a note written by
him either on the July 26 01
27th has disclosed that he war
alive at least four or five days
afterward. The message in
question, addressed to Roy
Priest was found in the Ben
son cabin at Tide Lake and
reads as follows:
juiy zo-i
“Roy Priest.
Bill Tolin is going over to
August Mt. with an engineer
and wants you to'take a tent
and meet him.
Johnny”
Owink to the 7 being written
, over the 6 in the date line, it
is impossible to tell the exact
date on which the note was
i written.
Although the region between
! the Troy and Tide Lake is ol
very rugged character, Burnd
, ger was thoroughly acquaint
ed with the country and would
r.ot be likely to go astray,
rmnce his disappearance is all
Hie more mysterious. There is
a possibilitiy that he might
! have become involved in seme
accident in which he was
i maimed or killed, but as he
i has previously disappeared in
! like manner and returned up
I harmed, his friends are still
I hopeful that he will ultimately
I reappear.
Mr. Charlton expresses the
j view that if Burndgen became
the victim of a fatal accident
while proceeding to his cabin,'
it would be most likely to oc
cur at Nass River crossing
where the swift current and
icy water render passage pre
I carious during high water. He
! says, however, that by detour
the river can be crossed with
TRACING HIGH ORE
VEIN SYSTEM
Development work on the
High Ore properties is pio
:eeding under the direction of
W. R. Tonkin, pioneer mining
man, with a small crew em
ployed. Activities are confin
ed entirely to surface pros
pecting, with a view to tracing
out the vein system and to
sampling the various ore ex
posures. Work has been m
progress for several weeks,
with results that are said to
>e satisfactory.
The High Ore group includes
ten claims and is traversed by
an immense mineralized zone,
which averages about 300 feet
n width and contains a num
ber of promising veins.
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The Johnson- Gardner Co. is
making good progress on the
Salmon River road extension.
Two shifts, totaling about 50
men are employed, and the
crew will *soon be further in
creased by the addition of a
night shift. A steam shovel is
also employed., on the job.
Work is proceeding from both
inds of the survey and alco in
the middle.
Owing to the considerable
amount of blasting required
t is frequently necessary to
close the old road to traffic
for varying periods
for varying periods. This
causes considerable delay a: l
inconvenience to traveller,
but is necessary to prevent
possible injury to pnooorahj.
Supervising engineer J. U.
Walters says he greatly regrets
the necessity for holding, .up
traffic at times. Such action,
however, riot only removes tire
possibility of some one being
injured, but also enable con- -
truction to proceed at a much
faster rate; which in turn
means that the work will be
done and over with much soon
er.
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The mortal remains of Zac
chareus Manousis, a resident
of Hyder, B. C.., who passed
away at Anyox Aug 6, were
laid at? rest in Riverview Ceme
tery Sunday afternoon, after
impressive services in Pioneer
Hall, conducted by Rev. S. V.
Warren, assisted by Rev. A.
W. R. Ashley of Stewart. The
obsequies were attended by a
large number from both sides
| of the boundary line.
! The deceased was a native of
1 the Greek island of Samos, and
was aged 59 years. He was'a :
cook by trade and had resid
ed in Hyder, B. C. for a con
siderable time prior to his de
mise.
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Ketchikan now enjoys the
possession of an up to date
i radio broadcasting station, op
i erated by Roy G. Thornton.
The station, which was re- *
cently licensed by the depart
ment of commerce, is known as
-sta^o^ KGBU and operates on
a 2289 meter wave length.
out danger, but as Bumdgen
is of a somewhat recklrss
disposition, he would give little
j heed to the risk in case he de
: cided to cross by the direct
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Friends of the missing man
i are said to be contemplating
another search before finally
abandoning hope for his re
turn,