The Hyder Weekly Hc.ald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Sole Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 1873.
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LATE DEVELOPMENTS
IN NATION’S CAPITAL
Delegate Dimond has intro
duced a bill extending to Alas
ka the provisions of the Feder
al highway act.
Alaska would have 10 million
dollars in road funds from the
public works: administration if
it had been under the act last
year, the Delegate announced.
Action by the House cn the
Feisinger bill authorizing pur
chase of 1 L<» billion ounces of
silver and allowing payment in
silver for purchases made in
the U. S. by foreign countries
has been called off at the re
quest of President Roosevelt.
Attorney General Cummings
declared the American under
world has more armed men
than the army and navy com
bined.
The Senate last week called
upon Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau for a list of the
silver hoarders, which he ear
lier alleged had been revealed
by an administration investiga
Con.
With a view to seeing if it
can take some of the profits
out of war equipment, the ad
ministration plans to experi
ment with building its own
naval aircraft.
Five hundred men will be em
ployed in Civilian Conservation
Corps camps in Alaska during
the coming summer, it was pre
dicted recently by Delegate
Dimond in announcing an
application to Secretary Ickes
for an increase of 150 to make
possible employment of that
number of natives in camps
after April 1.
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Clothier Directing Mining Co.
G. A. Clothier, resident min
ing engineer for the western
mineral survey district of B. C.,
has resigned for the govern
ment service to become manag
ing director of Dictator Gold
Mines Ltd., a newly organized
company with properties in the
Arrow Lakes area.
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The district court concluded
its sessions at Ketchikan last
Monday.
CHINA OPPOSED TO
HIGHER PRICED SILVER
Declaring an intention net to
allow its endorsement of the
London Silver Agreement to
prevent full protection of Chi
nese international trade, the
Chinese government announced
last week that if the Unitedj
States further increases the
free,” despite its signature to
price of silver it will “feel
the London pact, to take any
measures necessary to that end.
This means, in effect, that
China, although a silver stand
ard nation and the world’s
largest user of silver as a mon
etary medium is not in favor
of further increases in the price
of that metal.
The reason is that since the
fall of silver, China has become
an important industrial nation
Numerous factories and mills
have been placed in operation
to supply commodities which
her people could not purchase
abroad owing to the low pur
chasing value of her silver
money. As a result China is |
now producing surpluses of j
many commodities and is build- j
ing up an important export j
trade in articles which she for- j
merly purchased /in foreign ■
markets.
Inasmuch as a rise in the price I
of silver without an accom
panying increase in the price
I of commodities would tend to
! encourage the importation of
foreign goods and to diminish
exports of Chinese conrodities,
further advances in silver
would seriously affect 'the na
tional prosperity. In addition
it might also cause further in
jury by compelling China to
export silver to maintain the
balance of .international pay
ments, thereby causing added
injury to her economic stabil
ity.
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Tuscan-Penquin Suit Dismissed
| The su<it of Capt. A. W. Ang
| ellsen iof the Ketchikan-Hyder
mail boat Tuscan against the
United States for damages al
legedly sustained by his vessel
in a collision last fall wkh the
bureau of fisheries patrol boat
Penguin, was dismissed last
week in the district court at
Ketchikan. Damages in the
sum of $6,800 were sought.
Dismissal was based on the
failure of the libelant, Angell
sen to prove alleged negligence
on the part of dhe Penguin.
Testimony, on the contrary, ap
peared to show that the Tuscan
; changed course while the ves
sels were approaching each
i other, without the manifested
aproval of the Penguin; a pro
ceedure said to be contrary to
' maritime law.
j The vessels came into collision
! a few miles south of Ketchikan
| while the Penguin was enroute
i to Seattle and the Tuscan was
returning to Ketchikan fr|om
; Hyder.
WOLFLE COMMENCES
SERVING SENTENCE
Conrad Wolfle, mine promot
er, commenced last week at
McNeil Island penitentiary tho
service of a four year term of
imprisonment for fraudulent
use of the mails in connection
with sales of stock in the local
Cantu Mining Company.
Wolfle was indicted in 1921)
but was not convicted until
1932, when he was brought to
trial in Seattle. Several local
witnesses appeared at the trial,
which lasted six weeks. Fol
lowing the Seattle trial, \\ olf
le, who is 62 years old, ap
pealed the case, only to have
the Supreme Court of Wash
ington affirm his conviction a
few days ago.
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Silver Agreement Formally
Ratified by Canada
Word comes from Ottawa this
week that the Dominion gov
Washington Canada’s formal
ernment has forwarded to
ratification of the silver agree
ment negotiated at the London
conference last sumer.
Under the London pact Can
ada will join the United States,
Australia, Mexico, and Peru in
keeping a specified amount of
her annual silver production
off the market to maintain the
silver price at a reasonable
minimum. Canada’s share is
set at 1,600,000 ounces per
annum.
Want Salmon Pact With U. S.
Abrogation <of the scaling
treaty between the United
States and Canada is advocated
in Ottawa unless the United
State? signs the treaty affect
ing salmon negotiated four
years ago, but still unrattfied
by Washington.
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Grand Igloo Pioneers
Meet At Anchorage
The fourteenth annual con
vention of the grand igloo* Pio
neers of Alaska was held in
Anchorage last week. Details
not yet received.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
The Eggs—
Being asked how many eggs
she brought to the store, the
old lady said, “I don’t know,
but when counted 2,3,4,5 or 6
at a time always one remained
j Counted seven at a time they
' came out even.”
The Courier—
An army 25 mile3 long was
marching. A courier at the
rear was ordered to take a dis
| patch t!o the front, and return
j to the rear. He does so and
notices he joins the rear exact
ly where the front was when
he started. How far did he
i travel ?
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINELR
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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* the services.
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