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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 15.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1934.
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URGES EXPENSE MONEY
FOR DELEGATE’S OFFICE
Asserting that it has been
authoritatively informed that
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond
spent during his first term of
office upward of $4,000 of his
own money for various activi
ties which directly concern the
welfare of the Territory, the
Ketchikan Chronicle advocates
an appropriation by the Alas
ka legislature by way of assist
ing him to meet extraneous of
fice expenses not provided for
by the federal government.
“His office has been made a
clearing house for Alaska pub
licity and information. He has
taken upbn himself to present
not only matters of vital im
portance to Alaska for Con
gressional consideration, but
has assumed also the task of
answering and investigating
every dash of whimsy which
Alaskans seem at times to be
capable of shouldering upon
their congressional represent
ative,” said the Chronicle in
explanation of its suggestion.
Continuing, the journal points
out that such activity requires
additional expenditures. Off
ice help and costs of ciffice sup
plies not provided by the gov
ernment must be met, hence it
appears only reas'onabl that to
the extra mental and physical
efforts invoked in these activ
ities there should not be add
ed the necessity of also offer
ing a fair proportion of his sal
ary as delegate.
The Chronicle contends fur
ther that an appropriation by
the legislature to provide funds
for carrying on this extraneous
and additional work for the
Territory will be a sound in
vestment, in addition to reliev
ing Alaska of what it terms
“the shroud of receiving ser
vices from its delegate for
which it will not make ample
em'oulmenlts.”
Happening to * know some
thing of the large amount of
valuable extra efforts put forth
by Mr. Dimond in behalf of
his constituents, the Herald is
heartily in accord with this
suggestion.
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Missouri Editor Tells How
Eskimo Say “I Love You.”
The Alaska Press reports
that Miss Opal Webb, of Bald
wyn, Miss., a school teacher,
sent H. Luther Dickens of An
chorage, the following clip
ping, which displays a Missou
ri editor’s idea of the way the
Eskimo says “I love you.”
“In the Eskimo language ‘I
love you’ is univfgssaerntuina
finaljuanijuarisigujak.’ This
explains why the Arctic nights
have to be so long.”
I Jurors Urge Larger
Pensions For Pioneers
Recommendations that Terr
itorial pensions to aged Alaska
pioneers be increased from the
present $20 a monlth to $30
monthly were made recently
by a federal grand jury in the
district court at Fairbanks.
The action of the jury voices
a growing sentiment that the
present pension is a bit too
rmall in many instances. The
$20 they receive will supply
them with food but is inade
quate to supply even a small
amount of clothing, with the
result that some of them suffer
when charity does not meet j
their requirements in that re
spect.
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Juneau Unemployed
Stage Demonstration
Fifty unemployed Juneau
workers marched to the gov
ernor’s office a few days ago,
demanding work on a six hour,
five-day week basis, or federal j
relief, but dispersed without
further demonstration when
told that the government fav
ored an eight-h'our day and
that employment would be
given wherever possible.
It is estimated that there are
between 300 and 400 unem
ployed in the city.
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Alaskan First Proposer
Of Farmer Colonization
John Ronan, former Hyder
prospector, now employed by
the Alaska Juneau Gold Min
ing Cbmpany, was the first per
son to propose the colonization
of Alaska lands by farmers, ac
cording to a statement made
last week in Washington by
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond,
Mr. Ronan suggested the plan
to the then secretary of the in
terior, Franklin K. Lane, dur
ing the Wilson administration,
Mr. Dimbnd said.
Ronan urged that Scandinav
ian farmers be imported to set
tle cn lands adjacent to the
Alaska government railroad,
but the plan, although favored
by Lane, was discarded as a re
sult of conditions created by
the Great War. The idea is
now being revived as a result
of unemployment conditions in
the States and is said to be un
der consideration by adminis
tration agencies.
Despite the fact that Decem
ber is half over, cars are still
running to Premier and there
is scarcely any snow on the Sal
mon river highway below
Nine-Mile.
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PREMIER ANNDNUCES
USUAL Zf DIVIDEND
Reports from the south an
nounce that the Premier Gold
Mining Company has declared
the usual three cents a share
dividend far the fourth quar
ter of 1934, involving payment
to shareholders of $150,000.
The dividend, is payable in
Canadian currency and distri
bution will be made on Janu
ai*y 15 to shareholders on re
cord December 14. The pay
ment will bring the total div
idends from the famous Pre
mier mine, 13 miles roatth of
Hyder, to $17,858,074.
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Steel For Power Plant Arrive*
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Truckloads of structural steel
and other materials for the
new Premier power house have
been going up to Premier
throughout the pasit week, fol
lowing the arrival of the first
consignment Monday.
Excavation work at the site
of the new plant is reported
virtually completed, with three
shifts working.
It is said that the new power
development will approximate
2400.. horsepower,., of., which
1900 horsepower will be devel
oped by three diesel units, the
remainder by water power.
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Wolf Slays Pet Deer
In Yard Of Ketchikan Home
A wblf, described as “large
enough to be mistaken for a
deer in the dusk of early morn
ing,” invaded the back yard of
the John Wick family on Char
coal boulevard in the north
end of Ketchikan last week
and killed a fawn belonging
to the family, which was kept
in a pen directly behind the
family residence, according to
the Ketchikan Chronicle.
The family was awakened at
an early hour by the cries of
the deer and saw the wolf rac
ing about the deer pen in an j
effort to escape, apparently!
after having become alarmed
by the rising household. By
the time members of the family
reached the pen, composed of
6-foot wire webbing, the deer
was dead, with its throat cut
by the fangs of the killer, and
the wolf had escaped. The
predatory beast apparently
gained entrance to the pen by j
burrowing beneath the fence]
and probably escaped by the
same opening.
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Mrs. Wanda Crawford of the
Premier hosfpital staff is back
from a visit in Prince Rupert.
Alaska Railroad Income
Shows Marked Increase
An increase in operating rev
enue of the Alaska government
railroad amounting to $77,856
during the fiscal year ended
July 1, as compared to the
previous year, is disclosed in
the annual report iof the secre
tary of the interior, according
to Washington reports.
Total revenues for the per
iod were placed in the report
at $1,293,684. As a result of
increased income, the operat
ing deficit amounted to $178,
893, which was a decrease of
$78,100 from the (preceding
fiscal year, the report dis
closed. Total expenses, includ
ing costs of operation and
maintenance of railroad and
river boat*, amounted to $1,
471,496. This was a decrease
of $21,588 as compared with
the 1933 fiscal year.
ine enhanced revenue was
attributed to increases in ship
ments of lumber, gasoline and
oils, and outward bound fish,
and was achieved despite a
decrease of commercial coal
shipments amounting to 3,967
tons, the report states.
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Right of Japanese To
Sell Beer Is Upheld
In a decision handed down I
recently in the district court j
for the Third Division, Judge
Simon Hellenthal granted to R.
Naka, Japanese proprietor of a
cafe at Cordova, the right to
hold and exercise a beer dis
pensing permit, according to
press reports.
The decision was the out
growth of a suit brought
against Naka by J. W. Kehoe,
U. S. district attorney for the
Third Division, seeking the re
vocation of his license on the
ground that he was an alien.
It was claimed by the defense
that a treaty existed between
the United States and Japan
whereby Japanese subjects are
privileged to engage in busi
ness of such character and the
contention was apparently up
held by the dourt.
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Sale Of Bulk Wine Made Legal
Sale of bulk wine has been
included among the liquor dis
pensing privileges in Alaska by
the Territorial liquor control
board, according to reports re
ceived in Ketchikan last week.
The territorial regulations
were recently amended to in
clude this tyipe of sale, accord
ing to Frank A. Royle, secre
tary of the control board, from
whom the information was de
rived.
FUR TRAPPING SEASON
OPENED MONDAY
The 1934-1935 fur trapping
season opened last Monday in
this district and taking of
mink, land otter and weasel is
now permitted under the Alas
ka Game Commission regula
tions. The open season on
these fur-bearers will continue
until January 20.
The muskrat season is next
in line and will start on Ma;;ch
1 and continue until April 30.
The beaver season will open
on April 1 and continue for 30
days, but no more than ten
pelts may be taken during that
period.
So far there has been only
one local application for li
cense to trap. This was filed
by George Lemmons, who
plans to trap in the lower Can
al section.
Trites Purchases Two
Lynn Canal Properties
The Comet and Kensington
mining properties in the Lynn
Canal section were recently
purchased by A. B. Trites,
Vancouver mining man, after
he had held the two groups
under an option for a year, ac
cording to the Juneau Empire.
Neither the amount involved
in the deal or the plans of the
purchaser for the future have
been disclosed, the Empire
states. It is believed they will
be operated next spring. The
ground was formerly owned by
Charles Hayden, New York
broker.
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Alaska Miner Found
Dead In Bathtub
S. M. Gaylord, widely known
Alaska mining man and oper
ator of a dredge in the Nome
district, was found dead in a
tub of water in his bathroom
in the Donnelly hotel in Yaki
ma, Wn., last week, according
to an Associated Press dis
patch.
Gaylord was about 60 years
old and had prospected in
Alaska 35 years. He recently
became moderately wealthy
through 'operation of his gold
dredge in the Casa de Paga
district some 40 miles from
Nome.
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Big Cargo on Prince George
The steamer Prince George
landed Thursday a near record
cargo, consisting mainly of
structural materials for the
new Premier power plant. The
vessel remained in port until
after two p. m.