HYDER WEEKLY MINER
4
VOL IV, NO. XXXIII
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31,1923
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HANGS
MAN
HIMSELF
WITH BANDAGE
Charles G. Bacon, a widely
known resident and owner of
a garage and paint shop at An
chorage, suicided recently by
strangulation, effected by a
cotton bandage with a slip
noose around his neck. The
body was found in a kneeling
position by Bacon’s son-in-law,
James Clark. A will and other
papers were found near the
body, showing that Bacon had
carefully planned his demise.
The estate was left to his fam
ily, three children, and a di
vorced wife, who resides in Se
attle. The deceased had resid
ed in Anchorage almost from
the begining of activities in the
town. lie was the leader of the
Anchorage band and was act
ive in the Alaska Labor Union
during the construction days
of the railroad.
The campaign at present in
progress throughout Alaska to
rise funds for the President
Harding Memorial at Mario
Ohio, details of which were
published in a recent number
of the Weekly Miner, has now
been extended to H , der. In a
telegram to the editor, Govern
or Scott C. P>one announces the
appointment of the former as
local representative of the
Harding Memorial Association
and, earnestly requests that
Hyder be represented in the list
of Alaska towns contributing
to the fund. A message has al
so been received from Territor
ial chairman George C. Hazel
et in which he states that the
Territorial committee is accept
ing subscriptions for any
amount— most people donating
not less than $1. He says:
"Here in Cordova our sub
scriptions run as high as $20,
but mostly they are for $1, ex
cept in the case of the school
children, which, of course is
not so much.”
Mr Hazelet says it is desired
to give to each subscriber a
eejrtificate of membership in
the Harding Memorial Asso
ciation and requests that tiie
names of all local subscribers
be sent to him.
Pursuant to the request the
following committee has been
named to conduct the cam
paign in this locality.
Dr. F. E. Reddick, Oren F. Hill,
Dale L. Pitt, J. A. Hall, Sam
Wagner, H. H. Howard, E. II.
Stivers, Walter Blanton, Eai'l
Hinkley, Merl Thomas, W. R.
McDonnell, representing the
Pioneers of Alaska, Ernest
Blue, representing the Loyal
Order of Moose, Miss Maye
Coombs, representing the pub
lic school children. No intensive
campaign of fpnd soliciting is
contemplated and all subscript
ions will be received on a pure
ly voluntary basis. Subscription
lists will be opened at various
points and all who wish to as
sist in honoring the memory of
the late president are request
ed to make their contribution
by Saturday evening, at which
time the subscription period
will close. All who can do so
are requested to assist in swell
ing the fund, as it is highly de
sirable that the community
make as good a showing as
possible. Every community in
Alaska will be represented in
the fund to some extent and
Hyder cannot afford to be a
laggard. The names of all per
sons contributing Will be for
warded to the Territorial
chairman and each will be giv
en a certificate of membership
in the Memorial Association.
Contributions will be received
from the school children in any
amount and and all others are
requested to subscribe as much
as their means will permit.
. A hog which dressed 500
P pounds was raised by Oscar
Anderson on a ranch near An
chorage.
PACKERS ATTACKING
NEW ALASKA FISH LAW
Juneau—The opening move
in the fight by the Southeastern
Alaska packers to overthrow
the Territorial closed season
law on salmon was made this
week when R. E. Robertson
and II. L. Faulkner, who repre
sent a number of canners who
were indicted for alleged vio
lations of the law, appeared be
fore Federal Judge T. M. Reed
in arguments to nolle prosse
the indictments.
The case selected to be a test
case is against the Auk Bay
Salmon Company., and while
it is being decided, the cases
pending against the other;
packers represented by the at- !
torneys will be held in abey- ■
ance.
NOME RAISES
FINE VEGETABLES
A shipment of vegetables ar
rived in Nome recently from
the Kruzgamapa Hot Springs,
about forty miles from the city,
and the cabbages are reported
by the Nome Nugget to have
surpassed in size any ever ex- '
hibited there. The largest of
the heads weighed 25 pounds
and there were others of 19
and 18 pounds. Radishes that
weighed a pound and a quar
ter, turnips of 8, cauliflowers
of 4 pounds, beets of 4 and 5
pounds were included in the
shipment. The Hot Seringa
are located at the base of the
Sawtooth Mountains and as the
ground for a wide distance ar
ound the springs is constantly
heated by the springs, the
place is an ideal one for truck
gardening.
PIONEER OF MATANUSKA
DIES IN SEATTLE
Abraham Reising, pioneer
(resident of the Matanuska val
| ley, died recently in Seattle
while on a visit. Reising was
found lying on the sidewalk
in the lower portion of the city
by a patrolman, who sent him
to the city jail, believing that
he was intoxicated. Arriving
at the jail he wa3 thrown into
a cell on a hard concrete floor,
in an unconscious state. After
lying there for nearly two
hours, he was removed to the
City hospital, but died before
an examination could be made.
The circumstances suround
ing his death resulted in a cor
oner’s investigation, which the
Alaska Weekly says will prob
ably result in bringing about
prompt medical retention in
like cases in the future. The
post mortem examination held
that death was due to appo
plexy.
Bill heads, Letter heads, State
ments, Envelopes, cards, Hand
bills, Invitations, etc. neatly
done at the Miner Job .Shop.
SURVEY OF HYDER
HARBOR ASKED
BY SUTHERLAND
The posssible installation ot
the much needed navigation
safeguards and the deepening
of the channel along the west
shore of Hyder harbor, togeth
er with other desirable im
provements for the facility of
shipping and the safeguarding
of navigation, are presaged in
a joint House resolution intro
duced in the 68th. Congress
by Alaska Delegate Dan. A.
Sutherland, according to infor
mation received by the Miner.
Mr. Sutherland has askea
the Congress to direct the Sec
retary of War to cause an ex
amination and survey of the
harbor to be made with a wiew
to its improvement. The resol
ution makes no specific men
tion of the character of the im
provements desired, apparent
ly with the aim of leaving the
question of what is needed to
the War Department engineers
by whom the survey would be
made in the event of its author
ization.
The resolution was introduced
by Mx\ Sutherland in the lowei
house December 5 and was re
fered to the Committee on Riv
r and Harbors and ordered to
be printed. Following is the
full text.
Joint Resolution
Authorizing a preliminary
examination or survey of Hy
-dcr, Alaska, Harbor.
Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of
the United States of Amei*ica
in Congress assembled, that the
Secretary of War is hereby au
thorized and directed to cause
an examination and survey to
k ; made of Hyder, Alaska,
Harbor, with a view to its im
provement, the cost thereof
to be paid from" funds hereto
fore appropriated or available
ft r examinations, surveys and
tontingencies of rivers and har
bors. -
BEAVER RIVER SCENE
OF RECENT STAMPEDE
There was a small stampede
from Livengood to the Beaver
river recently, following re
ports that good prospects had
been found on that stream at a
point below the Bend on the
bars of two creeks known as
Montana and Colorado creeks.
Both creeks were staked from
end to end by the stampeders.
Two prospectors, Bill Gates
and Adolph Scherer, made tne
discovery.
Suit for an injunction to stay
enforcement of regulations in
the fisheries reserves in Alaska
has .been started by Delegate
Dan Sutherland against Secre
tary Herbert Hoover of the De
partment of Commerce, ac
cording to advices received
here through reliable sources.
The case was started early this
month in the District Court o£
Washington, D. C.
It is reported that the delegate
maintains in his action that the
President of the United States
was without power to create
the fisheries reservations, and
their administration is not val
id. To a prominent Alaskan
recently visiting Washington.
Mr. Sutherland made the state
ment that he had been advised
by a leading lawyer of Wash
ington that his position is sound
In official quarters here, no
confirmation could be had to
this report. Early this year
there was some talk of such a
suit being instituted by the At
torney General. This was cur
rent talk during the session of
the Legislature but after its ad
journment the subject was
dropped, and has not been of
ficially revived nor presented
to the Governor by the Attor
ney General. It is understood
that the latter recently ac
companied Delegate Suther
land to the White House for
an audience with President
Coolidge at which the fisheries
situation was briefly discussed.
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TOTALINKA QUARTZ
PROPERTIES BONDED
TO BUTTE INTERESTS
"Cook and Murphy are report
ed to have bonded their quartz
h ddings in the Totatlinka dis
tricts to Butte, Montana inter
e ts for the sum of $90,000, oi
which amount $20,00 is said to
have been made as an initial
payment. The sale also pro
v des for the payment of a fif
teen per cent royalty. S. K
Moore, representing the pur
chasers, is on the ground.
Orders have been received in
Juneau to cease the work of
d'smantling the 12,000-ton ore
crushing mill of the Alaska
Gastineau Mining Company at
Thane, according to a recent
report. The news is interpreted
in Juneau to mean that the Mit
sui Company, of Japan, plans
to utilize the mill, in connection
with the proposed fertilizer
plant and pulp mills at that
point. The Japanese engineers,
who, three months ago, came
from Tokyo to inspect the Gas
tineau plant with Bart L. Tha
ne, are now in New York con
ferring with the Hayden-Stone
interest in that concern.—Alas
ka Weekly.
Dale W. Hunt, son of Senator
Forrest J. Hunt, and former
mayor of Ketchikan, is dead in
the latter city as a result of an
attack of typhoid fever. Mr.
Hunt had been ill for several
days with what was at first
thought to be a form of influ
enza but later proved to be ty
phoid. The deceased is sur
vived by his wife, who resides
in Ketchikan. Mr. Hunt was
twice mayor of Ketchikan and
was prominent in business, civ
ic and social circles. At the
time of his demise he was man
ager of the Sunny Point Pack
ing Company, in which he was
a stockholder, and was also in
terested in several other can
neries in the Ketchikan dist
rict. He was about forty years
of age. Mrs. Hunt is the daugh
ter of a Dr. Hopkins, a pioneer
Alaska physician.
The Hyder Miner is for sale at
all book stores in Hyder
NEW GOV’T RULING TO
AID DEVELOPMENT OF
SMALL WATER POWERS
Designed to facilitate the de
velopment of water power sites
of small capacity, a policy has
been inaugurated by the Fed
eral Power Commission givmg
the local district forester juris
diction over projects not rated
in excess of 45 horsepower, ac
cording to an announcement
made recently by the U. S. For
est Service headquarters, says
the Petersburg Report.
Under this policy, the local
forestry representatives have
authority to issue licenses for
waterpower development with
out reference to Washington
of all projects coming within
the class specified.
The 'Power Commission, it
vita Mated, recognizing that
(■slays incident to issuance ox
licenses for such small capac
ity projects was a handicap to
their utilization, at itn last
meeting voted to place them in
he hands of the District For
c ter, subject only to such reg
ulations a-' the Forest Service
dooms advisable. There are
■A,' to be a large number of
ich projects located in the
Tongass National Forest, in
hicling a number utilized by
canneries and other inuu aucs
o.‘ Southeastern Alaska. Their
development and utilization, u
\ as raid, would be greatly fa
c litated by the newly adopted
policy.
PtOi\ £ER DAWi6isi‘Tb,,
PASSES ONWARD
Frank Rohrback, pioneer ol
Dawson and husband of one oi
the famous Sutherland sister.. ;
whose hair was at one time the
marvel of the world, died re- j
contly at Dawson. During ear
lier years Rohrback was one *
0'.' the leading barbers of Daw
son, operating the Coast Shop
on Front Street. For the pas1
few years he has operated a
roadhouse on Sulphur Creek.
He is survived by his wife and
son, who were in the States at
the time of his death.
That the officer in charge of
the Washington-Alaeka cablt
system is contemplatig the con
struction of the new cable to
Alaska by way of Ketchikan
was indicated today when Sar
geant R. R. Rooser, operator in
charge of the Ketchikan office
received a letter stating tha;
the government would, call foi
bids for the digging o'? a ditch
across Prince of Wales Island
from Trocadero Bay to Twelve
Mile arm at the head of Ka
saan Bay. For some time the
officers have been discussing
plans for the laying of tin
new cable and have been en
deavoring to find the most feas
ible route for it. One thing
assured by the new cable a no
that is service. Whichever wa>
the new cable is laid, it will bt
so that the best possible ser
vice can be given, according tc
Col. Gibbs and Col. Hartman,
the latter the officer in charge
of the system at Seattle.
According to the letter to Ser
geant Reeser it is planned tc
ask bids for digging a trench
12 inches deep from the head
of Trocadero Bay to the head
of Twelve Mile Arm on Kasaan
bay for the stated purpose of
burying two submarine cables.
It is also desired to construct a
concrete cable huts at each end
of the trench and one on the
beach at Craig. The letter says j
it will be necessary that the 1
trench and huts be completed
on or before May 10, 1924.—
Ketchikan Chronicle.
SEA BOTTOM SHOWS
THOUSAND FOOT RAISE
Captain Newland, of the
freight steamer Latouche, re-!
cently reported that soundings
taken at a point about twenty '
six miles southeast of Cape St.
Elias, where the charts show
1100 fathoms of water, reveal
ed but 15 fathoms.
Capt. Newland believes thai
the shoal was: formed during
the recent seismic disturbances.
—Alaska Weekly.
For Sale and For Rent sign:
at the Miner Office.
»
The new building constructed
a Bridgeport by former United
atc.5 i oinmissioner John W.
r raine ir reported by arrivals
oin lb.at section to have been
•tvioualy damaged by the re
•?nt heavy snows. One side of
Vo building is said to have
w.' ci in under the weight of
:e snow and the remainder
: shattered almost beyond re
nii- The building is located
i jar the confluence of Texar
t eelc with Salmon river and
was unoccupied.
"he telephone line running
> the Salmon river valley was
• i o damaged by the * snow •
rod falling trees at several
points. Repairs were made dur
.ng the past week by Lon Dog
s' .‘it and Harry Reid and com
munication is again open.
OV’T TO DISTRIBUTE
SEEDS TO APPLICANTS
Preparations are being made*
a the governmental exper
imental station at Fan banks
t > distribute seeds over the
1 arritory to those who make
application therefor, accord
ing to Ivl. D. Snodgrass, who is
temporarily m charge of the
station.
FUR MARKET SHOWS
SIGNS Or MANIPULATION
A fur s-;• 1 g h id reoen'l- by
the Seattle Fur Exchange was
largely attended and gooa
prices were generally obtain
ed, considering that there has
been a general and un'ix’'''cte<|
decline in the fur market, due
to causes which have ,,_v
been explained to the satisfact
ion of those who were ind iced
to send furs outside during the
early fall by the repoits sent
out by some of the big iur
houses that prices were again
away up. According to an ex
change, the market showed ar.
upward trend during the early
fall and then broke sharply
downward when shipments
became heavy.
At the Seattle sale beaver,
marten, mink and lynx showed
a decline of about ten per cent;
red fox declined about 20 per
cent and there was no demand
whatever for muskrat. Blue
fox was in good demand, how
ever, with spirited bidding,
the prices ranging from $75 to
$160, acording to quality.
The nine o’clock curfew ord
inance in Anchorage has been
ordered enforced by the city
council.
The new railway station for
Fairbanks for the Alaska Rail
way has been opened at Gar
den Island.
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