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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
POWER PLANT OUTLOOK
GREATLY IMPROVED
The Herald is exceedingly
glad to report that the past
week has witnessed a decided
improvement in the Soule
Glacier River power plant out
look, as a result of negotiations
between the water power per
mit holders and various busi
ness interests which culminat
ed in an agreement between
the principals Sunday. Details
of the arrangements have not
been made public but it is un
derstood that all local ob
structions have been overcome
and the future of the project
is now in the hands of the Hel
mers interests.
RIVERSIDE PROBABLY
RESUME OPERATIONS
END OF WEEK
James L. Freeman, whoso in
terest in the Riverside mine
has been a matter of the most
intense local speculation dur
ing the past three weeks owing
to the prospect that he may
become one of the owners of
that property, was a passenger
on the Wales for Ketchikan
last Thursday evening. J. D.
lifctlepage, manager of the
mine, accompanied Mr. Free
man to the western metropolis.
Mr. Freeman, who arrived
from the South on the Gardena
Monday evening spent practic
ally the entire period of his
stay in the district at the mine
and is understood to have sub
jected it to a close inspection.
Aside from a remark to the
effect that the Riverside is “al
right,” Mr. Freeburn had noth
ing to say regarding the prop
erty or his contemplations with
respect to the reported im
pending change of ownership.
Although no official statement
has been made it is indicated
that operations at the mine will
be resumed about the end of
the present week.
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PREMIER GOLD COMPANY
INVESTIGATES DUNWELL
Forecasting the possible ac
quisition of the Dunwell mine
by the Guggenheim interests,
a crew of ore samplers has
been engaged for several days
past on an exhaustive investi
gation of the ore deposits of
the noted Bear River property
under the direction of Bert
Smith, assistant general man
ager of the Premier mine.
The sampling crew was sent
up to the Dunwell late last
week and is expected to be on
the job for a week or more.
William Gray, Noel Travers}
and Mrs. R. C. Gregg were ar
rivals from Ketchikan on the
Wales Thursday morning
Messrs. Traversy and Gray re
turned from business trips tc
the western metropolis. Mrs
Gregg, whose husband R. C
Gregg, is the new chef at tht
Silver Grill, came from Seattle
to join her husband.
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The Admiral line steamei
Curacao left Seattle for Hydei
direct Monday night, accord
ing to recent telegraphic ad
vices.
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The Hyder Hotel, formerl:
one of the camp’s leading hos
telries, will be reopened fo
business next Friday by Se
attle people, according to ai
announcement by Mr. M. R
Jamieson, the owner of thi
property.
Mr. Jamieson received new
of the leasing of the hotel in i
telegram from Seattle connect
ions^who failed to give tn<
name or names of the lessees
who are scheduled to arrive o:
the steamer Curacao.
OUTLOOK FOR
PEACE RIVER R. R.
IS UNFAVORABLE
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The long overdue report of
the Canadian railway heads
on the Peace River railway ex
tension proposal has been
(handed to the Minister of Rail
(ways, according to an Ottawa
(dispatch of April 17th. Details
'of the report are not given in
the dispatch but it . is said to
disclose that neither Mr. Beat
ty or Mr. Thornton are favor
able to the proposal on the
gound that the undertaking is
prematures. The message says
in part:
“From what is gathered the
findings are not at all favor
able. The possibilities of the
country are not minimized, but
present conditions operate
against the fulfilment of the
aspirations. Messrs. Beatty and
Thornton, it appears, have had
their engineers examine each
of the four potential outlets
and estimates have been pre
pared showing relative con
struction costs, prospective
traffic and other features beai
ing on the subject. The cost
goes as high as thirty million
dollars for one road. Having
regard to ail the facts the rail
way executives view the un
dertaking as premature.
The fact that the Canadian
National came down to Parlia
ment the other day and con
fessed a deficit of fifty-three
millions on the year’s ope rat -
jion and the further fact that
the Canadian Pacific is having
rather hard sledding, are ad
verse iiifluencfes against the
branching gut into such an
(elaborate and extensive enter
prise at present.
No question has been more
(industriously propagated at
1 Ottawa than the Peace River
! development within the past
(year. The Prime Minister de
voted considerable attention to
jit when in the West last fall.
Sir Henry Thornton made »»
trip to the district, and in the
! speech from the throne the
hint was given that something
would be done. The adverse
(character of the findings now
make it difficult for the gov
ernment to carry out the un
dertaking, having regard to
the expense involved and to
the financial conditions which
prevail.
1 While it i3 uncertain what
may or can be done under the
circumstances, the district In
(question and all those interest
ed;, in the development of the
Pacific route are expecting
something and the situation is
lone that will need to be pond
ered over by the government.”
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INDIAN TO SHIP
BEFORE SNOW GOES
The initial consignments of
i the contemplated 100-ton ship
ment of high grade ore from
the Indian mine will be started
i down the hill within a short
time, according to manager
Wm. S. Orr, who arrived in
; town Saturday.
The ore will be brought down
i to the vicinity of 13 Mile on
sleds before the snow leaver
and will be transported from
that point to tide water over
the government road by othei
conveyances. The sacked ort
will be brought down from th«
' mine to the road in batches oj
a ton. to one and a half tom
■ and it is expected that the en
1 jtire 100-tons can be landed or
• the road before the snow van
; ishcs.
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t J Pat Benson and his partner
- Mr. Dolman, left last week tt
: Sestablish a camp on properliei
, lying a. short distance beyonc
1 the Troy group in"which tliej
are interested.
SILVER TIP DEAL
IS COMPLETED
The Silver Tip properties,
have been talfen over by out
side parties as' a result of a
deal closed in the South a few
days ago, according to a letter
from one of the owners receiv
ed by a local friend on the last
mail.
Details of the transaction are
not stated beyond that the
owners, J. V. Clegg, C. Frank
and a number of associates, re
ceived a substantial cash pay
ment and consider the deal
satisfactory in every way.
The property comprises sev
eral claim* *nd is situated in
the upper Salmon Valley be
tween the Silver Crest and Big
Missouri, about 18 miles from
Hyder.
Old timers say the Silver Tip
is one of the oldest locations
in the district, having been
staked many years ago. It. is
also said to possess the unique
distinction of having produc
ed the first native silver spec
imens found in the Portland
Canal section. Considerable
development work was done in
earlier years, mainly in the
line of open cuts and shafts,
which revealed unusually high
high grade values in the sur
face ores, but no attempt has
so far been made to place the
property on a productive bas
is. The letter fails to state
whether the purchasers intend
to proceed with the develop
; ment of the property this sum
mer or not.
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GOOD PROGRESS
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
The big dam which will pro
vide the chief source of power
supply for the Mountainview
Gold Mining Company operat
ions on Fish Creek is fast near
ing completion under the di
rection of Manager Arthur
Moa and w?ll soon be ready
to supply power to the new
mine and tram machinery
which has been purchased and
will arrive from the south as
soon as the 4,000 foot tram
way is installed.
The company has made ap
plication to the U. S. Forest
Service for a water power li
cense for the use of sufficient
water from Fish' Creek to sup
ply 250 horse power to the
mine.
Work on the tramway is also
making excellent progress, Mr.
Moa says, and that highly im
portant adjunct of the mine
equipment will also be ready
for operation within a short
period.
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: Clay Porter, managing head
jof the Porter Idaho company,
left Monday for the company
| properties on the Marmot to
; prepare for the renewal of op
lerations, which will be started
'as soon as possible. Mr. Porter
i was accompanied by several
imen who will be employed In
driving a new 300-foot cros*
jcut tunnel, the contract for
'which has been let to Gus
i Erickson and partners. Work
will be continued in the old
workings, from which ore ship
ments will be made through
out the coming season, accord
ing to present contemplations.
; j As a result of the straighten
jing out of the difficulties sur
'rounding the Soule Glacier Riv
, er power plant project, Engin
! eer P. R. Backus, who is associ
ated with Messrs. Blue and
jTraversy in the water powei
permit ownership, left for the
' proposed power plant site
i Tuesday to look after some un
. finished engineering detail)
connected with the last survej
of the upper dam site.
PREMIER IN CONTROL OF
FORTY NINE—REPORT
Control of the ForV Nine
froup,-one of the most widely
nown properties in the Port
land Canal mining district, has
been taken over by the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company as
a result of a deal made in the
Aast, according to reliable re
porta received in Stewart last
week. Details of the trans
action cannot be obtained.
Extensive development work
prior to 1920, as well as num
erous surface indications have
disclosed that the Forty^Nine
possesses all the earmarks of
ultimately becoming a big
mine. The property is included
ii). the extensive Silverman
holdings ift this district but its
development has been much
retarded by various inhibitive
conditions, principally trans
portation difficulties.
The property is located
about eight miles north of
the Premier near the eastern
Worder of Salmon glacier and
includes a considerable area.
The surronding region is rug
ged and difficult of access and
successful exploitation of the
property can be accomplished
only through the installation of
an extensive ore conveying
system.
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CHANGE IN C. N. R.
' BOAT SCHEDULE
Owing to arrangements ne
cessitated bv the forthcoming
change in tfie Canadian Nat
ional Railways steamship ser
vice, which will include an ex
tension of the Stewart service
to Southeastern Alask points
as far north as Juneau, the ves
sels of that line will call at
Stewart on Sunday until June.
Following the inauguration of
the new Southestern Alaska
service in June, the company
steamers will make two week
ly calls. Details of the schedule
could not be obtained up to the
time of going to press but it is
understood that one vessel will
arrive either Friday or Satur
day and the other on Tuesday.
This arrangement will give Hy
der four boats a week. It is un
derstood that one of the C. N.
R. boats on the run will be the
new Prince Charles, a phlatial
! craft built especially for enter
ing the Alaska trade. Although
jthe augmented service will be
{decidedly welcome there is
one feature of the proposed
schedule that will not be pop
ular locally. That is that neith
er of the vessels will remain
here more than two hours on
each visit, before proceeding
on their way to more northerly
points.
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A large and renre'e”^ ''
gathering of citizens attended
a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce at Pioneer Hall
Tuesday evening in response
to a public meeting announce
ment. The primary object of
the gathering was to ascertain
public sentiment regarding a
proposal to create a commun
ity medical fund by means of
which those who subscribed
would be assured of medical
attendance at a nominal rate
of payment per month and at
the same time provide the
camp with a resident medical
practitioner. President Ernest
Blue of the Chamber of ^Com
merce presided and the pro
posal was discussed from vari
.ous angles by a number of
speakers and a conlmittee of
the chamber composed of Merl
F. Thomas. J. A. Hall and
John Hovland was named to
handle subscriptions in con
junction with two additional
members to be chosen by the
three above mentioned.
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
IS SPEEDING UP
With less than half of the
legislative period remaining at
its disposal, the Alaska legis
lature has become decidedly
busy during the past two
weeks, although the number of
measures nassed up to the time
of the last report from Juneau
was very small as compared to
earlier sessions. As April 10th,
was the fortieth and last day
of the session in which bills
can be introduced without
special consent of two-thirds of
the members of both houses,
the following list of measures,
combined with those previous
ly reported will constitute
practically the total roster of
measures to be considered by
the present body. According
to the reports the sum total of
bill? introduced does not ex
ceed 82, of which about thirty
were Senate measures.
The following new measures
were submitted -since our last
report, '
Senate:.
Bill by Aldrich creating of
fico of Territorial Comptroller
and taking from the Governor
practically all of his adminis
trative and territorial duties
and placing them under the
direction of a territorial board
composed of the comptroller,
treasurer and attorney general.
Memorial by Diamond de
nouncing former Attorney-Gen
eral Stone for his recent stat
ment alleging extreme vice
conditions exist in Alaska and
intimating that Delegate Suth
erland was responsible for the
information on which Stone's
charges were based. The mem
orial declared the statements
“malicious “falsehoods” and
also demands the name oif
Stone’s informant, who is de
clared to be “a'willful, malic
ious liar.”
Eill by Diamond repealing
present law and providing for
new jury system. The measure
provides a literacy test, by
making inability to read, write
or understand Englsh ground
for challenge for cause. The
bill also provides new methods
for selecting juries.
A new section for the Work
mens Compensation Act was
proposed in a measure intro
duced by Senator Ayer. The
bill requires hospitalization
and medical and surgical treat
ment of all employees coming
under the act’s provisions and
authorizes employers to deduct
82.50 per month from the
wages of employees to main
tain the cost of suits brought
under it where lack of reason
able grounds for prosecution or
defense is demonstrated.
Bill by Aldrich: “An Act to
Protect Labor;” provides for
payment of wages monthly by
check, draft or order on Alas
kan banks and makes felonous
the drawing of such checks or
orders without sufficient funds
to cover them. It also prohibits
the waiving of such require
ments by laborers and contains
drastic provisions against false
representatons to laborers re
garding the character of the
employment offered.
Bill by Dunn providing for
creation of cattle herding dis
tricts outside of incorporated
towns.
Bill by Dunn, to regulate im
portation and-sale of milk,
| cream and milk products and
designating grades of same.
Bill by Diamond, amending
women’s jury law which would
permit women to claim ex
emption orally in either the dis
trict or commissioner’s courts,
and also at the time of service
I of subpoena.
, House:
i Memorial by Sheldon endors
ing appointment of George A.
'arks for Governor.
Bill by Rosa, amending Chap
ter 29, session laws of 1919
and providing the pr,oceedure
for collection of taxes foi
school purposes.
Bill by Ross provides compul
sory industrial insurance and
appropriates $50,000 to "carry
out its provisions.
Bill by Jensen to increase sal
ary of Territorial Commiauon
er of Education from $4,000 to
$5,000 per annum.
Memorial by Nylen asking
Congress to rectify the discr:m
inations of the Jones shinning
bill in transportation of freight
between Alaskan and Cana
dian ports.
Bill by Grier providing for
transportation of a number of
elk from the state of Washing
ton for transplanting on Kenai
Peninsula and Krozof I land.
Bill by Jensen designed to
provide forms for conveyances
and mortgages of real proper
ty.
Bill by Paul amending session
laws relative to duties o£ Board
of Children’s guardians to in
clude native children.
1 Bill by Paul amending com
piled Laws of Alaska respect
ing notices of appeal in com
missioner’s courts.
Bill by Paul providing license
taxes for fishermen.
Bill by Sundquist amending
session laws regarding sample
ejection ballots and changing
the form thereof to differen
tiate them from official ballots.
Bill by Ross extending the co
operative program of nrne in
spection carried on by the gov
ernment and the Territory for
an additional two years.
Bill by Wilcox repealing the
Primary Election Law.
| The Pish Hatcheries question
was still undecided up to the
[time of the latest re^o t ;
reaching Hyder, and a memor
ial asking Secretary Hoover to
endeavor to secure federal a:d
for maintenance of the hatch
eries was introduced by Rep.
Ferguson following a stiong
plea for their retention by
[Chairman J. R. Heckman at a
i hearing in which the Territor
ial Fish Commission members
appeared before the House
Fish and Fisheries committee
in answer to a summons of the
latter body.
1 The Paul bill prohibiting pay
ment of territorial funds to
I members of the legislature and
Nylen’s bill proposing repeal
of the eagle bounty law w^rc
|defeated m the House, the lat
|ter being lost by a tie vote.
I Seven bills orginating in the
'Senate have been passed by
|the House. The House has ct li
ed for a public hearing on the
[Hardy bill proposing repeal oc
; the Alaska Bone Dry Act.
i Juneau Camp, American Leg
ion has memorialized the leg
islature to legalize boxing
[matches in the Territory’.
! In a speech in support of his
| bill to extend to Indians the
benefits of the Pioneer’s pens
ions and mother’s pen sons,
iRep. Paul of Ketchikan threat
ened that unless the bars were
let dotfrn to the natives both
funds would be so tied up by
injunctions Within a period of
.three months that no one now
receiving support from those
[sources would be able to get a
dollar. He declared the present
law unconstitutional since tn*>
granting of citizenshin rights
to Indians and declared that no
considerations of sentiment
would prevent the Indians
from taking legal steps to kill
the. two pension systems unless
| their demands were met.
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| Mr, and Mrs. William Bunt
ing will return to Hyder Sun
day.
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Wm. Orr, manager of the In
dian mine, was a visitor in
' town Saturday.