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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 13.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933.
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CALVIN COOLIDGE DIES
FROM HEART ATTACK
Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth
president of the United States
and the nation’s only surviv
ing ex-president, passed away
suddenly at his home in North
hampton, Mass., Thursday
morning. Death was ascribed
to a heart attack and came al
most without warning shortly
before 11 a. m.
Radio reports stated that Mr.
Coolidge had gone to his law
office as usual Thursday morn
ing and appeared in good
health, After working about
an hour and a half, he com
plained to his secretary of indi
gestion and returned to his
home, accompanied by the sec
retary. Mrs. Coolidge was
away on a shopping tour at the
time and after making Mr.
Colidge comfortable in bed, the
secretary, believing as did also
Mr. Coolidge, that the attack
was not of serious character,
returned to the office, leaving
the ex-president alone.
Shortly after his departure
Mrs. Coolidge returned, to find
her illustrious husband dead.
Examination by the family
doctor indicated that his death
had been peaceful and had oc
euired about 15 minutes prior
to Mrs. Coolidge’s return.
The funeral was schedulea
to be held in Northhampton
this (Saturday) afternoon,
with interment in the local
cemetery. Closely following
the announcement of Mr. Cool
idge’s demise, President Hoov
er ordered that the highest
military and naval honors be
accorded the deceased states
man and that fiags on govern
ment buildings be carried at
half-mast for 30 days.
Mr. Coolidge was 60 years of
age and is survived by the wid
ow and a son and daughter in
law. His passing has been uni
versally mourned throughout
the nation and expressions of
»egret and condolence have
ben received by the widow
from high dignitaries and cit
izens in every civilized country.
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B. P. R Clears Road to 9-Mile
T. H. Evans, local superin
tendent of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, started Thursday on
the task of clearing away the
recent heavy snow along the
Salmon River highway between
Hyder and Nine-mile, employ
ing a tractor and grader.
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New Arrival Today
A baby boy arrived at the I
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Bezanson in the forest townsite j
this morning. Doctor J. W. 1
Vosburgh in attendance. Moth- j
er and child are reported pro- j
gressing favorably. j
[ MINERAL PRODUCTION
DECREASES IN 1932
Low prices of metals and the
general stagnation of industry
in the United States contribu
ted to a decline of more than
two million dollars in the min
eral output of Alaska mines in
1922, according to a prelimi
nary statement of the Territor
ial production issued by the U.
total value of all mine product
ion during the year is estimat
ed in the statement as $10,938,
000, as against $12,278,000 in
1931. The total value of the
mineral output of Alaska since
1880 is estimated at approxi
mately $625,000,000.
The estimated production
follows:
Gold .$9,539,000
Copper. 531,000
Silver .;. 73,000
Coal ,r. 535,00
Other minerals, includ
ing lead, petroleum,
marble, tin, platinum 260,000 i
Total
$10,938,000
I lie lowered output is attrib
uted in a large measure to the
low prices that prevailed for all
mineral commodities except
gold. For instance, the aver
age price of copper and lead
during the year was less than
three-fourths of the selling
prices that prevailed during
1931, which was also a year of
especially low prices.
The estimated total product
ion of gold was $9,539,00, or
somewhat more than in 1931.
This maintains the record of
annual increase for the past 5
years and, together with the
output of earlier years, brings
the total value of the gold pro
duced from the Territory to
more than $408,360,000.
The bulk of the lode gold
produced continued to come
from southeastern Alaska. By
far the largest producing lode
mine in the entire Territory
was that of the Alaska Jun
eau Gold Mining Co., in south
eastern Alaska, near Juneau.
The second largest center of
lodge gold mining in southeast
ern Alaska is on Chichagof Is.
land, west of Juneau, where
properties of the Hirst-Chicha
gof and Chichagof Mines, Ltd.,
are the largest producers.
The Willow Creek lodge gold
district, lying north of the
head of Cook Inlet, has been a
notable producer in the past
and the gold output for 1932
exceeded that of any preceding
year, the report says. Product
ion of this section came prin
cipally from the properties of!
the Willow Creek Mines, Ltd.,
on Cragie Creek, with lesser
amounts from the Gold Cord,
Fern, and smaller mines.
The Fairbanks district was
BORAH URGES SILVER
AS ECONOMIC NECESSITY
Senator William E. Borah,
spectacular Idaho statesman,
came out unreservedly in sup
port of silver as a supplement
al monetary necessity at home
and abroad, in a characteris
tically forceful address on fi
nancial conditions, it was an
nounced in radio reports early
this week.
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i Noyes Co. Having Hard Luck
| The Noyes Boat Company
mail boat Taku II arrived from
Ketchikan late Thursday even
ing, some 18 or 20 hours be
hind schedule, as a result of
the company encountering fur
ther hard luck in the operation
(oif its fleet of vessels on the
west coast which has placed
two of the vessels, the Fair
banks and City of Anacortes,
temporarily out of commission.
As a result of the difficulties,
the company was forced to
charter a vessel to maintain its
mail schedules this week.
The Taku II brought over a
heavy consignment of mail, in
addition to some general cargo.
Territory in 1932 were of an
estimated value of $5,312,000.
or about $470,000 more than
from mines of this type in 19
31. By far the largest amount
of placer gold came from the
Yukon region, with the Sew
ard peninsula region second.
The largest producer in the
Yukon region was the Fair
banks Exploration Co., and the
largest in the Seward peninsula
region was the Hammon Con
solidated Gold Fields at Nome.
So far as reported 24 dredges,
by which most of the placer
gold is recovered, were in oper
ation during 1932. The great
er part of the gold produced
by dredges comes from the
Fairbanks district and from
Seward peninsula, but some
gold was recovered by dredges
in the Iditarod and Hot Springs
districts of the Yukon region
and from Bear Creek and Can
dle Creek in the Kuskokwim
region.
No notable new finds of plac
er ground were made during
the year but prospecting was
especially active, the statement
says.
The value of copper pro
duced during the year is esti
mated at $531,000, a decrease
of nearly $1,350,000 from the
corresponding value of 1931.
The loss is attributed main
ly to curtailed production re
sulting from the low price of
the metal. Virtually all of the
copper produced came from
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I PUBLIC RECORDS
SHOW DECLINE
Conditions created by the
current depression resulted in
a marked decrease in the vol
ume of business done by *he
U. S. Commissioner’s office in
1932. In the recording divis
ion the number of instruments
filed for record was loss than
half that of the preceding year,
with similar reductions in all
of the several other depart
ments.
The records of the vital sta
tistics division show only four
marriages during the year. No
biiths were recorded and the
number of deaths occuring in
the year w'as only three.
The records of the justice
court division show no civil
actions and only four criminal
proceedings, all misdemeanor
cases, with an equal number of
convictions. Two inquests were
held during the year, one in
volving accidental shooting,
the other an industrial acci
dent.
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Arkansas Legislator Urges
Silver Remonetization
Remonetization of silver “to
cheapen the dollar” was urged
in the house by Representatives
Parks (Dem. Ark.)- He said
this action was essential to en
able the farmer to pay his
debts.
it would give Wall Street
the first chill it has had since
1873,” Parks shouted. “If we
all stand together on the quest
ion of currency we will show
Wall street the greatest fight
this congress has ever made.”
The activity of Southern and
Mid-western congressmen in
the revived silver movement
was expected to deprive the
Eastern gold standpatters of
their pet argument that the sil
ver movement is only a “self
ish effort” on the part of silver
producers to get a better price
for the metal.
A new barrage of criticism of
the silver advocates was
launched, however, by Wash
ington special writers, who
sought to link silver with the
term “fiat money.” It was evi
dent that determined opposit
ion would bemade to all silver
efforts by the congressmen
who come under the influence
of Wall street and the internat
ional ‘bankers.—Mining Truth
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Word reached Nome on the
last day of the year that John
Hoyer and Leo Williams, well
known residents of northwest
ern Alaska, were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed
their cabin at Deering, north of
Nome, on Christmas day.
LICENSE TAX ON MOTOR
VEHICLES NOW DUE
License taxes on automobiles,
motor trucks of all kinds, and
motorcycles for the year 1933
are now due under the provis
ions of the 1931 Alaska motor
license law.
The tax on automobiles or
trucks carrying passengers for
hire is $15 per annum, and on
all other automobiles, trucks,
delivery cars and motorcycles
the tax is $10 per annum,
meaning in each case the calen
dar year. In the case of cars
which are not operated before
September 1, the license fees
are one-half the above amounts
for the remainder of the yeart
The law provides that any
person, firm or corporation
who shall operate a motor ve
hicle in Alaska that is subject
to license, without first procur
ing a license and without hav
ing the required license plates
attached to the car, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and
liable to a fine of not more than
$100.
Local applications for license
must be made at the U. S. Com
missioner’s office.
PROPOSES LOAN BAN
FOR DEBT WELCHERS
—
Senator Hiram Johnson of
California has proposed legis
lation forbidding future loans
by the United States to Euro
pean countries which default in
the payment of their war debts
to this country, according to
radio reports.
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Pioneers Install New Officers
Newly elected officers of Hy
der Igloo No. 20, Pioneers of
Alaska, were inducted into of
fice Tuesday, with B. B. Smith,
C. B. Hager and August Pahl
ke officiating as installing of
ficers. The new official roster
is as follows:
Louis Watkins, president; F.
Seppi, first vice-pres.; P. Stap
leton, second vice-pres.; C. B.
Hager, secretary; T. H. Evans,
treasurer; Geo. Bunn, chap
lain; C. Sandford, historian, J.
H. Regan, sgt.-at-arms; F. R.
Nagle and E. M. Reynolds,
trustees.
Chas. Duke, retiring presi
dent, was presented with an
automatic pencil and pen as an
appreciation of his services,
the presentation being made by
B. B. Smith.
Following the installation
ceremonies, the pioneers in
dulged in a big bean feed and
story telling. Records of the
Igloo show that the general
condition of the organization
during the past year was the
best in its history.