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VOL 7, NO. 39
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REMONITIZATION
DEMANDS GROWING
Influential demands for an
international discussion and
the remonetization of silver
ar e increasing steadily.
Senator Tasker L. Oddie,
Nevada, who spent a month in
China studying the silver ques
tion along with Senator Key
Pittman, is reported in Shang
hai news dispatches as declar
ing that the present “abnorm
ally low price of silver was
one of the chief factors in the
unemployment situation thru
out the world.”
Commenting on the British
policy on silver Senator Oddie
said:
“Great Britain would relieve
her taxpayers of a large poi
tion of her burdens of the dole
if she abandoned her silvei
selling policy. As this question
is not a political one in Great
Britain, her working classes
are not fully informed of this
policy’s serious bearing on the
unemployment problem.” Sen
ator Oddie reiterated his be
lief that an international sil
ver conference was desirable
and likely to prove of great
value.
Senator King of Utah again
urged worldwide remonetiza
tion of silver as a means of al- i
leviating the economic depres
sion in a press statement in
Washington and emphasized
that the United States is in a i
position “to lead in formulat-;
ing and executing a policy that
will restore silver to its prop-;
er station and thus relieve the
world from many of the eco
nomic woes which press upon
it.”
King said he could under
stand why other nations, with
conditions differing from those
of the United States, might
hesitate to call a conference
but it seemed “inconceivable”
the United States, a creditor
nation, should hesitate, “be
cause perhaps Great Britain is
opposed to it.”
Senator William Borah, in
an address voiced a forceful
demand that the United States
“insist through international
agreement that silver be given
its rightful place in economic
affairs.”
Deflation of the monetary
value of silver was given as
the cause of the present de
pression by Arthur Pritchard,
prominent Tacoma banker in
an address in Pendleton, Ore.
“Unless silver is restored to
its former monetary value, the
depression will continue with
possibly greater chaos ahead,”
Pritchard said.
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Steamship Companies
May Amalgamate
Possible amalgamation of
the Pacific Coast steamship
services of the Canadian Pac
ific and Canadian National
Railways is indicated in Ot
tawa news dispatches stating
that such a proposal is under
consideration according to a
statement made by Sir Henry
Thornton, head of the C. N. R.
to a parliamentary committee.
If a deal is consummated, it
is the intention to extend the
services to San Francisco.
4th Celebration Under Way
| Hyder will celebrate the
j glorious Fourth today and wili
j doubtless be ably assisted by
! our Canadian brethern from
! Stewart, who have ever ex
pended a generous hand in that
■ direction.
Owing to the close proximity
! of the big Alaska-British Col
umbia international celebra
tion, the Fourth program will
be somewhat abbreviated this
year and will include only
sports for the children, at the
ball park, starting at 1:30 p.
m.; a baseball game at 2 p. m.
between married and single
men; a second game between
Hyder and Premier at G:30 p.
m. and a dance in Pioneer Hall
starting at 9 p. m.
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Buddy Thurman
Reported Drowned
Ellsworth (“Buddy”) Thur
man, son of Fred Thurman, |
and who was virtually raised |
in Hyder, was drowned last
Monday or Tuesday in Juneau,
according to a telegram re
ceived by his father Tuesday
afternoon. The message con
tained no details. Mr. Thurman
left at once for Juneau.
The deceased young man.
who was only 19 years old, is j
survived by a widow and one
child.
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New Plan to Help
Silver Industry
A new plan to deal with the :
(depressed silver industry has i
! been presented to President J
Hoover by Chairman Keed
| Smoot of the Senate finance
committee, acting for a group
of Utah silver producers, ac
cording to Washington, D. C.
leports. Details of the plan
were not made public. Senator
\ Smoot himself declined to dis- j
! cuss the suggestion and the I
president temporarily set it'
. aside, as he does not intend to :
decide what to do about silver j
until the debt moratorium pro-j
posed is settled, the reports!
said.
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Boy-Firecrackers-Hospital
The irrepressible small boy:
and the noisy and dangerous J
firecrackers came into injur -
ious conflict in Stewart during
! the Dominion Day celebration
Wednesday and Dick Burdett,
' Stewart lad, is in the hospital
suffering from severe burns on
i his body which may keep him
hors du combat for some time.
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Ketchikan Delegation
To Visit Celebration
A delegation from Ketchi
kan will leave there July 17 to
take part in the Alask-British
: Columbian celebration, to be
held here July 18th, 19th, and
20th, it was announced in a
recent issue of the Ketchikan
Tribune.
The party plans to remain
[here until July 19th.
Reports from Prince Rupert
' indicate that a large delega
tion of Moose will also visit
the district during the celebra
i tion period. They will be a -
! companied by a full brass
band, according to advices.
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The Methodist Church par
sonage is being repainted a
| silver grey to match the
- church. The work is being
!done by N. M. Traversy,
CELEBRATION PLANS
MAKING PROGRESS
Plans for the big Alaska
British Columbian celebration
on July 18, 19 and 20, are now
shaping up rapidly and many
are fast reaching the stage
wheie their effects are becom
ing visible.
Reconstruction of the ball
park grand stand and the in
stallation of a new bleachers
was under way this week, un
der the direction of the local
| representatives of the commit
! tee. The old bleacher stand
I was also fixed up a bit. A
! large platform will also be con.
, structed at the park for box
| ing and wrestling matches in
| eluded in the celebration pro
gram. Some lively bouts are
expected, as there are four
boxers in the crew of the U. S.
S. Detroit, in addition to one
wrestler, and others from Any
| ox and Prince Rupert are ex
i pected to compete.
Active preparations for the
drilling and mine mucking con
| te3ts were also started. The
! drilling contest will be held in
| the open space on Internation
al Way opposite the Nugget
j Shoppe, where a large face of
, granite is exposed. A foot
| bridge was placed across the
i creek to make the place easily
accessible. The mucking con
test will take place on the
: meadow land in front of the
Hyder Drug Co. and Provinse
[stores. Two 100-foot tracks
and rock bins are to be con
structed at this point. Part of
the material is now on the
ground.
The committee announced
| this week that the Canadian
Powder Company will present
the winner of each of these
events with a large trophy to
be competed for annually, and
also a smaller trophy for per
sonal possession.
Various other plans are also
taking concrete form in Stew
1 art and at Premier. The latter
i camp is especially active in
i preparing for the big event
: and will also provide most of
; the mechanical equipment to
I be used. Most of the floats to j
be used in the parade and
other displays will also be pre- i
pared by the Premier people, !
who are indefatiguable in their
efforts to make the celebration
a success.
Cleanup in Progress
Responding to the call of the
Chamber of Commerce, many
residents are cleaning up their]
! premises in preparation for the i
Alaska-British Columbian in
] ternational celebration July
18th, 19th 20th, and the camp
j is fast assuming a much more
presentable aspect. The clean
up so far has also included the
. unsightly old log barn on Pre
mier Avenue near Internation
al Way, which was torn down
and burned. George Bunn has
also improved the looks of the
water front at Volunteer Drive
j by burning his famous old
boat. Those who have enough
pride in their town to make it
as presentable as possible for
the coming visitors are deserv
' inZg of the utmost praise. Let
' the good work continue.
POLITICS WARM UP
IN FIRST DIVISI0H
Activities centering around
Juneau show that politics are
again warming up in anticipa
tion of the next republican nat
j ional convention. Republican
leaders, recognizing the im
portance of cohesion and ad
heience to party, are casting
about for good men and true
to represent them in the con
vention and also to succeed A.
i 13. Lathrop as Territorial Re
i publican National Committee
i man, according to Strollers’
Weekly. Mr. Lathrop has an
nounced that he will not ac
cept office again.
Foremost among those sug
gested as likely timber for the
job is Albert White, United
States marshal for this divis
ion. Friends are boosting his
candidacy, realizing that he is
the strongest man today in the
Republican party, the journal
says.
Robert Bragaw, of Anchor
age, and Cal M. Brosius, of
Seward, are also advanced as
worthy men for delegate to the
convention.
E. A. Rasmusson, Skagway j
banker, and J. R. Heckman !
of Ketchikan are said to seek
to succeed Mr. Lathrop as nat
ional committeeman.
It is alleged that Attorney
General John Rustgard would
like the position of federal i
judge in one of the territorial
divisions, a position for which
he is admirably fitted.
Representative Grover C.
Winn is said to have his eyes
on the attorney generalship,
provided Mr. Rustgard receives
appointment as a federal
judge.
It is also reported that Geo. !
Grigsby will again be a candi- J
date for delegate to Congress, i
although A. J. Diamond of
Valdez has announced he
would be a candidate. As both j
aie democrats, their presence!
in the race would give a re
publican and unquestioned ad
vantage.
George W. Folto, assistant
district attorney for this divi
sion is mentioned as a possible
candidate on the republican
side, as is also the present in
cumbent, James Wickersham,
although no one knows his j
position on his candidacy ex
cept himself.
Alaska Juneau Clears
$145,000 in
Mav
A surplus of $145,000 above
expenditures is shown by the
estimate report of the Alaska
i Juneau company for May. To
! tal recovery for the month
was $337,000 in gold and $1,
500 in silver and lead, from
352,270 tons of ore mined and
trammed to mill. The recovery
per ton amounted to 96.09
■ cents.
Mining and tramming costs
jtotaled $103,500, an average
of 29.38 cents per ton, and
, milling costs amounted to
$79,500, an average of 22.
57 cents per ton. Other ex
penses aggregated $11,000,
averaging 3.12 cents per ton,
or a total average expense of
55.07 cents pier ton of are
| handled, leaving an operating
profit of 41.02 cents per ton.
New Policy For Local
Forests Announced
Transfer of R. A. Zeller,
supervisor of the Tongass Nat
ional Forest from Ketchikan
to Juneau will be one of the
major moves in a reorganiza
tion and readjustment of per
sonell in the United States For
est Service in the Alaska re
gion, according to a recent an
nouncement by C. H. Fiory,
regional forester.
The transfer of Mr. Zeller
is in the nature of a promo
tion, as he will be assigned to
have control of all project
work in both the Chugach and
Tongass forests. An experi
enced forestry man will be sent
to Ketchikan to replace him,
Mr. Fiory said.
Under the new scheme of I
organization there will be no |
“forest supervisors” in Alaska,
the title having been dropped.
Supervisors will be replaced by
“forest inspectors” who will
have headquarters at Ketchi
kan, Petersburg and Juneau. !
All authority will be centrally !
located at the regional head
quarters in Juneau, thereby j
eliminating much lost motion
occassioned in the past by cor
respondence between districts.
Mr. Fiory explained that the
whole idea back of the new
plan is to cut out lost motion: j
eliminate red tape as far as i
possible; speed up field work
and bring the field organiza
tion into direct contact with
the public. This will permit
utilization of appropriations to
better advantage, build up ef
ficiency, eliminate duplicate
tions in office work and make
the organization more elastic
and more responsive to public
needs. Each division head will
have the same power and
authority formery possessed by
the forest supervisors and cer-.
tain additional power.
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J. A. Talbot, Sr. Meets
Mysterious End
iDscpvery of the body of J.
A. Talbot, Sr., on the beach at
Ketchikan revealed the fate of
that well-known Ketchikan
resident, who disappeared in
mysteiious manner two weeks |
ago today. Following his dis
appearance, Mr. Talbot’s hat
was found floating on Tongass
Narrows, suggesting that he
had fallen into the water from
a dock while suffering from a
fainting spell, with which he
had been afflicted for several
weeks. Following this discov- i
ery a diver was employed to
search the waters of Wrangell
Narrows, but without success.!
Exanination of the remains
when found revealed that he •
had died as a result of heart j
failure.
Mr. Talbot was the father J
of Jack Talbot, former local
resident, and was known to
many Hyder people.
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Salmon Trollers Tie-Up
Present low prices in the sal
mon industry have resuted in
virtually a complete tie-up of
hand trolling. Power boat trol
lers of Craig, Ketchikan, Sit
ka and Port Alexander are in
volved in the tie-up. Prices of
fered are said to be so low
that profitable operation is vir
tually impossible.
MWETSESMISHED
FOR SUER TRADING
Trading in silver futures is
the latest development of the
silver situation and promises to
become an important factor in
maintaining a market for the
i white metal.
The first regularly establish
ed market in the United States
for trading in silver futures
was opened in New York
June 15 by the National Metal
! Exchange. Press reports say
I spirited bidding and active
| trading marked the opening
j and 61 lots amounting to 1,
i 525,000 ounces of silver chang
; ed hands.
The trading unit of the ex
change is 25,000 ounces with
a variation of 2 per cent either
way in weight admissable of
bar silver in the usual com
mercial bars assaying not less
than 9.9 fineness.
Trading in silver futures has
also been opened on the San
Francisco mining exchange.
Contracts are taken on the
same basis as on the New
York silver exchange.
Trading transactions in the
nature of investments in silver
bars, which are purchased on
the lowest market and sold on
the highest market quotation,
have boon oavviod on in 4:V»r»
Seattle Mining Exchange for
some time, according to re
ports, and a similar practice
has just been inaugurated by
the Canadian Metals Exchange
in Vancouver. The Canadian
exchange receives silver in
vestments as small as $10, the
money being actually invested
in the white meal, which is
held on “warehouse certifi
cates” subject to the selling
order of the purchaser.
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General Delivery To
Cloce Saturday P. M.
In keeping with the general
practice of closing government
offices on Saturday afternoons,
the general delivery depart
ment at the local postoffice
will close at noon Saturday
during the remainder of the
summer, it was announced this
week by Postmaster Hill.
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Fire Destroys Stewart Home
Fire caused by an overheat
ed stovo destroyed the home of
G. P. Heineky in Stewart Sun
day morning. Early arrivals at
i the scene found the residence
full of flame and smoke and
! were unable to save any of
of contents aside from two
; chairs.
; Mrs. Heineky was in the hos
1 pital at the time and Mr. Hein
eky and the children were at
the annual Canadian Legion
Memorial services at the Ceno
taph when the fire broke out.
The origin of the blaze was
disclosed by Mr. Heiniky, who
said a fire had been built
shortly before they left home
in order to prepare breakfast
speedily after returning from
the services.
The loss was partially cov
ered by insurance.
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Trygve Hanson returned to
his home in Stewart after grad
uating from high school in
i Seattle.