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VOLUME NO. 8, NO. 29.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932.
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SENATE TO HOLD
SILVER HEARINGS
Hearings on the Pittmann bill
providing for the purchase by
the government of domestic
silver up to 5,000,000 ounces a
month as a basis for the issu
ance of silver certificates as le
gal tender, have been ordered
by the Senate banking commit-;
tee, it is reported from Wash- j
ington.
The Pittman bill authorizes |
purchase of domestic silver at j
the market price at the day of
tender. The silver would be
paid for in silver certificates
which would be legal tender in
payment of all debts except
where otherwise stipulated in
the contract and would be ac
cepted in payment of taxes and
customs under the bill. The
silver bullion so purchased
would be coined into standard
silver dollars and subsidiary
coins in sufficient amount to
meet demands for redemption
of the certificates and the re
mainder would be held in the
treasury.
Hearings on the measure
were scheduled to start last
week.
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Search Started For .... !
Missing Stewart Trapper
Search for Robert Law, long
missing Stewart trapper, wasj
launched last week when Tim. i
Williams of Stewart left for
the Bowser Lake region by!
way of Salmon river to look for :
him. Mr. Williams will visit
the various cabins and camping
points enroute in an endeavor
to locate Law, whohas been un
reported since February 19th,
when he apparently left his |
isolated camp near the head of;
Bowser Lake enroute to Stew
art, after leaving a note stating
that he was suffering from a
frozen foot and indicating his
belief that amputation of sev
eral toes was necessary. The j
note was found a month or so
later by Peter Morrison, Indian
trapper, but nothing has since
been heard from Law.
Williams and William Hobill,
who spent the winter trapping
in the Twenty-mile Crrek sect
ion near the head of Bowser
Lake, came into Stewart a few
days ago and Williams report
ed that he had seen Law about
five days before the latter had
written the note found in his j
cabin. Law’s foot was swelling |
at that time and Williams en
deavored to persuade him to
go to Stewart for attention. He
offered to go with Law but the
latter was confident he would
not have to leave his cabin. ;
Williams left some food for the
injured man and returned to
his cam p on Twenty-mile
Creek.
It is now generally believed
that Law was unable to make
his way through the deep snow
resulting from the almost un
Col. Jackling Sees
Silver Stabilization As
Depression Remedy
The course of business will
turn upward if something is
done to aid silver, Col. D. C.
Jackling, president of Utah
Copper and Nevada Consoli
dated Copper companies be
lieves.
“Business would be very great
ly aided, in my opinion,” said
Mr. Jackling, in a recent state
ment, “if something were done
to stabilize the price of silver,
both as a commodity and as a
medium of exchange, but not
to give it a fixed value in ratio
to gold. Several practicable
plans for doing this have been
proposed, notably those of
Senator Key Pittman and F. 11.
Brownell, chairman of the
board of directors of American
Smelting & Refining company
and I do not understand why
action is not taken to put into
operation some feasable plan.
“If certain nations would dis
continue the practice of debas
ing their silver coins and re
place the ones so debased with
the original fineness, much of
the surplus silver would be re
moved. It seems a simple mat
ter to stabilize the price of
silver and it is difficult to com
prehend why steps have not
been taken by the interested
nations to bring this about. It
would materially increase the
purchasing power of the
people of this nation and of the
people of other silver using
nations who are our custom
ers.”
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TERRITORIAL PRIMARY RETURNS
Following are the latest primary
election returns to be received in lly
der:
Democratic: —
Delegate to Congress:
Anthony J. Diamond 17S5
George B. Grigsby 11 fill
A. H. Zeigler 1097
Territoria 1 Represent atives:
Thomas .Judson 109G
F. .1. Baronovich lo62
.1. W. Kehoe 1033
Joe Green 1027
Frank J. Peratovich 974
Albert Wile 858
C. H. Helgeson 095
F. A. Sorri 560
National Committeeman:
J. J. Connors 1662
John W. Frame 1071
R. E. Ha i deas tie 761
Delegate to National Convention:
Harry F. Morton 1625
A. A. Schonbeck 1560
W. B. Kirk 1536
John VV. Troy 1535
T. H. Deal 1461
M. M. Heath 1409
John B. Rice 1361
John Walmer 1321
J. T. Moran 12S9
Engene Waeker 1271
T. A. Wakefield 123 7
D. W. Hoskins 1222
Candidates not mentioned are as
sured of nomination through absence
of contest.
No Republican returns have been
received as yet.
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Woodbine Transfer Reported
Press reports from the south
say that control of the local
Woodbine property is passing
to an Ontario company known
as the Missouri Ridge in consid
eration of 250,000 shares of
the latter company.
precedented snow storm occur
ring shortly after the note was
written and perished some
where along the trail.
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TO EXPLOITATION
Possibilities for early com
i mercial exploitation of tbe
| famous Groundhog coal area
in northern British Columbia
by private interests is revealed
in Victoria reports stating that
governmental reserve inhibit
ions on coal, natural gas and
petroleum have been lifted by
the B. C. government.
The announcement is one of
immense importance to this
district as the Groundhog coal
field is located only 90 miles
northeast of Stewart and com
mercial development of the
coal deposits would inevitably
be carried on largely through
the port of Stewart.
According to a B. C. Geolog
ical Survey report, the Ground
hog coal district covers a
known area 2,000 miles in ex
tent and contains immense de
posits of anthracite coal. Gov
ernmental tests indicate thai
the coal is of the highest qual
ity and equal to the best Penn
sylvania anthracite.
The lifting of the reservat
ions is intended to pave the
way for a period' of intensive
prospecting under private en
terprise. J
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Stewart Women Leave On
Long Airplane Flight
Racing against time on a
more than 2,000 mile air flight
to Minneapolis to attend the
final obsequies for her de
ceased father Friday, Mrs. W.
R. Harner of Stewart left here
at 3: .‘10 Wednesday afternoon
for Seattle on a Southern Alas
ka Airways seaplane piloted
by M. R. Heath. Mrs. Harner
was accompanied as far as Se
attle by Mrs. C. Hanson of
Stewart, who made the trip as
Mrs. Harner’s guest. Mrs Han
son will remain in Seattle to
visit her son, Trygve Hanson.
Mrs. Harner planned to pro
ceed east from Seattle by one
of the transcontinental air lines
and expected to arrive at her
far-away destination by Thurs
day evening.
So far as known no northern
woman has made such an ex
tended flight from Alaska as
that undertaken by Mrs. Har
ner. although several are re
ported to have made continu
ous flights between Alaska and
California points. The cost of
the long flight will approxi
mate $500, of which about
$350 will go for the Ilyder
Seattle trip.
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Dr. Carter In Kuskokwim
Reports received in Stewart
last week announce that Dr. C.
D. Carter, former local dent
ist, is now in the Kuskokwim
district of Alaska, where he is
|
I operating a traveling dental
j business along the Kuskokwim
* ri,-er.
LOCAL RETURNS
FROM PRIMARY
Unusual interest was dis
played by local voters in the bi
ennial territorial primaries last
Tuesday and the vote was the
largest primary vote in several
years. One hundred and two
votes were cast, with the demo
cratic vote outnumbering the
republican two to one.
J. K. Green, local candidate
for the legislature on the demo- j
cratic ticket, headed the list1
with a total of 62 votes.
The total votes for both part
ies follow:
Democratic—
Delegate to Congress:
A. H. Zeigler
George B. Grigsby
Anthony J. Diamond
Attorney General:
James S. Truitt
Territorial Auditor:
Frank A. Boyle
Highway Engineer:
Wm. A. Hesse
Commissioner of Education:
Anthony E. Karnes
Territorial Senator:
Norman E. Walker
Territorial Representatives:
Joe Green
Thomas Judson
Frank J. Peratovich
F. J. Baronovich
Albert Wile
J. W. Kehoe
F. A. Sorri
C. H. Helgeson
National Committeman:
John W. Frame
J. J. Connors
R. E. Hardcastle
47
12
4
43
41
50
50
62
24
23
20 j
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15 !
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7 j
30
14
13
Delegate to Natl. Convention:
John B. Rice 30
Eugene Wacker 2£)
T. A. Wakefield 28
M. M. Heath 26
D. W. Hoskins 25
J. T. Moran 21
W. B. Kirk 18
John W. Troy 17
T. H. Deal 16
A .A. Schonbeck 14
Harry F. Morton 13
John Waimer 9 \
Alternates to Natl. Conventn.
Arch MacDonald 32 j
Allen Shattuck 29 i
P. C. McMullen 28
Simon Hellenthal 27
C. J. Todd
27
68
Total votes cast
Defective ballots
Republican—
Delegate to Congress:
James Wiekersham
Attorney General:
John Rustgard
Frank Ii. Foster
Territorial Auditor:
H. I. Lucas
Cash Cole
Percy G. Charles
Highway Engineer:
E. F. Wann
Commissioner of Education:
W. K. Keller
Territorial Senator:
J. E. Johnson
Territorial Representatices:
H. P. Hansen
L. H. Kubley
28
28
5
10
11
3!
22
25
23
18 !
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Urge Immediate Action
To Stabilize Silver
That cooperation by the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, India
and Mexico would be sufficient
to stabilize silver to gold at
any ratio which they regarded
as reasonable, was the view ex
pressed by Sir Robert Horne,
former British chancellor of
the exchequer and Leopold S.
Amery, a member of the Brit
ish parliament, in a joint letter
to chairman Somers of the coin
age committee of the House of
Representatives, according to
Washington reports.
Both signers of the letter
were members of a joint com
mittee of experts set up by the
Federation of British Indus
tries and the Empire Econom
ic Union to examine and report
on the subject of empire cur
rency and financial policy. The
message stressed the need for
immediate action and said that
even if the suggested cooper
ation were confined to the
United Kingdom and India on
ly, it would achieve a very con
siderable result.
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Says Nations not Interested
In Silver Conference
The question of why the Unit
ed States government is appar
ently so indisposed toward the
proposal to call an internation
al silver conference has puz
zled many who see in the re
habilitation of silver a means of
relieving the present depress
ion. The attitude of the ad
ministration was explained by
James G. Rogers, assistant sec
retary of state, while testifying
recently before the house coin
age committee engaged in
studying the silver question.
Rogers said:
“International preliminary
discussions indicate a lack oi
interest that would stultify the
result. I am not in favor of go
ing through a mere form.”
Rogers asserted that he had
conducted negotiations with
Great Britain, France, Japan.
China, Mexico and Canada, but
that the matter is “now in
operative.” He added that it
would be inadvisable for the
United States to call the con
ference, even if these other
countries were not uninterest
ed because, “in my judgement
we are not in a position to lay
down a program of helpfulness
of sufficient prestige and
weight to give a promise of
success.”
R. N. Scruby 17 j
G. C. Winn 1G
National Committeman:
Edward A. Rasmusson 20
John T. White 9
Delegate to Natl. Conventn.:
Will H. Chase 16
Karl Thiele 15
J. H. Davies 8
E. S. Hungerford 5
Alternates to Natl. Conventn.:
Albert White 17
Total votes cast 34
Defective ballots 1
ALASKA EXPORTS
STILL VERY LOW
Exports of Alaska commodi
ties to the States continued to
follow the recent low trend in
March and totaled only $731,
450, including gold and silver
shipments, according to the
monthly statement of customs
collector J. C. McBride.
Merchandise exports were
valued at $429,235 and gold
and silver exports amounted to
$302,215, of which silver con
tributed $2,968. The full list
follows:
Animals . $ 175
Curios . 225
Fish: Fresh and froz
en (except shellfish).
Halibut . 138.100
Salmon . 69,039
Canned ( except shell
fish).
Salmon . 58,728
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 1,255
Salmon . 2,285
Shell-fish:
Clams . 735
Crab j . 1,755
Shrimps . 24,690
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . 15,720
Silver or black fox .. 2,285
Red fox . 2,360
White fox . 50
Mink . 2,747
Muskrat. 244
Beaver . 2,001
All other . 2,882
Manufactured furs .... 300
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper . 24,197
Lead . 6,856
Trophies, specimens, .. 180
All other articles . 220
Total value products
)f Alaska . 356,929
Products of United
States returned . 73,305
Total value of merch
andise shipments. 429,235
Gold . 229,247
Silver . 2,968
Grand total
$731,450
E. D. Haddon Appointed
As Bank Receiver
E. D. Haddon, late manager
and cashier of the bank of Hy
der, was advised in a telegram
from Juneau of his appoint
ment as receiver for the bank
by federal judge Harding. The
appointment will become ef
fective with the filing and ap
proval of his bond, which has
been arranged for with a Se
attle bonding firm. Mr. Had
don’s appointment as receiver
was made at the request of a
majority of the bank’s deposit
ors.
Arrangements looking to the
completion of the receivership
are proceeding in the distinct
court in Juneau and are ex
pected to be in working order
in a few days. The court has
designated the B. M. Behrends
Bank of Juneau as depository
of funds under the receiver
ship.