VOL. IV., NO. XXXIV
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7,1924
FIFTY CENTS A IX I TT
JUNEAU SCENE OF COSTLY FIRE
BUSINESS SECTION HAS CLOSE CALL
Fire, caused bv burning grease
on a restaurant stove at an ear
ly hour, swept and totally de
stroyed three business houses
and for a time threatened the
destruction of a large portion
of the heart of the business
district of Juneau. The old
Heidelberg saloon building
near the corner of Front ana
Franklin streets was totally de
stroyed by the flames, wiping
out three businesses and result
ing in_ a gross loss of approx
imately $17,300. It endangered
for a short time other building
nearby, a danger that was
averted only by the prompt
action of the fire department.
The fire started in the kitchen
of the old U &I Cafe, wh re a
mass of grease accumulated in
the hood and vend: tor staca
just above the range fell on
the hot stove and immediately
burst into flames. Janies Sesui,
cook, who was standing ai. the
range had time only to turn
off the oil feed to the burner
and escape ip to the street, to
give the alarm. The flames
spread rapidly into the Palace
of Sweets, which occupied most
of the building, and by the time
the fire department arrived the
! e ntire building' was a mass of
ri’lame. despite that the dep
artment, made a lecord run.
Both the Juneau Hardware
; Company and file Boston Store
were in danger for a short time
and every available water line
was used in connection wltn
the high pressure mains before
he flames wffre under controi.
The fire got into the Juneau
Hardware Co. building but was'
e:.t;.-iguidled with small dam
ages to the premises. It did- not
quite leach the Boston Store
building, although it looked
for a time that both places
would be seriously damaged if
not destroyed.
he principal losses were
si: tiered by Tom Darby, at the
l U. & I Cafe, $5,000, con
i'. Cng of groceries, furniture
and fixture ; Thomas Hall,
Palace of Sweets, stock$l,700,
fixtures $1,600; Joe Miller,
Jan Francisco, owner of the
building, >6,000; John O’Brien
owner of the barber shop ad
joining the Palace of Sweets,
$500 ;wa ter,smoke and dam
age suffered in moving stock
from adjoining stores, approx
imately $2,500.
NEW CHICHAGOF
COMPANY INCORPORATED
Articles c>ft incorporation oi
the Chichagof Development
Company, new owners of the
famous old Chi'1'-’,T'>f m:r
were filed recentic-in th. of
fice of the Territ •.■ini Sect -
tary, says the Juneau Empire.
The new concern is capital
ized for $300,000, with 300,
000 shares of stock of a pm
value of $1 per shar \ of which
100,000 have been is ,ued. Ala -
ka, Seattle and Vancouver cap
ital is said to be behind the new
concern. The officers are W. A.
Castleton, president, Rov P.
Carmein, secretary; George i.
Jackson, manager. A consider
able number of Juneauites are
interested in the venture. The
mine is expected to resume mil
ling in January.
ALASKA TO HAVE TWO
DELEGATES TO G.O.P.
NAT’L CONVENTION
Washington advices of recent
date report that under the
terms of apportionment agreed
upon at a recent meeting of the
Republican National Com
mittee it was decided that the
District of Columbia, Alaska,
Hawaii, the Philippines, and
Porto Rico will be allowed two
delegates each to the Repub
lican National convention. Un
der the new apportionment the
convention will have a mem
bership of 1110, with 556 nec
essary to nominate.
A sample of flax fibre nearly
three feet long, raised by Her
man Papke on Wrangell Nai
rows, was shown recently in
Petersburg, according to the
Petersburg Report.
SKAGWAY
ALASKAN
STILL ALIVE
Information from Skagway
is to the elf' ct that the Daily
Ala1 kan is still being published
and that it will continue indel
init ly, arrangements for its
continuation having been made
a ft'., i it was announced that n
would suspend the last of Nov
ember. The above is.cheering
information, not only for the
people of theGateway City but
for those in Northern British
Columbia and Southern Yukon
who have long depended on the
Maskan for their news of the
oitidde tworld. —Spoiler’s
Weekly.
LARGE SILVER LODE •
STRUCK IN KENO HILL
'Mid-December advices from
Dawson report that word had
been received there from the
Kero Mill distiict to the effect
that the Juneau-Treadwell
Company has tapped a rich
elver lode on its properties.
The strike was in the nature
or a surprise, as the ore body
was encountered at a distance
of 1200 from the portal of the
tunnel, when it was expected
that it would be necessary to
bore from 2500 to 3000 feet
before striking the vein.
Bill heads, Letter heads, State
ments, Envelopes, cards, Hand
bills, Invitations, etc. neatly
done at the Miner Job Shop.
GOVT PLANS TRIAL
AIRPLANE MAIL
IN ALASKA
'’"hat the government, after
long hesitation, has decided at
last to test the possibilities of
airplane mail service in Alas
ka and will let a contract for
service between Nenana and
McGrath during the present
winter if suitable arrange
ments can be made, is indicated
by the following announce
ment made by the Alaska
Weekly in its issue of Decem
ber 28.
W. C. Van Derwoort, superin
tendent of the United States
Railway Mail service, in charge
of the'Northwestern division,
including Alaska, informs the
Alaska Weekly that the U. S.
Postoffice Department, thru
his office, is negotiating with
C. B. Eilson, of Fairbanks, for
an experimental airplane mail
service between Nenana and
McGrath, on the Kuskokwim
river, supplementing the reg
ular dog team mail service be
tween these points.
The postoffice department
will provide a Dellaviland
airplane equipped with skiis,
as well as wheels, to effect a
landing on the snow. The dis
tance from Nenana to McGrath
is approximately 230 miles. It
is believed it can be accomp
lished by airplane in between
three and four hours, as again
st eleven to twelve days by dog
| team.
It is proposed to operate this
experimental service twice
monthly, beginning February!,
1924, if the present negotiat
ions between the postoffice
department and Mr. Eilson are
consummated* as now seems
lively. This will be the first of
ficial test of air mail service
ii Alaska. If this experiment
is successful it will result in
greatly expediting mail ser
v >e to points distant from the
railroad where planes can be
u cd to advantage. Eilson is
an experienced aviator and has
b en engaged during the past
season in operating a private
a' ■ service, with Fairbanks as
ha headquarters. His success
ir this endeavor attracted the
attention of the postoffice au
thorities, who saw possibilities
fer speedy mail deliver to re
mote Alaskan points.
MORE IGNORANCE
ABOUT ALASKA
Under the above caption the ,
Petersburg Report publishes
the following self explanatory i
gems:
That a campaign of education .
about Alaska should be car
ried on by the Postoffice Dep
artment among its employees;
is indicated by the following
letter received by R. H. Camp-1
bell of the Castle Island fox
ranch on a recent boat.—
Dear Sir:—
Your order of October 10th.
was received by us October
25th and was entered in our
factory.
When we attempted to make
shipment the goods were re
turned to us with the notation j
that your postoffice is^a “No
Winter” postoffice. We'^under
stand from this notation that<
there are only certain times of
the year we can make ship
ments to your city by parcel
post. We are willing, however,)
to send this shipment to you, if ,
you will inform us how we can
get it to you, and how soon we
can make shipment.
A St. Louis concern that pub
lishes a trade journal desires
to inform its readers concern- j
ing Alaska and to that end has i
written a prominent Juneau
business house to send it a de
scription of its business and to!
accompany the same with a i
picture of the interior of the
store. The writer of the letter i
who is himself evidently a vers
Subscribe to your home
I town paper.
I
a ilc cuss, says: “Use your own j
language in writing as we can
p.obably get it translated
hjre.”
The writer does not say what
language he thinks is used in
A laska, whether Siwash or
gum arabic. The letter is, how
e- er, a grave reflection on the j
knowledge and intelligence ol
the corresponding department
of the St. Louis industry
ALASKA TRAPPER
MAKES A DESPERATE
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Frithjoh George Carlson an
Alaska trapper, died recently
in San Francisco after a long
illness after as desperate a
battle for life as was ever I
waged by man, according to
the San Francisco Examiner of
December 13.
Carlson arrived in the Coast
metropolis on the steamship
Buford from Nome at the close
of navigation on Bering Sea,
after a long period of residence
at a desolate trading post on
the Arctic coast. He became
ill and no help available com
menced a struggle to preserve J
his life until the coming of the
boats in the spring. He was af- 1
Dieted with some form of in
fection and to stave off death
pulled all of his teeth Later he
was forced to amputate one 01
his toes, which became infect
ed. He was near to death when
found by another trapper, who j
took him to Nome, together ,
with a large and valuable as
sortment of furs which he had
secured in the Arctic. On ar- !
rival in San Francisco the furs
were sold for upward of $11, j
000. . -4
The Hyder Miner is for sale at
all book stores in Hyder
RICH GOLD LODE
! FOUND
• _
IN NUKA
BAY DESCRIPID
—
A sensationally vich jnrolcl
. quartz strike has been made in
the Nuka Bay section, shorn
distance from Anchor v <e. 3a n>
pies taken from the lead, whi. n
is exposed on the surface f
a hundred or more feed .r.-e
said to go into the hundred;
and even thousands of doll .
The silver content go-".; abc
$50 per ton, according to tm
assays.
j The find was made in June by
Frank P. Sketm, an exper
ienced hard-rock man of zo
years residence in the north.
The discovery was made as a
result of finding a piece of
| quartz that was literally alive
I with gold, according to I-ikee.
| Using his prospector's pick lie
began to dig around, in tire
grass covered ground near the
spot where the float was founti
and luckily encountered, til
v !!n. Skeen uncovered it for
a jo. i 20 feet, enough to sh
1 0 he had found a wonderful
i .-o pect .'file \ ein at th-3 po;nt
was about 20 inches in w dJi
a id is what is termed a true
f ure vein, era •^cutting the
1 rmation. There is a sort of
fi'oiige in both walls, Skein says,
i‘ om which he picked out piec
( that appeared io be plated
th gold. Gold, he cays, can
wen in much of the quartz,
although there is a heavier can
c miration along the wall3.
Jul-sequent development lias
revealed an ore body e timated
t>) contain approximately $200,
OjO in what can be seen of it.
ri he formation of the district
i a black slate, occuring in
blocks, and acidic and porphry
d ker. running thru the country
which are said to give encour
aging prospects.
JUDGE SEED UP!
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JURY LAWS
In a comprehensive memoran
dum opinion filed in the Fed
eral District Court at Juneau
Judge T. M. Reed upholds the
validity of both the new Terr
itorial jury law, the so-called
Diamond Act, and the Woman
Jury law, both enacted las.
Spring by the Territorial leg
islature. The opinion was Tiler
following a ruling by Judge
Reed in which the Judge de
nied a motion of quash and a
plea of abatement entered by
H. L. Faulkner, a prominent
Juneau attorney, against the
indictment in the case against
- Lott for the shooting
r V, i’. Prentice. A similar
i.n \ motion was alio filea
1 . L. Robertson arid Henry
o o ni the Johnson murder
Three grounds were s,.:
-■* the attack on the laws,
t first being that the conn
• n error in selecting and
■ ■” leling the grand jury un
: the ui-cvisions of the Dim
c id Act and for impanel'ng
women as grand jurors under
the provisions of Chapter 63 of
t v'on laws of 1923; and
e! ;o because one Indian was al
' i to sit on the grand jury.
ANCHORAGE TIMES IN
HANDS OF RECEIVER
Ralph N. Moyer, officer aik'.
director of the Bank of Alaska,
has filed suit against Charier
E. Herron, president of the Em
pire Development Company
and Charles E. Herron person
ally, and Leopold David ha
been appointed receiver of tin
Anchorage Daily Timer, ac
cording to the Cordova T:mcs
The case arises from the non
payment of a promissory note:
in the amount of approximate
ly $21,000, the Cordova pane;
says. The note in question was
executed in Seattle and has m.
earing on the Anchorage situ
ation other than that Herron i
president ' of the Anchorag
Times plant, located in Anchor
age, and is the owner thereof
The Times is said to be sol
vent but its officers were no
in a position to furnish bond
and acquiesced with the Bank ;
of Alaska in the appointment
of a receiver in order to contin
ue publication pending a set- 1
tlement.
For Sale and For Rent signs |
at the Miner Office.
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V/iltS QUEEN OF THE
KLONDIKE CONTE-1
F'tiFf'th Grant, niece o'* Pob
ijcnderson, discoverer of
To Id *n the Klondike, r _■ -t*
won a beauty contest at Daw
son in a whirlwind fiV h. She
received a nugget necklace and
was crowned Queen o- ^Im Yu
hon at the annual ball of the
Pioneers, held December 7. All
of the contestants were bo*-r. *:i
Yukon, and the Daw on News
cays the Klondyke w'll back
them against the world.
EIRE DFST80YS
NEW FAIRBANKS C01EL
The newly erected, Nor Vie
I otol in Fairbanks was rocnnt
1 / destroyed by fire, according
1) reports from the Interior nis
tconolis.
The hotel occupied the re
constructed building formerly
occupied by"the E. R. Peoples
grocery store. The structure*
was completed in June, after
toe destruction of the old Nor
o.ale hotel—by fire and was a
fTty room establishment. A.j.
■ 'ordale was the owner. The
•• re party is raid to have been
;' r,; ; .1 by in uranee.
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Pring your job printing to
he Miner.