The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave, Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Sole Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 18711.
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advance by mail or carrier
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B. C. GOVERNMENT TO
FINANCE PROSPECTORS
Governmental financing of
British Columbia prospectors is
announced in reports from Vic
toria that bona fide prospectors
who are on government relief
in the province will be given
two month’s supplies in ad
vance to enable them to engage
In their calling.
The policy has been institut-!
ed as a relief measure and will
be given a fair trial, it was an
nounced by the British Colum
bia Department of Mines.
No cash will be advanced,
but genuine prospectors on re
lief will be given food supplies
equivalent to two month’s re
lief allowance, it was ex
plained.
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Alleged Reekie's Drivers
Held For Court Trial
Miss Agnes Gamble and John
Campbell, Stewart residents,
who were arrested in Stewart
last week on a reckless driving
charge in connection with the
injury of Walter Scrimgeour on
the Stewart-Hyder road Apnil i
29,'were remanded for trial in
the provincial assize court at
Prince Rupert, following a
hearing held in Stewart before
Stipendary Magistrate H. W.
Dodd on Friday.
Brth defendants were re
leased on bonds of $1,500 each.
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Unuk Picture Exhibit
Held At Rupert,
The Prince Rupert News of
Wednesday this week reports
that arrangements had been
completed for an exhibition
Friday of moving pictures of
Unuk River mining activities
and scenery, taken by Thomas
Mackay, accountant at the Pre
mier, and leader of two air
plane expeditions into the Un
uk district during the past two
years. The pictures were to
be explained by S. L. Coulter,
Premier mining engineer. Ten
reels of films were to be shown
in the display, which was spon
sored by Dr. J. T. Mandy.
CANADA’S GOLD TAX
LAW IS MODIFIED
Modification of Canada’s
drastic 10 per cent gold pro
duction tax to relieve new divi
dend payers and producing
mines which are not in a posi
tion to pay dividends has been
announced in Ottawa, thereby
relieving widespread appre
hension among gold miners
•in British Columbia, and other
mining areas of the Dominion.
Readers will recall that the
10 per cent tax originally ap
plied to the gross gold produc
tion of all mines regardless of
their remunerative status. The
assured result would have been
to seriously cripple or force the
abandonment of numerous new
and lower grade properties, in
addition to imposing heavy
strains upon many of the more
stable gold producers.
The new regulations also pro
vide additional relief by ex
empting placer gold production
and by permitting the deduc
tion of federal income tax pay
ments from the amount paid as
gold tax.
The modification was pavtic
ularly welcome in British Col
umbia, where numerous opera
tions are just entering the pro
duction stage or are preparing
to do .so.
Major North At B. C. Nickel
Major C. B. North, formerly
engineer in charge of the local
B. C. Silver operations, is now
directing development of the
B. C. Nickel mine, a promising
nickel ore property located 107
miles east of Vancouver.
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Alaska Miners Go To Turkey
William Dill and Neil Horn
un, miners employed until re
cently by the Fairbanks Ex
ploration Company, have been
commissioned by (the Turkish
government to drill for gold
in Turkish territory and left
recently on the long journey
to the former domain of the
sultans.
Their contract is to drill for
from three to six months.
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Judge Clegg Resigns
Judge Cecil Clegg, judge of
the district court in the Fourth
and Second divisions during
the past 12 years has tendered
his resignation to the depart
ment of justice, according to
reports from Washington.
Judge Clegg was stationed
for years at Fairbanks but re
cently exchanged seats with
Judge E. Coke Hill of the
Third division. His Successor
has not been named.
Delegate A. J. Dimond has
announced he will insist upon
the appointment of a resident
of Alaska as his Successor.
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Mrs. Reed of Anchorage Dead
Mrs. Frank I. Reed of An
chorage, republican national
committeewoman for Alaska,
diied last week in Seattle fol
lowing an operation.
PREMIER TAKES RELIEF
ARLINGTON MINE
Purchase by the Premier
Go-Id Mining Company of a
controlling interest in the Re
lief-Arlington property in the
Nelson mining district of Brit
ish Columbia has been an
nounced in Vancouver by D. L.
Pitt, general maanger of Pre
mier.
Negotiations for the property
have been under way for some
time. The purchasers take
over 52 per cent of the capital
stock of the Relief-Arlington
company and will assume con
trol and direction of the man
agement.
The property embraces the
old Second Relief mine, 12
miles from Erie and south of
Salmo, B. C. The mine is said
to have a romantic history ex
tending over a long period.
Operations are to be greatly
extended and the mine brought
into production as early afs pos
sible, Mr. Pitt said.
Chronicle Issues “Gold”Edition
The Hyder mining district
and numerous local mining
properties are excellently rep
resented in a spendid 20-page
“special geld edition” of the
Ketchikan Chronicle issued
May 1.
A section devoted to this dist
rict presents an article des
criptive of the physical char
acteristics of the Salmon River
and Texas Creek area as a
whole by U. S. Commissioner
Chas. F. Sandford, in addition
to specific descriptions of the
more prominent local proper
ties, including the Monarch
group, Mountainview, Cantu
Mines, and Crest groups. The
Premier Mine and Helena
Mines in the Canadian area are
also accorded publicity.
The edition also presents in
formative special articles on
gold and mining by Anthony J.
EXimond, Alaska Delegate to
Congress, Dean Ernest N. Pat
ty, head of the School of Mines, j
Alaska Agricultural College, j
Phillip S. Smith, chief Alaska 1
geologist of the U. S. Geologi-1
cal Survey, and Professor!
George F. Warren, noted mon- j
etary authority and monetary
advisor to President Roosevelt,
advisor to President Roosevelt.
The edition covers the mining
field throughout Alaska and
contains many interesting half
tones of mining and scenic
views.
The paper is an excellent
publicity effort and will meet
the approval of all who are in
terested >in the development of
the Territory.
Copies are on sale at the
Boundary Gift Shop and Hy
der Drug Company for the
nominal sum of 10 cents.
Warrack Co. To Build Home
A report from Juneau says
the Warrack Construct i o n
Company of Seattle has been
awarded the contract for con
structing the new Pioneer’s
Home at Sitka.
FRANK A. METCALF
am ft HIKING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder
* Methodist Episcopal
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Rev. F. Bush-field, Pastor.
Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday School at 10:30 a. in.
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
Everyone is cordially invited to
the services.
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