A N ALU
ALASKA
NEWSPAPER
HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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SUBSCRIPTION
$5.00 PER YEAR
IN ADVANCE
VOL 2, N0.6
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14,1925
FIFTY CENTS AKIMH
NEW TEXAS BRIDGE
SURVEY ORDERED
That the Bureau of Public
Roads is considering further
road or trail improvements in
the Texas Creek valley is indi
cated in a telegram from M. D.
Williams, assistant district en
ginner of the Bureau of Public
Roads in this division, received
Wednesday by R. C. Ingram,
local engineering representa
tive of the Bureau, in which
the latter is instructed to make
a re'connoisance survey of a
new bridge site at the crossing
on Texas Creek near the pres
ent cable crossing. The mess
age also directs Mr. Ingram
to “prepare information for
both road and pack,” indicat
ing that the ultimate con
struction of a wagon road is
embraced in the Bureau’s con
templations respecting the
proposed bridge. Mr. Ingram;
states that the message was!
totally unexpected, as he was
on the eve of departing from
Hyder, and he has no know
ledge of the project beyond
what is contained in the tele
gram. He said, however, that
he will proceed at once to
make a general survey of the j
present trail with a view to the
possible construction of a wag
on road, in addition to the in- j
dicated bridge survey. He will;
be assisted in selecting the
bridge site by T. H. Evans, res
ident representative of the
■Enrremn—
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Gprations on the Cronholm- i
McDonald properties at the j
upper end of Salmon valley
were concluded for the pres*
ent season last week, after
some twenty odd tons of ore
had been sacked and sent
down the valley for shipment
to the smelter for testing pur
poses. The owners have not
yat decided as to the ultimate J
destination of the ore, which
runs high in lead values, in
addition to gold and silver. Mr..
Cronholm, who personally di
rected the extraction of the i
ore from the massive ledge ;
running through the group,'
states that the considerable!
tonnage of ore taken out has
scarcely made a visible im-1
pression on the face of the big
ledge, which can be seen a j
long distance away.
A portion of the crew of the
Premier mine was given a va- j
cation during the past week,
pending the installation of a
new Pelton wheel of 300 horse
power capacity in the mine
power plant at 13 Mile.
The new wheel is part of the
new power plant and mill
equipment which when install
ed will practically double the
present capacities of the pow- i
er plant and mill.
J. D. Littlepage, of the Riv- j
erside mine, is on a business
trip to Ketchikan.
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W. S. Sullivan is back from a!
visit of several months in Ket- i
chikan.
CHICKAMIN ORE GOES
TO SWANSEA SMELTER
As a result of arrangements
concluded during the past
week by Henry Hummel and
his associates, Messrs. Frank
Blasher and George Mross, the
test shipment of silver-lead
zinc ore brought down from
their recent strike along the
southern spur of Chickamin
glacier, near the head of Texas
Creek, will be shipped to
Swansea for treatment.
The ore has been purchased
by the Swansea smelter syn
dicate represented locally by
Capt. A. J. Gaul, of the Vic
toria Mines company.
Shipment of the ore to Swan
sea insures a much higher re
turn than from the coast smel
ters, only one of which, the
Trail, B. C. smelter, can handle
the large zinc content which
averages around 43 per cent,
according to assays.
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The Friendship Club of Hy
der M. E. Church is making
preparations to hold a bazaar
on November 21.
The church entertainment
committee also plans to give
an entertainment about Nov
ember 1st. according to an an
nouncement by Pastor C. T.
Hatten.
The carnival dance and sup- \
per in celebration of Alaska j
Day, scheduled to take place
afcJPinneac Hall next Saturday,
has been postponed until a
later period because of the
prevalence of scarlet fever in
Stewart, according to an an
nouncement by those in charge
of the entertainment plans.
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John Koel and Dr. E. V. Ellis,!
of Ketchikan, both of whom j
ax*e interested in the Mountain- j
view Gold Mining Company,
were visitors in Hyder last
week, arriving Friday from the
west coast metropolis on the
Wales.
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Jens Pederson has purchased
from J. K. Green the lot along
the west side of First Avenue
at the intersection of that
thoroughfare with the govern
ment dock approach and has
commenced the construction
of a good sized building.
Dan and Mrs. Davis, widely
known residents of earlier
days, who have been visiting
the district during the summer
left Sunday for their home in i
South Bend, Indiana.
The big roof of the Hyder j
Lumber Company saw mill is j
resplendent in a coat of red j
paint applied during the past j
week.
Ray Snyder came in from
Mineral Hill during the week.
J. O. Lyons and family will
arrive in Hyder from England
next Sunday, according to in
formation received by friends.
TEXAS CREEK ACTIVITIES
CLOSING DOWN
With three or four except
ions, the miners of the Texas
Creek section have suspended
their summer activities in an
ticipation of the freeze-up.
At last accounts Malcolm
Smith, Chas. Carlson, and i
Fred Nothiger and one or two
others were still at work, but (
contemplated an early return I
to town.
Frank Blasher, who has been
Bteadily at work on his prop
erties near the tip of Chicka
min Glacier since early last
spring, came into town last
week, after accomplishing a
large amount of development!
during the season.
Results of the season’s devel
opment work have been so
encouraging that in practically
every instance, the property
owners are already planning:
to renew their activites at!
the earliest moment next i
spring. Comment by mining
men discloses that they are
now practically unanimous in
the view that the Texas Creek
area will ultimately become
the center of production in j
the Hyder district—an opinion
that seems fully warranted by
the visible evidences of a pro
lific mineralization through
out the valley.
Alfred Soffe and Dick Rich-!
ards, late of Latouche, have j
taken over Tire management |
of the Alaska Hotel, succeed
ing Messrs. Gelovich and Weil, j
who reopened the well known
establishment last spring.
The new proprietors are old |
timers in the territory and well;
known in the more western I
sections.
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The outgoing list of passen-;
feers on the Wales last week
included the following:
V. J .Eaton, of the Seims &
Carlson Co., Mrs. Eaton, Dr.
Dan E. Standard, J. D. Little
page, E. V. Bush, C. Whillen,
Mabel Smith, Lillian Keffer.
Among the inbound assenegrs
on the same trip were John
Koel, Dr. and Mrs. R. V. Ellis
and W. S. Sullivan.
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Alfred Rapp, genial em
ployee of the Hyder Mercan
tile Company during the sum
mer, left Monday for Ingalls,
Cal. Mr. Rapp plans to remain j
outside during the winter but
will probably return to Hydei
next spring.
R. E. Moore of Prince Rupert,
district manager for P. Burns
& Company, which supplies
most of the meat used in this
district, was a visitor in Hyder
during the stay of the Prince
George Sunday.
Earl V. Bush, former propri
etor of the Malamute Cigar
Store and barber shop, left
Thursday for Ketchikan.
Life is full of good things, but:
have a care that you are not!
one of them.
SLASHER PROPERTY
LOOKS GOOD
With a 9*4 foot vein of ore
carrying working values in
galena, copper and zinc, in ad
dition to an extensive vein sys
tem, paralleling the main ore
body and which can be hand
led in conjunction with the;
ore from the main lead, the I
Blasher property in the upper j
Texas Creek section give ex- \
cellent promise of developidfc 1
into a prolific producer, in the j
opinion of Frank Blasher who j
spent the past summer invest
igating the ground by means
of open cuts and tunnels. Dur
ing the course of the season j
Mr. Blasher, who is the soul of |
industry, drove 25 feet of tun
nel single handed, in addition
to running a large number of
open cuts, along the ore zone,
which is traceable for 1500
feet on the surface; built him
slf a comfortable cabin and
packed in all his supplies on
Shank’s pony. He decided to
leave off for the season the j
other day, not because he had 1
done enough work for one j
season, but because he had no
wheelbarrow and was finding j
it slow and difficult work to
haul the ore out of the 25-foot
c»oss cut tunnel in a drag
bucket. As the freeze-up was
too close to warrant going to
town for the much needed j
wheelbarrow, he called it a j
day, although the face of his •
o*#y a- few feet from j
the main vein, which it will!
tap at about fifteen feet be
low the outcrops. He says the
ground looks mighty good to
him and worth all the work
he has put in on it, and he will
be back on the job again first
thing in the spring.
Grand and petit juries for j
the special fall term of the j
District Court at Ketchikan ;
were drawn recently in Juneau !
and included three Hyder res-!
idents, Mrs. Adeline Dale, who i
was drawn for the grand jury,
and F. W. Fisher and H. H.
Tanner for the petit jury. Of
the 60 petit jurors drawn, 54
are residents of Ketchikan, the
remainder from Hyder, Wran-!
gell and Saltchuck. The list of
23 grand jurors was made up
of 21 Ketchikanites, and two
from other points. The lists of
both juries contain the names
of 24 members of the fair sex.
Noel M. Traversy and R. C. j
Young have purchased the
stock and fixtures of the well \ ■
known Malamute Cigar Store 1
and barber shop annex from i
E. V. Rush and will conduct i
that pioneer establishment in ;
the future. Mr. Traversy will, <
look after the needs of patrons j<
in the cigar store and Mr. 11
Young will conduct the barber *
shop annex, where he has ;
achieved a splendid reputation
as a tonsorialist during hia
residence in Hyder. Mr. Tra- «
versy is an old timer and wide- 1
ly known in the district, hence <
the new proprietors should «
make the establishment a pop- i
ular resort. 1
B. C. SILVER-BUSH DEAL
■S REPORTED ON
O. B. Bush, directing head
of the National Silver Mines,
Ltd. left last Sunday for Van
couver. Since his departure
rumors have been in circulat
ion to the effect that the B. C.
Silver interests have entered in
to tentative negotiations with
the National Silver people with
a view to the acquisition of
the properties controlled by
the latter. Although the report
apparently possesses some bas
is of fact, no' definite inform
ation was obtainable* locally
prior to issue.
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Owing to an outbreak of
what is said to be a mild form
of scarlet fever among the
children of Stewart, last week,
a partial quarantine of the res
idents of that town has been
instituted by the local immi
gration authorities, to prevent
the disease spreading to Hy
der.
The quarantine edict, copies
of which have been posted at
the boundary line, applies only
to children, and others who
are not of age. No restrictions
have been placed on adults,
who are permitted to cross the
line as usual, although they
are requested to use precaut
ions to prevent the spread of
the disease.
Several cases of the malady
have developed in Stewart
and have caused the closing of
the public school until such
time as the disease is checked.
While the immigration au
thorities are doing all they
can to prevent the disease
invading Hyder, the burden of
prevention should not rest on
them alone. Hyder residents
and especially those with
children should do their part
in helping to keep it out by
keeping their children under
close observation and caution
ing them to avoid intercourse
w'ith those who may possibly
carry contagion.
A change in the show schedule
of the Pioneer motion picture
house is announced by propri
etor Frank Nagle. The Wed
nesday night show has been
discontinued for the present
and future picture displays will
include two shows on Sunday,
the first a matinee perform
ance at 3 p. m. Sunday after
noons and the regular Sunday
evening show at 8 p. m.
Mr. Nagle hopes that by giv
ing the two shows on Sunday,
instead of on Wednesday and
Sunday evenings, he will be
able to continue the show
throughout the winter season
and at the same time please a
considerable number who arc
disinclined toward going out
at night during the snow>
season.
NOTICE
Mrs. Bates, permanent wave
expert, who recently visited
Hyder will return on or about
Oct. 15, to cater to local cust
omers. Advance appointments 1
made at Anna Paul Barber
Shop.
'new boat for
HYDER TRADE?
The steamship Norco, owned
' and operated by the Northland
Transportation Company, may
soon become a factor in the
local transportation situation if
i negotiations now in progress
between the steamship Com
pany and the Salmon River
Dock Co. are brought to a suc
cessful conclusion, according
to an announcement during the
week by J. A. Talbot, man
ager of the dock company.
| Mr. Talbot states that the
I vessel will sail from Seattle on
its initial trip to Hyder Oct
ober 27th, carrying freight
and passengers. Mr. Talbot
says he has not received defi
nite assurance that the vessel
! will maintain a regular sched
, ule but is endeavoring to ar
range for a regular monthly
schedule in the future. The
outlook is favorable that this
can be effected, he says, in
which case the vessel will be
a regular visitor at this port.
The Norco was formerly the
motorship Tillamook, owned
and operated by the Gran a
Trunk steamship company and
plied between Prince Rupe t
and Southeastern Alaska ports.
The vessel was recently pur
chased by the Northland
Transportation Co. which al~o
operates the S. S. Bellingham.
The latter vessel visited thu
port several times last year,
bringing a large part of tba
machinery for the Riverside
i mine. In fact it was the own
j er3 of the Bellingham and
Norco who originally started
the Riverside. Since her pur
chase the Norco has been com
oletely remodeled and renovat
ed and is fitted with cold stor
age facilities throughout. Pow
i or is supplied by newly install
ed diesel engines. The vess 1
has first class accommodation3
for 24 passengers and large
freight capacity.
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B. Taylor, latest addition to
the ranks of J-iyder merchant?
received a large stock of gen s
furnishings, shoes, etc., on the
Curacao. The goods are now
on display in the former S.dl -
van building on Premier Avj.,
but will shortly be removed to
the old North Star Cigar Sio’ e
building on Main Street, which
has been leased by Mr. Tay
lor and is now being prepared
‘or his occupancy.
S. S. NORCO
NORTHLAND
TRANSPORTATION CO.
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SAILING FOR HYDER
OCTOBER 27th
GENERAL FREIGHT
AND
PASSENGER SERVICE
For Information Inquire
SALMON RIVER DOCK CO.