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, 1879.
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Church Dignitary To Visit
Dr. George Wilson, Provin
cial Superintendent in British
Columbia for the United
Church of Canada, i? sohed- i
uled to visit the district late!
next week, arriving on the
18th. The Sunday following j
his arrival, Dr. Wilson will con- j
conduct an induction service!
fcr Rev. G. A. Harvey, recently!
appointed pastor of the United
Church of Stewart ard the M.
E. Church of Hyder.
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Make Promising Location
The Fitzgerald brother;, Sam
and Jack, located recently a
promising group of claims rear
1he headwaters z<f Bitter creek,
a short distance north of Stew
art. One of several important
lead's found on the ground
ranges around 12 feet in width
and is tracoable over 1000 fret
on the surface. The ore is of
the gold-copper .type and
yields assays C|f $8 and over a
ton.
It is their intention to g've
the ground a general srrface
prospecting during the sum.tier
to. determine the extent of the
various ore exposures.
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Big Increase In British
Columbia Mineral Output
A remarkable increase in the
mineral output of British Col
umbia mines as compared to
last year was shown Thursday
in an anouncement of the B. C.
Department of Mines that the
mineral ouput of the province
is 60 per cent, ahead of last j
year’s production up to this
time.
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Cha-. Finzel Accident Victim
Charles Finzel, Ketchikan j
business man and former own-!
er cl: local mining interests, is]
reported recovering from se-;
vere injuries received early la3t
month in an auto accident near1
Anchorage while he was en
rcute to Fairbanks on bu&iness.
He is now able to walk about (
again.
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JUNEAU SLAYER BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Charley Holmer, who shot
and killed his wife, Mrs. Mary
Holmer, and Alan A Miller in
Juneau last week, has been
charged with first degree mur
der and bound over to the
grand jury without bail, ac
cording to reports from the
Territorial capiual.
Holmer waived preliminary
hearing, consenting to a bind
over without evidence.
Details of the slaying disclose
that the murders took place in
the presence of numerous wit
nesses and were marked by
calm deliberation on the part
of the slayer, who was said to
have displayed no contrition
and went to sleep within a few
minutes after being lodged in
the federal jail. His only
comment was “This thing ha:,
been going on long enough.”
Mrs. Holmer and Miller had
attended a public dance and
left with the crowd about 1 a.
m. Holmer, who apparently
had been watching for them in
an adjoining ice cream parlor,
overtook he couple on the side
walk and opened fire without
warning behind their backs.
Miller was the first victim, re
ceiving two shots, before the
deadly pistol wa'i turned upon
Mrs. Holmer and 8 shots were
sent crashing into her bcdy.
The last two were fired as she
sank t) the pavement Holmer,
according to witnesses, was
more calm than the observers
and was proceeding to reload
the gun when he was ovanpow
ered by two sailors from the U.
S. S. Holland, then in port.
Mrs. Holmer lived about 30
minutes. Miller expired about
four hours after the slmci.ing,
but neither of the victims was
able to make a statement.
Mrs. Holmer was highly re
garded in Douglas, where she
taught as a substitute teacher,
and was quite active in local
affairs. Miller was formerly
one of the Miller Brothers Log
ging Company of Ketchikan.
EVENTS OF RECENT
DAYS IN NORTHLAND
J. O. Brown, old-time Alas
kan, died of self-adminki ered
poisoning at Seward last week.
A coroner’s jury decided de
spondency over ill health wa?
believed the cause.
Peter D. McMillan, 62, Alas
ka sourdough, died June 13 in
Yukon Territory. Deceased
was employed i:m ;the White
Pass and Yukon railroad and
was 35 years in the north.
E. B. (Ed.) Bartholf, veteran
miner and prospector and for
mer Hyder resident, is pros
pecting in the Anchorage dist
rict, where he is said to have
made the original discovery of
gold quartz on Williw Creek.
LATE N^WS FLASHES
Richard C. DuPont flew 155
miles from Elmira, N. Y., to
Somerset Hills, N. J., in motOr
less plane, setting new world’s
record.Freak August
storm left 2 to 4 inches of snow
in New Hampshire after heat
ed spell last Monday.
Senator Thomas and other in
flationists planning to force
further depreciation of nation
al currency to provide cheaper
money; program proposes forc
ing issue of $500,000 in new
currency. . . Minority House
leader Bertrand Snell proposed
as republican presidential can
didate in 1936 by New York
Republicans. . . . Von Hind
enberg buried Tuesday in Tan
nenberg shrine while all Ger
many mourned. . . . Crossing
heat-stricken area of North Da
kota Tuesday President Roos- j
evelt promised cheering suf
ferers his best efforts to find a
solution of drought problem. .
Establishing new world re
cord for air photography, U. S.
army bombers at Fairbanks
photographed Tuesday 8829
square miles of Alaska from
air. . . . James A. Farley pre
dicts defeat of senator Joseph
Robinson in Indiana and Dem
ocratic gain of six seats in sen
ate. . . . Mrs. Joe O’Connor
of Valdez drowned Monday
in glacial stream near Fair
banks when high water washed
out bridge span on which she
and husband were crossing in
their car. . * , France Monday
denied support to Japan to
ward abrogation of 1921 naval
treaty and announced intent
ion to support present term's. . .
Cornerstone of new Pioneers’
Home at Sitka laid last week
by Gov. Troy. „ . . Libby,
McNeil cannery tender Ostego,
formerly famous German war
raider Eitel Frederick, struck
rock off Unimak Island, Alas
ka, but made Dutch Harbor in
safety last week.
Bristol Bay To Be Closed
To Fishing Throughout 1935
U. S. Fisheries Commissioner
Frank T. Bell has created
something of ^ sensation in the
salmon industry by announc
ing that the entire Bristol Bay
fishing area, most prolific pro
ducer of red salmon in the Ter
ritory, will be closed to fishing
next year in an effort to re
build the short year of the run.
Commissioner Bell, in expla
nation, pointed out that the
fish have a 5-year cycle. The
1920 run was practically a
failure, the 1925 run was little
better, and in 1930 it was flat
as a pancake, “I want to see
what a complete layoff will
do,” the commissioner said.
The pack this year will j
amount to approximately 2Vfc j
million cases, much greater
than anticipated.
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