HYDER
WEEKLY
MINER
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VOL IV, NO. XXXIX
HYDES, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1], 1924
FIFTY CENTS A KONTH
TEXAS CREEK GOLD CO.
BOYS REMAINDER OF
THE IBEX GROUP
From authoritative sources it
is learned that the Texas Creek
Gold Mining Company, the
company organized by Dr. C.
D. Carter and Pat. Daly to fi
nance their Texas Creek hold
ings, has taken up the bond on
the outstanding half of the
Ibex group, owned by Messrs
J. H. Hewitt and Chas. fcarlson,
payment on which was due on
March 1. The payment means
that the entire property has
now passed to the ownership
of the Texas Gold company.
Although numerous rumors
have been circulated as to
what is to be done on the prop
erty, those directly interested
assert that most of them are
based upon unreliable infor
mation or pure guess work, fo**
aside from prospect work of
still problematical character,
it is not the intention of the
company to proceed with any
extensive development until
reports are returned by engin
eers who will make extensive
examination of the properties
during the coming open season.
The payment on the Ibex has
no connection with the Home
stake group transaction, In
which the same parties are
interested. The Texas Gold
company has an option on the
latter properties giving them
until mid-summer to make ex
amina Lions.
STEWART COUPLE WED
LEAVE ON NOVEL .
HONEYMOON JAUNT
For the second time in two
weeks, wedding bells sounded
in Hyder Saturday afternoon,
when Duane D. Kimball ana
Mids Lottie Victoria Mieenk,
both <jf Stewart, were united in
the matrimonial bond by U. S.
Commissioner Chas. F>5ana
ford. Shortly after the nup
tials the happy couple left on
a novel honeymoon trip that
will take them some 150 miles
up the Chickamin river, where
they expect to remain until
early summer hunting and
trapping, in which the both
appeared keenly interested,
the bride no less than the
groom. The district mentioned
is said to be alive with game of
various kinds and there is lit
tle snow as compared to this
section. A comfortable log caD
in on the Chickamin will pro
vide them shelter and they ex
pect to secure enough furs to
make their honeymoon a high
ly lucrative one.
Earl Hyde, who spent the past
summer in Hyder, is at present
engaged in mining at Wallace,
Idaho, where he is associated
with E. C. (Gene) Allen, for
mer Alaska newspaper man,
in what is said to be a property
of great promise.
Under the protective meas
ure adopted by the government
in the Pribloff Islands, the seal
herds increased from 215,758
animals in 1912 to 604,791 in
1922.
NEGRO BAPTIST CHURCH
( Pioneer Hall)
Choir practice Wed. evening.
Prayer meeting Friday evening
Regular service Sunday 11 a.m.
Special service Wednesday eve.
February 27 at Pioneer Hall, 8
p. m. Address by Uncle Rufus
Huntington Washburn Cool
idge on “Profiteering.”
Move That Slow Selling Stock
With Little Black Ads.
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NEW GIANT LINER
ADDED TO FLEET OF n
ALASKA S. S. CO.
Purchase of a twin-screw, 374
foot passenger and freight car
rying steamship for the Alaska
trade was recently announced
ty the Alaska Steamship Com
pany. The new vessel will be
placed in commission April lb.
The vessel will be larger in
every way than the new steam
er Alaska, which has been in
service since June 9, last.
The liner will be named the
Yukon, in accordance with
the company’s policy of giving
its vessels Alaska names.
With a length of 374 feet anu
50 foot breadth, the vessel is
twin-screw driven and will
have a sped of fifteen knots.
She is equipped with observat
ion, smoking rooms and other
accomodations for 297 first
class and 130 steerage passen
gers, and in addition will have
greater cargo space than the
Alaska. Her dining room will
seat 130 passengers at one sit
ting. Following alterations to
equip her for the Alaskan sei
vice, which are expected to
take about 60 days, the vessel
; will be placed on the route bfe
I tween Seattle and Seward, via
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Cordova, Valdez and Latouche,
although the company officials
say that if necessary she could
be used in place of the Victoria
between Seattle and Nome, at
least during the opening and
closing of the Bering Sea seas
on.
Bill. Miller was a passenger
for Anyox on the last trip of
the Prince Rupert.
As an investment, Alaska,
which cost the United States a
paltry $7,2000,000 (less than
two cents per acre) pays sev
eral hundred per cent a year
on the original cost.
Get That Spring Suit! Samples
I Here in a Few Days—Wagner*
ALASKA TRADE NEARLY
HUNDRED MILLION-1923
Alaska trade during the cal
endar year 1923 amounted, in
round figures, ta. $96,000,000.
according to preliminary esti
mates of J. C. McBride, collect
or of customs for the Territory,
says the Juneau Empire.
Mr. McBride is now engaged,
the article says, in the prepar
ation of his annual report for
the last year and final and
complete figures will not be
available until early next
month. The estimated total >
exceeds the Territory’s 1992
trade by between $9,000,000
and $10,000,000, indicating a
growth in business of approx
imately 11 per cent. Increases
in both imports and exports are
estimated.
j Alaskan products exported
i—
j last year are estimated to have
ja valuation of approximately
j $30,000,000. Figures for the
! first ten months of the year
!show virtually $29,000,000, in
j exports. It is estimated that the
I total exports for the year will
be around $35,000,000.
These figures indicate that
the business of the Territory
last year was larger than in any
{calendar year since 1920, and
iwas but some $13,000,000 or
j $14,000,000 less'than for that
(year and 1919. It is believed
to have exceeded the total
trade of 1921 by almost1 $35,
{000,000, an evidence, said Col
lector Me Bride, of the prog
ress that Alaskan industries
have made in recovering from
post war conditions
I
Woodrow Wilson Succumbs
To Long Illness
Woodrow Wilson, twenty
eighth president of the United
States, and one of the outstand
ing figures of history, died at
his home in Washington, D. C.
Sunday February 3.
Death came as the culminat
|ion of two days of illness.
• Press advices state that the
lend came peacefully when his
vitality could no longer retard
the steady dissolution which
set in with the stroke of paral
ysis that laid Wilson low on
his return from his Western
speaking trip in 1919, made in
the interest of the League of
Nations.
When- the. end came, Mrs.
Wilson sat by the bedside hold
| ing the withered right hand of
the man who directed the des
tinies of the United States
through eight of the most mo
mentous years in the history of
the world as he closed his eyes
peacefully as in sleep, never to
I awaken again.
j In a bulletin issued shortly
! afterward, Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, his physician and
faithful friend, said: “His
I heart action became feebleir''
and feebler and the heart mus
cles were so fatigued that they
| refused to act any longer.”
| President and Mrs. Coolidge,
{who were at church when the
• death was announced, drove
| to the Wilson home, leaving
; their cards. After returning to
jthe White House the president
issued a proclamation to the
people of the United States, in
which he said: “The death of
the former president deprives
the country of a most disting
juished citizen, an event that
[cases universal sorrow.” He
aljo directed that all flags ai
| the White House and on the
departmental buildings be dis
played at half mast for a per
iod of thirty days.
The funeral services were
held at the Wilson home Iasi
Wednesday afternoon ana
were of private character. The
intention was to place the body
in a vault pending expected
interment in the Arlington
National Cemetery.
It is said that the former pres
ident was far from a well man
when he entered the White
House in 1913. At that time
he was developing a case of
Bright’s disease, which caused
physicians to predict he would
not live to finish his first term.
He. was practically blind In
one eye from a retinal hem
morhage but the country never
knew of it, and years ago he
suffered trombosis of one leg
but this did not develop into
serious trouble. By his person
al direction the extent of his
illness was kept from the coun
try lest the knowledge while
he was president might lead
to a market panic.
The Miner, 50 cts. a month
If the taxes collected in the
United States from the people,
the industries and resources
equalled per capita similar col
lections from Alaska, the year
| ly revenues of the nation would
exceed $20,0000,000,000.
[ If it isn’t to be found elsewhere
stry the Midget Emporium.
Alaska has pasturage for 30,
000,000 reindeer, from which
could be marketed 900,000,000
pounds of meat. In addition
there are 65,000,000 acres of
choice grazing lands.
Double Wear.. Shoes to Your
Measure, $5 to $6—Wagner’s
SAYS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
BAR TO CANADIAN STEAK! IS
MAKING HYDE PORT OF CALL
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Reports in circulation during
the past week to the^effect that,
there is a prospect that Can
adian boats majf make reg
ular landings at Hyder in the
event of the repeal of the pro
hibitive clause in the Jones
Shipping Act, are apparently
somewhat premature, accord
ing to Captain Nedden of the
steamship Prince Rupert. The
reports are said to have had
their origin in certain inquiries
made by Captain Nedden re
garding depth of water in front
of the Salmon River Dock Co.
dock, landing charges for ves
sels, and others of a character
to suggest that the information
was sought with a view to max
ing landing arrangements.
In a statement to the Miner i
representative Capt. Nedden j
said that he had been asked to
make the indicated inquiries,
by the Canadian Merchant
..I .ar—
i'larine representatives at Van*
icouver and admitted that their
! purpose was to learn of the
(landing conditions at Hyder
in case circumstances develop
ed which would permit Canad
ian vessels to make Hyder »
calling port.
“Although there is a pros
pect that arrangements may
j be made to land passengers at
! Hyder in case the Jones Jaw is
(repealed, any statement to that
.effect would be premature at
(present. Personally I do not
expect it because of the num
erous customs restrictions at->
tending such landings, but ir
those difficulties can be met
bindings may be made at IJy
der,iSCapt. Neuden said, ad
d ng ‘However, they may do
something in that way, al
though the prospects are not
bright at present”
V
COURT BEFRIENDS
ERRING YOUTH
Harry Taggart, the youth
who blinded himself in a futile
attempt to suicide at Juneau
several weeks ago, and who re
cently pleaded guilty in the
district court at that place of
passing worthless checks, was
sentenced to imprisonment in
the McNeill’s Island penitenti
ary for one year and one day
by Judge Thomas M. Reed. In
passing sentence Judge Reeu
said that while it was possible
to limit the sentence to a fine,
the payment of the fine wouia
leave the unfortunate/ youth
stranded and helpless, and for
his own sake he would be com
mitted to McNeill’s Island,
where he would be placed in
a hospital and given surgical
and medical treatment by the
government. He added that it
was possible that Taggart’s
sight might be restored by the
treatment received there.
It is said that in the event of
i Taggart’s sight being restored
before the end of his term, the
! local federal officials, includ
jing those of the court, as well
:a3 others who have interested
: themselves in the pathetic case,
will unite in securing Taggart’s
pardon or parile.
WORLD’ LARGEST LEAD
MINE RESUMES OPERATION
The Hecla lead mine at Bur
ke, Idaho, one of the world’s
greatest lead producers, resum
ed operation recently after be
ing idle for more than six
months, following a fire which
destroyed the main shaft July
15, 1923.
The mine reopened with a
crew of 450 men.
Despite the idleness of the
mine, dividends were paid last
year amounting to $1,150,000.
The Best Advt: for Quick Sales
Little Black Ads—Like This.
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Under the above caption the
Weekly Miner will publish
s: med communications of gen
era! public interest when not in
| excess of 500 words.
Writers may use non de plume*
if desired but no contribution
will be considered unless the
full name of the writer is also
aflixed. Publication doe3 nor
imply that the Miner either ap
proves or endorses the senti
ments expressed therein. Fuli
iriirht is also reserved to reject
articles not of general public
I interest.
Hyder, Feb. 11, 1924
Dear Editor:
The scribe’s “Orkestra” may
inow favor the community witn
i titled, “Skelley to the Rescue."
| that new and popul
Another Observer
LEAP YEAR CARNIVAL
! A “Leap Year Carnival,” in
i celebration of the day that
jcomes only once in four years,
;will be held at the Ocean View
j Hotel on the evening of Febru
!ary 29, according to an an
nouncement by manager C. M.
j Ridley. The entertainment as
'to be conducted along the lines
j of a carnival and busheh of
| confetti and noise-making con
trivances will be on hand to
lend the proper carnival atmos
phere. The management will
also provide carnival caps for
all attending. There will be a
special carnival program of
dance music by the Ridley or
chestra. i
DON’T MISS!
Uncle Rufus at the Negro Bap
tist Church (Pioneer Hell) on
Wednesday evening,Februa-y
27, 1924. A live topic of the
day, “Profiteering”, will *-e *h«
subject of the evening’s dis
course.
Low Advertising Rates-Quick
Sales From Little Black Ads.
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