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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 3.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1933.
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JOSEPH H. WILSON
CALLED TO REST
Joseph H. Wilson, Village
Commis' ioner of Stewart and
one of the district’s most wide
ly known residents, answered
the call of the Grim Reaper
Thursday night; passing away
peacefully in his sleep.
Mr. Wilson’s demise was dis
covered by his wife when she
received no answer on call
ing him for breakfast Friday
morning. Death apparently oc
curred not long after midnight
as the body was only slightly
warm.
Although Mr. Wilson had not
been in robust health recently
and had remarked to a friend
Thursday afternoon that he
was not feeling very well, his
unfortunate passing was en
tirely unexpected and occas
ioned a severe shock to his
many friends. He was 64
years of age.
His widow and aged mother,
who is understood to reside in
Ohio, are the surviving relat
ives.
Mr. Wilson was an American
by nativity but had resided in
Canada many years and be
came a naturalized citizen. Be
fore coming to this section
some ten years ago, he was in
the Atlin and Yukon districts.
During his long residence in
Stewart he was at all times
prominent in the affairs of that
community. He was ior several
years in government employ as
custodian in charge of the gov
ernment liquor vendor’s 'store
and also held the position of
secretary of the Stewart Gen
eral Hospital Association. He
was engaged in the insurance
business at the time of his
death. His untimely passing
is a distinct loss to the com
munity and district, for the
progress and welfare of which
he was ever an indefatiguable
and enthusiastic worker.
Mr. Wilson was elected a
member of the Stewart Board
of Commissioners at the annual
election in January and was a
capable and efficient public of
ficer.
He was a member of the lo
cal Igloo of the Pioneers of
Alaska and greatly interested
in the affairs of that organiz
ation.
The funeral will be held in
Stewart Sunday afternoon at
2:30 p. m., with local inter
ment.
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The motorship Windsor of
the Noyes Boat Company ar
rived from Ketchikan Thurs
day morning with the weekly
mail and a considerable quan
tity of freight for local busi
ness houses.
Bayview Co. To Reorganize
The Bayview Mining Com
pany, owner of the Bayview
group, adjoining the United
Empire property, a short dist
ance north of Stewart,is pre
paring to reorganize on a low
eied share basis, according to
reports from the (south.
Reorganization plans have
been approved whereby one
share of new stock will be ex
changed for 10 shares of old
stock. The present authorized j
capital is 3,000,000 shares of
25 cents par value, of which
some 2,705,000 are outstand
ing. As a result of the con
templated exchange the new
company will have 270,500
shares outstanding.
The present directors are
Genl. V. W. Odium, president,
Jonathan Rogers, Geo. Camer
on, Col. Nelson Spencer, C. E.
Smyth, and Col. A. M. Brown
all Vancouver residents.
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Dunwell Leasors To Continue
Operations Next Winter
Reports from Stewart say
the various outfits engaged on
leases on the Dunwell property
plan to continue operations
during the coming winter. All
are said to have been 'success
as a result of the increased
gold and silver prices of recent
months and anticipate a sub
stantial profit for the coming
winter activities.
David McVay Laid At Rest
Funeral services for the late
David McVay, victim of the
recent sad tragedy in the
mountains north of Hyder,
were held Sunday afternoon in
Pioneer Hall under the auspic
i e's of the local Igloo of the
Pioneers of Alaska.
The obsequies were attended
by a major portion of the pop
ulation and were conducted by
the Igloo officers under the di
j rectum of President Louis
Watkins in conformity with
the impressive and beautiful
ritualistic ceremonies of the
Pioneer order.
Vocal 'selections were rend
ered by a choir composed of
Miss Helen Hall, E. D. Haddon,
and Richard Wirth, with Miss
Hortense Whitford as accomp
anist. Floral offerings were
numerous and beautiful.
At the conclusion of the 'serv
ices, the remains were laid at
rest in Riverview cemetery af
ter short graveside ceremonies.
The pall bearers included A.
O. Moa, John Hovland, C. B.
Hager, P. Stapleton, Roy Mc
Leod and B. B. Smith. The
funeral arrangements were un
der the direction of E. E. Chari.
[ ton.
BIMETALLIC LEADERS
CONDEMN PITTMAN
SILVER AGREEMENTS
That silver remonetization
leaders denounce and repudi
ate the Pittman plan for op
tional use of silver, as adopted
at the recent London confer
ence, and also severely con
demn its author for alleged op
en disregard of the wishes of
the American people as ex
pressed in the instructions giv
en by the Senate to the Amer
ican delegation to London, is
revealed in a pamphlet re
ceived this week by the Herald
from William A. Hesse, Terri
torial Highway Engineer and
himself an ardent and widely
informed advocate of bimetall
ism.
The pamphlet contains a ser
ies of letters and press 'state
ments relative to the Pittman
silver agreements by Senators
Burton K. Wheeler, former
Senator C. S. Thomas, of Colo
rado, and former Senator Jon
athan Bourne of Oregon which
not only severely criticize Pitt
man’s proposals but also seri
ously reflect on his good faith
in dealing with the silver issue.
Senator Thomas scathingly
condemns what he terms Pitt
man’s “heresy” in advocating
only limited use of silver and
declares that his proposal's
turned the hand of Time back
ward for at least a creneration
and defeated all immediate
prospect of the reestablish
ment of the double standard.”
“The blow is emphasized,”
Mr. Thomas says, “ by the re
flection that it comes from
within our own ranks. A so
called free coinage man, hail
ing from Nevada, and recom
mending a use of silver limited
to 20 per cent of our gold re
serves, is hopelessly in conflict
with the Senator’s alleged pur
pose.”
The international aspects of
Pittmann’s proposals are indi
cated in the following para
graph from the Thomas state
ment :
“The outstanding feature of
this deplorable tragedy, for
tragedy it is, consists of the
fact that, France and a very
few minor governments ex
cepted, the leading nation
have been coming to our way
of thinking; hence we can well
imagine their embarassment
when America leads as an ad
vocate of the existing system
covered by a few meaningless
platitudes.”
Senator Wheeler is quoted as
declaring that America’s dele
gation to the World Economic
Conference ignored Senate in
structions to propose remone
tization of silver on a definite
ratio to gold and condemns
the plan for which Pittman is
Premier Declares Dividend
The Premier Gold Mining
Company has declared a divi
dend of $150,000 for the third
quarter of 1933, according to
reports from the south. This
is at the rate of 3 cents a share
on the 5,000,000 shares of cap
ital stock. Payment will be
made on October 16 to share
holders on record September
15. The disbursement will be
made in Canadian currency
and will bring the total divi
dend payments tof the company
to $16,363,890.
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Winter Boat Schedule Starts
The winter sailing schedule
of the Canadian National
Steamship Company was in
augurated Thursday with the
arrival of the S. S. Prince
George, commanded by Capt.
E. D. Nedden. The George
will continue on the run, arriv
ing and leaving on Thursday
morning.
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E. C. “Ted” Morris of the
Salmon Gold company, left on
the Catala for Vancouver Mon
day evening.
alleged to have been respons
ible as “the most backward
step that has been taken by the
United States since the demon
etization o,f silver in 1873, and,
instead of stabilizing the inter
national or domestic financial
yardstick would tend to per
petuate the evils from which
all classes of our society are
now suffering.”
In short, both silver leaders
accuse Pittman indirectly of
double-crossing the Senate and
country by ignoring the explic
it instructions to “work unceas
ingly” for remonetization of
silver on a definite ratio with
gold and substituting his own
proposals in no way relating to
remonetization o r definite
stabilization.
It is recalled in this connect
ion that Senator Pittman has at
times displayed an obvious re
luctance to discuss the'silver is
sue from the standpoint of re
monetization, although con
stantly advocating increased
use of silver as a monetary
medium by the United States.
During one of the several ex
tended debates on (silver re
monetization in the Senate this
year he is shown by the Cong
ressional Record to have indi
cated that he was not seeking
silver remonetization but want
ed to “do something for silver,”
a matter of considerable im
portance to his constituency.
I From all of which it appears
likely that Pittman will be
“called on the carpet” by some
of his senatorial colleagues in
the coming session of Congress.
UNITED EMPIRE TO
WORK ALL WINTER
The United Empire company
wil continue development op
erations throughout the com
ing winter season and also
plans to make shipments of ore
at intervals, it was made known
by Wm. Dann, general manag
er of the company, following
his return Thursday from a
business trip to Vancouver.
This is cheerful news for
Stewart, as it means a substan
tail payroll for the camp dur
ing the hardest period of the
year and when business is at a
minimum.
A crew of 25 or more men
will be employed on the prop
erty. which will also provide
revenue for various other in
dustries through supply pur
chases, transporation, etc.
The company is said to be
working i n good shipping
grade ore and has between 600
and 700 sacks ready for ship
ment to a smelter. The comp
any is also planning to install
a tramway to the foot of the
hill when deveolpment has
reached a stage to warrant.
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Huge Grizzly Reported
Seen North of Hyder
Members of the search party
engaged in hunting for David
MvVay last week report seeing
a huge bear, evidently of the
grizzly species, far up on the
mountainside above the River
side mine. Although a quarter
mile or more away from the ob
servers, the animal is said to
have appeared as large as an
ox despite the distance.
It has long been rumored that
a grizzly had his habitat in the
mountains west of Salrpon river
but the animal has been seen
only at long intervals.
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Alex. Taylor Passes at Sitka
Alexander B. Taylor, elderly
local resident who left recently
to enter the Pioneer Home at
Sitka, passed away there last
Saturday, according to a radio
report received by E. L. Dale,
manager of the local radio
station.
Mr. Taylor was a resident of
the camp for a decade or more
and was highly regarded by all
who knew him. He was a
native of Nova Scotia but came
to the United States in the 80’s
and was naturalized at Boston.
Before coming to Hyder he re
sided at Nome, Fairbanks and
other points in Alaska. He had
no living relatives.
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Deputy U. S. Marshal W. S.
Harding left Thursday enroute
to Juneau.