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VOL 7, NO. 22
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EXPECTPOWER PLANT
WORKTO STARTAPRIL
POWER
Construction work on the projectet
S3,000,000 power plant of the Port
land Canal Power Co. on Davis Rivei
is expected to start about the first
of April, according to a telegram froir
Willis T. Batcheller, president of the
company, received by the Chamber
of Commerce.
The message, dated February 4th,
said a Power Commission accountant
was in Seattle engaged in checking
up the pre-license expenditures of the
company. This was believed to be
the last detail before issuing the li
cense, which should be done in about
two weeks. The message concludes:
“Plan on starting work as soon
thereafter as construction plans can
be set up. Estimate about first of
April.
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Fine Turnout at C. of C. Dinner
The popularity of the monthly din
ner meetings instituted recently by
the Hyder Chamber of Commerce
was again attested Wednesday by a
large turnout of members at the meet
ing held at the Silver Grill.
Silver Grill.
Twenty persons were present when
President E. D. Haddou called the
meeting to order after a splendid
five-course repast and marked inter
est was manifested by everyone
throughout the proceedings, which
were devoted mainly to routine busi
ness.
Among the matters of public interes.
presented were a report by president
Haddou that a “Suggestion Box,” foi
teceiviug signed suggestions fron
unyone regarding local matters ant'
improvements, had been installed at
Chamber of Commerce Hall, and i
report by W. D. Smith to the effect
that proposals made to the Stewart
Board of Trade that joint meeting
of that body and the Hyder Chambei
of Commerce be held occasionally
had resulted in no definite action.
Mr. Haddon reorted advices from
Delegate Sutherland to the effect that
nothing could be done on the Cham
ber's unemployment relief proposals
respecting flood control works on
Salmon River, as the recent passage
of a bill for a survey of the project
had placed the matter definitely in
the hands of the war department.
Considerable enthusiam was creat
ed by the reading of a letter from tin
Portland Canal Power Co. stating
that work on the big project was ex
pected to start about April 1, and an
announcement was also read that
work on the Banded Mountain pack
trail was exected to start as soon a.
snow conditions permit.
Action toward securing n pack
trail along the east slope of Salmon
Valley from the Davis place to con
nect with the Daly Alaska trail and
serve 9 prominent mining properties
was proposed by Oren P. Hill and en
dorsed by others present. Mr. Hill
suggested it be proposed to the For
est Service as an unemployment re
lief measure and said Arthur Moa had
offered to draft a map to assist in
presenting the project. Mr. Hill and
B. B. Smith w-ere delegated as a com
mittee to handle the matter and to
invite Mr. Moa to assist.
A proposal to install a new street
light over the dark side walk below !
Attorney Blue's office was discussed, j
Mr. Smith, light company manager, j
agreed to donate the current free if!
the Chamber of Commerce would in i
stall the light. Ernest Love agreed to {
perform the work.
More Carnegie Books Enroute
Five new additions to the re
cently installed Carnegie En-'
dowment International Mind
Alcove at the Public Library
are now enroute from New
York, it is announced in a let
ter received by Librarian H.
R.. Cross this week.
The titles of the new books
are, “Streseman,” by Rudolph
Alden: “Thomas Masaryk,”
by “C. J. C.;” “Tepoztlan,”
by Robert Redfield; “Interna
tional Law and International
Relations,’’ by Elizabeth F.
Read, and “The Path of'
Peace,’’ by Nicholas Murray
Butler.
The first two give a splen-'
did insight into the lives and j
the countries of two of Eur- i
ope’s great statesmen; the'
third provides a view of the |
daily life of a Mexican village; |
the fourth treats of a subject |
which is the foundation of in
ternational life, and the fifth
provides a clearer view of the
forces that are working for a
Four Candidates Nominated
For . Hyder School Board
Four candidates for mem
bership on the Hyder School
Board were nominated at a
special meeting of the
School Board held in Chamber
of Commerce hall last Satur
day evening. Two of the can
I didates are ladies, Mrs. H. R.
i Cross and Mrs. E. D. Haddon,
the other two being' Wm. R.
McDonnell and N. M. Traversy.
Mr. Traversy, who is a direct
or on the present school board,
j was the only member of the
old board to offer himself for
reelection.
Mrs. Cross and Mr. McDonnell
were nominated to fill the one
year term, while Mrs. Haddon
and Mr. Traversy were named
for the two-year term.
Although held under the
auspices of the School Board,
-he meeting was not strictly a
school board affair, but was
called by the board in defer
ence to a long established local
custom of nominating school
board candidates at a public
neeting. Mr. Traversy presid
ed and D. J. Mulcare, clerk of
the school board, acted as
secretary.
During the course of the
meeting Director Traversy an
nounced that nominated can
didates who desired to with
draw from the race before
election day, could do so by
submitting a written withdraw
al to -the clerk of the school
board.
Mr. Traversy also voiced the
opinion that it would be a
good idea for the School
Board to make a report to the
public on school affairs, show
ng them what had been done
during the school term and al
■50 what was proposed to be
done. This proceedure, he said, j
would give the public a better
understanding of school board
affairs and tend to create in
creased interest in the conduct
of the school.
It was also suggested that a j
Teacherage, for the accomoda-1
tion of the school teacher, be
built here, as has been done in
other parts of Alaska and in
the States.
The meeting also decided by
vote that the polls are to be
open from 9 A. M. to 7 P. M.
on election day, March 14, and ,
that the School Board select i
the election judges and clerks.
Movie Matinees Scheduled
An afternoon display of the
usual Sunday evening program
will be given at the Hyder j
moving picture theater tomor
row, it was announced this
week by proprietor Frank
Nagle. The institution of a
matinee display is in the nat
ure of an accomodation to
many patrons, and particularly '
those of Stewart, who fre
quently find it difficult to at- j
tend the evening show.
The program will be the
same as at the regular Sun
day evening display and will
start at 2:30 P. M. Mr. Nagle;
states that the afternoon shows I
will be continued each Sunday
as long as patronage permits.
stable international peace.
All are of a class which the
Library is exceedingly fortu
nate in securing.
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
NOW IN SESSION
The 1931 session of the
Alaska Legislature convened
in Juneau last Monday but no
information regarding pro
ceedings has been received
here up to the present.
The question of who would
be speaker of the House and
chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee appears
from the Juneau Empire to
have been the theme of con
siderable speculation in the
capitol city. The Empire states
that if J. II. Murray would ac
cept the speakership it prob
ably would be his, since he
has served in six of the pre
vious nine sessions and is un
doubtedly one of the most pop
ular members ever serving in
the House. But he has con
sistently discouraged any men
tion of his name in connection
with the speakership in the
past and probably won’t hear
of it in the present term.
Rep. Andrew Nerland, of
Fairbanks, served as speaker
in 1921 and may come in foi
consideration and Rep. Frank
H. Foster, who is entering on
his fourth term is also regard
ed as having excellent chances.
A. H. Ziegler, Ketchikan, or
Grover C. Winn, Juneau,
might be selected.
Mr. Foster, in a public state
ment last week apparently j
voiced the prevailing senti
ment of the legislators in de- i
daring that economy in gov- I
ernment expenditures is the
paramount need. Unless ap- i
propriations are curbed, the j
Territory will be faced with an !
actual deficit at the end of the j
next bi-ennium, he asserted.
Mr. Foster is also favorable to j
the repeal of the Alaska Bone j
Dry Law, which he declared, I
is certain to come before the
Legislature. He and other
members expressed themselves
as seeing little call for any
great amount of legislation
and the passage of fewer laws
than usual is indicated from
opinions expressed by mem
bers.
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Senate Passes Search
Without-Warrant Game Bill i
The House bill amending the
Alaska Game Law and giving
to employees of the Alaska!
Game Commission wide lati
tude in making searches with
out warrants, in addition to
the other changes in the
game law, passed the Senate
a few days ago, according to
an announcement by Game
Commission officials reported
in the Juneau Empire.
The measure, reference to
which was made in earlier
editions of the Herald, was
protested by nearly every
Chamber of Commerce in the
Territory, but without effect.
The measure authorizes
game wardens and other em
ployees to search without war
lants, camp and pack outfits,
boats, automobile and virtually
all other places where they
have reason to believe contra- i
band furs are concealed.
The bill also authorizes the
imposition of a local hunting
license fee of $1 and a com
bination hunting and trapping
license fee of $2.
iLOST CANADIAN
AIRMEN LOCATEt
Fears regarding the fate of Oanai!
ian air pilots It. I. Van Per Byl am
W. A. Joerss and air engineer Etni
Kading, who disappeared mysterhui
iy February 2S, after leaving Tel
graph Creek enroute to Vancouver it
tlie salvaged plane of the late Capt
K. .1. A. Burke, were set at rest Fri
day when the missing airmen arrivei
at Ft. Jam us. CO miles north of Van
derhoof, according to a special di
patch received l>> the Stewart New
loo late for pultlicution in the curreii
! weekly edition of that journal.
Tlie flyers, the message said, hat
been compelled to abandon the ill-fat
etl Burke plane at Thickly I louse, man
the north end of Takla I.ake, as i
result of a broken ctigim cyllfnl r
Unable to proceed fart lit i in tb
plane, Che men, one of whom, Emi
Kading, was with Capt. Burke at the
time of the unfortunate accident in
the Atlin section which resulted is
the latter losing his life, were com
pelled to musli out from Bueklj
House.
Breuer Condemns System of
Electing School Commissi;ner
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i Declaring that the removal
j of the office of Commission of
Education from an .appointive
to an elective basis was “un
imely and unprogressive” and
! “a step backward, according
to educational theory and prac
tice of the present day,” L.
VV. Breur, retiring Territor
ial Commissioner of Education,
tecommends the removal of
the office “from the present
' political atmosphere,” in his
report for the school biennium
ended June 30, last.
Instead of electing the Com
missioner of Education, Mr.
Breur’s report, which recom
mends seventeen changes in
the present system of school
administration, suggests the re
vision of the present Territor
ial department to meet the
future needs of the school sys
tem, which he asserts “is grow
ing and will continue to grow.”
“This revision,” Mr. Breur
says, “should be centered
about the Territorial Board of
Education and its executive
officer, the Commissioner of
Education,” and suggests that
the board be reorganized to
consist of five lay members
and the Governor, who can
give their time solely to the
study of our educational sys
tem and its problems, and who
should “receive this position
by appointment, free of pol
itical influence
Mr. Breuer suggests that the
lay members of the board be
appointed one from each of
the judicial divisions and one
from the ten itory at large, for
a term of six years, the term
of not more than two members
to expire in the same year.
The Governor in such event
to be an ex- officio member
of the board.
“The object, he says, “being
to get the best qualified mem
bers possible.”
“Conditions,” he adds, “tend
to put such appointments in
the hands of the Governor.
While it is true that there
might be objections to this
method, it seems the best. Such
appointments to be concurred
in by Legislature.”
The board should be endow
ed with all the powers and
duties of the present organi
zation, and such others as may
be necessary to the school
system, in addition to the pow
er of appointing the Commis
sioner for four-year terms,
with power of dismissal. Re
imbursement of the board
members would he confined to
Veterans Elect Officers
I Noel M. Traversy was re
elected president of the loca
branch of the American Le
?ion at the meeting of tha
i organization held in Chambe
! of Commerce Hall last week
Other officers named wen
1 Ralph Young, secretary, wh<
succeeded D, J. Mulcare, re
igned, and Oren F. Hill, whc
was elected to the post of ser
vice officer.
The meeting was attendee
by the following ex-service
men: N. M. Traversy, D. J
j Mulcare- i*. Callahan E. L
; Dale, C. J. Davis, Gus Ellich
j C. B. Hager, O. F. Hill, Holgei
Johnson, D. E. Martin, A. J
Mayer, C. L. Turner.
Among matters of genera
interest discussed wAs a pro
1 posal to secure suitable head
tones for the graves of de
;ceased veterans in the loca!
| cemetary. These include ' the
! graves of Fred Dory, Samuel
L. Fry, James Maddon, and
Wm. Murphy.
Discussions of the plans for
i l he hospitalization of veterans
n the Stewart hospital and
local medical treatment, a con
; tract which was recently auth
| orized by the Veteran’s Bur
j oau, constituted a prominent
part of the proceedings and re
: suited in a decision that certi
I tied copies of veteran’s army
! and navy discharges shall be
: filed with the Service Officer,
j who will keep on file all re
1 cords of the members; the ob
jiect being to facilitate hos
pitilization of members in case
! of need.
The Legion meeting followed
a general meeting of ex-ser
vice men, including both Le
: gion members and non-mem
bers, which was attended by
about 16 ex-service men. N. M.
Traversy presided and D. J.
Mulcare officiated as secret
ary.
The object of the meeting
was to advise local veterans
that they can now secure hos
pitalization in the Stewart hos
pital and to facilitate action
in that direction by the filing
of copies of discharges from
the service with the service of
ficer of the local American Le
gion branch.
It was brought out that a
veteran need not be a member
of the Legion to secure hos
pitalization.
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Commenting- last week on
the splendid advertisement
given the Hyder and Stewart
districts by the Alaska Weekly
of Seattle, the full name of
that widely known Alaska pub
lication was omitted by the
Herald as a result of an unfor
tunate typographical error. We
hasten to rectify the omission,
while tendering regretful apol
ogies to that excellent publi
caion, whose efforts in behalf
of Alaskan development are
highly appreciated.
“expenses and subsistence in
curred in attending meetings
of the board at the capitol.
Another important recom
mendation is the amending of
the present school law, pro
viding that new school boards
take office seven days after
election, so that the old board
would continue to serve until
the end of the school year on
June 30.
M, S. ZAPORA MAKES
FIRST LOCa CULL
Inaugurating a new bi-weekly freight
and passenger transportation service
between Seattle and Hyder, the mo
torship Zapora of the Wills Naviga
tion Company, with Captain J. H.
Foreman, general manager of the
company, in command, arrived in port
at 2 P. M. Friday afternoon. In ad
dition to 14 passengers for various
Alaska points, the Zapora carried a
large quantity of cargo, some of
I which was for Hyder. The vessel re
j mained here several hours before
leaving for northern points.
The Zapora is a stout and trimly
built vessel and presents an exceed
ingly fine appearance. She is slightly
larger than the M. S. Norco but of
somewhat smaller cargo capacity and
has accomodations for 16 first class
passengers. Each cabin is spacious
and comfortable, well furnished and
provided with running hot and cold
water. The cargo capacity is 500 tons
and the vessel has a cool room of 40
tons capacity for transporting per
ishables. This is fitted at present
with large ice lockers at each end to
maintain the low-temperatures neces
ary, but the Wills company is plan
ing to install automatic refrigerating
Hant in April, which will provide
perfect cold storage.
1 he Zapora has been operating
steadily in Alaska waters for several
years and maintains regular service
oetween Seattle and many of the
smaller points along the Alaska coast
according to Capt. Foreman. During
ine summer season the vessel visits
L.°"ltSA,as far t0 the westward as
Fort Altrop, hut the bulk of the com
pany business is with the more out
l>ing points along the Alaskan Arch
upelago between Ketchikan and Jun
eau, many of which are not reached
by the larger vessels.
Relative to the contemplated local
service, Capt. Foreman reiterated the
statements made in telegrams from
the Wills company received here last
week, stating that the company is
ready to provide a dependable, regu
lar, direct service between Seattle
and Hyder, with sailing from Seattle
every two weeks. This will be main
tained throughout the year in the
event that reasonable amount of ton
nage can be secured.
"Catering as we are to the smaller
places along the Alaska coast,” Capt
Foreman said, “we are not expecting
large tonnages, and can operate on a
much smaller individual tonnage than
the larger vessels. We have been
giving a steady and satisfactory ser
vice to these smaller places for years,
and this is the best assurance that
we can serve Hyder in a dependabl6
md satisfactory manner. We feel that
Hyder is entitled to a continuous di
rect service from Seattle and wish to
make it our first port of call in the
future."
ASKS $500,000 EXTRA
FOR ALASKA RAILROAD
The Seattle Chamber of
Commerce in a strongly word
ed resolution, has urged a de
ficiency appropriation of
?500,000 for the Alaska Rail
road for the next fiscal year
and entered a vigorous protest
against the raising of passen
ger and freight rates. It called
| upon delegations from Wash
I uigton, Oregon and California
j to take some action to obtain
| favorable action before Con
| gress adjourns. A copy of the
: resolution submitted to the
i Juneau Chamber of Commerce
j declared, in view of the de
I creased operating revenues
provided by Congress for next
year and the order for rate in
creases, an emergency existed
in interior Alaska, according
to the Juneau Empire.
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Two Under Arrest For
Murder of Ketchikan Man
With the arrest of Bert Mc
Donald at Portland and of
Lloyd Close at Ketchikan,
Federal authorities are con
fident they have solved the
mystery of the killing last Oct
ober of George P. Marshal,
fish buyer, near Ketchikan.
Both men have been charged
with murder in first degree
as a result of the investigations
of T. N. Henry, a Special In
vestigator of the Bureau of
Investigation, who was sent to
Alaska to conduct the inquiry
at the request of United States
Attorney II. D. Stabler.