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HYDEP, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULYU926
FIFTY CENTS A ECMB
ORE COMING DOWN
FROM PORTER IDAHO
Recent visitors to the Porter j
Idaho report that high grade '■
ore is coming down the hill at
the rate of fifty odd sacks a I
day. Something over 600 sacks '
are already assembled at the i
beach landing in readiness foi 1
shipment to the smelter. Jack
Rennie who holds the packing
contract, is using 19 head of
horses iti transporting the ore
to the beach.
Work is proceeding in both
the upper and lower tunnels
and ore is coming down from
both levels.
The winze in the upper tun
nel is being sunk to greater j
depth on the ore. The winze '
had reached a depth of 96 I
feet below the surface last ;
Monday, with the ore showing
increasing values with ever} j
foot of depth. Managing di |
rector Clay Porter plans tc
continue the winze to about
100 feet before starting tc
drift both ways on the ore.
Stoping is in progress in the j
lower tunnel on two immense
bodies of milling ore of 8 and
12 feet respectively. Both are j
said to be practically solid ore !
from wall to wall and consti
tute immensely valuable ore j
resources for future operat- j
ions. ,
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U. S. Mineral Surveyor Frank
A. Metcalf, of Juneau, is eu- j
gaged in making a survey of
the original Riverside group
preparatory to the commence |
ment of patent proceedings.
The properties to be includeo !
in the survey are the Rivei
side, RiverView and Caribou
claims. Patent proceedings in
volving two other property
belonging to the Riverside
group, the Last Shot No’s 1 |
and 2, were recently complet
ed.
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Mrs. Albert Mayer, who be
came ill very suddenly last
week, is reported convalescing
nicely.
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Hon. Thomas A. Marquam,
Independent candidate for del-;
egate to Congress, arrived in i
camp today on the steamer
Bellingham to look over the j
local situation in connection
with his candidacy. He will
leave this evening enroute to ;
other Alaskap, points but ex
pects to return to Hyder dur
ing the campaign period.
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The output 'of “the Riverside |
mine is steadily increasing a*;
a result of recent development
work. A depth of nearly 700
feet has been attained in the
lower workings.
Messrs. S. C. Hibbard, head
of the Hibbard, Stewart Fur
Co. of Seattle, and C. B. Brown
Los Angeles capitalist, both oi
whom are associates of F. C.
Outland in the Outland Silver
Bar group, arrived from the
south last week to look over
the results of recent develop
ment operations on that high
ly promising property
Mr. Brown was accompanied
by Mrs- Brown.
TEXAS CREEK ROAD
SURVEY UNDER WA\
Hope for the early construct
ion of a wagon road into thf
remarkably mineralized Texas
Creek section was revived Iasi
week by the announcement oi
Mr. Fred R. Hughes, repre
tentative of the engineering
department of the Bureau o1
Public Roads, that he has
been instructed to make a sur
vey of the locality with a view
to future road construction.,
Mr. Hughes, Jias now beer
engaged on the survey toi
some days, assisted by his
brother, Palmer Hughes, anc
Peter Welle, and a crew oJ
three or four others..
So far as can be learned al
present, the Bureau of Pubm
Roads has no funds availabit
or starting a project of such
;haracter at this time. Enough
noney has been appropriatec
'or completing the survey bui
hat apparently is all that cai
)e looked for this year. How
;ver, the fact that the survej
>f a wagon road has been au
horized is convincing evidenct
hat the Bureau of Publu
Roads officials are looking
orv/ard to the constructor
>f a more convenient highway
han is afforded by the presem
jack trail and are making
^reparations in accordance.
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Chas. E. Herron head of the
Hyder Jumbo and Hydei
5kookum mining companies
eft Tuesday on the Prince
Jharles, after a week in camp
Mr. Herron was accompanied
>y Addison Brown, of New
fork, who was his companioi
m the trip north.
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A. R. Sutton, a member of the
Texas Creek road survey crew
sustained a severe cut on his
tpper lip last wreek while cut
ing boughs from trees along
he line of the survey. While
ittacking a particualrly tougl
)ough, the axe slipped fron
button’s hands and droppec
everal feet, the keen edge
•atching him squarely across
he lip and cutting through tc
he bone. Six or seven stitches
-vere inserted by Dr. Whillan:
jefore the wound wras proper
y closed.
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Six new ore cars arrived thi:
veek for the B. C. Silver. A.
'arge consignment of lumbei
dso arrived for the Dunwel
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W. B. Moultrie, district super
vision manager of sub station:
"or the Standard Oil Com
pany, was an arrival on th<
Prince Charles.
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A shipment of birch logs cu
lear Anchorage, went soutl
■ecently consigned to thi
Wheeler Osgood Company o
Tacoma, to show the size am
quality of the timber. Th<
;hipment was made at the re
quest of Representative Bei
A. Grier, with the coopera
tion of Noel Smith, who be
iieves there is an ampl
amount of good quality hire'
along the railroad belt to jus!
ify large operations.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
CELEBRATION BEST IN
CAMP’S HISTORY
With balmy breezes and
warm sunshine giving added
zest to the festive spirit of the
day, Hyder celebrated Inde
pendence Day Monday with
an enthusiasm never before
manifested in the camp’s hist
ory. Save for the unregretted
absence of the noisy firecrack
er, and other ear-shattering
devices, the celebration was de
lightfully reminiscent of one
of the old-fashioned 4th cele
brations, where everyone turn
ed out and had a rollicking
good time and talked about it
for weeks afterward. And
he residents of Hyder were
iot alone in their observance
of the nation’s birthday, for
he bulk of the citizens of
Stewart, B. C., came over and
helped their American cousins
with vim and vigor; thereby
making the celebration a tru
ly international affair. The
international aspect was fur
ther enhanced by the presence
of numerous Canadian flags
imong the gay streamei's of
j red, white and blue lining the
i oiincipal thoroughfares and
waving from every flag pole
! and vantage point. Practically
every business house was em
! bellished in some degree, while
a number of the more import
: ant establishments presented
| decidedly handsome window
displays and building decorat
; ions.
The chief feature of the cele
bration, the grand parade, was
not started until somewhat
later than scheduled, owing to
the non-arrival of a consider
able number of visitors from
Premier, but was far and away
the largest and most ornate
ever witnessed here and in
cluded a number of very hand
some floats and beautifully
decorated cars. Starting on
Premier Avenue near the Pre
mier Co. buildings and led by
Marshal of the Day T. W. Mc
Donald on horseback, the pa
rade included the following
units: Marshal’s car, hand
somely decorated; Bureau of
Public Road truck, containing
Col. E . R. Stivers, dressed
most realistically as Uncle
Sam; Miss Evelyn Blanton as
I a most effective Miss Colum
bia ; Ben Oien, in service uni
11 form and representing the
I; Army,, and Charles Barbee in
the natty uniform of the Navy
j and representing that branch
'of the service; the magnificent
float of the Premier Gold Min
ing Company tram crew, show
’ j ing a faithful replica of the
i famous ore tram of the Pre
! mier mine, and bearing tram
way superintendent Frank
Fisher and other tram offici
als; the float of the Moose
heart Legion, led by nine
^ white and purple clad Legion
j aires on foot; the float entered
* i by the Forest Service Texas
' | Creek road survey crew, and
’ | ingeniously depicting a pros
pector’s cabin surrounded by
trees and hills, with the trans
[ it and rods of the surveyors’
-t craft showing in the realistic
r and decidedly picturesque en
semble ; float of the Bureau of
NEW FIND ON
BIG MISSOURI
Recent visitors to the Big
Missouri report the discovery
recently . of two large and
„strongly mineralized veins of
ore on one of the claims on
which little if any develop
ment work had been done up
to the time the find was made.
A . unique feature of the dis
covery is that it was made at
a point where the trail crosses
the property and where the
outcrops of the two leads
have been walked on for
years without their presence
being discovered. The explan
ation is said to lie in the fact
'hat the ore, although carry
ing high values, shows little
evidence of mineralization on
the surface and also differs
considerably in appearance
from surface indications found
elsewhere on the group. The
company official.* are said to
have considered the find of
s ch importance as to warrant
immediate investigation.
Public Roads crew, with the
:ar almost entirely concealed
by a mantle of wine-colored
flowers and bearing a dimin
utive Uncle Sam, impersonat
ed by Bobby Thomas; float of
Portland Canal Lodge No.
1218, Loyal Order of Moose,
swathed in bunting and flags
and bearing a bevy of happy
children, of which the lodge
is a world famed patron;
“Fairyland” float of the Hy
der Drug Co., depicting a lake
in sylvan surroundings, on
which reposed a golden boat
drawn by a white swan, with
little Sylvia Nakki, holding the
guiding lines. Considered from
the artistic point of view, this
was quite the most beautiful
conception and design in the
parade.
The Riverside mine also con
tributed an amusing entry in
he shape of a cleverly de
signed replica of the famous
Spark Plug, with the mine
caterpillar concealed beneath
the blanket covering and with
Eric Lindgaard inpersonating
Sunshine, and E. B. Henning
son the erratic Barney Google.
A number of decorated auto
mobiles, bearing citizens and
ladies were also included in
the procession, which travers
ed both the down town and
up-town districts via First
Ave., International Way and
Premier Avenue before dis
banding at the base ball
grounds, after a review by the
judges, Messrs. S. C. Hibbard,
of Seattle; Walter Broad,'of
Stewart, B. C., and Frank A.
Metcalf, of Juneau, who
awarded first prize to the Pre
mier tram float; second prize
to the Texas Creek road sur
vey" float, and a special prize
of $20 given personally by
Mr. Hibbard, to the Bureau of
Public roads entry.
The $25 prize offered for
the best decorated building
was awarded to the Hyder
Drug Company, which pre
sented a novel window display
as well as handsome and or
nate outside embellishments.
Following the parade, the
crowd that had lined the
I NEW BACKERS RESUME
VICTORIA DEVELOPMENT
Work on the Victoria Mines
! properties lias been resumed
| under the direction of li
Horst man. A small crew is en
gaged in extending both the
No. 1 and No. 5 tunnels. Tht
work is being done under a
contract calling for extensiont
aggregating 100 feet. The No.
1 tunnel is said to be in over
460 from the portal and with
the heading within 50 feet oi
the promising Sunbeam vein
discovered last year on int
Dunwell and later traced into
the Victoria properties. The
proposed extension is expected
to tap the vein at about 35t
feet depth. The No. 5 tunne,
is in about 95 feet and is ex
to cut the same vein at a depth
of about 85 feet, at a point
several hundred feet north oi
the No. 1 tunnel.
The resumption of operation*
is a result of arrangement!
made recently, whereby Se
attle interests headed by Wm
Martin, have undertaken to fi
nance future operations. •
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streets repaired to the bah ,
ground, where Col. Stivers de
livered an interesting addresr
on the birth and earlier historj
of the American republic
dwelling particularly on the •
causes leading to its inception
and the resultant effects in
the upbuilding of the nation
and the development of it:
later history and institutions.
Although largely narrative, ii
character, the address was dis
tinguished by an excellent
choice of phrase and subject
matter and was decidedly in
•struct)’ve as well as interesting
With the close of Col. Stivers
address the program of field
sports was inaugurated undei
the direction of Walter C
Blanton, chairman of the !
sports committee, assisted by ;
R. C. Young, D. B. Patterson.
H. H. Tanner, A. Wasdahl and
J. D. Littlepage, and resulted I
as follows:
Beys races
100 yd; won by Trigby Han
son, Ellswort Thurman, second.
Little boys race; Anthony So
beralski, Archie Cameron.
Sack race; Trigby Hanson,
Ellsworth Thurman.
3-legged race; Trigby Han
son and Jack Lee; Ellsworth
Thurman and Horton Jack.
Girls’ races
Sack race;, Betty Jack, Kath
leen Becker.
Little girls’ race; Doreen Jack,
Margaret Cameron.
Potato race; Edna Harrison,
Kathlee Becker.
Adult contests:*
Relay race, won by Premier
team, Arseneau, Prout, Kenny
and Miller; second, Lyons Mc
Neill, McDonald, Birch.
Base running contest, men;
Kenny and McNeill, tied at 15
seconds, purse split.
Base running contest, women;
Helen Crawford, 19 seconds,
; won. Betty Jack and Evelyn
j Blanton tied for second in 20
! seconds. Betty given second ai
request of Evelyn.
^00-yd dash, men; Miller, Ken
ny, time 11 seconds.
NEW STANDARD OIL
DOCK UNDER WAY
Logan West, construction
engineer for the Standard Oil
Company, arrived on the
Prince Charles to supervise the
construction of the oil dock
and storage tank to be install
ed by the Standard 01 Com
pany, adjoining the west side
of the Salmon River Dock Co.
docks. The dock structure w.ll
be 20 feet square and will sup
port a storage tank of 45,000
gallons capacity. The materi
als for the tank arrived some
days ago and piles for the
dock are expected to arrive
some time Thursday.
Hans Sorenson, who will di
rect the pile driving work, ar
rived on the Talcu II.
Women’s 75-yd dash; Mrs. «i.
O. Lyon, Miss Harrison.
Nail driving, women; Mrs.
Barron, Mrs. Cameron.
Boys shoe race; Ellsworth
Thurman, Horton Jack, John
ny Barron.
Pie-eating contest.: Ellsworth
Thurman, Horton Jack.
Pillow fight; Dennis WeLfcuri
The tug of war, ball throw.n *
contest, broad jump and sev
era] childrens’ contests wfv
not called owing to the gen
eral desire to witness the ’ n
ball game between Hyd r a ni
Stewart, which proved tre
mendously exciting and ran
to several extra innings be
fore bein g decided in favor
of Stewart by a score of 7 to >
in the 10th frame.
Stewart started with a rush,
annexing 3 in the first and 2 in
the third innings and leaving
Hyder scoreless. The loca*o
then tied the score with 3 m
the 4th, 1 in the 5th and 1 in
•die seventh. The remaining
three innings were a desperate
battle between the teams until
the start of the 10th inning,
vvhn ragged playing by the lo
cals gave the visitors two
points amidst much iang!'tr
over umpires’ decisions on sev
eral close plays. Hyder started
the last session well but was
unable to score and lost born
che $50 purse and the nth
game of the Univer sal '
series. Batteries—Hyder: Mc
Donald, St. Clair, Hinc’ l
Stewart: Smitheringale, Nics
erson. Both teams part n
in a dinner given at the i'lv. •
Grill following the conte .1.
The celebration was conclud
ed with a dance in Pioneer
Hall lasting until 3 a. m. Tues
day and attended by a banner
crowd of dance devotees fr " :
both sides of the boundary. The
music was provided by the tal
ented Premier orchestra. D.n
ing the entertainment Ev 1 rr>
Blanton and Margaret Jan
cowski entertained the crov. *
with highly diverting interpret
tations of the Charleston ana
little Kathleen Brugge, of Ad* e
Arm, danced a number of di
ficult step dances in a mannet
worthy of a professional dan
cr.
The celebration was unmn.-r
ed by any serious accident
and was conducted in a man
ner that entitles the cui
mittee in charge to the high
est praise. *