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VOL 1, NO. 27
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCNTH
SPEEDING UP ON RIVER
VIEW GOLD CO. GROUND
With the return of manager
Arthur Moa this week work on
Fish Creek properties of the
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.
is taking on added impetus in
anticipation of a large increase
of development activities dur
ing the open season, including
the installation of extensive
machinery equipment for the
mine and the construction of a
4000-foot tram between the
mine and a point on the Salmon
River road. A portion of the
new equipment is already here
and the rest is contracted
for and will arrive later in the
season when essential prepar
ations for its installations are
completed. It is the intention
to install the tram line first,
thus facilitating the handing
of the mine equipment later
on and reducing to a minimum
what would be a very heavy
transportation expense under
other methods of transportat
ion. The storage dam for the
water system will also be com
pleted during the interim so
that everything will be in read
iness to hook up and go within
a short time after the machine
ry arrrives. It is also the intent
ion to enlarge camp accomo
dations to house a bigger crew.
Mr. Moa spent a large part of
the winter in the states select
ing the new equipment and
with its installation will push
development at the best pace
possible. Development work
has continued in the Skookum
Creek tunnel throughoqt the
winter with a crew’ of five men
employed.
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FORMER HYDERITE
FOUND DEAD IN
LONELY SPOT
John Groelinger, miner, pros
pector and old time resident of
Alaska, who was formerly a
resident of this section, was
found dead March 9th, on the
Ward’s Cove road, near Ketch
ikan, with what is believed to
be a self-inflicted bullet wound
in his forehead, according to
Ketchikan advices received in
the last mail.
Groelinger, had been missing
since February 24, prior to
which he had displayed evi
dences of despondency. The
body was found by two Sunday
outing parties, in a reclining
position in a small cove where
the tide rose to a height to cov
er a portion of the body. A .25
calibre revolver from which
one shot had been fired lay on
the ground between his legs.
The body lay in such a posit
ion that to the casual observer
it looked as though the man
were sleeping or resting with
his hat drawn over his eyes.
From the condition of the re
mains it appeared he had been
dead close to two weeks. A
search of his home revealed
he had left a vague note to
Jack Bailey, a friend, referring
to bygone family troubles and
declaring he “would take the
blame for it all.” It was signed
“Goodbye: John Groelinger.”
His effects were in perfect ord
er. He left a rough will made
February 23, and witnessed by
neighbors, who did not know
its contents, in which he be
queathed half his property to
two Ketchikan friends, and the
remainder to his brother in
Germany, of which country he
was a native.
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Arthur Sharpe, formerly of
Surf Inlet, arrived on the Ca
mousum Monday to take the
place-of S. Embleton at the
Premier dock, the latter hav
ing been promoted to a posit
ion on the office staff at the
mine.
MACHINERY FOR
NORTH AND SOUTH
Gustave Seiffert, manager of
the Emperor Mines, formerly
known as the North and South
Syndicate, and one of the most
widely known mining men in
the North, arrived on the last
trip of the Prince Rupert to re
Isnme operations on the comp
any properties in the Glacier
Creek section.. Mr. Seiffert
brought in a shipment of mine
machinery and equipment ap
proximating 25 tons weight
and including a compressor,
a boiler and winch, ore cars
and rails, a drill press, drill
sharpener, complete black
smith equipment and a large
!quantity of miscellaneous sup
plies. such as pipe, lumber, ce
ment, and building material.
It is the intention of the comp
any to inaugurate large scale
development operations as
soon as the new equipment can
be installed. The company is
adequately financed to carry
on for a long period.
Among the chief activities
outlined in the program will
be the driving of a second
cross cut tunnel, w7hich is ex
pected to tap the big vein en
countered last fall at a prob
able depth of 350 feet or so.
The tunnel driven last sum
mer cut the ledge at a depth
of 75 feet at a distance of 110
feet from the tunnel portal.
The ore body was found at
that time to average about 15
feet in width a marked in
crease over the width of the
surface showing. The ore was
also found to be of improved
character in the tunnel, as
compared to the outcrops.
t-'ermanent camps were con
structed last summer with am
ple accommodations for a good
sized crew, and a compressor
house will be added to house
the new equipment.
The company properties are
excellently located north and
east of the Dun well and are
believed to carry extensions of
the Dunwell vein system. The
outcrops indicate the presence
of several strong veins the
principal of which has been
traced for something over a
thousand feet by means of
open cuts. The extent and
character of the ore found so
far indicate a most promising
future for the property.
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Miss Mave Coombs, popular
teacher of the public school,
entertained the members of the
Bachelor Maid’s Club at her
home on Premier Avenue, Sat
urday evening. Bridge, Mah
Jongg and dancing were the
chief diversions and a delect
able luncheon was served.
Those attending were:
Miss Helen Hall, Miss Marion
Hunt,, E. W. Hinckley, Holger
Johnson, Ben Oien, Hubert
Thomas, Jens Pederson and
Ray Snyder.
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M R. Wilson, currently re
ported to be an hydro-electric
engineer sent in by the Gug
genheim interests to investi
gate the local water power
de\elopment possibilities, is a
visitor in town this week.
Whether Mr. Wilson’s pres
ence here has anything to do
.with the Sotile Glacier Creek
power proposal could not be
ascertained.
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Mrs. Edgar Provinse, Arthur
Moa Earl Hinckley, Wm. Me
Grew and three other passen
gers arrived # from Ketchikan
during the week. ’
Seymour Campbell, superin
tendent of the Silver Crest op
erations, returned on the Cam
osum from a visit to the south.
An ore car, a quantity of rails
and other equipment for the
same property also arrived on
|the Rupert Thursday.
HIGH GRADE ON
VICTORIA MINES-REPORT
-A last minute report from
Stewart says a strike of high
grade ore has been made on
the properties of the Victoria
Mines on Glacier Creek, north
6f and adjoining the Dunwell.
Accurate details could not be
obtained. The high grade is
said to have been located
along the hanging wall of the
big ore zone tapped in the No.
4 tunnel late last month. The
ore is reported to show consid
erable quantities of sulphates,
iron and lead and is said to
carry an unusual gold content.
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An unusually large cargo of
freight arriving on the Prince
Rupert Thursday included a
large supply of oil for the
Indian mine. The shipment is
said to be the first of several
similar consignments to supply
fuel needs at the mine during
the summer season. Three big
galvanized iron storage tanks
for storing the oil supply of the
Lakeview were also included in
the cargo carried.
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GIVES CORRECTED
FIGURES ON POWER *
PLANT PROPOSAL
In a communication to the
Herald Mr. P. R. Backus, en
gineer in charge of the recent
survey of the Soule Glacier
Creek, hydro-electinc power
proposal, calls attention, to a
number of errors in a recent
article devoted to that import
ant project.
Mr. Backus states -that the
figures given relative to the av
erage flow of the stream at
the time of the survey are not
in accord with his report, from
which most of the dfita was ob
tained.
in piace oi a minimum aver
age of 80 cubic feet per second,
as given in the article referred
to, his readings, he says, gave
60 cubic feet per second above
the lower dam site and 80 cub
ic feet per second at two points
in the lower of the two can
yons and below the clam site.
These figures do not show that
under the then existing ex
treme low water conditions the
flow alone would assure 3500
horsepower. On the contrary,
these figures disclose that,
with a dam built at the upper
end of the lower canyon, the
flow of the stream under sim- j
ilar low-water conditions could
not be depended upon to pro
vide only a little more than j
1000 horse power. However,'
by building a dam at the upper
icanyon, he says, the storage1
capacity so secured would be
I great enough to assure an an
nual minimum of consider
ably over 3500 horse power,
even with an allowance of
from two to three months for
low water. He also points out
that his report does not indi
cate that a dam at the upper
canyon 100 feet high would
back the water up for two or
three miles, as indicated in the
newspaper article. To accomp
lish this object a dam 150 feet
high would be necessary.
Mr. Backus also takes except
ion to the statement made re
garding the probable number
iof acre feet of storage which
! would be secured by means of
a dam built at the upper
canyon, stating that his report
did not give any probable acre
Jfeet of storage, as accurate fig
ures could not be obtained save
by a careful survey..
In disavowing the last state
ment Mr. Backus is quite cor
rect as the figures given were
not contained in his report and
were derived from other sour
ces of information.
The Misses Hilda Watson and
Hildred Asselind, of Vancouv
er, who spent the past two
weeks or so in the district, as
the guests of Mrs. J. O. Lyon,
left on the Rupert.
•ALASKA LEGISLATURE
IS UNDER WAY
4 The seventh Alaska Legislat
|ure is now in full swing at Jun
;6au, with all members present
;save Senator Forrest J. Hunt,
iwho has been granted a three
I weeks’ leave of absence owing
fto illness. The assembly was
formally organized Monday
and Tuesday of last week
(Mch. 2-3). Senator Fred M.
Ayer, of Nome, was elected
president of the Senate by
unanimous vote. Mrs. Delia B.
Chace was chosen for Secre
tary, May Wahl for assistant
secretary, Rev Bruce for chap
lain and R. M. Holley, ser
geant-at-arms. Five clerks
were also named.
| A sharp contest developed ov
er the speakership in the house
! between Rep. Murry, of the
! Third Division and Rep. Ross
I of the Fourth. A compromise
I was effected later whereby
i Murry withdrew in favor of
[Rep. Wilcox of the Third Div
lision and Ross was given the
.chairmanship of the ways and
[means committee.
; Lawrence G. Kerr, of Nome,
[was elected chief clei'lc of the
(house and Hairy Morton, of
iJuneau, for assistant clerk.
|Rev. Kashevaroff, of Juneau,
j was selected for chaplain and
[Byron Olson for sergeant-at
arms. Five stenographers were
i also named.
| Governor Scott C. Bone deliv
ered a brief message on the
third day of the session,, advo
cating a change in the present
election law making the ability
to read and write a necessary
qualification for all electors.
He also urged liberal support
of the Alaska Agricultural Col
lege and School of Mines, at
Fairbanks, recommended the i
repeal of a number of obsolete !
laws and declared that few !
new laws are necessary at this :
time. Additional recommend
ations were: to extend an in
vitation to the conference cf
Governors to visit Alaska next1
! summer; enlarged quarters
for the Alaska Library and
|Historical Museum, at Juneau,
and the placing of a memorial !
stone to mark the burial
j ground of the late governor
John G. Brady, of Sitka.
The first move toward chang
ing the election law was made
during the first days of the ses
sion by Rep. Grant, who intro
jduced a voting qualification
: bill, which provides that the
| voter must sign his name in
! the registration books. The
j purpose appears to be to test
j whether the voter can read
and write.
The advices say fewer bills
than usual will be introduced
during the session.
H. G. White, who has been
engaged for more than two
months in thoroughly sampling
the Dunwell, left. Thursday for
Victoria to report on his find
ings.
According to reports the de
parture of Mr. White was
somewhat hastened by the re
ceipt of a telegram from the
j company requesting him to re
port on his findings as soon as
possible. This is taken to mean
that a deal for the property i3
under way.
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A large amount of freight is
moving up the valley daily and
the various transfer and mine
hauling outfits are busy. Sup
plies are being laid in for sum
mer use by practically every
active operation along the up
per Salmon, including the Pre
mier, B. C. Silver, Indian, Daly j
Alaska, Mountainview , and '
Bush properties. In point of
quantity, the Riverside and
Premier, with large crews at
work, lead th list, with Daly
Alaska, B. C. Silver and Indian
j following.
CONGRESS REFUSES
EXTEND ROAD ACT
TO ALASKA
The measure providing for
the extension of the Federal
Aid Road Act to Alaska was
killed by the 68th Congress,
after four years struggle to se
cure its passage, according to
Colonel Jas. G. Steese, presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
| mission, who recently returned
to Juneau from Washington,
D. C. During his two months
stay in the capitol Col. Steese
| made every possible effort to
| secure consideration of the
jproposal, backed by memorials
i from the Territorial legislature j
'and the legislatures of several
;western states; and also by
■resolutions secured by him
from the annual conventions of
the American Road Builders
| Association but could achieve
no results, the Committee on
Roads refusing to consider the
extension of the act to Alaska
on the same basis as other
fates. In explanation of the
Committee’s view point, Col.
Stees is reported in the Juneau
Empire as follows:
I “This action is readily under
stood when one realizes that
upon the same basis as other
states, Alaska, due to its great
extent of unoccupied land, |
[would receive a larger fund for j
road construction, between
four and five million dollar.'
per year, than any of the great ;
industrial states such as New ;
York and Pennsylvania.
“During the last two years ef
forts have been concentrated
upon securing the extension of
the federal aid upon a reduced
area basis, but the Department j
of Agriculture has been unwill- j
ing to agree to terms favorable ;
to the Territory or that resultj
in more road funds than under j
existing arrangements.
“In lieu therof, the appropri
ations Committee of both the
Senate and House, of Repre
sentatives agreed to a greatly
increased appropriation for
road and trail construction un
der the Alaska Road Commis
sion. They also passed perma
nent legislation authorizing
the creation of obligations be
ginning on March 1st every
year against the next year’s
prospective appropriation.”
Col. Steese stated that new
federal appropriations were j
secured for road work during j
the current year as follows:
Deficiency $ 55,000
Regular 900,000
McKinley Nat’l Park 180,000
Alaska Fund 125,000
Total $ 1,260,000
The above does not include
I funds from Territorial cooper
ation estimated at$l 10,000.
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Several tons of mine equip
ment and supplies arrived on
the steamer Camosum for the
Independence. The shipment
'included a new ore car, a
: quantity of rails, steel and oth
er pupplies for use during the
summer.
L e reports, from the south
say that Independence stock
has sold well in Vancouver and
Victoria during the winter
and the treasury is well sup
plied with funds to carry on
for a considerable time to
:come. Seven men are now em
ployed at the mine.
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Lon Doggett left Tuesday
morning with one man to re
sume development on his
promising Border Group, near
; the boundary line at 13 Mile.
! A cross cut tunnel started last
jsummer will be extended to
• tap a highly mineralized ore
;zone, which surface outcrops
! indicate to be approximately
J35 feet or more in width. The
i tunnel is now in 60 feet, with
| the lace‘apparently about 35
jor 40 feet from the ore body.
PARKS TO STICK
TO PRESENT JOB
George Alexander Parks,
Alaska’s new governor to be,
will continue to pursue his pres
ent duties as chief of the Field
Division of the General Land
Office until the time arrives to
take over the duties of the Gov
ernor’s office, on June 15, ac
cording to a recent statement.
Up to the present Mr. Parks
has not issued any statements
regarding the policies of his of
fice.
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“Neath Winter’s Mantle” was
the poetical and highly de
scriptive title selected by Pho
tographer H. A. Ives for his
newest photo production, a
beautiful winter scene in the
upper townsite, at the close of
the name contest held last
ta the Midget Emporium.
The title adopted by Mi.
Ives was an adaption of a title
submitted by H. H. Howard,
“Winter’s Mantle.” Having
come closest to the winning
title, Mr. Howard was awarded
the prize, a handsomely fram
ed copy of the photograph.
More than thirty title suggest
ions were hand- l in during the
contest, by the various contest
ants, many of them disclosing
a rare appreciation of the
charming combination of snow
covered trees and mountains
and the “homey” log cabin in
the foreground.
The picture is by long odd3
the most beautiful Northern
winter scene the s r'be recalls
having seen in m ri than a few
years in the Territorv and
Mr. Ives is to be congratul ited
at his success in securing such
a charming combination of ef
fects. •
Following is the list of t‘ lc
suggestions from which the
selection was made.
Regan’s Blind Pig, Com'\vt,
Sun, Snow, Smoke—A Study,
The House That Jack Built,
Winter’s Exquisite Charm,
W here Winter Begins, Winter,
Quiet And—Still, A Study in
Still Life, Wonderful Alaska,
Winter’s Mantle, Prospector’s
Cabin, Domes And Turrets,
Home Sweet Home, Bachelor’s
Retreat, Home Sweet Home—
Hyder Alaska, The Home of
Dreams, My Hyder Home
Sweet Home, The Path to
Peace, The Lure of the North,
The Snow Storm Over. The
Lace Maker’s Pattern, Happi
ness, Home of the Frost King,
Bella Vista, Peace (1), The
Thunder of the Silence, Little
Gray Home Out West, The
Sentinel, Contentment, Now
The Day Is Over, Peace (2),
The Miner’s Dream of Home,
Winter Contentment.
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The Federal District Court
for the First Division will com
mence its spr:n? session in
'Ketchikan April 9th, accord
nig to a recent announcement
{by the Ketch'kan Chronicle.
The court is now in session at
Juneau, trying a number of
leases from other districts, in
I eluding the D. W Flannigan
land Romeo Hoyt eases. trans
ferred from the Fairbanks dis
I trict.
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j The Loyal Order of Mon-e
jwill hold a benefit dance at
Pioneer Hall on the evening
of Friday April 17th, it was
announced by the lodge en
tertainment committee this
week. Admission will be $1.50.
ladies free as usual. Details of
the program will be announc
ied later. The proceeds will go
■ to Stewart General hospital
I to help pay the balance due
on the X-Ray machine recent
ly installed.
Wm. McGrew is back from a
visit of several weeks in the
South, where he made an ad
vantageous deal for the sale
of the McGrew-Fernrld Hobo
Group to Vancouver interests.
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