VOL IV., NO. XXX
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10,1923
FIFTY CENTS A KCNTH
WILLOW CREEK MINES
PRODUCTION FALLa
L. C. Thompson, of the Wil
low Creek Gold Mines, The
Gold Bullion, Wax' Buoy aim
the Lucky Shot, stated in a re
cent interview that operations
on those properties had not
been satisfactory during tnc
past season. In the matter ot
production, he said the comp
any had taken out less than
half the amount of gold recov
ered in 1922. He also staieo
that the main development had
been the driving of an 850-foot
tunnel to cut the Lucky Shot
vein at a point some 500 feet
below its outcrop. The vein \va.>
reached early in August, but no
ore was found, nor has any
been opened up since, although
nearly 200 feet of tunnel has
since been driven on the vein.
DR. YOUNG CELEBRATES
HIS 76TH. BIRTHDAY
Dr. S. Hall Young, general
missionary for the Presbyterian
missions in Alaska and one of
the most widely known men in
the North, recently celebrated
his seventy sixth birthday.
When he came to Alaska in
1878 he was puny and sickly
and his physicians apd friends
predicted that he would not
survive the hardships he must
endure for more than a year or
two at the best. Yet, forty
five years later, he is hale ana
hearty and is contemplating u
visit soon to all of the Presby
terian missions in western Al
aska, penetrating the interior
as far as Fairbanks. Next year
he intends to make a trip to Ft.
Barrow, the most northerly
point of the Territory, to estab
lish new missions.
HOPES HIGH
IN KANATAK
Standard Oil Co. Down
700 Feet: So?* formation
Encountered: 12 Feet
Being Made Daily
Developments in the Cold
Bay oilfields are most t-ncour
aging and residents of Kan
atak are practically a unit in
the view that the Standard Oil
Company’s drilling operations
will result in the bringing in ol
an oil well. The company is
down 700 feet, ina soft for
mation and is making an aver
age of twelve feet a day. The
Standard Oil representatives
are of the opinion that the oil
bearing strata should be reacn
about the first of the year. The
company has a second drill out
fit on the ground blit does not
intend to employ it until next
spring. The Associated Oil Co.,
which suspended operations
some time ago, is expected J.o
renew drilling early next year
THIRTY SIX INCH CELERY
RAISED INDAWS ON
The potato crop raised at
Dawson this year was much
larger than expected early in
the season, the rains during tnc
eafly fall having moistened the
ground thoroughly, dnablingf
the tubers to make r.-.pid grow
th during the latter part of tnc
season. Their quality is saia
by the Dawson News to be ex
ceptionally good. Carrots par
snips, turnips, beets and ruta
bagas all produced bountiful
crops and of a quality rarely
excelled in any country. Tnc
cabbage and celery crops were
the best seen in the Yukon in
years, some stalks of celery
grown in the Dawson gardens
being fully thirty-six inches in
length.
Just arrived-a new assort
ment of solid white gold wrist
watches in the latest styles, at
the HYDER DRUG COMP
ANY, “The Postoffice Store."
ALASKA LUMBER EXPORTS
SHOW BIG GAIN FOR YEAR
Southeastern Alaska lumber
mills shipped approximately
6,380,000 board feet of lumber
to the general market out3iae
of the Territory during tne
present year, exceeding the ex
ports of last year by virtually
130 per cent, according to fig
ures recently given out by B. F.
iHeintzelman, Assistant Ilist
rict Forester, and published in
the Juneau Empire.
- Of the aggregate shipments,
those made by the Juneau
Lumber Mills amounted to
more than twice as much as an
the other mills combined, ana
in measure'melit ^ontaineo
about 4,290,000,000 feet boara
measure.
Commenting on the year’s
[business Mr. Heintzelman is re’
ported by the Empire as fol
lows:
“Shipments of lumber from
Southeastern Alaska mills into
the general markets are in
creasing materially from year
to year. Lumber export froi
the Territory started during
the war but at that time ship
ments were limited to high
grade airplane stock. At pres
ent the material being sent
out contains a high percentage
of merchantable grade in ad
dition to clears.
“The lumber market in Alas
ka has been so very good this
year that Jhe mill output has
largely been consumed local
ly and very little effort was
made to secure outside lumber
orders. The Juneau Lumber
Mills is the only concern whicn
has made direct shipments to a
foreign country. If has just
finished the loading of l,fQ0,
000 feet on the second barkexi
tine to be sent out this year
“ The total exports from the
Territory in 1923 will be ap
proximately 6,380,000 boara
feet, all Alaska spruce.
The distribution is as follows.
Australia—3,490,000 feet
merchantable and merchant
able box.
United Kingdom— 2,020,OOu
clears,
Canada— 30,000 feet clears.
L’nited States— 40,000 feet
largely clears.
“ The 1923 shipments repre
sent a gain of almost 130 per
cent over those of 1922.”
All of the shipments made to
Australian ports included in
the above list originated m
the local mill. Of the 2,020,000
feet of clears shipped to the
United Kingdom, some 800,000
came from the local plant ana
a considerable proportion of
the clears sent to the Stater
markets.
JUNEAU SPORTSMEN
CLAIM LARGEST DEER
KILLED IN ALASKA
What is claimed to be the
largest deer ever killed In
Alaska was shot recently on
Admiralty Island by Cari
Swanson and Ernest Felton, of
Juneau. The animal is said to
have dressed 234 pounds.
Game Warden Wenrich be
lieves it to be the record tor
i the Territory, according to tne
Juneau Empire. The warden
described (the animal as hav
ing five points on one side and
four on the other and said it
was the first five point buck
he had ever heard of in the
district. Some years ago, tne
Empire says, according to local
hunters, a deer was brought m
from Kake that weighed 22U
pounds, which was claimed to
be the record. Last year Chai
lie Miller brought in a four
point buck weighing 180
pounds. Recently a sporting
goods dealer at Ketchikan
awarded a^irize for the biggest
deer killed in that district this
season, the prize winning an
imal weighing* 136 pounds.
It will please HIM immensely
to receive as HIS gift a pipe, u
Belt or a Pencil Set, of whicn
an assortment may be seen at
THE MIDGET EMPORIUM.
EASTERN CAPITALISTS
BOND GLACIER PROPERTIES
Robert W. Martin, who recent
ly bonded the Dandy and Star
groups on Glacier creek, with
the intention of taking them
east to finance them, has been
! most successful in his efforts,
according to recent inform
ation. The groups, comprising
the Dandy No. 1, Dandy No.2
and the Star No.l and 2, havr
been bonded by eastern oap
italists, the advices say, ana
plans are being made to open
;them up on a large scale next
! summer:
The properties are owned by
H. Horstman and are lookea
uport as among the most favor
; ably located in the Bear River
I s ction of the Portland Canal
district. They adjoin the fam
ous Dunwell on the fiorth ana
east and display some splendid
Surface showings, containing
good values in gold and silver.
Assays taken from the main
vein, which is tracable for more
than a thousand feet on the
surface, have shown values up
to $60 in gold and 26 ounces m
silver. Two tunnels have been
driven on the propertiefrfor an
a^gi'egate 200 feet,entirely m
ore, some of which is said to
show streaks assaying as high
ac 300 ounces of silver.
The claims are favorably lo
cated, being only a short dis
tance from Stewart close to the
Bear river road, making the
handling of the ore a simple
matter involving no consider
able expense. •
| CACHE CREEK MINERS
THINK THEY HAVE
FOUND MOTHER LODE
S. R. Capp, who was in charge
of the work of the U. S. Geo
logical Survey in Alaska dur
ing the absence on sick leave
of Dr. Alfred Hulse Brooks,
was recently in the Cache
Creek section investigating a
large quartz dyke, which is ex
posed on Dollar and Thunder
creeks. The investigation wa
rn ade in respoftse to a request
of the miners of the district to
Dr Brooks last winter. It is the
belief of the miners of that sec
tion that this big dyke is the
source of most of the gold
found in the creeks of the dis
trict, hence the determination
to get an expert opinion on the
subject. Numerous samples 1
from the dyke have been sen*
to Washington for assay ana
analysis. On completing his in
vestigation, Mr. Capps will is
sue a report on his findings.
GOVT TO ABANDON
TELEGRAPH LINE FROM
VALDEZ TO FAIRBANKS
Conversion of the government
telegraph line between Valdez
and Fairbanks to telephone
purposes and the inauguration
of a new system of government
telegraph lines along the gov
ernment railroad, was recom
mended in a recent report
made to Washington by Gen
eral Squire, chief of the AlasKa
telegraph and cable system.
The report urged that eariy
action be taken to rid the sys
tem of this highly unprofitable
piece of line, and that steps De
taken to secure a right of way
along the railroad, either by
placing additional wires on tne
railroad poles and operating
the existing lines by mutual ag
reement, or by the construct
ion of a new pole line, to t>c
operated entirely by the army
department.
NEW POSTOFFICE
IN KANTISHNA SECTION
A new postoffice has been es
tablished in the Kantishna dis
trict and has been named Roos
evelt, according to an an
nouncement made recently by
Alvah Fames, postoffice in
spector and chief clerk of trie
railway mail service.
W. D. Rodman has been ap
pointed postmaster of the new
; mail outpost. ,.
Daniel McRae, aged 80 years,
and a pioneer of the Klondyke,
was found dead in his cabin
recently, sitting in a chair. So
far as known he had no living
relatives.
For the baby—unbreakable
playthings in hand decorated
celluloid, dainty and pretty, ai
!THE MIDGET EMPORIUM.
WOLFE GIVEN SENTENCE
OF TWENTY YEARS
FOR EDWARDS MURDER
Ralph Wolfe, who entered a
plea of guilty to second degree
; murder on the second day of
i h!s trial for the murder of Geo
rge Edwards on the Aleutian
Peninsula last August, was
se ntenced by Judge E. E. Ritciv
ie, of Valdez, to serve twenty
years in the federal penitent
iary at McNeil’s Island.
Robert S. Edwards, who was
convicted of second degree
murder in connection with tile
killing of Edwards, had not
yet been sentenced at the time.
In sentencing Wolfe, Judge
Ritchie said: “After hearing
your story of the crime I am
'convinced that you did not file
the fatal shot. Your story is
consistent and probable, where
as the story of your companion
Edwards does not lend itself to
ci edibility.”
SAYS KENAI MOOSE
NOT ON THE WANE
AS REPORTED
Contary to reports from other
officials that moose on Kenai
Peninsula are becoming more
scarce and that the animais
face starvation this winter, the
report of George Cotter, dis
tiict game warden, says that
the moose are increasing ana
thriving. Mr. cotter’s report,
just filed with the Governor,
estimates there are 5,000
moose on the peninsula ana
that there are 2,300 sheep on
Kenai and 500 in Bristol Bay.
Many brown bear are report
ed in the same district. Mr. Cot
ter estimates there are 2,350
on Kenai and the Alaska penin
sula He reports one Indian,
while gathering driftwood,
was attacked and killed by a
brown bear, the victim’s boay
being recovered horribly mut
ilated.
Continuing, the report said:
“There is a fairly large in
crease in goats; ptarmigan are
present in large numbers,
flocks numbering from 50 to
several thousand birds being
seen; no decrease in grouse;
migratory birds, no decrease;
eagles very numerous; rabbitsi
in numbers so numerous as to
become a serious pest.”—An
chorage Times.
Karl Armstrong, former dep
uty United'States Marshal at
: Kodiak and now interested in
! the fox raising busines and m
: Cold Bay oil lands, recently re
turned from Cherikof islana,
bringing with him one hundred
ipairs of blue foxes for breeding
purposes.
Just arrived: Big Shipment of
. Brunswick Phonographs and
j Records. Hyder Drug Company
I —The Post Office Store.
i
CARIBOU GORES REINDEER
HERDER AT CANTWEL
I' _
An enraged caribou bull at
tacked and gored an Eskimo
‘reindeer herder, seriously in
juring hint, knocked^, over n
school teacher and gored a c-nv
to death, according to B. B.
Mozee. district superintendent
of Indian Affair?, who recent
ly returned from Cantwell.
As reported in the Anchorage
Times, Mr. Mozee said the bull
entered the reindeer herd and
began lording it over the rein
deer /bulls to such an extent
that it was impossible to keep
the herd from splitting up into
small bands. In order to cap
ture the caribou lassoes were
employed by the herders, after
which the animal was taken
to a corral, fighting viciously
enroute.
J. E. Way, a government
teacher, who had arrived that
day to enter on his duties ai
Cantwell, was knocked down
by the animal but not seriout*
hurt. After landing the bull in
the corral, he charged Robert
Apuk, an Eskimo herder, got
jing him with its antlers. Jin
boy received two deep gashe
about eight inches long across
the abdomen and a gapm
wound in the right arm, in au
dition to bruises and scratches
YUKON WEATHER BREA*'.
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
A Dawson dispatch to the -Ju
neau Empire announces thu-.
weather conditions in that sec
tion were the most remarkab;
known during the past summ
and fall. Up to November i't
the date of the message, the
Yukon was still open at Daw
son, Whitehorse and north tor
many miles, although ice war
running in the river as la*
south as Selkirk.
According to the dispatch tnc
Yukon experienced the hottest
summer and autumn on rcorci
the daily mean temperature be
ing the highest in 25 years.
The average was about 60
degrees in June, July and Aug
ust, when it went to 90 degrees j
several times. As a result!
of the remarkable condition's,
the dispatch says the theory
recently advanced by Norweg
ian scientists that the Arctic j
climate is getting warmer, was
much discussed in that locality.
ALASKA ROSES STILL
ABLOOM IN NOVEMBER
Mrs. James Christoe, of Doug- j
las, rent to the office of the j
Stroller’s Weekly on Thursday
of this week, November 15, a
beautiful Caroline Testout rose
which she picked from a bush
in her yard that morning. The
rose was as fresh and the
leaver as green as they could
have possibly been anytime
during the summer' or early
fall.
The same day the editor.of
this paper received a letter
from Deputy Collector of Cus- j
toms F. J. Vanderwall at Skag
way, from which the following
is an extract: “Remarkable
weather here. Some of tbe
hardy flowers are still in bloom ■
and coal men are getting
wrinkles worrying.”
About twenty men will spend
the coming winter in the Chan
delar section, it is reported.
The mining operations there
are. practically all winter worn,
taking out dumps for washing
up in the spring when water
starts to run. Fred Smith, said
to be the biggest operator ii#
the district, looks for a good
season. This is also the expec
tation of the ownei's of tnc
Newton and Nicholson proper
ties, according to the Valdez
Miner.
As an appropriate gift for
HER, keep in mind a hand
some box of high grade choc
olates, such as you Thay find at
THE MIDGET EMPORIUM.
MINING INSPECTOR SAYS
THIS DISTRICT GOOD
There has been o money
spent in mining ; el'-nment
work this year in t.„; Stewar:
district than ever before ana
the results have been better
than ever, declares G. A. Clo
thier, resident mining engineer
for the Provincial Government,
j who is back from his annual
i ti-ip of inspection to the mining
jproperties of that district, say.i
!tiie Prince Rupert News. .
! Wherever sufficient money is
i pent for development there
| '■'eiru to be no doubt of result *,
I Mr. Clothier states. Th'i has
.been proven in the Dunwoii,
r~!d’an. Big Missouri,' Outside,
B. C. Silver and other proper
ties. Wonderful progress has
been made in both the Ber.*
and Salmon River valleys. r»r.
Clothier estimates that at least
half a million dollars has been
pent in development work o>
properties in the Stewart di i
ri-t. It is going to be a great
mining country for many years
to come. So far the Prem’cr
| continues to bo the only gh •«
j o'ng mine but the Out3;,,er at
| Maple Bay, it is expected w'll
be shipping thi3 fall and tn *
: odian and Dunwell w 11 oro'
i ably be added to the 1! ;t ne:n.
| rear. Judging from new dev
lopment work done r''"'"*Jlo
on tile Premier, Mr. Clvi Mr
^-pecto that larger capacity
concentration works than those
'••rated at present will be :n
.ailed.
YAKS TO BFETD
FAhDY CATILF JICCK
^hrse black-haired. shaggy
'r.k', whse native habitat > •
Thibet, were recently received
it the government agricultural
-■xporiment station at Fau
’■> inks. The animals ware st
rod at Wainwright. Canada,
■l id will be crossed with the
:mast:a cattle at the farm in
i t attempt to secure a hardy
breed of cattle, suital Is for
stock propagation in Alaska.
The yak is similar to the dir
ferent breeds of cattle • in
northern countries and is uaea
as a beast of burden in Thibet.
Its flesh is similar to that or
beef and the milk is said to be
oalatable. Both the hide ana
the long hair of the animals
are valuable.
ALASKA WOMAN HO? D3
WHITE HOUSE POSITION
Mrs. Elizabeth McKenzie,
widow of Donald McKenzie,
Alaska pioneer, has been
named assistant to C. Bascom
Slemp, President Cool age i
private secretary, her ditu.
being to receive the lady cal
lers at the White House.
Mrs. McKenzie is a br'IPant
woman, well fitted for her new
responsibilities.
Mr. McKenzie was long iden
tified with the interests of Al
aska. He was the leading *p„T
in the attempt some years ago
to establish the town of Nel on
at the head of the bay above
the present town of Cordova.
According to late fur bullet
ins, the price of fox fur ha3 ad
vanced about 50 per cent and
mink about 30 per cent. ‘The
reason given for the sharp ad
vances is that these furu are
all the rage in foreign sty<e
centers this fall.
Smoking Sets, Ash Trays,
gifts that please, at the KY
DER DRUG COMPANY, “The
Postoffice Store."