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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 35.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1933.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
HYDER FLOOD BILL
FAVORABLY REPORTED
Further hope for early au
thorization of the Hyder flood
control project is indicated in
a news letter to the Herald
from E. L. Bartlett, Delegate
Diamond’s secretary, announc
ing that the House flood con
trol committee reported favor
ably and by unanimous vote
the flood bill introduced by
the Delegate. He said, how
ever, that it is now believed
the project will be taken care
>cf under the public works act.
This means that the project
will probably be greatly hast
ened through being placed in
the category of emergency
measures.
The Delegate is endeavoring
to secure the inclusion of many
rivers and harbors projects in
Alaska in the public works pro
gram, Mr. Bartlett said. The
rivers and harbors bill, which
provided for several Alaska
projects, was also reported to
the House but the opinion now
is that the measure will not be
acted upon. Instead it thought
all the approved projects con
tained in it will come within
the scope of the public works
bill.
Holzheimer Named U. S. Atty. |
William A. Holzheimer, ol
Ketchikan, form e r district
judge of the Second Division
has been nominated by Presi
dent Roosevelt for the position
of United States Attorney foi
this division, according to
Washington, D. C. reports. Mr.
Holzheimer will succeed How
ard D. Stabler, who is reported
to have resigned a few days
ago.
Several other Alaska appoint
ments are expected to be made |
in the next few days.
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Ketchikan Getting Gold Fever j
‘The fact that “There’s gold
in them thar hills” seems to
have been awakened in the
knowledge of scores of Ketchi
kan people, young and old, this
year, for never before in the
past twenty years have there
been so many pro-pectors in
the hills hereabouts,” says the
Ketchikan Chronicle.
“Some are working placer,
others hard rock, and old dig
gings,” the journal continues.
“Ketchikan started from a
mining community, and it
looks as though Ketchikan has
to start over again,’ -aid one
of the adventurous ones. ”
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Silver was quoted at 36 Vs in
New York Friday. Copper was
up to 8f.
Stewart B. O. T. Holds
, Interesting Meeting
The world monetary situation
a n d .silver remonetization
provided the principal subjects
of discussion at an interesting
dinner meeting of the Stewart
Board of Trade, held Tuesday
evening in the Club Cafe in
Stewart. Hon. J. K. Green, of
Hyder, Representative in the
Alaska Legislature, was the
principal speaker.
Restoration of silver formed
the main theme of Mr. Green’s
address, which also covered in
comprehensive manner all the
broader aspects of bimetallism
and world monetary questions.
The restoration of silver to its
rightful place in world curren
cies would unquestionably do
more to bring the world out of
the depression than any exped
ient that might be adopted, the
speaker saiu.
Mr. Green expressed himself
in favor of 16 to 1 silver, de
claring it would treble at least
the buying power of fully
three-fourths of the world’s
peoples in the Oriental count
ries and elsewhere and would
result in vastly increased trade
between those countries and
the United States and Canada.
Acting in concert, the United
States and Canada could bring
it about, he said.
There is an acknowledged in
sufficiency of gold in the world
to serve as a basis for curren
cy and a secondary metallic
base is required to maintain
proper stability, Mr. Green
jaid, and only by broadening
the metallic base can this sta
bility be achieved. Silver, he
declared, is the only metal
aside from gold which can be
so employed.
The insufficiency of gold was
directly responsible for the dis
astrous fall in commodity pric
tJfc LI U III WHICH LI1C WU11U iO
suffering and the fluctuations
of currencies resulting from the
gold shortage constituted an in
tolerable burden on debtors,
whether individuals or nat
ions, the speaker declared.
Expressing the hope that sil
j ver will achieve proper recog
nition at the World Economic
j Conference, Mr. Green said
only by such action can the
! world be spared from long
continuing want and suffering.
As one of the leading silver
producing nations of the world
! Canada would be greatly ben
efited by silver remonetiz
ation and should lend all poss
i ible support toward its realiz
I ation, Mr. Green said.
Mr. R. E. Haack, manager of
the Bank of Montreal, and Mr.
H. W. M. Rolston, Stewart
publisher also discussed vari
' ous phases of the currency
l question.
POWER CO. LINEMAN
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Alexander McRae, lineman,
employed by the Northern B.
C. Power Corporation, met
a swift and tragic death by
electrocution while working on
the company’s high-tension
power lines in Hyder, B. C.,
shortly after 10 o’clock Wed
nesday morning.
With Herb. Charlton, of
Stewart, as his assistant, Mc
Rae had just finished a high
tension job on a pole near the
Prosperity Cafe when the ac
c i d e n t occurred. Telling
Charlton that he had finished,
McRae dropped his rubber
gloves to the ground and in
structed the assistant to go and
see if the lights on the Hyder
side of the boundary were
working all right. Charlton
siarieu on mis mission out naa
no more than turned his back
when a peculiar sound made
by his companion caused him
glance back. He was startled
bo see the form of McRae
hanging inert against the pole,
sustained by the safety belt
encompassing his body and
the pale.
Seeing no evidences of life,
Charlton gave the alarm, caus
ing the power to be turned off,
and also summoned W. D.
Smith, manager of the power
company, and Dr. J. W. V,os
burgh from Stewart. Ernest
Love, manager of the tele
phone company, hearing of the
accident, also hurried to the
scene and undertook the diffi
cult task of lowering the un
fortunate man to the ground.
Although the body was ap
parently lifeless, artificial res
piration was applied by Mr.
smitn tor to minutes or more
but without success. Examin
ation of the body disclosed a
large burn on the right thigh
and also on the first and
fourth fingers of one hand,
indicating that McRae had in
some unknown manner con
tacted two of the four main
power lines carrying upward
of 4,000 volts of electricity, be
tween which he had been
working.
The deceased was a lineman
of long experience and except
ional efficiency. He came
here from Prince Rupert three
weeks ago for the purpose of
putting the power lines in or
der and performed splendid
service, according to Mr.
Smith, who was unable to ac
count for the accident except
I on the theory that McRae
slipped in some manner on
starting to descend the pole.
As death was plainly accident
al *no formal inquest was held.
| The deceased was about 35
I years of age and is survived by
Flood Control Work
Drawing To Close
The flood protection work
instituted by the Territory on
Salmon river for the protect
ion of Hyder is nearing an
end and will probably be con
cluded next week, by which
time the $4,000 appropriation
will be exhausted, according
to Representative J. K. Green,
director of operations.
A survey of the work disclos
es that the funds have been
spent to excellent advantage.
When the work is completed,
two strong dams will stand as
a bulwark against the annual
flood waters. The rebuilding
of the old wing dam near the
rock cut was completed last
week, leaving that primary
safeguard in fine shape to pre
vent the water from invading
the townsite. Operations are
now being directed to the con
struction of a large rock dam
near the center of the flood
plain and some distance be
low the wing dam, which will
divert the water flowing in the
easterly channel into the main
channel along the far side of
the valley.
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Baer Beats Schmelling
Max Baer, California heavy
weight, beat Max. Schmelling, j
former heavy-weight title]
holder in the final session of
their ten-round match Thurs
day evening, according to rad
io reports. The fight was even
up to the time of the knock
out, which came in the second
minute of the final round from
a right to the jaw. Baer is now
in line for a bout with Shark
ey, the title holder.
Canadian Dollar Over 90
The Canadian dollar topped
90 cents in New York Thurs
day, much to the gratification
of local business houses which
have to deal in Canadian cur
rency in exchange for goods.
a widow and two children who
reside in Prince Rupert. The
remains were taken to that
port Thursday after being em
balmed by a Prince Rupert
mortician, who came over in a
private launch for that pur
pose, accompanied by Roder
ick McRae, a brother of the de
ceased.
The remains were escorted
to the boat by a considerable
number of friends and mem
bers of the local Canadian
Legion, the deceased having
! been in the Canadian f orces
during the war. Duncan Mun
roe of Premier also accompan
ied the remains to Prnce Rup
| ert.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
SILVER SITUATION
That restoration of silver
will be one cf the most import
ant efforts of the United States
delegation to the World Eco
nomic Conference, which opens
in London next Monday, is dis
closed in reports from Wash
ington announcing that the
House foreign relations com
mittee, although rejecting de
cisively the Senate resolution
to instruct the U. 3. delegates
to work for 16 to 1 silver, voted
that they be instructed to work
for bimetallism, with a fixed
ratio between gold and silver.
The committee said that the
delegation should work for
“stabilization of international
exchanges,” adding, “and with
that end in view shall strive to
secure an international agree
ment for the coinage of gold
and silver at a definite fixed
ratio.”
Reports from the steamship
President Roosevelt, bearing
the U. S. delegates to England,
announced that the delegation
was engaged in formulating a
program to “restore silver to a
conspicuous place in monetary
systems” and that a “proposal
to use silver as a supplement of
gold in note coverage by cent
ral banks” would be a feature
of the American delegation’s
silver policy.
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Doubt Of Premier
Situation Expressed
Discussing recent official
statements bearing upon the
future life of the Premier mine,
The Mining World and Engin
eering Record, of London,
says:
“During the course of the
proceedings at the annual gen
eral meeting of the Premier
Gold Mining Company, the
general manager, Mr. Dale L.
Pitt, pooh-pooed statements
circulated in British Columbia
that there were large blocks of
low'-grade ore in sight. On the
contrary all stopes had been
broken into, and were now
ready to draw out practically
all the ore in sight in the mine.
No ore would be broken hav
ing a value of under $4 per
ton, as although costs have
been reduced to the minimum,
ore under that figure cannot
be treated at a profit.
“Selukwe shareholders will
be interested in these state
ments, but we imagine they
will at once don their thinking
caps and ask themselves then
why did the Premier Co. re
cently renew its 12-mile aerial
tramway?
“We are reminded of the fut
ile cry of Robinson Crusoe’s
parrot, ship ahoy! ship ahoy!”