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HYDER WEEKLY MINER
Formerly The Hyder Alaska Miner
Published every Monday by the Ilyder Miner Publish
ilyder, Alaska.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at
Hyd'ir. Alaska, November 4,1 DID, under the Act of March
8. 1379.
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ri A3. F. SANDFORD. .. Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TIME TO ACT
Col. James Steese, head oi
the Alaska Road Commission,
has gone to Washington to ap
pear be'ore Congress in behnlt
o" the Territory in securing
an^ronriations for roads ana
trn'li in Alaska. His represen
tation- to that body will oe
based, naturally, upon what he
1 "0W3 to be the primary needs
of the various districts and the
r-nreoriations made by Con
gress for Alaska road and trail
wo’ V during the coming year
w'll in turn be based largely
n-on the estimates made by
p-rr. *0 the arnount of money
required.
Now it is an unfortunate faci
that the town of Hyder is so
f. tuated that it is in constant
danger of being wholly or pai
t'ally destroyed by one of the
frequent overflows of the tur
t '1'nt and erratic Salman Riv
er Twice during the past year
r large portion of the townsite
has been inundated and in each
particular instance serious
damage was averted only by
the intervention of a kindly
rrovidence..
With the evidence of those
v tations before their eyes,
the people of Hyder should be
f! lly aware that the danger
ficm this source is a very reai
one and one that demands their
s rious attention and every et
f rt that they can make tj
have the danger removed be
fore disaster overwhelms the
community—as it assuredly
w 1 some day if nothing is
done. Those conversant with
the situation say that the oniy
way to remove this dangerous
pro pest is to divert the river
back into its proper channel by
r .moving the numerous log
jams and constructing wing
dam- a short distance above
the town. Although such safe
guards wil require no very
1 rge expenditure, the cost
would nevertheless be greater
than can be borne by the resi
the danger there is but onev
dents of the town. This being
the case, the only hope ot re
I'ef from this ever imminent
danger to property and life 1
1 es in obtaining assistance '
from the federal government.
Know:ng this, the sooner j
something is done in that dir
ection, the better, for it is as
sure as sure can be that unless
something is done the town, or
1 portion of it at least, will oils
day be the scene of a serious
disaster. Whether Col. Stoese
;s aware of the situation or not,
we do not know. His attention
was called to it during the past
season,but no funds were av
ailable at that time and noth
ng could be done. Col. Steese
has probably forgotten ail
about it by this time, for he is a
busy man, with multitudinous
lares and duties. However he
has shown himself a gooci
Yiend of the Territory and iib
aeople and has at all times dis
played a willingness to help
n any way possible wherever
:he assistance of his depart
ment could be applied.
Knowing this, why should we
not lay our case before him
igain, when he is in the nation
al capital and in the best pos
able position to present our
plea for assistance to those
who can give it if they will?
We are soaking no pork bar
rel appropriation. Our need
s a real and vital one, foi
nil- property and possibly our
iives are in danger and we aie
morally justified in asking the
government to come to our re
lief. Properly presented to the
Rivers and Harbors board,
and backed by a petition from
the antire population of Hyder,
there is scarcely a doubt that
he desired result can be ob
air.ed m any event il will do
no harm to try,
THE WOMAN JURY BILL
From Stroller’s Weekly
The Woman’s Jury Bill as en
acted by the last Territorial
Legislature will thunder down
the corridor of all time to come
as the greatest “bull'’ ever per
petrated in Alaska. Its provis
ions not only place the women 1
called to serve on juries in an
embarrassing, position in that,
iLthey do not claim exemption
under it, they are subject to ai
cusation of being brazen ana
forward, and if they do claim
exemption it simply makes a
plaything of the court.
The bill as it stands should Ou ■
changed or wiped off the stat
utes. It is a travesty and a joke
as it now stands. Enough wom
en in the Territory voted foi
eligibility to. serve on juries to
carry the measure and a few
ussy legislators queered the
proposition by passing an in
ane and senseless bill that
practically renders the whom
ihing inoperative.
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Petersburg is making pro
ress. judging from a state
ment made recently by T. S.
El:more, cashier of the Peters
burg bank, that the deposits of
the -bank show an increase of
*90,000 during the past twelve
months, and an increase 01
$1 13,000 in savings deposits in
the same period.
The Treadwell company has
abandoned prospecting work
on the mining claims on the
Tulsequah river, a tributary ot
the Taku, held by it under tin
option from Douglas parties,
and has surrendered the on
ion. The prospecting work
June by the company failed to
product showings that would
justify further expenditures.
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