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VOL 2, NO. 10
HVDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1!, 1925
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
MACHINERY INSTALLED
ON BIG MISSOURI
The work of installing' the
compressor and other ma
chinery equipment on the Big
Missouri was to have been
completed Monday, according
to recent visitors to that noted
property. No one has come
down from the mine since that
day but is probable that Sup
erintendent Pat Daly is now
driving ahead on the big lead
at a much increased pace. All
underground work was discon
tinued some time ago pending
the installation of the com- (
pressor plant, the crew devot
ing their attention to getting
things into shape on the-sur
face in anticipation of the win
ter.
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In a proclamation issued at
Juneau October 21, Governor
Geo. A. Parks calls upon the
people of the Territory to give
due observance to American |
Education Week, which begins j
November 16th.
The proclamation asserts that j
universal education is essential 1
if self-government by free i
people is to be perpetuated
and that knowledge of our in
stitutions is necessary to a
thorough understanding of our
responsibilites as citizens, and
to intelligent exercise of the
privileges enjoyed under our
system of government. The
success of the schools, where
in the fundamentals of good
citizenship are first imparted
depends largely upon the atti
tude of the community toward
the school authorities and the
support given to public offic
ials who are endeavoring to
obtain beneficial school legis
lation; hence it isj of the ut
most importance that every cit
izen be fully informed about
t.h schools and what is neces
sary for their improvement. To
this end all citizens are urged
to visit the schools during the
Education Week period and
encourage a closer and more
cordial cooperation between
the home and such institutions,
thus promoting the progress of
education and the welfare of
the Territory.
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Ray Snyder and Pete \VTilson
contemplate continuing devel
opment work on their 96 group
on Mineral Hill during the
winter. As the property is sit
uated practically upon the
Texas Creek trail, communi
cation can be maintained
throughout the closed season
without great difficulties.
Mr. Snyder left last week to
prepare for the renewal of op
erations.
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John Ferguson, widely known
Texas Creek miner and pros
pector, has been seriously ill
during the past week as a re
sult of an attack of heart
trouble, developing a few days
after his return from an ex
tended period of prospecting
on his Texas Crek properties.
He is at present progressing
favorably and is expected to
be about in a short time.
RIVERSIDE MINE
AGAIN SHIPPING
A shipment of fifteen tons of
concentrates from the River
side mine went south enroute
to the smelter on the steamer
Norco last week. The consign
ment was the first to go to the
smelter since the mine resum
ed operations last month, fol
lowing a shutdown of several
months pending the outcome
of sale negotiations. Messrs.
J. I). Littlepage, former man
ager and M. J. St. Clair, who
are operating the mine under
a lease and option to purchase,
expect to continue shipments
it intervals throughout the
winter.
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With the finding of a felt
hat along the shores of the bay,
which is believed to be same
worn by John Grant, Stewart
•esident who mysteriously dis
ippeared several weeks ago,
he police authorities of Stew
irt are convinced that the
nissing man met his death by
Irowning, probaby as a result
if falling from the old Stewart
Jock while enroute from Stew
irt to Ilyder, B. C. Provincial
3onstable Islip of Stewart has
un down every clew in a
■earch for the missing man but
has been unable to trace his
novements beyond the dock.
Mrs. Grant and chijdren, who
irrived from Terrace shortly
if ter Grant disapperaed, have
■eturned to Terrace.
A revival of the Citizenship
\Tight School, inaugurat'd
vith considerable success by
he Hyder School Board last
vinter, is being discussed by
he present school board and
he school will probably be re
umed some time next month
f the necessary arrangements
■an be made.
In a statement to the Herald,
Director John Hovland said
hat the board is desirous of
e-establishing the school and
will make every effort in that
lireetion.
The schools are maintained
primarily for the purpose of
ncalculating the principles of
American citizenship and
American institutions, but al
’o provide instruction in Eng
lish, United States history and
government, as well as a num
ber of other courses suited
largely to the needs of those
attending. All persons over the
age of 1 6 years are admissable
and instruction is entirely free.
An initial enrollment of not
less then 12 students must be
obtained to start a school and
an average attendance of 8
pupils maintained during the
chool period.
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The Chamber of Commerce
held a business session at
Chamber of Commerce Hall
Tuesday evening. Little of pub
. lie interest developed during
, the cession aside from the
adoption of a proposal to pro
, i est by letter to the Postoffice
Department against the pres
ent practice of handling Alas
ka mail by freight.
NEW COMPANY
TAKES CONTROL
OF NATIONAL SILVER
The Sebakwe District Mines,
said to be a powerful South
African mining concern con
trolled by British capital, has
purchased a controlling inter
est in the properties of the
National Silver Mines, Ltd.,
north of the B. C. Silver, and
will spend a large sum in de
velopment work thereon, ac
cording to advices received in
Stewart last week. ?
The reports say the price
paid by the Sebakwe Co., :
was $750,000, most of which '
will be spent in exploring the
property, which was located
some years ago by O. B. Bush,
and subsequently placed under
the control of Bush Mines,
Limited. Later the group, com-;
prising 25 claims, passed to
the control of the National. Sil
ver Mines, Ltd., by which it
has been extensively prospect
ed by diamond drilling during
the past summer. The results
of these operations are said to
have disclosed what is believ
ed to be the northerly exten
sion of the same mineral zone
found on the Premier and B, C.
Silver.
According to reliable inform
ation the Sebakwe company is
backed by the London interests
controlling the Selukwe Gold
Mining and Finance Company,
which holds approximately a
two-thirds interest in the B. C.
Silver, the remainder being
held by the Premier Gold Min-1
ing company.
Local stockholders of the
National Silver Mines state
that the deal has been closed
and ratified, although full de
tails of the transaction have
not been received. The new
holders are planning to com
mence operations at an early
date. The first move will be
the construction of a large
camp building for which ap
proximately 31,000 feet of
lumber has been purchased
from the Hyder Lumber Com
pany and is now on its way to
the ground.
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Armistice Day was granted
little public observance in Hy
der. The bank and public of
fices were closed but aside
from the presence of numerous
poppy wearers, the result of
the patriotic endeavors of the
ladies of Stewart, B. C., to
give aid to disabled veterans,
there was little evidence that
the day was one of the most
momentous anniversary days
in human history.
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The latest addition to the lo
ca lpopulation, Miss Elizabeth
Ann Blue, made her initial ap
pearance on this mundane
sphere at the Prince Rupert
Hospital Saturday evening.
The little lady weighed 7 Ve
pounds in her natal hour. Mrs.
Blue and babe are reported
progressing finely and “Dad
dy” Ernest Blue is receiving
congratulations amj passing
out the cigars. Mrs. Blue and
the baby are expected to re
turn home in two weeks.
PUBLIC LIBRARY TO
OPEN THIS WEEK
Recent efforts of the Friend
ship Club to establish a public |
library have now reached a
stage where th'e project is as
sured.
A temporary Library Board,
composed of representatives of
the Friendship Club, Chamber
of Commerce, Masonic Club
and Moose lodge, held a meet
ing in Chamber of Commerce
Hall Monday evening and lat
: er announced a decision to
commence the distribution of
the books recently donated by
■ the Ketchikan library. The
' board also issued a call for a
general meeting of the library
I association to elect officers
! for the coming year. The meet
ing will be held in Chamber of
: Commerce Hall at 8 p. m.
November 23 and may be at
; tended by all who are interest
ed.
According to the announce
ment Chamber of Commerce
Hall will be the temporary
home of the library. Mrs. Merl
F. Thomas has been designat
| ed as the temporary librarian
and will be in charge of the
, work of distribution, which
will commence Friday after
noon next at 3 p. m. and con
tinue until 5 p. m. The library
will also be open from 7 to
to 8 p. m. on the same day.
Members of the board state
I that the present program con
templates having the library
open two days a week, Tues
, day and Friday being the days
"elected.
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There are some Anchorage
grown potatoes on display in
the Times office, says the
Anchorage- Times, which will
give some idea of the crop
1 harvested this season by Ar
| thur II Marsh on the Aberdeen
ranch, five miles southeast of
town. Five of them, placed
end to end. measured approxi
mately a yard. They are solid,
fully matured, and of fine ap
pearance, as good as grown
anywhere in the world and
average larger than most of
them. But that is not half the
story. The Aberdeen ranch is
believed to have set a world
record for production, as the
following figures will show:
On a tract of land 34 square
rods in extent, there were har
vested -5,000 pounds of mer
. chantable potatoes, which is
equivalent to 11.796 tons to
the acre, of 392.15 bushels,
the acre, or 392.15 bushels,
farm, in the Fairbanks district,
claims to have produced an
average of 11 tons of potatoes
to the acre this season, which
is the nearest approach to the
Anchorage record thu sfar re
corded.
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■ Arrivals from Ketchikan on
i the Wales last week included
the following:
Harry Tanner, II. H. Howard,
I Joe Jackson and Robert An
{ drews.
! Only one passenger, L. Pear
I son, was named on the out
bound list.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Cl EARS INDEBTEDNESS
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers are congratulating them-1
selves over the announcement
of Treasurer John Hovland
that the last cent of indebted
ness incurred by the organizat
ion since its inception in Aug
ust last year was wiped out
last week. This includes the
cost of the fine new Chamber
of Commerce building on In
ternational Avenue, which is
! now entirely free of incumb
j ranee of any kind or character.
Accoiding to the financial
j statement submitted by Treas
! urer Ilovland, the income of
! the organization during the in
dicated period amounted to
i $1,166.25. Of this amount
$245.25 was expended for fire
apparatus of inestimable value
to the town in case of fire;
j $615.08 was devoted to the
construction of the Chamber
of Commerce building.
; Current expenses required an
additional $305.01, leaving a
balance of 91 cents in the bank
: when the last bill was paid
November Gth. Taking into
i consideration the difficulties
of maintaining an organization
! of such character in a small
community, where member
ship is limited and the work
carried on of a necessarily
costly character, this is a rec
ord that reflects great credit
| on the devoted few who have
not only supported the Chamb
er financially but also have
devoted much time and labor
! to carrying on its work. Prob
i ably no similar organization in
the Territory has carried on a
wider range of activities dur
ing the past year. In addition
to advertising the district ex
tensively, the Chamber has
collected and collated a large
amount of data bearing on lo
cal resources and development
possibilities and has also de
I voted much time and labor to
various other matters of im
portance to the town and dis
trict, including fire protection,
' harbor improvements, river
flood prevention, and road
and trail development. One of
the most notable activities un
dertaken during the year was
directed to the linking up of
Alaska with the States by rail
road connections via Hyder
and Stewart, B. C., in which
novel project the Chamber
succeeded in arousing wide
spread attention and discuss
ion.
By these and numerous other
activities aimed at the im
provemena of local conditions
the Chamber has amply prov
ed its usefulness in helping
the town and district, and is
justly entitled to all the sup
port and encouragement the
community can give.
: The statement issued by
Treasurer Hovland shows the
condition of the organization
; on November G.
RECEIPTS
Initiation
Dues
Fire Department
Building
$ 379.00
359.00
298.25
130.00
$ 1,160.25
FORESTRY BUREAU DOES
GOOD TRAIL WORK
A total of $3,715.76 was ex
pended by the Forestry service
for trail construction and
maintenance work in this dis
trict during the past summer,
occording to a summary of
the season’s operations com
piled by S. S. Swenning, local
representative of the Bureau
and supervisor if its various
activities.
The indicated amount was
distributed over six projects in
sums ranging from slightly
over $25 to $2276.70. The lat
ter sum was expended in com
pleting the Texas Creek trail,
while the first mentioned
amount was devoted to a gen
eral reeonnaisance of a pro
jected trail in the Davis Creek
or as it is more commonly
known, Cascade River section.
The Texas Creek project in
cluded 2 Vs!miles of new trail
to connect the upper and low
er sections of the Texas Creek
pack trail, most of which was
installed last year, and pro
vides an open trail for pack
animals to a point near the
head of Texas Creek.
Other operations of the bur
eau embraced the expendi
tures of $473.80 on the Sal
mon River trail bridge for
maintenance work and for cov
ering the structure; $474.13
for maintenance work on the
Salmon Glacier trail; $331.0 i
for repairing and maintenance,
on the Fish Creek trail, and
$131.50 for maintenance wjr't
on the Chickamin River trail.
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George O’Brien, well known
old timer who has been severe
ly afflicted with rheumati rn
for some time past, left on the
Gardena enroute to Medical
jake. Oregon, where he hopes
to find relief from his aches
and pains.
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Edgar Provinsa has been con
fined to his apartments during
"he past week suffering from
he effects of a bad cold, but
:s now well on the road to re
covery.
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Alfred William Kelley and
Ethel Sheppard, both w P
known residents of Stewart,
were united in marriage by
U. S. Commissioner Chas. F.
Jam! ford Friday afternoon,
last week.
EXPENDITURES
Fire Equipment ? 245.25
Cost of Building 615.08
Offic Supplies and
Equipment 103.15
Stenographic Work 24.75
Postage 10.00
Advertising 75.20
Telegrams 52.41
Rent (Pioneer Hall) 30 00
Sundries 4.50
1,165.34
Balance, Cash in Bank .91