VOL IV, NO. XL
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HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1924
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FIFTY CENTS A KCNTH
STEWART OPERA
HOUSE OPENS
The Stewart House
opened its doors to the public
the evening of February 9th.
with as fine a motion picture
display as could be found in
the North. Under the manage
ment of Mr. W. Sim, the play
house has been enlarged and
decorated and is modern and
up-to-date in every' respect.
The equipment is arranged in
such manner that the spacious
hall can be readily converted
into a ball room or can be used
for basket ball or other indoor
games. Later on Mr. Sims will
extend the depth of the hall
and add a spacious stage and
the equipment necessary to the
proper display of theatrical
performances. Mr. Sims has
been most fortunate in secur
ing film contracts with the Par
amount and First National
features, <which tn-dude tihet
highest class of motion picture
films on the market and feat
uring the most celebrated stars
of the day. For the present
shows will be given once a
week, Saturday, but it is the
intention to make two displays
a week later on. The program
for the coming Saturday show
is the much praised film ver
sion of the famous stage play,
"Molly O' and features that
versatile and clever actress
Mabel Normand. Watch for
future program announce
ments in the Weekly Miner.
Ray Snyder has compiled a
very servicable plat of the min
eral locations in the Texas
Creek section, covering the
area between Nine Mile and
Chickamin glacier, that should
be of considerable value to
those who wish to determine
with some exactness the loc
ation of mining1 properties.
The plat covers practically
every mining location in the
area mentioned; gives the
names of the various claims
and groups and of their own
ers, and shows the general con
tour of the country, elevation,
etc. The plat should be a val
uable addition to the maps of
the Salmon River region row
extant, especially as it covers
an entirely new region. Mr.
Snyder contemplates placing
the plat on the market and has
forwarded the original to Jun
eau to be reproduced in blue
print form. He expects that
copies will be available some
time in March.
WARNING
A PENALTY OF NOT LESS
THAN $100.00 WILL BE 1M
POSED UPON ANY MEMBER
■ OF THE AUDIENCE WHO
LAUGHS DURING THE HY
DER MINSTREL ENTER-t
TAINMENT AT THE PION
EER HALL ON THE EVEN
ING OF FEBRUARY 27TH
PROCEEDS TO GO TO THE
HOME FOR INDIGENT NEG
RO PARSONS.
HYDER MINSTRELS.
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; PACKERS SUED UNDER
NEW FISH TAX LAW
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The Territory of Alaska, thru
th'e Attorney General’s office,
has entered suit in the district
court at Juneau for the collect*
ion of the graduated tax on*the
salmon pack of the Pacific
American Fisheries Company,
of Bellingham, which pack was
put up by the defendant com
pany at its Alaska canneries.
The suit is the first to be filed
under the new law, enacted by
the Territorial legislature at
the 1923 session and on its out
come will depend whether oi
not several other suits will' be
instituted under the new law.
It is understood that only the !
graduated tax is in dispute, the
company having paid the basis
rate of tax levied by the Ter
ritory.
The amount involved, includ
ing both tax and the legal
penalties, is $9, 437. 89. The
company is said to have refus- j
led to pay the tax on the ground
that the law is unconstitutional. |
!
The masquerade dance giv
en by the Pioneers of Alaska
at Pioneer Hall last week drew
a fine crowd and was a de
cidedly enjoyable entertain
ment throughout. The display
of costumes vv.* * v aried and
interesting. including j. num
ber of very handsome cre
ations. THe prize for the best
dressed lady, a handsome ced
ar chest, was awarded to Mrs.
Henry Peterson, who appeared
in a handsome butter-fly cos
tume. E. R. Stivers, clad in the
natty garb of colonial days,
won the prize, a smoking sev,
for best dressed gentleman.
Miss Marian Hunt, wearing
a “Martha Washington” cos
tume, was a deserving winner
of the prize for best sustained
lady, character,, a fern dish
Jr. the same division, Ray Sny
der, wearing a clown costume,
carried off a fine tie, shirt and
cuff buttons, the prize for
best sustained gentleman char
acter. Although a special prize
was offered for the best tramp
i character, not a tramp was in
evidence and the prize was giv
en to Mr. W. A. Noble, Canad
ian Customs officer at the
boundary line below the Pre
mier. Mr. Noble had happened
to come down from 13 Mile,
clad in a “rough and ready”
mushing rig. Hearing of the
dance he decided to drop in
and while away an hour or
two. Although his costume was
scarcely of the familiar “Wear
y Willie” type he was picked
by the judges as the only ap
proach to the tramp type and
was awarded the prize, a box
of cigars-much to his surprise,
i An excellent repast was serv
ed by the Pioneers during the
[evening and the well known
Pioneer hospitality was in ev
idence throughout'the evening
and contributed greatly to the
enjoyment of those attending.
Get That Spring Suit! Samples
Here in a Few .Pays—Wagner's
Texas Creek Claim
Owners Petition For
New Ore Highway
Prospectors and claim own
ers of the Texas creek sect
ion and the Chickamin River
district have petitioned the Bu
reau of Public Rpads for the
construction of a wagon road
to open up that heretofore all
but inaccessible district.
The petition, signed by prai -
jtically all owners of claims in
| the section mentioned who
are now in the district/outlines
the situation and the imper
ative need for an avenue of
; transportation to the new dis
trict in the following terms:
“It has been sufficiently^dem
onstrated that this country
needs only roads to make it one |
of the big producers of the Ter
ritory. The work done last
year has proved thir. There are
thousands of tons of good ship
ping ore in sight now, which,
in order to be developed, must
have means of transportation.
We respectfully ask that your !
department do all in its power j
to have this work done, and at
the earliest possible date.
; The Forest Service did good
work in constructing the foot j
trail up Texas creek and down
the Chickamin river and en
abled prospectors to get into
the district and credit for the
discoveries made is due to a
large extent to that improve
ment. A foot trail, however, is
not sufficient and now that,
this highly mineralized area
has shown its possibilities it j
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must' have wagon roads and wts
respectfully recommend that
such a road b% constructed
from the Texas creek bridge at
Nine Mile to the Chickamin
Glacier, a distance of thirteen
miles.
Competent authority indicates
that there are no great diffi
culties to be encountered in
the construction e#! a wagon
road over this distance and
at a cost not excessive. The con
struction proposed will have
an immediate effect in the pro
duction and shipment of large
qua'nt^ies of ore within a year
from7|ts inception, as the min
eralization of the section is
such that production can com
mence immediately, without
large preliminary work, as
soon as an aveniie of shipment
is provided.
Yon are therefore respectful
ly urged to give this matter
ycur attention and thereby
facilitate the opening of a very
ri:h section to immediate ex
ploitation.”
Copies of the petition have
been forwarded to C. H. Flory,
Chief of the United States For
est Service in Alaska, C. W.
Cheatham, Assistant District
engineer of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads and to the Alaska
Delegate to Congress, urging
their assistance in securing
the imperatively needed high
way.
Radio Of Value In
Mine Rescue Work
! In >rder to determine the av
ailability of radio communicat
ion in mine rescue work, inter
esting experiments were re
cently conducted in the under
ground workings of the Hecla
Mining Company at Wallace,
Idaho. The experiments were
in charge of a group of radio
enthusiasts and were attempt
ed at the invitation toi Pres
ident James F. McCarthy 01
the mining company. The ex
perimenters were droppea
4,600 feet below the surface
in the Star crosscut, which is
being run from the 2,000 foot
level. The party later annouu
iced that they heard radio mes
; sages faintly which were seni
to them from the surface.
! It is believed that mine rescue
work will open a new and vai
juable field for further radio
! experimentation and that In
If it isn’t to be found elsewhere
try the Midget Emporium.
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jtime the absolute utility of
such methods will be positively ,
determined. Experts in the
group asserted that special ap
paratus will be devised which
! will greatly increase the effect
iveness of the present receiving
apparatus so that messages can
be heard at great depths.
Sidney Charles one of the best
known 4ewspapermen in Alas
ka has purchased the Peters
burg Report from M. S. Per
kins, who has published the
paper for the past five years.
i A thirty ton Denver mill will
'be shipped in April to the prop
erty of the Alaska Hills Mines
corporation at Nuka Bay. It is
said that a crew of ten men
will be employed on the ground
next summer.
HYDER MINSTRELS FEB
RUARY 27TH. 8:30 P.M. PIO
NEER HALL ASSISTED BY
SIG. GRAGCIO MISS MAYE
I COOMBS AND THE REV. RU
!FUS HUNTINGTON WASH
BURN COOLIDGE.
HERRON OUT OF
ALASKA WEEKLY
Several Alaska newspapers
publish a statement to the ef
fect that Chas. E. Herron,
head of the Seattle syndicate
owning the Alaska Weekly,
has sold out his interest in that
publication to Frank Cotter, a
former Seward resident, whose
rymes on Alaska life, published
under the pen name of "Pat
0‘Cotter, are well known to
Alaskans.
The following telegram to
addressed to the local Harding
Memorial committee was re
ceived during the latter days
of the past week. The message
is self-explanatory and com
iment is superfluous.
| “Harding Memorial subscript
ion must close March 1. Please
Imake every effort for good
| showing Hyder. Remit moneyto
| to Gov. Bone and list of names
i with amount of each subscript
l ion to me so certificate of mem
bership may be issued.”
L Signed Hazelet.
Mr. Hazelet, it may be said
lit explanation, is the chairman
of the committee for Alaska.
The Prince Rupert News re
ports the death of Charles
Dease an 11 year old Indian
boy, who was brought to Rup
ert from the Stikine river coun
try by Father Allard, O. M. i.,
who found the lad seriously
ill from exposure and lack of
attention and brought him to
the RupeTt hospital. As the
lad was in a practically hope
less state as a result of terrible
suffering his death was not un
expected.
Although the Portland Canal
district has been visited by an
almost unprecedented snow
fall during the present Win
ter, there has been practically
no snow in the interior of Brit
ish Columbia, according to Fr.
Allard, who says that in the
section between Rupert and
McBride the lack of snow is
seriously handcapping the ex
tensive tie and pole cutting op
erations carried on in that lo
cality during the winter season.
The district exports millions
of feet of cedar poles, railroad
ties and other lumber material ,
The work is carried on prin '
cipally by contractors who em
ploy a considerable number of
workers and work is plentiful
in the district. At the present
time contracts for two million
feet of cedar ties are held in
the district, the price paid be
ing fifty cents per tie. This
means a payroll for the district
amounting in the aggregate
to a million dollars.
Fr. Allard states that the ab
tsence of snow during the past
three weeks or so has practic
ally suspended hauling oper
ations and had a decidedly det
rimental effect on the industry.
It is expected, however, that
snow will come later in the
season, owing to so little hav
ing fallen during the ' early
winter.
Double Wear.. Shoes to Your
Measure, $5 to $6—Wagner’s
INDIAN EMPLOYEE
KILLED BY TREE
Dan McLeod, ar. oirployce
of the Indian, aged about 83
was fatally injured by a failing
tree branch near the mine hot
Tuesday afternoon and died in
the Premier mine hospital the
following morning.
McLeod, with another man,
was engaged in felling a tree
close to .the mine, when a rot
ted limb, dislodged by the
chopping below, broke and
loll to the ground, striking the
unfortunate man on the back
oi the head, fracturing the
skull. McLeod is said to have
seen the broken branch fali
but owing to deep snow sur
ronding the tree could not es
cape the impending blow. He
was taken at once to the Pre
mier hospital, where Dr. Car
son, mine physician, and Dr.
Whillans, who was summoned
f. om Stewart, did all that was
possible. As far as could be
learned the deceased has no
known relatives. He had been
a resident of the district for
ieveral years and formerly
worked at the Premier.
! JUNEAU POLICE CHIEF
DIES IN SEATfLE
I ^liomas E. P. Keegan, Chief
of Police of Junean and an
old timer of the district, died in
Seattle February 8, after a
short illness due to Bright’s
disease and heart trouble, acr
j cording to the Juneau papers,
r Chief Keegan was widely
iknown and bore an enviable
reputation in the community.
Mr. Keegan came to Alaska
with a cannery concern 22
: years ago. He became chief o':
ithe Juneau police department
jin 1920 and made a splendid
officer. He was about 65
years of age and stood over 6
feet. He is survived by two
sons, aged 18 and 20 years.
TAKES A VACATION
Sam Frye recently met a
'friend on the street and the
;following colloquy ensued:
“How’s things going Sam?
“All right; I’m on a vacation.”
I “Yes”?
“Yes; asked Fred for a vacat
ion three days ago but day be
fore yesterday I had to woik
;16 hours and yesterday I
; put in 18 hours,
i Sam paused and glanced
thoughtfully down the Canal
j for a few moments and added :
; “Guess I’ll go back to'work to
morrow.” *
COdLIDGE
THE REV. RUFUS HUNTING
TON WASHBURN COOL
IOGE WILL FILL THE PUL
PIT OF THE NEGRO BAP
TIST CHURCH (PIONEER
HALL) ON THE EVENING
OF FEBRUARY 27TH. THE
SUBJECT OF HIS DISCOUR
SE IS A LIVE ISSUE OF THE
DAY—“PROFITEERING” UN
DER THE AUSPICES OF THE *
HYDER MINSTRELS.