The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
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DIMCND ASKS $15,000,000
FOR ALASKA DEFENSES
Congressional approval for
a $15,800,000 military and air
defense baise in Alaska is being
sought by Alaska Delegate A.
J. Dimond in a bill introduced
in the lower house a few days
ago.
The measure calls for the es
tablishment of a base equipped
with 100 airplanes and a garri
son of 230 commissioned and
2,200 enli.-ted men in the vicin
ity of Fairbanks. The bill also
provides for such additional j
military airfields and othei*
utilities in the Territory as may
be necessary for the national
defense.
Valdez Lays Claim To
First Woman Mayor
Valdez possesses the dis
tinction of having the first
woman mayor in Alaska, ac
cording to the Valdez Miner.
The lady executive is Mrs.
H. P. Sullivan, who was a mem
ber of the recently elected city
council and was chosen by her
councilmanic colleagues to pre-'
ride over their deliberations,
after C. J. Egan, who received
the highest vote and would
normally have been accorded
the honor, had withdrawn in
Mrs. Sullivan’s favor.
Mrs. Sullivan is a pioneer'
resident of Valdez and has|
held several responsible public |
positions.
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Liquor Beard Refuses
License To Ketchikan
Basing the decision on a rul
ing by Attorney General Truitt
that a municipal corporation in
Alaska cannot legally engage
in the liquor business, the Terr
itorial Board of Liquor Control
has rejected an application for
license made by the city of
Ketchikan, according to the
Ketchikan Chronicle.
The proposal to operate a
municipality owned retail liq
uor store originated in the city
council of Ketchikan and was
endorsed by the public at a
special election some days ago.
GOLD LEADS ALL
APRIL EXPORTS
Gold shipments from Alaska
to the United States in April
attained a value almost double
the total value of all ether pro
ducts of the Territory, accord
ing to figures presented in the
monthly report of Collector of
Customs J. J. Connors.
The gold exports totaled
$823,751, as against merchan
dise shipments valued at $435,
165. Shipments icf fish and
fish-products for the month
were valued at $275,841. Fur
shipments totaled $101,418.
Lead contributed $9,058 and
platinum $1,600. The full list
of exports follows:
Animals..$ 120
Fish
Fresh and Frozen
Halibut. 46,147
Salmon . 20,438
All other . 2,316
Canned
Salmon . 187,218
Cured or Preserved
Cod . 995
Herring . 46
Salmon . 8
Shell-fish
. Clams. 1,545
Crabs . 10,078
Shrimps . 3,711
All other fish and
fish products . 3,339
Furs anr fur-skins
Blue fox . 55,745
Silver fox . 250
Red fox. 9,171
White fox. 265
Mink. 16,650
Muskrat. 1,602
Beaver . 11,459
All other. 5,306
Manufactured furs .... 970
Ore, matte and regulus
Lead . 9,058
Platinum. 1,600
Trophies . 115
All other articles. 447
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska. $388,599
Products of the United
States returned . 46,416
Total value of
foreign products . 150
Total value shipments
of merchandise . $435,165
Gold . 823,751
Silver . 4,803
Total . $1,263,719
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Bill Fulfill* Party Pledge
In securing passage of the
Yukon-Kuskokwim bill, Dele
gate Dimond transformed a
plank in a party platform into
actuality.
The Democratic party in the
Territory had enunciated as
one of its principles its belief
that the Yukon and Kusko
kwim ought to be opened to
limited commercial fishing so
that white settlers and natives
could derive a livelihood from
packing for export the king
salmon which are acknow
ledged to be in the front rank
of the world’s finest food fish.
FURTHER DETAILS OF
ASSESSMENT LAW
Additional information rela
tive too1 the Congressional en
actment suspending annual as
sessment work '0 n mining
claims indicates that the meas
ure differs from the 1933 law
in only one important partic
ular.
The enactment, passed May
10, provides that the benefits
will not apply to more than six
claims held by the same person
nor to more than twelve claims
held by the same partnership,
association or corporation.
The suspension provisions do
i not apply to any claimant not
entitled to exemption from
payment of federal lincome tax
for 1933 and claimants, to ob
tainthebenefitsofthe act, must
file or cause to be filed in the
office where the location not
ice or certificate is recorded on
i ior before July 1, a notice of
their desiire to hold the prop
erty under the act. This notice
! must state that the claimant is
entitled to exemption from in
come tax payment.
The exemption applies only
to the assessment year ending
July 1, 1934, at 12 o’clock
meridian.
Ketchikan Bars Booze
Vendors From Payroll
The Ketchikan city council,
by a vote of five to one, passed
an ordinance last week elimin
ating: from the city payroll all
persons engaged in the sale of
liquor, according to the Ketchi
kan Chronicle.
Apparently only one person,
L. H. Kubley, chief of the city
fire department, was affected
by the enactment.
A recent municipal election
granted the city authority to
establish and operate a liquor
store if sanctioned by the Ter
ritorial liquor control board.
In the meantime two local
sbores are dispensing hard
liquor.
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Wine With Meals in First City
A radio from Ketchikan
Wednesday announced that a
local restaurant was offering
wine with meals at 10 cents
and 15 cents a glass, or two
glasses for 25 cents.
The message is somewhat
reminiscent of the good old
days in California when a pint
of “dago” was served with a
15 cent meal—and a good one
at that.
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Death Claims Three Oldtimers
Henry B. Howard, 71, John
J. Brady, 73, and Henry An
tilla, 80, passed away within a
week at the Pionners’ Home at
Sitka recently.
Howard had been a resident
of the Territory since 1898;
Brady since 1891, and Antilla
since 1900.
FRANK A, METCALF
am * MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder
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Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
Everyone is cordially Invited to
the services.
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