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VOL 7, NO. 47
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
turn ROUTES FOR
HIGHWAY TRICED
Further progress in the de
velopment of the Pacific-Yu
kon-Alaska international high
way project is presented in re
ports from Dawson, Yukon
Territory, to the effect that
Donald MacDonald, of Fair
banks, arrived there recently
and announced that he was
making good progress on a
reconnaisance survey of a route
for the international highway
from Fairbanks to the Alaska
Canada border.
The route laid out by Mr.
McDonald would connect with
the Richardson Highway at a
point 90 miles south of Fair
banks and extend eastward to
the international boundary
near Glacier Creek, a stretch
325 miles in length, 90 miles
of which is already construct
ed.
Mr MacDonald also surveyed
another route which presented
a terrain easy for construction
operations, except for a stretch
of 10 miles near the Yukon
Territory boundary, and con
templated a third survey east
ward from Tanana Crossing.
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New School Teacher Expected
Miss Isabel Thoma, of Little
Falls, Minnesota, has been en
gaged by the Hyder School
Board to take charge of the
local grade school during the
coming school year, according
to an announcement this
week.
Miss Thoma, who is expected
to arrive from the south next
week, has had considerable ex
perience in teaching, having
taught grade schools for seven
or eight years in Minnesota.
She has a sister who is a teach
er in the school at Douglas,
Alaska.
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Williams and Flory Visit
M. D. Williams, district en
gineer for the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, and Charles H.
Flory, district forester of the
U. S. Forest Service, were vis
itors in Hyder Sunday.
The two officials came over
from Ketchikan in a seaplane
and remained throughout the
day. Mr. Williams came to in
spect the road improvements
now in progress on the Salmon
River highway and Mr. Florj
was looking after matters con
nected with his department.
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Ore Sample Attracts. Interesl
A speciman of Banded Mount
ain quartz of decidedly spec
tacular appearance brought tc
town by Frank Blasher, at
tracted marked interest where
ever shown.
The rock, a pure white quart:
of several pounds weight, wa
studded over one side witl
conical quartz crystals, soon
with six or eight sides, inter
spersed with large cubes o
iron pyrite colored with rain
bow^hues on every angle. Eacl
turn of the sample resulted i
a glow of beautifully chang
ing colors, distinctly pleasin
to the eye. Samples of the typ
are seldom found in the dis
trict, according to prospectors
M. D. Ickis Stroke Victipn
Marsh D. Ickis, widely,
known old-timer and one of j
the early day mining locators j
and prospectors of the Hyder
district, became the victim of
a paralytic stroke some time
Friday night or Saturday morn
ing at the Riverside mine camp,
where he was employed as
watchman.
Mr. Ickis’s plight did not be
come known until Saturday
afternoon, when he was found
lying on the floor of his dwell
ing place by Mrs. D. White
head, who had stopped at the ,
camp for a drink of water
while passing along the Salm
on river highway. Mr. Ickis
was clad only in his under
clothing, indicating that he had
been overtaken just before or
after arising. He was seen Fri
day evening by Oren F. Hill,
who stopped at the Riverside
camp after a visit to his Crest
property, farther up the val
ley. Mr. Ickis appeared in good
health at the time.
The unfortunate old-timer,
who is over 82 years of age,
was taken to the Stewart hos
pital, where his entire right
side was found paralyzed. He
remained in the hospital until
Tuesday, when he was taken
to Ketchikan on the weekly
mail boat in care of Frank R.
Nagle. His condition was ma
terially improved at the time
of his departure and telegraph
ic advices later reported he
had arrived safely in Ketchi
kan.
Mr. Ickis is interested in a
number 'of valuable mining
properties in the Salmon River
section and visited the district
every summer for years.
New C. N. R. Steamer
Schedule Next Week
The fall sailing schedule of
Ihe Canadian National steam
ers became effective here this
week, with the arrival this
morning of the steamer Prince
Rupert. The Prince Charles
will make its last appearance
here for the season next Tues
iay morning at 8 A. M. and
will transfer her passengers at
Prince Rupert. The Prince
Rupert will arrive again on
Thursday, September 3 at 8 A.
M. and leave at 11 A. M. The
next sailing will be the Prince
George, which will arrive here
at midnight September 5 and
will return south via Ketchi
kan. Thereafter the Prince
Rupert and Prince George will
alternate on the run, sailing on
Thursdays and Saturdays until
November 16, on which date
the winter schedule will be in
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Harry Quickstad, president
1 and leading figure in Barite
■ Gold Mines, Ltd., owner of the
■ Barite group of three claims
in the Bear River district, paid
■ the camp a brief visit between
* Saturday and Monday to in
> spect the summer’s develop
s ment activities.
f A. E. Warren, vice-presi
- dent in charge of the western
l region, Canadian National
i Railways, was a visitor in Hy
- der last Saturday during the
l stay of the Prince George. Mr.
s Warren was accompanied by a
r party of railway officials and
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PREMIER OPTIONS
SALMON-GOLD GROUP
Interest in the recent import-.
ant gold strike on the Salmon- i
Gold property in the Summit |
Lake area was enhanced this
week by an announcement that i
the Premier Gold Mining Com- j
pany has taken an option on ■
the property and will prospect
it by diamond drilling. It is
understood than an outfit was ;
being taken out to the property
this week.
The Salmon-Gold property is j
jwned by Ted Morris and oth
ers and includes a total of
twenty-six claims located at
the west side of Summit Lake, j
Morris has been engaged for j
some time in developing the !
property with excellent results
in so far as surface indications
are a criterion. Samples show
ng gold values in excess of
$50 per ton are said to have
been frequent, with average j
samples running around one '
and a half ounces in gold and j
an ounce or more in silver per
ton. The mineralization is
very extensive.
Dr. J. T. Mandy, Provincial
government engineer for Brit-!
ish Columbia, has recommend- j
ed the property to engineers
for examination, hence it;
would appear to have a very
bright outlook for further de
velopment.
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Pinchot Hopes For
Alaska Statehood
Hope that Alaska would be
admitted to statehood was ex
pressed by Governor Gifford
Pinchot of Pennsylvania, in a
letter read at the annual Alas
ka-Yukon Sourdough stampede
in Portland, according to press
reports.
Gov. Pinchot said in the mes
sage that he recalled with
gratification that he was
hanged in effigy at Cordova
twenty years ago because of
his conservation of Alaska re
sources policy and that Jack
Dalton prevented citizens from
keeping him from landing
from a steamboat there while
he was head of the Forest
Service
“I struggled to prevent cer
tain men from trying to plun
der Alaska. My interest in Alas
ka began when I was a green
young forester there, long be
fore the so-called Ballinger
case/' the governor said.
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Territory Gives City of
Ketchikan Hatchery Plant
The Territorial fish hatchery
at Ketchikan, which was estab
lished several years ago, has
been turned over to the city
of Ketchikan, Governor George
A. Parks having signed a deed
to the property several weeks
ago.
The Territory has another
hatchery at Cordova which it
would like to turn over to the
municipality there if the Cor
dovans will take it. The trans
fer of both canneries was
authorized by the late legis
lature after the members ot
that body had turned down a
request to appropriate funds to
put the territory back into the
hatchery business.
There was a third hatchery
at Seward, but that plant was
destroyed by fire several years
ago. i
SALMON PACK NOW
OVER 4,000,000 MARK
Predictions of an abnormally
large Alaska salmon pack this
year are sustained by an an
nouncement from Juneau that
the pack on August 14 was,
well above 4,000,000 cases,
with indications that it will al
most attain 5,000,000 cases, if
it does not exceed that figure
by the time the season for
commercial fishing closes.
Canneries are reported block
ed by heavy receipts, follow
ing a spurt in the salmon run
in the First Division. Heavy
runs of pink salmon were re
ported from Ketchikan and
the west coast d|f Prince of
Wales Island. Southeast Alas
ka’s total pack to that date
was aboyt 1,550,000 cases and
was expected to reach 2,000,
000 cases by the close of the
fishing season.
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Rich Gold Discovery
On Chichagof Island
Some of the finest ore speci
mans ever seen in Juneau were
brought in this week from a
vein uncovered by Joe Jackson j
on Chichagof island, between \
Chichagof and the famous j
Hirst-Chichagof mine. The |
vein is said to be from three j
to seven feet wide, and speci
mens brought in town Sunday \
by Mr. Goldstein, approach
specimens of jewelry ore, so
thickly is the rock studded
with gold.
A group of local business
men are interested in the prop
erty with Mr. Jackson. For
the past month they have had
a crew of four men at work
stripping the vein and sinking
holes over the property to ver
ify the find. The vein has
been traced from beach level
to the top of the ridge adjoin
ing the water.
Interested with Mr. Jackson
in the strike are George Rice,
Charles Goldstein, Allen Shat
tuck, Dr. W. W. Council and
Dr. Robei't Simpson.
The strike is one of the best,
from surface indications that
has been made in this section
for a number of years.—Stroll
er’s Weekly.
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A “rake-off” from the prof
its of liquor vending in British
Columbia in the shape of a
check for $333.05 was received
last week by the municipality
of Stewart thereby fattening
up the city treasury. The check
represented Stewart’s share of
I the provincial profits on liquor
sales for the six months end
i ing March 31 last.
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1 C. W. Wright, chief of the
; Mining Division of the United
I States Bureau of Mines, and
j Dr. H. F. Reid, world famous
I glacialist and geologist, com
; pleted recently an arial ex
amination and survey of a
wide section of territory be
tween Juneau and Glacier Bay
for the government. Forma
tions of earth and ice never
before scrutinized by man were
closely observed and photo
graphed by the savants over
an extent of country 350 miles
in diameter. t
Expert Discusses
Alaska Mosquitos
Alaskans who have tramped
the “toe-twisting tundra” with
myriads of mosquitos biting
their necks would no doubt
take an unhesitating oath that
there are at least a thousand
different varieties of those
pestiferous skin puncturers..
Hence they will no doubt be
surprised to learn from Prof.
George S. Fullock, an expert,
that theef are only 20 species
in Alaska, although probably
agreeing that even twenty is
far too many for comfort, es
pecially in districts where
there couldn’t be more of them
unless they were smaller.
Dr. Fullock, according to
the Fairbanks News-Miner, has
been engaged for some time in
an investigation of mosquito
control in Alaska on a cooper
ative agreement between the
Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany and the department of
agriculture. Dr. Fullock be
lieves that are probably 20
species of mosquitos engaged
in the business ot exploring
human hides in the Territory.
It is a mistake to assume, he
says, that the small mosquitoes
which come after the large
ones in the spring are progeny
of the latter kind, for they are
an entirely different species.
Dr. Tullock also exploded an
other belief of many people
that the little gray songsters
breed in the wet tundra moss.
They never breed in wet moss
or grass, he says, no mattei
how thick they may be there
as they require water for
breeding.
Doctor Tullock said it was
too early to say whether con
trol measures in the Fairbanks
region would be successful.
Some mosquitoes fly 300 yards
and some 20 miles, hence fur
ther investigation would be
necessary to determine if the
local varieies are long range
flyers or not before attempt
ing control measures.
Alaska Highway
Surveyor Visits
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Rol
ston, who visited the district
by airplane last summer in
connection with a reconnais
ance survey of possible routes
for the proposed Pacific-Yu
kon-Alaska international high
way, was again a visitor Tues
day during the stay of the
steamer Prince Charles.. Col
Rolston is now in charge of
engineering work for the
Powell River Pulp and Paper
Co. on the Queen Charlotte
i Islands.
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Stewart Couple Wed
A recent issue of the Victoria
; Times, reports the mariage in
1 Victoria on July 28th of Miss
Violet H. Watson and Freder
ick A. Campbell-Hunter, well
known young couple of Stew
art. The newly-weds plan to
make their future residence in
Victoria.
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Asst. Secty. Agriculture
Visits The Territory
R. W. Dunlap, Asistant Sec
| retary of Agriculture, arrived
in Alaska recently to inspect
the activities of the Forest
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HUNTING SEASON ON
FOII DEER AND GOAT
The open season- in South
eastern Alaska for hunting
male deer and mountain goat
started on August 20 and ven
ison roasts and juicy chops
may now be added to the
menu’s of those who favor
them.
For bonafide Alaskan res
idents no hunting licenses are
required but nonresidents are
required to have licenses for
both large and small game.
The open season for deer
extends to November 15, while
the season for mountain goat
to December 31. Deer must
have horns not less than 3 in
ches above the head. Both
male and female goats may be
shot, but no kids. The deer
limit is three; the goat limit
two.
The season on migratory wat
er fowl opens September 1 and
closes December 15, The bag
limits are: 15 ducks, four geese
and brant, 20 jacksnipe daily,
but not to exceed 50 may be
in possession at one time, nor
more than 30 ducks and eight
geese.
The season on grouse and
ptarmigan also begins Septem
ber 1, and closes February 28.
The daily bag limit is 15
grouse, 25 ptarmigan, but not
more than 25 of both may be
in possession at one time.
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Alaska-Juneau Yields
$304,000 In July
July operations at the Alas
ka-Juneau mine yielded a tot
al of $304,000, with a net
profit of $130,000, according
to the company’s statement of
estimated results. The aggre
gate recovery value was 90.01
cents per ton from 337,730
tons of ore mined and tram
med.
Gold recovery totaled $301,
500, silver $2,500. Mining and
! tramming costs amounted to
I $90,000, an average of 26.65
j cents per ton. Milling costs
| were $72,000, or 21.32 cents
per ton.
Revenues derived from other
| sources amounting to $1,600
brought the monthly surplus
to $131,600.
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Reindeer Production
To Be Curtailed
Reindeer production in North
ern Alaska will be heavily cur
tailed this year as a result of
a decision of the Lomen Rein
deer Corporation, of Nome, to
refrain from slaughtering deer
j this year. The company is the
largest producer and export
er of reindeer in the north.
As a result production of
reindeer meat will be confined
largely to animals slaughter
ed by Eskimos and two small
' er corporations, Walchter Bros,
and the Alaska Cold Storage.
| The total production is not ex
pected to exceed 5,000 car
casses.
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School Starts September 14th
The Hyder Public School
will start the annual school
term on September 14, it was
announced this week by the
school board.