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VOL. 8, NO. 18.
HYDER, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 13, 1932.
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PLANS LAUNCHED
FOR CELEBRATION
Tentative plans for local ob
servance of the two hundredth
anniversary of the birth of
George Washington were
launched at the monthly meet
ing of the Hyder Chamber of
Commerce, held in Chamber of
Commerce Hall Wednesday
evening. The meeting was pre
sided over by Chas. F. Sand
ford, president of the board of
directors, and developed few
matters of general interest,
aside from the celebration dis
cussion.
Secretary II. R. Cross called
attention to the desirability of
observing the anniversary and
it was pointed out by various
members that the bicenten
nial celebration is sponsored
by the United States govern
ment and will take the form of
a nation-wide series of local
celebrations in which every
aiaiu, uitj 11it iuwii win paiui
ipate during the celebration
period, extending from Wash
ington’s birthday, February 22,
to Thanksgiving Day, Novem
ber 24. In addition to the cele
brations held throughout the
nation, similar observances
will be held by Americans and
others in many foreign lands
where the greatness of Wash
ington is recognized. It was
pointed out that in many res
pects the celebration will be
the greatest patriotic event
ever held in America, hence
it was considered highly des
irable that Hyder should par
ticipate in a fitting manner at
some time during the celebrat
ion period. A patriotic motion
picture display and a program
by the local school children, in
conjunction with other patriot
ic exercises and special church
services were among the var
ous suggestions offered as
means of observance. After
extended discussion it was de
cided to appoint a committee
to interest all local organizat
ions and work out details re
specting the time and charac
ter of the celebration and the
following were named: Ernest
Blue, chairman, H. R. Cross, F.
W\ Fisher, B. B. Smith and E.
D. Haddon.
A proposal by the ladies of
the Friendship Club to under
take the preparation and serv
ice of the Chamber’s monthly
dinner meeting, which could
not be held this month owing
to the unexpected closing of
the Silver Grill, was also a sub
ject of interested discussion by
the Chamber. Under the plan
suggested, the meetings would
be held in the Pioneer Hall din
ing room on the second Wed
nesday of each month.
The prospect of enjoying din
ners prepared by the camp’s
leading lady culinary artists
was viewed with more than
passing enthusiasm, especially
by those members who are de
void of local family connect
ions, and it was decided to ac
cept the offer of the ladies,
with the next dinner scheduled
to take place March 9.
It developed in connection
with the dinner discussion_that
a considerable number of res
idents are under the impress
ion that the monthly dinner ses
sions are not open to the pub
lic and that an invitation to
attend must be obtained. The
view was expresed that for
MANY WITNESSES FOR
CONRAD WOLFLE TRIAL
The following account of pro
cedings at the trial of Conrad
Wolfle on mail fraud charges
growing out of his promotion
of the local Cantu property are
reprinted from Mining Truth.
“Fifty witnesses have been
subpoenaed by the government
including six from Alaska sev
eral fiom St. Paul and Minne
| apolis, and others from various
! points in Washington, Oregon,
I Idaho and Montana. The gov
j eminent has gone into the hist
! ory of the United Copper Co.,
! Red Bird, and other concerns,
in an endeavor to show that
statements made by Wolfle rel
ative to former successful op
erations under his direction
were exaggerated. Statements
as to tonnages of ore reputedly
blocked out on the Cantu were
; also attacked.
Several government witnesses
' testified that stock which they
purchased in Cantu had been
1 bought back by directors of [he
| company, other than Wolt'le.
| Other parties originally sub
poenaed were later excused
when it was discovered their
: testimony would not aid the
j prosecution. A statement cred
ited to postoffice inspectors
' that $500,000 had been raised
! for the company was later
modified to make it $100,000,
; whereas the defense will con
l tend that the amount was not
greater than $25,000. . . .
Wolfle will contend that sev
eral letters bearing his signa
1 ture were dictated by men in
the selling organization and
that he signed them without
full knowledge of their con
! tents.”
A Seattle newspaper recent
i ly published a purported ex
j tract from a letter reputedly
* written by Wolfle to his wife
i in which the writer openly de
clared an intention to “rob” in
: vestors “blind.” A n o t h e r
newspaper account of the trial
disclosed that Wolfle entered
the realms of poesy by writing
! poetry concerning the Cantu in
! connection with his promotion
' efforts.
! this reason some citizens who
are inclined to attend refrain
from doing so owing to fear of
! intruding. It was therefore de
cided to make it known as far
I as possible that the dinner
meetings and all other general
meetings of the Chamber are
open to anyone who desires to
attend and any person, male or
female, who is interested in the
Chamber and its activities is
invited to attend the dinners
and general meetings. Their
i presence will be welcomed .re
gardless of whether they are
; members of the organization
or not.
The general sentiment of the
members is “the more the mer
i rier” on such occasions and no
obligation is entailed by at
tending beyond the payment
of the nominal service charge
of 75 cents per plate. Visitors
also should notify either the
secretary, Mr. Cross, or other
member, of an intention to at
tend, in order that proper pro
vision may be made for serv
ice.
! With a more general under
] satnding of this matter, it is
hoped that future dinner sess
ions will attract even greater
interest and attendance than
has been evidenced in the past.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
TO STUDY SILVER
A thorough investigation of
the silver situation will be un
dertaken by the House com
mittee on Coinage, Weight?
and Measures, according lo
plans of the chairman of the
committee, Representative An
drew L. Somers, of New York,
announced by the Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Representative Somers is a
member of the Tammany dele
gation. A resolution author
izing the committee to make a
special study of the silver situ
ation already has been intro
duced. Usually congressional
committees conduct hearings
on a specific bill, In this case,
however, the purpose is to de
i for the drafting of a bill until
after a study has been made.
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B. C. Silver Shareholders Sore
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! Commenting on the recent
payment by the Premier Gold
Minig Company of the usual
quarterly dividend of 3 cents a
share, equivalent to a payment
of $150,000 on the 5,000,000
shares of capital stock, the
Mining World and Engineering
Record, of London, says:
“Dividends commenced in
, 1921, and during the ten years
no less than $15,900,000 has
1 been distributed. No wonder
Selukwe shareholders arc sore
; that their own property—the
B. C. Silver, which is actually
! connected with the Premier, is
; shut down. It is small eonsol
: ation to Selukwe holders to
learn that a few deals have
taken place this week in Seluk
we shares, which company has
the same lode, at a few pence
each.”
Have High Grade an Silverado
John J. Haati, who with his
associates has a working lease
on the Silveiado, has complet
ed a lot of necessary prelimi
nary work and is. now drifting
from a raise between the first
I and second levels, according to
information leceived in Stew
art. Ore located in the drift in
cludes 12 inches of high grade
Iver-lead ore.
The ore is be
u;u i Liimuu^ wn v;jic >v<ui
until such time as the drift has
I been extended to the limits
of the shoot, after which it will
be broken down for shipment.
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Hospital Social
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A social will be held in Les
ion Hall, Stewart, on the even
ing of February 19 under the
auspices of the Stewart Gener
al Hospital Board. The object
of the entertainment is to pro
[ vide funds for upkeep of the
hospital, including payment of]
j the care-taker, fuel, and simi- i
* lar expenses. The progi-am !
will include cards, songs, sup-!
per and a dance. Appropriate
prizes will be awarded in the
card tourney and there will be ]
no raffles. The prices of ad- j
mission has been fixed at 75 |
cents for married couples, 50
cents for single adults, and 25
cents for students. The pro
gram will start at 8 p.m. sharp.
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W. C. Blanton and family
left Saturday for Ketchikan,
where Mr. Blanton will operate
] the Blue Fox Cafe.
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MANY POLITICAL
CANDIDATES FILE
The biennial crop of candi
dates for political office in
Alaska will be fully as large as
usual this year, judging by the
number of filings made for the
coming primary election. A.s
recorded in the Juneau news
papers, those who have signi
fied their intention to seek par
ty nominations for the various
offices include quite a number j
of the perennial candidates as 1
well as a considerable number
who have not heretofore ap
peared in the political arena. I
Incomplete returns so far re
ceived show declaration of can
didacy filings by the following
aspirants for office:
Alaska delegate to Congress- j
James Wickersham, Rep., and |
A. H. Zeigler, Dem. Anthony !
J. Diamond and Geo. B. Grigs- j
by had not filed but are ex
pected to be in the race for
delegate nomination.
John Kustgarct, Kep., will
seek a fourth term as Attorney ;
General of Alaska, Frank H.
Foster, former Territorial rep
resentative, is out for the dem
ocratic nomination for the same
position.
Wm. A. Hesse has filed for j
the democratic nomination for j
Highway Engineer and is the !
only candidate to file for that!
office so far.
Percy G. Charles, Ketchikan
business man, has filed his dec
laration of candidacy for the
republican nomination for Ter-!
ritoi ial Auditor. Cash Cole, the
present incumbent, will also be
in the race, but whether as a |
lepublican or independent was;
not decided.
W. K. Keller, present Com-:
missioner of Education, will
seek renomination by the re-!
publicans, while his democrat
ic opponent in the last election
campaign, Anthony E. Karnes, j
is after the democratic nomi
ation for that office.
Norman R. Walker has filed
for the democratic nomination ,
for Territorial Senator for the i
First Division and Albert Wile,
Dem.; W. J. Kehoe, Dem., and
F. J. Baronovich, Dem., have
filed for Territorial Represent
ative. For delegate to the Nat
ional conventions there are'
four democrats in the field, T.
A. Wakefield, Eugene Wack- i
er, M. M. Heath and John B.
Rice, and two republicans, J.
Davis and Karl Thiele. With ;
the exception of Thiele, they1
are all Ketchikan residents.
John W. Frame, who is de-1
scribed by one Juneau paper as
“the only living democrat who j
was elected Republican Nat-i
ional Committeeman from
Alaska,” is now once more j
back in the democratic ranks |
seeking nomination for Demo-!
eratic National Committeeman.!
Edward A. Rasmussen is a re- j
publican candidate for Nation
al Committeeman, and J. J.
Connors, present democratic
incumbent, is also expected to
! be in the race again.
R. E. Hardeastle, democratic
! candidate for Territorial Treas
. urer two years ago, will also
; run for democratic nomination
i for Territorial committeeman.
The Democratic Territorial
j convention at Fairbanks, al
• though instructing its delegat
ion to the National Convention
for Roosevelt, failed to nomi
nate any candidates. The con
District Records Show
Big Slump in 1931
A marked decline in the vol
oume of business done during
1931, as compared to earlier
years, is shown in the records
in the Recorder’s office.
Claims recorded during the
year totaled only 36, as com
pared with 66 in 1930, which
was also considerably lower
than in any preceding year
since the office was opened
in 1920. Affidavits of annu
al labor filed amounted to 114,
as against a total of 179 claims
represented in 1930.
The volume of transfers rep
resented by filed deeds and
other forms of conveyance
also reflected the depressed
conditions by a reduction of al
most fifty per cent in the num
ber of instruments filed.
In the vital statistics depart
ment alone are the filings com
parable with earlier periods.
Three births occurred dur
ing the year, as compared with
none in 1930. Two deaths oc
curred during the year, one
more tnan in ivmu, and t mar
riages were recorded, one less
than during the preceding
year. The record of criminal
actions in the Commissioner’s
court was almost equal to
that of 1930, with a total of 10
cases.
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New Physician Arrives
Dr. J. W. Vosburgh arrived
Monday from Abbotsford, B.
C., to take ujp* the practice ol
his profession in Stewart.
Since the departure of Dr. H.
A. Whillans some weeks ago
the camp has been without a
resident physician, hence the
arrival of the new medico is i
decidedly welcome event tc
most of the local residents.
vention adopted a platform,
passed resolutions favoring
certain candidates, but made!
no formal nominations. One j
resolution said it was the “in- i
dividual and personal convict- 1
ion of the delegates’’ that Sen
a t o r Anthony J. Diamond
ought to be the candidate for
delegate to Congress Senator
Diamond personally opposed
the nomination of himself, the j
reports say. and at his insist- i
enee the convention adopted a ;
resolution urging that George
B. Grigsby and A. H. Zeigler, i
as well as Diamond, enter the !
primary race for nomination |
for Delegate. The convention !
also adopted unanimously a re- i
port of the nominating com
mittee, recommending that the
following file for the primary:
James Truitt, Anchorage, for
Attorney General; Claude Hel
gesen, Juneau, for Auditor;
Anthony E. Karnes, Ketchi
kan, for Commissioner of Edu
cation; Wm, A. IIes3e, for
Highway Engineer; J. J. Con
nors, Juneau, for National
Committeman. A. A. Shon
beck and Harry F. Morton, of
Anchorage; John W. Powers,
Eagle; T. S. Deal, Fairbanks,
and W. B. Kirk and John W.
Troy, Juneau, were also re
quested to file for delegates to
the Democratic National con
vention..
The filing period expired on
February 2 and such addition
al filings as may appear are
expected to arrive here in time
for the succeeding issue of the
Herald.
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REPUBLICANS FORM
CAMPAIGN CLUB
A Divisional Republican Club
was organized recently in
Ketchikan to carry on Repub
lican activites in the First Di
vision during the primary cam
paign. Seven towns were rep
resented in the caucus which
preceded the organization of
the club. These included Jun
eau, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Pet
ersburg, Craig, Klawock, and
Hydaburg. The club plans to
extend its organization to all
)t'ner communities in the First
Division in order to be in a po
rtion to conduct vigorous pri
mary and general election cam
paigns. Like the recent Demo
cratic convention at Fairbanks,
he Republicans made no nom
inations, although sever a 1
persons were urged to file as
legislative candidates. These
included J. E. Johnson, Ketchi
kan, for senator; Grover C.
Winn, Juneau, Arndt Sorset,
Wrangell, and Lawrence H.
ivuuiey anu n.. r. niuiouii,
Ketchikan, for the lower
house. No reioommendati'-ons
were made with respect to a
Territorial ticket.
Mr. Johnson, who was sug
gested for senator, was a mem
ber of the House in 1931 and is
a prominent Ketchikan insur
ance man. Wr. Winn was
Speaker of the 1931 House
and a member of the 1929
House. Mr. Sorset is in the
meat market business in
Wrangell and Messrs Han
and Kubley are well known
Ketchikan business men.
Former Senator Forrest J.
Hunt was named temporary
president of the club and Per
cy G. Charles, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
Territorial Auditor, is tempo
rary secretary .
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Burmingham Injured
Mike Burmingham, employed
by the I remier c ompany as a
teamster, is in the Premier hos
oital as a result of being kicked
by a horse-. He is said to have
had several ribs broken as a re
result of the encouter.
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.. , Doggett Acquitted
L. K. uoggett ana Mrs. Jes
sie L. Kelly charged with a lo
cal violation of the prohibit
ion laws, were acquitted by a
trial jury in the district court
at Ketchikan last week, accord
ing to advices from the First
City.
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Government to Make Study
Of Alaska Coal Deposits
With a view to determining
the extent of the coal deposits
of Alaska, the Interior Depart
ment has called for bids for
the drilling of four core holes
in the anthracite ridge in the
south central part of the Terr
itory, according to Washing
ton, D. C., teports. The cores
will be extended to depths of
from 1,500 to 2,000 feet.
BUYS NORTHERN DRUC CO.
The Northern Drug Company
drug store in Stewart has been
purchased by Mr. Joseph
Buckshon, who came north
from Vancouver rp'or-1’
manage the o '
behalf of h r
Men’s Trust Association,