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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 14.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1933.
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a> WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS H
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
PITTMAN PLAN TO
AID SILVER PRODUCERS
Accepting the Pittman plan
to aid silver, as adopted at the
World Economic Conference in
London last summer, President
Roosevelt issued Friday a pro
clamation ratifying the confer
ence agreement, according to
radio broadcasts.
,The executive also designated
a fixed price of 62'1/£ cents
par ounce for domestic mined
silver in the UnitedStates.Thls
is in effect a mild remonetiza
tion of silver insofar as this
country is concerned and will
be of marked value to the nat
ional silver mining industry,
but will riot effect the value of
silver abroad.
Under the terms ot the pro
clamation, silver bullion mined
in the United States will be
purchased by the Treasury at
the stipulated price, payment
being made with new-minted
silver dollars. Thedollarsareto
be coined on a 16 to 1 ratio
with gold; sixteen silver dol
lars to equal in value one ounce
of gold, the reports said.
The international agreement
under which the President’s
action was taken provides that
United States, Canada, Mexico,
Peru and Australia shall with
draw from the market a total
of 35 million ounces of silver
yearly for four years, to be
used for monetary purposes,
the United States taking 24
million ounces of the total.
India, China and Spain, mean
while are to limit their sal ;s
of silver to a total of 40 million
ounces.
The agreement, to become,
fully effective, must be rati-,
fied by the signatory govern-1
ments. Up to the present.
Mexico and the United States
have been the only countries
to take affirmative action.
The plan has received con
siderable adverse criticism
from experts who question its
economic possibilities, and also,
has been severely condemned
by supporters of bi-metallism
on the score that it will not
place silver -on a parity with
gold.
While the President’s action
will be 'of undoubted benefit
to the silver mining industry,
it appears probable that fur
their action on silver remoneti
zation will be taken in the com
ing Congressional session.
' Increase of C. W. A.
I
Force Is Allowed
The number of workers that
may be employed on the Sal
mon: River flood protection
piroject under the recent CWA
authorization was increased
this week from four to ten as
a result of efforts made by
Representative J. K. Green to
induce the CWA authorities
to grant a larger quota to meet
the severe local unemployment
conditions.
The sijf additional w'orkers
will be given employment at
the rate of 62 cents per hour
for 30 hours per week and
their employment will increase
to $189.90, the total amount to
be paid to. local labor for each
30 hours worked. In the event
that no changes are ordered
in the present system of con
ducting CWA Operations, the
total amount that will be paid
out here by the close of the'
designated work period, Feb
ruary 15th, will be $2,388.
Under the present system of
staggering the work among
the approximately 25 eligible
workers, all of them will be
able to earn a sufficient sum
to maintain themselves com
fortably for several months.
In addition to helping the
workers, the CWA payroll will
also be of great benefit to the
business life of the community
as virtually all of the money
will be spent here.
An unfortunate situation de
veloped this week for some of
the workers, when the local
employment board, consisting
of Mr. Green, J. L. Abrams,
deputy customs collector, and
Chas. F. Sandford, U. S. Com
missioner, was notified that the
CWA operations are being con
ducted in accordance with the
provisions of the NRA act,
which forbids employment 'of
alien residents without first
citizenship papers. As a re
sult, a number of the workers
were laid off pending an ap
peal by the employment board
;o the governor on the ground
that the discharged workers,
)f which there were nine in all,
were the neediest persons in
Hyder, having been barred
From all earlier relief because
»f their n'on-citizenship, and
would in most instances be
compelled to seek aid from the
Territory.
The effort resulted favor
ibly; permission being granted
ater to employ aliens, provid
ed they are in actual want and
!S. S. PRINCE GEORGE
GOES ON ROCKS
The Canadian National
Steamship Prince George, com
manded by Capt. D. McLain,
while proceeding from Anyox
to Stewart about 11:30 p. m.
Wednesday night, struck a
rocky reef about four miles
fr'om Anyox, sustaining severe
damages.
The passengers on board
were taken off in the ship's
boats and returned to Anyox
without mishap. Later the
big vessel was Released from
the rocks by high tide and also
returned to Anyox under her i
own power.
Reports of th : mishap state
the damage was confined to
the fore-parts of the ship; the
two forward compartments
being flooded. The reports
failed to indicate the exact
cause of the Occident. The
rocks upon which the vessel
struck were said to be charted,
hence it appears that the big
liner mwvff course, either
as a result of wind or tide.
The steamer Prince John of
the same line was summoned
to take off the mail and cargo,
but was reported later to have
returned to Prince Rupert,
leaving the delivery of the car
go and mail for Stewart to the
Granby Company power boat,
Azurite. Reports Friday
morning said it was believed
the Prince George would oe
able to proceed to Prince Rup
ert, but would probably be ac
cornpHnifed by a salvage tug
summoned from Vancouver.
The power boat, Azurite, ar
rived in Stewari about 5 or
clock Friday evening with a
sack of mail for Premier.
have lived in the Territory one
year and in the district six
months. As all the discharged i
workers were able to meet
these requirements, they were ,
immediately reinstated. ,
Mr. Green, who has been
organizing and directing the
work at the request of the
Alaska Road Commission since
its inception December 11, is
now in direct control of oper
ations in the capacity of fore- 1
man, a position for which he
is exceptionally well qualified
by reason of his knowledge of
river conditions and the flood
protection project,
protection project. Mr. Green ]
is also chairman of the em- !
ployment board and applica- ,
dons for employment should be s
made to him. I
School Entertainment Will
Be Held This Evening
The annual Christmas enter
tainment of the Hyder public
school will be held in Pioneer
Hall this evening under the
direction of Mrs. Charlotte
Whitford, teacher in charge of
the school.
The young folks will present
an interesting program of Songs
recitations and costume play
lets on which they have been
practicing for several weeks
and to which a number of
their elders will contribute.
Vocal selections by Leonard R.
“Dtick” Traversy will be an
especially interesting feature
of the program.
The school entertainment will
be followed by the usual pre
sentation of gifts from a big
Christmas tree by Santa Clau3
in person.
The program is scheduled to
start at 7:80 p. m.
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Elimination Of
Fish Traps Coming
Declaring that fish traps are
‘vicious,” United States Fish
eries Commissioner Frank Bell,
probably sounded the death
knell of fish traps for taking
■almon in a recent statement
n which he said it is only a
juestion of time until the traps
nust be eliminated entirely or
•egulated so. they will not be
jo destructive.
Bell said they are the most
irtcious type of gear in opera
don because they operate
ilong shorelines and in loca
tions where they may inter
:ept saimon 24 hours a day.
Bell has already ordered the
dosing of 100 out of 400 traps
jperating in Alaska waters
ind declared himself in favor
>f eliminating all of them.
Mahoney Appointed Marshal
Hope for early restoration of
the local office of the United
Jtates Marshal is contained in
he anouncement from Wash
ngton a few days ago that
William T. Mahoney of Ketch
kan has been appointed by
President Roosevelt as United
ibates Marshal for the First
Fudicial Division of Alaska, to
rucceed Albert White. Repub
ican incumbent.
VOICE IN SENATE
FOR TERRITORY
TO BE SOUGHT
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dim
ond and Delegate McCandless
'of Hawaii will introduce a bill
in the coming session of Con
gress providing for represent
ation of their respective terri
tories in the United States sen
ate, it was announced recently
by Delegate Dimond.
The bill is planned to provide
for the election of two dele
gates from each territory, one
t'o have a seat in the senate,
the other in the house.
The interests of the two terri
tories are so great that one
man cannot keep in touch with
all matters pertaining to his
district and, as a result, many
smaller matters are forced to
wait for action because of the
press of larger issues. Delegate
Dimond said in explaining the
proposal.
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Delegate Has Prohibition
Repeal Bill Ready
A bill which Delegate Di
mond has prepared for intro
duction in Congress provides
not only for repeal of the. bone
dry law .and the Vol3!ead Act
in Alaska, but give® the Ter
ritorial legislature full autho
rity to prescribe regulations
and restrictions under which
intoxicating liquors can be
manufactured or sold.
The legislature is aU'o em
powered to delegate its autho
rity in that respect to any
board or dommislsion which it
may create and it is expressly
provided that the board of
liquor control created by the
1933 legislature shall retain
all powers conferred upon it
by the act which established
it. Penalties are prescribed for
those violating the rules and
regulations which may be de
cided upon by the board. The
maximum penalty would be a
year in jail or a fine of $500.
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The Alexandria Mine, locat
ed at Phillips Arm, about 120
miles north of Vancouver, has
been optioned by the Premier
Gold Mining Company, accord
ing to reports from Vancouver.
The Company is said to havq
a crew of men at work getting
the property m shape for fur
ther development. The ground
wras recently u uter option to
Grant Mahood, l.iu no work
was dene.