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VOL 7, NO. 24
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WOODBINE PLANS
MILLING ACTIVITIES
Possible reopening of the
60-ton milling plant of the
Riverside mine by the Wood
bine Gold Mining Company is
indicated in an announcement
in the Vancouver papers that
the Woodbine company is m
gotiating for the mill, which
is located on the Riverside
property 7 miles north of Ry
der.
Hugh B. McGuire, managing
director of the company is
authority for the statement.
Mr. McGuire visited Seattle
lecently with the object of ne
gotiating with the owners for
the use of the mill. The re
sult of the conference will be
known in the next few weeks.
In his statement to the press,
Mr. McGuire indicated that the
company plans to make tests
of the Woodbine ore in the
mill and will -ship the con
cestrates to Trail and Tacono
smelters if the mill is found
smelters if the mill is found
Woodbine ores.
Mr. McGuire stated that he
expects engineers from Salt
Lake City, representing the
the eastern interests in the
Woodbine property, who will
probably test the Riverside
mill and start surface and un
derground activities on the
Woodbine. Ore tests will be
made from three known ore
bodies on the Woodbine, com
prising gold ores, complex
and medium types,revealed by
diamond drilling, stripping
and shaft work during the
past two years, Mr. McGuire
said.
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TERRITORY FACING BIG DEFICIT
With budget estimates ca!
ing for appropriations totaling
$2,572,451 dollars, the Territ
ory of Alaska is facing a large
deficit by the close of the next
biennium, as the total of all
revenues for the same period
is estimated by Territorial
Treasurer W. G. Smith at ap
proximately $1,890,000.
Thus the budget total ex
ceeds the prospective income
by about $85,000.
The budget report submit
ted to the legislature by Treas
urer Smith discloses that the
treasury surplus as of March
1, last, amounted to but $596,
233.67, ihenee if the legisla
ture makes available the ap
propriations called for in the
budget and the revenues do not
exceed Mr. Smith’s estimates,
by March 1, 1933, the Terri
tory’s surplus will be wiped out
and a deficit of $85,827.69
will be incurred. As most of
the cannery taxes, the chief
source of revenue, have been
paid, the balance now on hand,
except for poll taxes, levies on
business, occupations and pro
fessions, together with some
minor assessments, constitutes
most of the working fund for
the current year.
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Silver Advancing
The return of better silver
prices in future was indicat
ed in radio reports Thursday
announcing that the white
metal had advanced to 31%
cents per ounce.
Scotty Patterson sustained seven
bruises by failing from a walk in the
piled area to the tide flats a tew day*
ago and is in tkp hospital.
1 Recommendations of Gov.
Parks to Legislature
The following recommenda
tions ‘ and suggestions were
made by Governor George A.
Parks in his message at the
opening of the tenth session of
the Alaska Legislature:
Drastic restriction of appro
priations, with specific cuts
recommended aggregating
$160,000.
Two year suspension of all
public building construction.
Budget reform, including
creation of “real Budget
Board,’’ consisting of Govern
or, Auditor and Treasurer.
Extension for two more years
of present schedules of taxa
tion.
Change in present manner
of selecting Commissioner of
Education and Highway En
gineer, now elected by popu
lar vote.
Additional duties for High
way Engineer.
Suspension of eagle bounty
for two years.
Fifty per cent reduction of
hair seal bounty.
Opposed increase in bounty
advocated on wolves and coy
otes, until there has been some
improvement in economic and
industr-ial conditions.
Recommended placing upon
cities of first class the respon
Ability of caring for indigents
within their borders, with the
Territory providing 50 per
cent of the funds provided for
lhat purpose.
Disposal of fish hatchery
property by sale or otherwise.
Suspension for present of
airplane landing field con
struction.
Asked an appropriation of
$2,500 to cover expenses ot
caring for homing pigeons to
be used by airplanes for emer
gency communication purpos
| es.
Asked $6,662 for deficien
! cies.
Requested appointment of
committee to prepare plans
for building home for pioneer
men and women, to be con
structed in 1933.
Recommended appointment
of a commission to participate
: in Chicago World’s Fair in
1933.
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Diptheria is again
Rife in the North
Diptheria, which took a
| large toll of lives along the*
lower Yukon and the Bering
Sea and Arctic coasts several
! years ago, is again rife in In
1 terior and Northern Alaska.
An epedemic of diptheria
and influenza is reported at
Fairbanks and diptheria is
widespread in the Point Bar
] row region, according to press
reports. Airplanes left Fair
i banks for Barrow recently with
I 200,000 units of diptheria antl
i toxfn.
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Free Movie for Children
The children of Hyder and
I Stewart will be again regaled
with a fiee motion picture
I show at Pioneer Hall next Sat
S urday afternoon. The display
j will be given under the joint
auspices of F. R. Nagle, pro
prietor of the Hyder movie
] show, the Moose Lodge, and
the Pioneers of Alaska, and
will be open to adults, al
though the latter must pay t
matinee charge for admission
LADIES VICTORS IN
SCHOOL ELECTION
The feminine element is now
dominant in the affairs of the
Hyder school district, as a re
sult of the election of two lady
school board members at the
annual school election held last
Saturday. And not only did the
two lady candidates, Mrs. II.
R. Cross and Mrs. E. D. Had
don, carry off the honors, but
also won a more than two-to
one victory over their male op
ponents. Wm. R. McDonnell
| and Noel M. Traversy.
Mrs. Cross running for the
J one-year term, beat Mr. Mc
Donnell 52 to 17, while Mrs.
Haddon achieved a 48 to 2i
victory over Mr. Traversy for
the two year term.
The election was very quiet,
only 72 votes being cast. Two !
of the number were defective j
and not counted. Under the !
provisions of the election law, j
| the new board is scheduled to |
! complete organization within j
: seven days and elect officers
for the ensuing school year. As
j now constituted, the school
; board is composed of Mrs.
I Cross, Mrs. Haddon and Mr. D.
j J. Mulcare, holdover member,
who was elected for three i
years last year.
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Alaskan Ice Pool Contest
Is Now Open
Alaska’s annual sporting
[classic, guessing on the minute:
I on which the ice in the Tanana
! River will move at Tanana,
! will close this year at mid
night, April 10, according to
, advices received from the in
jterior. The committee has been
selected and H. S. Kaiser,
manager of the ice pool this
year is now at Fairbanks mak
ing final arrangements for the
big guessing contest.
1917— April 30, 11:30 A. M.
1918— May 11, 9:33 A. M.
1919— May 3, 2:33 P. M.
I 1920—May 11, 10:46 A. M.
1921— May 11, 6:42 A. M.
1922— May 12, 1:20 P. M.;
'1923—May 9, 2:00 P. M.;
1924—May 11, 3:10 P. M.;
j 1925—May 7, 6:32 P. M.;
' 1926—April. 26, 4:03 P. M.;
| 1927—May 13, 5:42 P. M.:
; 1928—May 4, 4:25 P. M.;
| 1929!—May 5 3:41 P. M.;
j 1930—May 8, 7:03 P. M.—
Strollers Weekly.
WILL RESUME ACTIVITIES
ON THE UNICORN GROUP
John Hovland, president
and managing director of the
Unicorn Mines Ltd., the prop
1 erties of which adjoin the Big
Missouri, returned Thursday
; from Seattle to prepare for the
coming season’s development
1 activities.
| Mr. Hovland plans to send
supplies to the Unicorn and re
sume development activities Is
a small way within the next
few days.
1 Owing to the probability that
1 the Unicorn contains exten
: sions of the Big Missouri gold
- zone, as indicated by the dis
r covery of free gold ore last
1 year, the development of the
- property is being watched with
i! unusual interest.
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- i P. R. Wilson of the Hyder
i: Lumber Company is back from
i. a vacation in tfre States.
DEVELOPMENTS IN
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
Reports from Juneau this
week indicate that the tenth
legislature is fast getting down
to business and is working in
apparent complete harmony.
Up to March 13, the date ot
the last reports, a number ot
important measures hail been
introduced. The legislature ha*
also displayed a tendency to
overlook the impending bud
get deficit and admonitions
of Governor Parks to confine
appropriations to the actual
seeds of government by in
troducing new legislation car
rying substantial appropria
tions:
A bill proposing an increase
of $5 in the bounties on wolves
and coyotes, raising the bounty
from $10 to $15, was introduc
ed by Fred. B. Johnson, Fair
banks.
Fifty thousand dollars has
been proposed in appropria
tions in measures now in both
houses for the promotion of
the fur farming industry. Rep
resentative Bragaw introduced
two bills, one asking for $50,
000 for experimental fur farms
and creating a fur commission,
of five members, the other ex
tending aid to fur farmers and
appropriating $4,000 for the
biennium.
Rep. McDonald, Fourth di
vision, introduced a measure
authorizing the governor to
create a commission to study
old-age insurance system and
recommend a statute for en
actment by the next legisla
ture.
Revision of the Territorial
laws respecting business coi
porations is proposed in a sen
ate measure by Senator Shat
tuck, First division. The pur
port of the bill is said to be
toward liberalizing the laws
relating to the organization of
domestic corporations in an ef
fort to induce such companies
to organize locally, instead of
in the States.
Senator Diamond introduced
a measure to “authorize banks
to give and the Treasurer tc
accept collateral security in
place of surety company bonds
to insure Territorial deposits
in banks.”
A bill by Senator Hess would
amend provisions of the com
piled laws of Alaska relating
to personal properity that maj
be mortgaged.
Rep. Ziegler, First, presentee
a measure designed to assisi
the logging and sawmill in
jdustries by establishing pre
j ferential tax rates on clam:
j and salmon packed in Alaska
made containers. The measure
fixes a rebate of five cents pei
case on all clams and salmoi
' so packed.
A second measure by Zieglei
1 amends existing tax law ant
seeks to make a raise of five
cents per case in the base rate
on all varieties of salmon am
; clams.
If the two bills pass, the can
ner who packs his product
in Alaska-made cases will pa;
the current rate in vogue since
1927, while packers using out
side made containers wouh
pay a 5 cent higher rate.
A bill by Rep. Winn, First
Legislators are
Mostly Vetera ns
Never before has an Alaska
| legislature included so many
veteran lawmakers as the as
sembly now in session at Ju
j neau. Out of the total 24 mem
i bers, who include two senat
! ors and four representatives
from each of the four judicial
divisions, all but six have had
! previous legislative experience,
J while ten of the number have
two or more previous terms to
their credit.
Oldest in point of legislative
service is Representative Jo
seph H. Murray, of the Third
Divsion. Joe, as he is familiar
ly known to nearly everyone
j in that district, has served af
a member of the House in al'
' but three of the ten legislative
! assemblies of the Territory.
Next to him comes Senator
John W. Dunn, of the Fourth
with a record of five previous
| legislative experiences, all as a
j member of the Senate. His col
I league in the Senate, Luther
C. Hess, is also an old-timer,
with four earlier terms of ser
vice in the legislature, one a;
Representative and three as r
member of the Senate. He war
also Speaker of the House on
one occassion.
Anthony J. Diamond, hold
over Senator from the Third
division, has served three pre
vious terms in the Senate and
has a splendid record of ach
levement.
Of the remaining members
Sundquist, of the Second, ha?
served two terms in the House
and one in the Senate; Charles
Benjamin served in the 8th
legislature as a House mem
ber from the First division and
in the 9th session as senator.
Others who have served twc
terms are Frank H. Foster
Third division; Andrew Ner
land, Fourth division, who
served in the third and fifth
sessions and was speaker in
the latter term; Andy Nylan
Second division, who served in
the seventh and ninth sessions
as a House member, and Fred
B. Johnson, Fourth division
representative, who sat in the
sixth and eighth assemblies as
a Representative.
Those who have one earlier
term to their credit are Alfred
J. Lomen, senator from the
Second division; Harry Donne
ly, representative from the
Fourth; Jas. McDonald, who
also represents the Fourth in
the House; A. H. Ziegler and
Grover C. Winn, First divis
ion, First division representa
1 tives, who served in the last
I session; Frank A. Boyle, also
I of the First division, who serv
j ed in the first House of Rep
| resentatives, and Henry Burgh,
j representative from the Second
(division, who was a member in
•the last session.
Of the remaining six mem
bers Senator R. S. Bragaw, of
the Third; Representatives
Cal. Brosius and H. McCut
cheon, of the Third, Repre
sentative Johnson, First divi
sion, and Representatives Geo.
Hellerick and Cliff Allyn, Sec
i j ond division, are serving their
first terms.
- provides for a community
i property law, said to be ident
ical with the community prop
, erty law of Washington.
LARGE GAIN IN
FEBRUARY EXPORTS
Alaska exports to the United
States in February showed a
gain of more than three hun
dred thousand dollars over the
preceeding month and an in
crease of $154,822 over the
same month last year, with to
tal shipments of $1,365,697,
exclusive of gold and silver.
Gains is virtually all commod
ities except copper and lead
are shown in the monthly
statement of Customs Collect
or J. C. McBride. Fish ship
ments for the month possessea
a total value of $1,018,465,
with canned salmon valued at
$553,584 leading the list. Fura
and fur skins were valued at
$111,621. Of this total 4,580
mink skins contributed $38,
990. Blue fox was second with
438 skins valued at $25,805.
Base metal shipments in
cluded 1,762 gross tons of cop
per and 1,002 gross tons ot
lead, the former valued at
$137,472, and the latter at
$14,115.
Live animals contributed
$2,095 and curios $555, while
miscellaneous products in
cluding 12,180 tons of stone
and marble, added $9,679.
The complete list follows:
Animals .$ 2,095
Curios . 555
Fish: fresh and frozen
(except shell fish)
Halibut . 203,446
Salmon . 227,703
All other. 525
Canned: (except
shell fish)
Salmon . 553,543
Cured or preserved
(except shell fish)
Cod . 15
Herring . 8
Salmon . 610
Shell-fish:
Clams .1,056
Crabs. 3,249
Shrimps. 28,305
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . 23,805
Silver or black fox 7,675
Red fox . 9,770
White fox . 2,900
Mink . 38,990
Muskrat . 1,325
Beaver . 1,690
All other . 25,221
Manufactured furs 1,245
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper. 137,472
Lead. 14,115
1 Stone, marble, etc. 6,090
1 Trophies, specimans 625
j Timber, and lumber 697
All other articles. 2,267
! Total value of products
| of Alaska. 1,295,002
Products of the Unit
ed States returned .... 70,677
Total value of shipments
of merchandise .1,365,679
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Half-Holiday
for Federal Employees
The 44-hour week law for
federal employees enacted by
Congress recently, became ef
fective March 9 throughout
the nation The law provides
for an eight-hour work day
for employees of all branches
of the federal government, ex
cept Saturday, when four
'hours comprise the period of
duty. Under the new enact
ment federal offices will here
after close at 1 p. m. on Sat
urdays.