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VOL 3, NO. 37
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 9,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
CONCENTRATES FROM
RIVERSIDE ARRIVING
The recent renewal of mill
ing operations at the River
side mine is now being mani
fested by the arrival of con
centrates shipments, about 12
tons of which are now piled up
on the Hyder Dock Co. dock
awaiting transportation to the
Selby smelter. The mill is now
working at the full 60 ton- ca
pacity, and is turning out con
centrates at the rate of 6 tons
a day.
About 60 tons will be sent
out on the next trip of the
Border Queen.
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BIG DUNWELL
ORE SHIPMENT
Another big shipment of Dun
well concentrates left for the
South last week on the steam
er Amur. The consignment ag
gregated 210 tons weight and
is the third shipment to leave
for the smelter since starting
milling operations some weeks
ago.
The concentrates are consign
ed to the British Metal Cor
poration, u'hich recently took
over and is rehabilitating the ;
old Ladysmith smelter, at
Ladysmith, B. C. This com
pany is reliably reported tc ;
have contracted with the Dun
well for the purchase of 600
tons of concentrates per
month. The concentrates art
being shipped to England foi j
treatment at present but. will j
be handled by the Ladysmith
smelter, when the contemplat j
ed alterations are completed. ;
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I
ORE COMING DOWN
FROM BIG MISSOURI
A quantity of sacked ore frorr
the Big Missouri is piled up
on the Stewart dock awaiting
shipment to the south. The
ore was brought down during
recent days and is apparently
intended as a test shipment.
So far a s could be ascertain
ed, the company has no intent
ion of copimencing ore ship
ments on a commercial scale
at this time. •
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Ralph C. Young has sold his
interest in the popular Mala
mute cigar store and barbei
shop to his partner Noel M.
Traversy and will leave fo;
the outside, after a short visit
to the Lincoln Pass section,
near the mouth of Portland
Canal, where Mrs. Young is
sojourning with friends.
Robt. Waskey, whose name !
many of our readers will re- !
call in connection with the ill
fated first Wilkins expedition
in search of new lands in the ■
Arctic, is a visitor in Hyder, j
having arrived from the south |
Sunday. Mr. Waskey was as
sociated with the Wilkins |
venture in the capacity ot |
radio operator.
He will also be remembered |
by many old timers as the son
of Frank Waskey, second
Alaska delegate to Congress.
Fred J. Hughes, supervising
engineer of the Bureau 61
Public Roads in connection
with the new Salmon River
road improvements, arrived
from Juneau last week to re
sume his local activities..
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Curtis Gardner returned last
week from a visit in Juneau.
LOCAL SYNDICATE
BUYS INTEREST IN
HOMESTAKE GROUP
A deal of considerable im
portance to the Texas Crock
section wa3 consummated last
week with the purchase of
the Hewitt interest in the well
known Homestake group by a
(syndicate of local business
men. Beyond the bare an
1 nouncement of the sale, no de
tails of the transaction have
been made public and both
the personnel of the new own
ing group and the price paid
could not be ascertained. It is
understood, however that Mr.
Hewitt received a substantial
ca^n payment for his interest
in the group, the remainder
of which is owned by Chas.
Carlson.
The Homestake group pos
sesses the distinction of hay
ing been the first property
in the Texas area to ship com-,
mercial ore, a shipment of
slightly less than ten tons hav
ing been sent to the 1 by
smeiiur in September 1925.
The ^shipment in question!
yielded a net profit, exclusive ;
of production costs, amount- >
Ing to $707.42, or slightly less j
than $75 per ton. The gross!
average value of the ore was j
placed by the smelter at j
j>90.72 per ton, made up of
gold, 29oz., $5.51; silver 22.87 :
oz., $15.37; lead, 48.5 per!
oz., $15.37; lead, 43.5 per
cent, $G9.34.
Despite this splendid showing’
no further shipments were at- I
tempted, owing principally to j
the excessive cost of trans-1
porting ore and mine supplies
by pack train methods to and
from the Texas section. With
the completion of the project
ed Texas Creek wagon road,
the property will become
more accessible and under
proper management should
become a valuable producer.
HELP WANTED
Walter C. Blanton, manager
of tlie Hyder Base Ball Club,
has issued a call for volunteers
to clean up the local ball
ground in readiness for the
coining season. All who are in
terested in helping the local
team along are eligible for
service and are requested to
be at the ball ground Thurs
day evening, with a shovel or
other useful implement. Con
siderable labor will be requir
ed to place the park in prop
er shape for the season, hence
the call for volunteers.
The baseball season is sched
uled to open May 24 with the
first game of the annual series
between Hyder and Stewart.
This, however, will be preced
ed by a practice game at Stew
art next Sunday and another
at Hyder the following Sun
day. The local team has been
considerably strengthened by
the arrival of several season
ed players and promises to be
an aggregation of which Hy
der may be justly proud.
The handsome challenge cup
donated by G. W. Smith of the
Universal Supply Co., Stewart,
will be the chief trophy of
the season but will be sup
plemented this year by a num
ber of individual trophies do
nated by the Hyder Club.
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Angus Kennedy is back from
a visit to Eastern Canada.
J. H. Hewitt was a passenger
to the south Sunday.
DEATH CALLS WELL
KNOWN OLD TIMET
Max Priebe pioneer resident
of the camp and one of its best
known citizens, passed away
suddenly Wednesday after
noon as a result of heart dis
ease.
The deceased, who had com
plained of not feeling well
earlier in the day, was at work
on +he second floor of the
fdeal Cafe building, at the
1 time of the fatal attack. Ed
ward Stark and Robt. Stewart,
who were also employed on
the same job, state that Mr.
Priebe complained of illness
shortly after returning from
lunch. He was advised by them
to lie down for a while in one
of the bedrooms on the same
floor and did so. Messrs. Stark
and Stewart, attempted to
relieve him, but, his condition
grew rapidly worse. Assisted
by Oren F. IJill, of the Hyder
Drug Co. they applied artifici
al respiration for upward of
twenty minutes while awaiting
the arrival of Dr. Whillans
from Stewart, but, although
prolonging the life of the suf
ferer for a considerable time, j
their efforts were otherwise j
fruitless and he sank rapidly ;
into the last, long sleep. Life j
was extinct when Dr. Whil
lans arrived.
The deceased was a carpen
ter and cabinet maker by :
trade and possessed unusual
skill in the latter craft. Speci
mens of hi3 work in this line |
are among the finest ever seen j
in this section. He was a man !
of kindly and likeable char-j
acter and possessed the high- j
est regard of all who knew
him. Having resided in this!
section since 1919, he was one j
of the camp’s oldest residents :
and his untimely demise was!
a distinct shock to practical
ly everyone in the community.
He was aged 54 years and is
survived by his mother, and
several brothers and sisters
who reside in Rochester, Minn.,
and whom he recently visited,
and also by a sister in Wash-1
ington.
In response to the request of j
the relatives, the remains j
were shipped to Rochester;
Sunday, following services in
Pioneer Hall, which wel-e at- i
tended by the greater part of
the camp’s population. Rev.
S. V. Warren of Hyder M. E.
Church conducted the obse
quies and delivered a splen
did funeral sermon.
DEPUTY CLERKSHIP
IS RESTORED
The office of Deputy Clerk
of the District Court in
Hyder precinct, discontinued j
March 1, following the res- j
ignation of former United
States Commissioner Chas. F.
Sandford as local deputy cleric,
has been restored, according j
to official advices received by .
U. S. Commissioner T. W. ;
McDonald. The order restor- j
ing th e office became.effect
ive May 1, and designates
Commissioner McDonald as
the local representative of
Clerk of the Court John H.
Dunn.
The reopening of the office
is of considerable importance
locally, as it will enable more
convenient transaction of much
legal and official business,
particularly with respect to
federal licenses, applications
for which should now be made
here, instead of to Juneau.
EVENTS IN THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
In the interval since the
Herald’s last report of devel
opments in the Alaska Legis
lature, the so called Control
ler Bill, probably the most
notable measure so far present
ed, was given a final quietus
; by the action of the Sen
| ate in refusing to receive the
| House substitute for the origi
i nal measure, killed by the Sen
ate some days ago. The doom
of the plan- to change radically
the existing system of admin
istrative control became ap
parent April 21, when Presi
dent Howard of the Senate
sustained a point of drder
raised by Senator Pratt against
receiving the Controller meas
ure passed by the House, on
the ground that the Senate
had already rejected a like
measure. President Howard
ruled,that the subject mattei
of the bill had been fully con
sidered by the Senate in the
original Steel bill and ordered
the measure returned to the
House. President Howard's
ruling was subsequently up
held by the Senate, in no un
certain manner when an ap
peal from the decision of the
chair was lost by a vote of
4 to 4. The Senate later de
feated a third measure of the
same portent presented by
Steel, but providing for the
election of a Territorial Con
troller by popular vote instead
of by the Legislature.
So far the Legislature has
distinguished itself in no other
manner than by the volume
of measures introduced. Nine
ty-six bills had been present
ed in the lower house up to
May 1. while the Senate had
piled up a total of 69. Follow
ing are the measures present
ed since the last report:
Bill introduced in the Senate:
S. B. 66, Hunt, giving munici
palities power to abate build
ings, and structures determin
ed to be in unsanitary or
dangerous condition and ex
tending the same provisions to
realty; No.' 67, Hunt, a new
law governing general elec
tions; No. 68, Committee, adds
to new causes for challenge
of. jurors for bias; No. 69,
Howard, appropriating $10,
000 for protection of proper
ty along Lowell Creek in town
of Seward, amount to be de
ducted from road fund allot
ment of Third Division.
The following joint memorals
were introduced in the Sen
ate :
No. 10, Jensen, Petitioning
Congress to bestow medal on
Capt. Thomas A. Ross, of
Nome; No. 11, Frame, Ask
ing amendment of Organic
Act provision preventing the
Legislature *from amending,
modifying or repealing Fed
eral laws pertaining to Alas
ka; No. 12, Hunt, asking Con
gress to extend to Alaska the
right to administer the fish
eries of the Territory; Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 5,
Hunt, welcomes proposed pulp
development and extends en
couragement and support to
legitimate industrial develop
ments desiring to establish in
Alaska.
Bills introduced in the House:
House Bill No. 85, Rydeen
creating a Bureau of Animal
Industry; No. 87, Paul, Creat
ing local improvement districts
in municipalities; No. 88,
Committee, placing disposal of
LEGISLATURE MAY EN
DORSE HYDER-5TEWART
RAIL PROPOSAL
The proposal to create a
western outlet for the Peace
River section of Canada by the
extension of the Edmonton.
Dnnvegan & British Columbia
Railroad from Spirit River, Al
berta to Stewart and Hyder,
thereby creating direct rail
road connections between
Alaska and the S'.ate3, will
receive £he endorsement of
the Alaska Legislature, in the
eVent of the adoption of a
resolution introduced in the
lower house, April 28.
The resolution, designated as
House Concurrent Resolution
No. 5, and introduced by Rep
resentative Wm. Paul of Ket
chikan, calks attention to the
proposed extension of the Ed
monton, Dunvegan & British
Columbia Railroad to the Pa
cific Coast and contains en
dorsement ox a transcontinent
al railroad route from Ameri
can Great Lakes points ovei
such a route to a western ter
minus at Hyder.
The full text of the resolut
ion will be published later.
Territorial fish hatcheries and
other property of the now de
funct Fish Commission in Ter
ritorial road commission; No.
89, Committee, General Tax
ation bill; No. 90 Committee,
Refunding $200 to Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby; No. 91, For
adoption as the official fla
of Alaska the prize winnin
design in the American Legion
Flag contest; No. 92, Murray,
appropriates $90,000 for Home
for destitute children at God
dard’s Sanatarium'; 95. pro
vides for enforcing judge
ments in municipal courts; 9G
Paul, For erection of school
house at Gustaviu3, $20,000
Memorials introduced in
House:
H. J. M. 14, Ferguson, lie
policy of Bureau of Fisheries;
No. 15, Worth, asks repeal ol
federal laws prohibiting prize
fights and bull fights in Ter
ritories; H. J. R. No. 4, Grier,
for study of needs of Alaska
for Teachers’ Pension system;
H. C. R. No. 4, Grier, for
printing report of Terr. Road
Commission; H. C. R. No. 5.
Paul, re Transcontinental rail
road through Canada to Jly
der; H. J. R. No. 5, Paul, asks
stationing of Asst. U. S. At
torney at Ketchikan:
The following additional j
measures have been passed by !
the Senate:
c.) bG
S. B. 61, S. B. 68, both relat-!
ing to challenges of jurors for j
implied bias; II. B. 9, re ma-!
licious burning of timber; H. i
J. M. 10, and 12, re establish-1
ment of radio stations; S. J. M.'
11, re amending of Organic I
Act; H. B. 33, for Yakutdtj
school; H. B. 42, Relief of Sit-1
ka Moose lodge; S. B. 37, for
extension of Tolovana tram j
road; S. B. 43, Forest fire pre-,
vention fund;. H. B. 18, Wolf
and Coyote bounties; S. B. 50,
amending Uniform School
Law; S. B. 62, enlarging
grounds for divorce; H. J. M. |
8, re proposed Skagway High
way; H. B. 20, repeal of. fur
tax license law; H. B. 16, Ap
propriation for school building
at Seward; S. B. 53, requiring
certain financial reports from
domestic corporations; S. B.
47, for compilation of laws of
Alaska; S. B. 51, rehabilitat
LEGISLATURE ADOPTS
OFFICIAL FLAG
FO R ALASKA
House Bill No. 8, designating
an official flag for the Terri
tory for Alaska received the
official approval of the Senate
last week and needs only the
signature of Governor Parks to
place Alaska’s flag in the gal
axy of national and state col
ors.
The flag that will be the
Territorial emblem was de
signed by a thirteen year old
Alaska boy, Benny Benson, a
student in the Mission Terri
torial school near Seward and
was chosen from a large num
ber of designs iri a flag con
test field under the auspices
of the American Legion.
No adequate description of
the new fiag has been receiv
ed up to the present, but it is
aid to be of striking design
and color and distinctly typical
of Alaska.
As a reward for designing
the emblem, young Benson
will be sent to Washington,
D. C. to present the first of
ficial flag mac]0 to President
Coolidge, and he will also ac
company Alaska’s American
Legion delegation to the Le
gion convention to be held in
Paris, Fiance, next fall. A
bill providing funds for his ex
penses, and also for manufact
uring the new flags, has pass
ed the House and will un
doubtedly receive the sanction
of the Senate.
ion of 3. C. telegraph line on
lower Yukon; S. B. 27, for re
lief of Nome, cost of harbor
maintenance; H. B. 8, desig
nating an official flag for
Alaska; H. B. 44. maintenance
Valdez dyke, H. C. R. 4,
Printing of Road Commission
■reports; H. B. 69, for employ
ment of predatory animal
hunters; S. B. 48, re registrat
ion of fox brands; H. B. 52,
subsidy for Seward Peninsula
telephone lines; H. w, 7, for
relief of county fairs; H. B.
34, Cook Inlet ship subsidy;
H. B. 26, Alaska College ap
propriation; H. B. 10, refunds
to schools incorporated towns;
II. B. 83, re stocking certain
areas with game animals; H.
B. 25, creates small debts
courts in Municipalities; H. B.
35, amends primary election
law; IT. J. M. 15, re repeal of
anti prize fight law;
ing driving of vehicles with
out owners' consent; S.| B. No.
24, re quo warrant proceed
ings; Si B. No 36, hair seal
bounty.
Bills defeated jn Senate:
H. B. 38. additional relief
for destitution; S. B. 42, to li
cense optometry ; H. B . 41,
authorizing cumulative ^oting
of banking stock ; House bills
Nos. 52, relief of Douglas;
Cook Inlet ship subsidy; 26,
Alaska College appropriation;
10 refunds to public schools in
corporated towns; S. B. 31, for
revision of Primary law; S. B.
33, for reclamation of Cook
Inlet spawning grounds; H. B.
8, for emergency airplane
landing field construction; S.
B. 41, for reorganization of
political parties ; S. B. 64, for
election of Controller; S. B.
65, for abatement of nuisances
by municipalities; S. B. 63,
amending jury laws; H. J. M.
3, For removal of capital from
Juneau to Anchorage; S. B.
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