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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 30.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1934.
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COMMUTE APPROVES
DIES SILVER MEASURE
The Dies bill, authorizing ac
ceptance of silver at a premium
cn the world price in payment
f o r American agricultural
products for expert, was ap
proved early this week by the
senate committee on agricult
ure, according to radio reports.
The reports failed to indicate
any changes in the bill as it
pa sed the house some days
ago, although senate silver sup
porters were hopeful of having
the Wheeler 16 to 1 program
incorporated in the committee
hearing!. As this apparently
has not been successful, an ef
fort will probably be made to
include the Wheeler proposal
by amendment cn the floor.
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U. S. Finally Overtakes Insul!
Escoited by a large cordon of
Turkish police to prevent poss
ible attempt at escape, Samuel
In ull, fugitive Chicago finin
cier, was placed on board a
steamer at Istanbcul Thursday
and is now enroute to the Unit
ed States to answer criminal
charges growing out of the
downfall of his once vast utili
ties empire.
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Piesident Returns to Capita!
President Franklin D. Roose
velt returned to Washington
Friday from his vacation in
Florida and was greeted by a
grand turn-out of both houses
of Congress and the president
ial cabinet headed by a brass
band at the station. Party pol
itics were apparently forgotten
in the scramble to greet ihe
chief executive.
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House Passes Alaska
Hcmerite Purchase Eill
Included among the various
Alaska measures passed upon
by Congress during the past
few days was the bill to per
mit certain parsons occupying
small tracts of land as home
sites, to purchase up to 5 acres
at $2,50 and acre for hlomesite
purposes. The measure passed
the house and wa sen1: to the
senate.
The house also passed the
bill authorizing sale of govern
ment-owned houses and lots at
Anchorage to occupants em
ployed by the Alaska railroad.
The bill amending the Alas
ka coal land leasing act of 19
14 by suspending the annual
rental and extending the lease
of non-operating or producing
coal mines also passed the
house and went to the senate.
All three measures were in
troduced by Delegate Dimond.
RAINEY PREDICTS
DOUBLE STANDARD
The United States will shortly
adopt silver and gold as a mon
etary base in the opinion of
Henry T. Rainey, speaker of
the House of Representatives.
In a statement in Washington
last week, Representative Rain'
ey was quoted assaying:
“We are going to h$ve a
double standard. We will, get
it before long. We are going
to store silver bars in the treas
ury and issue silver certificates,
,hen we will net use silver as a
medium .of exchange, but in
stead we will use silver certif
icates.”
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Pension Issue Up For
Court Determination
The question .of whether In
dian mothers are entitled to
participate in the benefits of
the Territorial pension law
known as the Mothers’ Pension
Act will soon be brought to is
sue in the District Court at Jun
eau as a result of the filing of
a petition for an alternative
writ of mandamus against j
governor John W. Troy by Lily
Scott, Juneau Indian woman,!
through her attorney, William j
L. Paul.
Mrs. Scott’s petition asks for
a court order compelling the1
governor to pay her a monthly
allowance of $70 for the sup
port cf four dependent child
ren under the provisions of the
act.
The petition alleges Mrs. Scott
made application for such
allowance; to the governor’s!
office last year and was re
fused, although, she contends,
that the children are not elegi
ble to. receive aid from the fed
eral government.
An amendment to the Ter
ritorial pension laws passed by !
the last legislature excludes'
from their benefit? all persons'
who are eligible to receive fed-i
eral aid, and the Territorial
pension boards have since held i
that all Indians are eligible for
federal assistance and are not I
entitled to Territorial pensions.
The issue of the case is 'one of
great importance, a? it will be
virtually a 'test case of the con
stitutionality of the Territorial
pension laws and may lead to
the tying up of all pension pay-;
ments pending judicial inter- j
pretation of the laws.
World Wheat Conference Or:
A world wheat conference,
the principal objective of
which is stabilization of prices
and determination of a mini
mum world price for exported
wheat, convened in Home on
Monday.
GENL. MITCHELL URGES
AIR MAIL SERVICE
FOR ALASKA
Establishment cf an air mail
service to Alaska was urged
by Brig. Genl. William Mitch
ell, former assistant chief of
the army air corps, in tecti
nrony given before the senate
postoffice committee recently.
Mitchell declared that the
establishment of ^uch a service
is “very impiortant.”
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Results cf Alaska
Municipal Elections
Results of Alaskan municipal
election'-’ held on April 4, brief
ly summarized, were as fol
lows:
Juneau— Mayor I. Goldstein
defeated Thomas B. Judson
888 to 568; councilmen, R. H
Bei-tline, W. S. Geiorge, Henry
Messerschmidt. Vote w a s
largest ever cast in municipal
election, 1,465.
Ketchikan— Ft J. Gilmore
reelected mayor over D. S.
Rome; council, J. A. Talbot
Lem. McKay, Henry Erwicli,
James Bergun.
Sitka— Ko-stromitinoff, may
or; Frank A.ja. W. R. Walton,
Andrew Hope, council.
Skagway— W. J. Mulvihili
reelected mayor for eleventh
term; council, H. G. Ask, J. M.
Keller, A. Gutfeldt.
Seward— D. C. Brownell re
elected to fourth term as may
or; council, Chas. Gilliland,
Thomas Esbo, M. Swetman;
185 votes cast.
Cordcva— Dr. W. H. Chase
10-times mayor, reelected with
out opposition; Roy Baddon, j
Carl Edmonds, Wm. Liebe,
council.
Petersburg— Edward Loek
e:i reelected mayor; Erik Ness,
K. Thompson, John Holten,
counciimen.
Wrangell— G. P. Kirtland,
mayor; I. M. Brueger, A. Sor
set, L. M. Campbell, H. Coulter,
council.
Anchorage— Oscar Gill,
mayor; J. B. Waldeman, C. E.
Martin, M. J. McDonald, coun
cil.
Haines— Henry Brown, Jack
David, Judson Brown, E. Hilde
brand, F. McRae.
No Word On Assessment Act. j
No information was received
this week relative to the ass
essment suspension question,
now awaiting action by Cong
ress. Passage of some form of
exemption act is certain but
when and in what form are
qustions that are greatly dis- j
turbing those who hold mining
ground, as the time for per
forming such labor is becom
ing very short.
(CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM
ENDS NEXT THURSDAY
Local Civil Works Adminis
tration activites will be brought
to a definite'end on April 19 in
accordance with revised in
truetilons from the C. W. A.
authorities received Tuesday
by supervising foreman J. K.
Green. '
The suspension will occur a
week earlier than indicated in
earlier instructions, which de~
ignated April 28 as the do ing
day iof the C. W. A. program.
The change necessitated a
complete alteration of the
working schedule for the re
mainder of the period as an
nounced last week. This was
designed to give every man on
the eligible list one full week
of employment. A • this is now
impossible, the Employment
board has prepared a now
schedule dividing the remain
ing work hours as nearly equal
ly as possible among all the
eligible workers.
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E. R. A. to Succeed C. W. A.
A now unemployment relief
organization known as the
Emergency Relief Administra
tion or E. R. A. will take over
the federal relief activities of
the C. W. A., according to re
ports from Washington.
Incomplete details cf the new
organization indicate that i:
will provide relief on the basi?
of actual need and will operate '
on a greatly reduced scale as |
compared to the C.W.A. It will
be possible for needy persons
o. obtain a maximum of 26
work week cf 24 hours each
during one year, the report:- in
dicate.
Alaska Repeal Bill
Lip To President
The Alaska prohibition re
peal bill, in amended form, is
now awaiting the signature of
President Rocvevalt, after pass
ing both the House and Senate
last week, according to Wash
ington reports.
The provision of the original
measure giving to tile governor
of Alaska power tc pardon per
sons convicted of violations of
the prohibition laws, which,
after passing both branches of j
Congress some time ago, was!
pronounced unconstitutional,
was eliminated by resolution in
in the Senate, leaving the re
mainder of the bill intact.
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P'cncsr Woman Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Cool, widow
of the late Jack Cool, and a
pioneer resident of Ketchikan,
died last week after a long ill
ness.
HOUSE APPROVES
MINING BILL
-.
i Passage by the House of Rep
! 1 o'entatives of the Dimond bill
.trran ing to the Territory of
Alaska the light to make its
: own regulations on placer min
ing is reported from Washing
on. The measure is now
i availing action by the Senate.
The measure repeals a spec
; ial act of Congress modifying
and amending the federal min
ng h\\vs insofar as they apply
;o Alaska, passed in 1912, and
extends to the Territory the
general mining laws of the
United States insofar as they
are applicable to placer mining
claims.
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Alaska Plano Crash K1II3 Two
Edgar Fageros, pilot for
Wein Airways of Fairbanks,
and Michael Takeoff, Flat min
ing man, passenger on the
plane piloted by Fageros, were
instantly killed in landing at
McGrath last week, according
to word received at Fairbanks.
Witnesses of the accident
said the plane apparently hit
an air pocket 200 or 300 ifeet
above the ground and fell,
striking the earth in an almost
perfect landing petition.
Both men were badly man
gled. Fageros was a war pilot
and received the Distinguished
Service Cross.
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Alaska Fish Bill
Up To President
Delegate A. J. Dimond’s bill
permitting bona fide white
residents and Indians along
the Yukon and Kuskokwim
rivers to engage in commercial
king i-almon fishing under reg
ulations of the department of
commerce passed the House of
Representatives late last week
and is awaiting the signature
of the President, acording to
'Washington reports.
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Lumber Mill Starts
The Hyder Lumber Company
saw mill resumed operations
Tuesday. Activities are being
directed principally to replen
i hing certain depleted stocks
and continued operations are
not contemplated, according to
proprietor William Gray.
Local Stocks
Following a somewhat quiet
er market, local mining stocks
are showing only slight price
changes on the Vancouver
Stock Exchange lately. Pre
mier continues around $1.4!?;
Big Missouri around 35(*; Dun
well, 42-44(1; Porter Idaho, 13tf
and Salmon Gold 28c. None of
the lower priced issues have
varied more than a cent or so.