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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 23.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934.
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NEW MILL FOR THE
DUNWELL ARRIVES
A quantity of machinery
equipment for the new 25-ton
Dunwell Mill arrived Monday
evening on the Cardena and
will be installed as fast as the
work can be done, according to
Stewart reports.
The equipment included a
ball mill, classifier, and a
quantity of flume. The latter
will be used in 'the develop
ment of water power to operate
the plant by generation of
electricity.
On leaving the dock on a 4
horse sled, the evening of arriv
al, the sled swerved sidewise
on the icy approach, the sled
platform fell off and the
mill narrowly escaped plung
ing into Portland Canal. The
5-ton piece iof machinery prov
identially struck a pile at the
end of the dock and was thus
prevented from going over
boaid. The team, driven by
Lloyd Snyder, became fright
ened and ran away, dragging
the driver a considerable dis
tance before he was compelled
to let go. In escaping from the
careening sled, Snyder is said
ito have made a high jump
which would have won first
prize in the Olympic games.
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New S. S. Line For Alaska
The establishment of a new
Sea'ttle-Alaska steamship serv
ice by the newly organized
Northwest Steamship Lines,
was announced a few days ago
in Seattle.
The company, of which W. J.
Wilkinson is general manager,
plans sailings from Seattle to
southeastern and southwestern
Alaska every tw*o weeks
throughout the spring and sum
mer, with calls at all regular
ports. Two vessels to be op
erated will carry about 2000
tons each of cargo and accomo
date 40 passengers.
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Will Open Sea-food Market
Fresh fish and shell fish in
season will soon be available
to the residents of .the district
at all times asi a result of the
early establishment of the Hy
der, B. C. Fish Market, in Hy
der, B. C., by Bert Edwards.
The new market will be
opened on March 1, in the
building occupied by the Ed
wards Barber Shop, and will
maintain a constant supply of
all obtainable sea food® found
in lo'cal waters. The fish will
be supplied by Jack Lambert,
well-known fisherman. The
opening announcement of the
Market will be found on page
4.
Alaska Repeal
Bills Approved
Bills providing for the repeal
of federal dry laws in Alaska
have been reported favorably
by committees in both the Sen
ate and House, according to
Washington reports.
The Senate measure was in
troduced by Senator Millard E.
Tydings of Maryland and ap
plies to both Alaska and
Hawaii.
The House bill, introduced
by Delegate Dimond, in ad
dition to asking, for repeal,
also provides that control of
liquor be placed under the
direction of a board for liquor
control composed of the gov
ernor and ether elective offic
ials. This board would oper
ate until permanent regula
tion? for liquor control are pro
vided by the Territorial Legis
lature.
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Premier Active on Marmot
Rumoirs that the increasing
price for silver is causing the
Premier Gold Mining Company
to contemplate *early resump
tion of operations on the Pros
perity and Porter-Idaho prop
erties in the Marm'ot river sec
tion are being circulated and
appear to emanate from reli
able sources, although official
confirmation is lacking.
Employees of the company
have lately been doing some
work on the company’s big
plant and tramway terminal on
Marmot River. Charles Gold
burgh is in charge of the
activities.
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Home Loans for Alaska Soon
The Home Loan Corporation’s
activities will be extended to
Alaska through the Washing
ton state branch at Seattle as
soon ax' the necessary machin
ery can be established, accord
ing to reports from Juneau.
Alaskans with mcirtgaged
homes will then be able to re
finance them through the Home
Loan Corporation. Details re
garding the methods to be em
ployed by those seeking aid
from the corporation will be
published when the plans now
being formulated are com
pleted.
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Election Bill Reported
Delegate Dimond’s bill ad
vancing the date of the general
election in Alaska to the sec
ond Tuesday in September has
been favorably reported by the
House committee to which it
was referred.
NEW CWA ACTIVITIES
ON RIVER AUTHORIZED
CWA operations on the Sal
mon River flood protection pro
ject were resumed Monday un
der a new authorization re
ceived Sunday by Representa
tive J. K. Green,who directed
the previous CWA activities
under the direction of the Alas
ka Road Commission.
The new authorization pro
vides for the employment of
crews of twelve men, including
the foreman, far periods of 20
hours per week.
The previous schedule of
payment is maintained, work
ers receiving 62 cents per hour
and the foreman 75 cents per
hour. This provides on the
basis of 20 hours per week a
weekly wage of $12.40 per
man and a total weekly pay
roll of $151.40. Under the 20
hour week schedule the crews
will work four hours daily and
five days a week.
As the crews can be changed
weekly, the new authorization
will permit the reemployment
of all workers who were pre
viously engaged -on the river
project.
Although the instructions re
ceived by Mr. Green gave no
intimation regarding how long
the work is to continue, it is
expected to last until May 1;
asindicatedinrecent announce
ments from Washington 'that
President Roosevelt planned to
continue the CWA activities
until that date.
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Early Start on Salmon Gold
Work on the Salmon Gold
property under Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Company
management will commence in
the spring as soon as climatic
conditions permit, according to
reports from the south.
The deal involving the sale
of sixty per cent of the Salmon
Gold capital stock to Consolid
ated in return for $150,000
worth of development work,
was ratified by the stockhold
ers at a recent meeting and
things are all set for Consolid
ated to take hold as soon as
work can be started.
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Moose-Pioneer Social
The joint card social and
dance of the Moose and Alaska
Pioneers will be held in Pio
neer Hall this evening. One
of the largest local gatherings
of the winter is expected, ow
ing to the wide popularity of
both organizations. The pro
gram is scheduled 'to start at
9 p.m. and the admission
charge has been fixed at 25
cents per individual.
I Cut In Dollar To
Boost Silver Predicted
A reduction in the weight of
the silver dollar as a means of
further increasing the price of
silver is predicted in Wash
ington as likely to follow the
administration’s investigation
lof speculative activities in the
silver market.
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Governmental Aid For
Non-Ferrous Metals
Hard upion the heels of gov
ernment aid for silver comes a
proposal to provide similar
assistance for lead, zinc and
copper mining by creation of a
supplementary farm of money,
designated as a “non-ferrous
dollar,” which would be used
by the government to purchase
the present large supplies 'of
copper, lead and zinc, thereby
aiding one of the nation’s basic
industries, centering in sixteen
or more states, and also in
creasing the national currency
with a safe type of dollar.
Professor A. T. Sweet of the
Michigan College of Mining
and Technology is the author
of the novel proposal. He
claims $150,000,000 would buy
up the entire present surplus
of the three metals, putting an
industry back on its feet, pro
viding work for tens of thou
sands of miners, millmen and
smelteirmen, and also stimulat
ing many industries which
serve the metal producers. The
metals purchased would give
the government a cheap war
time reserve of indispensible
non-ferrous metals.
Coinage Of Silver
Tailings Sought
Modification of the recent
presidential order raising the
price of new-mined silver to
permit the coinage of silver
obtained from mill tailings is
being sought by Senator Mc
Carren of Nevada.
In a personal plea to President
Roosevelt, the Nevada solon
said western miners were urg
ing that this silver be placed
upon the same basis as mined
silver and estimated that about
2,000,000 ounces could be re
covered annually from mill tail
dumps.
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Toburn Pays Dividend
A dividend of two cents per
share, payable February 22,
has been declared by Toburn
Mines, Ltd., in which the Pre
mier company has a controlling
interest.
FIRE DESTROYS
PASCO HOME
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the Forest townsite
home of A. Pasco, local asayer,
early Thursday morning, en
tailing a loss of several thou
sand dollars.
Aroused from sleep by noises
emanating from a little used
wing of the dwelling between
3:30 and 4 a. m., Mr. Pasco
hastily investigated and found
the room in flame:, to which
air from the opened door gave
immediate impetus.
As no help was immediately
available at that hour the
flames spread swiftly and soon
engulfed the entire structure.
Mr. Pasco was able to save only
a few of his effects before be
ing forced -to abandon the
building, which was entirely
consumed. Mr. Pasco’s a say
ing outfit was stored in a separ
ate building and was not dam
aged; although some assay
material in the main building
is said to have been lost. He
will thus be able to continue
business as the camp’s princi
pal commercial assayer.
Mr. Pasco is unable to account
for the fire. He had built a
small fire in the room during
the preceding afternoon, but
does not attribute the blaze to
overheating of the etove or pipe
owing to the small amount of
fuel used.
Delegate Introduces
Alaska Measures
Three new bills introduced in
the House by Delegate A. J.
Dimond provide for an examin
ation or survey of Haines har
bor in one instance; for the ex
tension of civil service retire
ment privileges bo employees
of the Alaska Railroad in an
'O-ther, while 'the third would
amend the fisheries laws by
prohibiting summary seizure
•or holding for forfeiture of
boats, nets or seines for alleged
violations of 'the fishing laws
until after the arrest, trial and
conviction of the owner or
operator.
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All Set For Big Sweepstake
Tickets for the 1934 Nenana
Ice Pool, Alaska’s world fam
ous guessing contest, based on
the annual departure of the
winter’s ice from the Tanana
River, were received this week
by E. M. Reynolds, local agent
•of the Pool during the past
several years.
Charles Halvesison of Nenana
was elected manager of the
Pool this year, according to
accompanying announcements.