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VOL 2, NO. 49
HYDEP, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4,1926
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FIFTY CENTS AIXMH
GARFIELD BRINGS
MESSAGE OF
COOPERATION
Voicing a message of interest
and good will from Seattle
and asserting that it is the de
sire of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce to cooperate with
the people of Alaska in all
matters wherein its assistance
may be of value in promoting
the welfare and progress of
Alaska communities and the
development of the Territorial
resources; Charles D. Garfield,
Secretary of the Alaska de
partment of the great Seattle
commercial organization, at a
dinner given in his honor by
the local Chamber of Com
merce at the Ideal Cafe, Wed
nesday evening, declared that
the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce is willing to help Hyder
as well as any other commun
ity to get what it wants in the
line of public improvements.
Mr. Garfield, asserted that one
of the principal reasons of his
coming to Hyder was to learn
what the people of the com
munty need in order that the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
may lend its help and cooper
ation.
About 35 persons participat
ed in the dinner including r
number of visitors, among
whom were E. O. Watson, o'
Vancouver, organizer of the
Northland Mining Co; M. R
Gucker, of Seattle, represent
ative of the Swift Packing Co:
Dr. H. H. Hall of Ketchikan
and J. H. Walters, engineer
ing representative of the John
son-Gardner Co. of Portland.
Following his introductioi
by President Merl F. Thomas
Mr. Garfield extended greet
ings from the Seattle Chambei
of Commerce and from thi
various Alaskan commercia
organizations visited by hin
during the course of his visi
in Alaska. Referring to tht
latter Mr. Garfield expressed
the hope that the time is no
far distant when all of tht
Alaska Chambers of Com
merce will form a bond of uni
ty for the welfare of the Ter
ritory. The speaker said ht
Had spent six weeks in Alas
ka, starting from Seattle with
the Young Men’s Business
Club of that city. Mr. Garfield
asserted that he had tried t(
induce the Club members t<
visit Hyder, and was unable tt
do so. He hoped, however, that
some time in the future ht
could organize another trip tt
the principal places in the Ter
ritory which would include
Hyder, which he considered
One of the leading points oi
interest in the North. The
speaker then referred to hit
visit to Wrangell and said he
was much interested in tht
government dredging operat
ions in Wrangell Narrows
Mr. Garfield stated that it hac
taken much persistent work
by various parts of the Terri
tory assisted by Seattle to gel
the project under way. The
opening of the channel will be
a tremendous benefit to Alas
ka transportation, as well as tc
the Tferritory at large, he as
serted.
During the course of his
trip, Mr. Garfield visited Jun
eau, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
and Fairbanks, in the order
named. At the laitter place,
the Fairbanks Exploratic/i Co.
is planning operations to ex
INVESTIGATING RAIL
ROAD PROPOSAL
Discussion of the possibilities
for Hyder becoming a trans
continental railroad terminal
was revived last week when it
became known that E. O. West
on, Vancouver bioker and or
ganizer of the Northland Min
ing Co., is here for the pur
pose of investigating condit
ions in connection with the
proposed construction of a
railroad line through the Peace
River and Groundhog sections
to Stewart and Hyder.
Although admitting that he
is here in the interest of a rail ■
road construction proposal,
Mr. Weston declined to discuss
the project, beyond stating
that it is his intention to make
a trip over the Bear River pass
to take observations of the
topography and other condit
ions.
tend over a period of 30 yeax's.
The company contemplates an
output of 130 millions and
was employing a thousand
men.
Other interior points visit
ad included McKinley park,
which Mi*. Garfield described
as a place of magnificent scen
ery and wonderful sunrises
and sunsets; Matanuska Val
ley, Chickaloon and Moose
Creek, where the Howard-Jen
aen coal mine is located and
where they have developed »
13-foot vein of coal and have
over 100,000 tons in sight.
The fox industi’y is quite ex
tensive and on a permanent
, basis.
The salmon i*un this year
will be one of the largest on
ecord, the speaker asserted.
The canneries had all they
:ould handle and in one or
;wo instances had to raise
;heir traps to avoid taking far
greater quantities than were
•equired. The herring had
iust started, he continued, but
he samples seen were good
xnd a good pack is expected.
The lumber industry in South
eastern Alaska is in a satis
factory state and large con
tacts have been received by
Wrangell and Ketchikan mills
"or export. There also was a
?reat demand for box shooks.
The speaker declared that all
ndications pointed to the
! largest mineral output in many
/ears. Last year we reached
he bottom in mineral product
on, he said, and we may ex
pect an upward tendency from
low on.
Concluding hjs highly inter
I isting description of the de
! /elopments found in other
ections Mr .Garfield turned
lis attention to this district
>y stating that his visit
vas not the first he had made
o this locality. He said he
lad also been here in 1909,
1911, 1916 and 1918 and ex
pressed regret that he could
lot remain longer to look the
country over. However he was
airly well acquainted with
iur progress as a result of
; keeping in touch with things
lere through visitors in Se
! ittle from this district. Mr.
Garfield characterized the
action of locating the boundary
line just over the district’s
best mineral ground as “a
freak of misguided judge
ment,” but added that nature
had provded that entry to
those properties adjacent to
TO DRILL ON CANTU
The Premier company has
completed its trail building
and surface examination activ
ities on the Cantu and is about
to start diamond drilling op
erations, according to late re
ports from that property.
the line should be from the
American side. He was satis
fied, however, that our Can
adian cousins felt that we
were just as much interested
in the development of that
section as they are and willing
that we come in with our cap
ital, ingenuity and enterprise
to help develop ;the country
on their side of the boundary.
It seems, he said, that from
what has already been ac
complished and from what
the future appears to have
in store, that we have one
of the most important mining
section in the world.
The district has already one
of the largest dividend paying
properties in the world and
there seems to be every assur
ance that there will be others.
It appears, he said, that
enough mineral has been lo
cated to insure a great future
production and now it re
mains for the ingenuity and
skill of man and industry to
develop and bring into pro
duction those vast ore bodies.
Mr. Garfield then offered the
prediction that in the next
few years we will see a won
derful development in this
section. We of the Hyder of
today are the nucleus, the
foundation of a future very
prosperous little city of Hy
der, he said.
Improvement in mining con
ditions will follow the open
ing of transportation, the
speaker declared, and we
are bending every effort to
get improved transportation—
more roads of capacity and
construction to carry on the
necessary work.
“One of the principal reasons
for my coming here,” he said,
“is to find out what the
people of Hyder want the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce
to help them in. A few years
ago the policy of Seattle
business men tended more to
ward leading Alaska. Later
on that policy was changed
and now the object is to help
Alaska to help horselfy. “We
feel,” he continued,“ that you
are big em ugh, st ong enough
and wisj enough to choose
the things most beneficial
and desirous for your wel
fare. If you will slip the
word along to us as to what
you want us to help you do
we will try to carry out our
part.”
Mr. Garfield then explained
that the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce is interested in
L promoting the welfare of
each community but not in
ruch a way as to interfere
with another community, the
general policy being to de
vote iself mainly to those
needs which tended to ad
vance the interests of the
whble Territory.
In conclusion he outlined
briefly the scope and charact
i er of the work carried on by
the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, stating that it is now
one of the best known com
mercial organizations in the
I United States, with a member
BIG SHIPMENT
B. C. SILVER ORE
Close to 250 tons of high I
grade ore from the B. C. Sil- i
ver is bing loaded on the ore |
steamer Mogul for shipment to ;
the smelter and more is com
ing down the valley daily. The j
shipment is the largest single j
dispatch so far made by the !
B. C. Silver company.
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ship of over 4,000. The work
of the organization is divid
ed among four different de
paitments. It expends in Alas
ka work $12,000 annually, a'
part of which goes to send Mr.
Garfield among us to tell us
of Seattle’s friendship and of
its desire to help us to help
uurseives.
Responding to Mr. Garfield,
Attorney Ernest Blue voiced
the appreciation of all Hyder
citizens for the efforts of the
Seattle Chamber of Com
merce in behalf of Alaska
and assured its representative
that Hyder is strongly with
them, and especially with re
spect to its intention to boost
each community, but not to
the disadvantage of another
community. We need two or
three things badly, he said.'
The first need is transport
ation, the absence of which
greatly handicaps mining en
deavor and renders mining
almost prohibitive in some lo
calities. It costs 5 cents to land ,
goods in Hyder and 20 cents
more to land them 25 miles
back of Hyder. The Bureau
of Public Roads has been gen
erous to us, he continued. It
has done everything possible;
but we want and need more.
Mr. Garfield had pointed out
that great development would
ensue from building roads
and that is what we want—
trails and wagon roads over
the hills. Mr. Blue said we
cannot agree with Mr. Gar
field that the mineral is on
the Canadian side of the
boundary. There is more on
the American side of the Sal- i
mon Valley, but as yet unde-)
veloped. We are 5 years be
hind our Canadian cousins in
development, he declared.
Then we have a river that
may take half the town away
any day and have been ham
mering away for years to get
$25,000 to confine the stream
to its proper channel % of a
mile away. The Roads bureau
has done good work here, too, 1
but not enough, and greater
assistance must be had to re
move the danger. Keep in
mind, he said, that it takes
money to develop a quartz
camp and if you will assist |
us in weeding out the un
scrupulous from the scrupu
lous, apd when a legitimate
man with a legitimate propo
sition comes to your town,
give him the glad hand and
help him along; it will help
the district and also help to
weed out the man who is a
i detriment to the camp, which
has been full of them in the
1
past.
S Mr. J. A. Hall, president of
the Bank of Hyder, spoke
briefly, stating that visits to
Seattle had convinced him
that the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce is doing excellent
work for Alaska. If we co-op
erate with them and keep lo
cal needs before them they
Continued on Page 4.
LOCAL NOTES
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A. W. Fox, well known at
torney and former resident,
was an arrival on the Taku I!
this morning.
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Thomas Kelley, of the Pre
mier tram forces, left Monday
to visit his old home in Nashua
New Hampshire. He expects to
be absent, about two months.
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The Masonic Club will hold
an important business meeting
in Pioneer Hall at 8 p. m. Wed
nesday evening. Visiting mem
bers of the order are invited.
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Max Giegold, former lessee
of the Malamute Barber Shop,
returned Monday after an ex
tended absence.
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J. D. Littlepage, manager of
the Riverside mine, returned
Monday from a visit in Ket
chican.
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Mrs.Chas . E. Hill, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs.
,f. L. Campbell, during the pas;
three weeks, left Monday foi
her home in Tacoma.
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Mrs. H. Peck, of Vancouver,
arrived Monday to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Thos. Powers.
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Dave Allan left Monday on a
visit to Vancouver.
Mrs. Dale L. Pitt and daugh
ter, Elizabeth, returned Satur
day from a visit in the States
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Daniel Lindeborg, who with
his brother Andrew Lindeborg
now deceased, was the origi
nal locator of the Lindeborg
townsite and also a discover
er and original locator of the
Riverside group, Big Missouri
and other noted mining prop
erties, arrived from Vancouver
Saturday to look after his local
intei’ests. Mr. Lindeborg was
accompanied by Mr. B. C. Bar
brick, who represents Mr.
Lindeborg’s associates in the
Big Missouri properties.
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F. D. Oakley, secretary of
the Big Missouri Mining Co..
G. A. DeHaseth, director, and
S. M. Jackson, president of the
National Bank of Tacoma, who
is also interested in the com
pany, arrived Saturday to vis
it the Big Missouri. They will
spend a week on the property
before returning south.
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Rev. S. V. Warien, the new
pastor of Hyder M. E. Church,
arrived Saturday from Castle
Rock, Wn., accompanied by
Mrs. Warren. Rev. Warren
conducted the Sunday School
and evening services last Sun
day.
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The motor yacht Sueje, with
Capt. James Griffiths, head oi
the Coastwise Steamship &
Barge Co. Ltd., and party ol
10 friends of the ship mag
nate on board, arrived in por1
Sunday. During the interval
of his stay Capt. Griffiths anc!
his guests visited the Premiei
mine.
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E. H. Johnson, senior.mem
her of the Johnson-Gardnei
Co. of Portland, holder of the
Salmon River road extensior
contract, left Saturday with
his wife and daughter aftei
spending a week looking ovei
the company road operations
! FINAL REPORT OF 4TH
OF JULY COMMITTEE
For Year 1926
RECEIPTS
Balance in Bank of Hyer from
j 1925 with interest $ 189.74
' Subscription list 300.85
Net proceeds from
Dance 73.50
Baseball collection 94.93
Total Receipts $609.04
EXPENSES
Prize List $ 273.00
Less events not run off 63.50
209.50
j'Yael Rozenstain acct.
i Bunting etc.
E. Provinse Rope
Hyder Merc. Co. Flags
H. P. Gibson Flags
Stewart Drug Co. Para
| sols
Hyder Herald Print
ing and advtg.
E. Provinse Ham
j mer & Rope
Hyder Radio Tele
grams
4.05
1.50
3 80
5.30
75.50
22.40
2.85
5.84
$262.74
BALANCE, Cash in
Bank $346.30
This balance appropriated us
j follows:—
: To Hyder Baseball
Club $ 163.13
In Bank for 4th.
July Celebrations 177.85
$316 30
Certified Correct,
Holger Johnson
E. D. Haddon
Oren F. Hill
Financial Committee
Approved
Merl F. Thomas
Chairman of Celebration
The Bureau of Public Eoads
has let a contract to the River
side Mining & Milling Co. to
i supply crushed rock for sur
facing the new Salmon River
highway. Bins designed to h lc*
the prepared material are now
being erected at the Riverside
mine.
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The Chamber of Commerce
will hold a special meeting
; Tuesday evening to pass upon
j routine business. The next l.g
ular meeting will occur Aug
ust 17th and will include con
sideration of the new by-laws
and a proposal to incorporate
the organization,
j The annual election of offi
cers will be held Sept 7th.
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! Col. W. T. Perkins, well
known Seattle and Alaska m n
ing man, arrived from the
South Saturday to look over a
number of local projects in
which he is interested. Col.
Perkins is prominently con
nected with the Vancouver
Mines, Ltd., Hyder Jumbo
| Mining Co. and other concerns
1 operating in this district.
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John Burndgen (Cyclone
Johnny) is again reported
missing and is being rtought
for in the hills by E. E. Charl
ton, after earlier efforts of
the Canadian authorities had
failed.
Burndgen, is said to have left
the Troy Group July 22 en
route to meet F. R. Jancowski
at Tide Lake, five or six nrlos
beyond. He failed to appear
■ and Mr. Jancowski late - re
■ turned to town and reported
to the Canadian officials.