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VOL 6, NO. 28
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 19,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NORCO TO MAKE
LOCAL SAILINGS
That the Northland Transpor
tation Company has no present
intention of withdrawing its
vessels from the Seattle-Hyder
run and will continue to main
tain at least a monthly sched
ule with this port, is the sub
stance of information received
by the motorship Northland,
one of the vessels owned by the
company.
This information is corrobor
ated to some extent by officers
of the Northland, who ex
pressed surprise on being in
formed of the reported intent
ion of the company to send
vessels to this port only when
the volume of cargo warrant?
ed. In substantiation of their
view that the report was not
correct, it was pointed out that
the Northland is already sched
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Hyder next month. A sailing
schedule of the company print
ed and issued recently, show
ing the Northland sailing dates
fiom April 26 to July 25, des
ignates Hyder as a port of call
and also discloses that the ves
sel is scheduled to sail for this
port on May 19, altho indicat
ing no visits here in June or Ju
ly. It is learned on good au
thority, however, that the Nor
co will be placed on the run af
ter next month and will contin
ue local service along the same
lines a s in the past. The lat
ter vessel is now being over
hauled but will be ready for
service in a short time.
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EASTER TOMORROW
Easter Sunday, tomorrow, oc
curs this year at a period some
what later than usual. In fact
it will be twelve years before
the day again comes at so late
a time as in the present year.
March 22 in the earliest on
which Easter can fall and April
25 is the latest.
Aside from Christmas there
is no day so universally ob
served throughout the world.
Originally observed by the
Jews to commemorate the
Passover, or Pesacli, when “the
destroying angel passed over
the houses of the children of
Isreal when he smote the
Egyptians,” it was gradually
adopted by the Christian
churches as a festival to com
memorate the crucifixion and
resurrection of Christ. The
Jews observed the Passover on
the 14th day of Nisan, or the
lunar month of which the 14th
day falls on or next follows
the Vernal Equinox. There ap
pears to have been some con
fusion among the early Christ
ian churches as to what day to
observe and the Council of Nice
in 325 A. D. ordained that
Easter Sunday should be cele
brated on the Sunday which
follows the full moon on or
next after the Vernal Equi
nox.
The festival will be observed
locally with special services at
the M. E. Church, the program
of which will be found on page
2.
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The Hyder Lumber Company
saw mill resumed activities
Thursday morning after a short
suspension.
NEW HUNTING AND
TRAPPING REGULATIONS
New regulations concerning
game and land-fur bearing
animals and game and non
game birds in Alaska, recom
mended by the Alaska Game
Commission, will become ef
fective on July 1, 1930.
Important among the changes
in regulations is one providing
that for residents of Alaska
there shall be no close season
on large brown and grizzly
bears except on certain areas
along the Gulf of Alaska and
on the Alaska Peninsula. Res
idents, however, may kill bears
at any time when the animals
are about to attack or molest
persons or property. For non
residents the open season will
be from September 1 to June
20.
Caribou may be taken by resi
dents and natives for food at
any time north of the Yukon
River, instead of north of the
•Aictic Circle, as heretofore,
j South of the Yukon the season
! will be from August 20 to De
! cember 31. The season on buck
deer in southeastern Alaska i3
i shortened slightly from the
period September 1 to Novem
\ her 30 to the period Augtist 20
to November 15. The open
season on mountain goats will
be extended 12 days— August
20 to December 31, instead of
September 1 to December 31.
The daily bag limits on wild
ducks have been reduced from
25 to 15; on geese from 8 to 4;
and the possession limit of 75
waterfowl was reduced to 50,
which, however, may not in
clude more than 30 ducks and
8 geese.
The new regulations also re
quire permits to trap wolves,
coyotes, and other predatory
animals. They also permit the
trapping of martens, which
have sufficiently recovered
from their formerly depleted
numbers to warrant opening
the season (one month) which
has been closed since 1923-4
Skins of martens taken during
the open season must be tagged
with a metal seal issued by the
Alaska Game Commission and
marten skins imported into the
Territory must also be tagged
in like manner within 30 days
after importation, instead of
90 days as heretofore.
Changes have also been made
in local seasons on mink, land
otter, and weasel, and the use
of set guns is "prohibited.
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Henry Hummel, well known
Texas Creek prospector and
property owner, who has been
located in Utah during the past
[two years, returned on the
| Northland, accompanied by
Mrs. Hummel and their young
son Paul. Mr. Hummel is here
to look after his local interests
and plans to remain most of
the summer.
A. Bh Wicks, Alaska repre
sentative of the DuPont Pow
der company, was a visitor in
1 camp this week . Mr. Wicks
now occupies the position form
erly held by P. H. Abbott, who
was recently incapaciated by
in the south several weeks in
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Joe. Connors, well known Tex
as Creek property owner, re
turned on the Northland after
wintering in the south.
SAYS SILVER TARIFF
COVERS ALL IMPORTS
That the Pittman amendment
imposing a 30 cent tariff on
silver has a much wider scope
than was indicated in the press
reports at the time of its pass
age by the senate, is disclosed
in a recent statement by Sen
ator Key Pittman, showing that
the duty is not only imposed on
the contents of silver bearing
ores, but also upon the silver
contents of bullion, base bull
ion matter and all alloys con
taining over 5 ounces of silver
to the ton weight of such al
loys. In fact, the senator ex
plained, the tariff covers all
| silver imported into the United
States.
i The immediate effect of the
duty, he said, would be to stop
the dumping of fox*eign silver
into the United States. The sec
ond effect would be the stimu
i lation of an export association,
such as exists regarding cop
per. The third effect would
be a steady increase in the do
mestic market for silver, with
a proportionate increase in
price.
MOOSE INSTALLATION
NEXT THURSDAY
Officers elect of Portland
Canal Lodge No. 1218, Loyal
Order of Moose, will be induct
ed into office at the next meet
ing of the lodge, to be held in
Stewart next Thursday, April
24. The following will be in
stalled : Past dictator, Godfrey
Smith; dictator, N. M. Traver
sy; vice - dictator, Howard
Campbell; Secietary, P. S.
Jack; treasurer, O. J. Hutch
ings; prelate, H. R. Cross; ser
geant at arms, George Morris;
Inside guard, Dick Olson; out
side guard, Wm. Durney; trust
ees, Frank Fishei’, Duncan Mc
Lain and Sam. Potts.
NORTHLAND ARRIVES
The motorship Northland,
Capt. Len. Williams, arrived
from Seattle direct Thursday
afternoon with a number of lo
cal passengers and 158 tons of
general cargo for this port.
The latter included a power
shovel and other road building
equipment for the Seims-Spo
kane road construction firm,
successor to Seims and Carlson,
and holder of the contract for
the last unit of the Texas Creek
highway. The shovel is gas
driven and represents the lat
est development in power shov
el devices. The cargo also in
cluded a large quantity of hay
for the Hyder Dairy, several
hundred sacks of coal for the
Hyder Dock Company and cars
for H. J. Hicks, Walter Blan
ton and W. S. Sullivan
In addition to the local pass
enger list, the vessel carried a
near capacity load of p.assen
gers for Ketchikan and other
Alaska ports.
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W. S. Sullivan, head of the
Star-Pointer Mining company,
I and pioneer resident of the
I district, who has been in the
States most of the winter, was
a passenger on the Northland
enroute to Ketchikan.
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C. W. Austin, who has been in
charge of activities at the
Georgia River mine, left for
j Vancouver Monday evening.
ITOLMIE TO URGE
1 FOR HIGRWffl
; Premier S. F. Tolmie, of Brit
ish Columbia, plans to go to
Ottawa in the near future to
request the endorsement by
the Canadian government of
: the proposed extension of the
. Pacific Highway from Van
j couver, B. C., to Fairbanks,
! Alaska, according to press an
j nouncements in the south,
j Dr. Tolmie’s proposed visit is
’ said to be the result of recent
j favorable action by the U. S.
j House and Senate on bills auth
iorizing a commission to invest
igate the possibilities of the
great highway project. The
; Senate recently passed the Mc
I Nary bill providing for a com
mission of three members to
| act with a similar Canadian
commission and appropriating
! $25,000 for expenses. The low
I er house also passed a bill of
| the same tenor, which appro
priates $10,000. Assurances
are said to have been received
from Washington, D. C., that
their divergencies will be rec
onciled in conference and the
j resulting measure will be sent
: to the president.
| Premier Tolmie proposes that
| the survey be carried on under
a joint committee of the Can
adian, British Columbia and
United States governments.
MOOSE MEMORIAL
The annual Memorial Service
of the Moose order will be held
in Legion Hall, Stewart, Sun
day evening, April 27, com
mencing at 7:30.
The services are held by the
Moose throughout the world on
the first Sunday after Easter in
memory of members of the or
der who have passed away and
are noted for their beautiful
ceremonies.
The local services will include
impressive ritualistic ceremon
ies, vocal and instrumental
selections, a memorial address
by Rev. H. R. Cross, Prelate of
the lodge, and visiting clergy
men. The general public is cor
dially invited to attend.
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Arrivals from the Texas Creek
section report that the snow is
still very heavy in the West
Fork valley and the outlook for
early resumption of mining ac
tivities is not very favorable at
present.
Trank Blasher,, who was the
first person known to have
reached the head of the creek
this year, reported on his re
turn to town soma days ago
that the snow was unusually
deep and slides numerous. A
big slide near the Texas Creek
bridge had completely de
molished the government road
engineers’ cabin and smashed
most of the furnishings to
kindling wood. At that time
there was close to 10 feet of
snow at the Blasher cabin on
Emerald Lake and from 12 to
j 13 feet at Carlson’s camp,
1 about half way up the creek.
The road camp near the latter
point was completely covered
by the snow.
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George Lemmons, prominent
Texas Creek mining man, re
turned on the Norco from a va
cation in the States.
PROHIBITION VOTE
ATTRACTS INTERES1
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j The straw vote and guessinj
! contest on the prohibitioi
question now being conductec
by the Hyder Drug Company
is attracting marked interesi
and a large portion of the loca
population has already ex
pressed its views on the sub
ject via the ballot box.
While the opinion appears tc
be general that the local vote
On the questions of enforce
I ment, modification or 1 epeal
will disclose public sentiment
here to be very similar to that
shown in the States by the nat
ion-wide poll of the Literary
Digest, there is a wide diverg
ence of view regarding the
number of votes that will be
cast on each of the three quest
ions in connection with the
prize guessing contest. Many
are still wearing out lead pen
j cils trying to figure out the
precentages which they hope
| will place them in line for one
of the two prizes,
j The poll is being conducted in
! much the same manner as an
election and with the same sec
i recy regarding the marking of
the voter’s ballot. Voters are
required to register, mark and
deposit their ballot in the box.
j The voter’s guess as to the
| number who will vote on the
mice viuesuuns ui eiiioxcc
ment modification and repeal,
is indicated on a coupon which
j the voter detaches from the
| ballot, signs for purposes of
! identification, and deposits in
another box. Registration is
required only for the purpose
of preventing a person voting
more than once and provides
no indication of the manner in
which the voter marks his bal
lot.
As Alaska is not represented
in the nation-wide poll of the
Literary Digest, Mr. O. F. Hill,
proprietor of the drug comp
any, plans to send the results
of the vote to that publication
as an indication of Alaska
sentiment on the prohibition
question. Mr. Hill also purpos
es to wire the results to Mr.
John D. Barry, who announces
daily by radio the results of
the Literary Digest poll, and it
is believed very probable that
Mr. Barry will announce the lo
cal vote in his national broad
cast, thus giving Hyder and
Alaska a bit of nation-wide ad
vertising.
The voting will continue a few
days longer in order that ev
eryone may have an opportun
ity to express their views on
the big question.
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| Joe Jackson, famed as the dis
coverer of the Texas Creek
mining region in the westerly
end of the Hyder district,, and
locator of the first mining
claim in that region, now in
cluded in the Hyder Lead
Mines group, was a visitor in
Hyder during the stay of the
motorship Northland Thurs
day. Joe is enroute to the new
^ Taku district, where he plans
to prospect during the coming
j sumfher.
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Wm. Tompkins and wife, of
, Stewart, returned Sunday from
, a n extended visit in Vancouv
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MARCH COMMERCE
HIGHEST IN TEARS
Breaking the highest March
record of the past six years by
more than a half-million dol
lars, shipments of merchandise
from Alaska to the United
states last month attained a to
tal value of $2,002,200, ac
cording to the monthly state
ment of Collector of Customs J.
C. McBride.
The next highest record for
March during the indicated
oeriod was made in 1926, when
merchandise exports reached
j : value of $1,780,085.
j Shipments of canned salmon
i valued at $837,891, as against
I $256,436 in March 1929, led
I the list of exported commodi
! ties last month. The total val
ue of all fish products was $1,
045,828. Copper, as usual,
formed the next most import
I ant item, with shipments val
ued at $759,526. Furs totaled
$165,792, with blue fox valued
: at $83,690 the chief item. Red
| fox was second with $37,700,
I and mink was third with ship
ments of $10,564.
Including products of the
| United States returned valued
j at $^4,835, and gold and silver
j shipments amounting to $277,
900, the grand total of all ex
ports for the month was $2,
324,935.
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following is the complete list
of exported commodities and
their respective values.
Animals . $ 805
Fish:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut . 88,48’
Salmon . 86.764
All other. 520
Canned (except shell
fish)
Salmon . 837,891
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish)
Cod . 118
Herring . 40
Salmon . 1,252
Shell-fish:
Clams . 1,868
Shrimps . 28,890
Furs and fur-skins:
Seal skins. 5
Blue fox . 83,690
Silver or black fox .. 3,740
Red fox . 37,700
Mink . 10,564
Muskrat
608
All other. 28,910
Manufactured furs .. 575
Ore, matte and regu
lus:
Copper. 759,526
Lead . 12,32
Wood, timber, lumber 16,783
* All other articles ... 1,140
Total value products
of Alaska . 2,002,200
Products of the United
States returned . 44,835
Total value of ship
ments of mdse. $2,047,035
Gold .:. $225,457
Silver .. 23,443
*Jtems included in “All Other
Articles.”
Paintings.'(4) 925
Hairseal skins. (41) 215
Gold and Silver shipments:
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Paul Meger was an outgoing
passenger on the Prince George
Thursday.