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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
STEWART, B’ C. AND IIYDER ALASKA
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART, B. C.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
Sunday School at 11 o’clock
Classes for all ages
Preaching at 8 o’clock P. M.
Rev. F. E.Reddick Pastor.
NOTICE
Weekly Miner subscribers are
herewith notified that in the
event of our carriers being un
able to make deliveries because
of deep snow or unbroken
trails, their papers will be left |
at the Hyder Drug Company
store or mailed.
LOCATION NOTICES and
PROOF OF I APOR blanks at
the MINER office.
In the Commbsioners Court;
Territory of Alaska: Division
Number One; Hyder Precincr.
In Probate
In the matter of the estate of
Frank Johnson, Deceased.
Number 9 Probate.
Notice of hearing on Appli- i
cation for Appointment of Ad
ministrator.
Notice is hereby given that
Merle Thomas, of Hyder, Alas- 1
ka, has filed in the above entit
led court a petition praying for
the appointment of adminis
trator of the aforesaid estate,
and that at the hour of 10
o’clock in the forenoon of Jan
uary 3d.,1924, at the Unit'-ci
States Commissioner’s office m
Hyder, Alaska, will be held the
hearing upon said petition,
when and where all persons
may have the opportunity to ,
be heard in connection there
with.
And notice is hereby further
given that it appearing to this
court that the value of the
aforesaid estate does not ex
ceed the costs incident to ne
cedant’s last sickness, the lun
eral expenses and the costs oi j
administration; therefore, an
order will be entered com- ,
manding that said estate be ,
summarily closed and all per- ,
sons may have the opportun- (
ity at the aforesaid time ana
place to make any objections ^
thereto. And it is so orderea. ^
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this (
3rd. day of December-, 1923. ^
Chas. F. Sandford. (
United States Commissioner j
and ex-officio Judge of Pro- i
bate.
Pub. Nov. 3-10-17-24-31. '
WEEKLY MINER WILL
DO JOB PRINTING ^
Included in the equipment =
of the Hyder Weekly Miner is j
a complete job printing plant, 1
capable of filling all orders for j
letterheads, billheads, state- (
ments, cards, circulars, invita
tions, etc. Those who desire
job work of this character t
. will find it to their advantage t
to secure our prices before or- j
dering elsewhere.
To exist in a small town like
Hyder, a newspaper must have
the fullest support of everyone. J
Are you doing your bit to keep *
ROY JONES QUITS
AIR PLANE SERVICE
IN ALASKA
Roy F. Jones, the Ketchikan
aviator who visited Hyder and
Stewart for a week or so Iasi
summer and gave many local
residents their first taste of the
pleasures of aeroplaning,, has
abandoned his attempt to make
air transportation popular in
this section of the Territory,
according to the Ketchikan
Chronicle, which says:
“Roy F. Jones, Writing from
; the Saltchuck mine to the
! Chronicle, says he is out of the
lying business. He say?:”
* “My attempts, under the
'name—of the Northbird Av
iation Company, to establish an
aerial service in Southeastern
Alaska, has been terminated.
‘ “I wish to thank most grate
fully the people of Ketchikan
and vicinity for the universal
support, and cooperation which
has been accorded the enter- j
prise.
‘ “ To any persons interested
in the possibilities of seaplane
operations in this section of the j
Territory, I would say there is j
a splendid field, and my assist
ance or suggestions will be j
gladly given to anyone who j
may succeed me in like endeav- j
ANDREW MILLS DROWNED
AT HOGEN ISLAND
Andrew Mills, a brother of !
Alexander Mills, a well known
resident of Juneau, was drown- j
ed recently at the Sholin fox
farm on Hogen Island near the
Hirst-Chichagoff Mining Com- j
nany plant on Chichagoff Is
land, according to the Juneau
Empire. The deceased was 20
years of age and came to Jun
eau from Scotland a year ago.
R.J. DAVIS DIES SUDDENLY
Rufus Judson Davis, super
intendent of construction for
the New England Fish Com- \
pany and closely connected
with Alaskan activities for
more than 25 years, died sud-'
denly in Ketchikan December
to. Mr. Davis first came to the
Territory about the year 1898 ,
and engaged in the customs;
brokerage business in Wran
ell. Later he was connected ;
with the Pacific Cold Storage 1
Company, with whom he re- .
mained as a trusted employee ,
until the company’s dissolution
in 1918, shortly after, which
be entered the employ of the !
Mew England Fislj Company. <
JOE ULLMER LEAVES ,
ON LONG WINTER TRIP],
Bound on a reconnaissance^
:rip for the Alaska Road Com- !i
mission which will take him1!
Jver on the Arctic slope, Jos-!,
;ph Ullmer left Fairbanks Sat- L
irday morning with a dog 1
earn, by way of the Alatpa. t
He will travel up that stream \i
hirty miles and then cross to j
he Kobuk and follow it down
o its mouth. The trip is made (
vith the view to determine (
conditions in that region with 1
he object of future road j
milding and construction of
rails.
Mr, Ullmer, who is past grand ^
^resident of the Pioneers of I
Alaska, is familiar with the i
cast interior stretches antf c
ooks forward to the long and
olitary trip as a pleasure out- 1
ng. Of recent years he has
>een in business in Ketchikan 1
is a mining engineer.—Seward
Gateway. ^
The Anchorage city council *
las decided that every itiner-;r
cnt vendor attempting to do I
susiness in the city must pay : 1
>25 for the privilege. s
A town without a newspaper 1
>f its own is a dead town: Help
ceep your own paper alive by *
PROPOSED ORGANIC ACT
PRACTICALLY READY TO
LAY BEFORE CONGRESS
The proposed Organic Act for
the Territory of .South .Alas
ka, prepared by the committee
of the convention -Which-con
vened at Juneau December 15
and which is .now- in recess, lias
been submitted to the- dele
gates who have returned to
their homes and by most of
them to the. respective City
Councils. Wrangell suggested
a minor amendment relative to
the payment of United States
Commissioner’s salaries in
stead of fees, and Ketchikan
will suggest a few changes, all
of minor, importance, accord
ing to a telegram -received by
R. E. Robinson, chairman of
the convention and of the com
mittee which prepared the Or
ganic Act, from J. C. Barber,
o.ie of the Ketchikan dele
gates. When all suggestions
ire in there will probably be
another meeting of the dele
gates who are in Juneau, ac
cording to the Juneau Empire,
which gives the proposals con
tained in the Act in its present
form, as follows.
The proposed Organic Act es
tablishes the Territory of South
Alaska to comprise all that
part of the present territory ox
Alaska lying east of the 161st.
degree of longitude west of
Greenwich; establishes the
Juneau Land District and the
South Alaska Customs district,
the boundai-ies of ail of which
xre made co-extensive with the
xoundaries of South Alaska,
rhe capital of the Territory,
and office, and headquarters
>f the customs district are lo
cated at Juneau. The Act also
irovides for a Delegate to
Congress; a territorial organiz
ation similar* to ' the present
>ne; a separate set of officers;'
he court ’system is retained
is at present, except that the
fudge, Clerk, District Attor
leyand ifrarshal shall be for
he Territory of South Alaska,
rheir duties to be the same as
it present, with court head
larters at Juneau; The Circuit
^ourt of Appeals-is made the
ourt of appeals for the dis
trict. -o'.,
V Territorial legislature is ert-1
,ted, to be apportioned amoi^
egislative districts, and based
n population.- The legislative !
listricts, which may-be altered
•y the legislature, shall be
dentical with the present sev
n. recording "precincts, Ilydfer,
fetchikan, Petersburg, Wran
rell, Juneau,'Sitka and Ska’g
vay. Each district is to have
ne senator, for each 2,500
copulation, whites, or fraction
thereof, byt each district must
have at least one senator and
one representative. Under no
circumstances shall there be
more than 13 senators and 21
Representatives; one Reprsen
tative. The 1920 white census
is fixed atf the basis of apport
ionment for the first legislat
ure and thereafter, in non-cen
| sr.s years, the votes cast at the
last preceding election shall be
the basis. Half of the Senators
i chosen at the first election
shall serve two years and the
o her half for four, the select
ion to be made by lot. There
after all senators shall be chos
en for four years) except to
{fill vacancies. Legislative ses
>ns. are to begin the seconu
Monday in January and art
! nited to 00 days, unless
called into extra session for not
more than fifteen days. The
’-A ct defines legislative powers
a follows: The legislative
power shall extend to all right
| frl subjects of legislation not
inconsistent with the Constitu
tion and laws of the United
■ Sates, but no law shall be;
passed interfering with the!
primary disposal of the soil: no ■
|tax shall be imposed upon the
j property of the United States, I
nor shall the lands or other!
‘property of non-residents be!
taxed higher than that of res
idents, nor shall the legislat
ure grant any corporation, as-1
s; eiation or individual any
! special or exclusive privilege
i immunity or franchise without
the affirmative approval of
(Congress.; nor shall any legis
lature pass local or special
laws, in any of the cases enum-1
erated in the act of July 20, 18-1
8‘3; nor shall any public money
he appropriated by the Terr
itory or any’ municipal corpor
ation therein for the support |
or benefit of any sectarian,
denominational, or private
school, or any school not under
the exclusive control of the
government; nor shall the gov- |,
ernment of the Territory, muu- ;
icipality or any subdivision of
the Territory subscribe to any!,
capital stock of an incorpor- ,
ated company or lend its funds p
in any manner or lend its credit
for the use therof. Neither the j
Territory or any municipal cor- <
poration therein have power to ]
create or assume any bopded i
indebtedness whatosever, ui i
borrow money in the name of <
the Territory or any municipal i
division thereof, or pledge the !
faith of the people of the same ]
for any loan or create or as- £
sume any indebtedness for ;
more than the actual running t
expenses thereof, unless firsr
specially authorized by the leg
islature, and in no case for an
amount in excess of ten per
ccntum of the assessed valua
tion of the property in the
territory or municipality, as tne
case may be. No indebtedness
for running expenses shall be
created or assumed for more
than the actual income of the
Territory or municipality for
that year, including as a pari
of said income appropriations
made by Congress, taxes lev
ied and payable, and cash anu
other money credits on hand
and applicable and not already
pledged for prior indebtedness.
Taxes shall be uniform upon
the same class of subjects and
a sessments shall be according
to the actual value thereof. No
tax shall be levied for the Ter
ritory in excess of one per cent
j of the assessed valuation of
property therein in any one
year nor shall any incorporates
town or municipality levy any
tax for for general municipal
lor school purpose in excess of
2 percent of the valuation oi
property therein in any one
year: Provided, that the munic
ipality may levy an additional
two percent of such valuation
for other purposes, but that the
said levy shall not be made
unless authorized by a maj-j
crity of the property taxpayers j
at a special election called fo. I
the purpose.
The Act also provides that !
ail of the officials of the .South j
Alaska Territory who are ap
pointed by the President mus j
be actual residents of South !
Alaska for at least one year •
immediately preceding thei <
appointment. Ii
It also provides that all Ter- j
r'torial property lying witni! !
the boundaries shall beconn 1
the property of South Alaskf
and that the Territory of Souti
Alaska shall be given a per- j
centage of the money in the
treasury equal to the percent :
age of the money she has con
tributed to it during the pre- :
ceding biennium and that al {
money due to that portion oi
the territory composing Souti '
Alaska shall be due and owing
andpaid to the Territory of
South Alaska. All laws of the
present Territory applicable tc
South Alaska are continued ir
force until repealed or amend
ed by the legislature or Cong
ress. Corporations organized
n the Territory of Alaska arc
permited to elect whether they
^hall retain their standing in
South Alaska or in the remain- :
:ler of the present Teritory.
H. A. Anderson and wife left
Vnchorage recently in a can
vas row boat on a scheduled
hree weeks’ cruise and are
eported long overdue.
Anderson is foreman of the
HcKinley Gold Placer comp
iny on Cache Creek.
Now that you have a news
taper in your own town, why
tot do your bit to keep it going
HfHMi
IiOYLE REAPPOINTED"'
LAND OFFICE REGISTER
- ' AT ANCHORAGE
Frank A. Boyle, Register of
the-U.. Land, Office at Anchor
age, has been re-appointed.
Mr, Boyle has been connected
with the United States Land
Office in-Alaska for a long per
iod, first as Receiver and then
as Register.
NEW POSTMASTER IS
NAMED AT ANCHORAGE
Henry S. Sogn has been ap
pointed postmaster at Anchor-!
age. succeeding Postmaster j
Stoddard, whose term of office !
had expired.
The new incumbent is a pion
eer resident of the Anchorage
section and has lived in Alaska
many years. He has long been
actively identified with the
IOIT ACQUITTED 0?
PRENTISS SLAYING
William Lott, indi. 1 recent
ly at Juneau for i . degree
murder for the sir. ' of Will
iam Prentiss last July, was ac
quitted by a trial jury in the
District Court at Juneau, after
a trial lasting a. week, accord
ing to the Juneau Empire,
Although freed of the murder
charge, Lott is still being held
on a charge of violating the
prohibition laws, a3 a result of
the discovery after the shoot
ing of 200 quarts of liquor se
creted in his barber shop and
bath house. During the course
of the murder trial Lott ad
mitted the killing, which took
place in a crowded restaurant,
but pleaded self-defense.
Prentiss was reputed to be
the king of Juneau importers
of illicit liquor.
NEW ZEALAND WOMAN
PRAISES FROZEN FISH
FROM ALASKA
Fish caught in Alaskan wat
tes go to many far corners of
the world, and are appreciated
by the consumers, says the
Ketchikan Chronicle.
This was shown in a letter iust
received from far-off New
Zealand by the New England
Fish Company from a woman
consumer of their famed ‘ Bel
I ana Brand” salmon and hal
ibut.
A label which the company
sticks on every fish when it is
prepared for shipment accomp
anies the letter. The letter in
'■art reads:
T have had several large
c lantitles of frozen salmon and
wondered how far.it had come.
However, the other day my
piece had on the enclosed tick
et. I thought as we belong to
England, and have spent a lot
of time in Scotland, where we
have some beautiful fish (sal
mon), you might be glad of a
’ow lines to tell you how youi
frozen fish compares with the
fresh fish we have had all.
through Scotland, also on the
four and Columbia on the Cly
de. I can assure you that it is
very fine indeed, and though
from being frozen it is not
quite so fine, it is particularly
good. It is a great change to
us to get it as the New Zeal
and fish is very flavorl “?s ow
ing to the hot climate in this
island, where everything grewj
too quickly.”
In addition to New Zealand,
fish caught near Ketchikan
is shipped in large quantities
to Australia, Holland, England,
France and many other coun
tres.
JUALIN TO RESUME
OPERATION IN SPRINu
Operations will be resume a
on the Jualin mine in the
spring, according to a recent
statement by managing direct
or Jean Vanophem.
The big tunnel on the prop
erty, which is within 800 feet
of the rich ore zone, will t>e
completed and will be used
both as a working and drain
age tunnel.
John W. Frame, former U. S.
Commisioner for the Hyder
precinct, is on a business trio
to Seattle at present. Mr.
Frame will probably extend
his trip to Ketchikan and Jun
eau, spending several weeks
between the two places, before
returning to Hyder.
Tom Bust, a miner well known
in the Anchorage district, is
reported to have struck some
very rich gold quartz on what
is known as Smiley GuLh, in
the Sunrise district.