HYDER - FIRST ALASKA TOWN THAT CAN BE REACHED BY THE PACIFIC - YUKON - ALASKA HIGHWAY
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VOLUME NO. 8, NO. 41.
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932.
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ALASKAN TO HEAD
NEW HOAD BUREAU
Ike P. Taylor, for many years
engineer with the Alaska Road
Commission, has been named
by the Interior Department to
have full charge of the A. R. C.
road and trail system in Alas
ka under the Taylor act trans
ferring the Alaska Road Com
mission activities from the War
Department to the Department I
of the Interior, according to an j
anouncement by Governor!
George A. Parks.
As representative of the In
terior Department in Alaska,
Governor Parks is to have gen
eral supervision and control ov
ver the A. R. C. road and trail
system, although general con
trol is vested in the Secretary'
of the Interior.
Mr. Taylor will have com-1
plete charge of the operations I
of the new roads bureau and
be in active charge of both the
organization and administrat
ion, the Governor said.
The transfer of activities was
scheduled to take place July j
20.
Major Malcolm Elliott, pres
ident of the Alaska Road Com
mission, has been transferred
to the U. S. Engineers office in
Seattle. L. E. Atkins, his ass
istant, and J. G. Truitt, associ
ate engineer, have also been
tranferred to the Outside.
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Stewart Victor In First
Soft Ball Series
By winning their sixth and last
game last week, the Stewart
soft ball team emerged the
victor in the scheduled series
of the Portland Canal Soft Ball
League, composed of teams
representing Stewart, Hyder,
Premier, Stewart School, Can
adian Legion and Moose lodge.
The Stewart aggregation 1
failed to lose a single game of
the series, which was inaugu
rated June 5 and provided
interesting amusement for loc
al ball fans.
As a result of their victory,
the Stewart team will receive
the handsome trophy cup of
fered by S. G. Lawrence of
Stewart.
Another series is now being
arranged for the remainder
of the ball season and will be
announced shortly.
The standing of the teams
at the close of the series was
as follows:
P W L D Pts.
Stewart. 6 6 0 0 12
School. 6 4 2 0 8
Premier B. 6 3 3 0 6
Hyder. 6 3 3 0 6
Premier A. 6 2 4 0 4
Moose. 6 2 4 0 4
Legion.6 15 0 2
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Outgoing passengers on the
Catala Monday evening includ
ed Miss A. Kergin, Miss E.
Stewart, J. J. Little, John Roth.
Fcrest Trail Bureau
Officials Visit District
W. J. McDonald, chief of the
southern division of the Tong
ass National Forest, and C. M.
Archbold, his assistant, spent
the past week in Hyder invest
igating local forest and trail
conditions in the interest of
their department. The two of
ficials arrived Friday evening
last week from Ketchikan on
the Forest Service gas boat
Ranger 10, piloted by B. R.
Aiken, veteran pilot.
During the course of their |
stay Messrs. McDonald and '
Archbold made a survey of the ]
trail conditions along the Sal- |
mon and also made a trip up j
Fish Creek with B. B. Smith as i
guide, to ascertain the trail j
repair needs of that section.
Mr. McDonald informed the
Herald that it is the intention
of his department to do some
repair work on the Fish Creek
trail this season. Several
bridges are in need of repair or
replacement and some brush
ing out and general repair
work is necessary.
Asked regarding'the attitude
of his department respecting
the proposal to construct a
new trail from the Salmon
highway up the east slope of
Salmon valley to provide ac
cess to the Crest, Monarch and
other high-lying properties in
that locality, Mr. McDonald
reiterated a previously ex- j
pressed dictum of the Forest j
Service that this could not be i
authorized unless the property
owners benefitted would agree
to cooperate to the extent of
providing one-third of the
funds required. As an altern
ative, he suggests that an ex
tension of the Fish Creek trail
for approximately a mile would
provide access to properties
along the Salmon-Fish Creek
divide and could be tied in
with the old Alaska-Premier
\ trail, connecting with the Sal
| mon highway in the vicinity of
Ten-mile. This construction
| could be accomplshed at rela
tively small cost and would
provide ample access to the
properties involved from two
points on the Salmon highway,
he said.
Asked if such construction
would be undertaken by the
Forest Service, Mr. McDonald
replied that it would, although
the work probably could not be
undertaken before next spring.
Owing to decreased allot
| ment of funds, very little new
j trail construction work could
j be undertaken, as the funds
! available are not much in ex
cess of the requirements for
maintenance work on existing
trails.
Messrs. McDonald concluded
j their investigations Friday and
j left for Ketchikan on the Rang
er 10.
I Chas. Fehring returned today
j from Prince Rupert, where he
! underwent an operation for
hernia with highly beneficial
effects.
R, R, INVESTIGATION
ACT IS EXTENDED
For several years past there
has been a special select com
mitte to investigate the 'Alaska
Railroad, composed of Senator
Robert B. Howell, of Nebraska,
Senator John B. Kendrick, of
Wyoming, and Senator John
Thomas, of Idaho. This trio
came to Alaska several years
ago on thir own initiative and
proceeded to investigate the
lailroad from the sole stand
point of earning capacity and
returned to Washington im
bued with the idea of placing
it on a paying basis, in spite of
the fact that the railroad was
built by the government with
a view to assisting the develop
ment of the Territory and with
no thought that it would pay
its own costs of operation for
many years.
Their first move was to force
rate increases so excessive that
traffic was materially reduced,
much of it being diverted to
automobile stage lines operat
ing over the Richardson High
way between Valdez and Fair
banks. The distinguished trio
next turned their attention to
throttling this annoying com
petition and this year succeed
ed in securing the abolition of
the Alaska Road Commission,
which built and maintained
the Richardson Highway, and
having its activities placed un
der the direction of the Interior
Department, which also con
trols the railroad. The object
of this move is said to be to in
augurate a toll system on the
Richardson Highway which
will increase stage transportat
ion charges to such extent
that shippers will be virtually
forced to again patronize the
railroad.
Now comes word from Wash
ington that Senator Kendrick,
during the latter days of the
congressional session, put
through a resolution extending
the investigative powers of the
special committee until Decem
ber 3, 1933; which in turn
probably means that there will
; be more investigating, more
meddling and muddling, and
more deterring effects on Alas
ka’s development and prosper
: ity.
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I $200,000 For Forest Highways
i Funds allocated by the De
J partment of Agriculture for
| Bureau of Public Roads main
i tenanee and construction work
! this year total $200,000, it was
| announced recently by M. D.
Williams, District Engineer.
Fifty per cent of the amount
i is for maintenance work on the
| Forest Highway system, the re
remainder for new construct
j ion. Only one new project was
j authorized, a bridge on the
, Douglas Highway.
LOCAL MAN MEMBER
SOLDIER BONUS ARMY
Jack Steel, well known for
mer resident of Hyder, was
one of the thousands of war
veterans composing the “bonus
army,” recently gathered in
Washington to demand immed
iate payment of the soldier’s
bonus.
In a letter to “Red” Wile,
written in Washington July 5,
Steel wrote that he had been ;
in the national capital for
about ten days.
“We came back here,” the let
ter says,” to visit some of these
pot-bellied officials. They tell
us to go home every day or
two, but we tell them this is as
much “home” to us as any
where, so what can they do?
“There are about 25,00 men
here now,” the letter continues,
“and from 60 to 200 coming in
every day. One day we had
over 400. We have some good
speakers here, who are sure
showing these Senators up
about the political machine
and graft that I never heard of
before. We sure have the peo
ple of D. C. with us, and the
police are solidly with us. The
•chief of police put up $1,100 j
cash out of his pocket to feed j
us for two days when we could
not get grub.”
Steel relates further that the
commander of the bonus army
had gone to New York to speak
in a theatre on the bonus quest
ion and adds: “he will get $1,
00 for it, and it goes into the
mess fund.”
The envelope bearing Steel’s
letter carries the Salvation in
signia and the stamped in-1
scription, “Bonus Expedition
ary Forces, Unit No. Seattle,
Camp Marks, Anacostia, D. C.”
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Moose To Hold Swim-Fest
The Moose Lodge will be host
to the public of Hyder and
Stewart at a swimming gala
and picnic at Moose Park Sun-;
day afternoon, July 24, to
which everyone is invited.
The program is scheduled to
start at 2 p. m. and will include
a variety of water sports, all of
which will be open to the pub
lice.
Those attending are request
ed to bring their lunch, but cof
fee, cream, sugar and cups will
be supplied free of charge by
the Moose lodge.
The entertainment is being
looked forward to with much
interest, as not only are the
Moose noted as most hospita
ble entertainers, but the splen
J did recreation park and swim
ming pool established by the
lodge is one of the finest and
most completely equipped op
en air resorts in the North.
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Curtis Gardner, well known
Portland road contractor and
builder of several local high
ways, was an arrival from Jun
eau this morning.
Funds For Alaska Highway
Investigation Continued
A recommendation that the
unexpended balance of $10,
000 appropriated for the study
of the Pacific-Yukon-Alaska
Highway project be continued
available until June 30, 1933,
was made to Congress by Pres
ident Hoover before the close
of the last session, according to
reports from Washington.
The recommendation was
made on behalf of the Bureau
of the Budget and was ap
proved by that bureau.
Director Roop, in a communi
cation to Congress indicating
approval of the recommendat
ion, said the members of the
American Commission met
with the Canadian representa
tives in Victoria in October,
1931. It was intended to call
a second meeting in Washing
ton early in 1932, but this war
found to be impracticable as it
did not afford sufficient itme
in which to secure the necess
ary data. Continuing, he said:
“The department of state ad
vises that while the progress of
the work has been satisfactory,
Ihe study will require at least
another year and requests that
the unexpended balance of the
current appi’opriation be con
tinued available until June 30,
1933.”
Premier Wins Third Game
Of Hiam Cup Series
Premier was again victor
ious in the third game of the
Hiam Cup baseball series
played in Stewart last Satur
day evening. The score was
11 to 10 in favor of the miners.
The Premier aggregation
now have two games to their
credit, while the Hyder-Stew
art team have one. The fourth
game of the series will be
played in Stewart Sunday at
6:30.
New Arrivals
Two births occurred in Stew
art this week, a son being born
to Mr. and Mrs. Brad. Watson
Monday morning and a son to
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McNeil on
Tuesday. Both new arrivals
are reported progressing favor
ably under the care of Dr. J.
W. Vosburgh.
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Alaska Juneau Nets $128,500
Net profits of $128,500 were
earned by the Alaska Juneau
Gold Mining Company from
j 322,150 tons of ore mined and
i milled in June. The average
was about 11,000 tons daily
and the average recovery val
ue per ton was 84.60 cents per
Ion, principally in gold. Oper
ating costs averaged 46.51
cents per ton, leaving an oper
ating profit of 38.09 cents per
! ton.
SNAPPY NOTES FROM
THE OUTSIDE PRESS
Convicted by a jury of hav
ing bitten the town marshal,
John Brogan of Antioch, 111.,
dived into the jury box and bit
eight jurors.
While Mrs. J. W. Blakefield
of Lathrop, Calif., relieved her
husband in an all-night vigil
for chicken thieves, burglars
entered the bedroom where
Biakefield was sleeping, stole
his trousers, money, watch and
other valuables.
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Police Judge William Stein
rauf of Topeka, Kans., arrest
ed himself for parking his au
tomobile too long on a down
town street.
A car stolen from in front of
the home of Harry Lycott of
Buffalo was found parked a
mile away, with its tank con
taining 10 more gallons of gas
oline-than when it was stolen.
A land terrapin on which
Charles Noel carved his initials
in 1861 has made its second ap
pearance in Greensburgh, Pa.,
in the past 71 years.
A man who almost became a
bridegroom in Minnepolis ap
peared before the license clerk
with the pieces of a license and
said: “We quarreled and she
tore up the license. I’d like to
get my money back.”
John McKay, a butcher of
Detroit, was fined $50 for
spraying rouge paint on wein
ers to make them look more
tempting.
Elijah Conklin, seaman of
Northport, L. L., rowed a 12
foot skiff 40 miles in 50 hours
seeking a job, then learned he
had established a record.
Henry Hagman, Jr., of Port
land, Me., carried a tooth em
bedded in his tongue for four
months before it was discov
ered and removed.
Alfred Jones of Los Angeles,
wrote a note leaving all his
goods to his mother, fired three
pistol shots at his head and
missed every time.
A train was stopped at Omak,
Wash., by a swarm of bees
which had stored wax in one
of the air controls and caused
all brakes on the train to set.
Seelundino Soto Valdes of
Havana, Cuba, plunged a knife
into his breast, but instead of
killing himself pierced the
membrane of a tumor and
saved his life.
Mrs. W. B. Smitheringale, of
Stewart, was severely injured
in an automobile accident in
Vancouver on July 4th, accord
ing to word received in Stewart
last week.