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VOL 1, NO. 29
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCK1H
LEGISLATURE GOING
AHEAD VERY SLOWLY
Contrary to the usual prac
tice of dumping an avalanche
of bills into the law mill, the
present Alaska Legislature is
establishing what is said to be
a record for inaction without
parallel in the history of simi
lar bodies. With both houses
marking time for the first few
days of the session, it was not
until nearly one fourth of the
time alloted by the Ch’ganic
Act for holding sessions had
elapsed before a measure was
introduced in the Senate. This
was on March 13, twelve days
after the legislature convened.
The House was a little more
active, but it was not until
March 9th, that the wheels be
gan to grind on new legislative
measures. During the follow
ing days, up to March 14th,
the date of the latest reports
reaching the Herald, a number
of measures were introduced
in the lower chamber, but it
is apparent that the law-mak
ers are inclined to take the ad
vice tendered by Governor
Bone to the effect that if the
present Legislature enacted no
new laws, but confined its lab
ors to the necessary appropri
ations and the strengthening
of needed laws and elimination
of dead letter enactments, it
would render the best possible
service.
Following is the- list of new 1
measures introduced in both
houses up to March 14th.
Senate—
By Diamond, Valdez: Bill a
mending Sec. 1484, Compiled
Laws of Alaska, permitting
written depositions to be taken
within the Territory. Under
present law deposition may be
taken only upon oral questions.
By Diamond, Valdez: Bill
authorizing dismissal criminal
charges against persons heid to
answer to Grand Jury, before
such charges have been pre
sented to that body, on motion
ot U. b. attorney s
By Diamond, Valdez: Bill
amending statutes for purpose
of fixing inheritance taxes.
By Ayer, Nome: Bill provid
ing for recording of notices of
pending legal actions affecting
title or right of possession of
real property in recording dis
tricts.
By Dunn, Fairbanks; Brown,
Nome: Bill creating office of
Territorial Mining Engineer,
designed to extend financial
aid to bona fide prospectors
, and appropriating $15,000.
The latter measure contem
plates no new official, the bill
providing that the Mine In
spector shall be ex-officio Ter
ritorial Mining Engineer.
Section 1, asserts:
That the “purpose of this act
is to secure free transportation
for the prospector who is actu
ally engaged in the enterprise
of prospecting for precious
minerals.’'
In Section 4, it is provided:
"It shall be the duty of the
Territorial Mining Engineer to
enter into correspondence with
the management of the Alaska
Railroad and the transportat
ion agent of the government
boats operating on the Yukon
PLANS TO OPEN UP
THE X-10-U-8 GROUP
Howard Cameron, M. E. ar
rived from Vancouver last
week to take charge of pro
jected development work on
the X-10-U-8 Group during the
coming open season. The
group comprises six claims
and is located in the upper
! Salmon valley and adjoins the
properties of the National Sil
ver Mines, Ltd, owner of the
Bush ground. Considerable
| surface work has been done on
the property which has uncov
ered some fine looking show
ings. It is stated that the pro
gram for the summer contem
plates the underground explor
ation of the vein system the
| work to be started as soon as
: conditions are favorable.
The group was formerly in
1 eluded in the Grant Mahood
holdings but was taken over
last summer by the Portland
Canal Goldfields Syndicate,
composed of a group of Van
couver business men.
:
River and agents for Alaska
coast boats, and also enter in
to co-operative agreements
with the Bureau of Mines, for
the purpose of furnishing
transportation for prospectors
I who are actually engaged in
the enterprise of prospecting,
and to secure transportation
I terms for the outfits to the
field of operations, and furth
er, it shall be the duty of the
Territorial Mining Engineer to
: enter into correspondence and
cooperation with the different
chambers of commerce situate
in the various cities of the Ter
ritory for the purpose of se
curing aid for the Alaska pros
pector.”
The bill provides for the ap
pointment of agents by the en
gineer to represent him and al
so limits to $150 per year the
! financial assistance that may
be given during any calendar
| year.
; House—
By Sherman, Anchorage: Bill
to provide adequate funds for
payment of Pioneer’s pensions;
carries appropriation of $10,
000. •
By Grant, Wrangell: Bill pro
viding literacy test in ele*tions.
By Hardy, Juneau: Bill to
consolidate prosecutions for
infractions of dry laws under
National Prohibition Act and
repealing Alaska Bone Dry
law.
By Hardy, Juneau: Bill
amending statutes to provide
method of observation of per
sons brought before Commiss
ioners Courts on insanity pro
ceedings.
By Moody, Fairbanks: Bill
licensing fur trappers by non
residents.
By Sundquist, Nome: Bill
amending labor lien law by ex
tending time for filing liens to
90 days.
By Nylen, Nome: Bill to re
move bounty on eagles.
By Elliot, Nome: Bill to aid
and protect reindeer raisers.
By Elliot, Nome: Bill to aid
and protect fox farmers.
By Grier, Anchorage: Bill
providing for literacy tests in
NEW COMPANY TO
WORK “GOLD ORE”—
NEAR SILVERADO
Late Vancouver advices re
port that the Gold Ore Mining
Company has been formed to
undertake development work
on a group of claims located
north of the Silverado proper
ties.
j The company is incorporated
[for $500,000. Details regard
ling the company’s contemplat
ions are not given. The ground
is said to have a number of
likely looking surface show
ings,. two of them of consider
able size, which give commer
jcial values in gold and silver.
MOOSE ROSTER SHOWS
STEADY GROWTH
The popularity of the Moose
order was again demonstrated
during the past week by the
addition of nine new names to
the roster of Portland Canal
j Lodge No. 1218, which poss
esses the unique distinction of
| being the only international
Moose lodge in the world,
| holding a charter which per
mits the organization to funct
ion in both the United States
and Canada. As a result of the
unusual arrangement the lodge
holds bi-monthly meetings in
Hyder and Stewart, B. C.
The nine new members are
all members of the Premier
mine forces and were induct
jed into the order at Premier,
two sled loads of local mem
bers making the trip to the
mine Friday evening to partic
ipate in the ceremonies.
Mrs. Ted Hurrel, formerly of
Premier, arrived from England j
| Thursday, accompanied by her
1 mother Mrs. Robinson and two j
brothers, who contemplate tak- j
iing up permanent residence at;
j Premier with Mrs. Smirthwaite
i who is also a daughter of Mrs. !
Robinson. Mrs. Hurrell de
parted for Vancouver Monday
to join her husband, whom she j
will accompany to Edmonton,
where Mr. Hurrell will be em
ployed with one of the Boyle
Bros, diamond drill outfits.
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Rev. Charles T. Hatten, of
Hyder, occupied the pulpit in
St. Mark’s Church, Stewart,
Sunday last, at the invitation
of Rector A.W.R. Ashley. It is
reported that Rev. Ashley will
deliver a sermon in Hyder M.
E. Church, Dr. Hatten’s charge
later on, probably on Easter.
elections.
By Grier, Anchorage: Bill to
subsidize vessel operating be
tween Anchorage and Cook In
let points.
| By Sundquist, Nome: Bill
;for subsidy to two mail boats
running between Nome and
: Kotzebue and Nome and .St.
| Michael.
i By Paul, Ketchikan: Two
I bills designed to abolish Ter
ritorial Fish Commission and
; Territorial fish hatcheries.
| By Sheldon, Fairbanks. Bill
amending probate laws to per
|mit banks or other corporat
ions to act as administrators
| or executors of estates.
CAMPBELL & HARNER
INCORPORATE MARMOT
RIVER HOLDINGS
Late reports from Vancouver
announce that Messrs Thomas
Campbell and W. R. Harner
have successfully floated their
Marmot river holdings and will
return in a brief time to inaug
urate development work on
the huge block of ground on
which options were obtained
some weeks ago by Mr. Camp
bell.
Details of the development
program for the coming open
season are now being worked
out, the reports say, and will
probably include extensive
work on several of the proper
ties, which include the Wire
Gold group, Fraser group, the
Fraser Forks group, Dwyer
group, and the Cra'wford
claim, a total of seventeen
properties situated between
the Porter-Idaho and the low
er Marmot.
me company organized by
Mr. Campbell and his associ
ate is known as the Sterling
Silver-Lead Mining Company
and is incorporated for $2,500,
000. Fifty thousand shares of
stock have been issued for de
velopment purposes.
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The motorship Oregon, of
Juneau, belonging to the Inde
pendent Steamship Company
and well known here as a re
sult of frequent visits to this
port, was seized by the federal
officials at Juneau last^week
for alleged violation of the
prohibition laws.
According to Juneau dis
patches, Capt. John Edwards,
j Steward Norman Baber and a
1 mess boy are to be tried for the
possession of liquor on board
| the vessel. Four members of
ithe crew taken into custody at
Ithe time of seizure were fined
$25 each in the commission
er’s court.
Messrs. S. F. Knight, of S. F.
Knight & Co., Ltd., Vancouver,
and C. R. Reed, of the same
place, who have been looking
over the district during the
past week, left for the south
on the Cardena.
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A big snowslide, occurring
Monday on the Salmon River
road a short distance above 9
Mile, blockaded the trail for a
considerable distance stopping
all traffic until the obstacle
was removed by a crew of men
from the Premier,
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have been fully up to the high
standard established by the
earlier performances given by
the talented aggregation com
posing the theatrical troupe.
The Premier Community Club
regaled the residents of Pre
mier with an enjoyable theat
rical performance on Saturday
and Monday evenings, last.
But one performance was
scheduled originally. It proved
so good, however, that the sec
ond was given in response to
insistent calls for a repeat. De
tails of the program could not
be obtained in time for pub
lication, although it is said to
NEW BOAT ARRIVES FOR
HYDER LUMBER CO.
The tug New Alice, recently
acquired by the Hyder Lum
ber Company for towing pur
poses, arrived in port Satur
day evening with WM Hend
ricks of Ketchikan as pilot and
Harold Johnson as engineer.
The trip of the vessel up the
coast was uneventful, although
marred to some extent by an
accident in which Johnson sus
tained the loss of a portion of
the second finger of his left
hand through having the mem
iber caught in the engine’s tim
i ing gear.
; The new vessel is well suited
! to the task of towing the big
i log booms used in the product
ion of the company’s large
! lumber output. She is in the
neighborhood of forty feet in
length, 111/2-foot beam and is
provided with a 30 horse pow
er Campbell heavy duty gas
engine. Being constructed ex
rre? ly for towing purposes,
! her speed is limited to about
18 miles per hour.
While assisting in the trans
oortation of supplies to the
Mountain View Gold Mining
Company properties on Fish
Creek Sunday, L. G. Miller
was painfully injured by being
struck in the lower abdomin
al regions by the body of a fall
ing horse, which broke thru the
snow crust on the trail to the
mine. The plunging form of
the animal struck Miller a ter
rific blow and for a time it was
feared he had sustained seri
ous injury. He was hurried to
Stewart hospital by Arthur
Moa, manager of the company,
where an examination showed
him to be suffering from noth
ing more severe than a bad
bruise.
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The Hyder Lumber Company
commenced this week the in
stallation of a wing dam along
the lower side of the pond
where log3 are stored pending
their conversion into lumber.
iThe work of taking out the
| logs for use in constructing
jthe dam started Monday under
the direction of Chas. Schom
berg. The company anticipates
a busy season this year and
the mill will probably resume
operation about April 1, ac
cording to present contem
plations.
Mr. and Mrs. Love, of Rupert,
were passengers on the Car
dena Monday. Mr. Love, who
is an hydro electric engineer
of wide experience will super
vise the installation of the
[equipment in the Barney’s
Gulch hydro-electric plant of
[the International Electric Co.
| Mr. Love is connected with the
[Prince Rupert light plant and
is credited with having been
largely instrumental in making
it a successful enterprise.
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A half cent postage stamp
will be issued by April on ac
count of the new rates on third
class mail.
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Arrivals from Premier report
that two feet of snow fell in
that section Monday.
PAN ANDERSON
PASSES BEYOND
Dan Anderson, widely known
resident of the district, died in
Seattle last week according to
advices received in Stewart.
Mr. Anderson spent the great
er part of last summer in the
camp but left in the fall for
the outside to spend the winter
in a more congenial clime.
Mr Anderson lived in Stewart
and Hyder for many years
and was interested in a num
ber of promising mining prop
erties in this locality at the
time of his demise. Before com
ing to the Portland Canal sec
tion Mr. Anderson lived and
was engaged in mining and
business in various Alaska
and Yukon camps between
Dawson and Nome and was
widely known throughout the
north. He was aged about GO
years at the time of his death.
So far P" '*onl 1 V- ' •'vn-.-1
possessed po surviving rela
tives.
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The Moose lodge has conceiv
ed the fine idea of keeping
their organization and activi
ties before the public by means
of a handsome Moose calendar
which portrays a beautifully
tinted birds-eye view of the
famous home for children of
deceased Moose, at Moose
heart, Illinois, in addition to
various architectural features
of the great institution and the
handsome emblem of the local
lodge.
I A crewr of seven men under
the direction of Jack Gillis is
engaged in stringing a new
traction cable on the 13-mile
ore tram of the Premier Gold
Mining Company. It is under
stood that the big cable is to be
renewed throughout the entire
length of the line. A new run
ning cable 26 miles long was
recently installed on the sys
tem.
Miss Helen Hall, who ha3
been visiting Mrs. Wm. Assyl
tine at Premier for some days,
returned home Sunday. Miss
Hall will entertain the Bache
lor Maid’s Club, of which she
: is a member, Saturday evening.
j S. Stevens, of the income tax
department of the B. C. gov
ernment, arrived on the Car
dena and is visiting the mines
in the upper Salmon valley.
LOCAL STOCKS
(Vancouver Quotations)
March 20th
Bid
B. C. Silver
Indian Mines
Silver Crest
Dunwell
Glacier
Independence
Premier
Rufus
Terminus
L and L
1.00
.10
.16
3.50
.20
2.31
.15
.20
Asked
1.15
.11
.20
4.25
.30
.22
2.35
.22
.55
.25
Salea-March 19: 1000 Indian,
.liy2; 40 Premier, 52.40
March 20: 400 Premier, 52 30
100 Premier, $2.35; 100 Pre
mier, $2.33; 2000 Silver Crest,
.18i/a; 2000 Indian, .10.