The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 19.
HYDER, Alaska, Mur. 5. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
EDITORIAL
Under the heading “Ketchikan
Wronged” the Chronicle dishes up
the following:
“A careful study of the bounds
of the new recording precinct of
Hyder, as defined by Judge Robert
W. Jennings of the United States
District Court, is surprising, to say
fhe least. Suoh a study will dis
close the fact that the new Hyder
precinct takes from the Ketchikan
recording district a territory to
which it is justly entitled through
i he natural geographical and topo
graphical positions.
The reasoning of the court or the
showing made to him is not known.
It cannot be imagined why the peo
le of tiie country immediately ad
jacent *> Quadra the natural supply
point of which is Ketchikan should
be required to go to an out-cif-the
way town at the head of a great
peck of water, to which they never
would turn in the ordinary course
.-/ affairs, to do tneir recording.
“Even worse, however, is the
position of the prospector in
the Chickamin River section.
He must make the trip down
through Ketchikan and then
continue at a great loss of
time and money to Hyder to
record his claims. Ami all of
that section is now recorded in
the Ketchikan district and it
will cost a great deal of mqney
to have those records trans
cribed and transferred tQ Hy
der.
‘‘As ihe crow flies it is not far
from the Chickamin to Hyder,
out the natural barriers com
pel the prospector virtually to
make the trip by way of Ketch
ikan.
"The signing of the order ami
*he designating of the bounds ot the
new precinct came as a surprise to
the people affected. Mo notice was
given, or is ever given, of such con
templated changes. The iaw does
not; require aucii notice to be given,
and it is not right. Certainly the
people of any given district should
have m least an opportunity to
show cause why their district should
not be cut in two, or the residents
of any pari ot it a chance to show
why tne; should not be trausferied
to some other recording place.
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"Now, tiler© is much excitement
about Hyder, Indications are that
it will be a good camp, but to date,
nothing has shown that would war
rant the belief that it will be any
wliere near the size oi Ketchikan.
On the Canadian side a good mine
has been developed and naturally
will throw considerable business
through Hyder, but the development
on the American side has not been
such yet as to lead to the conclu
sion that it will be another Butte.
It certainly is to be hoped that it
wiil be, but who knows?
‘‘Now, the records oi the new
Hyder precinct have not been tran
scribed yet, nor has the otlice been
open. Therefore, it may not be too
late for the people of Ketchikan,
for the city council, the commercial
dub, all the business men, to join
together to make a showing to
Judge Jenniug8as to wdy be should
amend the order, changing the
bounds of the new district, so as
not to include so much of the pres
ent Ketchikan district which nat
urally should belong here.
“There will be no objection to the
establisement of the Hyder district
but there is serious objection to the
m forth iq the recent
court order.”
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We have been expecting 8ome
such a wail from the Chronicle,
which has a penchant for going off
half cocked. We venture the asser
tion that the author of this hyster
ical plaint never went near the re
cording office to ascertain the truth.
But even so, common sense shouid
tell him that if Ketchikan is the
logical outfitting point for the Chick
amin, (and the outfitting point is
where the recording office should
be,) tne Chickaiuin district would
have been opened up long ago. For
the past ',en years prospectors could
outfit in Stewart or Hydcr, (until
recently the latter was known as
Portland.) but the fact that they
had to record in Ketchikan kept
them from locating claims on the
Chick, min ;hough numbers have
been over th?r., bringing back re
ports that the district around the
headwaters of the river is of min
eral bearing format* y;i.
Now that Ryder is to be made
recording headquarters, prospectors
will get busy on both the Chickamin
and Unuk. Experience has proven
that it is icitctio dly impossible to
get up to the mineral belt from the
mouth of either of these rivers but
both prospect cs and trappers re
port that going in from Ryder by
way of the Salmon river glacier is
not particularly difficult and is en
tirely free from danger.
H der Firms
Are All Fair
Word has come in from the out
side that some irresponsible persons
have circulated the report that the
business houses of Ryder are on the
‘‘unfair” list. Tnis is not true. The
Miner is informed by the strike com
mittee w ho handled the late unpleas
entness tin ; there is not a bus'o-ss
house in Ryder which should be
discriminated against by union men.
E. E. CAMPBELL
Mine superintendent for the Granby
Company at Anyox.
STEWART - HYDER
STAGE
LEAVES
Stewart Hyder
11 a. m. 12:30 p. m.
2:30 p. rn. 3:30 p: m.
Special trips arrangwi;
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
W.G.Harris has returned from a trip
outside.
Jim Holloran says that economy is the
road to wealth.
Tommy King came down from the Hush
this week and has gone to Rupert to get
rid of hjs rheumatism.
Dan Boyd is down from the Forty Nine
for the first time in five months,
Dark Stump and Billy returned Wed
nesday from a trip to Ketchikan.
Hob Robertson has been laid tip for sev
eral days with a touch of la grippe.
P. H.Backus who has been to Washing
ton D. C. on business connected with Hy
der enterprises, returned Thursday.
One of the big horses belonging to the
Premier fell from the Neill wharf Sunday
onto a barge and was uninjured.
Dan McDonald, foreman of the ' Big
Missouri, came down this week for his
first visit to town in several months.
W.S.Orrof the Salmon River Trading
Company went ont to Rupert Thursday
n:ght to attend a meeting of the company
Tom Taylor, one of the best known
hitel men of Vancouver, is giving the
camp the once over with a view to a bus
iness opening,
The district has finished a solid month
without a flake of snow falling. The days
have been bright and very warm hut the
nights—b r r r r!
J.V.Clegg, manager of the Salmon Riv
er Trailing Company's store in Hyder, is
ba^k from a somewhat extended visit in
Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
A.A.‘•’razor of the Junction left Wed
nesday for San Francisco and intends go
ing to tne eastern states and Montreal
before returning here in about two months.
Jimmy Carder who has been cooking
at the Big Missouri is in town for a rest.
A.Milley, the"Swingadore Kid," has gone
up to keep the bean pot hot.
The C.P.R. steamer Tees came in Sun
day night with a large cargo of freight of
which |he principal consignment was bil
for the Northern Light and Spider prop
erties.
The new boiler for the Hyder Lumber
Company's mil! near town has arrived and
is rapidly being placed in position. The
com pany expects to be turning out lum
ber in a very few days.
The Prince Albert arrived from Prince
Rupert Thursday morning with 42 passen
gers and all the freight she pould carry
including a large consignment for the
Premier concentrating mill.
The Taku It was in from Ketchikan
Wednesday with fen passengers and in
charge of Captain Ed Williams who has
not entirely recovered from the flu but i
able to get around fairly well.
Roy Clothier, president of the Salmon
Uiver Trading Co., came in from the
south Thursday morning and retained on
the same boat. He is a heavy holder in
the Indian Mines and is making prepara
tions for the resumption of work on the
property shortly.
W.R.Tbeid, manager of the Alaskan Ho
tel, returned Thursday morning from
Victoria, where he has been for a month
Visiting with his family. He reports that
Mrs. I»eid and the new baby are in the
best of health. Mr. Reid went out on the
Albert Thursday night to Prince Rupert
to rustle some lumber for the new build
ing which is going up on the Canadian
side of the line at Hyder.
IN Til E DIST RICT CO U RT F(>R T11E
DISTRICT OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NUMBER ONE, AT JUNEAU.
In the Matter of modifying the)
boundaries of the Ketchikan)
Recording district. Number)
Eight, and establishing a Re-)
cording District thereout, to)
be known as the IIYDER)
RECORDING PRECINCT; de-) ORDER,
fining the boundaries thereof,)
and appointing a United)
States Commissioner, ex offi-)
eio Justice of the Peace, Re-)
corder, and Probate Judge)
therefor )
Notv, on this day, it appearing to the
satisfaction of the conrt that the public
interests demand, and that the conven
ience of the public requires that, the
boundaries of the Ketchikan Recording
District, Number Eight, located within
the District of Alaska, Division Number
tine, be modified, and a portion of said
Recording District be detached therefrom,
and the portion so detached be establish
ed as a separate Recording District, and
that a United States Commissioner's Pre
cinct be established therein.
And it further appearing to the conrt
that a proper and qualified person should
be appointed United States Commissioner
and, ex officio Justice of the Peace, Re
corder, and Probate Judge, in and for
said Precinct,
IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY OR
DERED that, the Order of this court,
heretofore made and entered on the
fifteenth day of November, A. D 1901,
delining the present boundhries of the
said Ketchikan Recording I iistrict, Num
ber Eight, be, and the same is, hereby so
far modified as to detach, except, and
exclude from the said Ketchikan Record
ing District, Number Eight, and to place
and embrace within the said hereby es
tablished Recording Precinct, all that
portion of the said Ketchikan Re< ording
District, Number Eight, contained within
the following described boundaries, to
wit:
Beginning at the point where the Inter
national Boundary line between the
United States of America and the Dom
inion of Canada intersects the shore of
Portland Canal; thence southerly along
said International Boundary line through
said Portland Canal, Pearse canal, and
Dixon Entrance to a point on the said
International Boundary line due south of
Cape Fox; thence northwesterly following
the center line of Revillngigedo channel
to a point opposite the entrance to Behm
canal; thence northerly along a line in
said Behm canal passing through the
center of the channel between Smeaton
island and Revillagigdeo island and con
tinuing along the center line of said
Beiim canal to a point'due south of Point
Lees; thence to said Point Lees; thence
northerly to the summit of the divide be
tween the watershed of said Behm canal
a ttd that of Bradfield canal; thence north
easterly along the summit of the divide
between the streams tributary to the
Unuk river and the streams tributary
to said Bradfield canql to a point where
the divide intersects the ssid Internation
al Boundary line between the United
States of America and the Dominion of
Canada; thence southeasterly along thfj
said International Boundary line to the
place of beginning.
ANI) IT IS HEREBY FURTHER
ORDERED that, the said portion of the
sa'd Ketchikan Recording District, iitim
ber Eight, detached, excepted, and ex
cluded therefrom by this Order be, and
the same is, hereby established as a sep
arate Recording I listrict, to be known as
and called the HYDER RECORDING
PRECINCT,
And reposing special trust and confi
dence in the ability and integrity of John
T. Reed.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDER
ED that, the said John T. Reed, be. and
he hereby is, appointed UNITED
STATES COMMISSlt )NER and ex officio
JUSTICE OK THE PEACE, RECORDER
and PRORATE JUDGE, in and for the
said HYDER RECORDING PRECINCT,
and he is hereby authorized and empow
ered to execute and fulfill the duties of
that office according to law, and to Have
and to Hold the said Office, with all the
powers, privileges, and emoluments to the
same of right appertaining juto him, the
said John T. Reed, in the penal sum ot
one thousand dollars. ($1000.00) to be
approved by the said Judge, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his official
duties.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the said Commissioner, ex
officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder and
Probate Judge, shall reside arid keep his
office at the town of Hyder, within said
HYDER RECORDING PRECINC l.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the Clerk of this Court for
waid to the United States Commissioner,
ex officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder,
and Probate Judge, in and for the Ketch
ikan Recording District, Number Eight,
a certified copy of this Order; and also
that notice of said Order be given to the
public by publishing a copy thereof once
a week for four successive weeks, in the
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, a newspaper
published in the city of Ketchikan, Alas
ka: and also in the Hyder Alaska -Miner,
a newspaper published in the said town
of Hyder, Alaska.
DONE IN OPEN COURT this seventh
day of February, 1920.
Robert W. Jennings.
DISTRICT Jl JoE.
Date of First Publication, February all,
1920:
Date of Last Publication, March 12,
1920;
Premier
Strike is
Settled
Commercial
Association
Meeting
At the first regular monthly meet
ing of the Hyder Comnidrcial Asso
ciation, held last Monday night in
Willard hail, two matters of impor
tance to the town were taken up,
those of fire protection und street
improvements. On both subjects
there was considerable discussion,
which resulted in committees being
appointed to look into the situation
and report at a special meeting to
be held Monday evening, March 8.
The fire committee consists of U. S.
Deputy Marshall John Ronan, F. L.
Lake, E. Meyer and M. R. Jamieson.
On the street committee are E. E.
Charlton, Atty. C. H. Sundmacner
and Sam Bstes.
Secretary Howard was instructed
to write to Governor Riggs pointing
ont the importance of having the
foundations of a bridge across Sal
mon river put in before the spring
floods commence.
President T. J. Marks presided
over the meeting
1
Progress on
Forty Nine
Vince Lade, foreman of the Forty
Nine, was down from the mine this
week and reporfs that development
is proving in every way satisfac
tory. Because c.fa Inch of tinber
the crews have been taken from
the wiiiHe and upraise, both of which
are in high grade ore. and have been
put to drifting on the Forty Nine
lead and crosscutting for another
lead which parallels it. This is the
first time Vince has been down from
idle mine since November.
Is Popular
Appointment
Former residents of Anchorage—
and there are many of them in this
district—are pleased by the preferr
ment shown John F. Coffey, who
has just been appointed Assistant
United States district attorney at
Ketchikan.
Mr. Coffey came to Juneau
from Anchorage, where he was at
the head o' the land »nd industrial
depar.menl of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commssion, ard editor of the
Alaska Railroad Recora, issued by
that department. He was very
prominent in all matters of public
interest there and very popular. He
came to Alaska from Cincinnati
Ohio, where he was born and reared,
Mrs. Coffey, who is visiting in
Seattle, will Feturn when Mr. Colley
gets settled in Ketchikan.
The Nenana I*loo of Pioneers re
cently elected the following officers:
Martin Nash, president; Geo. Smith,
firs. Vice-president; J.J.O’Brien, sec
ond vice-president; J. A. Slippern,
treasurer; Frank Rourke, secretary,
P.O.Greed, sergt,-at-arms; Edward
Williams, chaplain; Mat Sweeney,
trustee for three years; Jim Tyler
historian;
Negotiations, whiah began a week
ago for a settlement of the Premier
strike, came to a successful conclu
sion Thursday night and all the old
crew who wish to do so will return
to the mine Monday and will bp
placed as nearly as possible in their
old jobs according to the promise
given by Assistant General Manager
D.L.Pitt. The men who came up
from Prince Rupert under an agree
ment will also be taken on, and if
any of the old orew who are now
out of the cainp come back and
wish to work there will be no dis
crimination shown against them.
Meetings of the men were held
Wednesday and Thursday, and
Thursday evening Mr. Pitt conferr
ed with the men in their mess hall
and a perfect understanding was
reached.
Tfee men, in their proposition
presented to Mr. Pitt, asked for a
minimum wage of $5 per day and
board, but the latter explained that
he had not the power to concede
this without sanction from the New
York office but that he was prepar
ed to offer the wage scale prevail
ing at Anyox and Alice Arm, viz.,
a minimum wage of $f> per day
without board. This the men fun
ally accepted.
The terms of settlement present
ed by the men are as follows:
1. That a competent cook be se
cured.
2. That all strikers be reinstated
and the men that came up with
Mr. Harris be placed in the jobs
they engaged for,
•>. that a minimum wage of $5
and board for 8 hours be paid tg all
day labor
4. That baggage be handled to
and from the mine free of charge
5. That work be resumed on re
ceipt by the management of ap
proval by the New York office of
condition No. 8—providing that 1
and 2 are accepted.
Comment.—No. 3 is added to the
original demand (procuring a com
petent cook) for the following rea
sons:
(a) The Premier mine is the only
mine that is shipping ore, and has
been doing so for some time.
(b) The present price of silver.
($1.70) puts the Premier Mining
Co. in a much better position to pay
it than the other mines in the Sai
nton river district that are paying it
and not shipping ore.
No. 4 Ihe management has pre
viously agreed to this.
At the commencement of the dis
pute the men were willing to settle
on the single demand as to the
oook. If these terms are not ac
cepted the men reserve the right to
revise them in future negotiations.
Needless to say there was a gen
eral feeling of relief when it became
known that a settlement had been
made, and this was heightened by
reports of the apparent frankness
displayed by both parties to the dis
pute during the negotiations.
For the men, a committee consist
ing of Messrs. Elliott, Caskie and
McManus dosed the deal, which
had been tacitly agreed upon by
both sides, the final act of signing
up being performed in the wireless
room of the Prince Albert as
was lying at the Stewart wharf,