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RYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1926
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TAKES NEW START
Renewing its activities on the
substantial basis of legal in
corporation, the Hyder Cham
ber of Commerce held its first
general meeting under the
new dispensation at Chamber
of Commerce Hall Tuesday
evening, with president Merl
F. Thomas, presiding. The
initial meeting of the incorpo
rated body was preceded by a
final meeting of the old Cham
ber of Commerce, at which the
proceedings were devoted to
settling all unfinished business
and to transferring its assets
and liabilities to the new or
ganization. This being con
cluded the old body took final
' adjournment and passed into
history, after two years of
faithful and highly successful
endeavors in the interest of
the community.
The opening session of the
new body was marked by a
fine display of enthusiasm on
the part of the members pres
ent. The spirit of optimism was
rife throughout the session and
found frequent expression dur
ing the discussion of the vari
ous matters taken up. This
was doubtless due largely to
the fact that the act of incor
porating has placed the Cham
ber on an entirely substantial
and permanent foundation,
where it can be maintained on
an effective operating basis
and continue its activities so
long as the official personnell
is inaintained. Another factor
of wide importance is to be
found in the fact the liability
of the organization is fixed by
law and does not extend to
individual members; thereby
removing all possibility of the
repetition of certain unpleas
occurences developing in con
nection with the activities of
earlier organizations of civic
character.
With the adjournment of the
old chamber, the new body, the
official personnell of which
had been selected at an organ
ization meeting held October
4, speedily settled down to
business by inducting Rev. S.
V. Warren into the office of
secretary-treasurer. The books
and funds of the old organi
zation were turned over to
Mr. Warren and the matter of
’.landing committees was tak
n up and discussed from vari
ous angles. Included in the
various committees proposed
were: Light committee, .en
dowed with the function of
looking after the street lights;
a Streets and Sidewalks com
mittee, the business of which
will be to formulate ways and
means of keeping the streets
and sidewalks in proper con
dition ; a River Protection com
mittee, to have charge erf the
task of securing data and urg
ing governmental assistance
toward removing flood danger
which threatens to one day
overwhelm the community; a
Fire committee, to devise and
maintain means for fire pro
tection, and a Roads and Trails
committee, devoted to further
ing the opening of new roads
and trails for the benefit oi
MACHINERY FOR
GLORIA GROUP
; A big outfit of mine machin
! ery and supplies for the Gloria
1 Group will arrive in the early
\ 5pring, according to informat
i ion received from thoroughly
i reliable sources during the
oresent week.
The property in question is
located on Bulldog Creek,
1 lbout five miles from the
i mouth of the Marmot River,
! and is owned by the North
Country Mining Company, ot
which A. Lincke is managing
lirector.
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The Hyder Lumber Co. saw
mill closed down Saturday,
after a busy season.
he mining industry. Various
other committees were sug
; gested but it was the view of
i the meeting that all except
chose above mentioned should
be dispensed with until later.
As a concluding act of the dis
cussion, President Thomas was
i authorized to select the per
mnnell of all standing commit
ecs.
The remainder of the session
was devoted principally to the
iiscussion of a proposed cam
oaign to secure additional
members, during which it was
stated that the incorporation
h the chamber had created a
favorable impression among
luite a number who have
hitherto failed to take more
j han slight interest in the or
! ganization and many are now
I nclined to join and lend their
ud toward promoting the
growth and prosperity of the
ommunity.
As reported in an earlier is
sue, all persons who are inter
ested in the district and its de
velopment are eligible for
membership. There is no di
ecf admission fee or charge
fid the dues have been fixed
it the very nominal sum of $1
per mnoth, payable in ad
vance for the first year and
or every six months thereaft
•• T1 e funds derived are de
I voted solely to carrying on
i he activities and meeting the
j expenses of the organization.
As the work of the Chamber
af Commerce is of benefit to
3very one in the community in
, ;ome degree, the cost of main
taining the organization should
not be borne by a few, but
hould be shared by all citi
zens of the community, re
- gardless of wkethei they are
in business or not. Prospectors
and miners particularly should
end their support to the cham
ber, whose principal activities
are directed toward the im
provement of the difficult con
ditions under which they now
labor.
Experience has shown con
] illusively that a well organized
; and active Chamber of Com
merce is a power for good in
any community. The local or
i ganization is working inde
' fatiguably in the interest of the
! town and district and will un
j questionably be of increasing
benefit as time goes on, hence
it should be given all possible
support by our citizens.
HIGH OFFICIAL
DECLARES PREMIER
IN STRONG POSITION
The recent surreptitious ef
forts to discredit the Premier
have culminated in a purport
i ed statement by a “high officl
| al” of the Premier company
! declaring that the known ore
! reserves are not only suffici
! ent to keep the mine in pro
; duction for another six years
: but also that this year’s report
! will show greater, tonnage
| ind more metal content than
iast year, in addition to a ma
terial reduction in operating
costs. The substance of the
! statement is contained in the
' following article, reprinted
from the Vancouver Sun of
Nov. 11.
‘Pull news is emanating
mm high places in New York
on the position of the Premier
Gold Mining Company.
Seveial local financial houses
have received confidential
wires based on a statement ol
a high executive of the Pre
mier Gold, generally believed
to be il. A. Guess.
One report, by Logan & Bry
an of New York, says: “A
high executive of Premier Gold
informs us that ore reserves
are broken in stopes for two
years ahead of present mill
capacity and six years’ total
i ore reserves. We are advised
j a new report will show great
er tonnags and more metal
contents than last year, and
that the present reserve should
account for two dollars a share
dividend.”
Another report says that "we
are further advised that the
mine never looked better,”
and that “costs are materially
lower’.”
BUILDING CAMP
ON EXTENUATE
The Extenuate Gold Mines
Co. is making preparations
to erect a number of cam?,
buildings on the company
properties north of the Sebak
we, preparatory to commenc
ing an extensive development
program.
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS
OWNERLESS ENGINE
FOR AEROPLANE
i Considerable mystery sur
rounds an 8-cylinder aero
plane engine left recently by
I the steamer Border Queen,
i The engine is consigned to
. “Frank Johnson, Hyder, Alas
i kaj^ §jid.is of.-the "“tihome”
I type, a famous French make.
■ 3o far as can be ascertained
there is no Frank Johnson in
! he district and apparently no
| me here knows the slightest
; hing about the engine It is
1 urmised that the machine was
lestined to some other Alas
can port but was inadvertantly
misdirected by the shipper.
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S. S. CORDOVA COMING
The freight steamer Cordova
of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany is scheduled to leave Se
attle November 20 and will
call at Hyder and Stewart, ac
cording to telegraphic advices
received Saturday by the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company.
SUPPLIES MOVING TO
OUTLAND BAR
Ernest Bryson, well known
'freighter and packer, has com
pleted construction of a com
modious barn and warehouse
at the foot of Salmon glacier
for use as a sort of half-way
house in tranferring supplies
to the Outland Silver Bar dur
ing the winter. Mr. Bryson re
turned to town Saturday and
reported that he had also
cleared out the mile or so of
trail between the foot of the
glacier and the Outland camp
and had everything in readi
ness to commence moving the
27 ton shipment of gasoline
left by the steamer Border
Queen on its last visit.
Mr. Bryson stated that an
additional 30 or 35 tons of
machinery and other mining
equipment and supplies will
arrive on the next trip of the
same vessel. The shipment in
includes a comperssor, pipe,
blacksmith equipment, coal
and other materials. It is his
intention to haul the entire
outfit to the warehouse before
transporting any portion of it
over the glacier With the long
haul from town completed
under favorable weather con
ditions, he anticipates few dif
ficulties in making the short
journeys over the glacier aftei
the snow has come. Mr. Bryson
took ont the first load of gas
Sunday.
TO INCREASE
CAPITALIZATION OF
THE INDEPENDENCE
Reliable advices from the
south report that as a result
of the recent Independence
deal, involving the sale of a
controlling interest in the
property to parties represent
ed by Charles and E. W. Durr
wachter, of Seattle, the capi
talization of the Independence
company will be increased
from $1,000,000 to $3,500,000.
NEW BOAT SCHEDULE
The winter schedule of the
Canadian National Steamship
service became effective Sun
day and will result in the ves
sels of company arriving here
day, during the winter period,
day, durin gthe winter period.
According to the announce
ments the steamship Prince
Rupert will continue the Van
couver-Stewart run, arriving
here Thursday morning and
leaving at 11 a. m. the same
day. ' - - -• —
So far as known there will be
no change in the present
schedule of the Union Steam
ship Company steamer Car
dena.
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FORMER RLESIDENT DIES
, Mrs. Ella Perkins, sister ot
Mrs. Florence Smith, and pro
prietress of the Hyder Hotel
in 1925, died recently in Se
attle, according to advices re
ceived by Mrs. Smith, who left
here for the south a week ago
Sunday, to attend the obse
quies of her departed relative.
The Taku brought over a list
of 7 passengers on the last
trip from Ketchikan.
NORCO BREAKS
PROPELLOR SHAFT
The Northland Transportat
ion Company motorship Norco
wrenched the portside propel
lor tailshaft while pulling out
from the New England Fish
.Co. dock at Ketchikan early
last week and was forced to
run on the beach ot Pennock
Island to avoid sinking. De
tails of the accident given by
fhe Ketchikan hronicle of Nov
8, the day after the accident,
are as follows:
“Charged with more thar.
$ 100,000 worth of cold stor
age cargo, and carrying tei
passengers, the boat backec
from the mooring3. When at
attempt was made to move
forward the shaft, according to
officials, either slipped loose
from a coupler or snapped un
der tension. A hole left in th
.ihip when the shaft emerge
permitted water to flow rapic
ly into the engine room an
the vessel, under command o
Captain Willis, immediatel.
made for the beach, landir
on Pennock Island.
“The ship will be removed tc
dry dock immediately follow
ing transfer of cargo. North
land officials today inf err c
that the vessel will possil.
■eturn to service again with:
a week or ten days.”
KETCHIKAN WANTS NA’1
OF ISLAND CHANGED
The Ketchikan Commcrcia
Club recently passed a reso
lution asking that the name o
Revillagigedo Island, on whirls
Ketchikan is located, and als<
the channel of the same name
| forming the main steamship
route into Southeastern Alas
ka from Dixon Entrance tc
Tongass Narrows, be changed
to Revilla Island and channel
The resolution recites tha1
the name of Revillagigedc
(pronounced Ra-ve-ya-he-ha
tho) is of undue length, and
! very difficult for the average
nerson to spell or pronounce
and is, therefore, not only
very inconvenient but also an
impediment to the advance
ment of the Ketchikan district,
! and requests that the name of
| Revilla (Re-vil-la) be substi
tuted in place of the cumber
i some title.
The island and channel are
said to have been named after
Revilla Gigedo, a Spanish ex
| plorer, who also named Boca
de Quadra Inlctr located .near
the southwesterly corner of
the Hyder district and west of
j Portland Canal.
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! NEAR BAD ACCIDENT
AT ALASKA-JUNEAU
Twenty miners were seriously
“gassed” in the Alaska Jun
eau mine as a result of the set
ting off of 500 cases of dyna
mite. Due to atmospheric con
ditions, the gas caused by the
charge followed a downward
course through the three lev
els, trapping nearly all the
men on the day shift. No fa
talities resulted, although a
number of the men were un
conscious for some time afte*
being removed from the mine:
cLBERTA TAKES OVER
PEACE RIVER R. R.
That the Peace River railroad
issue has not been lost in the
maelstrom of Canadian politics
but, on the contrary, is making
progress toward the day when ,
a western extension of the pro
posed road will link Hyder
and Stewart with the East, is
shown by the following Ed
ivondton press u:spatch dated
<ov. 5. JV
In a statement issued at noon
Friday, Premier Brownlee an
nounced that the province of
Alberta will take over the op
eration of the E. D. and B. C.
and Central Railways on Nov
ember TO, When the Canadian
Pacific’s operating agreement
•lies. - .
The last minute offer made
by Vice President Coleman on
Wednesday which was $8‘;,000
better than President Beatty’s
offer of May 11 last, has been
rejected by the government
and an agreement completed
with the C. N. R. for the In ';id
ling of the traffic.
Most important of thepoino
included in Mr. Bi »vm
statement are:
Continuation of the exf-.in
freight rates now enjoyed by
the people of the Peace iUv
er country.
The use of the E. N R '
and other C. N. R. uoj . - d
and stations, by bo h th T i >
& B. C. and the A. & L, \V
I Railway. No impairment of
! service under provincial oper
! ation.
Other points of importance
not mentioned in the state •■ er e
includes serious consldera! i
by the provincial govern n
of the providin g of extension,
north and south of the Peace,
from the present end r!' Meet'
at Whitelaw to Waterhoh orf
the north side of the ri ver, and
fro mthe present end oi eel
at Wembley on the -rilb. to
Beaver Lodge; restoration of
the dining car servi - -• the
E. D. & B. C.
John Callaghan, pro vi?;
minister of railways, v. f.i be
named as general manager of
the E. D. & B. C. and Central
Canada Railways, succeeding
James A MacGregor, who has
been general manager of the
j road, under C. P. R. operation
i for the past six years.
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: HUGO STRATFORD IS
APPENDICITIS VICTIM
Hugo Stratford, head me
chanic at the -Dunwel! -Tufne
became seriously ill last wee1?
as a result of an attack of ap
| pendicitis and was taken to
j Stewart General Hospital,
where the offending member
was removed Tuesday by Doc
tors J. H. Carson and H. A.
Whillans. The operation ws*
performed none to soon to saves
the sufferer’s life, as the :ap
pendix was found to have
been ruptured. • . z.i
| Mrs. Stratford, who was in
the south, was advised by wire ?
of her husband’s illness and .,
arrived Sunday on the Prince
Rupert. v'*
j At last accounts Mr. Strata v.
ford was progressing favor-*v
ably, although still-a very sick ,i
'man.