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VOL 6, NO. 27
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATOR SUGGESTS
EXPORT ASSOCIATION
FOR SILVER RELIEF
An export association to re
lieve the silver situation is sug
gested by Senator Pittman, of
Nevada, author of the amend
ment calling for a 30-cent tar
iff on silver. Assuming that the
United States exports a large
part of its silver, the senator
believes American producers,
can control the market by or
ganizing as the copper produc-!
ers have done.
He contends that if all the sil- j
ver miners put their silver into |
an export association, it will j
meet the market and instead of
cf selling silver by the day,
with London brokers fixing the
price every morning as they
are now doing, the association
can “take that 25,000,000
ounces of silver, place it in the i
bank and borrow money on it, ,
which can then be loaned to j
the miners who put it in pro I
rata.”
“Today they do not do that,” j
the senator declares, “Today j
they do exactly as the farmer j
•does; they have no cooper
ation, no marketing system:
they all dump their silver on
the market at the same time,
and the profit is made by the
brokers in London.”
SENATE PASSES NEW
ALASKA HIGHWAY
COMMISSION BILL
A Washington, D. C. press
dispatch reports that the sen
ate has passed the McNary bill
to create a commission of three
persons to cooperate with Can- j
ada in considering the feasibil- \
ity of constructing a highway j
to connect the northwestern
part of the United States with ;
British Columbia, Alaska and j
the Yukon. The bill is now be
fore the House.
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MAYOU ELECTS OFFICIALS
Mr. E. E. Hali was re-elected
president of the Mayou Gold
Copper Mining company at the
annual meeting held in Van
couver recently. Other offic
ials elected included A. White
side, vice-president; C. E. Neil,
secretary; Wm. Tompkins, of
Stewart, mine superintendent;
F. E. Hall, director. The report
of Mr. Tompkins covering last
season’s operations disclosed
that the trial shipment of ore
from No. 1 vein last year gave
assay returns from Trail show
ing .02 ounces in gold, 101.1
ounces silver, 21.70 per cent
lead and 28.5 per cent in zinc,
the shipment consisted only
of what was characterized a'
“ordinary mill feed.”
Operations this year are ex
pected to open up commercial
bodies of gold-copper ore, the
reports say.
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Rev. Fr. Leray returned
Thursday from a visit in Ter
race and will hold hold serv
ices in the local Catholic
church Sunday morning, start
ing at 11:80 a. m.
NEW DEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR WOODBINE
Reliable reports indicate that
the highly promising results at
tained in the recent diamond
drilling campaign o n the
Woodbine have induced the
management to further devel
op the property by means of a
new level, to be driven about
175 feet below tire present
main level. This is projected
to explore the downward ex
tensions of several very prom
ising ore bearing zones en
countered by the drills a little
below the present main tunnel.
It is reported that activities
preliminary to the new oper
ation are already under way on
the property.
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LCCALSTRAW VOTE
ON PROHIBITION
■ Local interest in the prohibit
ion question will probably be
considerably increased during
he next week as a result of a
straw vote on the question to
be held by the Hyder Drug Co.,
with prizes for the voters who
guess closest to the number of
votes cast here on enforcement,
modification and repeal. The
questions to be voted on are:
Do you favor the 18th amend
ment and strict enforcement of
the liquor laws?
Do you favor modification to
permit the sale of light wine
and beer?
Do you favor repeal of the
18th amendment?
In addition to seeking an ans
wer to these questions, the Hy
der Drug Company contest will
also request voters to submit
guesses on the number of votes
that will be cast on each quest
ion. The two'persons making
the closest guesses will be
awarded prizes. The first prize
will be $10 worth of goods of
the winner’s own selection
from the Hyder Drug Co store,
while the second best guesser
will be entitled to receive $5
worth of goods.
The contest is scheduled to
stait Monday and will be open
to bona fide residents of the
Hyder district. Any adult resi
dent may cast a ballot and all
who are entitled are requested
to do so, as the object of the
contest is to determine local
sentiment on the prohibition
question as closely as possible.
The balloting will be strictly
secret, thus permitting every
one to express their sentiments
without publicity on what "is
universally conceded to be the
biggest question in the United
j States today.
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W. L. MacTavish. editor of of
the Winnipeg Tribune, and
Mrs. MacTavish, were visitors
| in Hyder during the stay of
! the Prince George Thursday.
Mr and Mrs. MacTavish are
on a tour of Canada by way of
celebrating their 19th wedding
anniversary and were keenly
interested in their experiences
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The C. N. R. steamer Prince
Rupert has replaced »the Prince
Charles on the Vancouver
Stewart run and will arrive
here Sunday morning,
LEAD FALLS BACK
TO OLD LOW LEVEL
After a brief rally to $5.75
per hundredweight l&st week,
! with indications of a more sta
; ble market in the future, lead
I again assumed a downward
| tendency early this week. Quo
tations Tuesday placed the
metal back at the 5l/> level
‘reached on March 10th—the
lowest figure in years. Press re
ports gave no reason for the re
j duction.
The descent of the market
was at practically- the same
! pace as the recent raise, the
price dropping from $5.75 per
i hundredweight in New York to
i $5.60 and then to $5.50.
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SIDEWALKS CLEARED
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Sidewalks in the uppen town
site are now open from the A.
J. Mayer residence to the Hy
der Garage as a result of the
splendid and much appreciated
efforts of public spirited resi
dents during the past week.
The by no means light task
of clearing off the snow was
j carried on by the following, all
' of whom deserve a vote of
' thanks for so speedily relieving
the bad travel conditions re
ported last week in these col
umns.
Patrick Carey, Thos. Kelly,
Chasi Fehring, D. J. Mulcare,
B. B. Smith, Re\r. Cross, Jack
Regan, Alex. N. McDonald,
! Richard Olson, Chas. Carlson,
Pete Samovich, A. Linke and
three or four others whose
were not ascertained.
In this connectionrit may not
be amiss to point out that most
! of the men who gave their
effoits were bachelors. And to
! obviate possible future misun
derstandings regarding the at
titude of the unmarried men in
■ connection with such laudable
1 labors we may add that those
married men who somehow
; conceived the mistaken idea
‘ that it was fun to “kid” them
over their unselfish efforts
would have shown decidedly
i more becoming taste if they
had emulated their example by
attaching themselves to a shov
; el. One can hardly blarnc the
bachelors for feeling a trifle
“peeved” over the ill-advised
remarks of those whose fam
ilies were the principal bene
ficiaries from their labors.
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| The Noyes Boat Co motorship
City of Anacortes replaced the
Fairbanks on the Ketchikan
Hyder run this week.
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Carl Strom, of Hidden Inlet,
came up on the Anacortes to
1 secure supplies and returned
| on the same vessel.
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j S. A. Williams, of the Inger
soll Rand Company and C. 3.
Williams, of the Fairbanks
Morse Co., arrived Thursday
to visit Premier.
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John Katruk, baker at the
Ideal Cafe, entered the hospit
al for treatment Tuesday. Dave
Allan is temporarily filling Im
position.
MINING LECTURES
GREATLY APPRECIATED
A series of lectures on geolo
gy and mineralogy, given in
Stewait last week by George
E. Winkler for the benefit of
local prospectors, were greatly
appreciated by mining men on
both sides of the boundary line.
The lectures were given on
behalf of the B. C. Chamber of
Mines, with a view to assisting
prospectors and included a
complete exposition of the or
igin and development of the
more important geological and
mineralogical occurrences, to
gether with much highly in
structive information on the,
various types of mineraliz
ation and their characteristics.
Those attending express the
view that the lectures will be
of very material assistanca to
local prospectors and all are
desirous that they be contin
ued at intervals in the future.
Before leaving for the south
Thursday; Mr. Winkler, who
has been associated with the
For tland Canal district for
many years, called attention
to the great advances made by
the district during the past
few years and declared that
he could see no reason for the
prevalent "atmosphere of de
pression over the future out
look.
Til MiRMDT MILL?
Reports that the Premier Gold
Mming Company is planning
construction of a mill on the
Marmot for concentrating the
Porter Idaho and Prosperity
ores, are-still unverified but ap
pear to have some basis of au
thenticity. Visitorsho the Mar
mot camp report that the
company is engaged in clear
ing a tract of land near the
mouth of the river, which may
I or may not have some connect
ion with the mill report. In any
| case, the construction of a mill
l at an early date appears an al
most,certain eventuality of the
i company operations in that sec
tion.
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C. E. Lindig, traveling sales
: man, was a visitor in camp dur
ing the stay of the City of Ana
| cortes? Wednesday.
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Mrs. Frances' Kennedy ar
| rived Sunday from Seattle to
take a position as waitress at
j the Silver Grill Cafe.
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Mrs. N. H. Stevens, who has
j not been in good health for
I some weeks, was admitted to
j the hospital Tuesday morning.
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l Walter Blanton left Monday
! enroute to Seattle and Vancou
| ver on business.
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i Dr. J. T. M'andy, provincial
mining engineer, went south
J Thursday after a short visit.
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A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Benton, Stewart
i esidents, in the hospital last
last Sunday.
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HARD TIMES DANCE
' IS FIRE SUCCESS
The Hard Times dance given
! by the Loyal Moose in Stewart
1 April 4th for the benefit of the
hospital, was one of the best
attended and highly successful
entertainments given in a long
period and netted the hospital
about $212.00.
'I he “hard times” atmosphere
‘ was ’a distinct feature and the
; costumes displayed created
i much amusement, as they rep
; i esented'everything from “rags
land tatters” to shabby gentil
| ity. The entertainment rvas al
I ;o greatly enlivened by the ac
! civities of a “chicken inspect
or,” who arrested everyone
who war guilty of wearing
jewelry, a clean collar .ties oi
other evidences of affluence,
and haled them before a “hay
wire” judge, who fined them
for their disregard of the hard
irnes spirit. Excellent music
was dispensed by a brilliantly
clad orchestra rejoicing in the
itle of the “High Hat Aces.”
First piize for the most appro j
priate ladies’ costume avas won j
by Mrs. S. McNeil and H. W.
Rolston won the gentlemen’
prize.
A drawing for the handsome |
and valuable Marvin silver tea j
service was won by Mrs. liar- j
i.y Corkill of Premier.
The Moose are assuredly en
titled to the thanks of the com
mimity for their splendid effor.
to assist the hospital and are tc
be congratulated for the excell
ent results attained.
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SILVER RETURNS IN U. S.
Production of silver in the
United “States last month to
talled 4,713,000 tine ounces
compared with 4,753,000 fine
ounces in January and 4.776,
0C0 in February, 1929, accord
ing to the American Bureau o:
Metal Statistics.
World production in 1929 i.
estimated at 232,885,000 oz.
as against 227,940,000 in the
previous year.
MOUNTAIN MAY BE
NAMED FOR EIELSON
i A resolution introduced in th( j
I Senate by Senator G.P. Nye, oi
i North Dakota, proposes tc
j change the name of Coppei
I mountain in McKinley Nationa
j Pai k to Mount Eielson, in hon
or of the lafe Col. Carl Bei
Eielson. Copper Mountain i
about 5,000 feet high and is lo
cated in the northwestern sect
ion of the national park. Col.
j Eielson landed the first plane
I in the park at a point near the
foot of the mountain.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Marvin
and son, well known Stewart
residents, left Thursday en
route to England, where they
plan to make their future resi
dence.
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C. Phillips, calendar salesman,
representing the Osbarn Comp
any of Chicago, was a visitor
in camp, this week.
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DR, TOLMIE PUNS
iUTO CARAVAN TO
PUSH GIG HIGHWAY
That Dr. S. F. Tolmle, premier
of British Columbia, is keenly
intent on making the proposed
Pacific-Yukon-Alaska highway
a reality as soon as possible, is
again displayed in a novel pro
posal made by him to the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce.
As outlined by the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, Dr. Tolmie’s plan
cor furthering the great project
s to organize a big caravan of
i’ood roads enthusiasts for a
trip to Hazelton, 832 miles
lorth of Vancouver and the
northernmost point on the
highway now extending north
from the B. C. metropolis,
which will form the initial link
>f the Canadian section.of the
droposed highway. The cara
van would be under the leader
ship of the premier and would
nclude about forty members
Tom British Columbia, Wash
ngton, Alaska and the Yukon.
The caravan would start June
21 to take advantage of the
long days and would last sev
rral days in order that the par
iy may have ample time to
study tlie country traversed al
so the scenic possibilities. At
Hazelton it is planned that gov
ernor Geo. A. Parks, of Alas
ka, Major Malcolm Elliott, of
the Alaska Road Commission,
and Commissioner George
Black, of Yukon Territory,
Thou Id join the party for a gen
eral conference on ways and
means of bringing about the
•onstiuction of the great high
way, which, it is now planned,
.vill ultimately extend from
Alaska to South America. Al- J
hough it is 2,400 miles from j
’eattle to Fairbanks, existing
.•oads, the longest of which is 1
he Vancouver-Hazelton sect
on, can be used for the great
er part of the distance. By us
ng these roads, approximately
550 miles of new construction
vill be necessary to link them
ip and complete the highway
o Fairbanks. Of this new con
duction 450 miles would be in
British Columbia, 200 in the
Yukon Territory and 200 in
Alaska.
ECLIPSES—MAYBE
Two eclipses, one of the sun,
he other of the moon ,are
cheduled to occur this month.
Although definite information
s lacking, recent press reports
ndicate that both may be par
ially visible here, ^he moon
iclipse will occur tomorrow
(Sunday) night, while that of
he will take place April
28, and will be total over a
large portion of the United
States and Eastern Canada.
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S. Sonyada arrived Thursday
enroute to the Premier.
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R. G. Holmes, arrived Sun
day on his way to Premier.
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D. H. Rae, manager of the
B. C. Silver, returned Sunday
from a visit in the south.