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VOL 7, NO. 40
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SAYS WORLD HOPE IN
SILVER RESTORATION
“If silver were given the same
right as gold, it would recover
its old position in the world,
and its true relative value.
Why must people have dirty
pieces of paper instead of be
ing allowed to use the clean
metal which has real value?
And why should the few metal
coins still in circulation be
composed of a false mixture
instead of the usual alloy?
“These things are artificial,
and have brought about re ;
suits which are disastrous.
“To sum up, the unrealities j
from which the world is to
day suffering are in my mind
mainly two.
“Firstly, the artificial re
duction in the value of silver,
and
“Secondly, the unjustifiable
margins which are being main j
tained in the money markets
of the world.
“The problem of correcting |
these two unrealities is not a
difficult one, but it requires'
clear thinking and quick and
determined action. Given this,
I am confident that beneficial
results will accrue to every
country in the world, and to
every industry and to every
worker.”—Sir Henry Deter
ding, famous director of Shell
Oil interests.
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Fine Fourth Celebration
Hyder celebrated Independ-1
ence Day with verve and spir
it, although the program was
somewhat less extensive than
usual, owing to the close prox
imity of the big international
celebration.
Sports for the young embrac
ing a large number of contests
provided ample amusement for
all during the early afternoon
and were succeeded by a base '
ball game between the teams
of single men and married
men, which was won by the
former by a score of 11 to 7.
A second ball game between
Hyder and Premier at 6:30
p. m. provided interesting
amusement and was hotly con
tseted. Hyder led up to the
fifth frame with 5 but could
achieve no more. Premier
started badly but gained one
in the third, three in the sixth
and 4 in the eighth, finishing
the contest 8 to 5.
The day’s festivities closed
with a big dance under the
auspices of the Pioneers of
Alaska, which was attended
by a banner crowd. A splendid
luncheon was served and ex
cellent music was supplied by
the Premier Orchestra.
As usual Stewart turned out
emasse to participate in the
American holiday and appar
ently enjoyed the occasion ful
ly as much as anyone.
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Ketchikan Paper Suspends
Unable to secure sufficient
support despite most excellent
service to the community, the
Ketchikan Tribune, one of the
brightest and new-siest daily
journals in Alaska, has sus
pended publication after an ex
istence of about three months.
The plant has been taken over
by the Ketchikan Chronicle.
River Flood Report Completed
:
The Chamber of Commerce
committee having in charge the
work of supplying additional
data for the report of the War
Department Engineers office
relative to the Salmon River
flood situation, completed
their labors this week and the
document is now enroute to
Juneau.
The report, which is designed
to supplement the 1929 report
of Major Gillettee on the flood
control of Salmon River, covers
the period since the Gillette
survey and embraces the years
1929 and 1930.
The committee, comprising
Messrs Ernest Blue, J. A. Hall
and Chas. F. Sandford, col
lected and compiled a large
mass of interesting data rela
tive to local commerce, ship
ping, mining and mining poten
tialities, local expenditures on
flood protection, property los
ses by river action, roads and
road traffic in the district, lo
cal property valuations and
various other items bearing on
the flood situation.
The report was compiled at
the request of J. G. Truitt,
War Department engineer,
who recently surveyed the
flood situation under Congres
sional authority with a view to 1
devising means for permanent-!
ly controlling the river. The1
figures contained are in most
instances entirely authentic
and were the result of much
investigation and research,
particularly on the part of Mr. i
Blue. !
Salmon River Again
Threatens Damage
Salmon River has resumed
its customary vagaries and is
once again threatening dang-1
er to the Hyder townsite, des
pite the diversive works in-,
stalled by the Territory two
years ago.
The unruly and turbulent
stream has lately been work
ing its way through the wing
dam near the rock cut, with
prospects that it will return to
the old channel along the west
ern edge of town unless the
water subsides soon. The wat
er was said to have also en
dangered the Salmon rivet
highway and threatened to
cross the road early this week.
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Hospital Clears
Substantial Sum
No receipts derived by
the Stewart Hospital front the
July 1st celebration in Stew
art totaled 5155.65, according
to a statement by the hospital
board. The board wishes to
express thanks to all who con
tributed toward making the
day a success.
Receipts were as follows:
Donations (Cash) .$99.00
Collections Ball Game .. 35.35
Cash at Dance .87.50
Tickets Sold .52.50
$273.85
i Expenses, including $40 for
j music and $32.50 for prizes,
! amounted to $118.20, leaving a
balance of $155.65.
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Hummel Returns
Henry Hummel, pioneer Texas
creek prospector, returned today
after wintering in Utah, accompanied
by his family,
CELEBRATION PLANS
VIRTUALLY COMPLETE
Details of the program for
the big international celebra
tion are now virtually com
pleted and promise a wide
variety of interesting enter
tainment during the celebra
tion period, commencing next
Saturday morning and lasting
until the following Monday
evening. The general outline of
events for the tiiree days is
as follows:
Saturday, July 18:
A. M.
9:30—Grand parade, includ
ing Pageant of Mining, leaves
Hyder for Stewart.
10:30—Chariot Race.
11:00—Pack Horse Race:
Trains of 5 pack horses, one
saddle horse and two men.
11:30—Tug-o-war. Premier
vs U. S. S. Detroit.
Noon intermission.
P. M.
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1 :00—Rock drilling contest j
in Hyder.
2:00—Mucking contest in Hy- j
der.
3:00 to 5:00 p. m.—Boxing i
and wrestling in Hyder. Box
ers: H. McDiarmid, Premier, |
1150 pounds; H. Death, Any-1
, ox, 138; O. Brigden, Stewart,;
120. Wrestlers: A. Teed, Pre- j
mier, 140; C. Caren, Anyox,
132. All to be matched with
men of same weight from TJ.
S. Detroit.
6:30—Baseball game, Port
i land Canal vs U. S. S. Detroit.
8:30—Royal Russian Chorus
at Carolan Hall, Stewart.
10:00—Dances for officers
in Hyder, for sailors in Stewart
Sunday, July 19th.
P. M.
Baseball game. Portland Can
1 al vs. U. S. S. Detroit.
Royal Russian Chorus will
| give a performance on the
boat in the afternoon.
Monday. July 20th.
Sightseeing. Royal Russian
Chorus at Premier in evening.
Dance at Stewart.
A moth seaplane of the
I Northern B. C. Airways, pilot- ]
ed by D. D. Murphy, will be
in Stewart during the celebra
!ion period for the purpose of
taking passengers into the air.
The committee has complet
ed arrangements for a special
excursion on the steamer
Prince John, from Prince Ru
pert via Ketchikan, leaving the
former point on the morning
of July 17th and arriving here
the following morning. The
vessel will remain here two
days, returning to Rupert via
Ketchikan Sunday evening, the
19th. To facilitate the return
of Anyox excursionists, the
steamer Catala will arrive here
early Monday, July 29.
j The committee requests ail j
1 who wish to put decorated ve
i hides in the parade to kindly j
give notice of such intention
to assist them in arranging the
order of the parade.
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Plans Work on Marmot
Surface development work ,
during the summer on the Fras
er and Patricia groups on the
! Marmot River is planned by
F. R. Griffin and J. K. Green
i who are associated in the own
ership of the properties.
WANT SILVER USED
TO PAY WAR DEBTS
Proposals that the United
States offer to accept payment
of war debts in silver have
been advanced to the admin
istration by those seeking relief
for the depressed silver in
dustry, according to Washing
ton, D. C., reports.
However, with the morator
ium negotiations in full swing.
President Hoover has tempor
arily laid aside this question.
The basis of the plan is that
such an offer by the United
States would have consider
able effect on silver by plac
ing the confidence of this nat
ion behing the commodity.
Senator King (dem., Utah)
one of the foremost advocates
of silver relief, said he would
urge the state department
again to discuss a price stabili
zation plan which contem
plates stabilizing the price at
50 or 60 cents an ounce.
Alaska Troller Tax
To Be Settled Soon
An effort will be made in
Juneau on July 20 to settle
the matter of the non-resident
$250 troller tax, which was de
clared unconstitutional by the
higher courts.
At the present time no fur
ther attempt is being made to
collect the tax. Trollers from
the south have offered to pay
Noah Howell, territorial tax
collector all the way from $1
per boat which residents pay,
to $25 and $75 each, but he
has had no authority to accept
less than $250.
At the start of the season
Howell was instructed by
attorney general Rustgard to
collect the non-resident tax as
usual. However, the trollers
contended that it was declared
unconstitutional and while they
are willing to pay the resident
tax of $1, and even up to $75,
in some instances, for the right
to fish in Alaskan waters, they
objected to the $250 tax as ex
orbitant and illegal. Anothei
question which has caused
lively discussion among the
trollers is what is to become of
the money already paid the
collector under the non-resi
dent law.
Wants Alaska Song
In Celebration Program
E. D. Haddon, of the local,
committee for the Alaska-!
British Columbian internation
al celebration, received this!
week a communication from
Ray Walker, composer of
“Mollie, the Girl of the Yu
kon,” asking that his song be
used in some way in the cele
bration program. Mr. Walker
said he read of the forthcom
ing celebration in the Seattle
[Times and obtained Mr. Had
I don’s name from the write
i up. The song was written as
a- tribute to Mollie Walsh,
noted pioneer woman of the
old Klondike trail days nf
, ’97 and ’98, to whose memory
a bronze bust was dedicated
I recently at Skagway.
Chamber of Commerce
Holds Dinner Meet
The monthly dinner meeting
of the Hyder Chamber of Com
merce was held, Wednesday
evening at the Ideal Cafe with
2G members and visitors pre
sent and president E. D. Had
don presiding. Following an
excellent five course dinner,
the Chamber endorsed a pro- \
posal for the publication of a
special edition of the Hyder
Herald boosting the Pacific
Alaska Highway and appoint
ed a committee consisting of
3. P. Fitzgerald and R. Reich
enback to prepare an ore ex
hibit to be displayed at the j
Chamber of Commerce build-!
ing during the international
celebration.
H. W. M. Rolston, editor of |
the Stewart News addressed
the gathering in his usual hap
py vein and warmly praised
the work of the Chamber in
connection with local projects.
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Souvenir Caps for Celebration
White cloth hats of the r.obby
type worn by U. S. Navy sail
ors and bearing appropriate i
insignia to make them a pleas-!
ing souvenir of the forthcom-;
ing Alaska-British Columbian j
celebration will be made an in- j
teresting side feature of the j
big celebration, it has been i
made known by the committee j
in charge of the program.
The caps will be sold for a i
nominal sum and will not only j
add considerably to the pictur-!
esque aspects of the occasion j
but are also expected to help
substantially in defraying the I
expense of the celebration.
5eim;-Spokane Company
Get Big Contract
The Seims-Spokane Company,
builder of a large portion of
the local government highway
system, was awarded the con
tract for the Thane section re
construction project of Glacier
Highway near Juneau, the
largest single road construct
ion job ever awarded in South
eastern Alaska, according to
the Juneau Empire.
Bids were received from four
road constrution firms. The j
Seims-Spokane Company bid
$143,617.40. This was only I
$425.50 lower than the bid of
the Wright Construction Com
pany, whose bid was $144,-'
042.90. So close were the bids
that a fraction of a cent dif
ference on any one of the
major items of the project
could easily have reversed the
result, according to the Em
pire.
The specifications on the
project insure it being Alaska’s
finest road; built on an 18
! foot standard, the first of that
| width ever built, and 2 feet |
wider than the Tongass High- j
way out of Ketchikan. i
Treasury Balance
June 30, $683,847.74
The net cash balance in the
, Territorial treasury at the close
of business June 30, was $663,
847.74,according to the month
ly financial statement of Ter
ritorial Treasury W. G. Smith.
This is $317,891.07 less than
the balance on hand on the
same date l^st year.
Outstanding warrants ag
gregating $31,047.19 made the
actual cash on hand $694,
894.93.
THURMAN DROWNED
WHEN BOAT SWAMPS
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Details of the recent drown
ing of Ellsworth (Buddy)
Thurman printed in the June
30 issue of the Juneau Empire
disclose that the former Hyder
boy met with death as a re
sult of the swamping of a row
boat in which he was riding
with three companions on
Gastineau Channel at Juneau.
The three young men in the
boat with him were his cousin
Earl Bland, Samuel Ritter and
Edward Hedges.
According to the survivors,
the party had rowed to Doug
las early that morning and
were returning to Juneau
about 1 P. M. when the acci
dent occurred. The tide was on
the ebb at the time and when
the middle of the channel was
reached waves rocked the boat
so it shipped water. The oc
cupants called for help but the
boat soon swamped and then
turned over.
In his excitement Thurman,
who was wearing rubber boots,
failed to grasp a side of the
overturned craft and, being
unable to swim, sank quickly
and failed to reappear.
At the time the paper was
issued, Thurman’s body had
not been recovered. Until re
cently Buddy had been em
ployed in the Juneau Lumber
Mills.
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Lindberghs to
Fly To North
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
and Mrs. Lindbergh will not
touch at Southeast or interior
Alaska points on their forth
coming New York to China
flight, according to official ad
vices received at the Govern
or's Office from the State De
partment.
Only one landing place is
definitely fixed, that at Otta
wa, Ont., and from there the
route lies north and west to
Siberia.
They plan to follow the
great circle route as nearly as
possible, depending on the
availability of supplies. From
Ottawa they will head for
Hudson Bay, landing at some
point on the southwest shore
thence to the Arctic Coast and
along it following the great
circle down along Kamchatka
Peninsula, Kurile Islands and
to Japan and thence to China.
No dates for the flight were
mentioned in the advices re
ceived.
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Local Airway Men Transferred
Pilot Gene Meyering and mech
anician Frank Wadman of the
Washington-Alaska Airways,
who have handled most of the
local airtransport business this
year, have been transferred to
Cordova, where they will be
stationed for the remainder of
the summer. The two bird
men left for their new head
quarters on the seaplane Sitka
a few days ago.
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Hibbard Arrives on Visit
C. L. Hibbard, Seattle business
magnate, who is the leading figure
in the development of the Metcalf
and Fendley gold property on Band
ed Mountain, arrived this morning
from the south to visit the property.