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VOLUME 0, NUMBER 31.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933.
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EXPENDITURE OF $4,000
ON RIVER PLANNED j
Four thiru-and dollars of the;
$5,000 appropriation made by
the Alaska Legislature for lo
cal flood relief work will be ex
pended this year under the di-1
reotion of the Territorial Road
Board, according to a telegram j
from William A. Hesse, Terri-!
torial Highway Engineer, re- i
ceived Wednesday by the Hy
der Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hesse’s message reads as I
follows:
‘Territorial Road Board to
day authorized the expenditure
of four thousand dollars foi |
Ilyder Flood control, available !
immediately.
“It is intended that this mon
ey will be expended by force '
account; uncter my direction
and I expect to leave here with
Representative Green for Hy
der shortly.”
As most of the appropriation
will be expended for labor, this
means that work wiil be avail
able for a considerable number
- of the unemployed during the
summer period.
This will be very welcome
to Hyder, where a majority of
the workers have had no re
munerative employment for
two years or more as a re
sult of the decadence of min
ing and the low prices for met
Mcose Hold Memorial Services
The annual Memorial services
of the Moose lodge in memory
of deceased members were
held last Sunday evening in
Legion Hall, Stewart, and were
attended by a large number
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ary line.
The program included im
pressive and beautiful ritualis
tic ceremonies of the Moose
order, conducted by the lodge
•officers, vocal and musical
numbers, scriptural selections,
and a splendid memorial orat- i
ion by Rev. F. R. Bushfield,
pastor of the Hyder Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Unit
ed Church of Stewart, B. C.
The invocation and benedict
ion were pronounced by Rev.
Father LeRay, pastor of the
Catholic churches in Hyder and
Stewart, and scriptural num
bers wei e contributed by Rev.
G. H. Moody, pastor of St.
Mark’s Church, Stewart. Ad
ditional numbers were contrib
uted by Mrs. H. P. Gibson,
Miss M. Murphy, St. Mark’s
Church choir, Jas. Morrice and
W. D. Smith.
H. W. M. Rolston of Stewart
returned Thursday from a vis
it in the south.
Delegate Dimond Victim
Of Appendicitis Attack
A. J. Dimond, Alaska Dele
gate to Congress, was stricken
with an acute attack of ap
pendicitis on April 30 and un
derwent a successful emergen
cy operation the same day, ac
cording to Washington, D. C.,
reports.
Within an hour after the ail
ment was diagnosed, the Dele
gate’s appendix had been re
moved and the surgeon who
performed the operation said
it was undertaken none too
soon as the appendix was ready
to burst. Mr. Dimond was re
ported resting easily the day
after the operation and was ex
pected to be out in ten days or
two wreeks.
During the Delegate’s en
forced absence from duty,
friends of Alaska in both the
Senate and House had prom
ised to protect the Territory’s
nterests, the report said.
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Premier Resident Passes On
Charles Smith, mine motor
man at the Premier mine and
one of the oldest employees of
the Premier Gold Mining
Company in point of service,
died suddenly Monday evening
as a result of what was said to
have been a heart attack.
Death occurred without warn
ing as the deceased was going
to work.
Mr. Smith was something ov
ver 50 years of age and had
been in the employ of the
company almost since the Pre
mier began commercial pro
duction a decade ago. t
The remains of the deceased
were seiu suuui un uie inuia*
Jay steamer and will be in
terred in Vancouver, where rel
atives reside.
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Stewart to Hold May
Celebration May 24th.
Stewart is planning to hold
the annual May Day celebrat
ion on Wednesday, May 24.
Miss Tessie Rennie has been
elected May Queen by the pup
ls of the Stewart school and
Misses Maureen Murphy and
Helen Knipple have been chos
en as her maids of honor. The
position of May Queen was
held last year by Miss Shirley
i Young.
The program for the cele
bration will include field
sports for the children in the
afternoon, the crowning of the
Queen and a dance in the North
Star Hall in the evening.
SILVER QUESTION NOW
UP TO ROOSEVELT
The long-mooted question of
silver rehabilitation in the
United States is now up to Pres
ident Roosevelt as a result of
the passage Wednesday by the
Senate of the amended farm
relief bill carrying provisions
which will permit the President
to reduce the amount of gold
in the dollar, remonetize silver
and accept up to $250,000,000
in silver in payment of war
debts.
The far-reaching measure,
which originated in the upper
branch of Congress, passed the
House of Representaives early
this week after being denuded
of the farm relief provision for
guaranteeing costs of product
ion to the farmer for his prod
ucts. The Senate then con
currea in the House deletion as
it was known that the Adminis
tration was opposed to the pro
duction cost guarantee provis
ion as presented in the bill
as it first passed the upper
house two weeks ago.
The completed measure went
to the White House Wednes
day for final ratification by the
President.
Although the whole currency
inflation question is now defi
nitely in the hands of Mr. Roos
evelt, he is not expected to em
ploy any of the broad monetary
powers granted him by the new
enactment prior to the World
Economic Conference in June.
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U. S. DELEGATES TO ASK
16 TO 1 REMONETIZATION
A move of exceeding im
portance in the forthcoming
London discussions of silver
was announced this week in
Washington, D. C. reports
•.taring that the senate had ap
proved a motion of Senator
Burton K. Wheeler, of Mon-j
tana to instruct the United!
States delegates to the World
Economic Conference to work
for an agreement to remone
tize silver on a basis of 16 to 1.
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LOCAL NOTES
The motorship Juneta ar
rived Tuesday from Ketchikan
with the weekly mail from
that port.
Tim Williams and Harry
Reid, Stewart residents who
spent the past season prospect
ing in the upper Bell-Irving
river district, returned to Stew
art last Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Bush
field left Thursday for Van
couver to attend the spring
conference of the United
Church of Canada.
ITRAMWORKERS VICTIMS
OF PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Falling a distance of 30 feet
while engaged in repair work
on one of the Premier tram
way towers late last week, E.
E. (“Blondie”) Charlton, well
known resident, sustained a
badly wrenched and bruised
foot and is able to be about on
ly through the aid of crutches.
The mishap is said to have
been due to the action of a fel
low worker in momentarily
resting a heavy piece of scant
ling across the top of a ladder
from which Charlton had just
stepped onto the tram tower.
Stepping back, Charlton’s foot
encountered the loose timber
and thinking it a round of the
ladder he stepped on it with
his full weight. This dislodged
the timber from its insecure
resting place, precipitating
Charlton to the ground. He
struck with the full weight of
his body on one foot and the
terrific impact almost tore the
bones apart, although none ap
peared broken under X-ray ex
amination.
In falling to the ground the
timber which caused the acci
dent struck Mose Seguin a
glancing blow on the head and
inflicted a.painful scalp injury.
Witnesses said if the timber
had struck Seguin squarely it
probably would have ended his
earthly career.
Oscar Larson also suffered a
scalp injury while at work on
the tram repairs last week.
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Nenanaice Pool Contest Ended
Alaska’s great annual ice
guessing contest, the Nenana
Ice Pool, ended last Monday
evening, when the ice moved
on the Tanana river for the
tirst time this year, according
to radio reports. The move
ment occurred at 7:20 p. m.
The break-up occurred last
year at 10:15 a. m. May 1.
The break-up time this year
was very close to that of 1930,
when the ice moved at 7:03 p.
m., May 8. Name sof the win
ners of this year’s guessing con
test have not yet been received.
Although various local par
ties picked the correct date,
none of them hit on the right
hour and minute.
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Mother’s Day Services Sunday.
Mother’s Day services will be
held at the Hyder M. E. Church
Sunday evening, commencing
at 7:30 p. m. The Sunday
School children will participate
in the program, which will in
clude special music and other
1 appropriate features.
ASSESSMENT BILL IS
PASSED BY SENATE
Hopes for early resolution of
the vexing question of whether
or not to perform annual ass
essment work on mining claims
for the 1932-33 year are con
tained in Washington, D. C.,
reports this week stating that
the Senate has passed the Bor
ah bill granting suspension for
the current assessment year
and the measure is now await
ing action by the House of Rep
resentatives.
As indicated earlier ill these
columns, the bill does not ap
ply to claim owners whp paid
federal income tax for 1932.
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Legislative Appropriations
The following appropriations
were included in the general
Appropriation Kill passed by
the Eleventh Alaska Legislat
ure. This represents the gen
eral cost of maintaining the
Territorial government and
does not include special or pri
vate appropriations:
Governor’s office, $ 8,094
Auditor’s office, 24,870
Treasurer’s office, 40,240
Banking Board, 2,500
Attorney General, 24,250
Commnr. of Education, 32,290
Vital Statistics dept., 7,250
Library and Museum, 7,350
Building repairs, 500
Pioneers’ Home, 132,050
Old age allowances, 185,060
Health Dept., 13,350
Medical Examiners, 300
Dental Examiners, 600
Board of Pharmacy, 300
Board Law Examiners, 100
Boxing Commission, 620
Dependent Children, 90,000
Relief of Destitution, 20,000
Further Relief of dest
itution, $40,000
Rescue and Relief of
Lost Persons, b,uuu
Orthopedic Hospital, 4,000
Emergency Approprn., 2,500
Wolf and Coyote
Bounties, 25,000
Eagle Bounty, 7,500
Bounty on Salmon
Predators, 15,000
Hair Seal Bounty, 25,000
Livestock Inspection, 1,500
Primary Elections, 10,000
Roads, 100,000
Shelter cabins, 2,000
Session Laws in Sheet .
Form, 450
Public Library Aid, 1,000
Support of Schools, 864,000
Alaska College, z 110,690
Pioneer Home Build
ing Fund, 9,800
Highway Engineer’s
Office, 10,500
Mines Commissioner, 21,510
Supplementary Apprn., 1,000
World's Fair Fund, 3,500
Total
51,823,939