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DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRTn
VOL 4, NO. 22
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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928.
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH I
RUFUS AND ARGENTA
TO COMPLETE
CONSOLIDATE
At a recent joint meeting 01
the boards of directors of the
Rufus and Argenta companie:
in Victoria, it was decided tc
complete the proceedings in
augurated last year looking tc
the reincorporation of the twc
companies into one organizat
ion.
It is understood that the con
solidation was made necessarj
by the recent closing of a deal
with eastern interests who arc
to take over and develop both
properties in the spring under
the name of Rufus and Argenta
Mines.
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FINE MARMOT
PROPERTY SOLD
Advices received in Stewart
report the sale in Vancouver
of the well known High Grade
group at the head of Magee
Pass in the Marmot River sect
ion by W. R. Harner, who war
associatedl in the ownership
with Homer Ficklin.
The purchasing interests are
reported to be a Vancouver
syndicate who will form a qom
pany to be known as the Mar
mot River Gold Mines, Ltd., to
exploit the property, which is
noted for the excellent gold
values carried in the ores,
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The call of the Hyder Public
Library Association for volun
teers to help keep the Public
Library open two evenings £
week during the absence oi
Co*. E. R. Stivers, librarian, re
sulted in seven persons pre
senting themselves, according
to D. J. Mulcare, Secretary oi
the association.
The public spirited citizens
who have announced their will
ingness to give a trifle of their
time for this commendable
service are Patrick Carey, Wm.
Mullens, Mrs. E. L. Dale, John
Hov'and, Thos. H. Evans, Mrs.
D| J. Mulcare and Mrs. Don
ald E. Martin.
Under the plan proposed by
the Library officials each vol
unteer will have charge of the j
library two evenings a week, j
Tuesday and Friday", and will
serve alternate^.
Mr. Carey was the first to of
fer his services to the board
and has been in charge at the
library during the preseni i
week.
Mr. Mulcare states that Col ,
Stivers will procure $75 worth
of new books to add to the 700 i
odd volumes now available tc I
the public, during his visit in
the States. A new book case if
also required and will be in
stalled in the near future at a
cost of $25. The two expendi
tures wiU consume practically
all funds on hand aside from j
the amount received from the |
dance last Saturday evening.
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S. P. Fitzgerald, pioneer min
ing man and head of the Inde
pendence and Titan mining
company’s returned Thursday
from an extended stay in the
south, during which he negoti
ated a new deal for the devel
opment of the Independence
property, details of which
were published recently.
Mr. Fitzgerald was accompan
ied by his brother, Mr. Jack
Fitzgerald.
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The Northland Transportat
ion Co. motorship Norco is
scheduled to sail from Seattle
February 27th, on her next trip
to this port.
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! JACK SCOTT VICTIM
OF PAINFUL INJURY
Jack Scott, well known Stew
' art resident, sustained a brok
: en leg Thursday noon by fall
i ing under a heavy drag-sled
drawn by the Crawford cater
pillar tractor while working
: with the machine at the Hyder
i Lumber company mill.
Jack slipped while running
| beside the sled and fell under
! the runners, which passed ov
! er his left leg, breaking it near
| the ankle.
I The injured man was hurried
| to the Stewart General hospi
tal where the broken leg was
; set by Dr. Whillans. At last ac
counts Jack was getting along
j nicely.
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ASKS ROAD TO MARMOT
The Stewart Board of Trade
is after a wagon road from
Stewart, along the east shore
of Portland Canal to the rich
ly mineralized Marmot River
section and has requested the
local parliamentary member to
use his good offices to that
end.
The situation of Stewart and
the Marmot district is similar
to that of Hyder and the Texas
Creek area. Without cheaper
means of transportation than
have been available in the
; past neither the Texas or Mar
mot districts can be developed
save at a slow and excessively
! costly pace.
I Thanks to the efforts of the
j Hyder Chamber of Comerce,
| the Texas Creek road is now
; practically assured and it is
i sincerely to be hoped that the
! Stewart organization will be
equally successful with the
Marmot project.
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KARL THIELE TAKES BRIDE
The many friends of Karl
Thiele, Secretary of Alaska,
| will be pleased to learn of his
! marriage January 30th, to Miss
Celia Josephine McLaughlin,
prominent and popular Juneau
miss, who has been connected
with the Secretary’s office in
a clerical capacity for several
! years.
FEW FATALITIES IN
ALASKA MINES
There were ten fatal acci
dents in all branches of min
ing in Alaska in 1927, accord
| ing to official figures made
oublic by B. D. Stewart, act
i ing territorial mine inspector,
and federal mining inspector
tor Alaska.
This is two more than in 1926
but the percentage of fatalities
j to the number of men employ
! ad in the" industry remained
the same owing to the fact
that the number of men em
ployed in the industry was
j considerably larger in 1927
j than in 1926.
Six of the reported fatalities
occurred in quartz mines,
one from an accident in a mar
ble quarry, two in placer min
ing and one in a coal mine.
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The motorship Norco arrived
from Seattle and Ketchikan at
1 a. m Monday, bringing 75
tons of general cargo and two
passengers.
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Charles Smith, former resi
dent of this district and an old
timer in the North, returned
Thursday after an absence of
two years.
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Ice Cream Cones, Sodas, Sun
daes—Northern. Pool Ha>l.
PREMIER INSTALLING
NEW TRAM CABLES
The Premier Gold Miping
Company tram crew, assisted
by a number of extra hands,
has been engaged during the
week installing new cables on
the 13-mile ore tramway con
necting the famous mine with
the big ore bunkers in Hyder,
B. C.
Both the big traction cable,
on which the ore buckets trav
el to and from the mine, and
the lighter running cable,
which pulls the buckets along
the traction cable, are to be
renewed. Over 40 miles of
new cable will be required tp
complete the job. The Worleds
being done under the direction
of Tramway superintendent
Frank Fisher.
MARMOT GROUP BONDED
The Minto group in the Mar
mot River section has been
bonded to a Vancouver syndi
cate, according to word receiv
ed in Stewart. The group in
cludes three claims on the
south side of the main Marmot'
and is owned jointly by Mrs. G.
A. Fraser and Alex Mclnnis.
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LIBRARY DANCE
NETS GOOD SUM
The dance given by the Hy
der Public Library Asociation
in Pioneer Hall Saturday ev
ening attracted "a gopd sized
gathering and placed the tidy
sum of $83.50 in the treasury
for the purchase of books apd
other needed equipment. As
each paid admission included
membership in the association
during the current quarter, the
entertainment also added a
considerable number of new
names to the membership roll.
A financial statement prepar
ed by Secretary D. J. Mulcare
shows receipts and disburse
ments as follows:
Receipts—
Paid admissions $91.00
Cake sale receipts $3.50
Total receipts $94.50
Disbursements—
Music 11.00
Net Balance $83.50
Donated—
Hall— by Alaska Pioneers
Supplies— by Edgar Provinse
Advertising—by Hyder Herald
Cakes and Sandwiches—by
Ladies of Hyder.
W. S. Sullivan and Richard
Wirth assisted the committee
during the entertainment and
received quarterly membership
in the Association as compen
sation.
The sum derived from the en
tertainment will be a big help
toward keeping the library on
the progressive basis establish
ed in earlier periods. Compar
ed to the total population of
the camp, the number who
help to support the library is
pitifully sma*l and discloses a
deplorable lack of public in
terest in this splendid public
institution.
Hyder should be proud of the
possession of such an excellent
and wel1 maintained public li
brary and the failure of so
many to support it in adequate
manner betrays a woeful lack
of good citizenship by a large
part of our population.
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Attorney Ernest Blue return
ed Thursday, from an extended
business trip in the south.
Mrs. Blue and daughter, who
went south recently to join her
husband, accompanied Mr.
Blue.
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR NOMINATION
AT PRIMARIES
With the approach of the
April primary election, the po
litical pot is commencing t\>
boil once more and candidates
are appearing behind every
bush. According to the Juneau
Empire, the following had
filed for the various elective
offices up to February 3, four
days before the close of the
filing period February 7th.
For Territorial Represent
ative—Pat. Gildea, Rep., Ket
chikan; Eugene Wacker, Rep.,
Wacker City; Chas. Darwell,
rep., Wrangell; P. C. McCor
mack, rep.,'Wrangell; Wm. L.
Paul, rep., Ketchikan; A. L.
Otis, rep., Ketchikan; Leroy
Noland, rep., Juneau; Grover
C. Winn, rep., Juneau. Mrs.
Ella Dyer Smith also filed for
the legislature, but later with
drew from the race.
Pat. Gildea and Eugene Wack
er are well known residents of
the Ketchikan district; Chas
Darwell has resided in Wrang
ell for 10 years and is a,well
known business man of that
section; P. C. McCormack is a
retii'ed business man of Wrang
ell, and has resided in that
community for 30 years. He
was a member of the Third
Territorial Legislature in 1917.
A. L. Otis is a Ketchikan busi
ness man. Wm. L. Paul is a
prominent Ketchikan attorney
who served in the 1925 and
1927 legislatures. Leroy No
land is a business man of Jun
eau and Grover C. Winn is a
Juneau attorney.
For Territorial Senator-Chas.
Benjamin, rep., of Wrangell;
Forest J. Hunt, rep., Ketchi
kan.
Both Mr. Benjamin and Mr.
Hunt have seen previous ser
vice in the Alaska Legislature,
the former as a representative
in the 1927 session, and the
latter as a member of the up
per nouse.
Candidates for delegate to
Congress filing up to the
time of the last report were
the present incumbent, Dan.
Sutherland, rep., Bartley How
ard, a member of the last Ter
ritorial Senate, and George B.
Grigsby, Ketchikan, attorney, \
and former Alaska delegate to
Congress, who will be the
standard bearer of the Demo
cratic cohorts, having been en
dorsed by the Democratic con
vention held at Seward Janu
ary 24th. The democrats will
also have a candidate for the
office of Attorney-General in
the person of Judge Jas. Tru
itt, of Anchorage, who also re
ceived the endorsement of the
Seward convention. Other can
didates who had filed were
John Rustgard, rep., present
incumbent, who has entered j
the lists for a third term, and!
J. L. Waller, rep., of Anchor-1
age. Judge Waller is an old j
timer of the Anchorage section
and former assistant U. S. At
torney for the Third Division.
For Republican National
Committeeman the candidates
include Capt. A. E. Lathrop,
the Fairbanks movie magnate;
Frank A. Aldrich, former legis
lator and George W. Albrecht,
Fairbanks attorney, all repub
licans.
The Democratic convention
endorsed J. J. Connors, former
mayor of Juneau, for the post
of Democratic National Com
mitteeman but he will be op
posed by another Democrat in
NEW SCHOOL ACT
CHANGES ANNUAL
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Marked changes in the old
system of choosing school
boards in unincorporated com
munities appear in instructions
received by the Hyder School
Board from Lester D. Hender
son, Commissioner of Educat
ion.
The changes in question are
necessitated by the provisions
of a new school law enacted
by the 1927 Territoria1 legis
lature, providing for the elect
ion of but one board member
annually after the first elect
ion under its provisions and
the selection of the various
board officials by the board
members themselves.
Relative to the first election
to be held this year, the meas
ure provides for the election of
a school board of three mem
bers, who will hold office for
one, two and three years re
spectively.
After the election, the elected
members shall meet and desig
nate by lot one member to
serves for one year, another to
serve two years and a third to
serve three years, or until their
successors are elected and
qualified.
Following the first election,
only one board member will be
elected annually and will serve
for a period of three years.
School boards are required to
organize within seven days aft
er each annual election and
elect from their members one
director, one treasurer and one
clerk.
Annual elections for electing
board members or filling
vacancies are to be held on the
second Saturday in March, or
on such other date as may be
approved by the Commissioner
of Education. At least ten days
public notice must be given of
each election. Elections must
be held in the school building
or some other public building
and the polls must remain
open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The law also prohibits per
sons holding the relationship
of husband and wife or parent
and child from serving on the
same school board and a'so
provides that vacancies in a
board membership created by
death, resignation, removal or
other cause shall be filled by
appointment tfr the remaining
members of the board, or by
the Commissioner of Education
in the event that they cannot
agree. A member so appointed
shall serve until the next reg
ular election.
Ice Cream Cones, Sodas, Sun'
daes—Northern Pool Hall
the person of James C. Virden,
prominent Ketchikan resident.
Filings for delegate to the Re
publican National Convention
include Louis K. Pratt, of Fair
banks; Gus. Gelles, of Anchor
age; W. H. Caswell, of Sitka;
James Wickersham, former
Alaska delegate to Congress;
Dr. W. H. Chase, of CoEdova.
J. B. Gottstein, widely known
Anchorage resident has also
filed for nomination as an al
ternate to the convention.
Up to the time of the last re
ports no democratic candidates
for the legislature from this
division had filed but a full
ticket was expected to appear
before the close of the filing
period.
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ALASKA EXPORTS
AGAIN SHOW
MARKED DECREASE
The early closing of the sal
mon season and a decrease of
nearly a quarter million dollars
in the value of copper ship
ments were accountable for a
reduction of nearly half a mill
ion dollars in Alaska exports
in January, as compared to
the same month a year ago,
according to the monthly re
port of Collector of Customs
J. C. McBride.
Canned salmon shipments last
month amounted to no more
than 198 pounds, valued at
$35, as against shipments val
ued at $187,064 during Janu
ary 1927. Copper shipments
declined from $857,059 in
January last year to $599,467
last month. There were also
marked declines in he values
of other product- exported.
Following is the list of exports
and values:
Animals:
Blue Foxes. $ 6.950
Other Animals. 1,385
Curios. 1,28?
Fish:
Fresh & frozen (
cept shellfish)
Halibut. 328.568
Salmon.?. 74,857
All Other. 9,175
Canned (except
shellfish)
Salmon. 85
Cured or preserved
(except shellfish)
Cod.. 943
Herring. __ 71,409
Salmon. 1,482
Shell -fish
Clams. 22
Crabs. 228
Shrimps. 14,582
Furs & Fur-skins:
Seal. fiOft
Blue Fox. 157,465
Silver of black fox.... 33,275
Red Fox. 25,498
White Fox. 1,610
Mink.. 38,216
Muskrat. 102
Beaver. 1,635
All Other..... 43,023
Ore, matte and reg
ulus:
Copper. 599,467
Lead. 9,508
Trophies, speci
mens, etc...a. 100
All other articles. 8,348
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska. 1,429,770
Products of Unit
ed States Returned.... 72,753
Total value of for
eign products.. 3,063
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise. 1,505,586
Items Included in “All Other
Articles”
Ivory. 57470
Whalebone. 692
Hairseal skins. 186
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Hugh McDonald of Stewart,
was an arrival from the south
Thursday.
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Wm. LaRose was among the
number returning from the
south Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson
returned to Stewart Thursday
after a visit in the south.
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C. A. Devlan, representative
of the Bootery.well known Ket
chikan shoe house, left Wed
nesday after a week in camp
in the interest of hii firm.