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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 10.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1934.
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NATION ENDORSES
NEW DEAL AT POLLS
The New Deal received a
powerful endorsement from
th American people in the Con
gressional elections held
throughout the nation last
Tuesday, Democratic suppor
ters being swept into office in
all parts of the country.
Returns indicate that the
Democrats retain control of
the House of Representatives
and increased their represent
ation in the Senate.
The Republicans retained
less than a third elf the Senate
seats and a corresponding
fraction of the House. Their
present strength in the two
branches of Congress is less
than at any time in the party’s
history, according to ipres? re
ports.
President Roosevelt is said to
be overjoyed at the tremen
dous expression of confidence
given to the administration
through the support given can
didates who favor his policies.
The latest returns indicate
that 24 Democratic senators
were elected, 5 Republicans, 1
Farmer-Labor, and 1 Progress
ive. Four others were still in
doubt.
The Democrats apparently
will have 66 seats in the Sen
ate, a majority of 16. They
were also credited with a clear
majority of 80 in the House,
with over 100 seats still in
doubt. Chances were said to
be good for their having far
over the 218 seats required for
a majority in the new house.
In the old House the Demo
crats held 309 seats agains*
114 for the Republicans.
With few exceptions, the
Democrats were victorious in
the gubernatorial contests.
In California Governor Frank
F. Merriam, Republican, re
tained the state executiveshiip,
defeating Upton Sinclair, the
Democratic candidate, by a
substantial majority in one of
the hardest fought elections in
the state’s history. Hatfield,
Democrat, was elected lieuten
ant governor. Senator Hiram
Johnson was reelected.
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Governor Troy In Hospital
Governor John W. Troy of
Alaska, who left recently for a
vacation in California, is now
in a Seattle hospital, according
to late advices.
It is said that the governor
has not been in the best of
health recently but is more in
need of a rest than medical
assistance. However, it is his:
intention to undergo a thcr
o u g h clinical examination
while taking a two-weeks rest
in the hospital.
Roads Bureau Replacing
International Way Bridge
Work was started Thursday
morning by the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads on a projected re
placement of the wooden
bridge on International Way
in front of the Campbell cot
tage.
The bridge is to be replaced
by an earth fill and culvert,
thereby converting the area oc
cupied by the bridge into a sol
id roadway, with the waters of
the creek passing through two
large metal tubes. The work
is to be done by the Bureau of
Public Roads crew under suipt.
T. H. Evans.
Edwin R. Wright, resident
engineer for the Portland Can
al Power Company, is .’ttend
ing to the engineering details
on behalf of the bureau.
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Record Blast To Be
Fired At Anyox Mine
What is claimed will be the
larg-est mining blast the world
has ever known will be fired
at Anyox toward the end of
the present month, according
to reports from that point.
One hundred tons of dyna
mite will be exploded in the
Hidden Creek mine, two miles
from Anyox and is expected to
break a half million tons df
rock in one giant convulsion of
the earth. Some of the pow
der charges will be exploded
eight hundred feet .below the
surface, but most of it will ex
ert its shattering forces at
depths around four hundred
feet.
The giant blast, for which
preparations have been under
way for the past year, is de
signed as a cheap means of
cleaning up old workings in the
Hidden Creek mine, from
which much ore has already
been taken. Miles of wiring
will be employed in discharg
ing the masses of dynamite in
the old workings. The firing
will be done from Anyox.
To prevent possible accidents
from the blast, the entire ipopu
lation df Hidden Creek village,
numbering around 1,000, will
temporarily evacuate the
camp.
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R. C. Allan and R. G. Mc
Williams arrived last week
from Vancouver with a dia
mond drill outfit to start the
projected drilling pro gra m
on the United Empire property.
The men are representatives
of Boyles Bros, diamond drill
ers, who have the United Em
pire contract. Late reports say
the program is now well under
way.
HYDER LUMBER MILL
TO CHANGE OWNERSHIP
The Hyder Lumber mill,
which for the past 12 years has
been one of the district’s moist
important industrial establish
ments, will change hands on
November 15 as a result of ne
gotiations completed during
the past few days, it was an
nounced this week by William
Gray, present owner and one
of the founders of the business.
The new owners will be Roy
McLeod, who has been associ
ated with the business for some
years as winter manager, and
Robert L. Stewart, pioneer res
ident and operator of the Hy
der Dairy. The financial de
tails of the deal were not made
public.
In announcing the forthcom
ing transfer of ownership, Mr.
Gray indicated Jhat failing
health is the principal motive
for his retirement. He plans
to make his future home in Se
attle, where Mrs. Gray is at
present residing, but does not
intend to forego interest in Hy
der, as he expects to spend a
few months here during future
summer periods.
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Klondike Mother Lode
Located Near Carmack’s
The mother lode, source of
the famous gold deposits of the
Klondike, lies 50 miles north
of Carmack’s and about 30
miles from Five-finger Rapids
in the Yukon, according to a
statement made by Hon.
George Black, speaker of the
Canadian House of Commons,
in a recent address before the
Vancouver Board of Trade.
The ore is so rich, running
142 ounces to the ton, that the
first men approached for fi
nances for development didnot i
believe the statements made I
by the discoverers, Mr. Black ;
said.
The lode is now owned by j
Ontario interests.
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Capt. Fowler Succumbs To
Attack Of Pneumonia
Capt. E. B. (Bert.) Fowler, i
first officer of the steamer Za
pora and known to many H.v
der residents as master of the
former Hyder-Ketchikan mail
boat Prince of Wales, passed j
away last Saturday in Ketchi
kan after a four-day illness i
due to pneumonia.
Capt. Fowler was 47 years j
of age and is survived by a
wife, who was formerly a res
ident of Ketchikan, where she
was employed as an office
nurse by Dr. H. C. Carruthers.
Premier Preparing For New
Power Plant Construction
In preparation for the con
struction of a new power plant
to replace the plant at Thir
teen-mile destroyed by fire last
week, The Premier Gold Min
ing Company was engaged for
several days this week in sack
ing a large quantity of sand
and gravel. The work was
carried on with all possible ex
pedition in order to escape dif
ficulties and increased costs
certain to develop in the event
of a heavy fall of snow. It is
currently reported that a thou
sand or more sacks -of the ma
terial were hauled from Sal
mon river bars to a point on
the Premier road near the site
of the old power plant, where
it will be readily accesible
when the new construction is
started.
Whether the new plant will
occupy the same site as the old
one could not be ascertained.
Rumors have been circulated
to the effect that the company
is considering placing the new
plant at some point on the
Alaska side of the internation
al boundary line, in order to
save large customs tax expend
itures on fuel oil, but no con
firmation was obtainable. The
outlook appears to be that the
plant will be looted on or near
the site of the old plant.
As a result of the power’
break-down and the . conse
quent suspension o:f milling
and shipping activities, a large
number of the mill and tram
employees were laid off im
mediately following the fire
and a majority left the district
during the week. A con-id
erable number of others have
taken up residence in Stewart.
In a laudable effort to pre
vent undue suffering from the
unfortunate disaster, the com
pany is retaining employees
with families as far as possible.
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Duck Hunting Season Closes
The 1934 duck hunting seas
oncame to an end last Monday
and further shooting of migra
tory waterfowl is now illegal.
Game taken during the open
season must be used up by No
vember 15 under the regula
tions, which permit possession
for ten days after the close of
the season.
The season extended over a
period of ten weeks, with Sat
urdays, Sundays and Mondays
open for shooting during each
weekly period, the remaining
days of the week being closed.
The system was inaugurated
for the first time this year and
apparently has been satisfact
ory to game hunters.
OCTOBER EXPORT LIST
SHOWS TRADE UPSWING
With merchandise exports
valued at $3,685,818 and gold
and silver shipments aggregat
ing $1,923,753, the outborne
commerce of Alaska in Octo
ber attained a total value of
$5,609,571, according to the
monthly statement of Customs
Collector J. J. Connors.
This was an increase of $1,
626,540 as compared to ex
ports for the same month last
year and indicates a substan
tial upswing in Territorial pro
duction and trade.
Gold and silver shipments
for the month totaled $1,923,
753 and were exceeded only
three times this year.
The complete list of exports
and respective values follows:
Reindeer meat.$ 35,503
Fish:
Fresh and frozen
Halilbut . 88,349
Salmon . 19,510
Other . 963
Salmon, canned .. 2,629,625
Cured or preserved
Cod . 429
Herring . 116,375
Salmon . 147,373
Shellfish
Clams . 4,653
Crabs . 36,488
Shrimp . 12,102
Fish products
Meal . 70,126
Oil . 124,157
Other fish products 1,098
Furs and fur-skins
Beaver . 1,324
Fox:
Black or silver. 1,335
Blue . 70
Red . 1,235
White . 20,068
Hair-seal skins . 45
Marten . 80
Mink . 795
Muskrat . 6,448
Otter . 224
All other . 1,526
Manufactured furs 200
Whale oil . 61,092
Whale fertilizer
and meal . 7,624
Live animals . 1,725
Raw Wool . 1:650
Wood, lumber . 4,340
Lead . 4,419
Trophies, specimens 754
All other articles .... 6,908
Total value of prod
ucts of Alaska .... $3,408,253
U. S. products re
turned . 149,557
Value of foreign
merchandise . 128,008
Total value merchan
dise shipments .... $3,685,818
Gold . 1,918.628
Silver . 5,125
Grand Total
$5,609,571