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HYPER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1929.
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BUSK IT mi
With 17 men employed at the
present time the Alaska Reduction
company is planning on increasinn
its Ketchikan pay roll for all the
year round, according to Willis R
Lebo, the manager.
“The Alaska Reduction com
pany” said he, in a statement
given to the Fairbanks Chronicle
recently, “is taking care of all the
waste from local canneries. Ol
course this adds to a sanitary
beach line in the city and also
makes the canneries more sanitary
in having all the refuse removed.
“The work of the company is
along the line's of true conserva
tion-r-the utilization of what has
always been a waste product. We
hope soon also to take care of the
waste from the halibut fishing.
“We have been given splendid
cooperation on the part of the
known fact that the canneries in
cannery packers, and it is a well
Ketchikan are among the most
sanitary plants in the world. The
human hand scarcely ever touch
es the product for the world’s
markets. The waste from the can
neries is collected in hoppers by
means of chain conveyors. It is
then removed daily on scows to
the reduction works. On arrival it
moves continuously, without pause
to a shipping product. There are
no storage bins at the plant and
no chance is allowed for purifica
tion. The product becomes meal
for poultry food and is shipped to
the larger milling companies where
it is mixed with other ingredients
for food for poultry and dairy
herds. The salmon furnishes a
large percentage of iodine, a most
valuable food for animals and
chickens.
“Hie oil extracted from the waste
product is used for various pur
poses, for leather, for railroad cars,
for automobiles and springs and
gear cutting.
“We are now experimenting with
the purpose of determining further
values of the oil, such as salts
which it contains, for medical pur
poses. The University of California
declares that it contains proper
ties as valuable as are present in
cod liver oil and it is simply a
question of being able to extract
these.
“Our business naturally is run on
a very close margin. Some nine
tons of water must be steamed
out to get a ton of solids. However,
the large volume of waste permits
us to operate successfully. We
hope to be able to maintain the
business the year round. Trolling
boats and other fishermen could
catch dog and other fish not now
marketed and there is no reason
why some 100 men with 25 or 30
boats could not operate most of
the winter months with seines and
hand gear. The company will co
operate with them in furnishing
SCOWS. Thp 1n.nrpp t.hp vnlnmn r\f
business we handle, of course, the
more money we could pay the
fishermen.
“We have been checking up alro
with a view to taking care of the
waste product from outside can
neries. The United States bureau
of fisheries has expressed a dispo
sition not to allow operation of
plants without caring for the
waste product, and our plant offers
a solution to the question. The
time is past, even in Alaska where
wholesale waste will be long per
mitted. It is against all rules of
modern economics.
“In line with the work also, on
the part of local fishermen, the
dolly varden and other species, of
trout which prey on salmon spawn
could be taken and used in the
reduction works, and this is an
other step in conservation of the
salmon—the prize food fish.
“The seventeen men employed at
the plant are all white and local
people except for a few ‘key’ men.
Nearly all of our supplies are
bought in Ketchikan. In fact, we
consider ourselves a Ketchikan in
dustry and can only grow and
prosper as Ketchikan grows.”
AMENDMENT TO ALASKA
FISHERIES REGULATIONS
E. F. Morgan, Acting Secretary of
Commerce, Washington, writes to
say that “the regulations for the
protection of the fisheries of Al
aska published in Dept, of Com
merce Circular No. 251, fifteenth
edition, issued under date of Dec.
18, 1928, together with subsequent
regulations, are hereby attended
by the following regulations:
Southeastern Alaska Area, West
ern District; Salmon fishery: Com
mercial fishing for salmon by
means of gill nets is permitted in
Lynn Canal and contiguous waters
between the south end of Kochu
Island and the north end of Sul
livan Island from 6 o’clock ante
meridian September 5, to 6 o'clock
postmeridian September 30.”
Bob Lyons, one of the old-timers
of the district, returned Saturday
from an extended visit in Vancou
ver.
mm HIGHWAY
RECEnESMTENTION
That the proposed extension of
the Pacific Ifighway to Alaska was
somewhat more than a means of
furnishing newspaper “copy,” is
evidenced by the following des
patch from Seattle to the Province,
Vancouver:
“While the Washington State
Good Roads Association convention
at Bellingham is planning to make
the main item of its program the
extension of the Pacific Highway
to Alaska, officials of the United
States and Canadian governments
already have started action look
ing to the great project, it was
disclosed.
“Samuel Hill of Seattle, pioneer
good roads man of the west, re
cently received from the interior'
department a new official map, just
issued, showing the mileage of the
proposed route already available,
in local roads, and the portions
yet to be constructed to provide a
through route.
Asahel Curtis, chairman of the
state development committee of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
also received a telegram from
Premier Tolmie of British Colum
bia, who is in Toronto at a meeting
of Dominion premiers.
Premier Tolmie announced that
at the close of the premiers’ ses
sion he expected to confer with
Sawyer, now in Toronto, on plans
for expediting the building of the
international highway.
The project of extending the
Pacific Highway north to Alaska
was first launched in Seattle a
few months ago, when Premier
Tolmie and other provincial offi
cials visited Hill to go with him on
a tour of the Washington highway
system.
“It is the biggest job before the
West,” Hill has said.
“The Canadian Government has
just issued an order-in-councii
providing for immediate comple
tion of the great highway crossing
the Dominion.
Highways Improved
“Our east-west highways are
available, and are constantly being
improved. The south way, along
the Atlantic seaboard, will allow
residents of the southern states
to visit the northwest by auto.
“More cars from California now
come' to Washington than from all
other states combined. But the
extension of the Pacific Highway
to Alaska will draw travellers from
every state in the Union and every
province of Canada to the Puget
Sound region and Alaska.” '*
About 850 miles of new con
struction, principally in Canada,
will link existing roads and make
the entire route from Seattle to
Fairbanks available. With fast
driving the route could be covered
in three days.
D. C. McKechnie, chief field en
gineer for northern B. C. districts
for the Consolidated Co., with
headquarters in Rupert, and E. L.
Bowles of the engineering staff,
left Monday night after a short
visit In the district.
Missed Plane; I
Had To Walk
F. C. Green, provincial land sur
veyor, and crew of four men,
returned to Stewart last Friday
night from the head of Treaty
Creek, where they surveyed sb4y
mining claims for the Consolidated
Mining & Smelting Co., who ac
quired the group last fall from Tim
Williams and Chas. Knipple. Treaty
Creek flows into the Naas river
and is located about twenty miles
north of the western end of Bowser
lake. Mr. Green and party went in
there early in the summer by air
plane, and left on the return trip
August 14th. They did a consider
able amount of traversing on their
way out, which accounts for the
time consumed.
They missed the airplane by two
hours and their frantic signals
were not observed. Also at Tide
Lake they missed a pack train by
one day, so had to continue pack
ing their blankets in to town with
the pack train Just a day ahead of
them. In their surveying work they
had good weather nearly all the
time and worked up to an eleva
tion of 7,000 feet.
Major C. B. North, former sup
erintendent of the B. c. Silver,
arrived Monday night from Van
couver. i
MON CO»L TRUCK
DROPSINJO CM
A two-ton truck belonging to
the Crawford Transfer Co., which
Thursday morning was cheerily
and industriously chugging aroupd
delivering coal to Stewart residents,
now lies on the bottom of Portland
Canal Just outside the Crawford
dock, covered with no one knows
how many fathoms of cold, wet
water.
At about 10.30 Thursday morning
Bill Emmard started away from
the Crawford wharf with two tons
of coal loaded on the truck. He
was pulling up the incline ap
proach to get onto the road from
the wharf, when an auto came
along the road, forcing him to stop
the truck, which immediately
backed down the approach. Wheth
er he put the brakes on or
whether they failed to work if he
did put them on, is immaterial to
this story. Anyway, the truck did
n’t stop, and when the rear wheels
dropped over the side Emmard
jumped and saved himself from a
serious ducking, if not worse.
Meanwhile Mr. Bell, who had
worked up a sweat getting the 40
sacks filled with coal in time to
load it without delay, sadly told,
interspersed with weird Scotch
oaths, how much easier it would
have been to have shovelled the
two tons of coal into the salt chuck
than to have filled sacks and
weighed it.
There is 20 feet of water imme
diately outside the wharf at low
tide, then a ledge of rock and out
side of this a submarine precipice.
If the truck lodged on the ledge it
may be recovered; if not, good
night! Meanwhile the Crawford
blacksmith shop is turning out
some grappling hooks for use in
solving the problem.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET OCTOBER 8TH
The regular meeting for election
of Trustees of the Hyder Chamber
of Commerce will be held on the
8th of October. The secretary, Col.
Stivers, has furnished the Herald
with the following list of members
in good standing:
Max Behrffian, Walter Blanton,
Mrs. J. L. Campbell, E. L. Dale, Jack
Davis, S. P. Fitzgerald, Wm. Gray,
E. D. Haddon, J. A. Hall, O. F. Hill,
John Hovland, Hyder Lead Mines,
International Electric Co., Harold
Johnson, Holger Johnson, Arthur
Moa, John A. Martin, Ben Oien, E.
Provinae, F. Reichenbach, James
Roberts, C. F. Sandford, M. Savo
vich, E. R. Stivers, Noel Traversy.
Local Packers
Shine At Rodeo
Ernie Musto, Chas. Ryan, Fred
Fulton and Chas. Walker returned
Monday night from a visit in Tel
kwa where they attended the
“stampede" and took part in the
"rodeo.” In fact, It might be said
that they were the rodeo, since
there were only five entries in the
riding and bucking competition.
Musto and Fulton distinguished
themselves by catching the "gravel
rash” when the tough broncs they
rode piled them on their faces. But
they stayed on the sun-flshing,
end-changing, stiff-legged, lump
ing, twisting, man-killing quadra
peds longer than anyone expected
them to, or than they had any
right to.
Ryan and Walker were more for
tunate. The former won first in the
bareback ridlnb with a surcingle,
and also in riding a steer bareback.
Walker took second in the saddle
race. Stewart is noted for hard
boiled packers and skinners, but
that there is rodeo talent in this
town will be a surprise to many.
C. L. Hibbard left for his home
in Seattle yesterday after spend
ing several weeks on the Outland
Silver Bar in which he is heavily
interested.
HIGH SILVER US
FROM MOUNTAIN BOV
Last week, in telling of the
identification of nickel and cobalt
on the Ruth and Francis property,
this paper mentioned the variety
of silver sulphide ores occurring in
this camp, without enumerating
them, since the list of technical
names was too long for that story.
Now it is necessary to record the
discovery of another silver ore,
“stromerite,” samples of which
were brought in from the Mountain
Boy property last Friday. The solid
ore looks like coarse-grained,
greasy tetrahedrite, (commonly
called “grey copper”), and assays
18,000 oz. silver to the ton. So far
this has been found only in small
stringers, the largest not being
over an inch in width, which ap
pear to be striking into the high
grade lead. Their situation is
characteristic of Mountain Boy
mountain in that the country is so
precipitous that prospecting and
getting a foot-hold to work are
extremely difficult and more or less
perilous. Nevertheless, an effort is
being made to prove up something '
definite on this new ore, and if
possible, get out a small shipment.
Intersection of Veins
That the intersection of the
Mann vein with the high-grade
vein has been established, as re
cently reported, was verified this
week. Here again the cliffs present
a formidable obstacle and. ropes
must be used to allow an inspec
tion to be made. A tunnel has been
started a little below this point
which it is the intention to drive
in to the vein. Where found on the
surface the ore is of a very good
milling grade.
The high-grade vein has been
crosscut in two places. No. 1 tunnel
gives 70 feet of depth on the vein, 1
and No. 2 gives 175 feet. Drifts are 1
being run south from each tunnel 1
an the vein. The highest grade ore :
an the property was found on the
surface midway between these two
tunnels, which are 450 feet apart, i
Operations on the Mountain Boy i
are being watched with the great- 1
est interest, but authentic news
cannot be secured without a per- ;
sonal visit, since the management
has been requested by Montreal
owners to give out no information.
About 1000 feet o£ underground
work—tunnels, crosscuts and drifts
—has been done in the two months
since the plant was put into opera
tion, day and night shifts being
employed. Preparations are now
being made to continue the work ;
throughout the coming winter.
ONLY BERRY PICKING
BEARS ARE TOLERATED
KODIAK—Following a month of
quiet sincce he suffered the loss of
several calves and a cow from ihe
depredations of the big Kodiak
bear at the ranch in Middle Bay,
Sid Olds, hunter, guide and ranchr
man, was forced to bring the
trusty rifle into play last week.
He noticed a turmoil in his herd
and arrived on the scene in time to
prevent a closeup between a Kod
iak bruin and a fat yearling. Act
ing under the injunction of the
department of agriculture and the
game commission who said that a
man could fire in defense of his
own home, even though the Kodiak 1
bear is protected, he laid his killer ,
low. He tacked the pelt on the barn ■
door and underneath it printed
instructions to all bears to stay j
away from there unles they were
Just coming to pick berries.
—Strollers’ Weekly
SMELTER MOOTED
FOR PRINCE RRPERT j
(
There is a possibility that a i
smelter may be built in the neigh
borhood of Prince Rupert in the
near future if it is found that
there is sufficient ore to maike the
project likely to be a profitable
one, says the "News.”
F. G. Dawson, who returned this
week from the east, took the mat
ter up with interested parties while i
there and is anxious to secure the i
Information which may make pos- :
sible the Industry. Following is Mr.
Dawson’s letter: «• ,
Editor, Dally News: 1
When in Montreal I had an in- 1
terview with financial interests 1
who seemed to be keenly interest- '
ed in the building of a smelter on 1
the North Pacific coast, pre -
sumably at or near Prince Rupert, 1
as it is their desire to be located 1
where they will have the benefit 1
of both rail and ocean transporta
tion, also where a good supply of <
fresh water and electric power 1
would be available. <
They have requested me to se- 1
:ure and supply to them informa
tion that will be a basis from *
which they can decide whether or ]
not such a project would be 5
feasible, when they would imme- :
liately send a technical expert (
into the territory to check up and
;horoughly investigate available 1
md prospective tonnage. I am
mry desirous of obtaining, and
forwarding them this information.
Therefore, I would like to make 3
in appeal, through your papr, to *
ill interested parties to send me 3
■eliable information . regarding '
;helr properties. Firstly, I would (
ike to have the names of all the 1
producing mines, giving the ton- 1
rage of each, and the classes of 1
>re mined. Secondly, the names of e
;he properties which are liable to 3
je producers in one, two or three r
rears, giving in each Instance the 1
:lass of ore they expect to mine, 3
ind where possible or feasible the £
ipproximate quantity they expect e
» produce. This latter information £
s very essential, as the prespective '
ionnage will have to be considered. 3
[ would suggest that in sending in c
istimates that they be conserva- 3
iive, as I would prefer that you 1
irider-estimate rather than over
istimate, as before anything of a 3
iefinite constructive nature is c
lone my report will be thoroughly 3
nvestigated by an expert. 3
This is a project in which r ,
•hink every mining man in the :
listrict will be intensely interested
md should send in promptly full [
md reliable information.
I also had an interview in
Montreal with officials of the
Power Corporation of Canada, who
issured me that they would not £
rnly be able to supply all the power \
required for such a project, but (
would co-operate In every possible j
way to assist.
C. Wolfle, of Spokane, who has i
mining interests on' the Alaska <
dde above Hyder, left Monday
(light for his home.
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DISCOVER POWER
SIJLFROM MR
A power site of more than 20,000
horsepower has been discovered in
the Tongass National Forest of
southeastern Alaska, by the Alaska
Aerial Survey Expedition now
working in that region, according
to information telegraphed to the
Forest Service, United States Dept,
if Agriculture in Washington. The
aerial survey is expected to prove
ixtremely valuable in connection
with power development for the
Manufacture of wood pulp on the
rongass forest. The power site, just
iiscovered, is on the east side of
raku Inlet near Greely Point.
Lakes, streams, and other im
>ortant topographic features of
.he Tongass forest, the existence
>f which hitherto has not been
mown, have been revealed by the
survey of the forest from the air.
Before the aerial survey expedi
ion began its work none of the
greater part of the land surface of
southeastern Alaska had ever been
surveyed. The shore lines of the
slands and the mainland had been
ielineated, but farther inland the
naps were largely blank, even
within one mile of tidewater. In
1926 a total of 10,000 square mile3
was mapped. The work is now be
ng continued. this summer. It is
inticipated that an equal area
will be covered in 1929, and this
will complete the work to be done
n this region.
Cloudless weather is essential to
lerophotographic mapping, and
nuch time is lost because this
•egion is one of heavy precipita
tion and numerous rainy or cloudy
lays. In spite of these handicaps
he expedition is accomplishing
work that would take years by the
lsual “ground” methods of sur
veying in this rugged, inaccessible
egion. .
The work is being done with -
Vavy planes, and the Navy mine
iweeper “Gannett” is acting as
ender for the expedition.
The Tongass National Forest
ontains a vast amount of pulp
imber, enough to supply 25 per
ent of the newsprint needs of the
Jnited States in perpetuity.
Under Forest Service adminis-.
ration, this timber will be cut no
aster than it grows, so that the
ndustry, once established in Al
ska, will have an unfailing source
if supply.
IINING ENGINEER WAS
ATTACKED BY GRIZZLY
BURNS LAKE, Sept. 7.—H. C.
lughes, mining engineer of the
Consolidated Mining & Smelting
Co., following an old lead in the
>ibola mountain vicinity, near
>otsa Lake, recently, surprised a
irge, grizzly bear, which was but
line, feet distant. The bear Im
nediately attacked, striking the
ngineer on the hip ajid knocking
tim several feet. With presence of
oind, Hughes feigned death, keep
ng his face in the moss. The bear
ore his arm and, shoulder badly
nd also gashed his neck in an
ffort to turn the man over, finally,
fter biting oft his Unger, left the
ictim for dead. Hughes, after
Ifteen minutes, walked 10 miles to
amp and was rushed by car to
turns Lake hospital late Thursday
light. _•; "
The patient is recovering, but
here is fear that infection may
evelop. Luckily, as the bear was
eeding on berries, the risk from
his source is minimized.
Mr. Hughes is well known in
tyder, having been employed at
he Big Missouri mine for a time
n engineering work for the Con
olidated Company.
AT THE THEATRE
Lon Chaney stars this week in
, stirring picture to be shown in
’ioneer Hall Sunday night. It is
ailed “Nomads of the North,” and
n addition to the famous character
tctor the cast includes such stars
is Betty Blythe and Louis Stone. It
s taken from the story by James
)liver Curwood.
The comedy, a two-reeler, is en
itled “Smith’s New Home.”