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LOYAL ORDER OF B OOSE
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
STEWART, B‘ C. AND HYDER .ALASKA
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART, B. C.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
Sunday School at 11 o’clock
Classes for all ages
Preaching at 8 o’clock P. M.
Rev. F. E.Reddick Pastor.
NOTICE
Weekly Miner subscribers are
herewith notified that in the
event of our carriers being un
able to make deliveries because
of deep snow or unbroken
trails, their papers will be left
at the Hyder Drug Company
store or mailed.
..LOCATION NOTICES and
PROOF OF LABOR blanks at
the MINER office.
In the Commissioners Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate
In the matter of the estate of
Frank Johnson, Deceased.
Number 9 Probate.
Notice of hearing on Appli
cation for Appointment of Ad
ministrator.
Notice is hereby given that
Merle Thomas, of Hyder, Alas
ka, has filed in the above entit
led court a petition praying for
the appointment of adminis
trator of the aforesaid estate,
and that at the hour of 10
o’clock in the forenoon of Jan
uary 3d., 1924, at the United
States Commissioner’s office m
Hyder, Alaska, will be held be
hearing upon said petition,
when and where all person:
may have the opportunity to
be heard in connection there
with.
And notice is hereby further
given that it appearing to this
court that the value of the
aforesaid estate does not ex
ceed the costs incident to ae
cedant’s last sickness, the fun
eral expenses and the costs or
administration; therefore, an
order will be entered com
manding that said estate be
summarily closed.and all per
sons may have the opportun
ity at the aforesaid time ana
place to make any objections
thereto. And it is so orderea.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
3rd. day of December, 1923.
Chas. F. Sandford.
United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Pub. Nov. 3-10-17-24-31.
WEEKLY MINER WILL
DO JOB PRINTING
•Included in tlie equipment
of the Hyder Weekly Miner is
a complete job printing plant,
capable of filling"all orders for
letterheads, billheads, state
ments, cards, circulars invita
tions, etc. Those who desire
job work of this character
will find it to their advantage
to secure our prices before or
dering elsewhere.
Games of all sorts— the latest
in entertainment for the chil
dren. Fun with instruction; at
the MIDGET EMPORIUM.
Dam to Aid
Navigation on
Yukon River
Work on the White Pass dam
jacross the Lewis river at a
point about seven miles below
jthe outlet of Marsh Lake is
n<Jw in full swing, says the
Dawson News.
As the work has progressed
the crew of men has been in
creased from time to time and
by the. end of the week fifty
men will be on the job. A log
building 20x80 feet has just
been completed.
The darn is 364 feet long be
tween the face of the abut
ments. At low water the deep
est part of the river at the dam
si ie is about seven feet. It is
proposed to hold ahout nine
feet in storage at the dam,
which gives seven and a half
feet in storage in Marsh lake,
six feet in Tagish lake and five
and a half feet in Bennett lake.
This is about four feet below
high water mark and no lands
will be flooded.
The storage shown above is
nearly 39 billion cubic feet,
which is sufficient to insure
navigation in lowr water.
Man Who
Stole His Wife
How an Indian chief near
L'untwell took the law in his
own hands and .administered
: punishment to one of his tribe
who had strayed from the
i paths of rectitude and honor,
is portrayed in a story brought
I to Anchorag e by a recent a re
cent arrival from the Interior.
The Indian chief upon return
ing to his home after a lon^
hunt, discovered that his wife
had been unfaithful to him and,
leaving the home fires burning,
had vamoosed with a young
buck. With grim determination
the chief set out upon the trail
of the erring couple and finally
after weeks of searching locat
ed them in a valley far from
11 9 regular beaten trails. He
forced the couple to return to
; Cantwell, where he purchased
a large supply of provisions.
Loading the food supplies, he
h<amassed up the young buck
and compelled him to pull the
sl.d for sixty miles over an un
broken trail. Arriving at his
destination the chief released
the culprit and told him to klat
awa.
The Truck finally reached
the village again in a starving
i condition. It is said the chief
and his spouse are living hap
pily again in a valley rich m
marten, fox and wolverine.
iunter
Has Oose Call
Hanging for life on a glacier,
high in the mountains near
Cantwell; half frozen with the
icy winds sweeping over him
uhI exhausted by his efforts
ho extricate himself from his
perilous position and with a
200-foot precipice yawning be
low him, Earle Hammond was
finally rescued by the hercul
ean efforts of his hunting pal,
V/illiam Havener, according
t< reports brought to Anchor
age last week by arrivals from
Cantwell, reports a recent is
e of the Anchorage Weekly
A laskan.
Both young men, employed at
| Cantwell, were out on a cari
bou hunt ten days ago, when
Hammond espied a sheep high
; in the snow on the side of a
mountain. Hammond decided
| to go after the sheep while
Havener continued on for six
i miles. In the afternoon Hav
ener was making his way down
the back trail loaded with a
heavy pack of caribou when he
! heard faintly in the distance,
and apparently from a high
altitude, distress shouts. Throw
ing down his pack he hurriedly
'made up the mountain, event
ually coming to a tremendous
, chasm where, looking across,
he saw a man clinging for life
on an ice ledge within fifteen
feet of a precipice at least 200
j feet deep. Rescue was impos
sible, Havener at first thought,
I but finally by almost super
human efforts he managed to
gain a vantage point near the
man on the ledge, whom he
then recognized as being his
partner Ilamrnond. Shouting
encouragement, Havener, us
ing his new rifle as a spade and
axe, chopping steps in the ice,
slowly worked his way down
to his partner and Ilarrtmond
was finally assisted back to a
|safe position, thence off the
where Havener made a camp
and built a large fire to thaw
glacier to a nearby woods,
Hammond out. Hammond then
related how he had slipped
down the glacier to the ledge;
of how he had laid there for
four hoprs in one spot, afraid
to move a fraction of an inch
I for fear that the ice would
give way and hurl him to death
in the fathomless depths
j below.
Late in the evening as the
| young hunters were sitting ar
ound the blazing fire talking
lover their experience, Ham
mond drew from his pocket a
scrap of paper. Silently he tore
I it to small pieces and tossed
;them into the glowing fire.
Turning to his companion Ham
mond said: “That’s what I
wrote while lying on the gla
I cier after despairing of help
reaching me in time. Before
and after writing the note I
prayed to God as I never pray
ed before.”
Hammond is now recuper
ating from his nerve racking
experience at a reindeer stat
ion near Cantwell.
Novelties in Lacquer, Wrought
Iron, Pottery, Chinaware,
Brass,* Bronze, Leather, Bro
cade and Ivory from almost ev
ery country of the Old Worm
? to the Newest Camp of torn
New. Give them your consider
ation at THE MIDGET EM
PORIUM.
Temperatures as Jow as 65
degrees below zero wore regis
tered at DSwson during the
forepart of December.
Exceptionally attractive books
for children at the MIDGET
EMPORIUM.
Saitchuck Mine
Great Storehouse
of Palladium Ore
Another big producing mine
will soon be added to the list of
Alaska’s rich properties that
pay handsome dividends to in
vestors. Reference is made to
the Saitchuck mine, near
Ketchikan, says the Alaska
Weekly in its issue of Decem
ber 14. The property was
‘worked on a small scale many
years ago, the article continues.
It was supposed to be a gold
copper-lead proposition-and it
| is, because it produces values
in those minerals and metals—
but it is much more than that—
it is a mine that will produce,
its chief mineral product,
the valuable palladium ore.
Palladium is an element of the
platinum family.
When first located and mined,
the property was not known
to be out of the ordirfhry. It
w is considered a good showing
that merited development for
it: values in gold, silver and
lead. Eventually the property
p ,s.sed to the hands of J. E.
G'lilberg and associates. Un
der this new control it was
fund that the ore contained
p lladium. Palladium ore re
q ires special treatment and
this has now been all worked
O' t without noise or bluster.
Tiie concentrated ore will be
sacked and shipped to New
Jersey, where the palladium
will be extracted by special
pi oeeses.
J. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan,
recently visited the mine and
in an interview in the Ketch
ikan Chronicle, expresed the
opinion that it will prove one of
tiie world wonders for rich
; noss.
! He says: “After a most care
ful inspection, it is my opinion
that the Saitchuck mine will
p: ove one of the world wonders
IV. r richness, entitled to be
c; issed with the Chichagof and
! Premier. Under the new mill
ing plan, aided by new tunnels
which have blocked out addit
ional ore, the cost of mining
w ll not exceed 65 cents a ton.
I am confident that fully $80,
0f;0 per month gross will be
milled by the new manage
ment Recent work on the 300
loot level resulted in the pick
ing up the downward extension
or the ore body which crops
out on the surface and which
has been mined by a glory hole
to the depth of approximately
100 feet. The additional or new
ore proved by this work
amounts to about 150,000 tons,
having gross value of more
than $3,000,000. Ore hereto
fore developed and ready for
mining has a gross value of
about $1,000,000. Total ore
now available is about $4,000,
000.
The ore thus far developed on
the 300 foot level will average
between $20 and $30 per ton,
-about three quarters of this
value beirig in palladium, the
rest being in copper, gold and
silver. Mr. Heckman said the
ore will be put through a mill
and concentrate plant and the
, concentrates will then be ship
ped in sacks to Irvington, New
Jersey.,for refining. Power for
the mill, which willhave a da
ily capacity erf 125 tol50 tons^
will be provided by two Fair
banks-Morse semi-Disel en
gines, delivering 175 horse
power and an additional 165
horse power will be provided
by three water wheels.
The Saitchuck mine already
has produced values amount
ing to more'than $400,000 by
i the cruder methods of mining.
Originally the palladium val
ues were wasted and several
hundred thousand dollars thus
escaped until the discovery
was made that the mineral was
carried in the ore.
CUT GLASS; JEWELRY;
MOCASSINS; CURIOS, EAST
MAN KODAKS; PIG’N WHIS
TLE CANDY—HYDER DRUG
COMPANY-The Post Office*
. Store.
I
Natural
Mineral
Soap is Found
Near KeL*ikan
It has often been said that the
mineral bearing rock of South
eastern Alaska carries many in
dustrial values other than gold,
copper and silver, but that lit
itie attention is given to them
[because of the lack of know
ledge concerning them by the
ordinary prospectors.
E. C. Howard, the fur dealer,
in his travels has come across a
most interesting discovery not
far ffom Ketchikan which
again demonstrates that other
marketable minerals, once they
are searched out, will add
great wealth to the mining in
dustry in the north.
The place is formed like a
natural arena with basaltic
columns rearing upward on all
sides, come of which are 1U0
feet high. In the bottom of this
natural cistern is a jelly-like
substance which closely resem
bles dirty lard, and which is
said to be a natural soap or
“scat” manufactured by nature
and already to be used.
It has also been tested and
will, it is said, clean carpets or
greasy stoves or iron work and
has been declared by median
iic j to bo “better than anythin?
they had used.”
JTr. Neill, the well known
nr'ning man who promoted the
Premier, sampled come of it
| and gave it to the engine crew
on the steamer on which he
was making a trip to Alaska,
and they declared that it was
first class as a cleaner. J. B.
V/arrack, of the Warrack Con
struction Company, also tested
it and declared that if it could
be secured in sufficient quan
| titles it would prove a world
boater for a commercial article.
Mr Howard says after it is
applied to the face and hands
it has ? most cooling and re
t' orbing effect during hot
i weather, and that it cleanses
tod all of the pores and seems
to have healing qualities.
As coon as he can find the
t'.ne, M. Howard intends to
n: ske another trip to the scene
a d secure more samples, with
a view to further scientific
i.t ?ts.—Ketchikan Chronicle.
toll:.—all-sizes—at the MID
‘,T EMPORIUM.
Victim,
Mystery
Confession
j After maintaining for almost
i a week that he had been shot
by a man named Pete Nelson,
; Harry Taggart, who was found
in a rented automobile on the
outskirts of Juneau with a
bullet wound in his head and
another in his chest some days
ago, confessed to Marshal Geo.
D. Beaumont that he had shoi
himself in an attempt to com
i mit suicide. The confession, ac
cording to the Juneau Empire,
|was made in the presence or
'the Marshal, Deputy Marshal
II. A. Pryde and the nurse who
attended the wounded man at
j the St. Ann Hospital in Juneau.
! Marshal Beaumont said that
1 h j was notified that Taggert
wanted to talk to him. Accomp
anied by Deputy Pryde and the
nurse, the Marsha! went to
iTaggert’s room. According to
! Marshal Beaumont’s statement
following the interview, Tag
gert said: “Marshal, I want to
[tell you just what happenend.
I tried to commit suicide. No
body shot me.” Taggert did not
go into details of his action. He
said, however, that the theory
.of the officials was correct.
This was in effect that Taggert,
having cashed some had check:
iilie intoxicated, had fallen
. in' efforts to raise funds to
ver them, and, despondent
'over the prospect that he mum.
ce prosecution on a forrery
i'.aige, had shot himrel' This
'Cory was made known .to
aggert more than a week be
on feezed but he steadfastly
i d mied that it was correct and
■tuck to his original story that
he was shot by the fictitious
Pete Nelson:
Taggert is hopelessly blind as
a result of his rash deed, the
bullet fired into his head hav
ing severed the optic nerve ot
both eyes. He is said to b* well
along on the road to recovery.
Following his confession,
Taggert was indicted by the
grand jury for obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses. He is
alleged to have presented a
cumber of checks to Juneau
business houses which he knew
o be without value, cashing
! them upon his own endorse
| ment.
•’’aggert is said to have cashed
the checks, one for $45 and the
second for $55,50, about 24
hours before lie was picked up
seriously wounded on the Gla
cier highway.
RICH ORE STRUCK IN
IN GREEN BUTTE MINE.
It is reported from McCarthy
that a six foot chute of exceed
ingly rich ore nas been struck
in the Green Bute mine near
that place.
A shipmen of 19 pairs of sil
ver gray foxes, valued at $12.
000, were recently sent south
on the steamship Admiral Wat
son from the Sholin Brothers'
fox farm at Katchemak Bay.
The shipment was consigned
i to John Morrison, of Seattle,
j who has interests in fox farms
,in the east.
Our display • of Butterfly
Coasters, Service Trays, Ash
Trays, Change Purses and Pen
idants is awaiting your pleas
ure at the MIDGET EMPOR
IUM.
i K*
1 Fairbanks was recently vis't
;ed by an epidemic of chicken
1 ox and whooping cough and
many of the children of the
t >wn were down with one or
■he other of.the diseases.
W. E. Clark, a well-known
trapper of McCarthy, returned
to town recently from one oi
his cabins a few miles south or
town and reported that his en
tire outfit had been ruined by
a wolverine. A small tree,
blew acrosss the roof, smash
ing a hole through which the
wolverine gainded entrance.
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at THE MIDGET EMPOP UM.
A wide variety of Christmas
rememberanees on display.