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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 26.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933.
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TRCY CONFIRMED AS
ALASKA GOVERNOR
7 he nomination of John W.
Troy, Junea.u publisher, for
governor of Alaska, was con
firmed by the United States
Senate late last week, accord
ing to Washington, D. C. re
ports.
The new governor-elect has
ben a resident of the Territory
for 36 years* and his appoint
ment is receiving hearty ap
proval by Alaskans both in and
outside the Territory. He is an
ardent advocate of home rule
for Alaska and possesses
a thorough knowledge of 'terri
torial conditions and affairs.
Meger Returns to
Bell-Irving District
Paul Meger, local pros
pector, who spent mo'd of the
past year prospecting in the
Bell-Irving River district north
cf Stewart, left for that section
Friday morning, accompanied
by Harry Hills, who will join
Meger and his partner, Charles
Beale, in their placer prospect
ing activities. They will make
the trip to Meger’s camp on
the Bell-Irving north of Taft
Creek by way of the Bell-Irv
ing valley, a distance of ap
proximately 100 miles. In ad
dition t0‘ presenting excellent
placer possibilities, the district
is full of game and fur bearers,
according to Mr. Meger. Moose
are plentiful, in addition to
grouse, ptarmigan and rabbits,
and beaver and mink are num
erous.
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New Ketchikan Boat Schedule
Owing to a change in the j
weekly sailing schedule of the j
Ketchikan mail boat, mails for;
that port will be despatched j
hereafter on Tuesdays, instead j
of Thursdays, according to an !
announcement made following
the arrival of the M. S. Fair
banks two days ahead of sched
ule this week.
The failure of the boat comp
any to advise the pcstoffice in |
advance of the change resulted
in many inconveniences and;
considerable adverse criticism i
cf the company.
Williams Now Past Hazelton
“Slim” Williams, Copper i
Center, Alaska, musher, and i
his dog team, who are enrouto i
to the Chicago fair, arrived at
Hazelton, B. C., March 28, af
ter covering 1,800 miles since :
November 20. Both driver and 1
dogs were in good condition.
[WILL TAKE ACTION
ON SILVER QUESTION
Action will be taken by the
| Roosevelt administration to
bring about early consideration
of the silver question, accord
ing to an announcement by sec
retary of the treasury Woodin
broadcasted by radio early this ,
week.
This is the be'st news that
Hyder has heard on the silver
issue in months and has been a
source of much local gratificat
ion.
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Diamond Urges Investigation
Cf Conditions In Alaska
Urging legislation for the
protection of Alaska fisher
men, who he declared are
threatened with bankruptcy
through competition by foreign
countries with depreciated cur
rencies, Alaska delegate A. J.
Diamond has invited Congress
to investigate conditions in the
Territory and particularly the
“fish trust,” Diamond said
that if Congress would give the
Alaska legislature power to
regulate the fisheries we could
look after our problems our
selves. He also voiced the
hope that a special congress
ional committe would be sent
to the Territory this summer.
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Prospectors Leave To
Investigate Placer Field
A prospecting party composed !
of S. P. and Jack Fitzgerald, of :
Hyder, and Danny Hume, of ]
Stewart, left Wednesday for '
:he little prospected area lying i
north of Stewart to investigate j ’
an undesignated section which ii
is believed to contain good I
placer gold possibilities. The <
party took supplies for an ex- 1
tended period of prospecting, i
Premier Discontinues <
Sunday Operations
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The Premier Gold Mining
Company has discontinued Sun
lay operations for the present
is a result of a change in the
working system involving the t
shoht-time day in vogue for a
■ome months. Under the new i
system the short-time week \
lay has been discontinued in t
:avor of a full-time week day c
with Sunday off. p
During the past week the i
:ompany also reduced by about C
50 the number of ore buckets t
>n the tramway but later re- a
placed them. Operations at I
present are said to be on the
ame scale as during the win- t
er period, with ore going to r
^nyox and Tacoma. 1
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
Owing Ho the change in the
Hyder-Ketchikan boat sched
ule, the Herald is unable to
present a full report of recent
developments in the Legislat
ure. Tl]e meger report re
ceived announces the defeat in
the House of the Green bill to
repeal the 1931 law permitting
the allowance of attorney fees
in civil actions in U. S. Com
missioner’s courts. The vote
was 12 to 3.
The report states that a bill
designed to cover the control
of beer sales in Alaska was in
course of preparation but no
details were available. In the
meantime, Representative Tay
lor of Cordova introduced a
bill to repeal the present law
prohibiting the advertising cf
alcoholic beverages in the Ter
ritory.
Representative Lingo of Mc
Kinley Park has introduced a
memorial to Congress asking
the continuation of the Pacific
Alaska Highway Commission
and urging that work on that
project be started immediate
ly
A considerable number of
measures amending or repeal
ing present statutes have been
introduced in the Senate and
passed by that body.
Eastern Daily Boosts Highway
“Alaskans Revive Highway
Project” was the title of a
splendid article boosting the
3acific-Yukon-Alaska High
vay project appearing in a re
cent issue of tthe New York
fimes. In addition to detail
ng the important features of
he project, the article assert
ed that “if persistence and be
ief in a project materially aids
n bringing itt to fruition, then
Vlaska sooner or later will
lave a road connecting with
ontinental United States.”
(eduction Of Assessment
Work Charge Is Urged
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A change in the present law J
■overning the performance of '
nnual assesment work on min
og claims to permit of $75 1
/orth of work being done and f
he collection of an annual fee ,
f $10 to be used to develop *
ublic mining in.the Territory, 1
s being urged by President x
Iharles E. Bunnell of the Alas
a Colleg and School of Mines, 1
nd Dcnaltf McDonald, Alaska
load Commission official.
The proposal has been em- 1
odied in a memorial to Cong- c
ess and the Territorial Legis- i \
iture. i i
NEW SILVER BILL
WINNING APPROVAL
A new bill designed to stabil
ize silver by government pur
chases and ultimately bring the
white metal to a parity with
gold has been introduced in the
House by Congressman W. L.
Fiesinger of Ohio and is said to
be finding increasing favor
among silver advocates.
The measure provides for is
suance of silver certificates
against a reserve of silver bul
lion to be purchased in the op
en market by the treasury at
the best obtainable price, the
silver certificates being used
in payment. The first 150 mil
lion ounces are to be purch
ased or contracted for within
four months after the passage
of the act. Additional silver up
to 250 million ounces is to be
purchased or contracted for
within 12 months,' making a tor
tal of 400 million ounces purch
ased. Thereafter the secretary
of the treasury would be em
powered to purchase addition
al silver bullion whenever the
maiket price does not exceed
by three cents an ounce the
daily average price of the met
al for the preceding 90 days.
On this basis the treasury is to
continue purchases until 371^
grams of fine silver reaches a
parity in value with 25 8-10
grains of gold nine-tenths fine.
It would then be the duty of
the treasury to resume buying
diver whenever it is obtainable
it or under one dollar per
)unce of the designated finess,
out in no case shall purchases
exceed 200 million ounces per
►'ear, and shall not exceed
100 million ounces per 3’ear af
:er the total purchases made
inder the act reach 1*4 billion
ounces. There is said to be a
strong likelihood that the bill
.vill be reported favorably by
he Coinage committee of the .
douse, of which Representa- ,
ive Somers is chairman.
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Delegate Diamond Now
Settled In Washington '
Advices from Washington in
licate that A. J. Diamond, s
Alaska’s new delegate to Cong- ]
ess, is now well settled in 1
Washington and is hard at <
vork in the interest of his con- 1
tituency. The Delegate is 1
emporarily occupying Office 1
112 in the House Office Build- 1
ng but his permanent address \
yill be Room 455 in the same j
nilding. His home address is t
024 Tilden Street, N. W. i
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The ice on Chena Slough at
’airbank's had decreased 4 in
hes (to 49.5 inches during the s
/eek ending March 27, accord- i
ng to radio reports. \
SENATE REFUSES AID
IN FOREST WORK BILL
Despite earlier assurance,
that Alaska would be included
in (the forest work unemploy
ment plans of the administrat
ion, reports from Washington,
D. C., disclose that the Senate
and House rejected an amend
ment to extend the provisions
of the bill to the territories. As
no. opportunity for debate was
afforded, the action could not
be resisted.
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Declares It Is Time For
Action On Silver Issue
“In the welter of debate over
unemployment, the war debts,
tariffs, prohibition and similar
subjects, we have lost sight of
one major problem—that of
silver,” says the Denver Mining
Record.
“World recovery and rehab
ilitation of silver are inseper
able,”, the journal continues
“Precisely as ruinous silver
prices helped bring on world
depression, so can fair silver
prices help bring back world
prosperity. Business leaders
and industrial organizations
are continually stressing the
need for an international silver
conference that will produce
results. So are political lead
ers of both parties. It is time
for action.”
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What Price Beer?
The probable price of beer in
Ketchikan is causing quite a
controversy in the First City,
recording to the Ketchikan
Chronicle.
Some business men say they
lave been quoted a wholesale
irice of S3.15 to $3.50 per case
if 24 pint‘3. Another brewer is
;aid to have quoted $2.90 a
:ase for “quality beer.’' It is
jointed out that a pint bottle is
ibout equivalent to a good
ized glass of beer and at 20
cents would return the dealer
54.80 a case, out of which the
axes would have to be paid.
The Chronicle states that
everal local business men were
banning to have beer on the
narket by April 10. Owing to
listance, beer from outside
>reweries cannot reach Juneau
lefore April 11. Ju'it when
lyderites will be able to samp
e some of the new brew is
ery problematical. Anyway,
ill they have to do to slake
heir thirst in a glass of lager
3 to step across the boundary
ine.
Thursday, April 6, was the
ixteenth anniversary of Amer
ica's entrance into the Great
Var. ;