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VOL 7, NO. 45
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ASSERTS CONFERENCE
ABSOLUTE NECESSITY
Senator Willian H. King of
Utah believes that the demand
for an international silver con
ference will be so great that
President Hoover will feel it
necessary to make the call for
such a meeting.
Following the recent an
nouncement that Senators Bor
ah, Smoot and Thomas had
concluded an international
conference to be absolutely
necessary to deal with the
silver question Senator King,
in a lengthy press statement
declared his conviction that
such a conference will be
called in the near future. Con
tinuing the Utah senator said
in part:
“It is vital that the silver
question should be considered
and dealt with in a sound and
rational manner. I have re
ceived communications from j
persons in a number of foreign
countries as well as from per
sons residing in most states o:
the union. These communicat
ions declare in favor of bi
metalism or some plan which
will add silver to the metal
lie monetary base of the world
“President Hoover has pro
jected the United States into
European financial questions.
In my opinion, he should go
farther and call an internation
al conference that will deal
with this question which is vit
tal to relieve the world from
the present financial depres
sion.
“Some of the most disting
uished economists and some of
the world’s most important
business men are now demand
ing that gold shall not be the
only standard of value and the
only metal clothed with pur
chasing power. I have just re- j
ceived a letter from J. F. |
Darling, director of the great i
Midland Bank of London.
“He writes me that an inter-1
national conference will be j
held and that the stabilization
of silver and its restoration to
its former position in the mon
etary system of the world is
a sheer necessity. He states
that the Canadian government
is greatly interested in the
matter, and upon his return to
Great Britain he finds great
interest there. He st.ates that
Senator Shipsted who is a
member of the foreign relat
ions committee of the United
States senate and who is in
London for the purpose of
presenting the question of an
international conference to
the appropriate officials and
bankers is having considerable
success.
“I have also received from
Mr. Pei, president of several
large Chinese banks and a
representative of China to the
international Chamber of Com
merce meeting in Washington,
a letter in which he states to
me that the British govern
ment—and he has conferred
with the officials—will par
ticipate in any conference call
ed. In his opinion, Great Brit
ain would call the conference
if she were not concerned in
the settlement of the Indian
question. He also states in his
letter that he finds among
many English business men
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Highway Negotiations
Under Way
Radio reports Thursday evening an
nounced that the commissioners ap
pointed by the United States and
Canada to determine the feasibility
of the Pacific-Yukon-Alaska internat
ional highway project are meeting in
Victoria to determine the possibilities
for constructing 1050 miles of the
proposed highway.
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Pa hike—Winger
Mrs Alice Winger became
the bride of August H. Pahlke
in a wedding ceremony per
formed Wednesday afternoon
at the U. S. Commissioner’s of
fice, with Commissioner Chas.
F. Sandford officiating. Mrs.
Annie M. Campbell and Miss
Evalyn Blanton were witness
es.
The bride who arrived re
cently from the States, has
been employed at the Camp
bell boarding house during her
stay in the district.
The groom is one of the dist
iict’s best known and highly
regarded residents and has
been in the employ of the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company for
a long period of time.
The Herald joins the many
friends of the newly-weds in
extending best wishes for a
pleasant voyage over the mat
rimonial sea.
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Stewart Hospital Benefit
Children of Hyder, Alaska,
Stewart and Prince Rupert, B.
C., will present a variety con
cert and entertainment in
Stewart, Saturday evening,
August 22, in aid of the Stew
art Hospital. The entertain- ]
ment will be held in Legion
Hall, starting at 8 p. m. Ad- j
mission for adults will be 50 j
eents and for children 25 cents. |
Details of the program will be
announced later.
3,003,000 Cases of
Alaska Salmon Packed
The 1031 Alaska salmon
pack was repoted by the Bur
eau of Fisheries at Juneau to
have reached approximately
3.000. 000 cases on August 1,
with about half the pack of
red salmon.
The total number of cases i
of red salmon packed was 1,
415.000, the report said.
The Bristol Bay area has
packed 1,063,000 cases of all
vaiities, of which 1,024,262
were red salmon. j
New Gold Strike in Ontario
A gold strike in the Red Lake
district of Ontario was report
ed in radio news reports
Thursday evening as being one
of the richest ever made in
Canada. The strike was said
to have been made by J. A.
Monroe. All ground in the
district has been staked.
Capt. O’Brien, Famed
Alaska Navigator, Dead
Capt. John A. O’Brien, fam
ous pioneer northern navigat
or, passed away in Seattle a
few days ago at the ripe age
| of 83 years.
I Capt. O’Brien commanded
| the Nome liner Victoria for
many years and was known to
tens of thousands of people
who made the journey to that
section during the gold rush
days.
and bankers a conviction that
silver must be stabilized and
that the gold standard is
, breaking down.”
QIAMBEtt COMMERCE
HOLDS DINNER MEET
The monthly dinner meeting
of the Hyder Chamber of
Commerce was held at the
Silver Grill Wednesday even
ing with 27 members and vis
itors present from both sides
of the international boundary
line. President E. D. Haddon
presided.
At the conclusion of the ex
cellent repast, Secretary H. R.
Cross reported receipt of a
copy of a letter written by
Leo P. Bott, of the Bott Ad
vertising Agency of Little Rock
to Ripley, famous cartoonist,
in which Mr. Bott took issue
with Mr. Ripley for referring
to Alaska in one of his car
toons as “bleak Alaska.’’ Mr.
Bott suggested that if Ripley
take a trip to Alaska he would
find it anything but a “bleak
Alaska’’ and might thereafter
refrain from injuring the Ter
ritory by such unwarranted al
lusions.
Mr. Cross also presented a
letter from James Truitt, U. S.
Engineers* office, thanking the
Chamber for material furnish
ed for the War Department
report on the Salmon River
flood proteceion project.
N. M. Traversy, chairman of
the committee on fire protect
ion, reported no further de
velopments in the plans to pro
vide adequate fire protection
for the camp.
Ernest Blue, chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce inter
national highway committee,
reported that plans for issuing
a 12-page special Chamber of
Commerce edition of the Hy-,
der Herald to boost the inter
national highway project were !
making good progress and j
stated that the edition was ex-1
pected to issue in about two I
weeks time. Mr. Blue also ex- j
pressed the thanks of his com- i
mittee for the excellent adver-j
tising suppport given by the!
business people of Hyder.
The Chamber next extended i
votes of thanks to a committee i
consisting of Holger Johnson,
B. B. Smith and H. W. Thomas
for effective services in clean
ing up the camp for the recent j
celebration and to Messrs. S. P.
Fitzgerald, B. B. Smith, Frank
Reichenback and Frank Fish
er for the preparation of a
splendid ore display in Chamb
er of Commerce Hall during
the celebration.
President Haddon reported
unsuccessful efforts made by
the Chamber of Commerce to
induce a large party of Con
gressmen and other notables
to visit the district during the
I celebration and N. M. Traversy
j suggested that the Ketchikan
Commercial Club be invited to
visit Hyder on Labor Day, at
! which time a delegation of the
Ketchikan Moose Legion is
scheduled to come here. The
suggestion was adopted.
Mr. Haddon directed atten
tion to the annual election of
officers in October and an
nounced that nominations for
the various offices will be held
at the next meeting in Sept
ember. Members in arrears
were also urged to pay up
their dues in order to qualify
for nomination and vote at the
GOLD EXPORTS SHOW
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
Alaska gold exports in July
totaled $786,390 according to
the monthly statement of Col
lector of Customs J. C. Mc
Bride.
Combined with silver ship
ments valued at $7,445 the
total precious metal exports
for the month amounted to
$793,835. This was $57,188
greater than similar exports
in June and higher than any
preceding month since Oct
ober, 1930.
Silver exports for the month
were $2,254 behind those of
June, when shipments totaled
$9,699.
Copper exports fell the low
est since March 1931, with
shipments totaling 2,172 gross
tons valued at $183,488, as
compared with 3,056 gross
tons in June valued at $776,
410.
The value of lead shipments j
declined from $ 10,933 in June
to $10,771. This was the low
est value reached by lead ex
ports since August, 1930.
The combined value of all
metal shipments for the month
was $988,094.
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Ketchikan Murder
Case .Appealed
An appeal has been filed in
the District Court at JuneaQ
in behalf of Burton G. (Bert)
McDonald, who was convicted
last spring of murder for
the alleged killing of George P.
Marshall, Ketchikan fish buy
er. McDonald is now in the
federal penitentiary at Mc
Neil’s Island serving a life
sentence at hard labor. The ap
peal alleges that the evidence
was insufficient for conviction.
McDonald is represented by
Geo. B. Grigsby.
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Naghel Promoted
Charles E. Naghel, Interior |
department representative in1
I Alaska for many years and
director of the federal census
! in Alaska last year, has been
promoted by Secretary Wilbur
to the important post of Alas
ka Fiscal Agent for the depart
ment of the interior. He will
be assigned to the Governor’s
office.
elections..
In response to invitations
from President Iladdon. Hans
G. Mross, Texas creek mining
man, spoke briefly and How
ard Campbell, Stewart visitor
voiced his approval of the
Chamber’s idea of holding din
ner meetings. Mr. Campbell
also referred to the fact that
a number of Stewart business
men belonged to the local or
ganization and said it was an
excellent way for Hyder and
Stewart to get together.
“It promotes friendly feel
ing and a spirit of mutual
helpfulness,” he said.
Mr. P. S. Jack, Stewart
member of the Chamber, and
the district’s ablest raconteur,
told one of his amusing stor
ies, after which the meeting
was concluded.
Hcover is Asked to Halt
Sale of Timber in Alaska
Officers of the American
Paper and Pulp Association
have sent a letter to President
Hoover urging him to take ex
ecutive action to halt pending
negotiations for the sale of nat
ional forest timber in Alaska
for conversion into newsprint.
“To thrust unwanted pro
duction upon an over-expand
ed industry struggling with a
diminished demand and van
ishing profits,” the letter said,
“would make a bad employ
ment situation worse, and fur
ther depreciate a capital in
vestment of over $800,000,
000, in the United States, Can
ada and Newfoundland, ol
which more than $600,000,000
is estimated to have been in
vested by citizens and compan
ies of the United States.”
Alaska Halibut Health Givert
That oil from the livers of
Alaska halibut may ultimate
ly supplant cod liver oil as a
health giver, was indicated re
cently by Charles F. Lan
wermyer, a chemist of the Ab
bot laboratories of Chicago, in
an address before the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce.'
Mr. Lanwermyer, as report
ed in Stroller’s Weekly, said
that the liver of the average
halibut have been found after
numerous experiments to ex
ceed those of the cod in those
oils necessary in cases of mal
nutrition and contain more
health-giving vitamines than
any other known food fish.
This is accounted for by the
fact that the halibut is a slow
growing fish, eight years be
ing required to reach maturity.
“The time is coming,” he
said, “when fisherman will
save the livers of the halibut,
now cast overboard, and they
will find a ready market. A
conservative estimate places
halibut liver oil at about 15
times richer in medical prop
erties than the oil of the cod.”
Mr. Lanwermyer said that
experiments had been made
! with sharks, barracuda and
I the fishes of tropical waters
but until the chemists came to
far northern waters they were
baffled in their researches for
The health-giving vitamins pos
1 sessed by the cod.
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Alaska Rail Rates
Far Too High, Says
Congressman Murphy
“Increase in rates on the
Alaska railroad were unfair
and unnecessary and their ef
fect is to decrease the syst
em's business and retard the
development of the country,”
said Congressman Frank Mur
phey of Steubenville, Ohio, in
Juneau recently.
The rate increases on the
railroad were ordered, it was
said, to take care of a $500,
000 deficit after a congression
al meeting had investigated
the road last year.
“The nation can afford to
meet this comparatively small
deficit in the interests of the
territory,” the congressman
; concluded.
I Other members of Congress
visiting the Territory have ex
pressed similar views on the
railroad.
JULY EXPORTS SHOW
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
Exports of merchandise from
Alaska in July attained a total
value of $2,516,155, accord
ing to the monthly statement
issued by Collector of Customs
J. C. McBride. This was an in
crease of $1,132,271 as com
pared to June this year but
was $1,461,969 lower than the
export total for June 1930.
Fish and fish products total
ed $2,052,959 for the month,
with canned salmon valued at
$1,565,607 leading the list.
Furs and fur skins exported
were valued at $100,480. Met
al shipments exclusive of gold
and silver were valued at
$194,259. ‘
The full list of exported
commodities follows:
\nimals . 100
Fish: fresh and frozen
(except shell-fish)
Halibut . 44,928
Salmon . 12,534
All other . 193
Canned: (evcept
diell-fish)
Salmon . 1,565,607
Cured or preserved:
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 14,076
Herring . 21,498
Salmon . 106,432
Shell-fish
Clams . 91,901
Crabs. 12
Shrimps . 12,943
Other fish products:
Meal . 98,092
Oil . 94,745
Furs and fur-skins:
Seal skins. 50
Blue fox . 25
Silver or black fox 585
Red fox . 3,115
White fox . 616
Mink . 2,428
Muskrat . 65,198
Beaver . 19,715
All other . 7,765
Manufactured furs 1,033
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper . 183,488
Lead . 10,771
Reindeer meat . 25,060
Stone, Marble, etc... 15,697
Trophies, specimans 400
Wood, Timber etc. 5,200
All other articles .. 1,441
Total value of prod
ucts of Alaska.$2,405,646
Products of the Unit
ed States returned... 110,509
Total value merch
andise shipments.... $2,516,155
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Electric Storm Visits District
An electric storm of unusual
violence swept over the dist
rict Sunday night and caused
many a householder to climb
out of bed to witness the
fine display of fireworks ac
companying the storm. For the
better part of an hour the
thunder pealed in ear-splitting
crashes and reverberated
among the lofty peaks, while
blinding flashes of lightening
kept the sky aglow with sil
very radiance. The sight was
well worth seeing.
A deluge of rain accompan
ied the storm, which was the
first of its kind to visit the Hy
der district for some years, al
though such displays of Nat
ure’s turbulence were quite
common prior to 1925.