BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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A quick reference list of pro
gressive' business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Chinaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
&aimon luver uock. v,o.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Ilyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Alaska Hotel
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Northland Transptn. Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
T ypewriters—
Hyder Drug Co. '■
In the United States Com*
micsioner’s Court; Territory of
Alaska; Division Number One:
Hyder Precinct: In Probate.
In the matter of the estate 01
Jerome Dugas, deceased.
.... Number 22 Probate.
Notice of Hearing on Appoint
ment of Administrator.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
| that B. B. Smith, of Hyder
Alaska, has filed in the above
| entitled Court a petition pra>
! ing for his appointment as Ad
i ministrator of the aforesaid es-"
; tates, and that at the hour of
! 2 o’clock in the afternoon or
| the 20th day of September,
1926, at the United States
Cosnissioner’s office, at Hy
der, Alaska, will be held the
hearing on said petition, when
and where all persons ma^
I have the opportunity to Dt
j heard in connection herewith.
; Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
J 19th day of August, 1926.
Chas. F. Sandford
i United States Commissionci |
land ex-officio Judge of Pro- I
i bale.
Publish Aug. 23-30. Sept 6-13, j
| 1926.
See our splendid new line of'
Art Calendars before ordering ;
your supply of Christmas cal
endars. Also a fine line of ad
vertising blotters. Prices as low
is outside. The Herald Job
Shop.
The Public Library is open
every Tuesday and Friday, af- ,
ternoon and evening: Hours 3 1
to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Location of Fire Extinguishers
Hand extinguishers are locat
ed at:1
Provinse Store
Ideal Cafe
Hyder Machine Shop
J. A. Hall residence
M. E. Church
Hyder Drug Company
Kozenstain Store
Golden Gate Hotel
Hyder Herald Office.
Malamute Cigar Store
Walter Blanton
Hyder Mercantile Co.
The 25-gallon extinguisher is
also located at the Hyder Mer
cantile Co. store.
In the Commissioner* Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
i Number One;vHyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate
of Carrie Stoner, Deceased.
Number 3 Probate.
Notice of Hearing on Final
I Account, Determination of
Heirship and Petition for Dis
tribution.
| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that J. A. Hall, Administrator
de bonis non of the Elstpte of
Carrie Stoner, Deceased, has
rendered and filed ip the
above entitled court and pre
sents for final settlement his
final account of his adminis
tration, together with his re
port and petition for final dis
tribution; And that Thursday
September the 30th, 1926 at
2 o’clock in the afternoon of
said day at the office of the
above entitled probate court
at Hyder, Alaska, has been
fixed and appointed as the
,ime and place for the settle
ment of said account, deter
; mination of heirship and Hear
] ing of said report and petition;
j At which time and place all
i persons interested in said es
; tate may appear and file their
| objections in writing if any
: they have to said account, de
I termination and petition.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIV
EN That the court at such
Hearing will adjudicate and
decree who are the heirs and
distributees of said deceased.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIV
' EN that said account is for
1 final settlement, and the said
| estate is ready for distribut
ion, and on settlement of said
| final account, final distribut
ion of said estate will be im
mediately had.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
24th day of August, 1926.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissioner
land Ex-Officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Date of First Publication
Aug. 30th, 1926.
Date of Last Publication
Sept. 20th, 1926.
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a Little Black Ad.
For Sale and For Rent Signs
at the Herald Office.
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THE ALASKA MINING LAW
Being extracts from “Alaska Mining Law," by Hon. Henry
Roden, of Juneau. Reprinted by courtesy of the Adthor.
Third Installment.
j Power of Territorial Legislat
ure to Enact Mining Laws.
I In the preceding chapter
we have seen that the powei
of Congress i3 paramount and
all mining laws enacted by a
with reference to Alaska must
be observed in every partic
ular. These federal mining
laws, as they are called, may
be supplemented by laws en
acted by the Territorial Legis
lature and also by rules and
regulations properly adopted
by the miners of a district,
after such district has been
organized by them. Of course,
any laws passed by the Terri
tory must not be in conflict
| with the federal laws and the
local rules and regulations
adopted by the miners must
not contravene any provision
i of the federal or territorial
laws.
The power of thg legislature
to make additional laws and
of miners to make local rules
and regulations is based upon
the provisions found in the
Act of May 10th, 1872, which
reads as follows: (Sec. 2324
Revised Statutes) “The miners
of each mining district may
make regulations not in con
flict with the laws of the
United States or of the State
an d Teritory in which the
distiict is situated, governing
the location, manner of re
cording, amount of work nec
essary to hold possession of a
1 mining claim, subject to the
following requirements: The
location must be distinctly
marked on the ground so that
its boundaries can be readily
traced. All recoi’ds of mining
claims hereafter made shall
contain the name or names of
the locators, the date of the
location and such description
of the claim or claims by ref
erence to some natural ob
ject or permanent monument
as will identify the claim.”
Under this provision State
and Territorial legislatures
have enacted laws supple
menting those passed by Con
gress. The Territorial Legislat
ure of Alaska, like the legis
latures of other Territories
and States, has undoubtedly
the power to pass additional
mining laws, provided they
are not in conflict with any
federal law. Such laws must
be reasonable and they must
confine themselves to provis
ions concerning the “location,
manner of recording and
amount of work necessary iu
hold possession of mining
claims.” In 1915 the Territor
ial Legislature enacted a code
of mining laws both complex
and highly intricate; and
these, in so far as they do not
conflict with federal mining
laws passed by Congress, con
stitute th e mining laws ap
plicable to the Territory of
Alaska. The Territorial Act of
1915 contains provisions palp
ably in conflict with the acts
of Congress, and others which
work a burden upon the miner
and which are not found any
where else in the mining
world. When we come to con
sider the different sections
hereafter we shall more partic
ularly treat upon this subject.
The provisions of section
o[ the federal mining
laws hereofore quoted consti
tute the authority upon which
miners base their right to en
act local rules and regulations.
These local rules and regulat
ions, it has been seen, must
not conflict with the federal
or with the Territorial enact
ments; and, since our legj»
lature has enacted upon prac
tically every subject in con
nection with mining, there
seems no room left for local
authorities to enlarge further j
upon the subject; and it may i
be said without hesitation that j
the miners in Alaska can no j
longer enact local rules or !
regulations, for the reason. j
brielfly stated, that all the |
subjects, upon which authori
ty to enact local rules and
regulations has been granted,
have been fully-' covered by
legislature, and if the miners
of any district were to attempl ;
to enact additioal rules and |
regulations they would al- i
most' certainly be in conflict
with the provisions of the
Mining Law Continued .
Territorial law, and since the
Territorial enactments are su
perior to the local regulations
the latter would be futile.
What Lands May Be Taken ■
Up Under the Mining Laws.
Section 2319 of the Revised \
Statutes of the United States j
provides: •'
“All valuable mineral de
nosits in lands belonging tc j
the United States, both sur
veyed and unsurveyed, art
hereby declared to be fret j
and open to exploration ant
purchase and the lands in j
which they are found to pur- ]
chase, by citizens of the Unit
ed States and those who havt j
declared their intention to be
come such, under, regulation,'
prescribed by law, and accord
ing to the local customs oi
rules of miners in the several
mining districts, so far as the
ame are applicable and not
inconsistent with the laws oi
die United States.”
The provisions of this section
are broad and cover all the
public mineral lands in Alas
ka. All unappropriated unre
served land in the Territory
of Alaska is public land and 1
is either mineral or non-min- |
eral. Mineral land is such
land as is more valuable for
ts mineral contents than for
agriculture and if a contest
arises between a mineral and
a non-mineral claimant the !
question to be decided is— !
“has mineral been found in
such quantity and quality at ;
would induce an ordinarily
prudent person to expend the !
time and money necessary to 1
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develop a paying mine 'there
on, with reasonable prospects
of success?” It follows that
mineral in some substantial
| form must be found in land
[ taken up under the mining
I laws and to this subject we
shall revert in a subsequent
chapter. It may be stated hare
that the Supreme Court of the
United States has held that
“the term ‘mineral’ is not ap
plicable to the vast tracts of
country in the Mining States
which contain precious metals
in small quantities but not to
a sufficient extent to justify
the expense of their exploitat
ion.”
Certain portions of the pub
lic lands in Alaska have been
withdrawn from entry and
have been reserved for special
purposes, and consequently,
the question as to what righ^r
prospectors have upon such
reserved lands, and also upon
lands which have been taker
up under laws other than ihe
mining laws becomes of inter
est. We will brielfly consider
this situation.
Lands embraced within Res
ervations (Indian) are entirely
withdrawn and severed from
the public domain and no min
ing location can be initiated
on any portion of it even w.th
the consent of the Indians.
Other tracts of land, not
strictly speaking Indian Res
ervation land, are occupied
and enjoyed by Indians in the
Territory of Alaska. Under
the treaty with Russia, by
which the United Staves ac
quired Alaska, all the rights
advantages and immunities
enjoyed by American citi ,en i
were extended to the civilized
inhabitants of the Territory
and the uncivilized tribes
were to be subject to such
laws and regulations as the
United States might from time
to time adopt in regard to
them.
in io»4 congress passed an
act entitled, “An Act provid
ing for a Civil Government
for Alaska.” This act contains
the provision that the “Indians
or other persons in said dis
trict (Alaska) shall not be di'
turbed in the possession of
any lands actually in their
use or occupation or now
claimed by them.” This same
provision was reenacted under
the act of June 6th, 1900.
Continued next wcok.
Information is desired by
the Governor’s- Office regard
ing Albert Golden Daniels or
Albert Golden, born in Penn
sylvania July 17, 1877; fol
lows the occupation of machin
ist. Was in California in 19^4
and is believed to be in Alas
ka.
Information is also sought
of Zachary Taylor Ast o^
aged about 70, native of Vi
ginia. Formerly lived in N -
vada and California and late”
came to Alaska, where he is
said to have had an interest in
a gold mine. Information co.i
cerning either party may be
sent to the Governor’s Office.
Information is wanted by the
Governor’s office regarding
John II. Cotner, sometimes
known as J. Henry, who has
not been heard from by hio
relatives for two years. He
has lived, at different times,
in Kodiak, Anchorage, Coi
dova and Kennecott.
Information is also desired of
Henry E. Broe, an American
about 74 years of age.