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VOL 5, NO. 28
HYDER, ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 20,1929.
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SEBKWE OUTLOOK
VEBT FAVORABLE
Approximately 800 feet of
drifting and cross cutting on
the fifth level of the Sebakwe
has failed to reveal the full
extent of th big ore body op
ened on that level. Values ap
pear to have diminished some
what, during the more recent
operations, although a general
commercial average has appar
ently been maintained during
most of the work.
Official reports issued by the
head office of the Sebakwe
and District Mines for January
and February disclose results
as follows:
January—A total of 146 feet
of drifting and cross cutting
was done on No. 5 level. Cross
cut 507 advanced 5 feet in por
phyry, making the face 16 feet
from the drift.
(lhe dnft referred to is the
main drift, No. 532, which
runs through the big ore body
north and south.. Editor)
Cross-cut No. 508 was com
menced from drift 532 and
driven 29 feet. The first 26
feet showed silicified porphy
ry and on the south wall of the
crosscut a 5-foot section as
sayed $24.80, while the adjoin
ing 5-foot section assayed
$8.50. The north wall did not
show commercial values.
February—A total of 137 feet
of drifting and crosscutting
was done on No. 5 level, in ex
ploring in a southerly direct
ion the continuation of the ore
body disclosed on this level.
The main drift, 532, was ad
vanced 89 feet, thus bringing
the face 414 feet from the
main crosscut and making,
with the 80 feet previously
drifted in a northerly direction
from the main crosscut, a total
of approximately 500 feet of
lateral development to date on
the mineralized zone. In addit
ion crosscut 510 was advanced
5 feet and crosscuts 511 and
512 were driven 25 and 12 feet,
respectively, on either side of
drift No. 532, at a distance of
385 feet from the main cross
cut (No. 501.)
Most of the above work was
in favorable porphyry, well
mineralized in places. The
values, however, were low7, the
best being $4 across a width if
5 feet. Drift 532 is being con
tinued in a southerly direction
in the hope of picking up bet
ter values.
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NON-STOP FLIGHT TO
JUNEAU IN SEVEN HOURS
Proving completely the feasi
bility of rapid air plane trans
portation between Alaska and
Puget Sound, a seaplane made
the first non-stop flight from
Seattle to Juneau this week in
the remarkable time of 7 hours
48 minutes, acording to radio
news flashes caught Monday
evening by Jimmie Jackson. As
the distance from Seattle to
Juneau is 860 miles, it will be
seen that the plane averaged
over two miles per minute in
covering the route. The mes
sage said the plane is capable
of an average speed of 125
miles per hour and can make
the same trip in 7 hours. The
plane is to used by the Bureau
of Fisheries in patrol work on
the Alaska coast.
LOCAL SYNDICATE
PLANS PROSPECTING
BY AIRPLANE
Prospecting operations, with
airplanes providing transport
ation between supply bases
and points of activity, will be
come a reality in this district in
the near future if plans of a re
cently organized local syndi
cate, known as the Northern
Prospector Syndicate, reach
successful maturity.
The new syndicate has its
headquarters in Stewart and is
organized on the unit basis,
with a capital of $10,000, di
vided into 100 units of $100
each. The organizers are John
?tewart, L. S. Davidson and R.
W. Kennedy. The syndicate is
?aid to have been fully fi
nanced in Victoria, with the
addition of some local money,
and plans to conduct its pros
oeeting activities in the Iskut
River section, extending along
-he northern boundary of the
Portland Canal district and 80
to 100 miles north of Stewart.
The district cannot be reached
from Stewart at present except
by a difficult land journey or
by steamer to Wrangell, Alas
ka and thence up the Stikine
River. Employment of air
olanes, however, will enable
-he landing of supplies and
men in any part of the Iskut
:ection within an hour or two
after leaving Stetoaif; hence
the syndicate proposes to em
ploy a plane, principally for
the transportation of supplies
to field parties engaged in
prospecting the district.
Prospecting with the aid of
airplane transportation has
proved eminently successful in
Alaska during recent years
and has also been employed in
Canada where wide distances
must be covered to reach iso
lated mining regions.
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DANCE NEXT SATURDAY
The Community Club will
give a dance in Pioneer Hall
on the evening of Saturday,
April 27, as a benefit for the
school Athletic Club, of which
it is the chief sponsor. The ad
mission charge has been fixed
at $2 for gentlemen, including
the supper charge, and ladies
will be free.
The Athletic Club is complet
ing a very successful first seas
on and is now on a well organ
ized and healthy basis, with
most of the older school chil
dren and quite a number of
adult young people enrolled.
A number of basket ball
matches held in the club head
quarters in Pioneer Hall during
recent weeks have done much
to crate public interest in the
to create public interest in the
The club is performing a
splendid service for the school
children by instilling an ap
preciation for healthy indoor
sports that will be decidedly
beneficial and should be en
couraged to the fullest extent
possible.
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Wm. Irwin, well known min
ing man and organizer of the
Gold Standard Mining Co., of
i Texas Creek, was an arrival
| from the south Thursday. Mrs.
1 Irwin accompanied her hua
! band.
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LEGISLATURE IN
NO HURRY TO
ENACT LAWS
Unlike most of its predeces
sors, the present Alaska Legis
lature has displayed no incli
nation toward making a record
for volume of legislative en
actments, according to the
latest reports from Juneau. In
fact the session bids fair to go
down in history as one of the
least prolific of the nine that
have so far tried their hand at
padding the Territorial law
books. Up to April 14th, with
two-thirds of the session com
pleted, less than twenty-five
measures had been enacted in
to law and a major portion of
these were of the “relief”
type, appropriating money for
this and that. Few bills of im
portance have so far passed
both houses and a number of
minor measures passed by one
house have been killed in the
other.
The Steel Controller bill, suc
cessor to the one which split
the preceding legislature into
warring factions, was passed
by the Senate but is not be
lieved likely to pass the House,
save possibly after amend
ments which will affect wide
alterations in its tenor. The
Board of Control provision,
leading feature of the measure,
has already been eliminatd by
a House eommitteee, although
the parts providing for election
of a Territorial auditor and
treasurer have been retained.
The committee recommendat
ions alone embody 35 amend
ments to the bill, which had
not reached second reading in
the House on April 11. Among
| the more important measures
introduced are included the
following:
I Bill by Rep. Donnelly sug
I gesting a Territorial income
tax; bill by Dimond and Dunn
amending school laws and pro
viding for organization of a
Territorial Board of Educate
l in, consisting of the governor
and six trustees, to be selected
by the governor, confirmed
by the Senate and to serve
without personal remunerat
ion. The present Board of Edu
cation consists of the governor
and the four senior senators.
The Rothenburg bill increasing
old age pensions to $35 month
ly passed the House with
amendments limiting future al
lowances to persons arriving in
Alaska prior to Dec. 31, 1905.
The measure would not affect
pensions already allotted.
A bill by Senator Dimond is
for administering small estates
at nominal cost Dimond bills
also propose advancing date
of convening the legislature to
the third Monday in January,
and licensing air pilots and
regulation of air craft.
Rep. Benjamin has proposed
financial aid to hospitals in
municipalities and also terri
torial assistance in maintaining
public libraries. A bill by Rep.
Zeigler is to regulate boxing
by a Boxing Commission. A
Shattuck measure empowers
, municipalitites to control inter
ferences to radio reception
and a Zeigler bill provides for
a home for delinquent children
of Alaska.
A bill by Rep. Fisher pro
REPEAL OF JONES
SHIPPING BILL IS
PROMISED SOON
Probable early repeal of the
Jones shipping bill, prohibiting
transportation of freight to
Alaska in foreign bottoms, is
indicated in a message from
Delegate Sutherland read at a
recent meeting of the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce.
The delegate’s message indi
cated that there is good reason
to expect that the bill will be
repealed at the next session
of Congress, as there is a senti
ment existing at Washington
favorable to repeal and, furth
ermore, Senator Jones, author
of the measure, will not oppose
such action. It was not possible
to get action on the measure at
the last session, according to
the delegate.
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COL. E. LESTER JONES
PASSES AWAY
Col. E. Lester Jones, Director
of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey and one of
the best friends Alaska had in
Washington, succumbed to the
grim reaper in Washington,
D. C., on April 10, press dis
patches reported. He had been
in ill health since returning
from Overseas, where he
served in the army air service.
Col. Jones was known by
many local residents as a result
of his visits here in connection
with the survey and location
of the Alaska-Canadian bound
ary line. His last appearance
here was in 1926, during which
i he conferred with the Chamber
of Commerce relative to the
local flood situation and of
fered his services in inducing
federal aid.
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POWER ENGINEERS
COMING
Reliable reports say a large
party of Northern British Col
umbia Power Co. engineers is
scheduled to arrive within a
few days in connection with
the proposed development of a
hydro-electric power plant of
large capacity on American
Creek, about 14 miles up Bear
River. The party, it is said, will
include a total of nine men.
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The Coastwise steamer Mogul
arrived from the south on
Thursday with a large con
signment of coal for the Hyder
Dock Company and also a ship
ment of lumber for the Bureau
of Public Roads for use on the
dock approach repair work.
vides for an 8-hour day in
practically all industries aside
from agriculture and fur farm
ing and bills by Rep. McCain
and Senator Benjamin deal
with community property en
actments and revision of the
probate code. Additional meas
ures include one by Rep. Hess
for the extension of the liter
acy test, law provisions to all
elections, including municipal
and school elections and one
by Rep. Winn requires com
pulsory physical examination
and medical attention of child
ren attending Alaska schools.
The latter measure has occas
ioned protests in all parts of
the Territory.
lUSH CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
NOW no
The organization of an all
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
is now virtually assured, as a
result of meetings held recent
ly in Juneau by representatives
of Chambers of Commerce in
all parts of the Territory.
Late reports of the proceed- j
ings indicate that the new or
ganization will be known as
the Alaska Territorial Cham
ber of Commerce and will be
incorporated. Juneau will
probably be the headquarters
of the body. A constitution and
by-laws drafted at the initial
meetings have been submitted
to the various Chambers of
Commerce represented and
have been endorsed by the
commercial clubs of Nome,
Juneau, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Seward and Cordova. Fair
banks, Sitka, Anchorage and
Valdez had not made known
their intentions regarding af
filiation up to the time of the
last reports. Ketchikan has
declined affiliaition, owing to
strong opposition by Commer
cial Club members.
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QUICK ACTION ON
RIVER BILL
In a personal letter to the
Herald, Senator Will A. Steel,
president of the Territorial
Senator, points out that the
passage of the Winn measure
(House Bill No. 18) for the re
lief of Hyder, was accom
plished by the Senate in as
short a time as was possible,
although the action might
have been completed some
what earlier but for the lack
of a quorum during three pre
ceding days of the session.
A copy of the Senate Journal
for April 10 enclosed by Sena
tor Steel shows the following
proceedings in connection:
“The committee on Finance
and Corporations reported
back with the recommendation
that House Bill No. 18 do pass.
The report was signed by
Mr. Sundquist as chairman and
concurred in by Messrs. Frame
Steel and Hess.
“A telegram from the Hyder
Chamber of Commerce, ad
dressed to President Steel of
the Senate, urging favorable
action by the Legistlature on
House Bill No. 18 was read.
“Mr. Sundquist moved, sec
onded by Mr. Benjamin, that
the rules be suspended, that
the bill be advanced to the
Daily File today, read second
and third times and placed on
final passage.
“The Secretary called the
roll on suspension of the rules
on House Bill No. 18, with the
following result:
Yeas, 8: Anderson, Benjamin,
Dimond, Dunn,, Hess, Sund
quist, Mr. President,
nays ,0.”
Following second and third
reading, the bill was passed,
by unanimous vote, as was al
so the attached emergency j
clause. The measure was
signed immediately by Presi
dent Steel and returned to the
lower house.
Concluding his reference to
the bill, Senator Steel says he
NOTES Oil LOCAL
MINING ACTIVITIES
Machine equipment, including
a compressor, tool sharpener
and other mine and camp sup
plies, are being moved to the
George Enterprise property,
near the head of Bear River in
preparation for a vigorous de
velopment campaign during
the coming season.
The company is amply fi
nanced, with $68,000 in the
treasury and no debts.
C. W. Magee, director of the
Bimetallic Syndicate, is back
from an extended visit in the
south and is making preparat
ions for starting development
activities on the syndicate
properties on Marmot River.
Dr. W. V. Smitheringale, ge
ologist and mining engineer
who was in charge of George
Enterprise activities last year,is
now the resident represent
ative of Stewart and Batten.
Work will be renewed at an
early date on the Bitter Creek
properties of the Mayou Gold
Copper Co., Ltd., according to
Wm. Tompkins, mining direct
or ,who returned from the
south last week.
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CHAMBER HOLDS
LUNCHEON MEETING
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon meetings were resumed
Tuesday at a well attended
session given in honor of A. W.
Fox, newly appointed United
States Commissioner for the
Hyder precinct.
Following an excellent repast,
Commissioner Fox expressed
himself as well pleased at his
return to Hyder; discussed the
flood control situation, stating
that credit for the recent Terr
itorial flood control appropri
ation was due principally to
Rep. Grover C. Winn, and de
clared his belief that the camp
is due to achieve marked ad
vances in growth and commun
al prosperity with continued
development of local mineral
resources
Replying to Judge Fox, At
torney Ernest Blue said that
the community is well pleased
at the selection of Judge Fox
as Commissioner and equally
pleased to have him as a perm
anent member of the commun
ity. Mr. Blue also touched up
on various other subjects of
local interest and later advo
cated extension of the Alaska
town incorporation act to en
able unincorporated commun
ities to control deleterious con
ditions within their boundar
ies. The speaker cited the stor
age of a considerable quantity
of dynamite within the town
limits as an example of the
conditions that could not be
regulated by unincorporated
communities under present
conditions.
Wm. Gray and O. F. Hill al
so contributed to the speaking
program with remarks on var
ious topics.
was glad to have been of some
little benefit to the people of
Hyder.