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VOL 2, NO. 47 HYDEP, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,1926 FIFTY CENTS A I.CMB
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SCHOOL DISTRICT
INCORPORATION IS
DEFEATED
The election held Tuesday to
determine the wishes of
the community regarding the
question of incorporating a lo-;
cal school district resulted in i
the proposal being defeated
by a majority of 30 votes out
of a total of 105 ballots cast.
Returns from No. 1 precinct,
which included all territory1
in the proposed district south |
of Fish Creek and the Titan i
trail, gave a total of 34 votes 1
in favor of incorporation and |
52 against. Precinct No. 2, em- j
bracing that portion of the I
proposed district lying north f
of Fish Creek and the Titan
trail, gave returns of 3 for and ;
15 against incorporation. Thus
the total number of votes in
favor of incorporation was
37, as opposed to a total of 67
against. One spoiled ballot
wds cast in No. 2 precinct.
The absence of announced
candidate^ for membership on
the board of directors resulted
in a widely scattered vote in
r which a total of 56 persons re
ceived one or more votes. John
Hovland, led the list with a
total of 58 votes; Merl Thom
as was second with 34; Oren
F. Hill, third, with 25; William
Gray was fourth with 23 and ,
Dn J. R. Kennedy fifth with
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Nohe of ;the remaining fifty
• one candidates received more
than lfr votes, while a majority
received no more than two or
three. As the incorporation
proposal failed, to pass, the
election for board of directors
was also non-effective, as there
will be no heed for the ser
vices of those elected.
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H.“ J. Thortiey, former mana
ger of the Bunwel’ and Vic
toria mipes operations, lias
t^ken over the 'he direction of
activities on the L & L proper
ties on Glacier Creek, accord
ing to Stewart reports.
Mr. Thomey succeeds Wm
Irwin, who recently resigned.
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Louis Jreqsen, manager of
Boyles Bros., and Denny Jack- '
son, well known Premier resi
dent, have purchased the
Boyles.Bros, diamond drilling
business, according to reports
from Stewart. .
It is understood that Messrs.
Jessen and Jackson will con
tinue the .business under the
old name of Boyles Bros. Ltd.
Pile driving operations on
the new extension of the Hy
der Dock Co. dock were com
pleted'last week. Activities
will now be directed to laying
the cappings and platform
and later removing the two
big oil tanks from the present
, dock to a new location on the
west side of the new structure.
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ACTIVITIES ON
THE DUNWELL
Great activitiy both under
ground and on the surface is
reported by visitors to the
Dunwell last Sunday. The
work of clearing the right of
way for the aerial tramway
was completed last week and
the erection of the towers
will be under way shortly. The
millsite has also been cleared
and the ^foundations for the
concentrating plant are laid.
Work ori the building proper
is scheduled to go forward as
rapidly as possible and the
structure is expected to be in
readiness before the rainy
season starts. Construction
work is also in progress on the
power plant buildings. Lumber
for the various structures ar
rived recently from the south
and is being hauled to the
ground by the Crawford
Transfer with all possible dis
patch.
Work underground includes
a number of stopes and raises
and is opening up a huge ore
tonnage in the mine, in addit
ion to piling up a large amount
of broken ore in readiness for
milling. A tunnel is also under
way to crosscut the rich body
of ore found last year on the
Sunbeam Claim north of the
present mine workings.
The four months period al
lowed by law for the payment
of the annual school tax ex
pires Aust 2nd, a week from
next Monday. All male persons
who are subject to the tax and
have failed to pay the same
before that date will automat
ically become delinquent and
subject to the penalty of $2
imposed by law. Delinquents
may also be prosecuted for
continued failure, refusal or
neglect to pay, in which event
they will become liable to a
maximum fine of $25 or to
imprisonment for a maximum
period of one month.
The law also provides that
any person firm or coporation
employing labor who fails to
deduct the amount of the tax
from the wages of their em
ployees and pay the sum col
lected to the School Tax Col
lector within the same period
shall become subject to a fine
of not less than $50 nor more
than $500.
Work on the new Standard
Oil Co. oil dock is progressing
rapidly under the direction of
Logan West. The work of driv
ing the pilings on which the
big 45,000 gallon tank will
rest was completed Monday
evening and the plritform is
r;ow being installed.
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C. M. Oliver, one of the of
ficials of the Silver Crest
mining company .arrived from
Vancguyer Saturday and is
making an inspection of the
Silver Crest properties north
of the Big Missouri.
Mr. Oliver is accompanied by
his wife.
CRE ALL OVER
BIG MISSOURI GROUP
Reports from the Big Missouri
indicate that, things are look
ing .exceedingly promising on
lhat noted property. An inten
sive program of development
work is "being pushed through
under the direction of Harry
Townsend, consulting engineer
and is said to be yielding
highly important results. Ore
of commercial grade is said to
have been located at several
new points within the past
few weeks and discoveries of
new ore bodies have become
commonplace events lately. In
fact it is said that with one
exception ore has been locat
ed on every claim in the group.
The recent strike on the Uni
on Fraction is said to have re
vealed four feet of ore av
eraging close to $250 a ton in
gold. A good grade of ore has
also been tapped in the
Groundhog tunnel at what is
said to be clos; to 300 feet
depth.
Recent development work
on the Terminus claim, scene
of the latest ore discovery of
importance, is said to have dis
closed a lead of ore of good
grade on the surface and
ranging from 25 to 40 feet in
width.
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A recent Washington dis
patch says that on recom
mendation of United States
District Attorney A. G. Shoup,
of the First Judicial Division
of Alaska, with headquarters
at Juneau, Alaska, Attorney
General Sargent has ordered a
Federal investigation into
charges of liquor selling in
Alaska road houses.
The United States Marshal
will investigate particularly
road houses on Public Lands
and Forest Reserves.
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Business houses and residents
of the piled district have rais
ed a fund for strengthening
and widening the Volunteer
Way bridge between the lower
section of town and Hyder,
B. C. The original structure,
which was also installed by
public subscription some years
ago, forms a portion of the
main highway between Hyder
and Stewart and carries a
large volume of traffic, winter
and summer. The work of al
tering and strengthening the
structure is being done by Ir
ving Spencer under a contract,
with E. E. Charlton and Alex
Frazer assisting. The bridge
will be widened to a total of
18 feet, about twice the pres
ent width, which will permit
wheeled vehicles to pass with
out danger of a collision.
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Wm. Bunting is on a business
tr'p to Rupert.
PROVISIONS MINING LAWS
COVERING LOCATION
LODES UNCHANGED
Considerable misapprehension
appears to exist locally re
garding a statement made re
cently by delegate Sutherland
in an address before the Se
attle Mining Club.
As reported by the Alas
ka Weekly the delegate said in
effe<?t that the federal mining
laws respecting location of
mineral properties would here
after pievail in Alaska and al
I so indicated that said laws
i would curtail the number of
mining claims which could be
located by one individual to
i two per month.
The statement, however, re
fers only to placer locations
1 and has no application what
ever to lode claims, the lo
cation of which is at present
governed in all the main es
sentials by the federal law. As
Congress has not amended the
law with respect to such lo
cations, the regulations here
tofore existing are still effect
ive.
Neither the Federal nor the
Territorial law limits the num
ber of lode claims that may
be located by any one person
at any time. Consequently one
may locate as many lode
properties as he desires.
Lode claims may also be lo
cated by one pex*son for an
other in any number desired
and no power of attorney is
required to validate such lo
cations; although a power of
attorney may be used for
such purpose if desired.
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Bruce Colquette, the unfortu
nate young medical student
who sustained near fatal in
juries June 11 by falling from
a bucket on the Premier ore
tram at Nine Mile while em
ployed by the Premier Gold
Company, was sent south for
treatment last week.
The young man is said to be
recovering slowly but requires
surgical assistance of a char
acter that is not available here.
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An increase of $500,000 in
the assessed value of property
in Ketchikan during the last
year was revealed recently
when City Assessor J. E. John
son announced a total valua
tion of $6,200,000. The city
tax rate has been fixed at 18
mills.
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Dr. J. R. Kennedy, who ret
cently purchased the building
occupied by his dental offices
next door to the Midget Em
porium, is enlarging the pres
! ent structure by adding a wing
of sufficient size .for store pur
poses.
! ANOTHER FIND
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
Word comes from the Mount
ainview Gold Mining Com
pany properties on Fish Creek
that another vein of ore has
been located on the company
holdings a short distance be
low the dam. This is the sec
ond promising lead located on
! the ground during the past
i five or six weeks and indicates
that the mineral development
possibilities of the: group
are still far from being fully
determined .No assays of the
new lead had been made up
to the time of the report.
W. T. Irwin, mining repre
sentatve of the Vancouver
brokerage firm of R. P. Clark
& Co., arrived on the Cardena
and will spend a week in the
district visiting the different
mining properties.
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Hugh B. McGuire, manager
of Alaska-Canadian Consoli
dated Gold Mines Ltd., who
arrived here recently from
Vancouver in connection with
the affairs of his company,
left on the Cardena.
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Dr. Samuel L. Wilkeson, Se
attle eye specialist, arrived
from the Puget Sound metrop
olis via Ketchikan on the Taku
II Wednesday. Dr. Wilkeson
will remain a week, during
vvhich he will extend expert5
services to residents of -Hyder,
and Stewart who are in need
of treatment for ocular
troubles. He is located at
Room 8, Provinse Hotel
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Territorial Attorney General
John Rustgard and Mrs Jose
phine Halvorsen, of Minneap
olis, were united in marriage
June 24, according to recent
announcements.
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Preliminary work on the pro
posed capital building at Jun
eau for which an appropriation
was recently made by Con
gress, started on July 10, with
the commencement of a sur
vey of the block on which the
new building will stand.
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Hugh Sawyer, Ketchikan can
nery and logging man and
senior member of the firm of
Sawyer and McKay, arrived
from the First City on the
Takn II .
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Sam Guyot, prominent Jun
eau broker, was among the
number arriving Wednesday
from Ketchikan.
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The motorship Taku JI arriv
ed from Ketchikan Wednes
day morning with four pass
engers and the mail.
DIAMOND DRILL
FOR TROY GROUP
The Northland Mining Com
pany, owner of the Troy group
in the uper Salmon valley, is
making preparations to dia
mond drill their properties.
The group which includes 9
claims, lies immediately north
of the Yellowstone and Forty
Nine properties and is in a dis
tinctly favorable geological
structure. The group contains
four known veins of large di
' mensions carrying gold, silver,
lead, zinc, and copper values,
: on which considerable open
j cut work has been done. Sam
ples taken from across 5 feet
of the No. 3 vein are said to
have yielded assay returns of
$190.75 per ton, of which
$178.75 was silver.
The company has engaged
E. A. Haggen, prominent min
ing engineer and publisher of
the Mining and Industrial
Record, of Vancouver, as con
sulting engineer. Mr. Haggen
is now' on the ground spotting
holes for the diamond drill"
work, for which Boyles Bros.,
hold the contract.
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I ate reports deny that the
U. S. Smelting, Refining &
Mining Co., has taken over the
properties in Groundhog Basin,
near Wrangell, heud by J. G. #
Galvin. Engineers of the above
company made an examination
of the property, but other east
ern interests have taken over
the claims.
Lomen Brothers and Dan
Crowley have taken a lease on
the Merritt & Chiddic prope ty
at Bluff near Nome, as well
as some additional adjoining
claims. The lease takes in the
property where the rich strike
was recently made by Merritt
and his partner. It is the inten
tion of the lessees to give the
ground a thorough prospecting
before deciding on just what
methods will be employed in
working it on a large scale.
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i ne town oi oewaru n?ts
agreed to bond itself for $25,
000 to meet the requirement
of Congress that the city pro
vide that amount to be added
to the $125,000 appropriation
for control of the flood waters
of Lawell Creek, which flows
through the center of the
town. The passage of the ap
propriation was contingent up
on the raising of one-fifth of
the sum required among the
citizens of that city. In order
to get prompt action by Con
gress the people of Seward
have agreed to meet the de
mands made upon them.
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L. M. Carrigan, of Seattle,
representative of the Armour
! Packing Co., arrived on the
Taku II .