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VOL 5, NO. 29
OTHER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PREMIER BORDER
TAKES CONTROL OF
NORTHERN LIGHT
The Northern Light property,
adjoining the Premier, B. C.
Silver, Sebakwe and other
noted properties in the upper
- Salmon River basin, has been
taken over by the Premier
Border Gold Mining Company,
Ltd., according to authoritative
announcements made in the
south last week.
The Premier Border Com
pany, of which Ernest S. Park
er, Winnipeg financier, is the
leading figure, has agreed to
take over the Northern Light
on a share for share basis. The
company is said to have be
come dissatisfied with its pres
ent holdings near 13-Mile and
will devote its entire energies
to the development of the
Northern Light.
The importance of the new
deal with respect to the North
ern Light is indicated by the
announcement that Premier
Border has at its disposal
$120,000 in cash, in addition to
considerable mining and camp
equipment. This is sufficient to
meet the accruing payments on
the property and leave approx
imately $70,000 available for
development purposes.
While the failure qf the Pre
mier Border to continue work
on the 18-Mile holdings will
be a strong disappointment to
local residents, the new deal
will nevertheless have the
good effect of keeping in the
district an exceedingly strong
and virile organization which
Will gq a long way in the ef
fort to develop the district’s
mineral resources.
NEW BROKERAGE FIRM
Announcement was made this
week of the establishment in
Stewart of a new brokerage
firm ,in which F. E. Gigot, of
Stewart and Walter C. Blan
ton, of Hyder are associated
as partners.
The new firm will operate
under the name of Gigot and
Blanton and will conduct a
general brokerage business,
dealing in stocks, bonds and
life insurance. Direct tele
graphic communication with
reliable Vancouver brokers
will be maintained, thereby in
suring prompt and careful at
tentlon to the business intrust
ed to them. The new firm has
also arranged to supply pat
rons with prompt informatior
regarding stock movements bj
means of a twice a day reporl
service from the southern ex
changes, covering morning
and afternoon sessions. Office;
of the firm are located opposit<
the postoffice.
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Thomas Kelly returned Wed
nesday from Ketchikan, t<
which point, in the capacity o
a special deputy marshal, hi
convoyed Wm. Locke, convict
ed of assault last week in thi
Commissioner’s Court and sent
enced to 90 days in the federa
jail.
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Allan Irvin, fire extinguishe
salesman, left Wednesday en
route to more northerly Alas
ka points after a week i;
camp.
CONTROLLER BILL,
GREATLY CHANGED,
PASSES HOUSE
The outstanding event of last
week in the Territorial Legis
lature was the passage by the
House of Representatives of
Senator Steel’s Controller bill,
but with all the original pro
visions for a controller and
board of control entirely re
moved.
As approved by the House,
the measure sent back to the
Senate creates the office of
Territorial Auditor and pro
vides for his election by popu
lar vote. The bill also provides
for the election of the Terri
torial Treasurer and designates
that the present Treasurer
Wallstein G. Smith, shall serve
until March 31, 1981. The first
Auditor will be elected by the
present legislature.
As amended by the House,
the measure leaves the execu
tive functions of the governor
untouched; in fact it adds to
them, in the degree that it
places in his hands the ap
; pointment of the Commissioner
| of Education. It also changes
radically the present provision
: for confirming appointive of
! ficers, by requiring confirm
ation by the entire legislature,
j instead of by the Senate alone.
Juneau reports say It is cer
tain the Senate will not concur
in the House amendments and
that prolonged conferences
will be necessary to settle the
differences. Doubt is also ex
pressed as to the possibility of
the two houses being able to
agree at all.
Up to the close of last week
one hundred and eighty-one
measures had been introduced
in the Legislature and only
twenty-five had become law.
The House measure re-enact
ing the 1927 Workmen’s Com
pensation Act was passed by
the Senate during the week
and has been signed by the
governor.
Rep. Foster has proposed a
special head tax of $5 by way
of what he calls an indigent
I relief tax. The Cordova repre
i tentative claims it is necessary
j to impose a tax of such char*
! acter to meet the increased
[ cost of old age allowances, re
lief of destitution, care of in
digent children and other ter
ritorial relief work. The tax
would apply to all males over
twenty-one years of age, ex
i cept soldiers, sailors, volun
j teer firemen and paupers.
I Other new measures include
the following:
By Hess, imposing a 3 cent
tax on gasoline and other fuel
oils used by motor driven ve
1 hides using public highways.
By Dimond, providing for
self-sustaining teachers’ pen
sion fund, granting $800 an
nual pension after 20 years
' service in the Territorial
schools, fund to be derived
!; from 1 per cent deduction
from teachers’ salaries.
I By Shattuck, for creating Pio
, neers’ Home building fund of
$250,000.
By Winn, prohibiting taking
r of salmon and other food fish
- by anyone not a resident of
- Alaska, for at least one year
l after May 15, 1930. The Fish
er 8-hour bill has been intro
SUTHERLAND BILL
ASKS FOR RIGHT TO
ELECT GOVERNOR
Congress is urged to permit
Alaska to elect its own chief
executive in a bill introduced
in the House of Represent
atives by Delegate Dan Suther
land on April 18, according tb
Washington, D. C., press re
ports.
The measure provides for tlje
selection of the first elective
governor of the Territory on
the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November,
1930.
The delegate has also intro
duced a measure to fix the sal
ary of each of the four United
States marshals in Alaska at
36,000 per annum.
BASE BALL CLUB
PREPARES FOR
ACTIVE SEASON
The Hyder Baseball Club was
reorganized and placed on an
active basis for the coming
season at a meeting held Tues
day evening. *
W. R. McDonnell was elected
manager, H. W. Thomas .sec
retary-treasurer and C. L.
Turner, team captain. A finan
cial report covering the past
year disclosed receipts to date
of $214. 84 and expenditures
of $138.70, most of which was
devoted to equipment and sup
plies, leaving the tidy balance
of $76.14 on hand for the pres
ent year.
The team this year will in
clude most of the old stand
by’s and the preliminary line
up indicates that the Stewart
team will have to hit a pretty
fast pace to carry off honors
this year. Two preliminary
games have been played, the
first of which was annexed by
Hyder.
A third preliminary game
will be played on the local
ground Sunday, weather per
mitting, after which the tro
phy series is scheduled to
start.
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C. C. DANCE TONGHT
The Community Club dance
for the benefit of the schobl
athletic club will be held in
Pioneer Hall this evening and
is attracting much interest on
the part of dance devotees.
The committee in charge have
labored most industriously to
make the entertainment as en
joyable as possible and those
attending are assured of an ex
cellent time, in addition to
having the satisfaction of help
ing the athletic club, which is
' doing a splendid service for
the young people. Admission
has been fixed at $2 for gentle
i men, including supper charges,
I and ladies will enter free.
S. P. Fitzgerald returned
from the south Thursday.
duced in the House.
! Time for introduction of bills
i has been extended to the fifti
f eth day in both houses and i
r jam of legislation is expectec
- during the remainder of the
• session.
NOTES ON LOCAL
MINING ACTIVITIES
The American Creek Mining
Company, recently organized
local company, announced the
election of the following di
rectorate, following its first an
nual meeting a few days ago.
O. F. Hill, president and man
aging director; P. S. Jack, vice
president; R. W. Kennedy,
secretary-treasurer; A. Pasco,
W. C. Arnold, directors.
Development work is sched
uled to start on the Melvin
Group of the Melvin Mining
Co., Ltd., adjoining the Porter
Idaho, as soon as conditions
permit, according to announce
ments from Stewart.
The contemplated work will
be done under the direction of
the engineering firm of Stew
art & Batten, with W. V.
Smitheringale, its local repre
sentative, in charge.
A new deal of marked im
portance to the Texas Creek
section is reported impending,
although it is understood that
negotiations have not yet
reached the stage where defi
nite announcements can be
made. The property, involved
is said to be one of the most
promising locations on the
north side of Texas Creek.
Consummation of the deal is
expected as soon as an inspect
ion can be made by representa
| tives of the bonding interests.
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j Reports from the Marmot
! Gold property this week indi
| cate that the ore body in No. 1
i tunnel is showing up very well
and gives excellent promise of
developing a large tonnage of
commercial ore.
George Bunn, managing di
rector of the Marmot Engineer
Mine Co., Ltd., reports that
tfie main tunnel, after some en
forced meandering, due to the
necessity of avoiding a large
area of broken formation at
the start of operations, is now
headed straight for the big
copper vein, which it is expect
ed to tap within 40 or 50 feet.
The vein is known to carry
shipping values in copper and
silver on the surface, and
should the ore go down to the
tunnel level and maintain sur
face characteristics, early ore
shipments may be confidently
expected.
Earlier development of the
vein has been considerably de
layed as, in order to escape the
difficulties of penetrating the
broken-up area, it was found
necessary to first drive the tun
nel away from the vein; the
line of direction being altered
later to extend toward the ore
1 body. Although such procedure
entails considerable extra tun
1 nel work, it is considered less
costly than driving through
’ large areas of broken material.
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In the first conviction in Alas
‘ ka under the deportation
clause of the drastic new
» “Jones” dry law, Harold Hoff
man was sentenced to pay a
3 fine of $150 and ordered de
- ported by U. S. Commissioner
i Frank Boyle, at Juneau. Hoff
1 man was convicted of posses
3 sion and sale of intoxicating
liquor. ^
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NEW CQnPORATION
PUNS DEVELOPMENT
SUN R, GROUP
The Star Pointer group in
the upper Salmon valley, of
which W. S. Sullivan, Wm.
Phinn and A. M. Lindstrom,
were the original owners, has
been incorporated under the
name of the Star Pointer Gold
Mining Company and will be
come the scene of active de
velopment during the coming
season.
The group comprises 10
claims and is located on the
southeast slopes of Cantu Mt.,
a short distance below the end
i of Salmon Glacier. The proper
ty is excellently situated for
operation and is crossed by the
well traveled Salmon River
trail.
The group contains a wide
porphyry belt carrying com
mercial values, in addition to
other important mineral show
ings, all of which can be cross
cut by 300 feet or so of tun
neling.
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Joe Jackson, whose exploits
in mine promotion, as well as
his reputed discovery of the
mineral riches of Texas Creek,
have made his name a house
hold word in local mining
circles, is again on deck, after
a period of temporary obscur
ity, with a new mining venture,
this time in the Chickamin
River area, according to re
ports from Ketchikan.
As will be recalled by Herald
readers, Jackson left Hydei
for the south last fall with
options on a number of prop
erties in the Texas Creek and
other sections of the district,
with the intention of interest
ing capital in their develop
ment. So far as "can be learned
(this project was not successful.
It appears, however, that Joe
has succeeded in securing con
siderable backing for a scheme
to prospect the Chickamin
River section and is now in
Ketchikan making preparat
ions to launch the proposed
expedition.
Jackson, according to the re
ports, claims to have the back
ing of certain well known
steamship interests, or parties
associated therewith, and has
been supplied with $2,000 in
cash, two tons of supplies and
also a motor boat for use
in transporting the supplies to
the scene of his proposed pros
pecting activities.
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C. J. Springer .deputy U. S.
Marshal at Ketchikan, arrived
Wednesday on the Fairbanks
to sell the Cantu property un
der a judgement rendered in
the district court against M. J.
Lee and associates and in fav
or of C. N. Crone and other
former employees of the Lee
interests who failed to receive
| compensation for labor per
formed. The sale resulted in
the property being bid in by
the judgement debtors in satis
' faction of their claims.
Deputy Springer returned to
Ketchikan on the same boat
following the sale.
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The Norco is expected to ar
rive within a day or two.
TRANSFER OF LOCAL
POWER INTERESTS
TO BE CONCLUDED
Officials of the Northern B.
C. Power Company are expect
ed to arrive here Sunday to
complete the transfer of the
local interests of the Internat
ional Electric Co., to the big
power corporation, which ob
tained an option on the Inter
national company plants and
business some months ago.
It is understood that the af
fairs of the International and
also those of the old Tongass
Power Company, of which it
was the successor, will be en
tirely wound up in connection
with the transfer to the North
ern B. C. company. ,
A party of Northern B. C.
Power Company engineers ar
rived Sunday to make a pre
liminary survey of the Amer
ican Creek section in connect
ion with the proposed hydro
electric power development
project.
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BASKET BALL GAMES
ATTRACT INTEREST
Public interest in basket
ball is growing rapidly as a
result of the contests held re
cently under the auspices of
the School athletic club. Al
though new to Hyder, the sport
promises to become one of the
most popular indoor amuse
ments during the coming year,
with some lively contests with
the Stewart teams in prospect.
In addition to the male team,
the club now possesses a ladies
team, composed of Mrs. J. A.
Martin, Mrs. Buddy Thurman,
Mrs. Geo. Hill, of Hyder, B. C.,
Miss Dorothy Olson and Miss
Geraldine Torrance. The ladies
display not only keen interest
in the sport but also play a de
cidedly snappy game, as evi
denced by two rattling good
games with the Stewart ladies,
in which the home team have
held their opponents even. The
Stewart team possesses some
very capable players, includ
ing Miss Davies, Miss Betty
Jack, Miss Watson and the
Misses Campbell. The last
game held in Stewart Wednes
day, resulted in a tie score of
16 for each team.
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RICH DIGGINGS FOUND
IN CACHE CREEK DIST.
Eighteen ton of supplies have
been hauled to Cache Creek
during the winter. The supplies
were for distribution along
Cache and'Peters Creeks, the
major portion going to James
Murray, who is operating on
Cache Creek. Murray controls
12 miles of side hill pay on
Cache Creek as well as Nugget
Creek. During the last season
he confined most of his oper
ations to Cache Creek, working
two giants and a tailings stack
er. One pit, taken out at the
head of the power line ditch,
gave returns of 250 ounces
from approximately 22,000
square feet. A bench, just
above the pit, returned $1,000
in one week by rocker. Reports
from the Cache Creek country
also say that the snowfall in
that section is the heaviest for
many years.