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VOLUME NO. 8, NO. 40.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932.
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DELHI ENTERTAINMENT
COMMITTEE FORMED
Arrangements for the recept
ion and entertainment of the
officers and crew of the British
warship, H. M. S. Delhi, next
month are now in full swing as
a result of meetings held re
cently in Stewart by represcnt
aitves of the Village council,
the Stewart Board of Trade,
Canadian Legion and Moose
lodge. H. P. Gibson has been
designated to head the enter
tainment committee, of which
E. T. Applewhaite is the sec
retary. The following com
mittee convenors have also
been named:
Sports and grounds: James
Morrice.
Dance for officers: P. S.
Jack.
Dance for other ratings: H.
A. Stewart.
Transportation: E. T. Apple
whaite.
Finance: H. P. Gibson.
Decorations: H. A. Stewart.
The committees are to sub
mit recomendations at the next
general meeting and Hyder
and Premier have been invited
to participate in the entertain
ment.
Ernest Blue, Hyder attorney,
has been named as the Hyder
representative by the board of
directors of the Hyder Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Moose lodge has agreed
to undertake organization of
arrangements for the local
children to visit the warship,
and the Canadian Legion wil
cooperate with the entertain
ment committee by giving a
smoker for the sailors on the
night of the dance for the offi
cers.
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Catala Changes Schedule
A change in the sailing sched
ule of the Union Steamship Co.
steamer Catala last week will
result in the vessel sailing from
this port one hour earlier Ilian
formerly. The new time of de
parture will be 10 o’clock Mon
day evening-, instead of 11 p.m.
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Locals Win Second
Hiam Cup Ball Game
The second game of the Hiam
Cup baseball series between
Premier and the combined Hy
der-Stewart team was played
in Stewart last Saturday even
ing and was won by the local
team by a score of 6 to 5.
The game was hotly contest
ed throughout and marked by
some excellent ball by both
teams. It was anybody’s game
right up to the finish and is
rated by fans as one of the
best games seen here in years.
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C. H. Strong, owner of the
Riverside mine and prominent
Ketchikan business man, paid
the camp a brief visit this
week.
B. P. R. Fixing Roads
The Bureau of Public Roads
now has a crew of 16 men em
1 ployed in fixing up the local
! highways in Salmon and Texas
Creek valleys. Twelve men
are employed on the Texas
road repairing the damage
doen by slides and water dur
iing the past winter and spring
i and a crew of five is working
Ion the regular maintenance
! activities on the Salmon high
j way. The Texas crew includes
| Larry Thornton, Harold John
| son, Hans Bunzel, Tom Walt
j ers, Harry Hill^, Joe Connors,
| Charles Carlson, Bert Bobo,
Joe Fendley, Malcolm Smith,
Henry Hummel and Frank
Blasher The crew on the Sal
I mon is composed of Dick
; Wirth, Clyde Hager, Arthur
j Hall, Joe Green and Pat Stap
. leton.. Both are under the di
rection of resident overseer T.
H. Evans, local representative
I of the bureau.
In view of the scarcity of]
| employment resulting from the
I depression, the work being
done by the bureau is a veri
table god-send to many resi
' dents and is gratefully ap.pre
| ciated by the community.
Public Works Minister
Pays Stewart A Visit
Stewart was honored Tuesday
( by a short visit by Hon. R. W.
Bruhn, Minister of Public
Works for the Province of
; British Columbia. Mr. Bruhn
arrived on a Forestry Service
| boat about 7 p. m. and re
mained over night, leaving
Wednesday at 10 a. m. The
i minister was on a tour of the
northern part of B. C. prov
ince which will extend as far
north as Atlin.
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Prospecting Expeditions Leave
Paul Meger, Pete Morrison
, and Patsy Hogan are planning
i to leave today on a pros
J pecting trip into the Bell Irv
ing River country in search of
placer diggings.
Chas. Knipple, Ed. Edward
son and George Bath, of Stew
art, are also on a prospecting
trip into the region north of
Stewart.
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A rock slide on the Hyder
| Stewart road Monday night
; broke down a long stretch of
| the electric power lines and
left Hyder in the dark until
! late Tuesday morning.
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W. R. Tonkin, managing dr
! rector of the American Mining
and Milling Company, left for
! the south last Saturday after a
short visit. He plans to re
turn later in the season. It is
understood that Mr. Tonkin
1 plans to inaugurate a diamond
drilling program on his High
Ore property south of the Pre
mier on his return.
1931 MINERAL
OUTPUT LOWER
Mines in Alaska produced
minerals worth $12,278,00 in
1931, as against $12,812,000
in 1930, according to an an
nouhcement by the Geological
Survey. The total value of the
mineral output of the Territory
since 1880 is $641,591,000, the
announcement states.
The production for the year
was as follows:
Gold .
Copper .:.
Silver .
Coal ..
Tin, metallic, .
Lead .
Miscellaneous min
erals, including pe
troleum, platinum,
limestone, etc.
$9,507,000
1,877,000
102,000
556,000
108,000
126,000
2,000
. $12,278,000
There was a substantial in
crease in the value of the gold
output over 1930, when the
output was $8,470,00, but a de
crease in the value of other
mineral commodities, notably
copper, which declined from
$8,244,600 in 1930.
The decrease is interpreted as
being due not only to very low?
i prices for metals, such as cop
! per. silver, a ad lead, but also
I to the deten »n; effects of the
low prices in discouraging the
undertaking of now enterprises
and dissuading operators from
making even as large an out
! put as they ordinarily would
from the mines already operat
I ing.
| The output of gold was dis
tributed between lodes and
! placers approximately in the
propositions of 49 to 51—$4,
665,000 from lodes and $4,
| 842,000 fiom placers. More
than 82 per cent of the output
came from lodes in southeast
ern Alaska. More than 77 per
cent of the placer production
I was mined by dredges, of
which 28 were in operation.
Gold recovered by dredges was
Woith about 36.7 cents a cub
ic yard.
The copper output was 22,
614,000 pounds, or nearly 10 -
000,000 pounds less than in
1930, and its value was near'y
$2,367,000 less than in 1930.
Practically all of the copper
came from the two mines of
the Kennecott Copper Corpor
ation in the Copper River reg
ion.
Silver valued at $56,200 was
| recovered from the copper
lores in 1931, and $37,600 from
; gold lode ores, while placer
gold contributed an additional
; al $8,200. The total was 352,
; 000 ounces, having a value of
$102,000. This wasagmt
i falling off from 1930, which is
attributable to the lower sell
ing price of silver and to the
decreased output of copper
ores. In reality the decrease
in quantity was only about 14
per cent, whereas the price of
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ALASKA EXPORTS
SHOW GOOD GAIN
The recent low trend in Alas
ka exports was maintained in
June, although the total value
for the month of $1,916,067
exceeded the value of May ex
jorts by $639,070. Merchan
dise shipments for the month
were valued at $1,186,203, as
compared with $805,645 for
the preceding month, while the
gold and silver exports of
$729,864 were greater than
those of May by $257,512.
Folowing is the list of export
ed commodities as presented in
the monthly statement of Cus
toms Collector J. C. McBride:
Animals. $ 200
Curios . 140
Fish- fresh and frozen,
except shell-fish.
Halibut . 43,788
Salmon . 44,128
All other. 1,031
Canned- except shell
fish :
Salmon . 570,666
Cured or preserved, ex
cept shell-fish:
Cod . 324
Salmon . 28,904
Shell-fish:
Clams . 150,176
Crabs . 2.2T4
Shrimps . 10.379
I Fish oil . 8,655
All other fish prod
ucts . 1,887
Furs and fur-skins:
Seal skins . 45
Blue fox . 132
Silver or black fox .. 680
Red fox . 1,838
White fox . 230
Mink . 2,634
Muskrat . 10,117
Beaver . 9,241
All other . 3,137
Manufactured furs .. 1,100
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper . 153,433
Lead . 7,370
Stone, marble, etc. 36,463
Trophies, specimens: 1.555
All other articles . 675
Total value products
of Alaska . $1,091,203
Products of United
States returned .... 94,901
Value of foreign prod
ucts . 100
Total value shipments
of merchandise .. $1,186,203
Gold . 721,338
Silver i. 8,526
Grand total all ex
ports . $1,916,067
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Dr. Carlson’s Arrival Delayed
Owing to inability to leave at
the time anticipated, Dr. R. I..
I Carlson, Ketchikan optomet
rist, who was scheduled to ai
i rive Monday, did not reach Hy
der until this morning, Dr.
Carlson will remain here one
week, leaving Saturday, July
23.
Premier Holds Celebration.
The residents of Premier held
their Dominion Day celebrat
ion Thursday with a big pro
giam of track and field events,
and mining contests which was
attended by a considferable
number of people from Hyder
and. Stewart. The celebration
was concluded with a nov
elty dance in the evening .
The celebration was delayed
until the 14th in deference to
an established custom aimed to
avoid conflicting with the Do
minion Day celebration in
Stewart on July 1 and the In
dependence Day celebration in
Hyder July 4th.
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Power Co. Engineer Visits
Edwin R. Wright, resident
engineer of the Portland Canal
Power Company, who has been
at the company power site on
Davis River for some weeks,
came to town for a brief visit
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wright is engaged on
further studies of the power
development project, which is
expected to become active as
conditions become more favor
able than at present. He ex
pects to remain on Davis Riv
er most of the summer.
Revenue Law Imposes
Tax On Admissions
The Revenue Act of 1932 im
poses a tax of 1 cent for each
10 cents of fraction thereof of
j the amount paid for admissions
I where the price of admission
| is in excess of 40 cents. Ad
| missions of 40 cents or less are
not taxable. It includes ad
missions to dances, social enter
tainments, card parties, pic
nics, moving pictures, theatres,
ball games, and every similar
entertainment for which a
charge is made.
Persons admitted free or at
reduced rates (except bona
fide employees, municipal off
icers on official business, and
children under 12 years of
age) must pay a tax equiva
lent to those paying regular ad
I mission. The provisions of the
Act relative to admissions be
came effective June 21 and the
tax is payable at the close of
the month when received. Tax
return forms can be secured
from the Collector of Internal
Revenue. Tacoma, Wn.
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Ryan Brothers Prospering
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In a letter from Bridge River,
B. C., to the Herald, Alex. N.
McDonald reports that the
Ryan brothers, formerly of
j Stewart, are working on what
i is designated as the Sterling
placer lease and are finding
enough gold, as he expresses
it, “to keep the pot boiling,
saying the least.” Mr McDon
ald reported that he is working
| for a Mr. Shepard on the lat
1 ter’s Forty Thieves group of
! quartz claims.
MEMORIAL PUNNED
FOR GEN, RICHARDSON
A copper plaque bearing the
likeness of Brigadier General
Wilds P. Richardson, and also
a tribute to him as a road
builder, will be erected soon on
the famous Richardson High
way as a memorial to Alaska’s
pioneer road builder, to whom,
more than any other individual
| is due the Territory’s splendid
road system.
The memorial was cast after
a design by the famous sculp
tor James A. Wehn and cost
more than $1,000, according to
the Juneau Empire, which
states that funds for the mem
orial were gathered by an or
ganization known as the Gen
e r a 1 Richardson Memorial,
formed more than two years
ago by friends of the popular
Army officer. Governor Parks
is president of the association,
John W. Troy, vice-president,
and B. M. Behrends, treasurer.
Most of the money was contrib
uted by Alaskans.
The plaque, which will be
placed on a large boulder at
some as yet unselected point on
Richardson Highway, is 28
inches high and 19 inches wide.
The inscription reads: “Wilds
P. Richardson, Brigadier Gen
eral, United States Army, Alas
ka’s Pioneer Road Builder.
Erected by Friends in Appreci
ation of His Services for Alas
ka, 1932.
Oldtimer of Ketchikan Passes
Christian Bergdoll, 88, one
of Ketchikan's oldest residents,
who lived in Alaska for 40
years, passed away there last
week.
Powers Raises Excitement
Thick clouds of dense, black
smoke rolling up behind the
rear end of the Premier barn
created some excitement
among residents of that local
ity Thursday evening' but
proved to be due to Tom Pow
ers burning out a empty tar
bucket and not to a fire in the
barn.
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Stewart Heading Ball League
Owing to difficulties encount
ered in securing accurate data,
the Herald finds itself unable
to report the results of the
numerous games occuring in
the soft ball league series.
At last accounts, Stewart was
in the lead with 8 points, hav
ing won all of the four games
played. Premier B team was
in second position with 6 points
to their credit, Stewart school
was fourth with 6 and Hyder
was fourth with 2, having won
one and lost two of the three
games played. The Moose, Pre
mier A and Legion also had 2
each.