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VOL 2, NO. 12
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCMfl
RICH GOLD STRIKE
ON BIG MISSOURI
vein of gold ore carrying
values in excess of an ounce a
ton has been made by Man- j
ager Pat Daly on the Big Mis-,
souri, according to reliable re- j
ports reaching town during the
first days of the week. The
strike is said to have been
made in what is called on the
ground, the Daly extension ol
the oid Mann tunnel, run
many years ago by the Sir I
Donald Mann interests and
subsequently abandoned. In
addition to being of vast im- {
portance to the property and
district, the strike provides
ample justification for the !
theory of Mr. Daly that thosw
who preceded him in explorat
ion of the property were not
aware of the true strike ana
dip of the veins found on the
surface. Mr. Daly has always
contended that this was the
case and his argument appears j
to have been fully sustainea I
by his own discoveries during '
the progress of present devei-1
opment.
The gold strike was accomp
lished by Mr. Daly by the
simple process of of going in
a direction which his prede
cessors did not. go. By running
a cross cut from the Mann
tunnel in an easterly direction
about 100 feet from the portal
he struck the ore within a few
feet, with the vein apparently
paralleling the old tunnei.
The tunnel is said to have
penetrated the vein about z
feet at the time the repon
came down and had not
reached the farther wall.
Owing to the discovery of a ,
fracture in the engine fiy
wheel last week, the com
pressor was out of commission
for some time until the wheel
was welded at Premier, but is
probably in operation by this
time.
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Arrangements whereby the
motorship Norco will call at
this port once a month during
the winter have been compleb
ed by the Northland Trans
portation Co. and the Salmon
River Dock Co., local agents,
according to an announcement
made by J. A Talot, manager
of the dock company, who
paid the camp a flying visit
on the Wales last Thursday.
Mr. Talbot stated that the ar
rangements made will insure
the Norco calling on a 30-day
schedule until spring, aftei
which the vessel will probably
run into this port every 20 1
days, to meet the increased
demands of the summer traf
fic.
Late telegraphic advices to
the Salmon River Dock Com
pany report that the Norco
wil leave Seattle on her next
voyage to Hyder December b.
Proprietor Frank Nagle has
closed down the motion pict
ure show while certain changes
are made to meet winter con
ditions. Mr. Nagle extends his
thanks to the public for their
patronage during the season.
For the ladies r choker pearls,
compacts, Nugget necklaces,
rings, nugget and ivory work
breastpins, bob combs, dia
mond rings, etc.-Nugget Shop
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DELEGATE PROMISES AID
FOR LOCAL PROJECTS
Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska
Delegate to Congrss, who paid
the camp a brief visit last
week while on his way to
Washington, D. C., promised
all possible personal aid in se
curing the construction of the
much needed Texas Creek
road at a dinner given in his
honor by the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday evening.
Capt. Dessus, commander of
U. S. S. Cygan, which brought
the delegate to Hyder, and Mr.
Quist, officer in charge of the
Alaska Cable and government
radio service in Southeastern
Alaska, were also guests of
the Chamber. The dinner was
held at the Ideal Cafe and was
attended by about 40 persons.
Following an excellent repast
prepared by Mein host Max
Behrmann, President Merl F.
Thomas welcomed the visitors
on behalf of the Chamber and
introduced a number of local
speakers, whom he said would
acquaint the delegate jvith lo
cal transportation difficulties,
and particularly those of the
Texas Creek section, and with
the need for securing protect
ion for the town against the
Salmon River flood menace.
John Hovland was the first
speaker called and informed
the assemblage that the mat
ter of river protection was get
ting on the nerves of the
people of Hyder who have
property in the town. ‘They
realize,” he said “that if some
thing is not done, their prop
erty will ultimately be de
stroyed.” After making a
strong plea for governmental
assistance in preventing this
prospective catastrophe, Mr.
Hovland referred to the mat
ter of roads, declaring that
the prospectors could locate
showings, but successful min
mg depended upon transport
ation. While holding every
prospect for commercial ex
ploitation under favorable
conditions, a majority of the
local mineral discoveries were
situated at points remote from
the established avenues of
transportation and the ores
were not of sufficiently high
value to pay for back packing
or horse packing. Texas
Creek, the most important of
the local mineral areas, was,
he said not served by a road at
all, pack trail being the cnly
avenue available for trans
portation of ores and mining
supplies.
Ernest Blue the next speaker,
declared with rference to the
flood situation: “We don’t
know what morning we may
wake up and find the river
running down our streets. “Mr.
Blue likened the local situ
ation in this respect to that
obtaining some years ago in
Valdez, where he said one
scheme after another to over
come the flood conditions
had failed, adding “but th,e
town is protected today.”
“However” he continued,
“where they spent $50,000,
Not necessary to send outside
for your Christmas purchatos.
You will find just what you
want at the Hyder Drug Com
pany, the Rexall Store at the
Post Office.
NEW MAIL SCHEDULE
IS ANNOUNCED
Official advices received by
Postmaster Oren F. Hill an
nounce a twice-a-week Seattle-1
Ilyder mail schedule via the
Canadian steamers, as fol
! lows:
! The first weekly mail will
leave Seattle every Monday at
8 a. m. to connect with C. N. R.
steamers leaving Vancouver
i every Monday night and ar-1
i riving at Hyder every Thurs-;
day at 7 a. m.
Outgoing mail by this boat
will close at the postoffice at
j 9:50 a. m.
; The second mail leaves Se
! attle at 8 .a m. very Friday
to connect with the steadier
i Cardena, leaving Vancouver
| every Friday night and arriv
ing at Hyder every Monday
night. Outgoing mail for the
Cardena closes at the postof
fice at 11:30 p. m. Monday
i night.
This gives Hyder a depend
able 3-day service between Se
attle and the States.
In addition to the direct ser
j vice, we will also have the all
Alaska mail and parcel post
| matter via the Ketchikan mail
1 boat.
_
| proportionately we need only
! to spend $10,000.” The speak
1 er said while jetties have been
(constructed along the river
! and have helped us to same j
i extent, they have not been
j sufficient to over come the
da,nger. As was the case at'
Valdez, there is no reason why ;
] the work should not be con-;
! tinued to such time as success j
I is achieved.
; The Geological Survey has!
1 had a representative in the ,
' field here for 3 successive
! years, he asserted, and he has
; said that nowhere on the |
American continent was there
the prospect for so great a
I mineral belt as the West Fork
of Texas Creek; everywhere 1
he looked he saw mineral.;
The B. C. government, he said,
! is not leaving a stone unturn
etd to make that province the !
greatest mineral producing1
country in the world. Where!
; they spend dollars we are1
1 spending pennies, although ;
our prospects are at least as
good. He next alluded to the
recent shipment of ore from
the Homestake costing $50 per
ton for transportation, with a
like cost for grub, powder and
tools.
“If we were given a road in-!
to this section,” he declared, i
“we could show ore enough !
inside of a year to pay for it.”
One or two properties alone
could do that, he continued,
and there are a dozen or more
up there. He also mentioned
the McDonald-Cronholm prop
erties near Salmon Glacier,
where a good sized tonnage of
ore was taken out and shipped
without the use of powder,
and asserted that a trail to i
i that property was needed and
which incidentally, would help
: others in that locality.
I Mr. Blue concluded his re
marks with the declaration
that “no enterprise the gov- *
ernment could enter into
would pay as good a return \
as would the Salmon River dis
trict.”
POWER DEVELOPMENT
IN PROSPECT
Documents filed in the Re
corder’s office Wednesday dis
close the location of a new
power site, with the Salmon
River as the prospective source j
of power supply.The locators j
are J. A. Hall, president of
the Bank of Hyder, and E. M. ;
Hall, vice president of the
same institution. The new site
is located just above the Daly
Alaska mine at the crossing
of the Premier ore tram. Noth- J
ing has been made public re-1
garding the future contem
plations. Mr. J. A. Hall said
thafc-the site had been appro
priated with a view to future
development.
T. H. Evans, superintendent j
of the Bureau of Public Roads i
activities in this section dis
cussed the road situation. Mr.
Evans said he was not able
to enlighten the meeting as to
the cost of the projected road
to the cable crossing on Texas
Creek, but he had. assisted R.
C. Ingram, the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads engineer, in his sur
vey of the project and stated
that Mr. Ingram thought it
would cost about $20,000 a
mile to build.
Delegate Sutherland was in
troduced by the chairman and
after thanking the Chamber of
Commerce for the honors ex-1
tended him and the privilege
of meeting the business ele
ments of Hyder, launched into i
a characteristic address on
the Alaska road situation in
general, and vigorously ex
pounded his views on this and
other topics, including the lo
cal flood protection and road
needs, in addition to other
matters affecting the Terri
tory and this district.
“As to the question of roads
and trails,” he said, “I went
to Congress on a plank of
greater appropriations for
roads and trails, as I felt that
was the great necessity for
Alaska; and in the five years
I have been there, I feel that
wonderful progress has beerf
made along that line. In 1921
the Forestry Highway Act was
extended to Alaska, which has
resulted in half a million a
year additional money for the
last five years. Prior to this
we got but $200,000 to $250,
000 a year. This year as a re
sult, he had $900,000.
I have never been so much
impressed with the necessity
for constructing roads in Alas
ka as I was this year.” Mr.
Sutherland stated that he had
spent a good many years
mining in the remote sections
oif Alaska and well appreci
ated the value of good roads. ,
He remarked that he had been ;
in the Interior with Ed Fern
aid and B. B. Smith and de-1
dared that if they had the
money they have paid out for
transportation costs in Alaska,
they could retire and take life
easy in California.
Last spring he want before
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OFFICIALS NAMED
The Public Library Associat
ion perfected permanent oi
ganization at a meeting held
in the Chamber of Commerce
building on Monday evening..
Merl F. Thomas was elected
president for the ensuing
year; E. W. Hinckley secre
tary; T. II. Evans, treasurer;
C. T. Hatten, Librarian; Trust
ees: Mrs. E. L. Dale, E. R.
Stivers, Harold Johnson.
Congress and made a most
empha:?2 protest aga f t the
construction of roads parallel
ing water cour,et a .d rail
roads, and pointed out that
the money expended on such
highways should be used with
a view to developing mining.
This opinion was approved by
the congressmen, he stated,
and the view was expressed
that they had gone far enough
in extending roads from some
of the Alaska towns for the
benefit of pleasure seekers. He
believed that the department
was inclined to follow this
policy and expend road funds
in a manner to assist in the de
velopment of the mining sect
ions.
“I am going back to Con
gress.” he declared, “to insist
that they build a road up Tex
as Creek. With the splendid
price now offered in the mark
et for silver and lead, the op
portunity is in sight for devel
opment here. I think that the
Bureau of Public Roads will
take up the proposition in
view of the large amount of
ore that would be shipped out
on the road. All the power I
have,” he continued, “is to
kick and protest, and beg and
appeal but I will employ ev
ery means to that end.”
The delegate next referred to
the harbor improvement pro
posal, for which he obtained
an appropriation for a survey
during the previous congress,
and informed his auditors
that he had been able to get
eight bills through the Con
gress authorizing harbor sur
veys throughout the Territory.
This was a most unusual num
ber to be authorized. He put
in seven of the measures him
self, although thex*e were sup
posed to be no more than 3,
but was able to convince the
secretary of the committee on
River and Harbors that we
needed them. One of the num
ber was for the survey of Hy
der harbor. Another was add
ed in the Senate, bringing the
list to eight.
With reference to the flood
protection matter and the
prospects for securing an ap
propriation for that purpose,
Mr. Sutherland stated that it
would be a difficut matter to
secure the authorization of
the proposal. He pointed out
that the river proposition does
not come under the Rivers
and Harbors bill regulations,
nor could it be taken care of
by the Bureau of Public
Roads, as the road and trail
funds of that department can
not be employed for such mat
ters as flood protection. Mr.
Sutherland said that the dif
ficutly might be met in an
other way, however, stating
that the government is figur
BIG CARNIVAL DANCE
FOR NOVEMBER 28TH
A grand Carnival dance un
1 dev the auspices of the Pion
eers, will be given by the lat
ter organization and the
1 Chamber of Commerce in
Pioneer Hall Saturday evening
November 28. The entertain
ment will be a costume affair,
without masks, and the music
will be furnished by Premier
orchestra, which guarantees
that the music will be equal
to any to be obtained in the
Territory. A fine luncheon pre
I pared by the ladies will be
' served. The price of admission
has been fixed at $2, including
lunch.
ing on bringing up a mam
noth dredge from Puget
3ound or California to dredge
Wrangell Narrows and it
might be possible to secure
authority for using one here
n dredging out the river
channel and making a gravel
ill to keep the river in ch ,ek.
They could fill in bulkheads in
i short time, he said.
Referring to the flood p o
tection given Valdez, Mr.
! Sutherland said the mo ’ey
vvas appropriated for that
rurpose by Congress direct,
adding, however, that it was
:he only instance on record of
;uch an appropriation being
made.
After stating that a fl od
danger similar to that of Hyder
exists at Seward, the delegate
1 admitted that it would be a
difficult matter to get an ap
propriation to protect the
town.
The delegate next discussed
the recent Alaska legislat
'on, including the Industrial
School enactment, and the
. fisheries and Game bilis. He
onsidered the fisheries bill
about the best that could be
passed, stating that if there is
any wrong manifest under
1 its operation, it does not lie
in the bill itself, but rath r
with those who enforce it.
The game law, he said, is a
good law for the Territory and
protective and bcneficicial to
its citizens. Under its provis
ions aliens are inquired to
obtain a license, for which a
fee of $100 is charged, which
corresponds to the Canadian
game laws.
At this juncture Mr. Blue
asked the delegate regarding
an appropriation of $7,530
made 4 years ago for the con
struction of a court house at
Hyder, stating that he had
heard that an additional
$7,500 had been authorized
:o be taken out of what is
known as “Fund C.” of the
District Court. Mr. Sutherland
stated that he would find out
what had happended to this
appropriation.
Regarding the Alaska mail
service, the next topic taken
up by the delegate, he said
he found when in Wrangell
that they had published there
a letter from Mr. Sutherland s
secretary in reply to a tele
gram, in which the second as
sistant postmaster general was
quoted virtually to the effect
that there need be no alarm
over the mail situation, as the
; department intended to give
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