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VOL 3, NO. 18
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27,1926
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ALBERTA GOV’T ASKS
PLANS FOR PEACE
R. R. EXTENSION
That the Alberta government |
is contemplating early activi-1
ties looking to the extension of
the Peace River railway, is in
dicated by the following press ■
dispatch from Edmonton, dis
closing that the officials are
taking definite steps toward
the commencement of active
construction work next year.
The announcement is import
ant to this section as bearing
upon the practically certain
future extension of the Peace
River line to Stewart and Hy- j
der. The dispatch referred to
reads as follows:,
“Edmonton, Dec. 20—Further
extensions to the Peace Rivei
railways are likely to be on
the government programme
for the coming session of the
Legislature. Some attention
has been given the matter at
recent meetings of the cabinet,
and Premier Brownlee has now
asked Hon. V. W. Smith, min
ister of railways, to prepare
recommendations for definite
consideration at an early date.
A policy in regard to the rail
way construction work for the
coming year will then be de
cided upon.”
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M. S. NORCO WITHDRAWN
The • motorship Norco of the
Northland Transportation Co.,
has been withdrawn from the
local steamship trade, accord- j
ing to advices received by the
Salmon River Dock Co., local
agents, last week.
The decision of the company
to discontinue handling local
traffic was enirely unexpect
ed, as advices received during
the preceding week announced
that the Norco would leave
Seattle for this port last Mon
day.
Recent arrivals from Seattle
report that the Norco’s retire
ment w’as said by company
officials to have been due pri
marily to the division of traf
fic caused by the placing of
the Border Queen of the Bor
der Line Transportation Co.
on the Seattle-Hyder run sev
eral months ago.
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F. N. Cronholm, well known
local mining man and part
ower in the Cantu and Frances
Groups, and other properties,
has returned, to hi s home in
Los Angeles for the winter,
after several months in the
Dease lake district. Writing
to local friends he states that
he ‘likes the Stikine and its
tributaries” and if his black
sand samples assay sufficient
well he expects to go back
there in the spring. Mrs. Cron
holm accompanied her hus
band on the trip into the new
country.
Ed. Schneider is back from
a business trip to Ketchikan.
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RESCUE PARTY
HAS TOUGH TRIP
George Bunn well known
miner, arrived in town Monday
from the Engineer Group in!
the Marmot section suffering (
from some form of malady
which, in addition to causing
him great pain, renedered his j
right arm almost useless for a 1
time and later practically con- i
fined him to bed. He was as-1
sisted into town by a party of \
five friends who had volun
teered to bring him in on
learning that he was ill. News
of Eunn’s plight was brought
to town by Homer Ficklin,
who is prospecting on his
claims in the vicinity of the j
isolated cabin occupied by i
Bunn. During the earlier j
stages of Bunn’s affliction, j
Ficklin assisted him at inter- i
vals at some prospecting work, j
Later when Bunn’s condition I
became more serious, Ficklin
made him as comfortable as;
possible and cut a good supply
of wood before leaving for
town for aid.
The rescue party is said to
have found great difficulty in
reaching Bunn’s cabin in the
heavy snow and was practic
ally all day Sunday in arriv
ing at their destination, de
spite the fact that a large part j
of the trail was broken by sev- j
eral head of horses, encount
ered in Marmot valley, and
driven before them. The party
took along a hand sled, but on j
arriving at the cabin found
that Bunn was somewhat im
proved and able to walk to
town with some assistance.
Following his arrival the suf
ferer was taken to Stewart
hospital for treatment.
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ALASKA—ORIENTAL
SHIPPING LINE
IS PROPOSED
Arrangement for one boat of
3,325 tons, with an option for
five larger ones, to run direct
from Ketchikan and Alaskan
ports to the Orient, is report
ed by the Alaska Oriental Ex
port and Import Corporation,
with general office s in Ketchi
kan and Oriental offices in
Shanghai. Both markets and
boats have been arranged, and
it is said the smaller of the
fleet of six vessels will be put
in services as soon as cargo
arrangements are completed,
i It is intended to bring Prince
i Rupert for rail shipment east
\ about 100,000 cubic feet of
cargo, and to Alaska about
500 tons of coal for a test mar
i ket, while the return cargo is
j expected to be laden from
Ketchikan and Juneau and
way ports cons isting princi
pally of lumber, logs and ties
and possibly wood pulp from
the Speel River plant, which
j is said to be less than 3,000
1 miles from a market now buy
ing pulp for print paper in
Finland.
SAYS RUSTGARD AND
WICKERSHAM SLATED
FOR ALASKA JUDGESHIPS
That Territorial Attorney
General John Rustgard and
James Wickersham, former
delegate to Congress, have
been tentatively selected by the
department of justice for fed
ral judgeships in [Alaska, is
reported by the Alaska Week
ly. According to information
received by the well known Se
attle journal from what is said
to be a responsible source, Mr.
Rustgard is slated for judge
of the First Division, to suc
ceed Judge Reed, while Wick
ersham has been chosen to fill
the position now held by Judge
E. E. Ritchie in the Third di
vision. The department is also
said to have dcided upon Har
ry G. McCain, Ketchikan at
torney, as the successor of j
A. G. Shoup for the position '
of United States District At- j
torney for this district.
The Alaska Weekly avers j
that its informant is a well
known responsible man, who i
was himself an applicant for
one of the positions named. He
is said to have been informed
by his backers in Washington
that further efforts in his be
half were useless, as the de- j
partment of justice had look
ed into the qualifications of.
the three applicants tentative-1
selected and was satisfied with '
their records.
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CANNED REINDEER
FUTURE PRODUCT
The cannery car operated by '
-he management of the Alas- >
ka Railroad with a view' to
demonstrating the possibilities;
of canning Alaska products for ;
exportation, recently canned \
several cases of reindeer meat,
as an experiment. Officials of j
the railroad who have eaten !
the canned meat say that it i
has a fine flavor and tastes
somewhat like veal. As the
meat is cooked in the can none
; of the moisture, which con
! tains the flavor of the meat,
escapes in cooking More of the
meat will be canned and half
a dozen cases will be shipped
j to Seattle where it will prob
! ably be used at a chamber of
commerce dinner or served on
| the menu of one of the promi
; nent hotels. By working up in
terest in this way Dewey
Metzdorf, general storekeeper,
> believes that capital may be in
I terested in putting a cannery
j in operation for the canning of
reindeer.
The Fern mine in the Willow
Creek district will be operated
this wintex-, according to the
! present expectations, having
| relocated the paystreak lost
! some time ago after encounter
i ing a fault. Between 300 and
400 feet of dead work was
done before the vein was lo
cated. The mine recently sent
out a good sized cleanup.
CHRISTMAS TREE
ENTERTAINMENT IS
FINE SUCCESS
The annual Community Christ
mas Tree, held Friday evening
in Pioneer Hall, under the
auspices of the Moose lodge,
was a splendid success. All the
kiddies were there, of course,
and also a major portion of
the adult population. The lat
ter apparently enjoyed the
proceedings quite as much as
the children, judging from the
smiles that wreathed their
1 countenances as they watched
the little folks react to the
joyful1 eagerness af anticipa
ion until it culminated in the
unconcealed gladness of reali
zation, as their tiny hands re
ceived the gifts bestowed by
merry old Santa Claus from
the festooned boughs of the
huge Christmas tree,
i The Moose, patrons of child
I hood, with characteristic gene
rosity, proviaea a spiermiu
! gift and also a stocking full of
! goodies for every child in the
; community and these were
; in every instance so augment
| ed by rememberances from
friends and relatives that
each kiddie’s arms was full by
the time the last gift was be
stowed.
The gift giving was not con
fined to the little one’s alone,
as many took advantage of
1 occasion to surpsise adult
I friends by hanging their offer
ings on the tree.
! The gift distribution was pre
ceded by a short program of
songs and recitations by the
I children, in which the tots ac
1 quitted themselves splendidly.
| The big hall was handsomely
decorated and. with the re
: splendent Christmas tree, pre
sented a decidedly pleasing
| spectacle to the eye.
The entertainment was excel
i lently managed and the com
t mittee in charge is entitled to
the utmost praise and the
; thanks of the community for
; their highly capable and suc
I cessful efforts.
; The erection of a home in An
chorage for enfeebled and in
i digent oldtimers of the Terri
[ tory is to be vigorously advo
! cated by Anchorage Igloo No.
15, Pioneers of Alaska. The
first formal action along that
line was taken a short time
ago when the Igloo voted to
take up the matter with {he
Fairbanks and Nome Pioneers
i with a view to securing their
cooperation in presenting the
matter to the Territorial Legis
lature next spring according
to the Valdez Miner. In the
event it is found impossible to
carry out the full plan of mov
ing the home to Anchorage, an
effort will be made to secure
funds for the erection of a
branch home in Anchorage to
take care of the overflow. The
Pioneers already have a five
acre tract just outside the
limits of Anchorage, given to
the Igloo by Oscar Anderson
on condition that the land be
utilized as a site for such a
home. An adjoining 5-acre
tract has also been offered if
the campaign proves success
S ful.
CONTEMPLATE THIRTY
MILLION DOLLAR
PULP INVESTMENT
Details of the pulp and paper
plant development contem
plated by the Zellerbach Pap
er Co. near Ketchikan are giv
en in detail in the followin'
article from the San Francisc
Chronicle of November 25th
“A water power and paper
and pulp development in Alas
ka the ultimate cost of which
will be close to $30,000,000
providing employment for
from three to four thousand
men and producing 500 tons of
paper a day, is under consider
ation by a group of San Fran
cisco capitalists and manufact
urers. Hydroelectric plants to
produce 50.000 horsepower
are ocntemplated.
“The local men headed by
Isadore and J. D. Zellerbach
of the Zellerbach Paper Com
pany, have applied to the
Federal Power Commission
for a preliminary permit to in
vestigate and make surveys
on Revillagigedo Island. Eight
prospective power sites are i
covered by the application.
“Upon the result of the invest
igation, which may take two
years to complete, will depend
the question of the develop
ment. Not until the survey has
determined the amount ot
power that can be developed
at each of the sites, and wheth- :
er they can be ’tied in’ to af
ford a maximum of power de
velopment, together with tht
cruise of the amount of timber
available, can the feasibility
of the project be decided.
“We have reports that the
thing can be done,” said Isa
dore Zellerbach yesterday, in
discussing the plans of himself
and associates, who include j
M. R. Higgins and E. M. Mills,
Vice-President of the Zeller- |
bach Company.
“While several surveys and
investigations by substantial
concerns have been made to
determine Alaska’s possibili
ties for paper manufacture, j
none of them have been suf
ficiently promising to justify \
the investment of a big sum ]
of money. Many power appli- ]
cations also have been filed j
with the Federal Board, but j
most of them by promoters.
‘ ‘We, however, have been
quietly looking into this thing
for a long time and the offic
ials of this company, Mr. Hig
gins, Mr. Mills and myself,
| have made a personal investi
| gation. I spent a few weeks up
I there last season. It looks good
and if the conditions will justi
fy it, we will spend approxi
mately $30,000,000.
“ ‘May things, however, must
be determined. The Govern
i ment is anxious to get the pap
' er and pulp industry started in
Alaska and is offering every
encouragement to concerns
that wish to make investigat
ions. So we are going at it
right.
“ ‘We will send a force ol
power engineers and survey
ors into the district next
spring, while expert timber,
men will cruise the land and
determine the amount of tim
, ber, the future source of raw
INTERIOR DEPT. ASKS
2 MILLION FOR ALASKA
Alaska appropriations total
ing $2,074,000 will be asked
of Congress by the Dvar
ment of the Interior for ihe
coming fiscal year, according
to Warhington press dispatch
es. Of the indicated amo’-ni,
$1,400,000 will go to the up
keep and maintenance of the
Alaska Eailroad: $469,000 ro
ative education; $150 000 for
'.edical relief for Alaska nat
ives; $16,000 for suppression
of liquor traffic among 1hc
natives; $161,000 for care of
Alaska insane; $322,000 for
McKinley National Park, and
$17,000 for the Alaska rein
deer fund.
Two hundred thousand addit
ional will be asked by the War
Department for the improve
ment of Wrangell Narrows.
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ORE BREAKING RECORD
MADE AT ALASKA
JUNEAU MINE
What is believed to be a rec
ord breaking down for rock
was set recently in the Alaska
Juneau mine when a single
shot brot down 5,000,000 tons
of rock, says the Juneau Em
pire. Ten and one-half tons of
powder were used in the
blast.
The movement of this vast
amount of rock was felt dis
tinctly throughout the town.
In a number of places the dis
turbance was attributed to an
earthquake. Dishes were rat
tled on shelves in some of the
homes. Even the Goldstein
building was slightly rocked
by the jr.r. The shot was fired
at 3:03 p. m. last Saturday,
materials. A site for the mill,
which, of course, must be on
tide water, will have to be
found, and likewise a town
site, for we will have thou
sands of people at work in the
mill, in the woods, in the ship
ping and supply sections,
while naturally a number ot
other industries to supply the
people will grow up at the
town and must be provided
for.
“ ‘It will probably take two
years to get all the data we
need. We now believe it can
be done.’
“Revilagigedo island is about
60 mile.; in 'size, and while
mountainous, is covered with
a dense growth of timber,
chiefly hemlock and spruce.
I Other islands in the vicinity
and lands on the mainland are
potential surces of tirnhci
supply.
“The Zellerbuch project, it
carried to realism, will be the
first big paper development
in Alaska, and outside mining
and fishing, which have been
in existence for many years,
will be the first big industrial
concern in Alaska.”