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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 27.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1933.
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HULL SAYS SILVER
UNDER CONSIDERATION
Coulell Hull, Secretary of
State, in a public tatement this
week, indicated that among
the subjects to be discussed in
the Washington conferences
with foreign statesmen in prep
aration for the projected world
economic conference, would be
the restoration of the price of
silver and control of wheat
surpluses.
Hull said that the silver quest
ion is already figuring in the
discussions the Piesident is
holding with Sir Ronald Lind
say, the British Ambassador.
Among the various phases of
the silver question mentioned j
by the secretary as subjects for ;
consideration are the develop
ment of new and enlarged in- j
dustrial uses for silver, possible j
improvement in methods of!
marketing the metal by pro
ducers and currency authori
ties, and the possibilities of in
creased use of the white metal
as coins by the principal nat
ions, and the purchase by the
leading nation now on the gold
standard or desiring to return i
to it, of a stipulated amount of
silver, to be added to the re- j
serves of central banks.
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Boundary Rcsurvey Made
Charles P. Seelye, United
States engineer, attached to the
Public Survey office at Juneau,
arrived Tuesday evening from
Juneau with three assistants!
to make a survey of a portion!
cf the area along ihe internat- j
ional boundary line east cf
Volunteer Drive and covering
what i:: known as the neutral
strip. The survey party made
the trip from Juneau on the
motorship Jacoby.
The survey was ordered by
the Interior department and is
understood to have been made
for :he purpose of throwing
off a strip of land adjoining
the line. Contrary to local re
ports, the work has no connect
ion whatever with the Salmon
river flood control project.
The survey party has also
been instructed to survey a
lighthouse site on the first large
point on Portland Canal south
■cf Hyder, presumably with a
view to later installation of a -
navigation safeguard at that
point. A light is said to be
greatly needed to safeguard
vessels against going onto the
mudflats below the sawmill at
night.
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Boyle Now Auditor
Frank A. Boyle, who was)
elected last November, is now j
Auditor of Alaska, having sue- j
ceeded Cash Cole in that office j
on April 1.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
Bills Introduced
House bill by Hoffman, Sew
ard, calls for reorganization of
the divisional road boards;
makes Territorial Highway
Engineer chairman of each di
vi ional board and gives boards
jurisdiction of road projects up
to. $3,500.
Senate bill by DeVane, Ruby,
provides for care of not to ex
ceed 30 applicants for admiss
ion to Pioneers’ Home who
cannot be accomodated there.
Passed by Senate.
Senate bill by Walker, Ketch
ikan, designed to prevent de- j
ficits in Territorial treasuryby !
giving governor discretionary i
powers to make pro rata re
ductions from legislative ap
propriations, except for
schools, public homes, pen
sions, support or relief of indi
gents, salaries of public offi
cers and employees, and nec
essary expenditures of territor
ial government.
House bill by Taylor, Cordo
va, seeks to bring teachers un
der old age allowance act, af
ter 55 years of age and after
25 years of teaching, including
1 5 years of continuous teaching
service in Alaska. Repeals
present teachers’ pension act.
House bill by Nerland, Fair
banks, would permit posting of
notices of administration of es
tates of less than $1,000 value,
instead of publication in news
papers.
House bill by Hoffman pro
poses system of graduated tax
es on fish taken with any type
of gear.
Two House bills by McCutch
son, Anchorage, limit legal fees
in administration of estates in
one case and provide fees for I
issuance of certain estate in
struments by U. S. Commission
ers in the other.
A House memorial by Kehoe,
Ketchikan, urges Congress to
abolish fish traps.
Senate bill by Bragaw, An
chorage, appropriates $5,000
for expenditure by Alaska
Chamber of Commerce.
Senate bill by Shattuck, Jun
eau, provides for leg'll rights
of illegitimate children.
The Senate Judiciary com
mittee has introduced a large
number of measures repealing
or amending present laws
which are oboslete or inappli
cable. One such measure re
peals over forty acts of that
character.
Shattuck’s bill reorganizing
the school system has passed
both houses. It removes the of
fice of Commissioner of Edu
cation from politics but retains
present Commissioner to the
end of his term, creates a 5
man board of education, one
ASSESSMENT QUESTION
STILL UP IN THE AIR
With the close of the period
for performing annual assess
ment work on mining claims
only a few weeks away, nc
action has been taken by Cong
ress relative to the suspension
of such work, according to the
latest Washington, D. C., re
ports. Senator Borah has re
introduced his suspension bill
and two or more similar
measures have been introduced
in the lower house, but no act
ion has been taken in either
branch of Congress toward
final settlement of the quest
ion. In the meantime numerous
claim owners are left on the
anxious seat, wondering wheth
er to ahead with their annual
work or not in the few days
still remaining in which it must
be done if Congress fails to en
act a suspension measure.
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Prince Rupert Hoopsters To
Contest With Premier Team
A party of twenty-odd young
people, comprising male' and
female basketball teams, ar
rived Friday from Prince Rup
ert on a private boat to stage a
number of ball contests with
the Premier teams. A consid
erable number of young people
from Stewart and Hyder went
up to the mine to participate in
the fun.
member from each division (
and one at-large, to be appoint
ed by the governor; all to be
confirmed by the Legislature in (
joint session. The board is to
appoint the Commissioner of
Education after present in
cumbent retires.
The House has passed a mem- .
orial asking Congress to ex
tend the federal road aid act |
Alaska.
A joint memorial to the pres
ident asks the exclusion of
Alaska from the Connery 30- .
hour week labor bill on the ,
ground that it would ruin in
dustry by forcing the closing
down of mining and fishing. ■
depopulate the towns and
bankrupt the permanent re si- j
dents. <
The House re jected the Sen
ate bill repealing the Prospect
or’s aid law by a vote of 15 to I
1.
The Bragaw memorial asking
for a federal fisheries survey
in Bering eea, Norton sound, 1
and Kotzebue sound, was ap- 1
proved by both houses. 1
The Swanberg bill authoriz- !
ing the posting of delinquent i
tax notices in lieu of publicat- 1
on passed both houses.
A joint committe, after in- 1
yestigation, declared the Pion- 1
aers’ Home “dilapidated andjl
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SEN. WHEELER AGAIN
FORCING SILVER BILL
Senator Wheeler of Montana
announced this week that he
will offer his 16 to 1 silver re
monetization bill as an amend
ment to the Farm Loan bill,
now under consideration by
Congress. Readers will recall
that the measure was rejected
by the Senate during the last
session in connection with the
banking bill.
Re-ubmission of the measure
in connection with the farm
loan bill indicates that the
Montana silver champion is de
termined to overlook no oppor
tunity to bring the silver quest
on to a decisive issue without
waiting for the questionable
outcome of consideration by
the proposed world economic
conference.
^unougn quite a number of
diver aid bills have been intro
duced in the present session of
Congress, it appears that most
of the silver advocates are in
clined to await a definite state
ment by secretary of the treas
ury Woodin regarding the atti
ude of the administration on
he silver issue, according to
late reports from the national
capital.
Secretary Woodin, following
a recent 3-hour conference |
with 17 senate and house silver :
advocates, announced that he
would make a thorough study
of all the various silver bills so
far introduced, with a view to
deciding which of them he
thought was best to present to
President Roosevelt. It was in
dicated that until the President
approves seme plan, none of
the many propositions submit
ted will have a chance to be
come law. Woodin is said to
possess considerable under
standing of the silver situation
because of business dealings
with the Orient.
Speaker Rainey in a recent
statement, expressed the view
that nothing will be done in
the present session regarding
silver. Rainey intimated his be
lief that silver is an internat
ional question and that it will
have to be decided by Great
Britain, France and the United
States.
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President Roosevelt Much
Interested In Alaska
Governor John W. Trey and
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dia
mond were received by Presi
dent Roosevelt on March 28
and found the chief executive
much interested in Alaska and
its problems, according to a re
port from the capital this week.
The President’s interest in
the Territory was co keen that
he invited Delegate Diamond
to call again at a later period to
discuss Alaska’s needs.
PREMIER SCHOOLMASTER
IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM
J. M. (“Bud”) Bas3, teacher
in charge of the Premier school
during the past year, passed
away in the Premier hospital
Tuesday night as a result of an
attack of broncho-pneumonia.
Mr. Bass was serving his sec
ond term of school service at
Premier, having been employ
ed in the same position some
years ago. Later he proceeded
to Anyox and taught there for
two or three years. His home
is in Victoria. He is survived
by his mother and sisters, who
reside in Victoria. It is under
stood that the remains of the
unfortunate young man will be
sent south for interment.
The deceased was well known
in the district and was highly
esteemed.
Pacific Steamship Company
Withdraws From Alaska
Radio reports Wednesday
evening announced that the
Interstate Commerce Commiss
ion had granted an application
of the Pacific Steamship Comp
any to withdraw temporarily
from the southeastern and
southwestern Alaska trade on
the ground that the routes were
over-tonnaged. The applicat
ion was made by the company
several weeks ago and was
subjected to close inquiry by
the board before assent was
given.
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Results Of Alaska Elections
Dr. W. H. Chase was re-elect
ed mayor of Cordova for the
ninth time. He was unopposed.
Edward Locken elected may
or of Petersburg over Earl Oh
mer, 169 to 59.
I. J. Gilmore elected mayor
of Ketchikan over J. A. Tal
bot, 651 to 391. Council mem
bers elected, H. G. McCain, E.
W. Brown, Alfred Howe.
P. J. McCroskey elected
mayor of Anchorage, winning
from Carl Martin by 24 votes.
Arnold Nordale elected may
or of Fairbanks.
Ed. Tarnutzer beat Chas.
Code and Arthur Wright for
mayor of Nome. Council mem
bers elected, H. Hagen, Alvin
Polet, Ernest Balsiger; city
clerk M. J. Walsh; treasurer,
J. Stangroom; city attorney.
Hugh O’Neill.
Isadore Goldstein defeated
Thomas Judson for mayor of
Juneau by 81 votes. Council,
George Rice, A. McKinnon,
William Reck.
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J. J. Little, manager of the
Northern B. C. Power Comp
any, spent several days in camp
this week looking after comp
any affairs.