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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2,1929.
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CONSOLIDATED CO,
SEEKING HERCULES
GROUP-REPORT
Possible acquisition of the lo
cal properties of Hercules
Mines, Ltd., by the Consolidat
ed Mining & Smelting Co. is
indicated by Vancouver press
reports stating that it is under
stood from official quarters
that the Consolidated Com
pany is negotiating for the
Hercules. The negotiations are
said to have been under way
for some time and progressing
satisfactorily.
The Hercules comprises 5
crown granted claims and i's
located north of the Big Mis
souri property, already con
trolled by the Consolidated.
The group is owned by Her
cules Mines, Ltd., and is capi
talized for $1,000,000 divided
into an equal number of shares
of $1 par value, of which
something over 600,000 have
been issued. Values are in gold !
silver, lead, zinc and copper
and are said to average around
$34 per ton in all metals.
Acquisition of the Hercules
will place Consolidated in con
trol of a total of thirty claims
and fractions, covering an area
approximately 2 4-5 miles in
length.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASSISTANTS WANTED
Curtailment of open days at
the Public Library or complete
suspension of library activities
until the return of the librar
ian, Col. E. R. Stivers, is threat
ened as a result of the almost
complete absence of response
to the recent appeal of the li
brary board for volunteer as
sistants to help keep the li
brary open two days a week.
Although more than a month
has elapsed since Col. Stivers
left for the States, only one
person, Patrick Carey, has
rendered his services up to the
present time, according to D.
J. Mulcare, secretary of the
Library Association.
As a result of this contingency,
Mr Mulcare says, the task of
keeping the library open on
the appointed days has become |
somewhat difficult, and a
change of some character must
be made in the present sched- i
ule unless more help is forth
coming immediately.
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The motorship Norco, Capt.
Lem. Williams, arrived from
Seattle via Ketchikan Saturday
evening,with 30-odd tons of
cargo and several passengers
for this port.
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Early spring in Alaska is fore
casted by the appearance of
two separate flocks of wild
geese during the past week,
according to some of the old
timers. Both flocks of migrants
lingered in this locality for
several days, observers report.
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E. D. Haddon, cashier and
manager of the Bank of Hy
der, was an arrival Thursday,
after a short visit in the south.
RAILWAY CHARTER
BILL APPROVED
FOR PASSAGE
The approval of the Private
Bills committee of the Provin
cial Parliament of British Col
umbia has been given to the
application of the Canadian
Northeastern Railway to build
a railroad line from Stewart
to Fort Grahame, on the Find
lay River, ^ distance of 285
miles from Stewart, according
to Victoria press announce
ments of February 27.
The Canadian Northeastern
Railway, as reported in an
earlier issue, dropped its origi
nal application for a right to
build to the eastern border of
the Peace block, following con
ferences with Pacific Great
Eastern representatives who
opposed granting the charter
on the score of its conflicting
with plans for the extension
of the P. G. E. into the same
territory. Facing possible com
plete defeat of its plans by
the P. G. E. forces in Parlia
ment, the Northeastern agreed
to extend its proposed line no
farther east than Foit Gra
hame and also dropped the re
quest for a right to build up
the Findlay from Ft. Grahame,
pending the decision of the
future government line route.
The bill as approved by the
committee grants the North
eastern a right to extend a
branch 450 miles northwester
ly from the main line to the
British Columbia-Yukon bor
der, and also to construct a
branch down Nass River to
tidewater.
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NEW LAW CREATES
BOXING COMMISSION
Details of the federal law au
thorizing limited boxing con
tests in Alaska, recently passed
by Congress, indicate that the
measure provides for full con
trol of the sport by a Territor
ial Boxing Commission, to be
appointed by the Governor of
Alaska. Under the law’s pro
visions, the Commission will
possess functions similar to
those of the various state box
ing commissions of the Out
and will promulgate rules and
regulations governing the hold
ing of boxing contests. In ad
dition the Commission will al
so possess powe r to delegate
its authority to representative:
in localities where boxing con
tests may be held.
Up to the present no an
nounceraent has been forth
coming regarding the person
nel of the first Commission.
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G. A. Bancroft, consulting en
, gineer for Northern Light anc
other local mining concerns
was an arrival from Vancouv
er Thursday.
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Deputy U. S. Marshal Donah
! E. Martin returned on the Noi
co from an official visit in Kel
chikan.
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ARNOLD SLATED
FOR NEW POSITION
FOX SOCCEEDS
W. C. Arnold, United States
Commissioner and Deputy I
Clerk of the U. S. District
Court for Hyder Precinct, has
been selected by Justin W.
Harding, newly appointed
judge of the First Division
District Court, to be United
States Commissioner for the
Ketchikan Precinct, it was
made known her early this
week through the medium of
a telegram received by Deputy
U. S. Marshal Donald E. Mar
tin. This was later confirmed
by Commissioner Arnold, fol
lowing his return from Ketchi
kan Wednesday.
Judge Arnold will take over
the duties of his new position
April 1, and will be succeed
ed in the local Commissioner’s
office by Arthur W. Fox,
prominent Juneau anl Ketchi
kan attorney, who was former
ly in charge of the Commis
sioner’s office at Ketchikan.
Judge Arnold has discharged
the multiform duties of the lo
cal office in most able manner
since November 1927. His se
lection for the Ketchikan of
fice, one of the most important
in the district, is not only a
splendid tribute to his ability
and energy, but also a striking
evidence of the high regard in
which he is held by his superi* j
ors. On leaving for his new
! post in the near future, Judge
Arnold and his charming wife
will take with them the best
wishes of the entire commun
ity.
Judge Fox, who will succeed
Commissioner Arnold, is well
known to the community, hav
ing at one time resided in the
district, and his appointment is
a popular one.
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Dr. L. D. Fricks, physician-in
charge of the United States
Public Health Service in Se
attle, has announced that all
passengers and crews for
Nome, St. Michael and other
Bering Sea ports this spring
will be required to obtain cer
tificates of vaccination before
allowed to embark.
This action is taken to guard
against recurrence of a small
pox epidemic like last year.
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Fred Milligan has been chos
1 en by the residents of Nenana
as manager of the 1929 sweep
stakes event. It is reported
there is nothing to the recent
• report that Nenana citzens
■ had been warned by the post
office to abandon the sweep
stakes. That story was started
by a man who was in the in
• terior recently trying to induce
[ Nenana citizens to permit him
to manage the derlby this year.
When they refused* it is said
’ he began to talk about inter
ference by the postal authori
ties.
- Sam McNeil was among the
- number arriving from the
south Thursday.
MISSING RETURNS
DELAY ACTION Of
CANVASSING BOAR!
Prospects for a possible de
lay in the convening of th<
Alaska Legislature are present
ed in the announcement fron
Juneau that, with the date fo;
the beginning of the legislative
session less than two week;
away, the Territorial Canvas
sing Board was unable to certi
fy final results of the Novem
ber election, owing to the non
arrival of returns from the 11
Hanna precinct of the Thin
Division. As the vote at 111!
amna was sufficient to affec
the results of one of the con
tests for Representative in th<
Third Division, according t<
the unofficial returns, the fail
ure to receive the official re
(urns has created a situatioi
which, if continued may resul
in a delay in the opening o:
the coming legislative session
The missing returns leave ii
doubt the result of the contes
for legislative honors betweei
J. H. McCain, republican, anc
H. H. McCutcheon, democrat
both of Anchorage With th<
IUiamna returns missing, Mr
McCain leads his opponent bj
seven votes, although the un
official returns received fron
Illiair"" -1-McCutcheoi
received sulncient votes t<
elect him.
The returns so far canvassec
show a total of 11,703 vote:
cast in the Territory. The Firs
Division polled 5,476, or slight
ly more than 47 per cent; th<
Second Division, 882, or sevei
percent. The Third Diviisoi
total, exclusive of the Illiamni
returns, was 3,055, or 26.5 pei
cent, and that of the Fourtl
Division 2290, or 19.5 percent
Sutherland received 6,611
Grigsby 4,892, giving the dele
gate a majority of 1,719 vote
over his democratic opponent
Attorney General John Rust
gard received the highest vob
of any candidate, his total be
ing 6,669, or 58 more than re
ceived by delegate Sutherland
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The entry of another Englisi
mining company into the Fair
banks district was reveale<
recently with the filing in th
otice of Secretary of Alask;
articles of incorporation of th
Alaska Gold Dredging Com
pany, Ltd., of London. It is in
i corporated under the laws o
Great Britain.
The company is capitalize'
for $1,212,500. John A. Clarl
prominent Fairbanks lawyer i
named as Alaska agent. It
Territorial offices are locate
in Fairbanks.
The company has taken ove
certain gold mining properti*
acquired by G. G.-Lemom
promoter who engineered th
Fish Creek promotion in th
Fairbanks district seven
years ago. One dredge is no1
operated on that creek by th
Whitworth interests.
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Fred. Hunter of Premier le:
Thursday for Vancouver, froi
which point he expects to a
company Walter G. Broad on
trip to Tia Jauna, Mexico.
TERRITORY HAS
NEARLY MILLION
I CASH ON HAND
■ Continued improvement in the
• Territory’s financial condition
■ is shown in the monthly state
i ment of finances issued by
• Treasurer. W. G. Smith.
• At the close of business on
s January 31, last, there was in
• the treasury a total cash bal
- ance of $998,391.67. This is
■ an increase of $340,713.10 ov
t
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er the balance shown 30 days
prior to that time when $657,
678.57 cash on hand was re
ported.
Payments of most of the can
nery taxes for 1928 are still to
be received, it was pointed out
It is believed by the end of the
Territory’s fiscal year, March
31, the treasury balance will
probably be approximately
$1,500,000, a record breaking
figure. On March 31, 1927,
following the record salmon
pack of the previous year,
there was a balance on hand
of $1,374,460.48.
ALASKAN BIRD
PICTURES ARE TO
BE GIVEN SCHOOLS
Ten thousand natural-color
Alaskan bird pictures and let
> ters from Gov. Geo. A. Parks
and T. Gilbert Pearson, presi
I dent of that organization, have
» been received in Juneau from
s the national Association of Au
■ dubon Societies for presentat
s ion to the school children of
i Alaska, it was announced re
i cently by H. W. Terhune, Ex
i ecutive Officer of the Alaska
• Game Commission. The pict
i ures are printed on cardboard
. and on the back of each is a
, description of the bird.
• There are twenty pictures in
• each group. The list is not com
• plete but is representative of
- Alaskan bird life as far as it
5 goes. Distribution will be ar
- ranged for through Territorial
• and Federal school authorities.
• A supply of the cards will be
sent to every school in the Ter
ritory.
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1 RUMOR DENIED
i The approach of spring is, as
i usual, heralded by divers and
s sundry rumors of this and that,
- based on nothing at all. The
- latest, to the effect that the
f Bank of Hyder has been, or is
to be, sold, is flatly nenied by
1 Manager E. D. Haddon.
, And there ye’ are,—as Hogan
s said.
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Stockholders of Kennecott
Copper Corporation have ap
proved an increase in the au
thorized capital stock of 12,
000,000 shares from 5,000,000
shares and split-up present
outstanding stock two-for-one.
Stockholders also voted to in
crease the board of directors
to 18 members from 15.
There are at present approxi
mately 4,553,000 shares out
standing.
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:- Noel M. Traversy, returned to
a camp Wednesday after a week
in Ketchikan on business.
cm IGLOO
MAKES IMPORTANT
Resolutions adopted by the
Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of
Alaska at the annual meeting
at Anchorage included an in
dorsement of an annual Terri
torial holiday, to be known as
Territorial Pioneer Day, ac
cording to Anchorage press re
ports.
The Grand Igloo also recom
mended that the Territorial
Legislature be petitioned to
construct another Pioneer
Home in the northwestern part
of the Territory to accommo
date both men and women pio
neers.
Other resolutions adopted in
cluded a proposal to memor
ialize the Legislature to make
Armistice Day, Nov. 11, a legal
holiday, as suggested by the
American Legion; indorsement
of an owned and operated in
stitution for Alaska insane,
and an increase of the pension
allowed aged residents of Alas
ka from $25 to $35 a month.
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NEW COLD STORAGE
PLANT INSTALLED
Installation of the new cold
storage and ice plant at the
Provinse meat market was
completed this week after
divers delays due to the non
arrival of essential parts.
The equipment includes a
two-ton York refrigerating ma
chine operated by electric
power and capable of provid
ing ample refrigeration for the
freezing and cooling rooms
and refrigerating counter. The
machine is also used to operate
a brine tank for the production
of artificial ice, which will be
produced in sufficient quanti
ties to meet public demands.
The machine represents the
very latest type in refrigerat
ing devices and is so equipped
that any of the several cooling
units may be disconnected
without interfering with oth
er units.
Although of moderate capac
ity, a more complete and ef
ficient storage plant can
scarcely be found anywhere in
the North. As a result of its
installation the public can rest
assured that meats and other
refrigerated supplies furnished
by the Provinse establishment
will be in the finest possible
shape for consumption.
Articles of incorporation of
the Port Wells-Granite Com
pany, a State of Washington
mining company, have been
office of secretary of Alaska
retary of Alaska.
It is capitalized at $100,000,
having an authorized stock is
sue of 1,000 shares valued at
$100 each. Directors of the
company are: G. W. Duncan,
Percy P Brush, N. O. Cruven,
Frances C. Duncan, Tacoma,
and L. A. Levensaler, Seattle.
The first three are the incor
porators.
It is understood the company
has taken over the old Granite
Mine in the Port Wells district,
and will resume development
and operations there this year.