AN ALU
ALA S K A
NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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IN ADVANCE
VOL 2, NO. 44
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,1926
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
BIG 4th PROGRAM
IS PREPARED
The committee in charge of
Independence Day celebration
plans has practically complet
ed its preliminary labors and
is now resting on its oars until
the big day arrives. In keeping
with the usual custom when a
holiday falls on Sunday, the
national birthday will be ob
served on Monday, July 5th.
The committee has arranged
an elaborate program of sports '
and exercises and the celebra
tion will undoubtedly be the ,
greatest of its kind that has j
occurred in Hyder in the j
history of the camp.
The program embraces a •
number of features not hither
to observed here and the list
of sports is far more extensive j
than ever before.
The committee has made a
special effort to make the pa
rade the most impressive feat
ure of the celebration by offer-1
ing two cash prizes of $30 and
$20 for the best decorated
floats; and is also encourag
ing the decoration of the town
by offering a prize of $25 for
the best decorated building.
The big parade, led by Mar
shal of the Day T. W. McDon
ald, will form on lower Pre
mier Avenue near the .Premier
bunk house and will traverse ;
the principal thoroughfares,
starting at 12 o’clock, sharp. <
After completing the line of
tliUivh) pwi «*Uv t» 1VI
to the ball grounds and dis
band. Immediately after the
close of the procession Col. E.
R. Stivers will deliver an ad
dress at the ball grounds in
honor of the day and the pro
gram of field sports will fol
low. The latter will be open
to all, with cash prizes for the
winners in every event. Follow
ing is the list of contests and
prizes offered.
Best Decorated
Float.
Best Decorated
Building
30.00 20.00
25.00
Boys Races
100 yd dash
Sack Race
3 Legged race
Pig a Back Race
Shoe Race
Greased Pole
Climb
1st
2.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2nd
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
5.00 on top
of pole
Girls Races
Sack Race
Potato Race
Egg Race
3 Legged Race
50 Yd. Dash
Free For All
Base Running
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
5.00
Relay race, 4 men 10.00
Ball throwing
100 Yd. Dash
Running bd jump
Pig A Back Race
For Women
100 Yd Dash
Base running
Nail Driving Con
test
Pie Eating Contest
Pillow Fight
Tug of War
Base Ball: 3 P. M
Stewart vs Hyder
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
2.50
5 00
2.00
5.00
2.50
2.00
5.00
5.00
2.50
2.50
5-.00
2.00
3.00
25.00
2.50
1.00
50.00
The celebration will be con
cluded with a dance in Pioneer
Hall, with the splendid Pre
mier orchestra supplying the
music.
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M. R. Jamieson returned Sat
WAR DEPARTMENT
TO CONSIDER FLOOD
PROTECTION APPEAL
The Chamber of Commerce
appeal against the adverse
flood protection decision of the
Alaska representatives of the
War Department Engineering
Board, will receive a hearing
and close consideration by the
Board of Engineers at Wash
ington D. C., according to a
letter from the department re
ceived by the Chamber of
Commerce.
The communication promises
that the department will make
a careful study of the river sit
uation.
As the Chamber of Com
merce appeal presents the re
quest of the community for
protection against the en
croachments of Salmon River
from several new angles, and
also includes much additional
data showing the imperative
need for governmental assist
ance if Hyder is to be spared
a disastrous flood, there is
much reason to hope that it
may at least induce a more
thorough invstigation of the
conditions before the question
is finally determined.
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C. H. St. Clair, of the River
side mine, his sister-in-law,
Mrs. M. J. St. Clair, and her
infant child, were the victims
of a near serjous accident
TvlVOUU T 9 It Vlt 4*11V1 & VMi f W4 t”f' ~
en by Mrs. St. Clair, crashed
through the guard rail at the
north end of Volunteer WTay
Tuesday afternoon and fell up
side down on the mud flat
some 8 or 10 feet below. All
three of the occupants were
in the front seat when the car
took its headlong plunge but,
although the top was com
pletely crushed in and the
windshield smashed to bits,
virtually in their faces, all
three of the occupants escaped
with no more serious injuries
than a few bruises and a gen
ral shaking up. In view of the
fact that they fell head down
ward, underneath the heavy
car, their escape from severe
injury was little short of provi
dential.
The car was traveling at a
very slow speed, according to
eyewitnesses, and the accident
is believed to have been due to
the failure of Mrs. St. Clair to
properly estimate the distance
in making the sharp turn from
International Way onto the
bridge.
Following the accident the
car was turned over by by
standers and hauled up on the
road, where it was found to
be but little damaged, aside
from the destruction of the
top and windshield.
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R. E. Lundvall has taken sup
plies and a crew of men to the
I Washington group on the
j south fork of the Marmot Riv
; er, where considerable devel
t opment work is contemplated
! during the season.
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J. D. Littlepage, president and
manager of the Riverside Min
ing and Milling Co., returned
Saturday from a business trip
to the States.
Joseph Mayer, of Mayer Bros,
nc. prominent Seattle jewelry
irm arrived Saturday »n a
through the Territory
mmia
WORK PROGRESSING
ON HIGH ORE
W. R. Tonkin, pioneer mining
man and former leading figure
in the Fish Creek Mining Co.,
has a small crew doing devel- ,
opment work on the High Ore
properties, a large group lo- ,
cated along the Canadian side
of the International boundary
nearly opposite to the Stoner ,
Group, a short distance east
of Nine Mile.
The High Ore is in a promis
ing locality and displays a
number of likely looking ga
lena showings on which sur
face work is being done.
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Elmer E Reed, Chief Deputy I
in the office of the U. S. Mar-1
shal, left on the Taku II en
route to Juneau, after a visit i
of several days in camp. Mr. ;
Reed visited the Premier and j i
other interesting points and ex- j!
pressed himself as being a
firm believer in the future of j
the camp as a result of his ob-! i
servations. He plans to make a
second visit later in the season.
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Jos. A. Mills, mining engi- :
neer, who spent several weeks
in the district in connection j
with development work on the , <
American Mining and Milling j
Co., left Saturday for Vancouv- j
er to confer with the company
directors respecting plans for i
^rther^developm^Ot^
Work on the Texas Creek j
pack trail bridge is making
good progress under the di
rection of Fred J. Hughes, i
supervising engineer, and Suptj' '
T. H. Evans of the Bureau of j
Public Roads, who is in charge
of the construction work.
Mr. Hughes states that the
new structure will be located
cable crossing. It will be ap
proximately 250 feet in length j
and supported by three piers
with false bents between. The
bridge will be constructed
largely of native timber se
cured at the bridge site.
A crew of 7 or 8 men is on
the job.
H. A. Hallum, who is associ
ated with E. H. Bartholf in the
i Last Cahnce group near the
j foot of Salmon Glacier, is visit
ing in the district looking over |
his holdings.
Mr. Hallum is a Seattle busi- .
ness man and the head of the
Seattle Oxygen Co. In addition
to owning a half interest in j
the Last Chance, he also holds!
an option on the interest of
Mr. Bartholf. After a short
visit to the group he expressed
himself as well pleased with
the surface indications and
stated that he intends to give
his personal attention to their
; development.
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| Frederick N. Cronholm, well
known mining man, and one
of the firiginal locators of the
i now widely noted Cantu and •
Frances groups, recently bond
i ed by the Premier, returned
j to Hyder on the Cardena, ac
■ companied by Mrs. Cronholm,
j after wintering in California
| and other sections of the south
; land.
Mr. Cronholm is contemplat
ing a visit to the Cassiar sect
ion in connection with a placer
project and expects to remain
here only a short time.
BIG B. C. ORE
SHIPMENT READY
Close to 250 tons of B. C. Sil
ver ore is scheduled to leave
:or the smelter on the next trip
)f the ore steamer Mogul.
Reliable information says the
:ompany has an abundance of
.igh grade ore in sight on the i
hird level and will probably
<hip close to the same amount j
monthly during the open seas
on. The Crawford Transfer is
wringing the ore down from
he mine at the rate of about
12 tons per day with trucks.
PORTLAND FIRM GETS 1
NEW ROAD CONTRACT.
j I
The Johnson-Gardner Co. a 1
prominent contracting firm, of I
Portland, Oregon, has been ; \
warded the Bureau of Roads j;
:ontract for extending the new , \
Salmon River highway from ;,
Pish Creek to the cemetery, j«
J. H. Walter, who will have ,
:harge of the construction \
vork arrived Tuesday on the ! ]
Prince Charles, accompanied '
jy Curtis Gardner Junior (
nember of the contracting <
firm, who will return to Port- ,
and after looking the project j,
>ver for the purpose of send- j
ng in the necessary machinery j
md equipment.
.According to Mr. Walter the t
sontract calls for the con- i
Ruction of 3 4-10 miles of i,
.he present highway. Mr. Wal- ,
er states work will be started j
mmediately. Local men will be ,
employed as far as available £
md the contractors will also
aurchase their supplies locally
ng far as possible. From 80 1
:o 100 men will be employed j]
tvhen work is in full swing j j
aut a small crew will be put j
:o work at camp construction ]
md other preparatory work as ]
fast as men and supplies can ]
oe secured. j1
Parties desiring employment
;an find Mr. Walter at the ; <
Provinse apartments. ; <
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Gus Gelles, well known resi-; |
[lent of Anchorage, arrived j ]
from Seattle on the Cardena to | <
look the camp over before re- i,
turning to his h ome in the rail- ]
road city.
During his visit to the States, i
Mr. Gelles, wl o represents >x .
Large number oi outside firms
,n his section, also secured an ,
agency for the new and very
remarkable sound reproduct
ion device known as the Bruns-1
wick Panatrope, a musical in- j
strument absolutely new in;
principle which operates by j
electricity on the order of the j
radio and is a vast improve
ment over the old mechanical
methods of sound reproduct
ion. He has brought one to
Hyder and will give a demon
stration on the ball gi'ound
July 5th if conditions are fav
orable.
Mr. Gelles plans to leave on
the Norco enroute to Anchor
age.
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Premier residents will enjoy
a big dance and entertainment
Thursday evening in honor of ■
Dominion Day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bartholf
left on the. Taku II enroute;
to the Broad Pass section, j
where Mr. Bartholf will in
spect a number of placer prop
erties in the interest of outside
MOLYBDENUM IN
UNITED STATES
Although the United States
has thousands of molybdenum
deposits ranging in size from
those hich produce only a few
flakes of molybdenite, to those
in which there are millions of
tons of ore, only two mo
lybdenum mines were operat
ed during 1925, according to
the Bureau of Mines, Depart
nent of Commerce, says Min
ng Truth.
The market has not grown
sufficiently large to warrant
she operation of other mines,
rhe two which operated are j
veil equipped and are owned
>y companies which make
heir own molybdenum com
>ounds to be sold to the steel
rade. In Colorado the Climax
Molybdenum Co. operated
throughout the year at Climax,
ibout 15 miles, by rail, north
east of Leadville. In New Mexi
o, the Molybdenum Corporat- j
on of America operated its!
nine in Sulphur Gulch, about
' miles east of Questa. Togeth
r the companies produced
17,665 tons of ore, from which
vas made 864 short tons of
oncentrates carrying 72.7 to
>5 per cent molybdenum sul
>hide equivalent to 1,154,065
lounds of molybdenum (met
,1). A few tons of molybde
tite are used each year for
naking chemicals, and a few
iivuocrnu pvunuo vi
ium is used in the electrical
ndustry, but the bulk of the
iroduction is used in machine
teels.
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Chajs. E. Herron, directing
lead of the Hyder-Jumbo and
lyder-Skookum mining com
tanies, arrived from the
itates Monday evening. Mr.
lerron was accompanied tc
Iyder by Addison Brown ol
■few York, who made the trip
o look over the country.
Mr. Herron plans to do con
iderable development work
m the Hyder-Jumbo and Hy- i
ler-Skookum properties during (
he present season and ha?
lad a small crew at work foi
ome days under the direction
>f D. B. Patterson, widel>
mown old timer of the north.
Mr. Herron states outside
nining men are displaying con
liderable interest in Hyder and
nany will probably visit the
:amp during the summer tc
ook the distinct over. Among ■
he number mentioned by Mr.
Herron as likely to make the
;rip are Jafet Lindeberg, fam
?d as one of the discoverers
jf the Nome placer fields, and
Major L. H. French, who has
[leaded some of the largest
mining projects ever undertak
en in Alaska, as well as num
erous large development pro
jects in the States.
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Another fine looking lead of
ore has been uncovered on the
Mountainview Gold Mining
company properties on Fish
Creek as a result of recent
prospecting activities which
located the ledge under a
heavy overburden.
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Arthur Hall, who attended
school in eastern Canada dur
ing the winter, is home for his
summer vacation.
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J. C. Valentine arrived from
Seattle on the Prince Charle:
to take a position with the
MHtatitiiitiltaMHaMi
GOOD WORK DONE IN
SPECIAL SCHOOL DEPT.
That the public school short
course in Citizenship conduct
ed during the year 1925-26
proved attractive to students is
evidenced by a report recently
issued by Lester D. Henderson,
Commissioner of Education. A
total of 308 adults took advan
tage of this opportunity to im
prove their understanding of
English, United States history
ad civics, and general elemen
tary school subjects. Of this
number 101 were aliens, 93
declarants or holders of first
papers, 23 petitioners or appli
cants for second papers, and
86 citizens of the United
States.
During the course of the year
three students took out final
citizenship papers, fourteen
made applications for second
papers, and fourteen took out
first papers.
Schools were maintained in
eleven communities; Chicha
gof, Douglas, Fairbanks, Jun
eau, Kasaan, Kennecott Ket
chikan, Latouche, Petersburg,
Sitka and Tenakee. The schoH
term ranged from 12 to 21
weeks, with the except:or of
Sitka, where poor attendance
made it necessary to discon
tinue the sessions at the five
of the first month.
The total cost to the Ter itory
W£sj3,g4i $2103. jysr..c w*
srage daily attendance. E'gh—
teen teachers were employed.
Nationalities represented in
the enrollment with the num
ber of each are as follows:
Americans ( white 16, neg.o 1,
Alaska Indian 22), 39; Aus
trians, 6; Belgians,2; Bulgar
ans,l; Canadians,1; Czecho
slovaks, 1; Dane3, 2; Dutch,3;
English, 1; Filipinos, 8; Finns,
16; French, 1; Germans, 13;
Greeks,8; Hungarians, 1;
Irish, 3; Italians.il; Japanese,
5; Jugo-Slavs, 4; Monteneg
rins, 2; Norwegians, 98; Rus
sians, 13; Swedes ,32; Swiss,2.
B. Taylor, is planning to
further extend his local busi
ness activities by adding gro
ceries to the list of goods car
ried in his establishmnt. He
expects to leave for the states
n the near future to personal
ly selcet his grocery stock, as
well as secure new goods for
his ladies and mens wear
department.
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R. H. Humber, Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal at Ketchi
kan for three years, has been
elected Chief of Police of that
place by the City Council. Re
ports from Ketchikan are that
the choice is a popular one
with the people of the First
City.
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S. P. Fitzgerald, president
and manager of the Indep nd
ence, has returned to the
States, after inpecting th'' re
sults of development work now
in progress on that promising
property. Mr. Fitzgerald ex
pects to return shortly with
Chas. G. Bush, consulting en
gineer and vice president of
the company, who will direct
future operations.
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M. R. Mason, North Dakota
business man, arrived on the
■pv?i ■ H ’• "r t
camp ovv*r.