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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 42.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1934.
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DELEGATE WORKING
FOR RIVER PROJECT
Alaska Delegate A. J. Di
mond is now working with
characteristic industry to se
cure an approprialtion from the
Public Works Administration
for the Salmon River flood con
trol project, recently endorsed
by special Congressional enact
ment.
In a letter relative to the pro
ject, written June 23, Mr. Di
mond expresses hope that the
project will be put .'through by
the PWA, although he had
been unable up to that time to
secure any assurance of im
mediate construction.
“Yesterday,” the letter states,
“I spent considerable time with
the officials oif the Public
Works Administration. They
did not give me any assurance
that our urgent requests would
be complied with, the reason
given being that Congress had
not appropriated sufficient
mjoney to do more than take
care lof projects already start
ed and upon which it was nec
essary to continue work.
Of course I did not fail to
say to them that the Hyder
flood control project was the
only project c|f that type which
was approved at the recent
session lof Congress, and that
the PWA would wish to com
ply with the will of Congress
and of the President in all
those matters.”
In order to have a written
record of it, Delegate Dimond
later addressed a letter to Sec
retary Ickes, urging an allot
ment lof funds. The Delegate
stated he also had asked per
mission to appear before lihe
special Board which considers
these 'projects for the PWA.
According to Mr. Dimond, the
chairman of this Board, assist
ant secretary Chapman, ap
pears to take a sympathetic
view of applications for public
works projects in Alaska
After explaining that the lajte
passage lof the bill precluded
having it budgeted by the War
Department, approved by the
Bureau of the Budget, and an
appropriate item included in
the deficiency appropriation
bill, Mr. Dimond concluded a?
follows:
“However, the bill is passed
and sooner or later we shall
get (the work done. If the
PWA refuses to undertake it,
I think there will be nlo diffi
culty in having an item carried
in the regular appropriation
bill of next winter.”
“This is merely to tell you
, that everything possible is be
ing done to secure construction
of this project.”
Patrick Croghan Passes On
Patrick Cnoghan, aged Tomb
stone bay resident, passed
away last Sunday at Hidden
Inlet, according to a telegram
received by Hubert Thomas
from Nick Kristovich, son in
law of the deceased.
The message indicated fur
ther that the remains of the old
timer had been taken to Tomb
stone Bay by Celeste Burton,
where they would be interred
on the homestead occupied by
the deceased for upward of
twlo decades and where he
wished ,to be laid in his (final
rest.
According to old-timers, Mr.
Croghan was at least 76 years
of age and is believed to have
been one of the first white men
to take up permanent residence
c'n Portland Canal.
He is understood to have been
a native of Ireland but emi
grated to Canada when a
young man. He is survived by
a widow and one daughter,
Mrs. Kristovich.
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“Dick” Inkster Stricken
By Paralytic Stroke
Richard Inkster, (former local
resident, who enitered the Pio
neers’ Home at Sitka last year,
has suffered a strtoke of paraly
sis and is confined to .the Home
hospital, according to a letter
from Territorial Highway En
gineer Wiilliam A. Hesse re
ceived this week by the Herald.
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Strike Tieup Continues
Up to last evening the long
shore strike situation in Seattle
remained unchanged insofar as
Alaska is concerned.
Reports from other sections
of ,the Territory indicate that
food supplies are greatly de
pleted a't many points and ser
ious conditions are threatened
of the blockade is not relieved
soon.
Rep'orts from Seattle Tues
day said the striking longshore
men had voted unanimously to
renew their truce with the ship
pers and load Alaska ships if
police guards were withdrawn
by Mayor Charles L. Smith.
Officials stated, however, 'that
there was no chance that the
police wiould be withdrawn.
Fierce clashes have ocurred
at Seattle and San Francisco
between strikers and police,
several being killed and many
injured at the latter point Fri
day.
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The Hyder lumber mill re
sumed cutting again Thursday
morning.
GOVT. FORBIDS
SILVER EXPORTS
Exploit of silver from the
United States except under
special license by the United
States Treasury is now forbid
den, as a result of a Treasury
pronouncement issued last Sat
urday.
The sudden embargo was ex
plained by Secretary Morgen
thau as duelto information that
international speculators were
making large shipments of sil
ver tlo foreign destinations.
Morgenthau cited shipments
billed to London or Bombay as
evidence of such movements.
Although not indicated in the
reports, it is not improvable
that the export movement rep
resents .some scheme of the
speculators to- evade the pro
fits tax imposed by the silver
purchase bill on silver bought
for speculative purposes.
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Consolidated Experts Arrive
Dr. H. E. Jure, geologist for
the Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Company, and Pro
fessor W. J. Mead of the
University of Wisconsin, noted
geologist and mining engineer,
arrived on the Prince Rupert
last Saturday to examine local
pilopeifties in which Consolid
ated is interested.
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Seal and Eagle Bounty
Funds Are Exhausted
Territorial funds for payment
of seal and eagle bounties are
exhausted and no more claims
can be paid until additional
funds are made available by
the 1935 legislature, according
to an announcement last week
by Territorial Treasurer W. G.
Smith. The last legislature!
appropriated $25,000 for hair
seal bounties and $7,500 for
eagle bounties. A fee of $2 is j
paid fbr each hair seal scalp
and $1 for each pair of eagle
claws. Payments have been
unusually heavy during the
past 15 months, as idle men
have turned to eagle and seal
hunting as a source of revenue.
Claims presented for seal and
eagle bounties will be held by
the Treasurer’s office until
funds are appropriated.
Funds for meeting wolf and
c'oyote bounties, fcr which
$25,000 was appropriated, are
sufficient tO' meet demands un
til the next legislature mee|ts.
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Big Missouri Takes Jump
Big Missouri stock advanced
8 cents on the Vancouver Stock
Exchange Friday,, being puot
ed at 44 cents a share.
Granby to Test Dunwell Ore
Prospects that the Gra'nby
company will handle the silici
ous ores of (the Dunwell prop
erty are indicated in reports
from Stewart that 500 tons of
the ore is being mioved to the
Stewart dock for trial tests at
the Anyox smelter.
It is understood (that arrange
ments have been made between
the Granby and Dunwell com
panies whereby the former will
take the silicious ores if the
tests prove satisfactory.
Messrs. Buckle and Barker,
representatives o f Granby,
spe/nt last week at the Dunwell
sampling the ores, and W. R.
Lindsay, manager of (the Gran
by plant at Anyox also visited
the property last week.
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Slides Blockade Texas Read
Frank Blasher came down
from the head of Texas Creek
Monday and reported that a
large portion of the highway
along the west f|ork is still
blockaded by the extremely
heavy snowslides of last winter
and traveling is very difficult.
A Bureau of Public Roads
maintenance crew is working
at one of the big slides in the
neighborhood bf Fifteen-mile
but is encountering much diffi
culty, owing to'the slide having
brought down large numbers
of trees, brush and other tim
ber debris from the upper
slopes, Mr. Blasher said. The
snow and timber is packed so
hard together in most of the
slides that neither can be re
moved except with extreme
difficulty and it will probably
be close to the end of July be
fore the highway can be
cleared for traffic, in the opin
ion of Mr. Blasher.
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Board Rules on Alaska
Liquor Law Enforcement
The Territorial Board of Liq
uor Control has adopted a reso
lution implosing the duty of en
forcing all provisions for con
trol of liquor traffic upon mun
icipal police officers as well as
federal officers. This settles
the disputed question of wheth
er municipal officers were em
powered to make such arrests.
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S. Hellenthal Named for Judge
Simon Hellenthal, prominent
Juneau attorney has been ap
pointed by President Roosevelt
as federal judge for the Third
Judicial Division, t'o succeed
Cecil M. Clegg, who resigned
recently.
HYDER CELEBRATES
NATION’S BIRTHDAY
Hyder celebrated the “glori
ous Fourth” in becoming man
ner last Wednesday, and under
the most perfect weather con
ditions seen here on that date
in years.
Although the festivities were
not so elaborate as in more
prosperous years, the celebrat
ion lacked nothing in zest and
spirit and was keenly enjoyed
by a large number (from both
sides of the international
boundary line.
Sports for the children consti
tuted the major portion of the
program and were followed by
a sofjt ball game between Hy
der and Stewart teams, in
which the visitors edged out
an 11 to 8 victory after a tie in
the ninth inning at 8-8 all. The
locals were badly handicapped
by lack of practice and de
serve considerable credit for
holding their own as well as
they did against well practiced
and younger opponents.
The evening was given over
to a baseball game between
Premier and a picked Hyder
Sitewart team. Premier won
an easy victory by more effect
ive pitching and batting. Score
9 to 5
The children’s sports resulted
as follows:
Tot’s race- Bobby Johnson
was first and Bert Thomas
second, but the judges decided
they were all winners and gave
prizes to each contestant.
Boy’s race, 6 to 8 years: C.
Hutchings, J. Kriatoivich.
Girl’s race, 6 to 8: Betty
Blue, Emma Kristovich.
Boy’s race, 8 to 10: T. Jad
i1oe, Mansell Gray.
Girl’s race, 8 to 10: Annie
Evich, Madeline McNeill.
Boy’s race, 12 and under: B.
Bigham, and D. Heineky ran a
dead heat and were awarded
equal prizes.
Girl’s race, 12 and under: A.
Evich, Geraldine McCarthy.
Boy’s 100-yard race: Hector
Mattheson, Buddy Murray.
Girl’s 100-yard race: Yvonnu
Murray, Betty Wakefield.
Mixed 3-legged race: Betty
Wakefield and Robert Hutch
ings, Betty Blue and Billy Big
ham.
Cracker eating contest: Ger
aldine McCarthy, Made line
McNeill.
Leap frtog race: Reg. Crozier
and Betty Wakefield, Shirley
Young and Hector Matheson.
A considerable number of
the men-folks are entitled to a
vote /of thanks for putting the
ball park in fine shape for the
sports by clearing off the win
ter’s accumulation of litter.