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MINING NEWS OF THE
PORTLAND CANAL
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DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
VOL 6, NO. 30
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 3,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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LITTLE INTEREST IN
PRIMARY ELECTION
GeneraMack of interest in the
primary election Tuesday re
sulted in the smallest territor
ial election vote in the camp’s
history. Less than half of the
number who voted in the re
cent prohibition poll of the Hy
der Drug Company took suf
ficient interets in the selection
of candidates for the next
general election to go to the
polls and only 87 votes were
cast.
The vote for republican party
candidates totaled 71 and only
16 democrats displayed their
party fealty by casting a ballot
for the champions of democ
racy. Joseph Ulmer, candi
date for the republican nomi
nation for Territorial Highway
Engineer polled the largest
vote with 53 to his credit.This
was 9 more than were cast for
John Rustgard, candidate for
the republican nomination for
delegate to congress. Third
place fell to P. F. Gilmore,
candidate for the office of
divisional road commissioner,
who rolled up 40 votes, while
W. G. Smith candidate for ter
ritorial treasurer, was fourth
on the list with 39 votes.
Grover C. Winn led the con
test for legislative nominations
with 38 votes and Wm. L. Paul
with 34 was second. Third and
fourth places were won by
Walter P. Scott and Leroy Nol
and with 33 and 32 respective
ly.
A. H. Zeigler, democratic can
didate for nomination as repre
sentative in the Territorial leg
islature, headed the democrat
is vote with 16 votes. Geo. B.
Grigsby, for delegate to cong
ress, and R. J. Sommers, can
didate for Highway Engineer,
tied for second place on the
list with 11 votes each and
Thomas Gaffney, for auditor,
was third with 10 votes to his
credit. Following are the com
plete returns:
Republican Party—
Delegate to Congress
John Rustgard 43
James Wickersham 28
For Treasurer
Frank L. Knight 22
W. G. Smith 39
For Auditor
Cash Cole 34
Elmer Reed 30
Commissioner of Education
L. W. Breuer 33
W. K. Keller 28
Highway Engineer
Joseph Ulmer 52
Territorial Senator
Will A. Steel 33
C. T'. Gardner 32
rcr Representatives
Grcver C. Winn 38
Win. L. Paul 34
Walter P. Scott 33
Roy Noland 32
Patrick Gilclea 28
Peter Sommer 24
J. E. Johnson 23
Eugene Wacker 16
Div. Road Commissioner
P. F. Gilmore - 40
T. H. Evans, J. A. Talbot, and
Thomas Kelley also received
one vote each for road com
missioner.
Democratic Party—
Delegate to Congress
Geo. B. Grigsbv
For Treasurer
Richard E. Mardcastle
Foi
Thomas Gty
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B. C. SILVER REPORTS
NEW ORE DEVELOPMEN1
—
I
I TJie development by diamond
; drilling of a new mineralized
| zone on the No. 6 level of B. C.
: Silver which^ carries a two
foot vein of ore assaying $12 is
reported in the official report
of operations, released recent
ly by the Selukwe company.
The report says:
“All work confined to No. G
level. Drift 637 north-easterly
drive on zone advanced 142.5
ft., thus bringing face to 934 ft.
! from edge of 6$3 drift; this ad
| vance all in dark-coloured tuff,
i A small amount of work done
| on zone exposed in 633 drift,
| at 235 ft. from shaft; no com
mercial ore was found. Cross
cut 627 "being advanced in
north-westerly direction along
diamond drill hole No. 42 to
explore silicified zone inter
sected by that hole. Further
; diamond drilling in north-west
i erly direction off 637 drift
j shows presence of strongly sil
icified zone 450 ft. long and 25
! ft. wide; one foot section of
core assayed $12 in gold. This
zone is 150 ft. north-west of
main 637 drift, and roughly
parallel to it. A total of 755
ft. of diamond drilling and 428
j ft. of drifting, cross-cutting
! and sideswiping done.”
i Secretary J. H. Wilson of the
hospital Board has announced
| the following donations to the
i hospital during March:
Mrs. Newell, jam, pickles, jel
ly ; Mrs. LaRose, 2, pyjama
suits; Mrs. Hanson, dressing
gown; Father Leray, tea tray,
chicken; Mrs. Younkin, table
cloth; Mrs. Wilson, cake; Hos
pital Woman’s Auxiliary, bolt
of flannel, doz. knots tape, cur
tain material; Mrs. J. Cough
lan, $5.00; two donations, 15
packets kalsomine, credited to
“Mr. Anonymous.” The board
also acknowledges donation of
$244 from the Moose lodge and
two donations totaling 89.75
from the Winter Sports Club.
But for these very substantial
donations the funds of the hos
pital would be in a very feeble
state at this time. The hospit
al board tenders its thanks to
the donors above named and
the thanks of the entire com
munity are due the two organ
izations for their splendid ef
fort to keep the hospital going.
Mrs. D. E. Martin left on the
City of Anacortes to be with
her husband, who was oper
ated on in the Ketchikan hos
pital Monday.
Commissioner of Education
Anthony E. Karnes 9
Highway Engineer
R. J. Sommers 11
William A. Hesse 4
Territorial, Senator
Allen Shattuck 8
. Territorial Representatives
A. H. Zeigler 16
Frank A. Boyle 9
Albert Wile 6
Thomas B. Judson 5
E. L. Sampson 5
The election was supervised
by the following- election
j judges: B. B. Smith, N. M.
Traversy, Thomas Kelley.
Ne returns from other sect
ions of the territory were re
k
PRO, VOTE FOLLOWS
TRENH NAT'L, POLL
—
i The prohibition straw vote
and guessing contest conduct
ed by the Hyder Drug Co. dur
ing the past three weeks closed
Monday evening, after enroll
ing the opinions of 171 local
residents on the questions of
strict prohibition enforcement,
modification or repeal of the
| Eighteenth Amendment,
i Although the number voting
j did not include all residents of j
: the camp-many being Outside
and others not voting for reas
ons best known to themselves
i it nevertheless represents a |
i major percentage of the popu- j
| lation of Hyder district and in
■ eluded voters from every walk
! of life. It may, therefore, be
looked upon as a very close ap- j
proximation of the general
sentiment of the community on !
the much discussed prohibition
question.
Of the 171 votes cast, 27 were
for strict enforcement of the
prohibition laws; 58 were for
modification to permit the sale
of light wines and beer, and
87-favored repeal of the 18th1
amendment.
Probably the most remark- j
' able feature of the poll is that >
the percentages in favor of
modification and repeal, as
j compared to enforcement and
each other are strikingly sim;
i ilar to those so far displayed in [
the great nation-wide poll of i
; the Literary Digest. As indicat- i
! ed by the figures, those inclin-1
ing to modification outnum-:
bered those favoring enforce-;
ment two to one, while the j
number voting for repeal ex-1
; ceeded the enforcement adher
ents by more than three two
one. The combined vote for
modification and repeal ex
ceeded the enforcement vote
by more than five to one.
Although practically every
one in the camp appeared
greatly interested in the re
sults of the poll with respect to j
the prohibition question, the |
major interest was centered j
aiound the prize guessing con-i
test, in which prizes of $10 and
$5 in trade were offered by i
the Hyder Drug Company to
the two voters guessing closest
to the actual number of votes
that would be cast for each of!
the three questions; enforce
ment, modification, or repeal.
The contest developed an un
expected turn when it was
discovered that two voters, Mrs
H. R. Cross and Mr. Oscar Lar
son had submitted identical
figures on each of the three ;
questions, their guesses being
remarkably close to the actual j
number of votes cast on each 1
question. Following the discov- i
ery of the tie, Oren F. Hill,
proprietor of the drug comp
any, generously resolved the
question of splitting the first
prize by awarding a $10 trade
prize to each of the contest
ants for first honors. The sec
ond prize of $5 in trade was
won by Mrs. J. A. Hall i
Judges of the contest were:
Mrs. Isabel R. Martin, Mr. H.
R. Cross and Mr. N. H. Stev
ens.
As Hyder is the only town in
Alaska to hold a public i-efer
endum on the prohibition,
so far as known, and also be
WILL FOLLOW GOLD
LEAD ON WOODBINE
Published details of the con
templations of the group of
Vancouver business men who
recently took over the unissued
treasury stock of the Wood
bine Gold Mining Company,
disclose that it is planned to
open up the promising gold
lead-located near the mouth of
the main tunnel by diamond
drilling, in addition to explor
ing a number of other gold and
silver leads disclosed by drill
ing from the main Jevel. The
drill hole to be followed first
commences at the junction of
what are known as 215X cut
and the 216X raise The hole
dips at an angle of 45 degrees
and strikes west 20 degrees
south. The hole is said to inter
sect the gold ore body at 29
feet. The ore body is reported
to be 21 feet wide and averag-!
ing $8.67 in gold, with a 7-foot j
vein running up to $20.80 in j
gold.
Veins encountered in other
drill holes are said to range 1
from 2 to 5 feet wide and to
carry gold and silver values
running from $5 to $15.
MARSHAL MARTIN
UNDER OPERATION
Donald E. Martin, deputy U.
S. marshal for this precinct,
who has ben ailing from ab
dominal trouble for a long per
iod, was operated on success
fully in the Ketchikan hospital
Monday, according to a tele
gram received by Mrs. Martin.
Mr. Martin’s trouble was
found to be due to intestinal
adhesions. His condition was
repoited entirely satisfactory.
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Ryder enjoyed a brief glimpse
of the eclipse of the sun Mon-j
day morning, although the in-j
teresting celestial phenomena
was visible for only a few min
utes owing to cloudy weather, j
When seen through a rift in 1
the clouds about 11:30 a. m. |
slightly more than one-third
of the solar disk was obscured ;
by the moon’s dark bulk. This
was about the maximum ob-1
scuration that could be wit- j
nessed in this latitude. The I
eclipse lasted from 10:12 a. m. i
to 12:47 p. m., according to as
tronomical calculations. Forty
y ears will elapse before anoth-;
er eclipse of the sun will occur
under exaety the same condit
ions.
OLD TIMER PASSES ON
Nels M. Forgelie, an old-tim
er of the district, passed away
it the hospital Saturday even
ing after a brief illness. His de
mise is ascribed to heart dis
ease. Deceased was a native of
Norway and aged 50 years.!
He entered the hospital Satur
day morning.. The remains
were shipped to Prince Rupert
for interment.
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W. C. Blanton returned Mon
day evening from a business
trip to the States, during which
he gave the district some splen
did advertising in the Outside
press.
poll of the Literary Digest, Mr.
Hill has wired the x'esults of the
contest to that publication and
also to the Associated Press, by.
STEWART VOTES
TO INCORPORATE
Stewart voted yesterday to
incorporate as a village munic
! ipality under the B. C. Village
j Incorporation Act and is now
on the way to home govern
ment.
The vote was 72 for incorpor
ation to 47 against.
This was the second time in
slightly over six months that
the property owners voted on
the incorporation question. The
first vote was won by the op
ponents of incorporation by a
majority of only three votes, j
Yesterday’s vote, however, j
leaves no doubt regarding the
sentiment of the residents, who !
are to be congratulated over
their progressiveness.
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i-L-c-v, i iviv, DnrwLix i
OPENS MONDAY
The Electric Bakery, latest |
addition to local busness enter-!
prises, will be opened in Stew
art Monday. The plant is mod
ern in every detail and is to be
electrically operated through
out. Practically every form of
machine and appliance used in
the modern bakery business is j
included in the equipment of
the new bakery, thereby enab
ling lai'ge scale production and
a minimum of manual hand-1
ling of the products.
The plant is in every respect
one that any good sized city
might well be proud of and is
probably the most advanced
type of plant of its kind to be
found in the North. The own- ■
er is Mr. J. B. Watson, one of j
the accountants at Premier
and one of the most popular
young men in the district. In
creating an establishment of
this character, Mr. Watson is
displaying the utmost faith in
in the district and its future i
and is well entitled to the full- J
est measure of support. Mr. i
Watson will not take an active ;
part in the operation of the
bakery, which will be under
the management of Mr. R. E.
Morgan, late chief steward at
the Premier mine, who has had
many years of experience in
the bakery business.
Mr. Watson is making ar
rangements to supply Ilvder,
as well as Stewart with bak
ery products through the med
ium of the local stores and res
taurants, but plans to inaugu
rate a house-to-house delivery
service if conditions warrant.
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Ihe Hyder Catholic Church
membership is feeling decided
ly elated just now as a result |
of the discharge of the mort
gage indebtedness on the local
church property, which is now
ehtirely free of debt. The an
nouncement that the property
was made at the Easter ser
vices conducted by Fr. Leray.
A feature of the service was
a vocal program rendered by
the well trained choir of the
Stewart Catholic church.
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Nels Helgerson, who sus
tained a fracture of the leg
through falling from the walk
in front of his residences on
First Avenue recently, was op
erated on in the hospital Tues
day, the operation consisting
of the attachment of a plate
to the broken bone.
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Mrs. N. M. Traversy returned
PITTMAN PREDICTS
ADVANCE IN SILVER
An immediate advance of not
less than ten cents an ounce in
the price of silver will be
brought about if the house of
representatives agrees to the
silver amendment, according
to a Washington report quot
ing Senator Key Pittman, of
Nevade, author of the amend
ment recently adopted by the
senate, placing a tariff of 30
cents an ounce on silver.
Senator Pittman says the bill
will instantly put an end to the
dumping of cheap foreign sil
ver in the United States and
will probably lead to the form
ation of a silver export associ
ation, such as was proposed
once before for the handling
of surplus AYnerican silver.
At least two of the house con
ferees are western men from
states whose senators voted for
the amendment and Senator
Pittman is confident his bill
will win when it goes to con
ference, even though the house
bill imposes no. tariff on silver.
He said the fact that the
amendment was adopted in the
senate by a vote of 55 to 12 in
dicates that the senate confer
ees will insist on acceptance'of
this issue by the house.
The senate defeated the Pitt
man amendment by a vote of
36 to 32 several weeks before
its adoption and the fact that
so many senators changed
front after studying the condit
ion of the silver mining indus
try, and after reading of the re
cent cuts in wages by many
lead and silver mines also con
vinces Senator Pittman that the
senate will insist on retention
of his amendment.
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An excellent program, pre
senting three of America’s
most famous and popular
screen stars, will be displayed
it the motion picture show to
morrow evening. The feature
is “Shanghai Bound,’’ a color
ful tale of adventure with an
Driental background, with
Richard Dix in the lead, sup
ported by Mary Brian, both
screen stars of the first magni
:ude.
Bobby Vernon, inimitable fun
maker, in one of his rapid-fire
comedies, will round out what
promises to be one of the best
shows in a long period.*.
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National Hospital Day occurs
May 12 and the Stewart Gen
eral Hospital will be open for
nspection on that date. All
'riends and well-wishers are
cordially invited to visit the in
stitution in the afternoon. A
silver tea will be served from
3 to 7:30 p. m.
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Notice of Dissolution of
Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned have dissolved the
partnership heretofore existing
between them. ..Said partner
ship was known as the Hyder
Garage and Service Station.
A.11 accounts payable to said
partnership are payable to W.
R. McDonnell and the said W.
R. McDonnell is to assume and
pay all partnership debts. Dat
sd at Hyder, Alaska, this 30
lay of April, 1930.
. McDonnell
Hager