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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1.
IIYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1932.
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PARKS PROMISES
ALL 1 POSSIBLE
Governor Georgs A. Parks,
replying to the recent plea of
the Hytler Chamber of Com
merce for an allotment of
funds by the Territory for riv
ei protection work, as a means
of relieving the serious condit
ions resulting from the almost
complete cessation of local
mining since the drastic fall in
silver prices, announces that he
and other Territorial officials
will do everything they can to
relieve the situation.
i no governor nates tnat
funds are very limited but ho
will nevertheless try to render
assistance to the camp from
Territorial sources. He indi
cates. furthermore, that prac
tically every other community
in the Territory is in a position
where they can take care of
their local unemployed relief.
Gov. Parks said he had con
ferred with Mr. Flory, chief of:
the Forest Service in Alaska, j
relative to the local situation !
and states that there is a poss
ibility that they may be able tc
allot a few thousand dollars to
this section for additional road
work.
“If this can be done,”, he
wrote, “they will endeavor to
employ those who are in need
and distribute the funds where
they will do the most good and
at the same time improve the
existing project.”
Governor Parks also suggest
ed that the Chamber of Com
merce prepare a request for a
sufficient allotment of Red
Cross flour to meet the require
ments of the local unemployed
during the winter and indicates
his belief that a substantial! al
lotment may be secured. The
Territory has already obtained
some 05,000 pounds, he states,
and an additional allotment
has been requested. IJis sug
gestions in this respect are be- j
ing followed by the Chamber
officials.
“The condition is, I believe,:
thoroughly appreciated,” the
letter says,“ and we shall make
every effort to assist you in
meeting your problem during
the coming winter.”
Alaska Juneau Makes Big
Profit On 74 Cent Ore
Despite a drop of almost two
cents a ton in the value of the ;
oie, August operations at the j
Alaska Juneau mine netted a
profit of $101,700, according |
to an estimate issued by the j
company.
The ore values during the i
month averaged slightly over
74 cents per ton. Ore mined j
and trammed totaled 350,300
tons, exceeding that of the pre
ceding month by about 8,000 j
ton?. The production of gold
amounted to $260,00, an aver
age of 74.22 cents a ton.
Bank To Pay Second
Dividend Next Week
E. D. Haddon, Receiver of
. ths insolvent Bank of Hyder.
announced Friday that a sec
I ond dividend, amounting in
this instance to 15 per cent,
will be paid to depositors next
week under an order of the
i federal district court at Jun
eau effective October 14th.
Under the order approxi
mately $4,700 will be distrib
uted to the depositors, bring
ing the total amount returned
by the receiver to date to 65
per cent of all depositor’s
claims.
Mr. Haddon informed the
Herald .'that checks covering
claims for United States funds
will be available for distribut
ion next Tuesday morning and
those not called for will be
mailed to claimants Wednes
day afternoon.
Payment of dividends on
Canadian funds will ijot be
made until about the third of
November, as drafts must first
be secured from the Juneau de
pository and requests for them
cannot leave here before Oct
ober 20 under the present mail j
schedule.
The return of 65 per cent of j
deposits within the past few
weeks is not only highly grati
fying to depositors but also to
he former officials, as it pro
vides undeniable evidence
of good management of the j
bank’s affairs prior to going in-;
o voluntary insolvency as a re-1
ult of the depressed business
conditions in the camp. Fur
her returns of depositors’ |
funds are expected to be made [
as soon as still unliquidated as
sets are converted into money,
with every prospect that de
positors will ultimately be re
rabursed in full.
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Alien Hunters Warned
Reports reaching the local;
law enforcement authorities;
. h a t unlicensed Canadians
have been hunting in the Texas
creek section have caused Dep
uty U. S. Marshal W. S. Hard
ing to post notices on the Tex
as creek bridge warning alien
hunters to procure licenses for
hunting and possessing fire
arms before hunting in Alas
kan territory.
The game laws provide se
vere penalties for violations by
unlicensed aliens, who are also ;
prohibited from possessing fire
arms without a permit, regard
less of whether the weapons1
are used for hunting or not.
Unlicensed weapons in the po-1
^session of aliens of any count
ry are also liable to confiscat-;
ion under the law.
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Hard Times Dance Coming
The Friendship Club is mak-!
ing preparations for a “Hard j
Times” dance in Pioneer Hall!
next Saturday evening, Oct-1
ober 22.
PREMIER DEVELOPING
OLD CLARK PROPERTY
Reports fiom Juneau this
week announce that the mining
property on which the Premier
| Gold Mining Company is op
I erating in the vicinity of Jun
eau is known as the Clark
property. »
The ground is situated near
Carlson Creek and the record
owners are Robert Coughlin,
Alfred Bonnet, Larry McKech
nie, John Price and Phillip Mc
Kenna. They are said to have
interested the Premier comp
any in the property early last
summer, the negotitions event
uating in the company taking
an option. A temporary tent
camp has been established and
a force of ten men has been
employed in prospecting. The
work has been under the per
sonal direction of Mr. B. F.
Smith, assistant manager of
the Premier company, with
C. W. Goldsburfch assisting as
foreman. According to the in
formation at hahd, the pres
ent activities will cease with
the first heavy fall of snow,
but will be resumed in the
spring. It is thought that a
full season’s investigation next
year will determine whether
or not the property will war
rant large-scale developfnent.
Carlson Creek flows into
Taku Inlet, situated about 16
miles from Juneau.
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Columbus Day Wednesday
Wednesday, October 12, was
Columbus Day, marking the
440th anniversary of the dis
covery of America by Christo
pher Columbus in 1492, which
opened a new world to settle
ment and exploitation.
Columbus Day was first ob
served in Colorado, but large
ly through the efforts of the
Knights of Columbus, its ob
servance has now become wide
spread throughout the United
States.
The anniversary was ob
served locally by the children
of the public school with a Co
lumbus program Friday after
noon.
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Goat Hunters Have Poor Luck
Mountain goat, usually fair
ly plentiful on the Salmon river
and Texas creek slopes at this
season, are reported decidedly
scarce this fall, probably ow
ing to the depredations of coy
otes and wolves, which have in
vaded the district in large num
bers during the past two or
three years.
Hunters report that the few
animals seen are exceedingly
wary and flee to inaccessible
spots at the first sign of an ap
proaching hunter. Up to the
persent only three local hunt
ers have succeeded in bagging
one of the animals and the
toothsome goat chop and roast
is a decided rarity in the camp.,
Assistance In Maintaining
Portcffice Rating Urget
f
Local residents who make s
piactioe of mailing letters foi
the south on board the Canad
i a n boats, with Canadiar
stamps attached, are urged tc
assist as far as possible in pre
serving the present third-class
status of the Hyder postofficc
by posting them in the local of
fice with American stamps at
tached. . Owing to reduced
business during recent periods,
• there is serious danger that the
' local office will be reduced to
| fourth class and the only way
in which the present rating
can be preserved is by keeping
up the volume of mail business.
Letters mailed in the local of
fice with American postage at
tached for points south of
Prince Rupert leave by the
same boats and reach their
l destination as quickly as when
1 posted at the dock, hence there
is generally noadvantage inthe
deprives the local office of a
considerable volume of busi
I ness.
Reduction of the local office
to fourth class status is highly
; undesirable and every effort
I should be made to preserve
the present rating.
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First Division Dry Law
Arrests Exceed Ail Others
Of 440 persons arrested on
criminal charges in the First
Division since March 1931, and
linger printed by Federal au
.horities, more than 50 per cent
were charged under prohibit
ion laws, according to figures
made public by United States
Marshal Albert White, says
the Juneau Empire.
The records of crimes
charged against those finger
printed are not quite complet
ed. Only 380 cases were cata
logued, according to the crimes
charged in the complaints on
which the arrests were based.
Of that number, 187 were ar
rested for alleged violotion of
Federal and Territorial liquor
laws. Arrests for all other
crimes numbered only 187. No
data was available for the oth
er GO cases but is believed
pnobable that the percentage
would be about the same as in
the 380 that were catalogued.
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Nome District Increases
Annual Gold Output
Reports from Nome indicate
a probable 20 per cent increase
in the annual gold production
of that section as compared to
last year, when production ag
gregated 81,215,000.
The output this year is ex
pected to reach $1,500,000.
Current production up to the
latter part of August was esti
mated as being close to $300,
000 ahead of last season.
SEPTEMBER EXPORTS
OVER 1 MILLIONS
Exports of merchandise from
Alaska to the United States in
September were valued at $7,
252,689 and with gold and sil
ver shipments totaling $988,
884 brought the total Territor
ial exports for the month to
$8,241,573, according to the
monthly export statement of
Customs Collector J. C. Mc
Bride.
This represents a decline of
$2,381,368 compared with Sep
tember, 1931 and is attribut
able for the most part to a de
cline of more than two million
dollars in the value of canned
salmon exports this year.
Gold and silver shipments
for the month exceeded in val
ue those of September, 1931,
by $119,438. Following is the
itemized statement:
Animals . $ 50
Curios . 125
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut . 10,965
Salmon . 17,316
All other . 80
Canned (except
■ shell-fish)
Salmon . 6,500,915
Cured or preserved
j (except shell-fish)
Cod . 2,166
Herring . 207,668
Salmon . 87,562
Shell-fish:
Clams . 28,266
Crabs . 13,016
Shrimps . 7,651
Other fish products:
Meal . 70,054
Oil . 2,429
All other fish and
fish products . 1,892
Furs and fur-skins:
Seal skins . 35
Red fox . 205
Mink . 225
Muskrat . 555
Beaver . 1,035
All other . 1,060
Manufactured furs 700
Ool (whale) . 8,700
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper . 28,709
Lead . 7,105
Stone, marble. 6,339
Trophies, specimens 110
Whale fertilizer .. 5,310
Total value products
of Alaska . $7,080,233
Products of United
States returned .... 172,416
Total value of for
eign products . 40
Total value ship
ments merchandise $7,232,689
Gold . 984,135
Silver . 4,749
Total all exports .. $8,241,573
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News Resumes Publication
The Stewart News resumed
publication this week after a
week’s suspension resulting
from various difficulties and
appeared at the usual time Fri
day. .