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VOL 5, NO. 10
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WORK CONTINUING ON
HYDER-BUTTE PROPERTY
The Hyder-Butte Mining Co.,
having failed to complete its
option contract requiring the
driving of 600 feet of tunnel
by December 1 on the Butte
Group near 9-Mile, the prop
erty has reverted to the origin
al owners, C. W. Peterson, Nils
Olsen and Cora Tollefson, ac
cording to Mr. Peterson. De
velopment work on the group
is being continued by the own
ers with Mr. Peterson in
charge. A crew of two men is
employed at present and plans
are underway to further in
crease the number of men em
ployed in the near future.
Although forfeiting the op
tion by reason of its failure to
perform the work required,
the company, of which J. C.
Boulton, of Seattle, is presi
dent, is said to be very much
interested in the property and
is endeavoring to secure a re
newal of the bond.
So far as can be learned lo
cally, the inability of the com
pany to complete the tunne';
was due largely to inadequate
financing, combined with con
siderable delay in getting the
work under way last spring
According to Mr. Peterson
bad mine management anc
failure to recognize the true
position of the ore bodies alse
played an appreciable part ii
the failure of the company ir
fulfilling its contract. In sub
stantiation of this contentior
Mr. Peterson says the operat
ions now under way indicate
that the drift tunnel, project
ed to follow the main vein
which is traaeble on the sur
face for more than 1500 feet
was permitted to run entirelj
off the ore, apparently to i
distance of 25 feet or more.
Since taking over the property
the owners have turned the
tunnel back toward the strike
of the vein and are said by Mr
Peterson to be already en
countering fine ore severa
yards from the place where
the vein is believed to run.
During the short period in
which operations were main
tained, the company extended
the tunnel about 260 feet, en
countering from 10 inches to
upward of two feet of high
grade galena over a large part
of its course, together with
considerable ore of good mill
ing grade. In addition to es
tablishing a fine camp, the
company also installed a 600
foot tramway for handlin£
supplies and expended a con
siderable sum for power anc
mine equipment, including f
compressor, an ore car and a
large quantity of rails, drill
steel and other supplies.
Fred J. Hughes, resident en
gineer of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, and supervisor oi
the local road building activi
ties of the Bureau in this dis
trict, was a visitor in camp
this week, arriving on the Ca
tala Monday evening and de
parting Thursday enroute to
the States.
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Dale L. Pitt, manager of the
Premier activities, left for the
south Thursday accompanied
by Mrs. Pitt and their young
son.
MORE REGARDING
R. R. OUTLOOK
That the Canadian National
Railway is anxious to extend
its lines into the Peace River
country and eventually on to
Dawson, with a line to Stewart
ind Hyder, is the substance of
in interesting statement on the
railway situation made recent
ly by P. T. O’Farrell, noted
publicist and author of many
articles on the Peace River
section.
The statement in question was
nade by Mr. 0‘Farrell during
\ recent conference. with Mr.
J. A. Hall, vice president of
;he Hall Company, Ltd., of
Vancouver, and also president
of the Bank of Hyder.
As outlined by Mr. Hall in a
letter to Mr. E. D. Haddon,
nanager of the Bank of Hy
ier, the conference, held at
Mr. O’Farrell’s request, was
levoted principally to discus
ing local railway terminal
mobilities, with a view to de
letermining what cooperation
nay be expected from local
)roperty holders.
“I judge from what he told
ne,” Mr. Hall’s letter contin
les, “that Mr. O’Farrell is al
ied with the National Rail
vay with a view to getting the
government to approve such a
)rogram.
“The Canadian Pacific has ap
mrently bought the Edmon
on and Dunvegan line sub
ect to the approval of the gov
jrnment and Mr. O’Farrell in
imated that there is going to
>e a big fight against the C.
\ R. getting the road. But if
hey do there will be a deter
nined effort made to permit
he Canadian National to go
nto the Peace and on north, as
veil as to Stewart. (Editorial
Tote—Mr. Hall’s letter was
vrittten some days prior to the
tnnouncement that the C. N. R.
vould join with the C. P. R.
n the purchase and operation
>f the Edmonton and Dun
egan, a development which
vill probably alter consider
ibly the prospect indicated in
he preceding paragraph.)
“He asked me” Mr. Hall’s
etter continues, “what we
vould be willing to do as prop
;rty holders up there to join in
irranging terminals. I told him
ve would be very glad to co
>perate in any way we can and
vould state definitely what we
ire willing to do as soon as
oncrete proposals are made,
le is leaving for Ottawa in a
ew days to work on the pro
ect and hopes to have a defi
lite program outlined when he
eturns here early in the
pring.
“I hear also that New York
>eople are interested in a pro
ect of this kind, and between
he three groups who are look
ng forward to building a rail
oad, something should come
)f their efforts. I am now con
vinced that we are going to see
he long dreamed of railroad
mt through in the near future.
Vs I see it, it is only a matter
>f a short time when the
jeople who have been pioneer
j mg will have their opportun
ity.”
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The ms. Norco is scheduled to
leave Seattle for Hyder direct
next Saturday.
AIR SERVCE WITH.
STATES APRIL FIRST
A daily passenger and ex
press service between Seattle
and Southeastern Alaska by
air, by which the trip to the
Territory can be made in a
few hours, will be started
April 1 by means of three gi
ant 14-passenger amphibian
planes, according to announce
ments by Charles V. Eakin,
president and general manager
of the Union Air Lines, who
has been in Seattle in recent
weeks planning the proposed
service.
Mr. Eakin said, "This means
that a business man in Juneau
may arrive in Seattle in nine
hours and from Ketchikan in
six hours. Passengers from the
north may spen dthe night in
Seattle, then be in Los Angeles
the next evening by means of
our West coast air transport,
an affiliated service.’'
On the Seattle-Alaska run, it
was explained, a plane is to
start each morning at each end
of the route. Landings in Alas
ka would be water landings
and in Seattle the ships would
make use of Boeing field
which will be the operating
headquarters of the service.
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FORMER LOCAL
GIRL WEDDED
Miss Eleanor Fisher, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher
of Hyder, and herself a former
local resident, became the,
bride of Mr. Paul Schwab, ris
ing young business man of Mt.~
Angel, Oregon, on November
14 th.
Mr. Fisher, who attended the
wedding with Mrs. Fisher and
! their sons Leohard and Ray
mond, returned Monday night
* bringing the following details
of the nuptials, which will be
of much interest to the many
local friends of the charming
young lady and her family.
The wedding took place at St.
Mary’s Church, Mt. Angel, at
8:15 a. m., Rev. Fr. Dominc
officiating. The church was
beautifully decorated with
white and yellow chrysanthe
mums and palms. Streamers of
the same colors centered upon
a large white bell were joined
with an archway which led
| the way to the altar. During
the nuptial high mass attend
ing the ceremony Miss Clara
Keber sang the Ave Maria.
; The bride, who entered the
church on the arm of her fath
er, was beautiful in a gown of
white satin with an overskirt
of silk lace ruffles, trimmed
with pearl trimmings from the
wedding dress worn by her
mother. Her full length veil of
silk tulle appliqued with taf
feta flowers, was arranged in
cap effect and held in place
with orange blosoms. She car
ried a bouquet of pale yellow
rosebuds and lilies of the val
ley. Miss Rose Schwab, sister
of the groom, was bridesmaid
and Miss Leona Mickel, a cous
in of the bride, was maid of
i honor. Leonard Fisher, the
bride's brother, attended the
bridegroom as best man.
After the ceremony a wed
ding dinner was served in Mt.
Angel’s leading hotel, with
covers placed for 50, and with
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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
TREE COMMITTEES
ARE NAMED
Active preparations for the
annual Community Christmas
Tree were launched at a pub
lic meeting held in .Chamber
of Commerce Hall Tuesday
evening in response to a call
by the Moose Lodge, sponsor
of the beautiful custom since
the lodge was first formed.
The meeting was attended
by a considerable number who
are interested in making the
kiddies happy on childhood’s
greatest day and resulted in
the organization of the neces
sary committees to handle the
arrangements.
As usual the Moose lodge has
set aside a substantial sum to
defray expenses.
In accordance with the usual
custom the meeting selected
only the chairmen of the vari
ous committees, to whom will
be left the selection and ap
pointment of additional com
mittee members.
John Hovland, chairman of
the Moose committee and con
venor of the meeting, was
named general chairman, with
the following assistants.
J. A. Martin, finance commit
tee; Mrs. A. J. Mayer, pur
chasing committee; Mrs. Wm.
McDonnell, tree and decorat
ion committee; Miss Geraldine
Torrance, entertainment com
mittee.
Holger Johnson was also ap
pointed a special committee
man to secure a suitable Christ
jnas tree. The Christmas exer
cises will be held in Pioneer
Hall as usual.
All who wish to assist in mak
ing the little folks of the com
munity happy on Christmas
may do so by offering a con
tribution to the expenses of the
undertaking, either to mem
bers of the committee direct or
by placing them in the Christ
mas boxes in most of the busi
ness houses.
M. S. PRINCE OF
WALES SUNK
The E. J. Neill Co. motorship
Prince of Wales, Captain
Frank Sharp, formerly a reg
ular visitor to this port, be
came a victim of the sea off St.
Phillips Island November 24
and now lies in 23 fathoms of
water near the southeastern
shore of Hecata Island, a short
distance north of the town of
Craig, according to advices re
ceived at the Custom’s office
in Juneau. No lives were lost
in the accident, the passengers,
crew and the mail being land
ed in safety.
The vessel struck a rock on
the south coast of St. Phillip's
Island, later slipping off the
rock and drifting across Es
quibel Gulf, to the Hecata
shore where she sank about
three hours after the crash.
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Late reports from the Marmot
section indicate that fine ore
has been encountered in one
of the tunnels on the Marmot
Gold property above the south
fork of Marmot River.
No details of the reported
development could be obtained
up to the time of going to
press.
FAMOUS CHICHAGOFF
MINE ONCE MORE
IN PRODUCTION
Recent reports from the Jun
eau section announce that the
famous Chichagoff mine on
the west coast of Chichagoff
Island, about 60 miles from
Sitka, is again in "production.
Milling operations were resum
ed October 16, with a modern
ized 150-ton mill crushing the
ore. The mill is in two units of
20 and 10 ton stamp batteries
respectively. Power is obtain
ed from a hydro-electric plant
at Rust Lake, 4V& miles from
the mine. The mill and mine
equipment includes a 200-ton
counter current decantation cy
nide plant for treating the
tailings, a Ledgerwood air
hoist and three Ingersoll-Rand
compressors.
The mill started up on ore ex
tracted during development
work and, although it was
about half waste, returned $20
per ton. The discovery of a
new shear zone paralelling the
original Chichagoff shear and
about 600 feet north has cre
ated an entirely new outlook
for the famous old property,
which has already produced
over 121/2 millions in gold and
silver and paid over $6,000,000
in dividends.
The mine is now controlled
by the Chichagoff Mines, Ltd.,
of which C. A. Banks, of the
B. C. Silver company, is presi
dent. The company is a Brit
ish Columbia corporation and
capitalized at $2,000,000, with
an equal number of shares at
$1 par value. One million
shares were paid for the prop
erty. Of the remaining million
shares, 600,000 were issued
for sale, leaving $400,000 in
the treasury.
'ALASKA SCHOOLS
SHOW GROWTH
Alaska schools experienced s
small growth during the school
year 1927-29, according to
statistics prepared by Lester D.
Henderson, territorial commis
sioner of education. The ex
pansion as compared to the
1926-27 year may be summar
ized as follows:
In number of schools, 9; in
number of teachers, 19; in
total enrollment 155, in high
school enrollment 44, in costs
$102,355.43. At least $50,00C
of the increased cost was
chargeable to new school con
struction.
The number of schools
maintained was 90; number of
teachers employed 235; total
enrollment 4828. The element
ary school enrollment was
4115, high school enrollment
713. The elementary, school
graduates totaled 237, high
school graduates 95. Total ex
penses and expenditures were
$612,270.80. Of the 90 schools
61 were taught by 1 teacher
each, 10 by 2 teachers each,
and the balance from 3 to 20
each. Costs ranged from $855.
30 for the special school at
Moose Creek to $49,907.30 at
Juneau.
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Arthur A. Chaubin and Mrs.
Chaubin, of Juneau, were ar
rivals by the Grand Trunk
liner Thursday.
Mr. Chaubin is a news corre
spondent with headquarters in
the capital city.
SPECIAL U. S. COMMIS
SIONER NAMED
FOR DISTRICT
U. S. Commissioner W. C.
Arnold and Mrs. Arnold will
leave Monday for the South to
spend the holidays with rela
tives in the States.
During the absence of Judge
Arnold, B. B. Smith, former
U. S. Commissioner in the Idit
arod district, will officiate as
district court commissioner for
this district under a special
commission issued by Judge E.
Coke Hill during the recent
term of the district court at
Ketchikan.
As a result of the order, the
Hyder district will actually
have two U. S. Commisioners
after December 10, the date
on which Judge Smith’s com
mission becomes effective, un
til Judge Arnold’s return
about the middle of January.
Although endowing Judge
smith with all other powers
usually vested in a Commiss
ioner, Judge Hill’s order failed
to designate him as Recorder
for the district, with the result
that he will have no jurisdict
ion in matters pertaining to
he Recorder’s office, which
will be looked after during
Commissioner Arnold’s ab
sence by Mrs. Donald E. Mar
tin, acting as Commissioner’s
clerk.
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Engine trouble developing
while the vessel was enroute
from Ketchikan to Hyder,
forced the Noyes Boat Co.
motorship Taku II to return to
Ketchikan. As a result of the
accident the weekly mail from
the First City was brought ov
er Wednesday night by the
City of Anacortes.
The Taku II is said to have
tarted to make the trip here
)wing to the regular mail ship
Fairbanks being tied up as a
esult of another accident oc
curring while the latter vessel
vas returning to Ketchikan
!rom this port last week.
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LEAVER TO BE
PROTECTED 1929
The Alaska Game Commis
sion has decreed that no beav
sr are to be taken in Alaska
luring the year 1929, the ob
ject being to permit the ani
mals to propagate with the
view of permitting of increase,
he inroads on the beaver tribe
during the present year hav
ing been very heavy.
For the ten months of the
present year—January and
October inclusive—customs de
partment reports show that
21,147 beaver skins were ex
ported from Alaska, the value
being $557,213.
By declaring a closed season
occasionally it is believed by
members of the comission that
beavers will be perpetuated in
definitely and continue to be a
substantial source of revenue
to trappers in Alaska.
According to the records of
the biological survey and Alas
ka Game Commission the num
ber of beaver taken during the
open season in 1927 was 30,
252 and the number for the
open season of the present
year was 32,234.
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