A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmitlung—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Chinaware Crockery—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
groceries—
Ilyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Good*—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Alaska Hotel
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Northland Transptn. Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
T ypewriters—
Hyder Drug Co.
In Ihe United States Com*
missioner's Court jJ^erritory of
"Alftikai Division Number One:
Hyder Precinct: In Probate.
In the matter of the estate 01
Jerome Dugas, deceased.
.... Number 22 Probate.
Notice of Hearing on Appoint
ment of Administrator.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that B. B. Smith, of Hyder
Alaska, has filed in the above
entitled Court a petition pray
ing for his appointment as Ad
ministrator of the aforesaid es
tates, and that at the hour of
2 o’clock in the afternoon oi
the 20th day of September,
1926, at the United States
Comissioner’s office, at Hy
der, Alaska, will be held the
hearing on said petition, when
and where all persons maj
have the opportunity to Dt
heard in connection herewith.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
19th day of August, 1926,
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissionci
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
j Publish Aug. 23-30. Sept 6-13,
| 1926.
See our splendid new line of
i Art Calendars before ordering
; your supply of Christmas cal
endars. Also a fine line of ad
j vertising blotters. Prices as low
as outside. The Herald Job
Shop.
The Public Library is open
every Tuesday and Friday, af
ternoon and evening: Hours 3
j to S and 7 to 8 p. m.
Location of Fire Extinguishers
Hand extinguishers are locat
!
ed at:
i Provinse Store
Ideal Cafe
! Hyder Machine Shop
J. A. Hall residence
! M. E. Church
Hyder Drug Company
! Rozenstain Store
Golden Gate Hotel
Hyder Herald Office.
Malamute Cigar Store
Walter Blanton
• Hyder Mercantile Co.
The 25-gallon extinguisher is
also located at the Hyder Mer
cantile Co. store.
In the Commissioner* Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate
of Carrie Stoner, Deceased.
Number 3 Probate.
Notice of Hearing on Final
Account, Determination of
Heirship and Petition for Dis
tribution.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that J. A. Hall, Administrator
de bonis non of the Estate of
Carrie Stoner, Deceased, has
rendered and filed in the
above entitled court and pre
sents for final settlement his
final account of his adminis
tration, together with his re
port and petition for final dis
tribution; And that Thursday
September the 30th, 1926 at
2 o’clock in the afternoon of
said day at the office of the
above entitled probate court
at Hyder, Alaska, has been
fixed and appointed as the
time and place for the settle
ment of said account, deter
mination of heirship and Hear
ing of said report and petition;
At which time and place all
persons interested in said es
tate may appear and file their
objections in writing if any
they have to said account, de
termination and petition.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIV
EN That the court at such
Hearing will adjudicate and
decree who are the heirs and
distributees of said deceased.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIV
■ EN that said account is for
I final settlement, and the said
estate is ready for distribut
! ion, and on settlement of said
final account, final distribute
ion of said estate will be im
mediately had.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
i 24th day of August, 1926.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissioner
and Ex-Officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Date of First Publication
Aug. 30th, 1926.
Date of Last Publication
Sept. 20th, 1926.
Turn over that old stock with
a Little Black Ad.
For Sale and For Rent Signs
i, at the Herald Office.
THE HERALD
JOB PRINTING
DEPARTMENT
1H SI NESS ST ATI ONER Y
CARDS, LETTER H EADS, BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, INVOICES,
SHIPPING TAGS, SPFCIAL BLANKS,
TICKETS, ETC.
SOCTAL STATIONEUY
INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRO
GRAMS, CARDS, MENUS, ETC.
POSTERS, HAND BILLS
CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, FOLDERS,
PLACARDS, ETC.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
THE ALASKA MINING LAW
Being extracts from "Alaska Mining Law.” by Hon. Henry
Roden, of Juneau. Reprinted by courtesy of the Author.
Second Installment
In 1863, on the south Snake j
River in Montana, forty-five j
miners made the following j
regulations:
1st. That every person pres- j
ent shall be regarded as a dis
coverer in each and every |
gulch found by any party or
by any member of a party.
2nd. That each member as a \
discoverer shall be entitled to j
five claims of two hundred
feet each along the gulch,
namely, # discovery claim and
a pre-emption claim in the
gulch, a bar claim, a hill claim
and a patch claim.
It is claimed that somewhere
around Helena, some twenty
five men pre-empted Last
Chance Gulch and when all
the names had been used,
they went above and below
and organized new districts
and staked these new districts
in the names of the valiant |
twenty-five; and when this
had been accomplished they
proceeded ,up and down the
gulch and formed some more
districts and located them in
the same manner and so on
until the gulch had been tak
en up and they then crossed
the divide and staked other
gulches in the same manner.
Similar things have been
done in Alaska but who would |
have thought that the old
timers of long years ago had |
such practices?
vv muevei may ue saiu auuui
the manner of executing these
local rules and regulations, it
is clear that, as under the
Spanish enactments, discovery
of mineral was the source of j
the miner’s title and develop
ment work the continuance of
that title. Upon these two
propositions the federal min
ing laws are based.
Years before the first federal
act was passed in 1866 the
miners had been clamoring for
I something better than their
local rules and regulations to
secure and protect their rights.
Mining litigation was flourish
; ing long before any legislat-!
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LOCAL STOCKS
Vancouver Quotations
August 25—1926
Bid Asked
B. C. Silver 1.96 2.05
Bayview — .07
Dunwell 1.65 1.70
Glacier .05 .08
Independence .06 .06!*4
Indian .05 .06
L. & L. — .09
Lakeview .02 .04
Marmot .09*/:: .11
Porter Idaho — .07
Silver Crest — .12
; Nat. Silver .18 .20
BOAT SCHEDULES
C. N. R.: Prince Rupert ar
rives, leaves Sunday morning.
Motorship Norco from Se
attle, twice monthly.
Ketchikan Mail boat Taku II
arrives Wednesday morning;
leaves Wednesday evening.
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SEN I) I?
: SUBSCB
• TO THE WEEl
ive authority had been exer
cised. As early as 1845 Presi
dent Polk called the attention
of Congress to the unsatisfact
ory state of affairs in mining
regions. At that time the fede
ral government had leased
some of the lead mines but it
had been found that it cost
mor e to look after them and ;
collect the rentals than the in
come amounted to. Again in
1856 President Fillmore rec- j
ommended enactment of min
ing legislation for California
and the territories of New
Mexico and Utah but nothing
came of the recommendation.
It was after the Civil War,
when the nation was heavily
indebted, that many proposed
some royalty system for the
working of all mines, the pro- i
ceeds to be applied to the liqui
dation of the nhtional debt.
This idea was especially pop
ular in the East and only by
the diligent efforts of the •
senators from California were ,
such plans frustrated.
On July 26th, 1866, Congress |
enacted the first mining law '
under the title of “An act i
granting the right of way tc
ditch and canal owners thru j
the public lands and for oth- j
er purposes.” This act is com
monly known as the “Lode
and Water Law' of 1866.” It
is immaterial here to explain
how the act w's passed under
the above title, in it were pro
visions for the acquisition of
mineral lands by citizens of
the United States and those 1
who had declared their in
tention to become such. It set .
forth how, after §1,000.00 had
been spent in improvements,
patent might be secured and
it contains an intimation of
lateral rights by saying that
“a vein may be followed on
its dip to any depth although
it may enter land adjoining.”
Claims were to be two hun
dred feet in length along the
vein and sufficient in width
to allow the convenient work
ing of the same as fixed by
local rules. Only one location
could be made on the vein,
except that the discoverer
could locate and hold one ad
ditional claim. There were
provisions for securing patent
and the method of presenting
adverse claims; authorizing
the President to establish ad
ditional land districts, separat
ing mineral from the agricult
ural lands and establishing
priority in rights to the use of
water.
This act contained no pro
visions concerning placers. On
July 9th, 1870, further sect
ions were added to this act
providing that claims usually
called placers should be sub
ject to entry and patent the
same as lodes and that no
placer location should there
after be made containing more
than 160 acres for any one
person or association of per-,
sons. ,
On May 10th, 1872, Congress
f YOUR
OPTION ;
vLY HERALD I
passed a full and comprehen
sive mining code and the pro
visions thereof, with slight
modifications, are now in force.
These federal mining statuses
apply to all the public mineral
lands belonging to the United
States; but do not apply and
are not in effect in the portion
of the United States embrac
ed within the territorial limits
of the thirteen original states;
neither do they apply in those
states which by special Con
gressional enactment are ex
cepted from their operation,
either because the m'ner.'J
lands in those states had al
ready been disposed of at the
time of the adoption of the
general mining laws or be
cause Congress has by other
laws excepted them. Among
such states are Indiana, Iowa,
Illinois, Michigan, Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma. Po t
ions of Oklahoma, formerly
Indian Reservations, but whi n
have reverted to the federal
government, are governed by
the federal mining law3.
In all the Pacific States ana
Alaska, the federal mining
laws are paramount. They are
in full force and effect. The>
may be supplemented along
certain lines by state and ter
ritorial legislatures, and local
rules and regulations nny
still be enacted provided they
are not in conflict with the
federal mining laws or with
the estate or territorial add.i
ions thereto.
The act of May 10th, 1872.
is still in foi’ce with slight
amendments and provisions
thereof, together with the acts
passed by Congress or territor
ial legislature since that time
will be considered hereafter.
Continued next week.
ALASKA NOTES
The salmon pack in the Brist
ol Bay district, is said to be
the largest in the history of
that section. All canneries w 11
have practically full packs,
filling every can which war,
shipped north to their plants
in the spring. Capacity packs
have also been made at False
Pass, Ikatan, Squaw Harbor
and King Cove. It is estimated
by the eannerymen of. the
Bristol Bay region that at
least a million and a quartet
cases of salmon have been
packed.
The Canadian wireless stati >n
at Ilersehel Island, recently
completed, reported that the
schooner Old Maid, which had
previously been reported as
caught in the ice, has arrived
at Ilersehel Island. Captain
Klingenberg, of the Old Maid
said he had bettered his best
previous time from Vancouver,
B. C., by six days, after leaving
there.
Forest fires and tundra fires
have been burning for more
than two months near Nusha
gak. The fires are mostly con
fied to the marsh land, burn
ing through the moss a foot
thick and thawing the ground,
which may be good for the
prospectors, but has destroyed
small game, ptarmigan, field
mice and rabbits, creating a
,'orious condition for young
? ur-bearing animals which re*
)y on small game for food.