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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 10,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOL 6, NO. 31
OELEGJITE CONTEST
STILL UNDECIDED
Returns from the recent pri
mal y election up to today indi
cate that Judge Wickersham
will probably be the winner in
the contest for delegate nomi
nation, having a lead of more
than 800 votes over his party
opponent, Attorney General
John Rustgard. The returns al
so disclose the defeat of Will
! A. Steel by C. T. Gardner for
| the Fiist Division senatorial
i nomination and that Wm. A.
Paul and a portion of his tick
et have won out in the race for
nominations for representative.
Following are the totals as re
ceived from the Juneau Empire
up to Friday evening.
Delegate to Congress
James Wickersham 4014
John Rustgard 3200
For Treasurer
W. G. Smith 4045
Frank L. Knight 2999
, For Auditor
Cash Cole 3565
Elmer Reed 2942
Commissioner of Education
W. K. Keller 3427
L. W. Breuer 2984
For Terr. Senator
C. T. Gardner 2009
Will A. Steele 1523
For Representatives
Grover C. Winn 2216
J.' E. Johnson 2002
• Walter P. Scott 1800
' ■ William L. Paul 1764
Patrick Gildea 1654
Roy C. Noland 1652
Peter Sommer 1486
Eugene Wacker ' 729
In the democratic primary,
vherein the only contest was
toi the nomination for Territor
ial Highway Engineer, the en
tire territorial vote gives R. J.
Sommers, incumbent, a slight
lead over Wm. A. Hesse. The
vote was light throughout the
entire territory
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FIRE ATTACKS
TOWNSITE CABIN
A roof fire caused by an over
heated flue slightly daniaged
a one-story frame cabin owned
by Thomas Kelley and located
on Cottonwood Ave. near the
school house late Tuesday af
ternoon. The cabin was occu
pied by W. W. Metcalf, well
known mining man of the Tex
as Creek and Chickamin sect
ions, who discovered the blaze
in time to remove most of the
contents of the building, in
eluding a large quantity of val
ua'ble mining stores and sup
plies intended for use in hi
mining operations in the Chick
amin this summer. The blaze
was quenched with the aid oi
hand fire extinguishers. Aside
fiom a small amount of dam
age to the roof, the cabin wai
unharmed.
Volunteers brought the bi^
wheeled chemical from the
downtown district but the fire
was out by the time they ar
rived.
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Reports from the upper Sal
mon valley indicate that the
Premier Gold Mining Comp
any has encountered some ore
of excellent grade on the 6tl
level of the Premier mine. De
tails could net be learned.
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SIX WIN IN BIG
NENANA SWEEPSTAKES
Rejorts received by the Hyder
Radio Co. announce the Annu
al Nenana ice break-up sweep
stakes ended at 7:03 p. m.
Thursday, May 8, when the ice
bioke on the Nenana River at
Nenana, Alaska.
The purse, totaling close to
$60,000, was divided between
six ticket holders, three of
whom reside in Fairbanks, and
the remainder in Anchorage,
each receiving $9,600.70
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The Electric Bakery, latest
and most modern of the dist
rict’s business establishments,
opened it's doors to the public
Monday with one of the finest
displays of bakery products
ever produced in the Portland
eiy is located in its own new
building on Columbia Street,
Stewart, and is splendidly furn
1 ished and equipped. The num
j erous electrically operat e d
bakery devices installed in
; elude a bake oven with a ca
j pacity of 200 loaves of bread
at one baking; a 30-quart com
bination cake and dough mix
| ing machine, which is also
equipped with appliances for
; cutting, whipping, grinding,
; etc..a proof box for dough test
ing, fitted with an electric vap
orizer for producing steam
heat to supply the moist heat
I requisite to proper baking, and
' other appliances and equip
! ment of the most modern type.
Fifteen different kinds qf
! bread are produced, together
with a wide variety of cakes,
pies, cookies, biscuits and fan
m.v pastries. The bakery also
' contains a lunch counter at
i which are served coffee, waf
j fles, cake and other confect
ions. Active management is
vested in Mr. J. Oben, late pro
prietor of Oben’s Bakery in
Vancouver, who came north
i last week to undertake the
! rvva a ffpmpnt
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REGULAR ALASKA AIR
SERVICE PLANNED
The Alaska-Washington Air
ways plans to maintain a reg
j ular twice a week plane serv
' ice between Seattle, Ketchikar
j and Juneau during the comin«
1 summer, according to a recenl
announcement.
As a result of the develop
ment of a radio telephone sys
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! tom in the company laborator
ies, the planes of the company
while flying in Alaska will be
in constant comunication with
the home office in Seattle. The j1
[system has been successfully!
[ tested and will, it is believed j
by company officials, add to |
safety and comfort of passen-1
gers. By the same means the [
i plane pilots will be supplied j
with weather information |
which will be invaluable in
\avoiding storms or adverse con
ditions enroute. The sets are
I built to operate on a 1500
' mile range, which is as far as
the planes will operate from
Seattle.
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Fred Jancowski, well known
i local mining man, returned
from the south on the Prince
^George this week.
An ore body ranging between
3 and 7 feet wide and believed
o be the most important ore
ieposit so far located, has been
opened on the Porter-Idaho
property by the Premier Gold
Mining Company, according to
reliable information.
The ore is said to have been
sncountered in the D tunnel,
originally opened by Clay Por
ter, which has been extended
over 1200 feet by Premier, and
at a depth of approximately
50C feet. The ore body is said
to be not only one of the largest
found on the property but also
carries unusually high values.
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Richard S. Kingsley arrived
from Vancouver Monday even
ing to look over the Bigham
properties On Texas Creek,
ALASKA-YUKON
HIGHWAY SURVEY |
TO START SHORTLY
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That definite plans for sur- j
veying the proposed Alaska |
Highway are being shaped by j
the provincial government of
British Columbia followi n g
conferences on the subject be
twen Premier Tolmie and Pre
mier Mackenzie King in Otta
wa, is reported in Victoria
press dispatches of recent date.
According to the arrange
ments adopted, under instruct
ions from the government, en
gineers of the public works de
partment will go north almost
immediately to commence in
vestigations, working from
Hazelton toward the Yukon
boundary. At the same time
experts of the department of
the inferior will commence a
similar survey through the Yu
kon, as a result of an agree
ment betwen Dr. Tolmie and
j Hon. Chai les Stewart, federal j
minister of the interior.
According to the reports, Pre
mier Tolmie has received as
surances that the United States
government will handle the
j survey in Alaska from the Yu
I kon boundary to the coast.
This program takes the place'
of the three-man international
commission representing Can
ada, British Columbia and the
United States. The United
States congress embraced this
proposal and appropriated
funds for the purpose, but the
Canadian government pre
fererd to have the survey con
I ducted in sections, each gov
ernment handling its own part
of the work.
On the basis of the informat- j
ion to be thus collected, the j
three governments will consul-,
er jointly means of financing j
the road. That the United j
States will be prepared, to ;
spend largely on the project j
is assured, the reports say.
Dispatches from the B. C. cap
ital also report that planes will
be used by the Upited States
and B. C. governments to lo
cate the route of the proposed
highway in a general way.
Planes will be used from both
ends of the projected road,
some flying from Alaska, some
from British Columbia and will
commence operations as soon
as weather conditions permit.
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Ore Find On Porter-Idaho
SULZER URGES
HOOVER TO AID
NORTH DEVELOP
In an effort to promote the
development of Alaska, ex
governor Wm. Sulzer, New
York, has pointed out in a let
ter to president Hoover three
primary objects to be attained.
As quoted in the press, Mr.
Sulzer said:
“One of the things that will
rebound to the credit of your
administration is to do some
thing for Alaska. For years
Alaska has l?een governed like
a conquered province. Every
thing has been done, by re
strictive legislation to hamper
its growth, and retard its pros
perity. Most of the people who
went there years ago have
been driven from its domain,
and everything conceivable has
been done to keep people from
going there to settle and devel
op its resources. •
“What Alaska needs, very
briefly, are tljese things, viz:
“1.—Home Rule. Territorial
government. Give Alaskans the
light to govern themselves. For
every 10 inhabitants there now
is one alien tax eater, and most
of them do more harm than
good.
“2.—Make the mining laws of
Alaska the same as they used
to be, and as they are through
out the rest of the United
States. The fool red tape re
strictions placed on mining in
Alaska have crippled the in
dustry there and worked irre
parable injury to the people of
our country.
“3.-Open Alaska to Home
steaders. Give * every citizen
a patent for 160 acres of pub
lic land, wherever lie wants to
take it up, provided he will pay
$5 an acre for it. This money
should go to Alaska for roads,
trails and airplane landing
fields. The people of the
United States paid less than
two cents an acre for these
lands. Why not sell them to the
people who will cultivate them.
“If you will send a message to
Congress to do these things,,
without delay, more than 100,
000 citizens out of employment
will go to Alaska and settle
there, and make Alaska what
it should be-prosperous and
progressive.”
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Chamber of Commerce Meets
The regular monthly meeting
of the Hyder Chamber of Com
merce took place in Chamber
of Commerce Hall Tuesday
evening, with president Frank
1 Reichenbach presiding, but
was confined principally to
routine business.
Communications read included
a proposal by the Stewart
Hoax'd of Trade to enlist the co
opei'ation of Alaskan civic and
commercial organizations in a
proposed radio broadcast to
further the Alaska highway
and Peace railroad projects,
and an invitation from the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce to
send a local l'epresentative to
participate in Premier Tol
mie’s poi'posed auto caravan
| from Vancouver to the north
j erly end of the existing high
| way at Edmonton, B. C. The
i caravan, as reported earlier in
the Herald, is scheduled to
WOULD AMEND PRESENT
ALASKA MINING LAWS
The penchant of some con
gressmen for meddling inAlas
lca affairs of which they know
little or nothing is again exam
plified by a bilf recently intro
duced in the lower house by
Rep. Colton seeking to amend
the mining laws applicable to
Alaska. The measure has been
refered to the committee on
public lands and ordered print
ed, according to press reports.
Space shortage prevents pub
lication of the text of the bill, i
but the effect of its passage j
would be to repeal the exist- j
ing laws applicable to Alaska ;
and place the territory under !
same laws as the rest of the
United States. In general terms
the measure provides that dur
ing each year, commencing at I
12 o’clock meridian on the first !
day of July succeeding the date !
of location and until patent is I
issued, $100 worth of annual I
labor shall be performed on j
each mining claim in Alaska, |
and upon failure of the owners
to comply the claim will be op
en for relocation, unless the |
original owners or their suc
cessors have in the meantime-!
resumed work.
The bill also seeks the repeal j
of the so-called Waskey Act re-'
lating to placer claims. This;
would permit claim owners to
start work on the last day of
the annual assessment year,
and continue it at any time i
they desired in the following j
year.
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V. K. WOODS DIES
FROM HEART ATTACK
The many local friends of V.
K. Woods, Alaska superintend
ent for the Spokane-Seims road
construction company, were
shocked this week to hear of
his recent sudden dea);h in Jun
eau as a result of a heart at
tack.
The Juneau Empire reports
that M r. Wood dropped dead
on the stairway of the Triangle
building while on his way to
the apartments of L. W. Tur
off, engineer of the bureau of
public roads. His body was
found almost immediately by
Dr. H. C. DeVighne, who said
death was due to heart failure.
He was apparently in the best
of health piior to -his unfortu
nate demise.
Mr. Woods had represented
the company in Alaska for five
years and was in general
charge of all its activities in
the north. He is survided by a
j widow and two children, a son
j and daughter, who are attend
1 ing school in Spokane. He was
aged, about 48 years.
make the trip in June, with a
large number of officials from
both sides of the international
boundary, newspapermen and
roads enthusisats participat
ing. No action was taken on
either communication.
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Jack Renne, premier packer
of the district, inspected the
Silverado trail a few days ago,
indicating a possible early re
sumption of activities on the
Silverado property by the Pre
mier company.
HOUSE REJECTS
SILVER TARIFF
A Washington, D. C. press re
port this week announced that
the House of Representatives
had rejected the tariff of 30
cents on silver importations re
cently adopted by the senate
by an overwhelming majority.
The present outlook appears
to be that the effort to improve
the silver situation by imposing
a duty is due to encounter very
strenuous opposition, particu
larly from the jewelery trade,
which is said to have been
reaping extraordinary profits
on manufactured silver prod
ucts by selling them at a rate
per ounce weight far in excess
of the market price of refined
silver. Late Washington re
ports indicate that the jewel
ers’ opposition is being carried
on principally through an or
ganization known as the “Jew
elers’ Vigilance Committee.
The Engineering and Mining
Journal, a one-time highly in
fluential mining publication,
now controlled by the Mc
■Graw-Hill Publishing Comp
any, which is merely a publish
ing concern and in no manner
connected with the mining in
dustry, save in the degree that
it issues the Mining and Engin
eering Journal in connection
with a long list of other publi
cations, such as the Railway
World, Electrical World, The
Textile World, Magazine of
Business, and several others,
has also appeared in opposit
ion to the silver duty. The ef
forts of this concern and also
those of the jewelers’ lobbying
committee referred to, w'ere
bitterly denounced by Senator
Pittman in an address in the
Senate a few days ago.
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ASKS AMENDMENT
OF SHIPPING ACT
Declaring that Alaska’s “in
dustrial distress” is the result
of “unfair discrimination,” del
egate Dan. Sutherland recently
urged the House Marine Com
mittee to favor a bill to place
the Territory on the same stat
us as the rest of the United
States, according to a Wash
ington press report.
The delegate pointed out
that under the present law
freight crossing Canada can be
turned south into the United
States but is not allowed to
turn into Alaska. Mr. Suther
land is also alleged in the re
port to have declared that
Alaska is in the grip of a mo
nopoly. He also asked the com
mitte to approve his two Alas
ka fisheries bills.
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Col. William T. Perkins, prom
inent Seattle business man and
former Alaska resident, was
recently elected president of
the Seattle Curb Exchange.
Col. Perkins is prominently
identified with this district, be
ing interested in the Vancouv
er Mines, Ltd., and other local
mineral holdings.
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Fred Carter,, an oldtimer of
the Matanuska district, who
had been under treatment at
the Anchorage hospital for sev
eral months, passed away a
few days ago.