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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 24
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1934.
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DANIEL MCDONALD
DIES ON TRAIL
Daniel McDonald, diamond
drill worker, an employee of
the Connors Diamond Drill
Company, was found dead on
the Bi^ Missouri trail late Tues
day morning-.
The remains were discovered
by Gabe Olson, who was en
gaged in fixing the telephone
line to the Big Missouri mine,
to which point McDonald was
enroute when overcome by an
attack of heart failure.
Olson had climbed a tree to
fix the attached telephone
wires and from that vantage
po'int observed a peculiar look
ing object lying on the snow
seme 50 yards or so off the
trail at a point about three
quarters of a mile from the
Big Missouri camp. He inves
tigated and found it to be the
body of the deceased. As the
remains lay off the trail, but
for Olson having climbed the
tree it is probable that they
would speedily have been cov
ered by snow and would not
have been found until spring.
An inquiry held by Constable
Potterton and Coroner Vos
burgh developed that McDon
ald had arrived here about a
week ago from the south to as
sist in the recently instituted
diamond drill work at the Big
Missouri. He left the Premier
mine at 10:40 p. m. Monday
evening and apparently suc
cumbed about 2 a. m. Tuesday
morning. An autopsy dis
closed that death was due to
heart attack.
Mr. McDonald was no strang
er to the district, having been
here for some time several
years ago on diamond drill
work, and was known to many
local residents.
The deceased was a native of
Nova Scotia and aged 45 years
He is survived by a sister who
resides at Munroe Point, Vic
toria county, Nova Scotia,
where the deceased was born.
The remains were brought to
Stewart Thursday evening and
are awaiting word from the
sister as to their disposal.
Premier Widens Charter Scope
The Premier Gold Mining
Company has enlarged the
scope of the corporate activi
ties by the action of shareh old
ers in approving at a recent
meeting a motion to allow the
company to hold shares in och
er companies, according to re
ports from Vancouver.
Heretofore it has been simp
ly a mining company. The
authorization was said to have
become necessary owing to the
company having recently ac
quired shares in companies in
Ontario, Africa and Australia.
Commerce Dept. Opposing
Fisheries Transfer Bill
Hearing’s 'on Delegate Di
mond’s bill to transfer control
of Alaska’s fisheries from the
federal to the Territorial gov
ernment have been set for
March 15 before the Housfe
committee on Merchant Marine
Radio and Fisheries, according
to a report from the Delegate’s
office in Washington.
The Department of Commerce
is said to be opoeing the bill i
and has already reported ad
versely to the committee on the
measure.
As a result, the Delegate is
confronted with the task of
convincing the committee that
arguments in favor of his home
rule legislation ar*e more
weighty than the opposing ones
of the department.
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C. W. A. To Employ 2,000
About 2,000 Alaska residents
will be given relief employ
ment under the new CWA
work plans instituted under
the recent $950,000,000 ap
propriation by Congress, ac
cording to information received
at the governor’s office.
As in the case of the former
program, the new plans aim to
give employment to* those per
ons who are most in need and
who are entitled to relief. The
work is to be gradually dis
continued as industry absorbs
the surplus labor and the need
for relief diminishes.
The work will continue un
til May 1, but reductions will
be in order after April 15. The
decrease in working hours
from 30 to 20 a week is one of
the principal changes in the
new plan; which also prohib
its staggering of work and the
employment of more than one
person in a family.
Alaska C. C. C. Camps
To Continue for Year
Civilian Conservation Corps
camps will be continued in Al
aska by the federal govern
ment for one year from April 1,
Delegate Dimond was recently
informed by Robert Fechner,
director of Emergency Con
servation Work, according to
a statement from the Dele
gate’s office.
This will be good news to the
many men who have found the
work an economic life-saver.
Charles H. Flory, regional
forester, who handles the Al
1 aska work, estimates $250,
000 will be expected during
the next year and that 350 men
will be employed throughout
that period.
CANADA APPROVES
SILVER AGREEMENT
The world sillver agreement
adopted at the London Confer
ence last summer as a move to
stabilize the price of that metal
was approved Tuesday by the
Canadian House of Commons
without a record vote, accord
ing to Ottawa reports.
The agreement provides that
Canada, with the United States
Mexico, Peru and Australia,
shall withdraw from the woirld
market 35 million fine ounces
of silver and refrain from de
basing their currencies.
Canada’s share of the with
drawal wouild be 1,671,820
ounces, but no steps were taken
to purchase this from Canadian
mines, the report said.
Canada is ,the fifth nation to
ratify the London agreement;
India, Australia, Mexico and
the United States having prev
iously approved the pact.
A (resolution introduced in
the House of Commons! Monday
by Thomas Reid, liberal, of
New Westminster, asked the
government to take immediate
steps to adopt silver in addi
tion to gold tor the issuance of
currency, either in the form of
paper certificates or as coin
age, and that silver be recog
nized and accepted as legal
tender by the Dominion of Can
ada at a fixed ratio to that of
gold. Action on the resolution
has not been reported.
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GOOD PROGRESS AT
THE UNITED EMPIRE
Tunnel driving at the United
Empire property is making
rapid progress, now that power
is being supplied to the mine
from the plant of the Northern
B. C. Power Corporation in
Stewart, according to reports
from the latter center.
The tunnel is being driven
to cut six veins and will be ap
proximately 1,600 feet in
length by the time it reaches
its last objective.
Two veins about 12 feet in
width and carrying a fine
grade of ore have been en
countered in the workings.
These veins apparently meet
a short distance beyond the
present workings and promise
a very large ore body, the re
ports say.
All indications are said to
point to the property becoming
a valuable producer.
More Unemployment Relief
Instructions received this
morning by Rep. J. K. Green
authorize an increase of ten
men in the local C. W. A. crew.
I Pres. Roosevelt Plans
Visit To Alaska
Franklin D. Roosevelt plans
to visit Alaska during his term
as president of the United
States.
Responding to a formal in
vitation by Delegate A. J. Di
mond to visit Alaska on his
proposed western trip during
the coming summer, Mr. Roose
velt promised that he would
visit the Territory before his
term was over.
Announcing the president’s
statement, the Delegate said
Mr. Roosevelt is greatly inter
ested in the proposed Pacific
Alaska highway and requested
him to visit the White House
for a thorough discussion of
the project.
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Library Board Meets
The second quarterly meeting
of the Hyder Public Library
board was held in the library
building Friday evening. The
session disclosed (that the af
fairs of the corporation are in'
good shape and patronage is
well maintained in spite of un
favorable conditions. Chas. F.
Sandford, president of the
board, presided.
A summary of book receipts
during the last quarter by the
secretary, Mrs. E. L. Dale, re
vealed purchases and donat
ions aggregating about 45 Vol
umes, including four very re
cent Mind Alcove books from
the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, the titles
of which are presented else
where in this issue.
Excellent services rendered
by the Book Purchasing com
mittee, Mesdames A. M. Camp
bell, H. W. Thomas, and J. A.
Hall, were warmly commended
by Librarian B. B. Smith and
resulted in a suspension of the
rule retiring one member each
quarter and the retention bf
the committee intact for the
coming quarterly period.
Book purchases t o the
amount of $15 were author
ized during the next quarter.
Repeal Bill Passes Senate
Three bills providing for re
peal of prohibition in Alaska,
Hawaii and other U. S. posses
sions have passed the Senate,
Washington reports say.
The measures were called up
out of order to permit the ter
ritories to gain revenue, where
they were badly needed, ac
cording to their sponsors.
Further action now rests
with the House.
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The annual muskrat season
opened Thursday and will con
tinue until April 30.
COMMITTEE FAVORS
LABOR SUSPENSION
The Senate committee on
mines has reported favorably
the measure providing for sus
pension of annual assessment
work on mining claims for the
year ending July 1, 1934, ac
cording to Washington, D. C.,
reports.
The bill as approved would
require holders of mining
claims to perform the usual
$100 worth of work unless they
are exempt from the payment
of income tax for the year
1933.
Those who are not required
to pay income tax will be ex
empted from assessment work
provided they file in the office
where their location notice is
recorded a notice of their de
ire to hold the location.
This notice must be filed
prior to noon July 1, 1934.
The measure provides further
that in n'o1 case may a person
■obtain exemption on more than
six claims, nor can a partner
ship or corporation claim ex
emption ion more than a dozen
claims.
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Fisherman To Curtail
Catch Of Halibut
Higher prices and a more
extended fishing season are
contemplated by an agreement
entered into by Alaska halibut
fisherman to voluntarily curtail
their catch during the season
commencing March 1.
Each vessel on the westward
banks is allowed to take 4,000
pounds for each man on the
boat each trip. In the South
western Alaska areas the catch
is limited to 3,300 pounds per
man and to 3,000 potinds in the
Seattle district. An opening
figure of about 12 to 15 cents
is anticipated.
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Bill Would Halt Waste Of Fish
A. J. Dimond, Alaska’s re
markably energetic and re
sourceful delegate to Congress,
has introduced a bill making
unlawful the wasting or de
struction of salmon and other
Alaska food-fish.
The bill strikes at a long pre
valent evil which threatens
great future damage if not
eradicated, the increasing util
ization of fish for other than
food purposes, and particular
ly for fertilizer and oil.
The measure would permit
only fish offal, waste material,
to be used for producing those
products.
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Richard Wirth left Monday
evening on a vacation in the
south.