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VOL 1, NO. 23
RYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCNIH
FIRST SHIPMENT OF ORE
FROM RIVERSIDE ON
WAY TO SMELTER
The first shipment of concen
trates from the newly installed
mill at the Riverside mine is
now on its way to the Tacoma
smelter.
The shipment, comprising
about 25 tons, left on the
steamer Belingham, of the In
dependartt Steamship Comp
any, of Juneau, early Friday
morning.
The first batch of the ship
ment, about two and a half
tons, arived in town Tuesday
and attracted wide attention
and interest during its prog
ress to the dock. The load was
brought in by the mine cater
pilar and was followed later
in .the day by a teamload of
about three tons. Additional
quantities of the crushed ore
also came in later in the week
and were landed at the dock in
readiness for the Bellingham
which dropped into port
around midnight Wednesday
and left at 6 a. m. the follow
ing morning.
Arrivals from the mine re
port that the mill is working
in fine shape and nearly up to
the sixty ton daily capacity, de
spite the newness of the equip
ment, and is turning out around
fifteen tons of concentrates
a day.
Grover C. Frame, well known
former resident of Hyder and
eldest son of John W. Frame,
former United States Commis
sioner for this precinct, died
at the family home in Port An
geles, Washington, Sunday
1 February 8th, according to a
telegram received Monday last
by J. W. (“Billy”) Frame, Jr.
his brother. The deceased was
formerly in the tranfer and
taxi business here, later going
to Ketchikan. The deceased
was aged 40 years and had
resided in Alaska from early
boyhood. *
The message announcing
his untimely demise failed to
state the cause of his fatal ill
ness.
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One hundred and twenty-five
thousand feet, over 23 miles, of
new traction cable was strung
on the thirteen mile ore tram
of the Premier mine during the
past week. A crew of forty
three men were employed at
the task. With the crew divid
ed into small squads at Vari
ous points along the tramway,
.the work of exchanging the
new cable for the old was ac
complished with remarkable
celerity under the direction of
superintendent Frank Fisher,
the actual laying of the cable
requiring only about fifty
hours to complete.
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Thomas Campbell and W. R.
Harner, who are associated in
the bonding deal for a large
block of Marmot river proper
ties by Mr. Campbell, left on
Thursday’s boat for the south
to take the initial steps for the
incorporation of a company to
handle the bonded ground.
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Sam McNeill, Mrs. McNeill
and baby McNeill returned
Thursday from a visit in the
south.
BIG HYDRO-ELECTRIC
POWER DEVELOPMENT
A POSSIBILITY
The development of a hydro
electric power on scale of
sufficient magnitude to meet
all light and power demands
of Hyder andthe entire Port
land Canal Mining district for
years to come is a possible out
come of the visit of Mr. N. F.
Helmers, of Seims, Helmers
and Schaffner, Inc., of St. Paul
who has been in Hyder during
the past week as a guest of At
torney Ernest Blue.
Shortly before his departure
on the Pririce Rupert Thursday
Mr. Helmers informed the Her
ald that the primary object of
his visit to this section was to
study the extent of the local
mining operations in order to
ascertain the present and fu
tuer possibilities for power de
velopment on a commercial
"cale of sufficient size to serve
the entire district. During his
stay Mr. Helmers visited a ma
jority of the more important
mining operations and accumu
lated a large amount of 'data
bearing cn the probable power
needs of the district both at
the present and in the future,
and also interviewed a consid
erable number of mine owners
and other potential power
users in Hyder and Stewart
in order to ascertain their
to future power needs.
In summarizing the results of
his findings Mr. Helmers said
that although his visit was of
too short duration to fully de
termine the outlook for large
power development, he was
favorably impressed with the
potential possibilities of Hyder
and Stewart and that further
investigation would be made
next spring with a view to
working out a tangible propo
sition.
“Conditions appear favor
able,” he continued, “but it
must be definitely understood
that such a development will
necessarily be contingent on
the further development of
properties now being explored,
as the total demand must be
great enough to justify hydro
electric construction of suffic
ient magnitude to produce con
tinuous power cheaply.
“It is to be hoped,” he added,
“that the many mining plans
being discussed will so mater
ialize as to make such a pro
ject feasible, as the advent of
a strongly financed power com
pany will be of immeasurable
benefit to the Portland Canal
district.”
Although Mr. Helmers is said
to have investigated several of
the local water power sources,
it i3 understood that the Cas
cade River water power, held
by Messrs. Noel Traversy and
Ernest Blue, was the chief aim
of his survey. This is located
about 9 miles below Hyder and
is a source of power sufficient
ly large to supply many thou
sand horsepower if developed
to the ultimate of possibilities.
Permission for its development
for power purposes under the
Federal Water Power Appro
priation act has already been
obtained by the holders from
the Federal Power Commission
at Washington and only the
necessary capital is needed to
make it immediately available.
' PORTER IDAHO CALLS
IN SYNDICATE UNITS
i Completing the final step in
the transfer of the Porter
j Idaho from a unit syndicate to
an incorporation, the newly
organized Porter-Idaho Mining
Company, Ltd, (nonpersonal
| liability) is now calling in the
units issued in the financing of
the original syndicate associ
ation. The units are redeem
able on the basis of two hun
dred shares of stock in the new
company for each unit of the
syndicate.
The final steps necessary to
complete incorporation and
transfer of the assets of the
Porter Idaho Syndicate to the
Porter Idaho Mining Company
were taken at the first statu
tory meeting of the new comp
any held in Victoria January
130th. The new concern is cap;
italized for $2,000,000, the
' capital stock being divided into
; 4,000,000 shares of a par val
ue of 50 cents per share. The
| directors are Clay Porter and
Ernest Blue, of Hyder, H. W.
M. Rolston, of Stewart, W. O.
Walace and J. E. Dickson, of
I Victoria, and Colonel Foster
and Lt. Col. Montizambert, of
Vancouver.
Development plans for the
i coming season include contin
uance of high grade ore ship
ments; a survey of the proper
ties with a view to obtaining a
crown grant; a survey for a
tram line location from the
imine to the Marmot and gen
eral mine surveys. The proper
ty will also be opened to a
greater degree by the driving
of a 300 .foot tunnel to inter
sect the known ore bodies at
a depth of about 200 feet
the contract for which has been
let.
Work will be resumed early in
April, according to present ex
i pectations.
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E. R. Stivers, Deputy Collect
ior of Customs for this port, was
the host at a delightful party
at his residence in the townsite
section Wednesday evening,
j Dancing formed the chief di
version and a dainty luncheon
;was served for the delectation
and refreshment of the guests,
I who included Mesdames Oren
; F. Hill and T. H. Evans, Misses
! Helen Hall and Marion Hunt,
land Messrs Clyde Hager, Earl
Hinckley, J. A. Hall and T. H.
j Evans.
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i Ernest Armstrong, the well
known Stewart freighter and
transfer man, was severely in
jured Monday by falling under
a heavy sled in the mill yard of
the Hyder Lumber Company.
According to witnesses, Arm
strong was thrown from the
sled when it tipped suddenly
in passing over a slanting sect
ion of the trail. He was tak
|en to Stewart Hospital, where
it was feared for a time that
he had sustained serious and
possibly fatal internal injuries.
Hi^ condition became more
favorable later, however, and.
.last reports from Stewart indi
cated that he was doing weel.
FRAME ASKS REMOVAL
| OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS
' Recent press dispatches from
jthe national capital indicate
that John. W. Frame, erstwhile
jU. S. Commissioner for Hydei
precinct, is making a decidedly
strenuous fight to secure the
(republican national committee
jmanship, to which he was
elected November 4th, only to
find himself supplanted by G.
W. Sexton, who was given the
position by the Republican
I National Committee as a re
■ suit of sharp opposition to
| Frame’s appointment based on
I allegations that he was not a
j dyed-in-the-wool republican.
I Frame’s latest move in his
battle for recognition is the fil
ing of a complaint in Washng
: ton in which, according to the
'reports, he charges that he is
i the victim of a conspiracy led
|by various federal officials and
iasks the removal of Governor
Scott C. Bone as governor of
the territory.
Late Juneau dispatches say
the governor has decided to ig
nore the ouster move, denoun
cing it as “one of the vicious
political outbreaks that has
characterized the presence of
!certain elements in Alaskan af
fairs for many years.”
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J. V. Clegg associated in the
owneship of the Stoner group,
north of and adjoining the
Daly Alaska, expects to go
south next week.
Mr. Clegg has been here for
some time past in connection
with his mining interests. He
is one of the camp's real old
timers, having established the
first merchandise store here in
the days when Hyder was
known as Portland city. His es
tablishment was known as the
Salmon River Trading Comp
any and was located in the
building now occupied by the
Hyder Mercantile Co.
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Assayer H. G. White finished
the long continued task of
sampling the Dunwell ore ex
posures and work on the prop
erty is again at a standstill
pending determination of the
results of his findings. A crew
of ten men has been employed
for more than a month under
Mr. White’s direction and has
taken samples from every nook
and cranny of the mine in or
der to secure complete and ac
curate information regarding
its potentialities. According to
the best available information
the directors of the company
have decided to sell the prop
erty and will probably make1
use of the sampling figures in
arriving at their decision re
garding the price to be asked.
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Mr. and Mrs. Stallnacher, of
Premier, were outgoing passen
gers on the Cardena Monday
evening. The couple are mak
ing a hurried trip to Florida in
response to a telegram announ
cing the sad news of the death
of Mrs. Stallnacher’s sister,
who, the message indicated, i
der, her body having been
found in her home riddled with
bullets fired by unknown mis
creants.
ORE TAPPED IN 4TH
LEVEL OF TERMINUS
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Ore of what is said to be of
; high grade quality has been en
countered in the fourth level
tunnel on the Terminus prop
erties on the upper reaches of
the Bear river section, accord
ling to reports from Stewart.
The strike is said to have
been made ten or twelve days
ago at a depth of slightly
lover 100 feet below the out
crop, on which a shaft was
sunk some time ago,, revealing
a large and well defined ore
body carrying considerable
high grade.. Samples of the
ore encountered in the tunnel,
are said show grey copper and
argentite but the values car
ried are undetermined, no as
says having been made.
Those taxpayers who are ac
customed to putting off until
the last minute the making up
of their income tax, returns,
and then applying to Burns
Poe, Collector of Internal Rev
enue, to request a thirty days
extension, may find themselves
in the lurch this year because
of a change in the law, accord
ing to an official bulletin is
sued by the Collector of In
ternal Revenue at Tacoma.
Extensions may now be grant
ed, only by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washing
ton, D. C., and the application
therefor must be made before
the date prescribed by law for
filing returns.
Any person resding in Alaska
who fies a return after the due
date prescribed by law should,
according to the Collector, at
tach to such return an affidavit,
explaining fully the reason for j
failure i.o file on time,-unless a
specific extension has been
granted him.
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B. W. W. McDougall, M. E.,
arrived on the last trip of the j
Prince Rupert to take charge
of operations on the Terminus
properties in the upper Bear
River valley section., where a i
strike of considerable import
ance is said to have been made
’during the past few days..
Mr. McDougall formerly was
in charge of operations on the
Daly Alaska properties and is
well known to many local res
idents.
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Rube Hull, pews editor of the
Portland Canal News and vet
eran newspaper man, as well
as a leading authority on the
mining game in thi3 neck of the
woods, is planning to hie him
southward along about the lat
ter part of the month on a well
earned vacation, during which
he will visit relatives whom he j
has not seen for many moons, i
not seen in many years.
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ANDREW LINDEBORG
DIES IN VANCOUVER
..Andrew Lindeborg pasced
away at his home in Vancouver
Sunday morning according to a
telegram received by J. A* Hall
of the Salmon River Banking
Co. Deceaccd sustained a para
lytic stroke two years ago from
which he never fully recovered
CANVASSING BOARD
TAKES NO ACTION
Late exchanges report that
the Territorial Canvassing
Board has accepted the ruling
of Attorney General Rustgard
that it has no authority to de
termine the legality of vote3
cast in the Territorial elections
or to permit examination of in
dividual ballots cast at the gen
eral election November 4th,
and will talcs n6 action with
respect to the prospective con
fect started recently at the in
tancc of Attorney Geo. B.
Grigsby on behalf of J. J. Con
nors and against William Paul.
Stroller’s Weekly reports
that the Board found that
many ballots cast by voters
who were unable to sign the
registration books, save “by
mark” and gives the total num
ber cast under such circum
stances as 03.
What further action will be
taken by Mr. Grigsby is not de
termined. Tf anything further
comes of the contest, it will be
conducted before either the
district court or the Territorial
legislature.
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NOME SiTU ATTON
NOT IMPROVED
Failure of an attempt to dis
patch additional supplies of
anti-toxin from Fairbanks to
diptheria stricken Nome, com
bined with a further list of vic
tims of the dangerous disease,
were the outstanding events of
the epidemic situation in the
Bering Sea metropolis during
the past week.
An official report from Nome
placed the number of cases
definitely diagnosed as dip
theria at 30, with a large ad
ditional number suspected of
being possible victims by rea
son of exposure.
The aeroplane expedition or
ganized at the urgent request
of the Nome Board of Health,
with Roy S. Darling, former
Army flyer as volunteered pil
ot, failed to get away from
Fairbanks owing to various
difficulties, leaving the strick
en city to wait for further sup
plies of the saving anti-toxin to
arrive by dog relays, such as
brought in the first supply a
week ago, or to the slower mail
teams.
The world is paying tribute to
the wonderful race against
death made by the dog teams
of Sappala, famous dog racer,
and three times winner of the
400 mile All Alaska Sweep
stakes from Nome to Candle
and return; Gunnar Kasson, of
Nome, Shannon of Fairbanks
and others who carried the
first supply of anti-toxin from
Nenana to Nome, over 000
miles, in the remarkable time
of 12714 hours in the face of
tremendous climatic difficul
ties.
A movement has been started
in Seattle to :a> c a fn’d for re
wards to the dauntless men
participating in the herioe
race.
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A dance in aid of the Stew
art General Hospital will be
given in Stewart on the even
ing of St. Patrick’s Day, ac
cording io an announcement
made during the week.