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VOLUME NO. 8. NO. 28.
IIYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1932.
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PRIMARY ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY
The biennial primary election
will be held throughout Alaska
next Tuesday, April 26, and if
signs do not fail, will be one of
the most hotly contested elect
ions in years and with a record
list of candidates of the two
major parties.
A total of 56 candidates, 36
of whom are of democratic j
persuasion and 20 republican, j
will present themselves to the ■
voting public as candidates for
election to one or another of
the 23 public offices involved
in the election, ranging from
delegate to congress to altern
ates to the national conventions
of the republican and demo
cratic parties.
The election this year holds
an increased interest for local
voters as it is the first election
in which a Hyder resident has
been a candidate for office.
The candidate in question is J.
K. Green, pioneer resident,
who is seeking nomination for
membership in the Territorial
House of Representatives on
the democratic ticket.
The election will be held lo
cally in the Chamber of Com
merce Hall under the direction
of an election board composed
of ' L. W. Thornton, Harold
Johnson and W. R. McDonnell.
The polls will be open from 8
a. m. to 7 p. m. and all resi
dents are eligible to vote who
are citizens of the United
States over 21 years of age who
have been residents of Alaska
for one year and who have re
sided in the Hyder district 30
days prior to the election.
In view of the times and the
many important issues con
fronting the Territory, it is
highly desirable that the voters
consider well their choice for
candidates at the general elect
ion in November in order that
we may have capable and pro
gressive government during the j
succeeding biennium. Every:
voter is urged to turn out and
cast his vote in the interest of
good government.
Following is the complete list
of the candidates of both part
ies:
Delegate to Congress
James Wickersham, R.
Anthony J. Diamond, D.
George B. Grigsby, D.
A. H. Zeigler, D.
Attorney General
Frank H. Foster, R.
John Rustgard, R.
James S. Truitt, D.
Territorial Auditor
Percy G. Charles, R.
Cash Cole, R.
H. I. Lucas, R.
Frank A. Boyle, D.
Highway Engineeer
E. F. Wann, R.
Wm. A. Hesse, D.
Commissioner of Education
W. K. Keller, R.
Anthony E. Karnes, D.
Teiritorial Senator
J. E. Johnson, R.
Norman R. Wilker, D.
Territorial Representatives
H. P. Hansen, R.
L. H. Kubley, R.
R. N. Scruby, R.
F. J. Baronovich, D.
Joe Green, D.
C. H. Helgeson, D.
Territorial Treasurer Visits
Wallstein G. Smith,treasurer
of the Territory of Alaska,
was a visitor in Hyder for sev
eral days this week in connect
ion with the closing of the de
funct Bank of Hyder.
Mr. Smith arrived last Satur
day evening from Juneau on
the Alaska Southern Airways
sea-plane Chichagof, piloted
by Anscel C. Eckmann, with
Gordon Graham as mechanic. I
He was accompained on the j
trip by Mr. R. Monigle, a Jun
eau attorney, who is associated
with Attorney R. E. Robinson
in the capital city. Mr. Moni
gle’s visit was made in connect
ion with the bonding arrange
ments incident to the appoint
ment of Mr. E. D. Haddon as
receiver for the bank.
Mr. Monigle intended to
leave on the return trip to Jun
eau Sunday afternoon but was
delayed until Monday fore
noon as a result of the plane
being left aground by the tide
as it receded Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Smith left Tuesday on the
Ketchikan boat after complet
ing an investigation of the
affairs of the bank.
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Committee Favorable To
Alaska Court Reduction
The judiciary eommltte of the
House of Representatives, in a
report last week, approved leg
islation to eliminate one set of
court officials in Alaska by
merging the Second and Fourth
judicial divisions into one divis
ion. The proposal was ap
proved by Attorney General
Mitchell and is designed to
save $25,000 annually. It pro
vides for one district judge and
court clerk, one district attor
ney and one United States mar
shall for the two divisions. The
court will hold terms at Nome
and Fairbanks as required.
The bill has not been passed
upon by the senate judiciary
committee and it is reported to
be doubtful if the measure will
be taken up by the upper house
before congress adjourns.
Thomas Judson, D.
J. W. Kehoe, D.
Fiank J. Peratovich, D.
F. A.Sorri, D.
Albert Wile, D.
National Committeeman
Edward A. Rasmuson, R.
John T. (Jack) White, R.
J .J. Connors, D.
John W. Frame, D.
R. E. Hardcastle, D.
Delegate to Natl. Convention
Will II. Chase, R.
J. H. Davies, R.
E. S. Hungerford, R.
Karl Thiele, R.
T. H. Deal, D.
M. M. Heath, D.
D. W. Hoskins, D.
W. B. Kirk, D.
J. T. Moran, D.
Harry F. Morton, D.
John B. Rice, D.
A .A. Shonbeck, D.
John W. Troy, D.
Eugene Wacker, D.
T. A. Wakefield, D.
John Walmer, D.
Alternates to Natl. Convention
Albert Wile, R.
Simon Hellenthal, D.
Arch MacDonald, D.
P. C. McMullen, D. s
Allen Shattuck, D.
C. J. Todd, D.
GOVT, MAP SHOWS
STEWART AS OUTLET
Stewart is designated as an
outlet for the Peace river
country on a statistical map re
cently published by the Nation
al Development Bureau of the
Department of tlie Interior at
Ottawa.
The map, a copy of which
was received in Stewart last
week, apparently is based up
on the 1931 census of Canada
and intended to illustrate the
trend of population in Canada
and shows the resources and
also the railways now in oper
ation and proposed.
While obviously intended as
a statistical index, the fact that
the map is published by au
thority of the Department of
the Interior, is creating con
siderable interest in Stewart,
where it is looked upon as in
the nature of semi-official rec
ognition and approval of the
Peace-Stewart rail outlet pro
posal.
The feeling prevails in Stew
art that the Canadian govern
ment could easily undertake
construction of the proposed
railway line as an unemploy
ment measure and the view is j
expressed that money expend
ed on such construction would
be far more beneficial to Can
ada than accrues to the count
ry from the work now being
carried on in connection with
the government unemployment
relief program, whch is direct
ed largely to far-scattered and
frequently ineffective road ex
tensions.
It is pointed out that the de
velopment of the 400-mile rail
line from the Peace to Stewart
would not only provide the
much - needed unemployment
relief but would also develop
a very large area of new count
ry rich in mineral, coal and ag
ricultural resources, provide a
channel for industrial initiat
ive which would absorb sever
al thousand men, stimulate
land settlement and create new
markets.
Considered solely from the
standpoint of unemployment
relief, it appears that much of
the work now being carried on
under the government relief
program is actually of very lit
tle material benefit to Canada
as a whole and will ultimately
b^ lost, whereas the con
struction of a railway line
which is undoubtedly essent
ial to the future growth and
development of the Peace and
northern British Columbia ar
eas, would create an import-!
ant and valuable asset, which '
would ultimately return to
Canada many times its cost.
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Cedar—Knutson.
Marie Knutson and Adolph
Cedar, both of Stewart, were
united in the matrimonial bond
by U. S. Commissioner Chas. F.
Sandford in the Commission
ers office Thursday morning.
The ceremony was witnessed
by Mrs. Olive McKay and Ed.
Edwardson, Stewart friends of
the contracting parties.
SOMERS CONFIDENT OP
SILVER CONFERENCE
Representative Somers, chair
man of the house coinage com
mittee, in a statement in Wash
ington last week, expressed the
opinion that an international
silver conference will probably
be held within the present
year, according to press re
ports.
“The United States may not
have' called such a conference
by the time a year has elapsed
Somers said, ‘but if it does not
I am certain that some other
country, probably Canada,
will dos o.”
Somers said he was reliably
informed that Canada is pre
pared to take such action.
Mr. Somers is understood to
favor such a conference, but
his official position must re
main indefinite, he said, until
the committee of which he is
chairman completes a pending
investigation o f the silver
question.
Referring to the recent joint
resolution of Senator King
requesting the president t o
call a silver conference, Somers
said he did not feel privileged
to introduce a companion meas
ure in the house. It is also ex
pected that the same technical
reason will preclude otherj
house members interested in
the silver question who are on
the coinage committee from in
troducing the resolution there.
‘That need not keep it from
being put in, however,’ Mr.
Somers said. ‘There are a
number of ather representa- ■
tives who would be glad to in- j
troduce it.”
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Rustgaid Named For
Second Division Judge
John Rustgard, attorney gen-,
eral of Alaska, and one of the 1
Territory’s most prominent and j
highly regarded public figures, j
has been nominated by Presi-1
dent Hoover for the position of
Federal judge of the Second1
Judicial Division of Alaska, ac- i
cording to press reports this,
week. It was understood that
Mr. Rustgard had applied for;
the federal judgeship of the ;
Fourth or Fairbanks division
some time ago and is said in ;
Juneau reports to have been ;
somewhat surprised at his j
name being presented for con- j
firmation as judge of the sec-1
ond division. It is said, how
ever, that the nomination will
not alter his position with re
spect to his candidacy for the
republican nomination for re
election as attorney general of'
Alaska.
Press reports say he has stat
ed emphatically that he will
not withdraw from the race at
this time, believing that any
confirmation of the appoint
ment before April 26, the date
cf the primary election, is un
likely.
Whether Mr. Rustgard ac
cepts the presidential appoint
ment in the event of confirm
ation or not, his nomination is
a source of gratification to his
many friends here and else
where throughout the Terri
turys
Thieves Active in Camp.
Two cases of burglary in a
dwelling this week disclosed
that local householders will do
well to maintain closer guard
ianship over their homes and
possessions in future if they
wish to avoid possible losses.
The premises invaded by the
prowling miscreants were thr
Win. G. Irwin residence
which was ransacked Sundey
evening while Mrs. Irwin \va:
'•wav. and the cabin of the late
Oscar Nelson, both on Premier
Avenue in the forest townsite.
The burglar of the Irwin
home is evidently acquainted
both with the premises and to
some extent \v ith the persona)
habits of Mrs. Irwin, as his
unrewarded search for valua
ables included all of the vari
ous hiding places customarily
used by Mrs. Irwin. Variou:
evidences indicate that the
thief was intent on taking
nothing but money. He failed
to appropriate several pieces oi
valuable jewelry left in plain
sight on a dresser and either
overlooked or refrained from
taking a purse containing f
few dollars, although he evi
dently searched the drawer in
which it reposed. A broken
pass key in the lock of the
front door disclosed that the
burglar attempted to gain ent
rance in that manner but was
foiled by the key breaking ir:
the lock. He then turned hi.
attention to other means of in
gress and found an unbolted
window through which he
gained admission. After in
vestigating the various hiding
places used by Mrs. Irwin and
not finding what he was look
ing- for, the miscreant appar
ently decamped by way of the
rear door.
The prowler who entered the
Nelson cabin obtained ingress
by prying the hinges from the
back door but took nothing of
value aside from a few cans of
foodstuffs, an axe handle and
a steel mirror. Alex. Halstead,
who resides a short distance
from the Nelson place, believes
he caught a glimpse of the mis
creant as he was leaving the |
cabin but .owing to the dark
ness was unable to determine I
his identity.
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Seppi—Berry
Felix Seppi, of Hyder, and j
Miss Helen A. Berry, of Van
couver, were the principals in
a wedding ceremony per
formed Monday night by U. S.
Commissioner Chas. F. Sand
ford in his offices. The nup
tials were witnessed by Mrs. M.
Lindegaard, David Allan, and
U. S. immigration inspector D.
J. Mulcare.
The groom is proprietor of
the Salmon River Stage line
and a well known old-timer of
the district. The bride arrived
from her southern home on the
Catala and is a young lady of
pleasing and affable personal
ity who is a stranger to the
district.
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Wm. G. Irwin returned on
Thursday from a visit in Jun
eau and Ketchikan. He plans
to return to Juneau next week,
accompanied by Mrs. Irwin.
HORNE PLEADS FOR
SILVER MONEY
Sir Robert Home, former
chancellor of the British ex
chequer and member of parlia
ment, pleaded before the Roy
al Empire Society on April 13
Tor the reintroduction of silver
nto the world’s monetary sys
tems to mitigate the present
gold shortage, according to re
ports from London.
He and two other speakers
favored the recent suggestion
of H. H. Stevens, Canadian
minister of trade and com
merce, for a British empire cur
rency. Sir Robert urged an
agreement between nations of
the British empire to fix a rat
io between silver and sterling,
which, he said, would benefit
the entire commonwealth and
would be a means of develop
ing extensive trade with the
Far East.
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Oldest Resident Passes On.
Jacob Adam Klicker, early
day pioneer and credited with
being the oldest man in the
Salmon river district, if not in
the entire Portland Canal dist
rict, passed away Thursday
morning in Premier hospital af
ter an extended period of ill
ness. Deceased was nearly 80
years of age, having been bom
July 9, 1852. Death was due
to a complication of disorders
incident to old age.
Mr. Klicker was employed at
the Premier continuously al
most since the famous mine
was discovered, having become
associated with the property
when it was under operation
by R. K. Neill and associates
•ome twelve or fourteen years
ago. Following the transfer cf
the mine to the Premier Gold
Mining Company, Mr. Klicker
continued in the employ of that
company until his demise. Dur
ing the later years he held he
position of janitor and devoted
his activities principally to the
care of the big mine bunk
house.
Deceased was born in Buf
falo, New York of German par
ents and emigrated to Canada
about 20 years ago. Although
to all intents and purposes a
resident of Canada, he main
tained a home in Hyder, hav
ing purchased the Ed. Bronson
cabin in the forest townsite fol
lowing the death of the form
er owner some years ago.
He is survived by three child -
len; two sons, who reside in
Walla Walla, Wn„ and a
daughter, who lives in Bremer
ton, Wn. He also has a step
son, who resides in Bremerton.
Funeral services for the de
ceased were held Friday after
noon, followed by interment in
the Hyder cemetery, which had
been designated by the de
ceased as his last earthly rest
ing place. Rev. H. R. Cross de
livered an impressive funerary
sermon and numerous floral of
ferings attested the high re
gard in which the deceased
was held.
The funeral services were un
der the direction of E. E. Charl
ton.