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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 46.
IIYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 1 1. 1934.
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DUN WELL MINE IS NOW
IMPORTANT PRODUCER
With concentrate shipments
going forward teadily, the lo
cal Dunwell mine is fast taking
rank as one cf the important
gold and silver producer? 01
British Columbia.
Recently announced product
ion figures disclose (that the
mine has produced in prerent
and previous operations over
7500 ounces cf gold, in addi
tion to more than 200.000
ounces cf silver, 1000 tons of
lead, 1400 tens of zinc, and 6
tons of copper.
This is a splendid record for a
mine which net so llong ago was
looked upon a# a failure and '
closed down.
The success now being j
tvvmcvcu appcaia lo iuiiy war
rant the view of mining men
that the earlier failure va - not
due to absence 'of inherent min
eral wealth but to failure t j
perceive the ore production
possibilities, as evidenced by
the installation of a reduction
mill of far greater capacity,
than was warranted by the size '
of the ore bodies.
Certes it i? that with a much ;
smaller mill in opera;.ion the
mine presents every indication
of assuming an important plane
on the list of British Columbia
mines.
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Duck Hunters To Have Lie
Hunters of ducks and other!
migratory birds must hereafter j
pay a fee of SI annually to in-j
dulge in that form of -p ort. The i
fee is imposed by an act of j
Congress approved April 14,
1934, and i s applic a b 1 ej
throughout the United St a ;er j
and Alaska. Only farmer- ;
who hunt on their own premi
ses and persons under 10 years i
of age are exempt from pay-J
ment of the tax. which is t' be
devoted to purchase of mil
able lands a' bird refuges and
breeding grounds, and their
maintenance under governmen
supervision.
The tax is to be collected by
means of a stamp sold for $1
and will be collected by the
biological survey through the
postoffice department.
Nion-resident hunters musl
paste the stamps on their game
hunting licenses and resident
hunters,who require no license,
must have them attached to an
affidavit attesting their resi
dence. The stamp will be
placed ,cn sale prior to the
opening of the duck season
next fall.
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Tommy Jadro, youthful pro
tege of Mrs. Frank Fisher, lefr
Tuesday for Anyiox on the
Bornite to visit his father. j
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iSllrn Williams Decs Splendid
Work for Alaska Highway
After having: been in Wash
ington since December, Slim
Williams has pulled up stake
and g-oine by auto to Chicago
to -peiul the summer aC the
fair. A great favorite with
President and Mrs. I, ' eve!,:
and their daughter, Mrs. Dali,
Shm has worked hard in behalf
the International highway
all the time he was here, say
a report from the office f
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimend.
While in the East he had
many chances to capitalize a
his dog team trip from Copper
Center to Washington but lu
consistently refused to do so.
He said he made the trip . dy
to help .he highway and he be
Iievert iii - el» ;.r in teat direc
tion \v ;uld be hampered if he
turned “proic: Mini”. lie pre
ferred a lean p. eketbook to the
money that was awai, dig him
on all sides, but this rummer he
is hopeful of picking up at
least en ugh m ney to pay hi
expenseo. In the minds of
those in the States who have
watched Slim’s activities there
is no doubt whatsoever but that
it would have tjrfrrn a sizeable
advertizing budget to direct a
much favorable attend... n t o the
Territory as Slim ha- done
without any recompense at all.
Gccds Arriving From South
Vv ith Alaska ship - now load-,
ing freely at Tacoma, mer
chandise and other supplies
are arriving here by way of
Ketchikan with m ire regular
ity.
The striking longshoremen
11ci v i::.;rcuu u I iail ail \ O.' Cl ;
for Alaska at point-- where
armed guard; or police are not
placed on dock--, and Tacoma
has been .-'elected as a neu ral
point, according to Seattle re
ports.
The Alaska Steamship Co.
has announced l.he following
early sailings:
S. S. Alaska, July 10; Aleu
tian, July 14; Haleakala, July
lfi; Northwestern, July 17.
The motomhipi- Norco,-North
land and Zapora left Seattle
last week with heavy-cargoes
and are also scheduled for ear
ly future sailing.-.
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Alaska Deputy Marshal 3hct
Deputy United States Mar- J
shal J. J. Courtney was shot in 1
both legs’at Dillingham by an
unidentified man who was in
toxicated, according to report
received in Anchorage a few
days ago. Courtney’s condi
tion was riot believed serious.
NEW SILVER ACT WILL
EXPAND-CURRENCY
The new Silver Purchase Acl
will cause a currency expan
sion i.f at lend $940,500,009.
ivi.'n comirpunilinj' increase;
in commodity price:', by the
! end of the year,
j This war died red late week
lather Representative Dies of
Tex: < -author of : h
■announced the Treasury al
ready had bought ar ■itnd 70
million ounces of silver,
i D:o said the Treasury es
timated it would have t> buy
11254 million ounces to comply
| with the new law.
It war reported that the av
■ era ye price paid for tile silver
, already pure ha.-;d was 44
i cents an ounce.
Government R;ic':cphone
Service is Ina.uguri.iad
The new radio telephone ser
1 vice of the United States Sig
nal C rps in Alaska wa-; in
augurated officially at Juneau
ia . week when Governor J uhn
V»\ Troy held a conversation
; over die radiophone with Sec
! refcary -ef-Commerce Daniel C
R riper. whs wa- then on board
the Coa.-t Guard cutter Sho
•hone enroute from Seattle to
Juneau.
Want Devaluation
C f Silver Dollar
Silver advocates are making
plans >i force the Administra
tion at the next session of
Congress t > devalue the silver
dollar in the same way as war
done with the gold dollar, ac
cording to recent report • from
W' bintr‘ < m
The reports carrying this in
teresting information gave no
reason for the proposal but
.'dated tha1 the profit accruing
from the proces would be used
to reduce the government’*
debt--.
Will Open Hycler’o
First Liquor Store
B. F. Doggett has been grant
ed a license by the Territorial
i iqu or C mtrnl Board to con
duel: a retail liquor store in the
Bungalow Hotel building on
Slain Street. He is now fitting
up the premises and will stock
the store with a varied assort
ment of standard brands.
Liquors will be sold only in
unbroken packages for con
■ umption off the premises, as
provided by the liquor control
regulations.
The new st re will be the
first keen- id.liquor vending es
tablishment to operate here in
the camp’s history.
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Outsider Named For
A’aska Judges hip
J. H. S. Morrison, of Cumber
land Gap, Tennessee, has been
named by President Roosevelt
as judge of the Second Divi
sion di diet court, with head
quarter..; at Nome.
Morrison, who is said to have
been appointed at the request
of ' ry of State Cordell
Hull, will succeed Judge Lester
O. Gore, former Ketchikan
! resident, who was recently
asked to resign by the depart
ment of ju lice, no reasons for
the re ing given.
A: a result, the yelp of “car
pet ! ag r ’ is again arising in
the lend and Delegate Dimo.id
is reported to have served no
! dee thrill he will do everything
in his p wer to block the Mor
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session of the Senate.
Mr.rv: on is the second non
ce ident to be named fr the
federal bench in Alaska by the
Roosevelt administration; the
I c.her being Judge George F.
Alexander bf the First Divi
j sion.
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Treasury of Alaska
Shows Good Gain
A gain in cash amounting to j
! £218,013.97 between June 30, |
1933 and the same date this!
year was reported by Territor
ial Treasurer W. G. Smith ait J
the close cf the fiscal year, ac
cording to reports from Juneau.
The net cash balance on the
’a.-t day .of June was placed at
l 5781,910.98, as compared to
I $573,013.01 on,the ame day a
j year ago. The total cash on
| hand amounted t) §822,056.05.
w.in warrant- outstanding to
the amount of $41,145.07.
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Large Crowd Attends
Darce O f Pioneers
Public (partiality for enter
tainment of the Pioneers of
Alaska was further evidenced
by near record attendance at
the delayed Fourth of July
dance given by the local igloo
in Pioneer Hall law Saturday
evening.
Close to 200 dancer* were on
he fl or during the height of
the entertainment, which real
ized a mbstantlal net balance
tor h Pion< c ;• iraa -ury.
Splendid riiusic was furnished
by the accomplished Premier
I orche tin and t!ie proverbial
I Pioneer hospitality was in evi
j dence throughout the function.
! The Sourdough luncheon of!
ourdough beans, weiners, hot
rolls, coffee and cake was a
unique and popular feature. 1
ARMY AIR FLEET
TO VISIT FAIRBANKS
That Alaska Delegate Di
mond’s efforts, to secure mili
tary defense flcr Alaska
through establishment of an air
base near Fairbanks is already
bearing fruit, is indicated by
reports from Washington that
ten huge military bombing
planes flown by army flyers
will leave this month on a
flight to Alaska.
The planes will proceed as
far north as Fairbanks and will
visit Juneau on their return
south if landing accomodations
are provided, the reports said.
Plans have been announced
for a flight .of naval patrol
planes to the Aleutian Islands
during (the middle of July in
connection with a naval survey
of the far-iflung island group.
Aitnough Delegate JJimond s
bill for an air base in the inter
ior failed to emerge frbm com
mittee, reports from the na tion
al capital hint of possible de
velopment of Alaska as an
aerial outpost of the United
States. A visit now being
made to the Territory by Sec
retary of Commerce Daniel C.
Roper, nominal head Of civilian
aviation,and the announced in
tention to send six V-class sub
marines and three attending
surface vessels to Alaska this
month are pointed to as indi
cating increased governmental
interest in Alaska in a military
way.
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Premier Holding Sports Day
Premier residents are hold
ing today their annual Sports
Day Celebration; one af )the
most interesting entertainment
events of the community.
lne scheduled program in
cluded a tug-of-war contest
and rock drilling and mucking
contests, in addition to the
more conventional forms of
athletic contests for men, wo
men and children, with approp
riate prizes for the winners.
The program will be concluded
with a supper and dance.
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Good Values From Spider
Owney McFadden and part
ners are making another ship
ment of ore from the Spidei
property in ithe upper Salmon
basin, which they are working
under lease.
Returns on their first ship
ment are reported to have run
$37 in gold and 299 ounces of
silver to the ton.
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Miss Hannah Olson arrived
last Saturday from Seattle to
visit her sister, Mrs. Holger
Johnson.