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VOL 7, NO. 15
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RENEHAN'S FATE SHOWN
BY PLANE FRAGMENTS
Wreckage of the long miss
ing seaplane “Skagway” found
last Sunday on the shore of one
of the islands of the Percy
Group, a few mile& south of
Annette Island appears to have
definitely decided the fate of
Pilot Robin Renehan and hi;
companions, Frank Hatcher
and Sam Clerf, who vanished
mysteriously during the even
ing* of October 28 while en
route to the Atlin country to
search for the lost Canadian
airman, Capt. E. J. A. Burke, j
and his companions, Bob
Martin and Emil Kading.
The wreckage of the Rena
han plane, a piece of the cock-1
pit 4 feet long, covered with j
blue fabric and with one tic
rod attached, was found by
Clarence Meyers and Bob Mil
ler, who were sent to assist in
the search by the Ketchikan
Chronicle, following the find
ing last week of the two spare !
wheels known to have beei
carried by Renehan.
The wreckage has been pos ;
itively identified as part of the i
ill-fated Skagway by Pilot An
see! Eckman and Frank Wad
man, his mechanic. In th j
opinion of both airman, tin !
fragment found on Percy Is
lands indicated conclusively
that Renehan crashed into the
sea within a few minutes
flight distance from the spo
where the wreckage wa
found.
Searchers are now engager
in scouring the coast line of the
Percy and nearby islands h
the hope of finding the bodier
of the unfortunate flyers
which may have been throwi
up on the beach by the tides
Musksxen Arrive in Alaska
After A Lcng Journey
The shipment' of muskoxen
to Alaska by the Biological
Survey, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, arrivec
at Fairbanks November 4, am
were unloaded at College thi
next morning. The herd of
animals, 17 yearlings and r.
calves, reached their Alasks
destination in excellent shap<
and fat condition. They were
released in a 40 acre enclosurt
on the College campus, where
they will be held and fed thi
winter. Each animal wa>
weighed before release. The
average weight of the year
lings was 205 pounds and Oi 1
the calves 104 pounds. The
muskox is mature at four tr
five years of age and will ther
weight between 500 and 700
pounds.
The muskoxen, captured ii
Greenland, were brought tc
Norway and thence to New
York.
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Wants $400,000 for
Seward Monument
United States Senator Royal
S. Copeland, of New York
has introduced a bill author
izing an appropriation of
$400,000 for construction of a
monument and historical mus
eum at Seward, in commemor
ation of the foresight of form
er Secretary of State Seward
in purchasing th e Territory
from Russia, according to a
Washington, D. C., news
dispatch.
B. C. Silver Reports
Progress in November
The following official report
of development progress at the
B. C. Silver property was re
ceived from London this week:
All work was confined to No.
3 and No. 6 levels.
No. 6 level: 651 raise on the
main ore body, southwest ot
No. 2 shaft, is in 42 ft. above
the sill floor of 636 drift and
has been in a heavily metal
lized zone throughout. The av
erage of the face samples tak
en from this heading is $39.
Average width 5 ft. 6 in. The
best 5ft. 6 in. sample was $96.
Test holes off the raise show
an additional width of com
mercial ore of 6ft.
The high grade ore from
his raise has been stored in
suitable drifts and crosscuts on
No. 6 level for milling at later
late.
No. 7 level :The two upraises,
No. 353 and 354, northeast of
No. 1 shaft on this level have j
advanced 23 and 25 ft. re- j
-pectively during the period, j
These have exposed favorable:
•round and sampling has in-!
iicated some appreciable
widths of commercial ore in
he raises and also in the te.-r
holes into the wails of theI
■aises.
One 4 ft. face sample in 353 j
•aise on the “D” orebody as- j
•aved $41.24. A total of 89 ft. |
)f raising was done during tb j
month.
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Noyes Boat Co. Bids For
Local Freight Traffic
Freight from Seattle landed
it the Hyder dock at the same
irice as is charged for cargo
ransportation from Seattle to
Ketchikan was promised Hy
ler shippers in an announce
ment made this week by rep
esentatives of the Noyes Boat
! Company, coastwise shippers
j and holders of the Ketchikan
| Hyder mail contract.
According to the information !
riven out, the Noyes proposal j
! s made possible by an agree- !
I nent between that company j
! ind the Alaska Steamship Co j
In consequence, locally con 1
ligned freight must be for- i
warded from Seattle on vessel
,>f the latter company and in
rare of the Noyes Boat Co. al ;
Ketchikan to secure the advan
I ages of the proposed new rate
j o Hyder. The proposed serv
ce is scheduled to become ef
| ,'ective on February 1.
j The Noyes announcement
has created considerable inter
est among local shippers, not
alone because of the reduced
ates offered but more partic
alaiiy because of the recent
| failure of the Northland Trans
! poitation Co. to maintain it.
j former schedule of direct sail
ngs from Seattle to Hyder. Oi
'ate the company has taken to
iischarging H y d er freight
shipments at Ketchikan, to be
transported from that point to
i Hyder by the small coast-wise
aairiers. This method of pro
eeedure is said to have resulted
I in considerable damage to
perishable commodities and is
| considered generally as high
| ly unsatisfactory.
The dedication of the new
j Alaska Capitol building at Jun
. eau has been postponed to Feb
i 15, according to a message
from Juneau.
M, $, NORTHLAND
GOES ON ROCKS
The Alaska motorship North
land, of the Northland Trans
portation Company, barely es
caped finding a watery grave,
as a result of striking a reef
near Seymour Narrows, on the
British Columbia coast Tues
day evening, according to ra
dio and news reports. No loss
of life was involved.
The vessel was proceeding
north from Seattle with 81
passengers enroute to Alaska
ports at the time of the acci
dent. After striking the sub
merged rocks, the vesel was
headed for the nearby shore
and beached. The passengers
remained on board the vessel
overnight and were later tak
en off without mishap. News
from Prince Rupert and Ketch
ikan indicates that the vessel is
not seriously damaged and
wrill be towed to Seattle for
repairs.
Big Decline in Copper
Production in 1930
The value of the copper pro
duced from Alaska mines in
1930 is estimated to have been
$4,100,000. This marks a de
crease in value of more than
$3,000,000 from the corres
oonding value in 1929. Nearly
$1,750,000 of this decrease
may be attributed directly to
the lower average price of eop
oei in 1930 than in 1929. The
low price not only had its di
rect effect in the value of the
output, but it also acted to re
lard operations so that the
quantity produced also fell off
by an amount estimated as in
excess of 7,000,000 pounds.
The average selling price of
| copper during the year as com
puted by the Bureau of Mines
was 12.4 cents, as against 17.0
[cents in 1929.
! In 1930, as in former years,
' practically all copper came
j from two mines near Kenne
[ cott, in the copper region, and
1 from one mine in the Prince
j William Sound region. These
mines alone, according to the
published reports of the Geo
logical Survey*, have yielded
more than $200,000,000 in the
twenty years that they have
been actively developed.
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■ increased Power for
KCMO is Denied
Radio owners in Alaska will
not be served with increased
power by broadcasting KOMO
at Seattle as they had hoped.
Through the Territorial Cham
ber of Commerce they had in
dorsed the station’s applica
tion for the use of Wave
Channel 970 and for the right
to enlarge power from the
present 1,000 watts to 15,000
watts, but the Federal Radio
Commission has refused the re
quest, according to the Jun
eau Empire.
Information as to the de
cision of the commission was
communicated to M. S. Whit
tier, executive secretary of the
Territorial Chamber of Com
merce, by Bert F. Fisher, sec
i letary and manager of KOMO.
However, added Mr. Fisher,
INTERESTING SESSION
CHAMBER COMMERCE
The monthly meeting of the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday proved to be the most
interesting session held in a
long time. President E. D. Had
don presided and the bulk of
the more stable membership
was present.
Included among the more
important matters considered
was a telegram from Delegate
Dan, Sutherland indicating a
| marked probability that unem
ployment relief work on the
Salmon river improvement pro
ject may be instituted shortly
by the government through the
Bureau of Public Roads.
The message was in reply to i
the Chamber’s recent plea for j
unemployment relief and read ■
as follows:
“McDonald, chief of the!
Bureau of Public Roads, is
wiring bureau’s representatives I
in Juneau asking if they are j
in position to undertake the j
work of flood control at Salm-1
on river. There is some ques
tion as to whether this work is I
within the jurisdiction of the j
Bureau of Public Roads but
possibly emergency conditions
may permit them to do so. No
other way known as army en
gineers have no funds that may
be legally used for this pur
pose. Will wire again.”
A Chamber telegram to Terri
torialAuditor Cash Cole urging
cooperation in local unemploy-1
ment relief work elicited a
reply to the effect territorial |
funds for i iver control are ex
hausted, but he would bring
the matter to the attention of !
Governor Parks on his return ;
j from the Outside and would !
j be glad to cooperate in urging |
the local request.
The Chamber then decided j
to wire M. D. Williams, Bur-1
eau of Public Roads chief in 1
Alaska, urging his cooperation.
Literature advertising a new
type of fire pump which can
bo attached to an auto and!
operated by the engine brought!
up the perennial question of
adequate fire protection and ,
resulted in a decision to write
for further information regard- i
ing a free trial offer made by j
the producers.
The Chamber also decided
to institute a monthly “supper” |
i meeting, the first of which will j
| be held at the Ideal Cafe Wed
! nesday February 4, starting at
-6:30 P.M. a
It was also resolved to in-!
stitute a new method of de
termining how the Chamber
may enlarge its usefulness to
the community by installing a
“suggestion box” at Chamber
of Commerce Hall, wherein
any citizen may place a writ
en suggestion having as its ob
ject the betterment of local
conditions. Such suggestions
will be given careful consider
ation and acted on whenever
possible by Chamber.
the station has not accepted
the commission’s decision as
final. Appeal has been taken
; to the United'* ptates Circuit
! Court, and Mr. Fisher enter
tains the confident hope that
the station will prevail in the
higher tribunal.
NOVEMBER COMMERCE REPORT
SHOWS BIG EXPORT DECLINE
Reflecting the general de
fpresslon, the monthly merchan
dise exports of Alaska in Dec
i ember, exclusive of gold and
silver, were $ 1,172,914 lower
I than those of December 1929,
. with a total value of only
! $855,612. Only once during the
; past decade have merchandise
I export values fallen below one
million dollar*. This was in
May last year, when tlv
monthly exports dropped to
$708,490, owing principally
to an unprecedented decrease
in fish exports.
The statement, which foi
some unknown reason does not
show the value of gold and
silver exports, is as follows:
Blue foxes. $ 6,400
2.480
780
Other animals .
Curios.
Fish: Fresh and froz
en (except shell-fish)
Halibut. 117,652
Salmon . 52,700
All other... 292
Canned (except shell
fish).
Salmon . 40,874
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod.
5,452
Herring . 28,214
Salmon .
Shell-fish:
Clams .
Crabs .
Shrimps ...
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox .
Silver or black fox ..
Red fox .
White fox .
Mink .
Muskrat .
Beaver .
All other..
Manufactured furs ..
Ore, matte, regulus:
! Copper .
j Lead .
i Reindeer meat .
j Stone, marble, etc. ..
I Trophies, specimens ..
Wood, timber, lumber
10,463
699
817
10,048
50
3,250
880
220
416
285
200
846
850
* All other articles
✓
436,220
8,172
17,981
15,262
1,875
4,000
39.824
Total value products
of Alaska . 795.202
Products of the Unit
ed States returned .. 90,440
Total value of ship
ments of mdse..$885,642
**Ttems included in “All other
Articles.”
Edible reindeer offal $710
Inedible reindeer offal 160
Platinum (589 oz.) 21,204
j There were 62 patient days.
The receipts were $899.95, and
j expenses were $405.25. Do
j nations were received from the
i Methodist Church, Ryder $10
I 00; G. P. Heineky $5.00; Bank
of Montreal $10.00, and from
counter boxes $9.00.
i The gross receipts at the
New Years’ Dance were $395.
65 and expenses were $193.75;
leaving a net balance to the
hospital of $201.90.
The thanks of the association
are due to the community
generally for their attendance
and their participation in the
raffle.
For their assistance we wish
to thank Mr. Chas. Lake, who
canvassed the upper Salmon;
j to Mesdarnes Kennedy and
Reindeer hides
Seal oil
Painting
SILVER mo STRESSED
BV SENATOR BORAH
Senator William E. Borah,
| in a letter read at a recent
: meeting of the Northwest Min
ing Association took a more
positive stand than ever be
fore in stating that something
must be done for silver.
“It is gratifying,” he said,
“to note the growing interest
everywhere in what we choose
to call a silver problem, al
J though I prefer to regard it as
I a phase of the world’s great
' economic problem.
“During the last few months
expressions of interest in this
phase of our economic situ
ation have gone out from the
most conservative and best in
formed sources, and all to the
effect that silver should be re
stored to its rightful place in
our economic and financial af
' fairs.
My own reeling is that we
must* before long stop droning
about a world chaos because
of over-production and turn
our attention to the true prob
lem, that is a world in chaos
because the purchasing power
of millions has been destroyed.
It is under the circumstau ■■ ?
necessary to draw on the public
treasury to tax ourselves to
build public buildings and
roads. This will, to some ex
tent, dull the keen edge of de
pression. But to do this and
propose to do nothing more is
abdicating responsibility and
leadership and leaving the
| people to their misery. Unless
we can adept some program
which will bring back the pur
I chasing power of some eight
hundred million people
throughout the world, we shall
not very soon, if ever, be free
from the depression which we
1 are now experiencing.
A1 this has not come about
without cause and without
deep reason. The policies
which have for the last few
years cut in half the pur
chasing power of 400,000,000
' Chinamen and affected the
! purchasing power of a great
many other peoples is one of
the contributing causes to our
present deplorable situation.
I feel that it is coming to be
more realized that this is a
fact.
In treating the silver question
as a part of the great economi
cal problem oi the world,
every effort ought to be made
to restore this metal to its
right place, t think under
j bold leadership it can be done.
But the leadership ought to be
j taken by the United States.”
, Behnsen, who solicited for the
|supper; to 1*. S. Jack who ar
! ranged the music and donated
his services; to Burns Ltd.,
Lyon’s market, Campbell and
Duke, and W. D. Smith, who
| donated the supplies for the
supper; to all the ladies who
made salads and cakes, and to
Jack McLeod, who loaned his
piano.
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Dan. Lindeborg’s Death
Due to Stroke
A letter received this week by
the Pioneers of,Alaska from
Archie Metcalf, indicated that
the l’ecent death of Daniel
Lindeborg, in Vancouver wa*
due to a stroke.