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VOL 4, NO. 11
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3,1927
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ADANAC OUTLOOK
VERY PROMISING
The x*esults of the past sum
mer’s development operations
on the Fish Creek properties of
the Adanac Mines Co. were of
distinctly encouraging charac
ter and have enhanced consid
erably the outlook for that ex
tensive and well situated prop
erty.
One of th e most gratifying
results of the season’s activi
ties was the developmer, of a
fine ore body of high grade
character in a winze sunk 75
fet from the portal of the 100
foot tunnel on the Lucky Boy
Extension, one of the 26 claims
owned by the company in the
Fish Creek area. Samples tak
en from the winze during the
sinking process assayed as high
as $163 per ton, while a ton
of ore shipped to the Trail
smelter late in October con
tained values amounting to
slightly over $96 per ton.
A new tunnel started during
the season is expected to strike
the same vein about 150 feel
below the winze. The new bore
was in about 30 feet when
work was suspended for the
season. Operations were in
charge of Thos. Robertson, oi
Victoria, an experienced min
ing man.
The Adanac Mines Co. is the
development of a small syndi
cate composed largely of Vic
toria people and is incorporat
ed under the laws of Alaska
The capitalization is $750,000
and nearly 550,000 shares of
its stock still remain in the
treasury
In addition to its Fish creek
holdings, the company also
owns six promising claims on
American creek, adjoining the
Vancouver and Terminus prop
erties in the upper Bear river
valley.
The prospective sale of a con
trolling interest in the Silver
ado property to the Premier
Gold Mining Company is rum
ored in local mining circles but
could not be confirmed up to
the time of writing. One re
port avers that a deal has been
definitely arranged and is
awaiting final confirmation by
the head officials in the east.
Another rumor has it that the
Premier company has secured
control of a number of proper
ties lying between the Prosper
ity group, on which it is now
running a tunnel, and the Sil
verado, in addition to the lat
ter property.
Late reports from the south
indicate that similar rumors
are prevalent in Vancouver but
are apparently based on the lo
cal rumors.
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New line of kerchief sets,gar
ter sets, purses, etc. for Xmas.
, gifts—Boundary Gift Shop.
RUFUS AND ARGENTA
REPORTED SOLD TO
BIG COMPANY
The joint sale of a controlling
interest in the Rufus and Ar
genta properties in the upper
Bear River section to a big op
erating company of eastern
Canada was announced by the
Victoria press early this week.
The purchasing concern is des
ignated as a subsidiary of the
Noranda Company, a large
mining concern operating in I
Northern Quebec.
The sale contract is said to
provide for the merging of the
two well known local proper
ties on a share for share basis,
the purchasers to receive a con
trolling interest on a basis of
30 cents a share, in consider
ation of which they are
pledged to expend $480,000 on
development. Operations are
scheduled to commence next
spring.
The properties are located on
the north slope of Bear River
valley, opposite the George
Copper, now under develop
ment by the Consolidated Min
ing and Smelting Co. Wm. For
rest and B. O. Errickson are
the locators of the two proper
;ies and the principal share
holders in the Rufus and Ar
genta companies.
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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
TREE COMMITTEES
ARE NAMED
Preparations for the annual
community Christmas Tree
were set in motion at a meet
ing held in Chamber of Com
merce Hall Friday evening,
during the course of which
Rev. S. V. Warren was elected
permanent chairman and the
following committees were ap
pointed :
Finance— John Hovland, E. D.
Haddon, Noel M. Traversy.
Purchasing— Mrs. A. J. May
or, Mrs. S. V. Warren, Mrs. W.
M. Sullivan.
Tree committee—Holger John
son.
Decorations— Mrs. Robt. Nak
ki, Mrs. J. Gillis, Mrs. Thos.
Powers; Messrs. Ernest Blue,
A. J. Mayer, Ben. Oien, Harold
! Johnson.
Program— Miss Iris Cheno
weth, Mrs. Harold Johnson,
Mrs. Hubert Thomas.
The Moose Lodge, following
its established practice, will al
lot to the Christmas Tree fund
$1 for every child in the com
1 munity.
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Clay Porter, managing direct
or of the Porter Idaho, will
leave for the south next week
to spend the holiday season.
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C. A. Banks, manager of the
B. C. Silver, was an arrival
jfrom the south Thursday.
ONTARIO INTERESTS
PURCHASE RED TOP
Sale of the well known Red
Top group near the head of
Bear River to the Trethewey
interests of Cobalt is announ
ced in recent Victoria press
reports. The sale price of the
property is placed at $250,000.
The Red Top group compris
es 12 claims, situated directly
across Bear River valley from
the George Copper, and was
owned by John McNeill of
Stewart and J. J. Connors, for
mer mayor of Juneau, prioivto
the transfer.
A highly important feature of
the deal is that it brings into
the local field a strong
Ontario mining organization
and the first from that section
to take an active interest in
local development/5
A highly succesful bazaar was
held by the Friendship Club of
Hyder M. E. Church at the
Provinse store Friday evening.
The articles displayed for
sale covered a wide range of
useful commodities manufact
ured for the occasion by the
skillful fingers of the club
members, in addition to choice
candies and other good things
to eat. The time honored “fish
pond’' was a feature of the af
fair. The display attracted
marked interest and patronage
was excellent; almost every
thing being disposed of before
the evening was over.
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D. J. Mulcare, U. S. Immi- j
gration inspector for this dis- j
trict, returned Monday from
and extended visit in the States
accoihpanied by his bride of a
few weeks, formerly Miss Mar
ie Ryan, of Salmon, Idaho, sis
ter of Mrs Donald Martin of
Hyder. Details of their wed
ding at the bride’s home in
Salmon recently were given in
an earlier issue.
The Herald joins the many
local friends of the young coup
le in wishing them a happy and
prosperous journey over the
matrimonial sea.
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The Noyes Boat Co., operator
of the mail boat M. V. Fair
banks and other vessels on the
Hyder-Ketchikan run, has re
duced passenger fares between
the two points to $5, according
to recent announcements. The
freight tariff has also been
lowered to $4 per ton on the
Noyes vessels. The cuts repre
sent a fifty per cent reduction
in former charges.
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Bert Edmonds is operating a
stage between Hyder and Stew
art.
FINE PROGRESS ON
TEXAS WAGON ROAD
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Splendid progress was achiev
ed by contractors Seims and
Carlson on the new govern
ment wagon road into the
Texas Creek section during the
past season. The base road bed
is fully completed from its
junction with the Salmon river
highway near 9-Mile to a point
about 800 feet beyond the new
bridge site on the north fork of
Texas Creek, a short distance
above the old cable crossing,
despite a late start on the pro
ject and bad weather condit
ions during the latter part of
the working period.
Although the surfacing of the
indicated section is still to be
done, teams could travel over
the road-bed in its present
state without difficulty. The
trip to the bridge-site has even
been negotiated in at least one
instance by an automobile.
With approximately an addit
ional mile of road bed to be- i
constructed, together with the
surfacing of the whole project,
there is every prospect that the
new highway will be ready for
traffic early next summer.
Construction work on the new
bridge will start next spring
as soon as conditions are favor
able. The necessary materials
will be hauled to the site dur
ing the winter.
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Bogoslov Island, noted vol
canic islet in Bering Sea is once
more in the limelight as a re
sult of new eccentricites. The
island is reported by Com
mander Jas. F. Hottel of the
Coast Guard Cutter Northland
to have moved four miles east
of its charted position. A new
peak has risen 175 feet above
the sea from 1,000 fathoms of
water since the last visit of a
coast guard cutter to the is
land in 1907. No channel now
exists between Castle Rock and
Grewingk and conditions are
radically changed in other re
spects, Com. Hettel stated on
returning from the north last
month.
Bogoslov was located 25
miles north of the west end of
Unalaska Island and rose from
the sea in 1796. In 1883 a new
volcanic island rose near the
island,with which it was con
nected by a spit from 1884 to
1900. The spit has since disap
peared. Bogsolov was named
by the Russians and means
“Word of God.”
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Jens Pederson, former local
manager of the Salmon River
Dock Co., was a visitor in Hy
der during the stay of the Nor
co Tuesday night. Mr. Peder
son, who has been in the States
for some time, was enroute to
I Ketchikan for a visit.
NEW U. S. COMMISSIONER
TAKES OFFICE
W. C. Arnold, newly appoint
ed United States Commissioner
for Hyder precinct, arrived
from Ketchikan Wednesday,
accompanied by Mrs. Arnold,
and is busily engaged in get
ting acquainted with the multi
form duties of his office; which
include the functions of ex-of
ficio recorder for the precinct, I
justice of the peace, judge of j
Probate, deputy clerk of the
U. S. District Court, coroner,
notary public, custodian of es- j
trays and unclaimed property, j
and recorder of vital statistics, j
Like Pooh Bah, of Mikado
fame, the Commissioner is an J
official of many titles and must
possess a facile memory to re
member them all.
Judge Arnold has decided to :
remove his office from the !
Ideal Cafe building to more
commodious quarters in the
Campbell building, opposite
the Hyder Grocery, where he
I will also reside.
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BI-WEEKLY DANCE PRO
GRAM PROPOSED
A series of bi-weekly dances
in Pioneer Hall throughout the
winter promises to make the
season a decidedly interesting
one for those who delight in
terpsichorean pleasures.
The plan is sponsored by Mrs
Mary Kennedy, accomplished
young pianist and orchestra
leader, in association with Mr.
Don. Mills, who will be in
charge of the business details
of the venture.
Music for the dances will be
furnished by Mrs Kennedy and
her talented orchestral part
ners, Messrs Fred Kenny and
Ross Nicholson.
The first dance of the series
will be held next Saturday
evening, December 10th, and
is described as a genuine old
fashioned dance, with plenty of
fun for all attending. Admiss
ion will be $1 for gentlemen,
ladies free.
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T. W. McDonald, former U. j
S. Commissioner for Hyder
precinct, was a passenger to
Ketchikan on the Norco Tues
day night. Mr. McDonald plans
to leave Ketchikan in a few
days to spend the holidays at
his home in Portland, Oregon.
He will return to Hyder early
next year to look after his local
interests.
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The motorship Norco arrived
from Seattle direct Tuesday
evening, with 78 tons of gener
al cargo, consisting principally
of merchandise for local bus- >
iness houses.
After discharging, the vessel
sailed for the south via Ketchi
kan.
DEPUTY CLERKSHIP
IS RESTORED
The local office of deputy
clerk of the U. S. district court,
the recent discontinuance of
which, together with the $50
a month salary and office rent
al attaching thereto, caused
the resignation of T. W. Mc
Donald as U. S. Commissioner
and also created a situation
heretofore unheard of in Alas
ka by causing a federal office
to actually go a-begging for
want of the usual clamorous
crowd of office seekers, has
once more been restored, with
j all the various emoluments
I heretofore attaching to the po
[ sition.
Telegraphic advices announc
ing the restoration of the of
fice by the Attorney General
were received by the Chamber
of Commerce from Alaska del
egate Dan. Sutherland a few
days ago and were confirmed
by W. C. Arnold, newly ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner, on
his arrival from Ketchikan
Wednesday.
The restoration of the clerk
ship is due mainly to represent
tations made to the depart
ment of justice by the Hyder
Chamber of Commerce, follow
the action of district judge T.
M. Reed in closing the Commis
ioner and recorder’s office, ow
ing to his inability to find a
suitable incumbent. Deprived
of the small salary and office
rent allowed the Commissioner
for fulfilling the duties of dep
uty clerk, apparently no one
wanted the office of Commiss
ioner and judge Reed was left
no alternative but to close the
office and abolish the record
ing precinct. Realizing that the
situation thus created was.high
ly detrimental to the communi
ty through not only preventing
ready access to the district rec
ords and causing much trouble
and delay in transacting busi
ness with the recorder’s office
in Ketchikan, in addition r to
hindering the administration
of law in the precinct, the*
Chamber of Commerce placed
the situation before the depart
ment of justice and delegate
Sutherland, with the above
stated result.
With more than a half mil
lion dollars already invested in
the Willow Creek district in de
velopment and exploratory
work, mining and milling
equipment and in the acquisit
ion of adjoining properties, the
Fern Gold Mining Company,
owning nearly three miles of
ground along the strike of the
vein, is planning a further
large expenditure to put its
properties on a large produc
ing basis. 1
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Cigarettes—20 cts. per pack
age; 2 for 35 cts. Cartons $1.50
at Traversy’s.