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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 38.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATUR DAY, JULY 1, 1933.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
PLANS LAUNCHED
Preparations for the observ
ance of the nation’s birthday on
July 4 were launched at a pub
lic meeting held in Chamber of
Commerce Hall Thursday
evening. With Chas. F. Sand
ford presiding as chairman,
the following committees were
named to have charge of the
various celebration activities:
Finance: E. D. Haddon and
N. M. Traversy.
Program: H. W. Thomas and
L. C. Thornton.
Decorations: B. F. Doggett,
with authority to select necess
ary assistants.
Refreshments: Holger John
son.
It was the view o(f the meet
ing that the program should be
devoted principally to approp
riate entertainment for the
juvenile elements of the com
munity and along the lines of
last year’s celebration pro
gram.
The program outlined will in
clude an extensive variety of
field sports for the youngsters
in addition to at least one soft
ball game between Hyder and
Stewart teams.
Among Suggestions offered
concerning the latter feature
was a proposal to “ginger
up” the game by placing a case
lof America’s new 3.2 beer on
third base as an inducement to
the players to reach that point
as often as possible, but the
scheme was found impractic
able and was abandoned.
Arrangements have also been
concluded for holding an “in
ternational” base ball game in
the evening. For this contest
Hyder will import a special
battery o:f highly efficient
players to overcome the local
dearth of good pitchers and
catchers, according to the com
mittee.
The big dance to be given by
the Pioneers of Alaska in Pio
neer Hall will round out the
day’s festivities.
The children’s sports are
scheduled to start at 1 p. m.
and will be followed by the
soft ball contests. The base
ball game will start at 7 p. m.
Cash prizes will be given to
winners of the children’s con
tests as usual. Starting with a
balance of $15 from previous
celebra!tiofn:?, the committee
in charge of financial arrange
ments has already raised am
ple funds by subscription to fi
nance the program.
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Stewart is today engaged in
celebrating Dominion Day
with an extensive array of
sports and other exercises.
Mining Claim Owners
Protect Mineral Holdings
The filing of notices of in
tention to hold mining claims
under the act suspending per
formance of annual assessment
work for the year ending July
1 has kept the local Recorder’s
office somewhat busy this
week. Some 40-odd claim
owners who were exempted
from income tax payments in
1932 took advantage of the act
to retain their property with
o u t performing assessment
work, their filings covering
nearly 300 claims. A small
number who performed their
work last year also filed the
usual affidavit of labor.
The filings indicate that
there has been a considerable
reduction in the number of
claims held in the district since
1929, probably owing to the
economic difficulties of the
past three years. Indications
ooint to many of the claim own
ers having subjected their hold
ings to a sort of weeding-out
process in which they retained
only the really worth-while
locations, leaving the others to
revert to the public domain.
Just how many claims have
been dropped is difficult to say
but the number appears to be
extensive.
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Silver and Copper Still Up
Bar silver was quoted at
34% on the New York metal
market Friday. Copper closed
at 8 cents.
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Navy Department Vetoes
Alaskan Fleet Proposal
The Navy Department ha<
declined the invitation extend
ed recently by Alaska commun
ities for the fleet to be stat
ioned for part of the year in
Alaskan waters, according to
advices from the office of the
Alaska Delegate to Congress,
A. J. Dimond. In a letter to
the Delegate, Admiral W. V.
Pratt, acting chief of naval op
erations said in part:
“I assure you that the Navy
Department appreciates the in
terest of the people of Alaska
! in the national defense arid I
regret very much that under
conditions now existing it is not
practicable to predict any
forthcoming visit of the fleet to
! Alaskan waters.”
Although declining to send
major ships to the Territory,
it is understood that several
destroyers will visit Alaskan
waters during the summer.
DELEGATE TO PRESENT
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
Delegate A. J. Dimond, Alas
ka’s able representative in
Congress, has prepared a pub
lic works program for Alaska
for presentation to the admin
istrator of the public works
program to be inaugurated by
th’e federal government and for
which Ciongress recently ap
propriated $3,200,000,000.
Delegate Dimond has assem
bled in his Alaska program ev
ery legitimate project present
ed for consideration but has re
jected anything containing sug
gestion of “pork barrelism’’
which might endanger the en
tire program, according to ad
vices from the national capital.
One of the most important
projects on his list, and also
one of the most important to
the Territory, is the American
section of the proposed Inter
national Highway and Mr. Di
mond intends to present every
argument in its favor, the re
ports say.
Although the advices re
ceived make no mention of it,
the Delegate’s' program will
unquestionably include the Sal
mon River flood control pro
ject, to which he has already
devoted considerable effort
with very gratifying results.
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Anyox Miners Get Wage Bost
An increase of ten per cent
in the wages of all employees
of the Granby company on July
1 has been announced by the
management. More than 1,000
men will be affected.
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Alaska Provided For In
National Recovery Act
“Confirming earlier advices
that no discrimination against
the Territory was to be feared
under the provisions of the
Act, Delegate Dimond today
telegraphed Gov. John W.
Troy that Alaska is expressly
provided for in the measure.
He said copies of the law would
be forwarded to the Governor
as soon as they are available,’’
says the Juneau Empire.
“The Delegate’s message
said: “ ‘Public works section of
the National Industrial Recov
ery Act provides for almost all
kinds of public works in the
States and Territories, includ
ing Alaska. It contains express
provisions authorizing the
President to allot funds for the
construction, repair and im
provement of public highways
in Alaska, and also contains
provisions for highways in nat
ional forests.’ ”
I Chamber Endorses Fisheries
I
Control By Territory
Following is the full text of
the resolution endorsing Terri
torial control of the Alaska
fisheries passed by the Hyder
Chamber of Commerce last
week:
“Whereas it is believed that
the people of Alaska are right
fully entitled to control and ad
minister the resources of the
Territory in their own interests
and the interests of their pos
terity, and
“Whereas the Alaska salmon
fisheries are by far the most
important of all Alaskan in
dustries and the main source of
Territorial wealth production,
and
“Whereas the people of Alas
ka are now deprived of the ad
ministration and the full bene
fits of said industry by reason
of the control thereof being at
present vested in the Federal
government, and
“Whereas the Territory of
Alaska is fully capable and fi
nancially able to undertake
and maintain adequate control
and administration of said fish
eries, it is
“Resolved by the Hyder
Chamber of Commerce, Incorp
orated, of Hyder, Alaska, that
we do most fully endorse the
bill (H. R. 5205) providing for
the transfer of the right to reg
ulate the Alaska fisheries from
Congress to the Alaska Legis
lature; and be it
Further Resolved that copies of
these resolutions be forwarded
to the Alaska Delegate to
Congress, the Governor of
Alaska, and the Chambers of
Commerce of the cities of Jun
eau and Ketchikan. Alaska.”
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Georgia Gold Outlook Good
Conditions are shaping up fine
for a resumption of large-scale
developmnet work on the Geor
gia River properties of the
Georgia River Gold Mines,
Ltd., according to Wellington
Beaton, president and manag
ing director of the company,
who arrived last week from
Vancouver to visit the proper
ty.
Mr. Beaton, who has brought
the property to its present ad
advanced state of development,
indicated that financing of
the company has been ar
ranged and the outlook is very
good.
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| Mrs. J. L. Campbell, who
has been undergoing medical
care in the south for several
I weeks, returned Monday in a
[much improved state of health.
GRIFFIN APPOINTED
ALASKA SECRETARY
Edward W. Griffin, pioneer
resident of the Territory, has
been appointed by President
Roosevelt as Secretary of Alas
ka. Griffin, who was appoint
ed and confirmed by the Sen
ate in the closing hours of the
last Congressional session, ar
rived in Juneau a few days ago
and has probably taken over
the office by this time.
Mr. Grilffin was the organiz
ation candidate for the posit
ion and was formerly the own
er and operator of one of the
largest mercantile businesses
in interior Alaska at Chena. He
succeeds Karl Thiele, who has
been Secretary for the past 12
years.
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M. D. Williams Visits
M. D. Williams, district en
gineer for the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, arrived Tuesday
from Ketchikan on the bureau
motorship Highway. Mr. Wil
liams was on his usual round of
visits to bureau stations and
remained her until Thursday
morning looking over local
projects. Owing to shortage
of funds, the work of the bur
eau is being severely curtailed
this year and no new projects
are being undertaken any
where in the forest districts, it
was made known by Mr. Wil
liams.
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Alaska Juneau Earns
$101,000 In May
From 329,940 tons of ore av
eraging only 77.7 cents per ton,
the Alaska Juneau mine earned
a profit of $101,000 in May, ac
cording to a statement from the
San Francisco offices. Total
recovery for the month
amounted to $256,500. Oper
ating costs totaled $159,000,or
an average of 48.18 cents per
ton of ore handled. The gold
recovery totaled $254,000, an
average of 76,98 cents per ton
of ore. Silver and lead recover
ies amounted to 2,500, averag
ing .76 cents per ton of ore.
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Asseltine Receives Nomination
William J. Asseltine, super
intendent of the Premier mill,
defeated H. F. Kergin, M. L. A.
for Atlin for the past eight
years, for the Liberal nominat
ion in the next B. C. provincial
election at the two-day Liberal
! convention held last week in
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