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VOL 5, NO. 34
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PLANS OUTLINED
BIR.J. SOMMERS
An eminently practical and
comprehensive plan for the
temporary protection of Ilyder
against the flood encroach
ments of the turbulent Salmon
River was outlined by Robert
J. Sommers, Highway Engin
eer of the Territorial Board of
Road Commissioners, at a well
attended meeting of the Hy
der Chamber of Commerce
held in Chamber of Commerce
Hall Tuesday evening.
President Frank Reichenback
presided and introduced Mr.
Sommers, who stated that the
work to be done on the river
must be considered as purely
temporary in character and de
signed to give the camp pro
tection against the flood dan
ger until such time as federal
assistance might be forthcom
ing. Mr. Sommers also pointed
out that such work must be of
a type to keep within the lim
its of the $7,500 legislative
appropriation.
Mr. Sommers then gave his
views of tho river situation
and outlined what appears to
be a thoroughly sensible and
economical program for divert
ing the river into an old slough
channel lying considerably to
the westward of the present
river course. Briefly defined,
the plan embraces fhe remov
al of stumps and other timber
debris from the proposed chan
nel, located on the farther side
of the wooded river bar which
parallels the present channel
on the west and is somewhat
above the level of the old and
present river channels, and the
subsequent diversion of the
stream into a new course by
means of a dam or barricade
supported by cables strung'
across the stream near the up
per end of the slough channel.
The work of clearing the new
channel will be started at the
lower end ofthe river, and will
be carried up-stream, with the
object of releasing the water
pressure and permit the water
to scoui out the channel to the
fullest possible extent. The
next step will be to cut the
standing timber along the
slough to construct a np-rap
structure on the town side of
the channel to form a bulwark
and prevent the stream from
cutting back through the bar.
The snags and other timbers
removed from the channel wili
also, be used to strengthen this
obstruction. The embankment
thus formed would be secured ;
in place by cable lashings to
form a practically continuous
barrier. Cables will then be
stretched across the river just
above the slough to form the
foundation fora timber and
brush dam sufficiently strong
to divert the current westward
into the proposed channel.
To prevent the new channel
blockading below the point of
diversion men and equipment
will be stationed near the low
er end of the channel to re
move or prevent the accumu
lation of such debris as may
be released above.
Mr. Sommers also proposes
to reinforce the rock jetty, a
short distance above town, and
PURCHASE OF
NORTHERN LIGHT
GROUP COMPLETED
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Outstanding payments on the
Northern Light property have
been completed, as a result of
the recent merger with the Pre
mier Border Mining Company,
it was announced last week in
the south.
Chas. and Will. Bunting, the
owners are said to have re
ceived a cash payment of $50,
000, in addition to 50,000
shares of Northern Light stock.
The company is now in a fine
position, with the property ful
ly paid for and with a cash re
serve in the treasury sufficient-;
large to carry on for a consid-1
enable time to come.
also continue the brush jetty
a short distance below, to pre
vent the stream overflowing at
that point. This will tend to
‘break the force of the current
and throw the stream west
ward at two points above the
actual point of diversion and
assist in safeguarding the up
per section of the townsite.
The removal of the stumps
and snags will be accomplished
with the assistance of a donk
ey engine and drag line, which
will be procured from the
Bureau of Public Roads at
•’light cost.
Mr. Sommers proposes to de
vote to the work of clearing
die new channel and diverting
the stream approximately six
thousand dollars of the legis
lative appropriation. The re
mainder of the fund, together j
with the $1,440 refund from I
the Townsite Trustee, will be
held in reserve for the purpose
of removing such timber debris
as may tend to blockade the
stream at later periods. Mr.
hammers expressed the con
viction that if the new channel
can be kept fiee of debris for
a year or two the river will
cour out the channel to such
extent that no more than a
mall amount of attention will
be necessary to keep it within
ihe channel thereafter.
It is expected that the work
?an be accomplished in about j
30 days time and will be car- |
i ied on underthe supervision of
T. II. Evans, local superintend
ent of the Bureau of Public
Roads, as a result of arrange
ments made with the author!-1
ties of that bureau by Mr. Som
mers. A crew of five or six men
will be employed under the di
rection of a foreman. Supplies1
for the work will be purchased
| locally and funds will be dis
| cursed through the Bank of
Hyder. Mr. Evans will also be
in full charge of all purchases
| and disbursements.
I After figuratively laying his
i cards on the table, Mr. Som
; mer.; invited comment on his
| proposals, stating that he was
desirous of learning local views
■ regarding what should be done
| to control the river and would
be pleased to receive any sug
gestions which might aid in se
curing the desired object of
safeguarding the camp.
Attorney Ernest Blue pro
posed a motion to have the
Chamber of Commerce tele
grahp J. A. Ramsay, former
Continued on Page 3.
PALATIAL LINER
WRECKED OR WEST
' ALASKA COAST
| The palatial Alaska liner Al
j cutian, owned by the Alaska
j Steamship Co., struck an un
■ charted rock while making a
cannery landing at Larsen Bay
on the west coast of Kodiak
Island and sank in 200 feet of
water early Sunday morning,
according to news dispatches.
But one life was lost in the de
struction of the vessel, the vic
tim being one Manuel Dorras,
a member of the crew, who
climbed back on the sinking
ship from a life boat to rescue
a keepsake. The liner took her
final plunge before he could
achieve his purpose.
The remainder of the crew
and the four passengers on I
board the vessel at the time of!
the mishap were picked up by
the coast and geodetic survey ;
steamer Surveyor, which was!
at Zachar Bay, nearby and
lushed to the scene in response
to distress calls from the sink-!
ing steamer. The owning inter
ests have announced that the
vessel, which cost a million del-j
lars, will not be raised.
NEW BOAT SCHEDULE
The summer schedule of the
Canadian National Steamship
Co. will go into effect at Van
couver on June 8 and will re- \
suit in the arrival of the comp
any vessels at Stewart and Hy
der on Saturdays and Tues
days until the inauguration of
the Fall schedule on Septem
ber 8. According to the an
nouncements, the steamships
Prince George and Prince
Charles will make alternate i
trips, the former leaving Van
couver at 8 p. m. Wednesday i
and arriving here at 7 a. m.
Saturday. The Prince Charles :
will leave Vancouver at 8 p. m. I
Saturdays and arrive here at 7
a. m. Tuesdays.
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CHAS. BLANTON PASSES
Chas. Blanton, former local
resident, passed away in Van
couver Friday evening, accord
ing to a telegram received by
his brother, W. C. Blanton, this
morning.
Death is attributed to periton-!
itis, following an operation for |
appendicitis.
SINISTER PLOT DARED
That the great bugaboo of the
politicians, the so-called power 1
trust, ha3 sinister designs on
one of Alaska’s most interest
ing assets is indicated by the ;
following press dispatch, pub
lished in Outside papers a few
days ago.
; Washington, May 4.-Another
j bombshell was tossed into the
I government’s quiz of electric
' light firms when witnesses test
j ified today that the power trust
had sought to gain control of
the northern lights in Alaska.
| Ask some of the local wise
guys what about it; we are too
busy to speculate.
Four men arrived from the
south Sunday to join the John
son-Gardner road crew.
NOTES ON LOCAL
Work was resumed on theUn
ited Empire property near
j Stewart last week. Activities
! arc under the direction of Wm.
Dann. managing director. Ex
I tension of the main drift, start*
| ed last year, will be the prim
mary activity.
Harry Townsend, promment
mining engineer, arrived last j
week to lay out a large scale j
development program for the
Mountain Boy property on
American Creek. Late re
ports from the property an
nounce that the new camp has
been completed and the ma
chinery installed.
John Hovland, president of
LJnicorn Mines, Ltd., is making
preparations to start develop
ment activities on the Unicorn
group, adjoining the Big Miss
ouri, as soon as snow condit
ions permit. Operations will be
directed principally to surface
exploration for a while, with
underground development in
contemplation during the lat
ter part of the season. Oper
ations will be conducted under
the supervision of Stewart and
Batten and Associates.
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NEW MAP OF DISTRICT !
A splendid, new map of the
Texas Creek and Salmon River
•eciions of the Portland Canal;
mining district was received by
the Herald this wreek from Mr. i
Frank A. Metcalf,, U. S. Min- j
eral Surveyor and well known '
resident of Juneau. The map j
bears the imprint of the United |
States Geological Survey and j
is compiled from official sur
veys made by the Geological
Survey, Mr. Metcalf and Dalby ;
B. Morkill, British Columbia
Land Surveyor, who is himself
the author of several fine maps
of the upper Salmon and Bear
River districts.
The new map covers both the
Alaskan and Canadian sect
ions of the Salmon valley from
Hyder to Mt. Bayard and dis- j
plays the location of all sur
veyed mineral properties in
both areas, in addition to many
unsurveyed locations. In addit-1
; ion, the map also shows the !
topography of the American
I section from Hyder north to
! boundary line and westward to
i the border of the Chickamin
River district, including the
! Texas and Thumb Creek areas, i
The. Canadian section is shown
as far north as the Silver Tip
i property. The map is by far
j the most complete and useful
I that has appeared up to the
i present.
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L. D. Ryus, pioneer druggist
i of Ketchikan, passed away in
the First City a few days ago
; after being stricken by appo
1 plexy, just as he was embark
I ing on a pleasure trip. He was
58 years of age and is survived
by a widow, two daughters and
a son. The remains were sent
south for interment at Belling
ham, Wn.
REPORT OEMS
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
OF CONSOLIDATED
j In his annual report on the
i mining activities of the Con
[solidated Mining and Smelting
j Company, W. M. Archibald,
I Manager of Mines, refers to
| the Big Missouri and George
Copper operations as follows:
Development at the Big Mis
souri mine was continued and
consisted of the extension of
the Province tunnel *2,155.5
feet, with 476 feet of drifting
and crosscutting from it and
5119 feet of diamond drilling.
The main tunnel and diamond
drilling has indicated a shear
zone some 500 feet wide, car
rying a large amount of quartz
an d calcite stringers with a
i variety of disseminated miner
alization in iron, lead, zinc and
copper sulphides with occas
ional free gold. A prominent
stringer with a fair average,
but very variable gold values
was' encountered approximate
ly 1700 feet from the portal.
Drifting both north and south
showed the same mineralizat
ion and while some very spec
tacular free gold specimens, as
well as high assays, were ob
tained, no well defined ore
shoot was opened. Free gold
has been found in several sect
ions of the crosscut between
footage 1630 and 1809 and
further geometric develop
ment is necessary before ton
nages and grade can be esti
mated. Surface exploration by
open cuts on the Province
claim indicated commercial ore
in several places but it seems
impossible as yet tq correlate
these results with the discover
ies in the tunnel. Much further
work will be necessary to sat
isfactorily define the outlook
of the property and suggest
the type and capacity of equip
ment required.
At the George Copper devel
opment by diamond drilling
was resumed in July; holes
started last season were deep
ened, but did not encounter
ore which could be consider
ed as the downward continuat-1
ion of the main surface show-!
ings. Two holes started this!
year from a new station
showed copper values with no '
gold over mineable width with
in 200 feet of the collars. Next j
season it is hoped to trace this J
vein down the mountain in the !
hope that an underground op
eration may be possible, when
the exploration of the main
vein would be more feasible.
At present the outlook is leath
er obscure and extensive un
derground operations not just
ified.
Dr. Joseph T. Mandy has been
appointed resident Engineer
of the provincial government
for District No. 1, which in
cludes the Stewart section,
and will, take over his new dut
ies on June 1, succeeding Dr.
Howard T. James, according
to press reports from the south.
Dr. Mandy has had wide ex
perience in geological work
and mine engineering and has
been associated with the Gran
by and U. S. Smelting, Refin
ing and Mining Company.
GENL.RICHAROSGN,
.FRIEND OF tUSKi
PISSES BEYOND
Brigadier-General Wilds P.
Richardson,, U. S. A., retired,
died in Washington, D. C. May
20th. “Colonel Dick,” as he
was-affectionatly known to
his Alaska friends, had been in
failing health for some months
and his demise was not unex
pected. As head of the Alaska
Road Commission, General
Richardson laid the ground
work of the present system of
Alaska roads and trails, his
most notable achievement in
that line being the famous
Richardson Highway from Val
dez to Fairbanks. This and the
approximately 3,000 miles of
other road and trail work start
ed during his administration
will keep his memory dear to
all real Alaskans for many de
cades to come.
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BARRED ALIENS MAY
SECURE FINAL PAPERS
More than a hundred persons
residing in Alask§ who have
been unable to obtain final nat
uralization papers, because
there is no record of their ad
mission for permanent resi
dence at the port through
which they claimed to have en
tered the United States, can
now become citizens under a
law passed by Congress at the
last session, it was announced
recently by W. G. Strench, dis
trict director of immigration at
Ketchikan.
The admission of such aliens
must have occurred prior to
June 3, 1921; the alien must
have resided in the United
States since such entry; he
must be of good moral charac
ter and not subject to deportat
ion. The proceedure for legali
zation of such entries contem
plates at this time an examin
ation similar to the one which
the applicant should have un
dergone at the time he came
into the country. In Alaska the
matter of arranging for legal
ization of such entries is un
der the district director of im
migration at Ketchikan and
those interested should com
municate with him and request
registration blank forms. Dur
ing July and August an immi
gration service inspector will
visit various parts of Alaska
to conduct the examinations.
It is pointed out that certifi
cates of arrival will be pre
pared from the entry records
to be made under the new law
and these will be filed in the
appropriate district court, after
which naturalization can be
proceeded with in the usual
manner.
ALASKA BROADCAST
Local radio fans will be in
terested in the announcement
by the Great Northern Railway
Company of a national broad
cast devoted to Alaska on Mon
day, June 3 at 5:30 p. m., Jun
eau time. The program will be
broadcasted throughout the
nation by KOMO, Seattle,
KGW, Portland, and KHQ,
Spokane. It will be devoted to
Alaskan resources, develop
ment, recreational attractions,
history and possibilities of fu
ture development.