The Alaska daily empire., 1920-06-03
ALASKA NOTES

President Steve Birch of '!ie Ken necott corporation says the producing cost of a pound of copper by his company is under 10 cents pound compared with cents last year. MT. Birch said that the end of the fan ous mine was not in sight as more ore than ever was in sight. The corporation is opening up new bodies of 60 per cent grade, and as de mand for copper is springine up, ihe l dividends will depend upon the condi- tiOns of the market
 Frank A. Metcalf and Raymond G. Grefe, civil and mining engineers of Juneau are in Ketchikan today on their way to Hyder where they are to work for the next month or more, i They are taking m a large outfit with them and are prepared to re- main longer if some of their present tentative plans matelralize. .-(Ketchi- kan Chronicle.)
 Col J. c. Gotwals. head of the Alaska Road Commission, left for 1 Seward and Anchorage on the Ad- miral Evans. Sunday evening. He was given the bridal chawbe" on the boat and otherwise h3Iored. Col Gotwals will return in d week or sC and view the damage .. .he canyon. -(VOldeZ Miner)
 The Hobo group of mining claims situated on the Alaska side of the line at and adjoining the President group has been bonded by it's owners Morris Pederson and Albert Johnson to local people at Hyder, who will the property.
 R. H Robertson, Pioneer of the Hyder section, died recently at Prince Rupert He was native ot Ontario, aged 39 years. He was a partner of Louis Watkins and John Hovland in the Unicorn group. A father and brother, residents of Ed montOn, survive him.
 F. M. Kempfer associated with John w. Frame in the publication of the Pathfinder magazine. q pub lication of the Pioneers of Alaska, is in Ketchikan working on an issue of the Pathfinder He expects to get out numbers at Wrangell, Peters burg and Juneau
 The Census Bureau has authorized the retaking of the census of ket- chikan, the work of F. J. Eurnival having been found unsatisfactory aud incomplete. Harry Nixon, W A. Henrikson were named to take the second census.
 The Cordova Chamber of Commerce recently wiril Senators Jones and Poindexter protesting against reduc- ing the road appropriation for Alaska. The chamber stated that the devel- opment of Alaska along the govern ment railroad would be retarded un- less money was given freely.
 Jack Schwenter of Stewart has
 he Billy Goat claim which lies east of the Forty Nine and one claim distant New York people are the purchasers. The claim was staked last summer and no work has been done upon it, but it is said to be in the mineral zone.-(Hyder Miner
 Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy formerly of Skagway, sister of Will H. Clays )n of Cordova and Mrs. w e. Blanch- ard of Skagway, is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Third Oregon district.
 Dixon Williams who has been ma chinist at the Premier, has gone to Seattle where he received an appoint ment as instructor at the University of Washington. (Hyder Miner.)
 Judge Jennings has amended the order creating the Hyder recording precinct. and the lines are now said to be satisfactory to those who have investigated the conditions. The differences between the Cor dova fishermen and cannerymen has been adjusted, and 15 cents for each salmon caught will be pasd this sea son.
 Quartermaster Sergeant Charles T Burk has been commissioned a Maioi | in the Quartermaster Reserve Cops to date from April 22, 192O.-tValde7