Hyder weekly herald., 1924-10-20
HYDER ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1924
CANDIDATES GIVE VIEWS
 ON TERR. QUESTIONS

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 ON TERR. QUESTIONS
 Frank A.. Boyle, candidate for Delegate to Congress, w. wv. Casey, twice representative of the First Division in the Territorial Legislature, and J. u. Connors, a new aSpirant for Legislative honors were the central figures in a political meeting held in Pioneer Hall Saturday evening. A good sig ed gathering of voters heard the speakers give their views relative to the various Terri torial issues and between the spells of forensic fireworks listened to the dulcet harmon lies provided by Charley Rid Hey on the piano. Taken all together, the meeting was a decided success.
 Attorney Ernest Blue started the ball rolling by outlining to the candidates some of the needs of the district and also detailed some of the unre- warded efforts made in the Epast to secure assistance through the various depart mental and legislative agen- cies. Mir. Blue declared, we are ''too far away from Alaska" and illustrated his point by citing the fact that it is easier to communicate with the Land l Office at Washington than < with the Land Office at Anch- orage. The first need of the Idistrict was a little protection l from the river floods. He ex- 1lained that this matter had
 been gone into by the Chamb-
 r of Commerce, data collect led, maps made and actual flood pictures taken but the
 nly reward of weeks of
 bought, time, labor and ex- lpenditure of money was five little lines from the "powers that be-, which, summarized, 1 said only:, "We can't do any
 hing" Referring to the road needs, the speaker said al- though he could cite many places in the Territory where money was spent freely on
 roads in order that a few people could ride in auto-
 mobiles and where a ton of freight, did not go over them in a year, we who struggled to get hundred tons or more a year up the Salmon valley got nothing. Then the answer
 o our complaints was $82,000 spent building a section that
 begins nowhere and ends mo- where. The speaker declared that if we received the support
 we are entitled to from our own country we could show as much development as an.' place in Alaska probably more. We have a sandspit sticking out in front of our wharves, menacing navigation
 nd making it necessary for boats to swing far out into the stream to clear. We have asked for a harbor survey. The answer was mo appropri- ation." The Canadians put channel lights up and down the Portland Canal, while we do nothing. No place in Alaska can show as many reasons for spending money on public in1- Eprovements as this district. A foot trail was built last year :. to open up one of the greatest , mineral belts under the Amer
 can flag. Not until this year
 did the government send any
 one toImake a geological sur- vey and the main reason was hat an official last year stole me from another job to look , the district over and saw SC , much he strongly recommend. , ed that a survey party be sent here. Mr. Blue also called at.
 tention to the inadequate mai
 facilities, pointing out that mail from Premier to Hyder, 1s } miles away, must go via Stew. : art, Prince Rupert and Ketch- ikan, although passing right through Hyder at the start o1