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The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28

throughout its total length is be- lieved to lie just inside the interna- tional boundary The position of the eastern contact of the batholith is important mainly insofar as the for nation of the mass was accomplished by a development of a mineralized zone.
 There is ample evidence in the areas studied and in the data other wise gained to conclude that such a zone does exist. Only recently an en- tirely new and important discovery in one of the tributaries of the Taku has been reported. Further, suffi- cient information has been obtained to indicate an eastern limit to this zone, very indefinite though it must be. By so defining this zone it is not intended to convey the impression that areas beyond are necessarily barren; such is not likely to be the case, but the indicated section Is very favorable zone, which taking into account the development done in certain sections should have equal potentialities throughout; in other words there Is no reason why other districts equally as rich as the Port land Canal area might not lie far ther north.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
The Eastern Belt

For the mineralized belt east of two routes are at present available. One is by going north from Prince George by road and then by Parsnip and Finlay rivers. The valley occu- pied by these is believed to be suit able for building a road or railway. Furthermore it is possible that Sif- ton pass at 4000 feet might afford a route from the headwaters of Finlay to those of the Kechica and on far ther to the north, thus tapping a large part of the mineralized zone in this section.
 The second route available is from Telegraph Creek to Dease Lake over good road 75 miles long, and by Dease lake and river to reach areas both east and west of the Cassiar batholith. Railways might be built into the Dease lake area from various directions, the ultimate se- lection probably being contingent upon the requirements of less remote areas.
 Any extensive development of this section of the province, however, must await the providing of vast re- sources sufficient to warrant a great expenditure for transportation. New ertheless the prospector must look forward to that date and there is no reason why he should not forge north from the Finlay river country, even now.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
West Is Attractive
a potentiality.

The intermediate zone between the designated areas, though possess ing great coal resources in the south, is for the most part much less fla vorable section for naturalization. The eastern part of northern B. c. is little known but from what infor- nation is available seems to be much less attractive than the western so far as it's possibilities of producing metallic minerals are concerned.
 The logical conclusion then, to be drawn from the data available seems to be that there are two fairly well defined mineralized zones and possi- bly, third, which offer exceptional ly attractive possibilities of contain ing valuable mineral deposits and afford spendid hunting ground for the prospector.
 Development of Northern B. C.. would seem to be best accomplished by concentrating on the zones most favorable for naturalization but an- other guiding factor, perhaps more important, should be that of trans portation. Much more satisfactory results would probably be gained if operations were started in the most accessible areas and continued out ward from these. In this considera- tion it is surprising to note that large parts of the contact zone of the Coast Range batholith are readily accessible, in fact much more so than many other sections of the province which have received more attention.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
Coast Range Best

Of the two indicated zones, how ever, the Coast Range areas seem to offer at present such superior at fractions as to warrant by far the greater attention.
 Certain features of this zone stand out prominently: that to reach this area there are five routes of travel, one of which is an all season route; along two of the others (Atlin lake and Stikine river) there are during the summer months established means of transportation.
 Prospecting has been intensive in only one section, that adjacent to Portland Canal The Atlin district has been fairly well covered but the others practically neglected.
 The Stikine and its tributaries af- ford access to by far the greatest ex- tent of the zone favorable for miner alization.
 The mineralized zone of the Coast Range as a whole lies just east of the axis of the range and there fore presents many difficulties in the way of it's development. The cli- mate is for the most part severe. with very heavy precipitation but is not greatly different from that found in the range farther south.
 The timber resources of the north part of the province are worthy of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
By FORREST A. KERR, Geological Survey of Canada
Special tc the Financial News

Special to the Financial News
 Perhaps nothing is more amazing in the history of British Columbia than the faet that during fifty years of phenomenal progress practically one-third or the province has re- mained stagnant.
 Today that part of the province that Iles north or the parallel through Stewart-in other words, Northern B. C., with the exception of a small area near Atlin, shows very little evidence of the prosperity which has been enjoyed throughout central and southern B. c.
 This lack of development cannot be attributed entirely to inaccessi- bility since only a small strip of land separates the western border of this area from the Pacific Ocean. Neither is it due to lack of poten- tialities, which in some respects, particularly in the case of minerals, may be considered to compare favor ably with those Of other ports of the province since there is nothing whatsoever to indicate that the highly mineralized zones of western North America should cease near Stewart and continue again at Atlin.
 The factor which has initiated against development more than any thing else seems to have been a gen. eral apathy toward the district with a consequent lack of appreciation of it's possibilities.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
As to Transportation

There are several we'll defined routes by which the mineralized zone east of the Coast Range batholith can be reached. Stewart is practi- cally on the contact and from this point a road goes to the Big Missouri mine and a railroad Gin need of re- pairsl for some distance up the Bear river. By way of the Bear river and a low pass to Meziaden lake the cen tral axis of the coast range can be reached by a fairly easy route; thence by the Naas and Beh-Irving valleys ready access can be gained to a small but important area imme- diately northeast of Stewart.
 The possibility of reaching Tele- graph Creek by such. route and at the same time affording means of transportation suitable for mining developments in the known zone fa- vorable for naturalization has not yet been demonstrated.
 The route of the Telegraph line  trail, which is probably the most westerly that might show at all req sonable gradients presents in the fif- teen miles north of the Iskut river rise of 24OO feet to pass at 4SO0 feet, which is snowbound the greater part of the year, then a drop of 800 feet at Telegraph Creek in about 30 miles.
 Other lower and more suitable passes occur to the east but the tele- graph line itself is already far be- yond the zone which it is desired to tap and separated from it by very rugged and mountainous country. Such a route may eventually prove
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
Early History

The history of the area is check cred, another indication of the insta- bility of placer mining as the sup port of any community. Previous to 1873 some placer mining had been done on" the bars of the Stikine riv- CT. In that year with the discovery of gold on the Liard river and Thi- bert creek, the Casiar gold rush was precipitated. During the next three years the country boomed and the greater part of it's total output of about s5,000,000 was produced. There were probably as many as 2000 men in the area at that time, and the country was overrun in search for placer deposits.
 The history of reported discoveries would seem to indicate that the area was we'll covered. From that period on, activity gradually declined untifi 1898 when placer mining was again stimulated by the Klondike discov cries. Many prospectors passed through the area by different routes some of them prospecting as they went. The Yukon and Cassiar Gen. tral Railways were projected from Glenora, considerable money was ex- pended, and several miles of grade constructed.
 The Cassiar Central Railway em- ployed a number of men for several seasons prospecting throughout the district which led to hydraulicking operations on Thibert creek and since then there has always been a certain amount of activity.
 In 1924 two or three ounces of gold were taken out of Gold Pan creek, east of Dease Lake. In spite of the pessimistic attitude of the vertised and emphasized to cause small stampede into the ~area in 1925. Many of the stampeders failed to reach the discovery and many more returned after spending a few days there. A fairly large number, however, spread out through the district and during the summer there was a revival of prospecting and mining activity.
 The boom, however, as a whole, probably did more harm than good, since it directed a large number of men to undertakings where they were practically doomed to failure by reason of the fact that possibili- ties had largely been combed out by previous influxes of experienced placer miners.
 That possibilities did exist has been amply exemplified by the successful operations on Gold Pan creek and undoubtedly they still do exist, but if history of the past fifty years can be taken as criterion 1t would seem that chances of meeting with success are not sufficient to warrant further effort other than by means not previously employed. All opera tions with modern hydraulic and drag line scraper equipment have been as yet unprofitable. The activ- ity of recent years has involved the expenditure of probably over one million dollars in money and labor, and with the exception of the Gold Pan production has been almost fruitless. That this has been the case Is not nearly so regrettable as is the consideration of what might have been the results had these eff forts been directed toward the devel- opment of lode resources, which field seems to offer potentialities in finitely superior to those upon which practically all past efforts have been exerted.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28
" Batholith Continuous

The Coast Range Batholith is known to be continuous through out Northern British Columbia and Southern Alaska. Its eastern con- toct which is more or less the east Tn boundary of the zone most fa-
 rable for naturalization, has been definitely indicated in the three
 gas mapped geologically, and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-03-28

necessary but the possibility of other routes which seem to be more fea- sible should be thoroughly considered
 since it appears inevitable that these must be used to reach at least the western part of the mineralized zone.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
.$15,OO0,OO0 sought
TO PUT over ARMY (
BUILDING PROGRAM.
Proposed Measure Would In.
crease Total Authorization
to $72,423,5oo

Washington, Feb. 25.-F-A bill
to authorize expenditure of $4,000
600 to aid In carrying out the army
housing program and to provide GUAR
tiers for 1924 officers and men in var
ious military posts on the continent
and In inSular possessions was intro
duced today by Representative James.
Republican, Michigan, chairman of
the house military affairs subcommitA
tee on real estate and construction.
This measure, which would increase
from $5,423,509 to $72 .423,5O9 total
authorization by congress for the
housing program is necessary, Repre-
sentative James said, to carry out the
plan to supply needed permanent con-
struction in view of the expensive up
keep Of temporary war time buildings
which have passed the point of usage.
OF the $57,423,509 authorized to
house 26,035 officers and men. how
ever. Mr.. James pointed out but $2O,-
751. 400 had been appropriated, and
the secretary Of war had been author
lied to enter into contracts for
$4,000 900. He explained that the war
department supply bill Of 1880, not
yet approved by the president carried
an appropriation of $l3,539OOO fol-
construction, as we'll as another mea-
sure carrying $l7.l85.000 on which
congressional action had been com.
pleted. In four other measures, apr
proximately $l.000.O00 had been au0
thorised for construction but not ap-
propriatcd.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25

trial court on disputed issues Of fact
arc entitled to { ;nsidcration. but are
not necessarily binding upon this
court; nor do they have the same
weight as the verdict Of jury In q
case properly triablc to jury.
2. Where litigant comes into q
court Of equity. asking from the court
application OF the principles Of equity.
he must come with clean hands. and
when the evidence shows that the as
signment Of the interest which he Is
seeking to enforce was obtained by
him through Misrepresentation fraud
and deceit, with full knowledge Of de-
fendant's rig..t and OF such facts as
put him on inquiry as to the extent
Of her rights, also by misleading the
defendant. deceiv ng his assignor. and
In an attempt to Deprive hts opponent
of '..::' rights, the court will not aid
him in the furtherance Of his plan.
tSyllabus by the court.)
Appeal from the district court of
Ramsey County. Hon. G. w. Buttz,
Judge.
Affirmed.
Opinion of the court by Burr, J.
Shines &; Duffy of Devils Lake, N.
D., attorneys for plaintiff ar, appel
liant. Traynor & Trayrlo: Of Devils
Lake. N. D.. attorneys for defendants
and respondents.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
SP AWARDS UNEASY
UNDER LEADERSHIP
OF PRIMO De RIVERA.
Conservatives See Birth o.
a Great Anti-Monarchist
Movement, Is Report.

London, Feb. 25.-Ry-C Constantly
growing unrest under the dictatorship
|of General Primo de Rivera, Spanish
premier. was reported from points In
Spain and along its borders today.
Information cnanating from Ma
drid was that in the attitude of some
politicians, formerly powerful In
Spanish politics, conservatives saw
the birth of great anti-monarcl1ist
movement.
Two men, Melquiades Alvarez, for.
mcr president Of the chamber Of dep
utieS. and Miguel Valleneuva Gomez.
former minister. we're mentioned as
refusing to participate In an appeal
to King Alfonso on the ground that
they would have nothing more to do
with the crown which has made
itself, they say. incompatible with
their political ideals.
Three other men, AlvarO Figuero
de Torres, count Of Romanones, for
mer president Of the council and of
the senate and ono Of the most in
fluential men in all Spain, Augustin
Luque Coca, former minister Of war,
and Count Gabino .Bugalal, former
president of the congress Of deputies,
are said to be considering q request
for an audience with King Alfonso.
At this audience they would not
demand they be recalled to office but
merely ask that they be allowed to
see the formation of sort Of reserve
power which could take charge of
national affairs in the event of an
Unforeseen accident putting the pres
cnt regime out Of power.
Reports from Hendaye today say
that unrest was developing rapidly
with constitutional changes under
which II adopted will
end the present regime. From Tou-
louise 1t was reported all classes. both
and civilian. arc joining in
the movement to oust the premier.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
WHOLESALE L0OT|NC
REPORTED IN China
Troops Who RevoIted Against
Authority OF Nationalist
Riot in Stronghold

Chefoo, China. Feb. 25.-(P)-Re-
ports Of wholesale looting by the
troops who revolted against the au-
thority of the Nationalist government
In this vicinity. a rumor that $1,000
more soldiers In the vicinity of Wei
Hal Wei had declared for Chang
T"lng Chang, and the start of a new
drive against the rebels marked to-
days developments here.
General Liu Chen Men, the Ma.
tionalist commander. departed for the
front leading small body of REIN
forcements.
It was said that he was planning
an attack on the rear Of the revolving
troops.
Observers here thought that despite
the brilliant initial successes of the
Nationalist commander. he was
doomed to defeat unless he receives
on large scale. It
was estimated that 10000 rebels were
arraycd against him and that al
though they were widely scattered.
they were slowly converging aud
would ultimately present superior
which the Nationalist forces
could not overcome.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
$A,0 900, 900 Dry Fund
Proposal Is Rejected

Washington, Feb. 25.-(F)-The
$4,000. 900 prohibition proposal was
rejected today by the house as it
voted down q motion to second the
second deficiency bill back to the ap-
preparations committee for incorpora-
ton Of the enforcement fund. The
vote. was 239 to 125.
A moment later the measure was
passed with q viva voce vote. It now
goes to the senate.
As passed by the house. the bill car
rtes $2,727. 900 additional for prohibi-
tion. The sum was recommended by
the president and would be divided
among the department Of justice, the
customs service, the prohibition bu-
rcau and civil service commission to
carry on their prohibition work.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
Mississippi Channel
Hearing Is Set Again

st. Paul, Feb. 2S.-(H) )-Wcrd from
Washington to the Dispatch today
says . new hearing will be held on
the proposed nine foot channel for
tho upper Mississippi river following
the second adverse report on the pro-
1ect filed Saturday by Major e. I.
Hall, army engineer.
Major General Edgar Jadwin. the
Dispatch says, announced the newn
hearing and said that the date would
be sufficiently advanced to permits
proponents Of the plan to marshal
their arguments. Usually the board
OF engineers for rivers and harbors
holds its hearings within 30 days aft
er . report Is filed by the engineers
who made the surveys.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
BYRD Says WINTER
SEPARATING ships

Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. Is.
-R)-Radio messages from Com
mander Byrd's supply ship. the
Eleanor Boiling, say that winter con-
ditions arc setting in in the Antarctic
unusually early and are driving the
City Of New York. tho sother vessel
Of the expedition, from the Bay Of
Whales.
The Eleanor Boiling Is proceeding
under forced draught to aid the City
Of New York and II she is found to be
clear Of the Ice the ship will attempt
to reach Discovery Inlet and land a
cargo OF supplies which Commander
Byrd's men may pick up next spring.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
Mandan Conductor
Breaks Wrists in
Tumble from Train

George Saunders. Mandan railway
conductor. fell from freight train at
Gladstone last night and fractured
both wrists, badly bruised his side and
sustained torn ligaments in both
forearms.
The jolt Of the train as 1t took a
siding to allow passage of a passenger
train threw Saunders violently to TIL
frozen ground. x
Saunders was taken to a Dickinson
hospital where one wrist was set. The
other one was 50 badly splintered that
It was found necessary to take him To
Mandan.
He Is reported resting easily at hts
home IN Mandan today.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
HOOVER WANYSNYE
TO FOSTER REPEAL
CT IMMIGRANT PLAN
immigration Act Provides for
Reapportionment Of Quotas
on tho Census Of 1890

Washington. Feb. 25.-(R-William
j. Donovan. assistant to the attorney
general and one of those mentioned
for cabinet post in the next admin
istration. conferred at length today
with 'President-elect Hoover.
Donovan arrived today from Santa
re, N. Mex, where he was engaged
as member Of the Rio Grandc com
mission and as chairman of the
Boulder Dam commission. It was
understood he would return to Santa
Fc Immediately.
Senator Reed, OF Pennsylvania. dis
cussed the national origins provisions
OF the immigration act with the pres
ident-clcct urging the latter to allow
this provision to become operative on
July !. Mr.. Hoover is opposed to the
provision which would reapportion
immigration quotas upon the basis of
the percentage of foreign population
stocks in this country at the time of
the census OF 1890. The total annual
immigration from abroad would be
limited to 10000.
This provision. unless repealed III
the present session of congress will
make 1t mandatory upon Mr.. Hoover
to issue a proclamation putting it into
effect OH July l. The prcsident-elcct
since his return to Washington has
encouraged Senator Nye of North Da-
kota, and other congressional leaders
In their efforts to have the present
congress repeal the provisions or de-
Ter the date of its application. Scna-
tor Reed has consistently campaigned
for its enactment.
Tariff matters came under the con-
sideration of President-elect Hoover
today in conferences with F. j. Hag-
enbarth, Of Salt Lake City, president
OF the Wool Growers association, who
has asked the house ways and means
committee for a tariff increase on
wool, and with Representative Nor
gan of Ohio.
Thomas D. Campbell, of Montana,
was again received by MIR. Hoover to-
day although he had said last Satur-
day that he was leaving Immediately
for Montana. Mr.. Campbell is among
those who have, been recommended
for secretary Of agriculture.
Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles,
and Secretary Wilbur of the navy
were other morning call
ers on Mr.. Hoover. Speaker Long
worth was invited to lundh.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
4-Year-Old Arthur
Boy Is SmOthered
Under Load Of HAY

Arthur, N. D.. Feb. -Funcr-
81 services will be held Tuesday for
Eary Murch. I, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Murch, who reside near Arthur,
who was smothered under q hayrack
Saturday.
The boy Is believed to have removed
prop from beneath the havrack
causing It to overturn and bury him.
His father was not ut home at the
time the accident and he was found
when his mother became alarmed at
his absence and began a search. In
addition to his parents he Is survived
BY two younger brothers.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
JUST LIKE HOME

Miami, Fla. Feb. 25.-The pilot of
the Pan-American transport plane
Christopher Columbus recently left
New York for Miami with IL pasSen-
gers. When the plane landed only IL
passengers got out. The pilot investi-
gated. and came out with a gray
haired lady who had slept through
the whole trip. 1T was the grandcst
ride I ever did have she said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
168 Pounds Butter
Is Stolen at Forks

Grand Forks, N. D.. Feb. 25-(R)-
About $1,000 In cash, some automobile
accessories, and l68 pounds Of butter
represents the loot Of two burglaries
Sunday. Places broken into were the
Grand Forks creamery and the Gam
bic store.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
QUEEN OF HEARTS

Chicago, Feb. 25.-In her petition
for divorce Mrs. Grace Leigh, l8,
claimed that she sllined her hus-
bands shoes, did all the housework.
worked In factory from 8 a. m. until
4 p. m, and then went home to cook
his dinner. MY only vice is chewing
gum" she said. The divorce was
granted.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
Youth Shot at Mott
Recently Not Doing
Well Since Sunday

Henry Lutz, 19-year-old Mott youth,
who was accidentally shot about q
week ago, was reported today, at a
local hospital, to be in q more serious
condition than since received for
treatment. He had bad night. The
bullet entered the abdomen and
passed from the center around to the
right side. His stomach was violently
disturbed all last night.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
Resolution Would
Deny Ware Seat in
u. S. Senate Body

Washington, Feb. 25.-(P)-A reso-
luton to deny scat to Senator -elect
Ware, Of Pennsylvania, was presented
to the senate today on behalf Of
Senator Norris. Republican. Nebraska.
shortly after the report Of the CAM
paign funds investigating committee
recommending against q scat for
Ware had been called up.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
HEAVENS BELLS

Moscow, Feb. 25.-The biggest bell
IN Europe, the Tsar Kolokol. or
kings" bell, has been converted into
= chapel. The bell was cast in 1868
and weighed 1913 tons. A fire in 1897
destroyed its supporting beams and
the bell crashed to the ground. Then
someone thought Of cutting a door
II the metal, and presto! q church
beu became bell chapel