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Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
REPORTS SAY MILL FOR
 BIG MISSOURI SOON

Late reports from various re- liable sources in the south in- dicate a general expectancy on the part of those in close touch with Big Missouri Mining Company officials that a test or "pilot" mill will be installed on the Big Missouri property by the Buena Vista Mining Go. during the present year. Inti- nations to the same effect are also said on reliable authority to have been made by Consoli- dated M. and S.. officials. The impression prevails that the mill installation will become the subject of an official an- nouncement by VIM. Archi- bald, Consolidated mines man. ager, soon after his return from abroad.
 It is reported locally that power site survey is now being made for the Buena Vista company on Cascade Creek in near proximity to the lower inc of the Big Missouri.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
NEWSY JOTT|NCS BEARING ON LOCAL
 MINING ACTIVITIES
Good Gold Values on Titan


 5. P. Fitzgerald, president of the Titan and Independence mining companies, announced recently in Vancouver that as- says of ore recently encount- cred in the main tunnel on the Titan property in the Fish Creek section showed excellent gold values in addition to im- portant silver returns. One sample was said to shows ST in gold and $7.32 in silver per ton, while another assay gave returns of $2 gold and S7.35 silver. The ore was encount- cred at a depth of 275 feet on a 45 degree slope, in what is apparently the downward con- tlnuation of a promising sur face lead. The tunnel, which has been pushed ahead for sev- eral years, Is now in about 45O feet, according to MT. Fitzger- aid, who Is one of the most widely known mining men in the Portland Canal district.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
Lccal Mining Stocks Show
 Increased Strength

Renewed activity in local min- ing shares>is becoming increas- ingly evident on the southern exchanges. With few except ions, all of the more prominent issues have showed an upward tendency in recent days and gains of 30 per cent or over have been recorded in several instances.
 Although a few swallows do not make spring, the generally healthier tone of the market suggests a renewed interest in metal mines and may mark the end of the long continued slump of the past winter.
 Premier has gained steadily since May 13, on which date shares reached record low level of 81. Quotations during the past two weeks have ranged between 85 and S1.11, with an average slightly under S1. Big Missouri hit 36 on April 28 but has since dis played a steady upward ten dency, with present quotations ranging around 60 cents. Por- tre-Idaho has also strength ened considerably, prices rang ing from 10 cents March 31 to 20 on May z. Later quotations have run between II and 19. George Copper has wavered erratically between $1 on May 6 to $2 on May 31, but the ten- dency on the whole has been upward rather than down.
 Southern brokerage houses report a steadily increasing de- mand in the major issues and also growing interest in stocks of gold producing companies.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

narrow valley in a southerly di- rection into Portland Canal, which forms a part of the in- ternational border. The drain age area covers approximately 200 square miles, of which 50 square miles are overlain With glaciers and 150 square miles are precipitous mountains, well timbered with spruce up to the timber line, which lies at an elevation of about $500 feet above sea level. The valley of the Salmon River is from one
 half to 1 mile wide and is bor- dered on each side with steep timbered mountains rising to a height of from 4.000 to 5000 feet. The floor of the valley is composed of gravel and silt and is covered with a dense growth of large timber over one-half of it's width. The stream shifts it's channel contin- ually over the other half, which is therefore denuded of vegetation. A gradual cycle of change in the general course of the river keeps the open part of the valley covered with a profusion of drift which adds, to the rapidity of local channel changes by causing drift jams which violently defect the cur rent. The lower portion of the
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

nue to connect with already ex- isting lines. This would mean that Peace River traffic would go either to Prince Rupert or Vancouver, owing to their con- nection with the principal rail arteries to the interior. Whether such a development would de- lay or prevent the construction of a more northerly line to the coast is a question of para mount importance to this sect ion. That such a route will be opened eventually is an almost mathematical certainty but whether such a line could exist under present conditions in competition with a more south erly rail outlet is highly uncer- tain.
 There are, however, pertinent reasons for the belief that the final resolution of the Peace outlet question will not rest with the government. Perhaps the most significant of these is that the C. PR. has already taken the initial steps toward the construction of Peace out let on it's own initiative by ac- quiring the Canadian North eastern and it's franchise to Ft. Grahame, on the border of the Peace district, thereby disclos- ing what appears to be a well matured plan to open a new rail route from the Peace to Stewart through northe II British Columbia. And in con- clusion, it may be added that all subsequent and present in- dications point to a determin- ation to continue the develop ment of the project.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
Stewart Couple Wed

Miss Elizabeth Boyce became the bride of MT. James Loane in a quiet wedding ceremony performed Monday evening in the U. s. Commissioners office by Commissioner Chas F. Sand ford.
 The ceremony was witnessed by friends of the young couple, with Mrs. N. L. Riva as brides maid and MT. T. M. Pope as best man.
 The contracting parties are both residents of Stewart. MT. Loane is a miner by occupation and his bride is bookkeeper by profession.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

valley drops about 30 feet to the mile, which causes high flowage velocities in this area, and leads to rapid encroach- ments into the banks of the riv- CT wherever attacked.
 The floor of the valley also slopes from the center each way from one-fourth of 1 per cent to 1 per cent which causes violent sharp turns in the course of the stream and adds to it's destructive effect.
 No accurate records of the precipitation over the water shed, but Stewart, British Col umbia, is sufficiently close by to serve as an index. There, observations over 8 period of 10 years show that the snow fall averages 220 inches per year, and that rainfall is "A in- ches, giving an average annual precipitation of 96 inches.
 The low stage discharge is es- timated at HOO cubic feet per second. The river, being a flashy glacial stream is subject (To be continued next week)
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, l93O.
NOYES PLANS NEW
 BOAT FOR RYDER

The Moves Boat Company k
 preparing to further improve it's local mail and freight serv. ice by placing a new and larg-
 CT vessel on the local run next
 month, according to a recent announcement by Capt. w. w.
 Moves.
 The new boat, the motorship
 Windsor, will make her first
 appearance on the run about
 July, Capt. Moves said. She is
 65 feet long and possesses com
 fortable accommodations for 20
 passengers. These include 12 .stateroom berths and also a
 room with 8 berths. In addit- ion to ample freight space for local demands, the vessel is al so equipped with a cold stor- age room of sufficient size to accomodate about three tons of meat. The vessel is driven by diesel engine f 150 horse power and is expected to de- velop a speed of about nine knots per hour.
 Summarizing the improve ments in the local service to be provided by the new vessel, Capt. Moves said the Windsor will be both larger and faster than the older vessels and will have considerably greater pass enger carrying capacity. The in creased number of berthing accommodations will relieve overcrowding and add consid- erably to the comfort of pass engers. The general cargo ac- comodations will meet all pres ent requirements, and the cold storage facilities represent a distinct innovation in small ves- sel transportation and will in sure proper care and preser- vation of perishable shipments.
 As we promised at the start of our local service, Capt. Noy- es said, i've are doing all we can to give Hyder the best ser vice possible under present conditions, and we believe that the local public will appreciate the big improvement represent ed by the new vessel and real ize that in placing her on the run we have taken a long step in that direction"
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

A collision Tuesday evening on the Salmon River road be- tween a car driven by Holly Evans and truck piloted by M. E. Birdwall resulted in con- siderable damage to both ve- hicles but luckily neither driv- CT was hurt. The accident is said to have occurred near T. Mile.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
GORST AIR TRANSPORT
 BIDS FOR LOCAL TRADE

Paving the way for contem
 plated future air transport
 service between Hyder and
 Ketchikan, a Gorst Air Trans port plane piloted by c. L. Scott, veteran northern flyer,
 arrived from Ketchikan at II
 a. m. Monday morning with
 four passengers, three of whom
 are local residents. The list in-
 cluded Deputy U. s. Marshal
 Donald E. Martin and Mrs
 Martin, of Hyder; Mrs. Alex. Frazer, of Hyder, B. c. and A.
 II, Zeigler, prominent Ketchi
 kan attorney.
 The plane negotiated the 15C mile journey in 1 hour 35 min utes, following the winding course of Portland Canal from the vicinity of Lincoln Chan nel, after crossing the mount. aims from Ketchikan.
 The plane is of the type known as the Boeing flying boat and differs in many re spects from the pontoon sea planes of the Washington Alaska Airways which visited Hyder several times last sum- mer. The Gorst plane carries five passengers and is powered with 425 h. D. Wasp engine. The flying speed was said by Pilot Scott to range around 100 miles per hour.
 During his stay MT. Scott an- nounced that his company is in the field for local business and will send a plane to Hyder from Ketchikan whenever suf- ficient business offers. The company plans to maintain 8 plane at Ketchikan during the summer to handle the growing traffic of that port. MT. Scott has arranged with Oren F. Hill of the Hyder Drug Co.,, to re- resentthe Gorst company local ly and he will arrange trips for those who wish to avail them selves of the company's servic- es.
 The Gorst Air Transport has not operated in this section un- til the present year but is a pioneer in air transportation in teh Prince William Saund sect ion. Pilot Scott was operating one of the company boats in that locality last year and is familiar with flying conditions in the north.
 The plane returned to Ketch- ikan at 3:30 Monday after 
 noon, with MT. Zeigler as pass
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

Clay Porter, head of the Por- ter-Idaho company, returned Thursday after spending the winter in the south and east, accompanied by Mrs. Porter.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
FLOOD CONTROL
 PLANS OUTLINED

onuncement in last weeks is
 sue, the Herald presents below i the text of the report and rec.
 concentrations of the Board ot
 Engineers, United States Army
 for the protection of Hydel
 against the flood encroach-
 ments of Salmon River. Ow-
 ing to the highly interesting
 and informative character of the report, it has been decided to publish the doeument in full, although it's voluminous char acter compels reproduction in several installmcnts, all of which will appear under the present caption in succeeding 1 issues.
 | The report is accompanied by a plat of the river area show ing the location of the pro- posed works, copies of which may be seen at the Boundary Gift Shop and Herald office.
 Denuded of the numerous of- ficial endorsements of super for army officials and extran- eous official matter, the report reads as follows: Preliminary Examination of Salmon River, Alaska.
 "In compliance with the pro- vision and instructions con- tained in your letter of March 8, 1929, the following report with map and photographs is submitted on a preliminary ex- animation of Salmon River, Alaska, with a view to controll- ing it's floods.
 A preliminary examination of Hyder Harbor, which is at the mouth of Salmon River, was made in June, 1925, and report based thereon was submitted on February IS, 1926. This re- port contained a discussion relative to the menace of the floods of Salmon s River and was unfavorable as to improve ments of Hyder Harbor.
 The above preliminary exam ination included an estimate for 5000 lineal feet of wing dam and dike at a cost of S96,- 900 for the control of the floods of Salmon River. No funds have been expended>by the United States for the con- trol of the floods of Salmon River except for short control works incident to road con- struction by the Bureau of Pub lie Roads, Department of Agri- culture, in the amount of $8,- 900 as.later set forth herein.
 Local interests state that they have expended a total of about S13,000 in cash and S4,000 in labor for flood control work in the vicinity since 1920. The Legislature of the Territory of Alaska at it's 1929 session ap- propriated $7,500 for the re- lief of the town of Hyder, to be expended in flood control work. These funds were ex- pended during the summer of 1929 for temporary work, which included diversion op- posite the city.
 Public hearings have been held in Hyder on June 30, 19- 25, and May 8, 1929. Report of the former was enclosed with report of preliminary examin- ation dated. February Is, 1926. Report of the latter is enclosed herewith.
 Salmon River is a stream 25 miles long located in southeast ern Alaska. It rises in glaciers lying along the Alaska-Canada border and flows through a
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07

MT. J. A. Hall, president of the Bank of Hyder, returned Monday evening from a short visit in Vancouver.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-06-07
CANADIAN PREMIER FORCES PEACE RIVER
 RAIL ROAD ISSUE

OI the government IL ought CO
 be possible for the Canadian
 Pacific and Canadian National
 railways to agree upon route
 within six months and to have
 work begin on a railway from
 the Peace River district to the
 Pacific coast within a year,
 Hon. Mackenzie King, Premier
 of Canada, declared in the
 House of Commons a few days ago that if they (the railways)
 do not make a beginning with in a year and the present ad- minintration should be in office at that time, the government will then undertake to find a way or make it for the begin ming of a railway route from the Peace district to connect with some already existing line.
 As reported in Vancouver press dispatches from Ottawa Premier King said the presi- dents of both railways have agreed that it should be possi- ble for some appropriate out let from the Peace to be agreed upon within a period of possi- ply six months and he under stood that they now have sur veyors at work looking for q suitable route. The Premier then outlined various state ments made on the subject of the proposed outlet by the presidents of the two systems. mentioning with particular Emphasis that when President Beattie of the c. P. R. was west last summer with the directors of the company, he gave an as curance that this year the C. P. R. would undertake a de- tailed survey of the possible routes for the outlet with view to ascertaining which was the most feasible, and also to settle the question as to wheth- CT a crossing of the Peace Riv- CT at Hudson's Hope can be made.
 The Premier's reference to survey parties being engaged at the present time is support ed by recent press reports from Grand Prairie and Prince George to the effect that c. N, R. engineers have appeared at those points to make surveys of all possible routes to the coast, including the four mountain passes-Monkman, Pine Pass, Peace and Wapti.
 Following this delineation of the views of the railroad heads, Premier King announced the decision of the government to itself undertake the work of finding an outlet from the Peace if the two railroads. failed to address themselves to the task of opening a way to the Pacific coast.
 The Premier's ultimatum, for such it appears to be, should have the effect of bringing the much discussed Peace outlet to a focal point within a short period. What the outcome of the situation it creates will be is conjectural. To the local viewpoint the Premier's decis- ion appears to jeopardize to some extent the outlook for the proposed Peace-Stewart-Hyd line as, if the railroads fail to act, the dominion government will not seek to establish a new outlet to the coast but will con- tent itself with finding an ave-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
CHARACTER TESTS
CUT / OF 10 OUT OF
CIVIL SERVICE JOBS
Continued From First Page.)

4
very good account Of himself in q
written mental test. When, however.
an applicant is subjected not only to
fingerprinting. but to q searching per-
sonal inquiry among his associates,
neighbors and employers, covering a
number of years prior to the time OF
filing application, there Is little chance
that he will be able to cover up bad
record
I'm my Judgment, the best invest
ment Congress could make as to per-
sonnet would be to require every appli-
can't to come In with a clean bill Of
health"
In discussing the growth and devel-
opment of the commission, Mr.. Dem
ing said; l..
Washington easily handled the entire
mail of the commission. Today the
commission receives more than a mil
lion communications annually and dis
poses of them expeditiously.
Figures, however, do not tell the
whole story of the growth of the merit
system. Tests have been improved ana
supplemented, as well as multiplied in
character and scope.
I'm the early days Of the commits
sion's history a mental test, written
examination, was regarded as Sufflctent.
Following that came many examinations
in which training and experience con-
stituted ratable element. Now, in ad-
dition to the physical inspection re-
quired in many cases prior to examina-
ton, q second physical examination Is
given just before or at the time OF APP
pointment, wherever the services OF
medical of1icer of the Army, Navy, Vet
Grams Bureau or Public Health Service
Is available. /:
But the Civil Service Commission
does not stop even there. During the
last two years more than 10000 appli-
cants for places in the Bureau OF Pro-
hibition and in the Bureau of Customs
have been subjected to searching
character investigation, combined with
a personal interview. Thus 1t VIII be
seen that the commission is now work
ing, so to speak, in the fourth dimen-
sim -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
ADMIRAL HUGHES
SUFFERS STROKE
Colleagues, However, Are Not
Alarmed by Condition of
Operations Chief.

Although the Nays highest officer
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of
naval operations, has been stricken
with IAN incomplete mild stroke of
paralysis" persons close to him were
not alarmed last night over his con-
dition.
The admiral's physician, Comdr. L.
L. Pratt of the Naval Medical Corps
had the conviction that his patient
Navy Department, directing the far
flung activities of the Navy he has
served for nearly half a century. He
was fortified in this opinion by the
sturdy physique of Admiral Hughes.
whose rudy countenance has attested
to his years Of health, aided by long
years OF life on the sea.
Jahncke Tells of Attack.
News of the admirals condition was
made public at the Navy Department
yesterday afternoon, when Acting Sec
rotary Ernest Lee Jahncke issued q
communique in which he said:
II am advised this morning by
Comdr. L. l.. Pratt IN. c., U. S. N,
attending physician, that Admiral
Hughes has had an incomplete mild
stroke OF paralysis. He has not been
unconscious and is mentally clear. This
normal and he had q restful night.
Blood pressure moderately elevated
Naval officials announced last night
that there was no change in the condi-
ton Of Admiral Hughes from that in
Dictated in the Official bulletin of Mr..
Jahncke. Admiral Hughes Is at his
home In the Naval Observatory grounds.
Arrangements were made yesterday
by Mr.. Jahncke to have bulletins issued
nm hA 81 at,nt
Hughes, known as a vigorous worker at
the Navy Department, reporting for
work much earlier than the customary
hour OF o'clock. He has recently been
at work on the reconditioning of de-
stroyers to replace those to be taken
out of the service. on the sale of obso-
lete vessels, and the maneuvers of the
fleet in the Caribbean.
A few days ago Admiral Hughes was
confined to his home by illness and a
report spread over the city that he had
collapsed. This was discounted at the
department with the explanation that
he was temporarily indisposed.
Had rs Years. Sea Duty. ~
The admiral, who has had 20 years OF
sea service to his credit-longer than
that of any other ofiicer on the active
LISTS scheduled to retire when he
I reaches his seth birthday on October
IL next. Speculation is that Admiral
William v. Pratt. commander in<eifiel
of the United States Fleet wilf@sie-
coed Admiral Hughes as chief of navA'
operations. Admiral Hughes has held
this post since November L. 1927, lfe-
lieving the late Admiral e. w. Eberle.
During the absence of Admiral
Hughes from the department. his work
will be carried on by his assistant, Rear
Admiral William H. Standby. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
KIDNAPPING RING
IN DETROIT Is LAID
TO POLICE OFFICIAL
Continued From First Page.)

Garvin, who was in the corridors
around the trial room all day today,
suffered q fracture of his wounded
arm when he bumped into Van Cop
penolle as the latter was standing in
front of q door posing for newspaper
photographers.
A detail of Van Coppenolle's testi-
mony yesterday was changed by him
today after the number Of the room
in which he said he met with q group
of gangsterS in the Book Cadillac Hotel
was found to be that Of q room occu-
pied at the time by an assistant prose-
cutor. The detective went to the hotel
and picked out another room as the
one he visited. A thorough invests
cation of hotel records was ordered
Detective Sergt. Arthur Pieper, who
accompanied Van Coppenolle on the
visit to the Hotel, was called today
and was unable to AK the date of the
visit or recall the number of men who
were in the room. He also failed to
recall having ever heard Van Coppen-
ollie mention that any plot had been
unearthed against GarVin.
James McCarty, chief of detectives
was recalled to the stand to tell what
he knew of the remarks alleged to have
been made regarding Garvin by Henry
S. Thompson, father of Jackie, who
was kidnapped September 80 and re-
covered nearly four weeks later.
McCarty testified that Thompson, in
the presence of himself and Commits
siorer William p. Rutledge, said that
Garvin had buhgled the investiga-
ton OF his sons kidnapping and ought
TO be hung, shot and tarred and
feathered." The occasion, McCartS
said, was . week after the child dis
appeared,