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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

face to face with almost insur- mountable obstacles. On the west side of the lake the mountains rise to heights of B. 900 to 4,000 feet directly from the lake-shore, hence a road around the western side is about out of consideration.
 On the east side of the lake we encounter six miles of low, marshy swamp over which the construction and maintenance of a road would be a stupen- dous task.
 What, then, is the solution?
 Continued next week
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
PREMIER EMPLOYEE
 PASSES SUDDENLY

Striken by a cerebral hem orrhage while enjoying card game at Premier, John Boch- man, employed as a timber man in the Premier mine, pass ed away suddenly Wednes- day evening.
 The deceased had complain ed of not feeling we'll shortly before commencing the card game but was believed by his companions to be mildly indis- posed, until he suddenly arose and went to the door for fresh air. There he suddenly col lapsed and fell to the floor. He was taken to his room but ex- pired within a half hour.
 The deceased was Finland CT by birth and was about 34 or 35 years of age. Beyond that he has sister who resides in the south, nothing could be learned regarding his rela- tives. He had been employed at the mine about two years.
 Funeral services were held in Stew art this afternoon. with interment in the Stewart cemetery at
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
MUST HELP BUILD
 NEEDED PACK TRAIL

The much needed trail from the Salmon River highway to serve a large group of mining properties on the difficult heights above Eight-mile will be constructed by the Forest Service trail bureau next sum- mer, provided property own. CTS whose claims would be served will put up one-fourth of the construction costs, ac- cording to q letter from c. M. Archibald, the new forest ranger for this district, re- ceived this week by Oren F. Hill.
 Efforts to secure government construction of the trail were instituted more than a year ago by MT. Hill and others owning mining properties in that locality and were subse- quently endorsed by the Fly der Chamber of Commerce as highly essential to the develop ment of very promising prop critics situated in an area so hard to reach without trail facilities that operations are extremely difficult and costly.
 MT. Archibold's letter says the regional office has tenta- lively approved the project, provided that property owners along the trail route would CO., operate in the costs of con- struction to the extent of 25 per cent of the total costs. MT. Archibold added that if as- sured of this cooperation the project would be placed on the bureaus work plan for early construction in the spring.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

Last Tuesday, October 27, was the seventy-third anniver- sary of the birth of that great American statesman and pa triot, Theodore Roosevelt.
 It is regrettable that there should be so little attention paid to the memory of the na- tion's great figures after they have passed beyond human ken. Roosevelt devoted a large part of his life to public ser vice and to the perpetuation of our American institutions. It has been truly said that his life should be a source of in- spiration to every American and it is sad to think that the public is so indifferent to his virtues.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Democrats Hold Caucus

Local adherents of democ- racy held a meeting in the Traversy building Friday even- ing for the purpose of elect ing three delegates to a dem ocrative convention to be held in Petersburg Nov. 20.
 The meeting was called by John Roman, democratic stall wart, who has been designated as precinct committeeman by tn democratic organization, which plans to hold a territor- ial convention at Fairbanks with the object of selecting candidates for Territorial pub lie offices at the next elect ions.
 The meeting was attended by some 20 representatives of the party. Clay fOFt6F, TOck-FlDDeu lOllOWGT Ol Jel- fersonian principles and one of the few-dyed-in-th -the-wool democrats in these parts, was elected chairman and Holger Johnson was named as secre- tary.
 There was little display of verbal pyrotechnics, as the meeting was in- tent on business and promptly elect ed John Roman, Joe Green and Holger Johnson as delegates to the Demo- cratic divisional convention at Pet ersburg next month. A standing pre- cinct committee composed of B. B. Smith, Joe Green and w. c. Blanton was elected to look after democratic interests locally and the meeting also endorsed the candidacy of Governor Roosevelt of New York for the pres- idency and went on record as favor ing A. H. Ziegler, of Ketchikan, as democratic candidate for delegate to Congress.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Celebration Committee
 Dance Nets Good Sum

Efforts of the Alaska-Brit- ish Columbia celebration con- mittee to raise funds to meet the deficit resulting from the international celebration held in Hyder, Stewart and Pre- mier last July, were substan- tially rewarded when a good sized crowd attended the dance given in the Pioneer Hall last Saturday evening under committee auspices. The function was financial and social success, the net returns amounting to $86.50. Premier residents turned out splendid ly and were chiefly instru- mental in making the dance a paying entertainment. In add ition. the Premier orchestra also donated the excellent music and the Premier Con- munity Club provided sand wiches for the luncheon.
 The committee has requested the Herald to extend their thanks to Premier for the con- tributions mentioned; to the ladies of Hyder and Stewart for cakes and to all others who assisted in making the dance successful.
 As there are still a number of bills outstanding, the com mittee plans to hold one or more entertainments after the first of the year to clear up the remaining indebtedness.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

Winter wood cutting has as- sumed the importance of a ma- jor local industry during the past few weeks and the pres ent outlook is that more wood will be burned here during the coming winter than at any time in the camps history. Large piles of stovewood are to be seen stacked up adjacent to both private dwellings and business houses and are being increased almost daily, indi- eating that the prevailing hard times are not deterring the wood-cutting industry, regard less of their effect on other occupations.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
HOSPITAL OUTLOOK
 STILL UNSETTLED

The question of whether it will be possible to continue op- eration of the Stewart hospital during the winter is still un- determined, although it was announced at a public meeting held in Stewart Wednesday evening that the B. c. provin- cial government had indicated an intention to advance $500 toward it's maintenance.
 This amount, however, will not suffice to keep the insti- tuition going for more than an- other month, as the hospital board is faced with a previous deficit amounting to several hundred dollars.
 The meeting was attended by a considerable number of Stewart residents. During the course of discussion it was stated that the monthly main- tenance cost is about S25O. The B. c. Governmenttan-
 In view of the hard times and the difficulties most every- one is experiencing in making both ends meet, the outlook for raising the required amount locally is not favorable, al- though it is the intention to continue efforts in that direct ion and several suggested plans will be tried before it is definitely decided to close the institution.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Moose Entertain Local Juveniles

Portland Canal Lodge No. 1418, Loyal Order of Moose were hosts to the youngsters of Hyder and Stew art at Halloween party held in Pioneer Hall Friday evening. The party was one of the most interesting and colorful affairs of the kind ever held in the district and will assuredly be remembered by the young folks for long time to come.
 The program included wide var iety of games and other forms of entertainment suited to the varying years of the children, who were di- vided into groups according to age, under the direction of Mesdames E. D. Haddon, b. J. Mulcare, w. R. Tooth, N. M. Traversy and Miss Helen Hall. The younger children were regaled with games, while the older ones were permitted to dance Each child also received an apple, orange, ice cream cone and a bar of candy.
 w. D. Smith, Stewards genial jokester, also added further diversion by appearing as the time-honored black cat of Halloween lore. The hall was beautifully decorated with Halloween decorations and presented a pretty and colorful spectacle. The entertainment closed at D. m. with he beautiful o'clock ceremony of the Moose order.
 The lodge deserves the warmest praise for their constantly maintain ed interest in local children and es- pecially for such delightful entertain ments as the Halloween party Their efforts in this respect are also 1n inspiring example of the splendid humanitarian work of that highly re- garded order.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Premier Wins
 Basketball Contest

A basketball contest between the Stewart High School and Premier teams at Premier Wednesday evening, resulted in a victory for the miners, who trounced the youngsters to the tune of 23 to IS.
 A second game of a sched- uled series which was to have been played the same evening, was postponed owing to the sudden death of John Boch- man, a member of the Premier mine crew.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Vancouver Journal Praises
 Specail Herald Edition

The Review, prominent Van couver journal, has the follow ing to say in praise of the re- cent special Chamber of Com merce edition of the Hyder Weekly Herald.
 Alaska Special
 "Who would have guessed that from Fairbanks, Alaska, the distance to London, Eng land is but 4,220 miles, or that whereas it's distance to Los Angeles is 2460 miles, it is but 3820 miles from Fairbanks to Leningrad? These matters are brought to our notice through the Hyder Weekly Herald, a new arrival among the weeks exchanges from Pacific coast points and one which we are glad to welcome as voice from the north.
 '"The international bound ary divides the towns of Stew art, B. C., and Hyder. Alaska, and if the well-set-up weekly before us is a proper gauge of feeling and opinion in those parts, it is a pledge to all the world that there is in the north an intercommunity entente that bespeaks goodwill, mu- tual interest and common en- terprise.
 Besides Mt. Mckinley, 20,- 300 feet high, Alaska has thir- ty-seven mountain peaks, over 10000 feet high, and our weekly makes the most of these as attractive items for the tourist.
 Stewart, B. C., is the only incorporated municipality in tEe Atlin riding, it is the busi- ness center for one of British Columbia's richest mineral ar eas, our friends of the north claim it as the natural key to the Peace River district, it be. ing the shortest route to the coast. It is an ice-free port, the most northerly of all B. c. ports; it has a school, three churches, bank, electric light, hospital. excellent stores, tel egraph and telephone services. It is the center of the Portland Canal Mining District; the Pre- mier and Big Missouri Mines are right behind it. It is promising field for the for ward looking investor.
 All these features, and more, are we'll and forcibly set forth in the new weekly, which i3 we'll printed and artistically set up. The voice of the les ser communities in population is recorded with surety thru their local press, and in this respect the Hyder Weekly Herald is to be warmly con- graduated. The Review eX- tends its congratulations and best wishes for a long life and
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
SAY GOLD STANDARD
 MUST BE MAINTAINED

President Hoover and Pre- mier Laval, of France, in a joint statement following their recent conferences in Wash ington, declared that the es- sential factor in the restoration of normal economic life in the world rests upon the gold standard of France and the United States, according to press details received here Thursday.
 Hoover and the Premier agreed that the gold standard must be maintained and that every necessary step to sup port the world exchanges should be undertaken.
 Just how these objectives are to be reached was not made clear in the statement, but one learns that this is to be left as a job for the bank CTS, with the assistance of gov ernment agencies.
 The joint statement said that the President and Premier em- phasized the importance of steps toward economic stabil- ity and confidence.
 Concerning countries that are off the gold standard, with special inclination to silver, or some other monetary stand ard-MeXico and China for ex- ample it was felt that they should return to gold as soon as they could or make some definite choice in another di- rection so as to to place them selves in a position to do busi- ness with the rest of the world.
 However, no suggestion was made as to how silver coun- tries could possibly return to the gold standard when it is agreed that there is not near ly enough gold to go around at present, and prospects of even less in the future, as a re- suit of declining production.
 New York reports say Wall Street expected something more definite from the confer ences regarding the economic situation and was frankly dis appointed that the statement did not lay down any specific program.
 Lacking incentive in the form of any new plans to help the economic situation, trad CTS, following the issuance of the statement, sold stocks, bonds and commodities, send ing them to lower levels. Stocks lost 1 to 4 points, cotton $1 a bale; bonds, including U. s. Government issues, in frac- tions up to 5 points; wheat a cent a bushel, and corn, frac- tions to a cent.
 Paris despatches also report cd disappointment over the Hoover-Laval meeting and the American dollar dropped to 25.39 francs against 25.405 francs last Saturday.
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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

The Wills Navigation Com pany motorship Zapora arriv- ed from Seattle Monday morn ing with good sized jagg of local freight.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Chamber of Commerce Meet

The monthly dinner meeting of the Hyder Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Silver Grill next Wednesday evening, November 4, at 6 6:30 D. m.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

Jack Fitzgerald, left Thurs day for Seattle and plans to remain in the south during most of the winter season.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31

Dr. J. T. Mandy. resident engineer for the Stewart district, arrived from the south Thursday morning.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-10-31
Says Meziadin Country
 Is Economic Asset


 with the third installment ot MT. Ernest Blues interesting article on the Meziadin Lake and upper Mass River section, considered from the standpoint of their economic value to this section and also their re- lation to the proposed Hyder- Stewart branch of the Pacific Yukon-Alaska Highway con- struction project.-Editor)
 South of the Mcleod Creek swamp is q low ridge about one mile wide. There one en- counters another swamp about one-half to three-fourths of a mile wide that is as bad or worse than the Mcleod Creek swamp. This extends over the entire distance from the Bell Irving River to Meziadin Lake, with soil and flood conditions similar to those of the Mcleod Creek swamp section. A low ridge about one mile wide sep arates this swamp from the Mass River. Approaching the river a still greater obstacle to road construction in that dis trlct IS encountered. From the crest of the last mentioned ridge one looks down into the Mass River Canyon, which we estimate to be approximately 1000 feet deep in that locality, while on the south side of the river the general level of the country is higher than on the north side. Thus road cross ing at this point would neces- sary have to go down a thou sand feet on one side to cross the river and up an equal dist ance on the opposite side, in traversing a space of not more than one and one-half miles lying between the higher lands on each side of the canyon.
 We next explored the country on the northerly side of the river practically from the Bell Irving River to Meziadin River and found that virtually the same conditions exist over the entire distance. Just above the mouth of Meziadin River a moderately expensive crossing could be made. The approach es are not difficult and but little rock work would be nec- essary; while the bridge need be no more than an ordinary structure.
 We did not cross the Mass River but from what we could see of the country between the mouth of the Meziadin River and Kitwanga, it is sim liar to that existing around Meziadin Lake.
 This being the case, the log ical route for connecting highway link between the Stewart-Hyder highway sys- tenn and the highway system of British Columbia is from Kit ! wanga north through Kitwan- cool to the Cranberry River; thence down to Cranberry to a point near where the old trail cuts across to the Mass; !; thence to the Mass River, and up the Mass to the crossing above the mouth of MeZiadin above referred to, and along the Meziadin River course to Meziadin Lake.
 Up to this point construction of the proposed connecting link would be confronted by few if any difficulties, condit- ions being entirely favorable. However, on reaching the Meziadin Lake we seem on
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
The Alaska Native Brother

The Alaska Native Brother hood of Wrangell purchased some of the old buildings of the Point Ward cannery, tore them ooWn; last week started Go tear their old hall down and are re- building. When completed the hall will be 44x11O with a lot of frills and trimmings to make their meeting place worth while and an ornament to the town. All work being done by members of the camp and no expense out side of necessary construction materials. William Tamaree is the boss on the job and has a corp of fine helpers. Herbert Bradley is the president of the Camp.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
SCHOOL PROGRAM

Wednesday evening the pupils If the public schools gave a pro- gram that is the most ambitious one ever attempted in the his
 tory of the town. From the little
 tiny tots to the upper-year men lnf the high school, the individual and ensemble effort was excel lent. Graduating from the three
 CT four line pieces of the first grade, the program wound up in t finale of pantOmime with choral singing by the High School Girls and Boys Choruses The effects of the lights, acting and singing will long remain a memory to those who attended ithe program.
 The house was packed before the program started yet many crowded into the aisles and stood about in the lobbys and foyers Al the hope that they would be able to hear a part of the pro-
 gram. Never was there a great e. throng gathered in any house iin Petersburg and all are loud
 ia their praises of the program.
 MT. Beck and his corps of teachers are to be most heartily commended on the excellence of their work and the manner in
 which the entire program was carried out. Not many appreci-
 ete the amount of work and ef-
 fort there is back of the program
 in it's preparation-the effort to
 keep the little ones-and older ones under control in and out of
 school; the effort to guide young minds into strange paths. And
 those who do, marvel st the suc- cess of the several teachers who,
 unhonored and unsung, were the directing force back of the fine program.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Bureau, Alaska Division, is a
 passenger on the Victoria re-
 turning to Juneau from Metla-
 katla where he took part in the
 dedicatory exercises for the new
 community gymnasium complet
 cd. He reports very fine pre- gram with special emphasis on the fine band with it's new set ol instruments costing $3,OOO. About four hundred guests were at toe big banquet which he declares LcQual t oany he has enjoyed in Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

days. The steamer Northwestern
 Marshal Chiang Kai Shek left left for Wrangell for the holi- arriving in port a bit too soon to permit the program to be arried out. However, arrangements are being made so that the cantata will be presented shortly. When definite arrangements have been made, proper announcements will be made so that everyone will have an opportunity to hear the presentation.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
AN APPRECIATION

To those friends who helped make possible the gladness and joy at our Christmas tree, we ex- press the thanks and apprecia- ton of the Army Corps. May your Christmas be happy and your year blessed, is the wish of
 Capt. Brierly
 Lieut.. Fulton.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
AN APPRECIATION

We take this opportunity to thank the several business men, houses and individuals for their contributions to the Christmas tree in the Presbyterian Church. Your generosity has made pos sible a joy in the heart of the little ones of Petersburg.
 The Presbyterian Church
 George Betts, Lay-worker.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this oppor- tunity to thank those who took an active part in making the Pioneers Christmas Drive a Sue cess namely: The Petersburg Press, The Alaskan, Old Timers Orchestra, and Sons of Norway lodge. In all STOPS was raised and a full report of the drive from MT. Kettleson of the Pi0- neer's Home will be published in 2. later issue of this paper.
 The Coliseum Theatre. Phone Offiie Phone Res.
 O. l.. ALBERY
 Chiropractor Office over Wheeler Drug Store
 Free Examination.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Sunday School meets at 10 a. m There will be no services as
 pastor will conduct Christmas
 services at Point Agassiz.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
GIVE CANTATA LATER

The Christmas Cantata plan ned blythe Presbyterian Choir for last Monday was not given owing to the fact that their Mrs. Ann Dunkelberger
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Jacob Hadland is in town to spend the Holidays with friends and relatives.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

The Daughters of Norway are putting on a dinner for their membership in the Sons of Nor way Hall, December 28th. They co not plan the annual Christ mas festival this year.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Bert Buchanan is in iron Level Island for a few days.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24
In the Spotlight

w. B. Chapman and son Bill ere in from Straits Island.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

The Lighthouse tender Ceda was in port Tuesday morning.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Frank PreuSchoff is in from Lung Island for Christmas mail and supplies.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Delf1no Salazar is making some minor changes in the Wheeler Block.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

The freighter Oduna had a dredge outfit for a mining out fit in Skagway.
The Alaskan., 1931-12-24

Mrs. Ann Dunkelberger and children, Myrtle and Melvin, left on the Northwestern to spend the Christmas holidays with re- latives in Wrangell.