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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
P e mier To Pay
 Three Cent Dividend

At a recent directors meet ing in New York it was de- cided that the Premier Gold Mining Co. will pay a quart erly dividend of three cents a share on it's capitalization of $5,000,0000, according to press announcements in the south. Payment will be made on July 8 to shareholders of record on June 11th.
 The forthcoming dividend will be on the same basis as for the two proceeding quarters, the long prevailing former rate of six cents per share hav- ing been discontinued after the September quarter last year, owing to lower earnings and the low price of silver. The payment will bring the grand total of all dividends paid by the famous Premier mine to $15,600,000.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
l n d e p n d ence Day
 C e l e b r ati on Plans

Plans for the celebration of Independence Day, July 4th, were laid at a meeting of cit izens held in Chamber of Com merce Hall Tuesday evening with k. D. Haddon, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presiding.
 As the big Alaska-Bri Columbian international cele- bration will occur in the same month, it was the general view that no attempt should be made to stage an elaborate celebration on the Fourth. It was at length decided to hold a program of track and field sports for the children, com mencing at 10 A. M. The af- ternoon will be devoted to a baseball game and the evening will be given over to the dance of the Pioneers of Alaska.
 Chairman Haddon appoint ed the following committees to handle the program:
 Ball game: Holger Johnson, H. w. Thomas.
 Sports: Tom Moore, Ben Oien, Henry R. Cross.
 Decorations: N. M. Traversy, A. N. Others.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
DARLING G URGES
 SILVER FARLEY

It would be a wonderful thing for the world, a great advertisement for Canada if that country would call an in- ternational conference on sta bilizing silver, declared J. F, Darling, director of the Mid land Bank of London, who re- turned to Ottawa a few days ago after a visit to Washing ton, D. c.
 MT. Darling's proposal for a bi-metal standard would place silver alongside gold as a standard of currency, at one twentieth of the gold value.
 United States would send representatives to Ottawa if a conference were called, MT. Darling declared.
 United States has so much gold she could stabilize silver without any cooperation from other nations, MT. Darling stated. The only salvation for the present world depression was higher prices and MT. Darling saw no method for ac- complaining this except by bringing back the price of sil- yer.
 United States gold holdings today total four and a half billions of dollars. Silver's mar ket price today is 2612 cents an ounce and gold is about S20.67 an ounce. Silver is now in the ratio of about 80 to one of gold.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
E a S tern Engi gineer
 Visits Pow Site

Edwin R. Wright, engineer for the Portland Canal Power Company, arrived Tuesday from Seattle accompanied by H. w. Small, engineering rep resentative of the U. s. Lee Engineering Corporation of New York City, who is here to investigate the Portland Canal Power Company's big power development project on Davis River.
 As is usual in such cases, MT. Small would make no state ment regarding his views of the power development pro- posal other'than to say he was here to investigate its possi- bilities.
 MT. Wright was unable to give out definite information
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
FINE RESULTS
 ON THE UNICORN

Results of the most encourag- ing character are marking the seasons development activi- ties on the Unicorn group, ad- joining the Big Missouri, ac- cording to John Rowland, pioneer mining man and man. aging director of the Unicorn Mines Company, Ltd.
 During a short visit in town this week MT. Hovland said the No. 3 tunnel is going for ward nicely and is now in be- tween 380 and 1885 feet. As says of the ore encountered continue to show gold right along.
 The average is low yet, MT. Hovland said, but there seems to be gold all through the area penetrated and specimen assays running as high as $28 gold have been obtained. The face of the tunnel is now ap- preaching the east-west series of veins which show gold val ues on the surface immediate ly to the west of the No. 3 tunnel.
 Free gold has been found right up to the present face over the last seventy feet of the tunnel" MT. Hovland said "There is not large quantity, but specks of free gold can be seen in the rock from almost every round of shots. This we consider most encouraging in every way"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
Stewart Lady Passes

Mrs. J. Thomas, mother of J. Thomas and a resident of Stewart for the past four years or so, passed away suddenly at her home Tuesday morning as a result of heart failure. Deceased was 56 years of age and had been in i'll health for some time prior to her passing In addition to her son, she is survived by two married daughters who reside in the States. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, with Dr. Baker officiating. Inter ment was in the Stewart cem- etary.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
Nc Funds Available For
 Banded Mountain Road

That shortage of funds may compel a further delay in the construction of the proposed pack trail to the Banded Mountain area at the head of Texas creek is the word brought from Ketchikan this week by J. M. Wyckoff, for est ranger of the Tongass Ma tional Forest.
 Funds for forest service trail work are never too plen- tiful at any time and the ne- cessity for maintaining the ex- isting trails leaves but little money for new work, MT. Wy ckoff said. As a result it is not believed that the trail can be carried through this sea- son, although there is prob ability that some work can be done toward opening a trail which will permit taking pack horses up on the glacier.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
Airways Plane Visits

An Alaska-W ashington Air ways plane piloted by Lieut. E. A. Meyering, with Frank Wadman as mechanic, arrived from Ketchikan Tuesday morning, with H. V. Newell and Sam Gucker as passen- gers. The plane remained here several hours, before return ing to Ketchikan with the same men.
 During the stop-over, the plane made a visit to the Davis River power site of the Fort land Canal Power Company with Edwin R. Wright, engin- ger of the company, and Mir. II. w. Small, an eastern engin- ger who is Investigating the power development project as a representative of the U. S.. Lee Engineering Corporation of New York City. The plane flew over the power site and along Davis River and land ed the two engineers at the mouth of Davis River before returning to Hyder.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
P|TTMAN PREDICTS
 SILVER MEET SOON

Senator Key Pittman of Ne vada, foremost champion of silver rehabilitation, predicted in public statement at Shang- hai, China, that there would be a conference of the worlds S principal nations on silver and allied questions within the next three months, despite a recent announcement by Sen ator Reed Shoot of Utah that certain foreign nations were opposed to such a project. Pittman, who is in China to study the silver question, made the prediction after a confer ence with Chinese government officials at Ranking and after learning of the Shoot pro- nouncement, which was based on a telegram from president Hoover reading as follows:
 Informal discussions among nations, some of whose par ticipation is vitally necessary, developed the fact that they do not consider this the prop CT time to call an international conference on silver and would oppose holding such a confer ence now
 My guess is," said Senator Pittman, "that there will be conference of the worlds prin- cipal nations on silver and al lied questions within three months"
 The senator said about 40 of the worlds governments have already indicated they desire such conference in an effort to assist the worlds suf- fering commercial interest.
 "Therefore," he said, "the conference is assured and the American government or any other government, with inter ests involved, cannot afford to stay out of the barley when it cOnvenes. Great Britain and France are probably the prin- cipal objectors for reasons pe- culiar to them, but when the conference opens, rest assured that they will be represented.
 "The United States senate, the American national Cham Der of Commerce and other commercial interests say Am erica desires to confer with other nations for mutual bet torment.
 "T'he same condition exists in other nations. Therefore, President Hoover's telegram in no way indicates a change in our belief that the majority of governments desire such a con- ference.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
New Law Compells
 Payment Going Wage

That long needed enactment, a law compelling employers on public construction work to pay the going wage in the dis trict where the work is done, was written into the Territor- ial statutes by the last Legis- laure and is now in operation throughout Alaska. The full text of the new law follows: i:
 Section 1. That every con- tractor or subcontractor per forming work on any public construction within the Terri tory of Alaska shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the region in which the work is done.
 Section 2. All sub-contracts performed on any public con- struction shall be, or may be, reduced to a basis of day la Dor for the purpose of deter mining whether or not such sub-contractor or contractors have been paid at not less than he prevailing scale of wage.
 Secion 8. The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners for the Territory of Alaska is hereby given the authority to say what constitutes the pre- vailing wage; determine whether or not this law is be- ing violated, and, should this law be violated, the Attorney General shall, when so in- structed by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners for the Territory of Alaska, .ake immediate steps to en- force the provisions of this Act.
 Section 4. All contractors or sub-contractors coming under the purvieW of this Act shall. before the tenth day of each month, file with the Territor- ial Board of Commissioners, a schedule for the previous month, setting forth in detail the number of men employed, and wages paid on such work, and furnish such other infor- nation as the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners for the Territory of Alaska may request.
 Section 5. Should any part of this Act be declared invalid, it shall not invalidate the re- mainder of the Act.
 Section 6. An emergency is hereby declared, and this Act shall be in full force and ef- feet immediately upon it's pas sage and approval.
 Approved April 29, 1881.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
B. |. S|LVER-PREM|ER
 NEGOTIATIONS TOLD

The following comment on
 the B. c. Silver-Premier sit
 uation is reprinted from a
 recent issue of The Mining World and Engineering Rec
 ord, of London, and provides
 an interesting insight into the
 conditions at present surround
 ing the B. c. Silver property.
 Interest at the Selukwe meet ing centered around the dis
 cussion as to the conflict which
 has now continued for nearly
 10 years over the treatment ol
 the B. c. Silver ore, more than
 60 per cent. of which contains gold values. Pressed as to the
 nature of the negotiations with
 the Premier Co.,, MT. Hockle-
 gave certain facts which ma5
 be of interest to our readers.
 He said the Premier Go. had offered to buy the B. c. Sil- yer ore at a fixed price, treat it, charge expenditure incur. red in mining if. and there after divide the results in their proportions between the two parties. In the first instance, they would be prepared to take 100000 tons, followed by another 100000 tons, and a further 100000 tons at a slightly less price. The Selukwe board, it has to be re- membered, would thus have no means of controlling their ore once it had been taken away and mixed with other ore in the Premier mill, conse- quently the proposal was not acceptable.
 To this proposal, however, the Selukwe directors made a counter offer, couched in tho following terms: - Exclude from a possible deal any item that you wish, that is to say, keep your cash until a fixed date up to which you will mill your ore, take the proceeds of it. Then value the remainder of your assets, your mill, your tramway, your plants, as a going concern, your under ground workings which migh. be used as wayleaves, you camp, in fact all your assets, and thereafter take shares in a new B. C. company. The Se- lukwe company, on the other hand, would value it's ore re- serves, the advances made to the B. c. Silver Co.,, and then takes it's proportion of shares, so that each party would have 50 per cent. of the combined undertaking. Working capital would be found equally by the two undertakings. The Seluk- we company was also prepared to let the entire technical man. agement remain in the hands of the Premier officials. The British proposal seems emin- ently fair and reasonable, but the only answer received from the Premier president is that further discussion should be left in abeyance until the re- life of the Premier can be more accurately ascer- tained.
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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20

regarding the contemplations of his company. MT. w. T. Batcheller, president and man. aging director of the company, is in the East in connection with the project.
 MT. Wright and MT. Small sailed for Seattle today, after collecting a large amount of data relative to local condi- tions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
Big Celebration Program
 Now s h ping Up

Plans for the big internat ional Alaska-British Colum bian celebration on July IS l9 and 20 are fast taking [ more concrete form under the direction of the three ener getic committees from Pre- mier, Hyder and Stewart. The work of whipping things in- to shape has now become SC complicated that additional help is needed by the central committee, who have an- nounced the appointment of the following sub-committees
 Decoration: w. D. Smith, D. J. Mclean and G. Hills for Stewart; Noel Traversy and w. H. Ryan for Hyder George Rose and E. Mustard for Premier.
 Transportation: E. Love and w. J. Crawford for Stewart, T. II. Evans and Ben Oien fol Hyder, J. Drysdale for Pre- mier.
 Sports: w. R. Tooth and O. J. Hutchings for Stewart; J. B Watson and W. Bruce for Pre- mier, w. R. Mcdonnell for Hyder.
 Sales: o. F. Hill.
 The committe has also an- nounced the following tenta- tive program for the celebra tion:
 Saturday morning, July IS. Parade will form up at Hyder and leave for Stewart at 9 A. M: arrive Stewart 10:30 A. NJ.
 At ball grounds, 10:30 Char lot race. II a. m. pack horse race. 12 to l 80 D. m. lunch. Hyder: Machine drilling con- tests, 1:30. Mucking and tram ming contest, 3 D. m. Boxing match, 3:30 p. m.
 Ball game at Stewart in af- ternoon.
 Dances at Stewart and Fly der, 9 D. m.
 Sunday 10th: Sightseeing all day.
 Stewart ball grounds, 2:3O D. m., band concert.
 Ball game at Stewart 3 pm.
 Monday 20th. Sightseeing and dances in the evening al Stewart and Hyder.
 The assistance of private families in the accommodation of lady visitors will be much appreciated by the committee Anyone desiring to assist in this way will kindly notify the general secretary.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20
River Again at Flood Stage

Salmon River was higher this week than at any time during the past two years as a result of the warm weather and rain. The water invaded several lowlying portions of the townsite and was reported over the road north of town, but no material damage occur red as far as could be learned.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20

Marcus Carlson arrived Tues day with 5 men to take a road contract.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20

A son was born to the wife of G. P. Heineky in Stewart hospital Tuesday.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-20

w. w. Forgey, a friend of Wm. Tonkin, Jr., arrived to- day.
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SPAIN AND HER TROUBLES.

The world is watching the progress of the new Spanish republic The nations have generally ex- tended their good wills Most of them have officially recognized it. However, there may well be mis- gvings as to the length of its life
 The new republic without doubt has better outlook than the short lived republic of half cen tury ago. but public opinion in Spain has always been tickle Many Kings and Queens have been forced to abdcate in the past and some of them have been recalled Alfonso XIII is personally popular He has an agreeable personality plenty of courage and has not been a despot in any Uense of the term. He is only 45 years of age and n good health. That he has large following n his country may well be taken for granted.
 The last Spanish republic followed several years of political chaos and more or less anarchy follow ing the expulsion of Queen Isabella, grandmother of Alfonso XIII in 1868. After the expulsion of Isabella several years were spent in attempt to elect a new King Several princes were rejected and others refused tenders. Prince Leopold of the German house of Hohenzonern- -Sigharingen accepted an offer of the throne and the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of the German Empire followed Leopold finally withdrew his acceptance and Prince Amadeo of Savoy second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, was made King. He oe- came mixed up in the intrigues of politicians and was soon dscredited His nominal reign continued for two years when he abdicated. Then came e. public In the year and half that followed Spain had four Presidents and a or more of min istries. The seventeen-y ear-old son of Isabella, of the Spanish Bourbon family father of the re- gently deposed Alfonso XIII became King in 1874 and adopted the name of the Alfonsos who reigned for so long in Leon and Castle before the days Of united Spain. His eleven years of reign had a stabilizing effect his country. Peace regned everywhere and Spain again became financially responsible. His death in 1885 few nopths before the birth of Alfonso XIII, left the regency in the hands of his widow, Marie Christina, an Austrian princess before her marriage to Alfonso XII in 1879 She encouraged the reactionaries, and the long Cuban war brought on with the United States Her regime witnessed the humiliation of her coun- try though the finances well handled.
 Alfonso XIII become King in 1902 at the age of sixteen While his rule of nearly three decades was than usually successful there were troublous spots Probably his failure and final expulsion came from the growth of republi- canism throughout Europe than from anything wrong with him his policies. Most critics de- clare his end was the direct result of the late dictatorship.