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Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Alaska Juneau Mine
 Finds Rich Or,

Development work carried on 600. feet vertically below the tunnel where the main mining operations are now carried on in the Alaska Ju- neau mine has encountered ore that averages as high as BPS a ton in gold for 15 feet, ac- cording to a press report from San Francisco where the head offices of the company are To- cated.
 This compares with an aver age value of about S4.50 a tor for the full 600 feet of depth below the present haulage lev el and with less than $1 a ton in the main operations during all of 1881.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Tries New Fire Alarm

N. M. Traversy, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce fire protection committee, was engaged during the past week in trying out a fire alarm de- vice in the shape of a steam whistle operated by com pressed air, with a view to ere ating a better fire alarm than is provided by the big iron tri- angle at the chemical shed on Main Street.
 MT. Traversy is of the view that more effective fire protection can be maintained by installing some form of alarm that can be heard in all parts of the camp, as the lust fest hammering on the old tri- angle can be heard only a short distance. This opinion is shared by many who realize that early summoning of all possible help is a primary nec- essity in community where no regular fire department can be maintained and bucket brigades are frequently the most efficient means of check ing fires. Unfortunately, MT. Traversy's scheme did not work out as we'll as expected and other means will have to be found to provide an effect i've alarm.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
New Postage Stamp Issue

A new series of postage stamps all bearing the likeness of George Washington was is- sued January 1 by the United States government to comment crate the bicentennial observ- ance of Washington's birth day. The series includes 12 stamps ranging from a brown half-cent to an orange-hued ten cent stamp. Each stamp shows a likeness of Washing ton copied from one of the several paintings of the na- tion's first president or from the famous Houdon bust in marble. The stamp which the public will become most familiar with, because of it's use on most mail, is the two- cent bearing the likeness oi Washington copied from the Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum DOT trait, done in 1796. The DOT trait is also on the new issue of one-dollar bills.
 The series includes a half cent, brown; one cent, green ; a one-and one-half cent, light brown; two-cent, red; three cent, purple; four cent, warm brown; five cent, blue; six cent, orange; seven cent, black; eight cent, olive green nine cent. pink, and ten cent, orange.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
No Information
 Regarding Highway

In an effort to ascertain the views of the international commission regarding the three tentative routes select ed for the proposed Pacific Yukon-Alaska Highway, the Herald recently addressed a letter to MT. George Napier, of the Canadian Commission. The reply, received a few days ago, said it had been decided that no information in con- nection with matters discussed at the last joint meeting would be made public until a report had been submitted to the gov ernments represented.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
HOPE FOR EARLY
 ACTION ON RIVER

Possible early action by the govern. ,nent on the construction of the pro posed flood prevention works on Sal mon river is indicated in telegram received Thursday from the United States Engineers Office in Juneau asking for information regarding the most favorable period for conducting such operations with the least inter- ference from the recurrent risings of the turbulent and unruly river which annually threaten serious damage and possible destruction of the town. The message, directed to the Hyder Cham. Der of Commerce, reads as follows:
 During what continuous periods of 120 days could improvements on Sal mon River be conducted with least flood interference?"
 Following receipt of the message, the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting and later dispatched reply to the et- feet that the work could be done to best advantage with respect to floods between April 1 and August 1.
 The exact import of the war depart ment message is not clear. l is pre- sumed in some quarters that the inqui- ry may be the result of efforts made by James Wickersham, Alaska dele gate to Congress, who was recently requested by the Chamber of Com. merce to attempt to expedite action on the report of the survey made by the II. s. Engineers Office last summer. This report was recently transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of War with favorable recommendation.
 The Chamber of Commerce message to the Delegate urged him to endeavor to have the report considered as an emergency measure, with view to re. lieving severe local unemployment
 As will be recalled by Herald read CTS. Judge Wickersham replied to the effect that the outlook for early act. ion was not favorable, and that the project would probably be held over for inclusion in the annual Rivers and Harbors bill, but he may nevertheless have been able to have the project talk on up as a special measure, as it was discovered recently that the War De partment report was referred to the Foreign Commerce committe of the House, instead of to the Rivers and Harbors committee, as is customary.
 This view, however, does not take into consideration the fact that the report provides that Hyder interests must agree to contribute $7,000 toward the construction costs, ill addition to providing S200 annually for mainte- nance after construction. If this de- mand is adhered to there is small likelihood of the work being started until the cooperation provision is agreed to. either by local interests or the Territory.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Bill Asks Salaries For
 U. s. Commissioners

Regular salaries for United States Commissioners in Alas ka, ranging from $750 to not more than $3,000 per annum, are proposed in a measure in- troduced in, the lower House of Congress by Alaska dele gate James Wickersham.
 The measure is aimed at do- ing away with the present fee system, which in many instanc- es fails to provide a living wage for the incumbent. Eff forts made in earlier years to have Alaska Commissioners off, fices placed on a salary basis have failed to receive the sanction of Congress.
 The Wickersham bill pro- vides that the basis for deter mining the initial salary of the various offices shall be the ag- gregate amount of fees collect ed by individual offices dur ing the fiscal years 1928, 1929, 1880 and 1881. The act, if passed, is to be effective from January l, this year.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Wants Boycott of
 Silver From India

Senator Pullman, of Nevada, foremost senatorial exponent of silver rehabilitation, in urg- ing an international confer ence on the silver problem, declared it to be his opinion that the real cause of the de- pressed price of silver is dump ing of the metal by India and declared that the practice can be stopped by an agreement among the silver-interested na- tions not to import silver from India.
 "It is not necessary" he said, that the British government or the government of India be party to such an agreement if the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Gen. tral America, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand alone agree not to debase or melt up silver coins and that no silver shall be imported in- to any such countries from a country not a party to this agreement.
 "Then India would be forced to abandon her destructive pol icy because there will be mo- where for her to sell her sil- yer"
 Fittman expressed his views in a letter to Frank M. Smith of Spokane, which he placed in the Congressional Record.
 In his letter, Putnam com- mented on other silver bills pending before congress.
 He particularly criticized the bill introduced by Senator Shoot for accepting silver in payment of foreign debts, say ing the silver accumulated in this country would act as "bear" on the market in the same way Indian silver does now.
 He said the bill "offers an excuse for refraining from supporting proposals for an in- ternational conference"
 Pittman also said bills for authorizing the coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 are ''impracticable at this time"
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Foster a Candidate

Frank H. Foster, Juneau at torney and member of the last Territorial legislature, has filed his application as a can- didate for the office of At torney General of Alaska at the April primary. Mir. Foster will make the race as a repub- lican.
 It is rumored that o. D. Cochran, pioneer Nome at torney, will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for the same office.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
SILVER STERILIZATION
 MEANS B|ME TALL|SM

While Hyder, as a silver pro- ducing community, is unani-
 mously in favor of silver re- mobilization, there appears to be a marked divergence of ideas regarding whether or
 not stabilization by the Unit ed States of the price of the white metal would not be in effect an adoption of bimetal- lism. That such would be the case is explained by Mining and Metallurgy as follows: One error on which many proponents of the stabilization of silver consistently fall is this: they deny with emphasis that an effectual fixing of the price of silver would automat- ically create a bimetallic standard - or bimetallism. Probably the widespread and passionate-even somewhat unreasoning - prejudice a. against free silver" moves them to make the denial. They applaud mono-metalism and disown any thought of dis turbing the sancity of the gold standard: but with the same breath they demand that by some potent means the price of silver be fixed at an ap- propriate figure between say, 50 and 132 cents per ounce.
 No matter what the price may be, and no matter what the method or instrument used, the minute effective sta- bilization is achieved bimetal- lism is in operation. To attain true stabiliZation some agency with ample resources must be prepared to buy silver in any quantity at the specified price, in terms of what? Of gold or it's equivalent! Theoretically, it would also be in position to sell at the same price to meet any demand, thereby prevent ing the market from advanc- ing temporarily above the fix ed price. But that contingency is not a source of anxiety. If you have gold and silver free ly interchangeable on the bas- is of any fixed relative value you have bimetallism: and all the denials in the world would not alter the fact.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Mellon Leaves Treasury Job

Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury in the Hoover cab inet, has resigned that position to accept appointment as the U. s. Ambassador to Great Britain, according to a radio announcement Wednesday evening. Mellon is to be sue ceded as treasury head by J. Ogden Mills, who has held the post of under secretary of the treasury.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
WHEELER MEASURE
 ATTRACTS INTEREST

The silver bills recently in- troduced in both houses of Congress by Senator Wheeler and Representative Evans of Montana appear to be receiv- ing major attention on the part of silver relief propon- ents, according to recent press reports.
 In order that our readers may understand the scope of this measure, the full text is printed below.
 "A bill to establish a bimet- allie system of currency, em- ploylng gold and silver, to fix the relative value of gold and silver, to provide for the free coinage of silver as we'll as gold, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of Amer jca in congress assembled. that the proportional value of silver to gold in all coins which are by law current as money within the United States shall be as 16 to 1, according to quantity in weight, of pure silver or pure gold; that is to say, every 16 pounds weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in all payments with one pound weight of pure gold, and so in proportion as to any greater or less quant- ities of the respective metals.
 Section 2. There shall be free coinage of both gold and silver, at the ratio fixed in this act, subject to the conditions and limitations now provided by law with respect to the coin- age of gold; and all the laws of the United States relating to such coinage or to recoin- age, exchange, or conversion of coin, bars, or bullion of gold, shall apply equally, so far as practicable, to silver.
 Section 8. The dollar con- sisting of 25 8-10 grains of gold nine-tenths fine, or of 412l2 grains of silver nine tenths fine, shall be the stand ard unit of value, and all forms of money issued or coined by he United States shall be maintained at a parity of value with this standard, and ia shall De the duty of the secretary of the treasury to maintain such parity"
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Silver Meeting Of
 Governors Feby. Is

The conference of state gov ernors to discuss an interna- tional conference and other means of stabilizing silver, proposed by William Jennings Bryan, of Hollywood, will be held in Denver February Is, according to press reports.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06

drafted by former Represen- tative Lafferty of Oregon, pro- viding for deposit of silver ounces at hints in return for ounce treasury notes, the Sil- yer to be minted into ounce coins or held in bullion.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 TO MEET WEDNESDAY

The monthly meeting of the Hyder Chamber of Commerce will be held in Chamber of Commerce Hall next We'd nesday evening, February 10, starting at p. m.
 The closing down of the Silver Gril; has necessitated postponment of the usual monthly dinner meeting and ii will be held later if satisfactory ar engagements can be made. The date will be announced later.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Zapora Arrives

The Wills Navigation Go. motorship Zapora arrived from Seattle early Thursday morning with a good sized batch of local cargo composed mainly of merchandise for To- cal dealers.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
Fairbanks Man Out
 For Highway Engineer

F. E. Wann, an employee of the Fairbanks Exploration Company, at Fairbanks, has filed for republican nomination for the office of Territorial Highway Engineer, according to reports received in Juneau.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06

The A. ]. Mayer sawmill in the up- per Salmon section is out of cOlnmiss- ion at present, the snow having caved in the roof, which was some so feet in length. MT. Mayer reports about 12 feet of snow in that locality.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-02-06
SOLONS ORGANIZE
 ID BENEFIT SILVER

ponents of silver staIbiliZation in the lower house of Congress is indicated in a press an nouncement that twenty West ern members of the House have organized to work in the interest of a general stabiliza- ton of prices for the particular ! benefit of silver, but without emphasizing the silver question only. The group designated the following committee to actively handle the work: Rep resentatives Cotton (Rep., Utah), chairman; Arentz (Rep. Nev.); Levitt (Rep. Mont J; Eaton (Rep. Colo.) :; Hill (Dem. Wash. j.; s'Taylor (Dem. Colo.) and Douglas (Dem. Ariz.).
 Other representatives in the group include Representative Glover (Dem. Ark.), who re- gently introduced a house res olution requesting the presi- dent to call an international conference to establish ratio of money value of gold to sil- yer; Representative McKeown (Dem., Okla }, who introduced house joint resolution No. 199 requesting the president to call an international conference to secure agreements to suspend the practice to melting up or debasing silver coins and sales of silver by governments, to establish the uses and status of silver as money, to insure maintenance of the parity in value of gold and silver, and to establish a safe system of bimetallism at ratio which will insure permanence of rel ative value between gold and silver; Representative Evans (Dem., Mont.), who introduce ed house resolution No. 6712 to establish a bimetallic sys- tenn of currency, employing gold and silver, to fix the rel ative value of gold and silver at 16 to 1, and to provide for the free coinage of silver as we'll as gold.
 Representative Dies CDem., Tex.) said the only way to raise the price of silver is through bimetallism.
 Pointing out that since 1896 paper money has replaced silver as currency, Represen- tative Eaton said the govern ment should discontinue pa- per money and use silver.
 If those who are in favor of silver can show us a way, we will go with them,' said Representative Abernthy (Dem., N. CD.
 While sympathizing with eff forts to improve silver, Rep resentative Knutson (Rep., Minn.) said that unless a lim- itation is placed on the coin age of silver, it would result in imitation because of tho large production of silver.
 While not favoring aband- onment of the gold standard, Representative Landlord (Rep. Va.) said the value of the dol lar should be reduced to com- modity values, pointing out that some articles had declined 
 75 per cent in value.
 Representative McClintic (Dem., Okla.) said if other countries continue to abandon the gold standard, the United States will be forced to change it's monetary system.
 Senator Borah (Rep., Idaho) who introduced senate bill No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
APPENDICITIS DEATH
CAUSES ARE TRACED
Delay in Operation. Promiscuous Use
of Laxatives Blamed.

Delay in Operation. PromiscuOus Use
of Laxatives Blamed.
~ Science Scrrice
NEW ORLEANS, May 14.-Delay
in operation and promiscuous use
of laxatives and purgativeS were
blamed for appendicitis deaths by
two physicians. DR.. Frank K. Bo-
land Of Atlanta and DR.. John o.
Bower of Philadelphia, who ad-
dressed the meeting of the American
Medical Association here today. The
dangers of delay were brought out
by DR.. Boland's investigation which
showed that among PIG patients op-
Grated on within six hours after the
first symptoms. none died; while
among 578 operated on after more
than Seventy-two hours, forty-eight
died.
DR.. Bower explained that laxativeS
increase the movement of the in
testineS. thus spreading the inham-
nation and frequently producing
perforation, peritonitiS and death.
In his study he found that of those
patients who took one laxative, one
in fourteen died, and Of those who
took more than one laxative, one in
seven died; while Of those who had
no laxative, only one in eighty died.
The moral seems to be. never give
a laxative for abdominal pain. If
the pain persists for more than six
hours it is usually dangerous, DR..
Bower observed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
DaSheS in Front of Car;
Boy Thrown From
Bicycle, Bruised.

Five persons were injured, none
seriously, in traffic mishaps in and
near the city Friday night, accord
ing to police.
Thrown from his bicycle at
Thirty eighth and Illinois street
when a rope with which it was
fastened to a truck became en-
tangled in a wheel, Richard Klein,
IA, of 1919 North Meridian street,
incurred body bruises. Byron Legg
Of Windfall, driver of the truck,
was absolved of blame.
Struck by an auto driven by
Lennie Trout, II, of 1886 South Har-
ris street, as she ran across the
National road four miles west of
the city, Bessie Beckenbraugh, IA.
OF 4041 Oliver avenue, suffered a
broken leg.
Mill Conden, 80, of R. R. 2. Box
1856, was cut and bruised when the
auto in which he was riding went
into a ditch at West Tenth street
and Grande avenue.
Struck by an auto or street car
at Illinois and Washington streets,
Mrs. c. c. Murphy, As, Of Worthing-
ton, was bruised. Mrs. Murphy told
police that the vehicle which struck
her did not stop. When struck,
she had stepped out of the path of
a trolley toward an approaching
auto.
Paul Caull, SO. of 1905 Kenwood
avenue, incurred cuts on the head
when his car crashed into an auto
owned by Mrs. Gertrude Kimher,
SIS, of l West Twenty eighth street,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
SEIZE ALKY IN RAID

Cops Arrest Three on Dry Charge.
Confessions Claimed.
Raidine a house at 1s43 North
Talbot street. early today. police
claimed they conflscated los gallons
OF alcohol and arrested three men
on charges Of blind tiger and trans
porting liquor.
Those held are Edward Speller,
90, Of Evanston, H.; Joseph Nc
Carly, %, Of 1910 North Tacoma
street, and Louis James. "a, Of $50
College avenue. Police said tbs
suspects admitted running" the liq-
uor from Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
FAvORS CHANGE
IN BANK LAWS
Commission Issues Report
for Legislature.

Revision Of state laws govern
ing banks, building and loan 1850
Citations and similar institutions is
recommended in q preliminary re-
port made public today by the
study commission for Indiana
financial institutions, which is
serving by authority Of the 1881
general assembly.
Walter s. Greenough OF the
Fletcher Trust Company, chairman
Of the commission. says in connec-
ton with the report:
Passage of laws relating to state
government Of financial institutions
has been accomplished in the past
in Indiana at various times and to
meet varied conditions, often tenn
porary. This haphazard method OF
considering the legislative needs IN
this field has resulted In multi
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
HOUSE ACTS TO
LOP OFF 1000
ARMY OFFICERS
Six-Vote Majority Given
Measure; Success for
Economy Plan Seen.

By Scripps-Hosoard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE
six-vote majority by which the
house o. representatives has agreed
to reduce the officer strength Of the
army by 1000 was interpreted to-
day as forecasting success for the
entire $24, 380,310 economy program
recommended by the appropriations
committee.
The personnel item, involving
only $3,814,823, reused more bitter
opposition than any other reduc-
tions. On the first vote taken, the
committee was sustained by only
one vote. A recount showed 1876
votes in favor Of rejecting the COM
mittee recommendations and 141
opposed.
The vote was taken after Repre-
sentative Henry E. Barbour CRep.,
Cali proposed that the entire
amount which Democratic members
propose to save in war department
expenditures be taken from the
river and harbor and flood control
items rather than from military &C
tivities Of the army.
Earlier in the day Representative
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-14
JOB NEED STRESSED
Green Says Relief Should
Come First.

Bg United Press
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Unem-
ployment relief is more important
than balancing the federal budget,
in the view of William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation Of
Labor.
Failure to balance the budget
would not be the greatest calamity
which could be experienced by the
government" he said.
The greatest task Of the govern
ment is to provide for the unem-
ployed, to relieve human distress
and to restore the faith Of the
American people in American busi-
ness and government"