HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Saturday
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aska, as second „lass matter, un^r the Act of March 8,
1879.
Chas. F. Sandford.... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
BETTER BUSINESS ETHICS.
It is a wholesome sign of the
times that business and pro
fessional men are much con
cerned over the ethics of their
own particular occupations.
Many trade associations, ser
vice clubs and other commer
cial bodies have committees on
business standards and printed
codes of ethics to guide their
members. Colleges and univer
sities offer lecture courses on
the subject, books are written
on it and there are organizat
ions dedicated to the improve
ment of the standards of busi
ness conduct.
However, the public is not
overly impressed by mere or
ganization or printed codes,
standards and platforms. It
judges the ethics of a business
by the ethics of the individ
ual members of that business.
It does not buy goods from
trade associations, but from in
dividual concerns .What really
matters is not the publicly an
nounced and purposely high
sounding and sonorous code
of an impersonal association,
but the actual everyday con
duct of the individual business
man, firm and corporation.
But there is not a consumer
who has not convinced him
self by actual experience that
merchants, especially, are do
ing more talking about ser
vice. Modern business has
learned that “honesty is the
best policy” and that “he prof
its most who serves best.” And
it matters little to the consum
er whether business is render
ing better service for purely
selfish reasons or because it
has become morally conscious.
Profits are a worthy .honor
able goal, but if they are the
only aim of business, then the
commercial system is doomed.
And it follows naturally that,
since the commercial system ,
shows no evidence of decay, (
profits are not the one and ]
only goal of modern business. (
COATS AND 90 ]
IN THE SHADE 1
Why is it required in sum- j
mer time that a gentleman
wear his coat everywhere ex
cept on the golf links or ten
nis court or in the swimming
pool?
Dignity demands it some say.
Also, it has always been the
mark of a gentleman to wear
a coat,, no matter how ridicu
lous he ooks mopping his
face and brow or fanning him
self violently with straw hat
or newspaper.
Sports costumes have eman
cipated women so far as sum
mer apparel is concerned.
Short sleeves, no collars, light
and airy materials, loose-fit
ting, straight-line costumes,
all help the female of the
species, be she flapper or dig
nified matron, to look com
fortable in the eyes of the
sweltering men.
Why do not the men declare
a little independence in this
matter? Returning suspenders
are to be worn beneath the
shirt, so that dignity need not
be sacrificed when the coat is
removed. As an office uniform
the coatless outfit undoubted
ly would make for greater
comfort .increased efficiency
and smoother tempers. Why
not discard the coat except
when formality or comfort de
mand its use?
Although man never tires of
bantering the opposite sex for
being the slave of fickle fash
ion, there are good reasons
for suspecting that men folk
would cast aside the coat for
the sake of comfort if it were
not unfashionable. Husbands
gibe their wives for being too
conventional and melt under a
heavy coat merely because it
is unconventional to remove it
in the presence of others.
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A FORTUNE IN THIS.
Man’s day is triple; a work
day which has been shorten
ed; a leisure day which has
been corespondingly length
ened; and a sleep day which,
so far as is definitely known,
has been neither shortened
nor lengthened with the prog
ress of mankind.
Greater mental activity, arti
ficial light, more diversions,
and the noises and distraction*
of the city may have subtract
ed something: from the sleep
period of millions .But it may
be that modern man needs
more sleep to knit up “the rav
eled sleeve of care,” fer the
ravage is greater in th»s day
of high-speed living tosn when
man found it easier *.o make a
li ing and jrss to do when he
wasn't engaged m the actual
in siness of*earning money.
It wouM be interest mg to
know how many hc.nrs the
savage si eps as compared
with the chemist who proposes
a chemical substitute for sleep.
Science has come to look up
on the body as a collection of
elements whose reactions de
termine the physical state of
man’s being .This has led the
chemist to consider the diet
which may best supply what
the body needs and has sug
gested to them the idea of dis
covering or creating a catalyst
that will so resolve and recom
bine the elements which sleep
has alone been able to convert
from the poisonous to the be
nign that man may have long
er days without lessened years.
No other discovery would
work such a revolution in hu
man society. It would fatigue
the imagination to try to think
of the social changes which
would follow the discovery
of a synthetic substitute fop
sleep.
Though man for ages has as
sumed that sleep was foreor
dained as a blessing to man
kind, the scientist who makes
makes sleep unnecessary will
be blessed even more than
“the man who first invented
sleep.”
Just for Fun
Good Morning! At first the
world was flat. Then some
one discovered that it was
round .Now it is crooked.
No town is big enough for a
reckless drivers’ convention.
It is when the married ones
step out that they put their
foot ii> it.
A lie travels as fast as a
scared flivver while the truth
hobbles in on the rim with
only two cylinders firing.
The Time to be happy is Now
The Place to be happy is Here.
The Way to be happy is to
make others happy
And thus on the earth bring
Good Cheer.
For a young woman to de
stroy her beauty by besmirch
ing her face with paint and
other bedaubments may not
be sinful, but it is certainly
silly. And we can prove this
by a good many other “mere i
men.”
Stage Hand: “Did you say
you wanted a {window or a
widow?”
Show Manager—“I said a
window, but they’re both
much alike. When I get near
either of them I always look
out.”
The attorney conducting the
cross-examination had grown
disgusted with the evasive
answers of the witness .
“Answer my question ‘yes’ or
‘no’,” he admonished .
“Your question can’t Tbe lan
swered 'yes’ or ‘no’,” replied
the witness.
“Any question can be answer
ed ‘Yes’ or ‘No’” expostulated
the lawyer.
"Ask me one and I’ll prove
it.”
The witness replied: - “Have
you quit beating your wife?”
Park Orator—“An’ I tell yer,
all them millionaires’ money
is tainted-all of it!”
Unconvinced Person—“’Ow
do you mean tainted?”
Park Orator—“Well, ’taint
yours, and ’taint mine, is it?”
Merchant—Before I can en
gage you, you will have to
pass an intelligence test.
Girl Candidate—Intelligence
test? Why, the advertisement
said you wanted a stenograph
er.
A lot of men got the knack of
putting up an aerial long be
fore they found out how to
string a clothesline.
A trip that formerly took
two hours can be made in
twenty minutes with the car.
And you can spend two hours
looking for parking space.
Wise: “How you going to
prove she is a good chorus
girl?”
Willie: “She only owns a
cloth coat.”
Wise: “I accept the amend
ment.”
Schoolboy (translating) “She
slipped and fell into the riv
er. Her husband, horror-strick
en, rushed to the bank-”
Teacher (interposing) : “What
did he run to the bank for?”
Boy—“To get the insurance
money.”
Between dancing to jazz and
doging automobiles, this gen
eration has many opportuni
ties for neutral sprees.
“No, lady, a meadow lark is
not a party thrown in the
country.”
He—“What time should I
come .tonight?”
She—“Come after dinner.”
He—“That’s what I was com
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Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Jt
ing after.”
The unemployment problem
for many is how to keep that
way.
A Hyder home proudly ex
hibits a rolling pin, in good
condition, that must have been
handed down for 175 years, j
Must be a family of pacifists.
“Fred has a sure thing.”
“What—in contesting a will?
Ha! Ha!”
‘Don’t laugh. The lawyers
have agreed to give him 10
per cent of what they get.”
Unquestionably the first an
ti-bob agitator in history was
Samson.
GOVT. DEVELOPS NEW
TYPE OF CATTLE
A tract of 280 acres adjacent
to the Fairbanks Agricultural
station has been reserved for
further experiments with cat
tleyak breeding at that stat
ion. Five more head of pure
Galloway cattle were shipped
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
CHAS. F. WORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
John Hovland
MINING
Hyder, Alassa
J?
to the Fairbanks station re
cently from Kodiak and will
be used to increase the num
ber of hybrids. Cattleyaks are
crosses between Galloway cat
tle and the Asiatic yak. Sev
eral head of the Yaks were
brought to Alaska in 1919 for
experiment. Crossing was suc
cessful and the hybrid animal
possesses the hardy character
istics of the yak and the beefi
ness of the Galloway. Resemb
lance to the yak is manifested
by the long hair on the bodies
of the hybrids and their ca
pacity to browse on willows
and aspen. During the early
spring the animals sftrip Ithe
bark off young trees for food.
They resemble the Galloway
parent in shape of body, but
like the yak have guard and
underhair, which protects
them against severely cold
weather .The quantity of milk
produced is small, but is rich
in butter fat. The hybrids
have proved to be good rust
lers, and it is believed they
will be able to utilize the nat
ive grasses which now go to
waste in the vast river valleys
of interior Alaska
PROFESSIONAL
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^ttonreg at ^ato
JUaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
GEORGE R. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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