The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
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Chas. F. Sandford
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The Legislative Session
From the standpoint of real
accomplishment, the Eleventh
Alaska Legislature, which con
eiuaea us oienmai session in
Juneau last week, was the best
in many years and a shining
example for later legislative
assemblies.
The session was distinguished
throughout by a distinctly bus
iness-like attitude and by a
most unusual regard for the
Teiritorial welfare and future.
Further to its credit the Legis
lature displayed virtually no
disposition to further clutter up
the statutes with unnecessary
or unessential legislation. On
the contrary, it devoted a large
portion of its energies to reduc
ing the volume of existing laws
by removing a mass of obsolete
or meaningless statutes.
For this alone the legislators
are entitled to abundant praise.
With very few exceptions the
new legislation passed is of a
character to meet with general
approval and particularly
that pertaining to safeguard
ing the public welfare.
There was also an absence of
political paitisanship and fact
ional bickering rare indeed in
the history of Alaskan legislat
ion. While this may be ac
counted for to seme extent by
the preponderant Democratic
strength, the journals of both
houses disclose scarcely an in
stance wherein political con
siderations appeared a factor
in the voting of either Demo
cratic or Republican members.
Not even the most hypercrit
ical but must concede that the
assembly made a splendid rec
ord and is well entitled to the
praise and thanks of all Alas
kans.
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Morgan Endorses Gold Move
After all the vociferous warn
ings of bankers and gold advo
cates that dire disaster would
surely following abandonment j
of the gold standard, now that
it has been done, along comes
that great mogul of high fi
nance, J. P. Morgan, and open
ly endorses that action by as
serting that he regarded it as
‘ being (he best po.-sible course
under existing circumstances.”
"Which seems pretty good ev
idence that instead of inviting
financial disaster, as the little
gold oracles contended, we
have made a wise and prog
ressive move by forsaking the
aurate idol of plutocracy. But
it is somewhat surprising to
hear the acknowledgement
that we have done a wise thing
from the most exalted of the
tribe of Mammon and the one
to whom all the smaller fry of
| finance bow down with rever
ent salaams.
Which in turns suggests that
we and the rest of the world
Illl&ill IlctVtJ UtJtlll H IJi UL'ILU
off financially and economical
ly had we not been so willing
I to listen to the petty oracles re
garding things so vehemently
endorsed by them as remedies
| for the world’s troubles. They
eem to have fallen down on
most every prophecy they have
! offered to the gullible public.
Just for Fun
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The quickest way to make
omething popular is to pass a
law against it.
Some live to a ripe old age. j
while others remain green or!
become rotten.
If everything else fails, why
lot try a return to the warn
cum standard?
Some debtors consider it
igainst their principle to pay
.he interest, and against their
interest to pay the principle.
Under present conditions those
reforestation recruits are not
che only ones who feel the urge
to “take to the woods.”
“Women are not dumb,” de
clares a feminist speaker, and
married men will not be in
clined to dispute her statement.
One who is able to score high
n an intelligence test is prob
ably too intelligent to waste
.'ime doing it.
PENALTY OF LYING
Dr. Anna Merill Gillham of j
Brighton, 111., has served for 50 j
/ears as a country doctor.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen of
Honda, former member of
Congress, was recently ap
pointed by President Roose
velt to be minister to Denmark.
Mrs. Phillip Handling, Jr., of
Hartford, is said to be Conn
ecticut’s only tree doctor.
Mrs. T. C. Billheimer, 92, of
Gettysburg, Pa., is one of the
few living persons who heard
President Lincoln deliver his
immortal Gettysburg address.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 7, 1923.
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J. S. Pitcher left on a busi
ness trip to Juneau.
Dave Allen returned from a
short visit in Rupert.
John Hovland is back from a
business trip to Rupert.
Ed. Stark was down this week
from the Riverside mine.
John Ryan has gone up to
join the Titan crew.
Charlie Olson has gone to
work with the tunnel contract
ors at the Indian.
Alex, and Chris. Gallagher
and Joe Mitchell , who have
been hand-logging about 25
miles down the canal, brought
:n this week 108,000 feet of
logs to the Hyder sawmill.
A fine specimen of the $700 j
gold ore recently uncovered by ;
Bill McGrew at the Alaska
Premier, is on display at Walt
er Blanton’s Northern Pool
Hall.
Jas. Nesbitt and Andy Archie j
his week received cash in full
payment for the Prince John I
?roup and the Red Bluff group,
Wm, Irwin being co-owner
with them in the latter proper
ty. The total consideration is j
$40,000, and is said to be the
laigest amount of cash ever
paid at one time on a mining I
deal in this district. The prop- j
erties involved were under
bond to Capt. C. A. McKenzie,
who assigned it to The Explor- ;
ation Company of New York,
said to be a powerful mining
organization.
Nesbitt and Archie also own
the Ruth and Francis group on
Glacier creek, which was also j
bonded by Capt. McKenzie for !
$50,000. Jimmy Nesbitt told
the Miner that this was the
fourth stake he had made pros-!
peeting, the other three being j
in Nevada.
INTERESTING NOTES
Influenza killed over 1,100
people in the United States in
one week recently.
—
There are more than 1,000,
000 big game animals in the
national forests of the United
States.
Australia, almost as large as
the United States, has a popu
lation of only a little more than
six and a half million.
China, according to an esti- i
mate based on coal, oil and
water-power as the three basic
elements of wealth, is potenti
ally the second richest country
in the world.
FRANK A. METCALF !
CIVIL t MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA ]
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