HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telaphone No. X2
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm cr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Many Chances For Errors
Critics who find much satis
faction in complaining of the
typographical errors in the
Herald might refrain from
slamming the editor so hard
if they realized that there are
about 10,000 pieces of type in
the ordinary newspaper col
umn; that there are seven
wrong positions that a letter
may be put in; that there are
thus some 70,000 chances to
make an error in each column
of type set, and literally mil
lions of chances for transposit
ions.
In the short sentence, “to be
or not to be,” by transpositions
alone, it is possible to make 2,
759,022 errors, according to
the California Publisher.
Garden Tints
Poets and philosophers tell of
the satisfaction obtained from
cultivation of flower and vege
table gardens, but the practice
is not as general as could be
wished. In many places there
is much less gardening than
there was some years ago. Peo
ple appear to have too many
things they want to do in theii
spare time.
In many cities and towns,
however, the garden movement
has been pushed as a commun
ity proposition. People have
been urged, in a systematic
way, to decorate their grounds
with handsome shrubbery and
flowers, and some of these
communities have developed
an amazing amount of thk
beautification. Such towns be
come noted, and every minute
of time put in on those flower
beds is no doubt paid tor in the
higher value of real estate that
is established in such a town.
Home pride is the motive that
can best be relied upon to pro
mote the gardening movement
! People will usually do what ■
j their neighbors do. If you per
! suade one or two influential
: families on a stieet to spend a
little more time and money in
beautifying their places this
i season, the majority of thir
' neighbors would, within a year
or two, fall into line and do the
! same thing.
As respects vegetables, the
advantage of the back yard \
' garden ought to be obvious in
these times of high prices. Al
| so it may be said that the child
1 ten of the modern community
j do not have enough share in j
| home tasks, and it would do ,
j them good to have some regu
| lar labors in a garden and they
i could well do a good deal of its
work. But the older folks can
not expect them thus to labor
unless they also are willing to
1 do some stunts with the spade 1
| and hoe.
1 And we will add, by way of
Ipioving our earnestness in ad-1
vocating the home garden plot i
that we have established one of !
our own during recent days'
and arc looking eagerly for
' ward to the time that it will i
bring us a due reward of beau-!
cy and garden sass.
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Flying Hurt Business
Boston had its Babbitts in the
early days, as may be inferred
from an order prohibiting a
‘‘flying” exhibition in 1757, be
cause it attracted so much at
j tention as to take people from i
their business.
The Boston Gazette of Sept-!
ember 12, 1757, carried a not-1
ice saying that “John Childs,
has flown off most of the high
| est steepels in Old England,
and does intend this day and
two days following, to fly off
Dr. Cutler’s church, where he
hopes to give satisfaction to all
spectators.”
Later the same paper stated
that the “flight” was satisfact
ory, it consisting of sliding
down a rope sloping from the
steeple to a point on the
ground about 700 feet away.
But the paper added:
“As these performances led
many people from their busi
ness, John Childs is forbid fly
ing any more in the town.”
Just for Fun
Politicians, however, sow the
wind and expect to reap votes.
If a woman has so all-fired
much intuition, why does she
ask so many questions.
Lady Astor pays having a hus
band is a full time job.. And
how about being one.
Many have a fondness foi
rare old coins, but new ones
are rare enough for most of us
Advocates of strong national
defense believe that preparat
ions are cheaper than reparat
ions.
A humorists most serious bus
iness is trying to make folks
smile.
To our way of thinking, it’s
all right to entertain ideas, but
it’s better to give them a good
stiff workout.
Seems that most everything
will get delayed in the mail at
times, except bills.
Cat!
She: “Does Mabel let you kiss
her?”
Hs: “No, certainly not!.”
“I wonder why you are an ex
ception?”
And, speaking of relativity
again, Dr. Edna Heibreder de
clares that “an insane person
is just like a sane one—only
more so.”
Sally has a pretty shoulder,
Sally’s eyes are blue;
Sally has a pretty ankle;
Sally shows ’em, too.
Heard in the local barber
shop: “You’re next, lady.”
“Oh, not just yet! I’m just
looking around a bit. I’ll be
back later.”
Dr. Butler declared that there
is no great man living in the
world today, but he didn’t say
it in Rome.
Formerly they were called
common scolds and sentenced
to the ducking stool. Now they
are called reformers and put
on the lecture platform.
The reason some ideas die
quickly in some heads is be
cause they can’t stand solitary
confinement.
“Once,” says Pete Wilson,
“the men who roamed our
prairies marked their encount
ers with other men by notches
on their guns; now they use
dents in the fenders.”
A South Carolina coroner was
puzzled to account for the sud
den death of a negro which he
was called upon to investigate.
The darkey appeared to have
had good health and appetite
just prior to his demise, as the
evidence showed that he had
partaken of nine cans of sar
dines, a bottle of buttermilk, a
plate of spare ribs and two
boxes of crackers.
To secure conservation ap
pears to require a lot of con
versation.
WHAT’S NEW?
A. V. Ladue of the University
of California is the inventor of
an instrument called an auto
mobile stethescope with which
any ignition trouble may be
readily located.'
An automatic burglar alarm
cor banks for firing a volley of
blank cartridges to frighten
cobbers has been invented.
A new cigar container is ar
ranged to dry out cigars that
ire too moist, or by inserting a
wet blotter, will moisten them
when too dry.
Sound-proof boxes are used
by a California woman in
reaching canaries to sing, mak
ing it possible to shut out all
:: unds excepting those the
lirds are being taught to imi
tate.
Sheet metal covered with
highly polished nickel is being
used instead of glass for mir
rors.
Chas. Gay, who has a lion
farm near Los Angeles, uses
'be radio to calm the beasts
when they become nervous and
unruly.
Jewelry and dental waste
furnish the world the largest
.'.upply of secondary gold and
dlverware and photographic
waste the largest amount of
secondary silver. Secondary
metals are those distinguished
from metals derived directly
from ores.
INTERESTING NOTES
Dr. Mayo, famous Minnesota
urgeon, figures the value of
chemical substances in an av
erage man’s body is about 90
cents. His fat will make seven
bars of soap.
Spain has more sunny days
than any other country in Eu
rope.
Use of various natural waters
for the cure of disease has
been in vogue since the earliest
times.
A recently discovered medic
al treatise, written 1600 B. C.,
has a chapter on “How to
change an old man into a
young man of 20.”
A perfect specimen of arm
ored lizard, estimated to be 15,
000,000 years old, was discov
ered in Utah by a Carnegie ex
pedition.
Eight presidents of the United
States were slave - owners.1
Washington, Jefferson, Madi
son, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler,
Polk and Taylor. Johnson and
Grant had personal servants1
who were virtually slaves, but
never sold any.
“Pieces of eight” are old
Spanish dollars worth eight re-1
als, and bear the figure 8.
The deepest oil well ever
drilled is said to be one at San
ta Fe Springs, Cal., 9,357 feet
deep.
Only six northern states per
mitted negroes to vote at the
:lose of the Civil War in 1865.
Passenger, mail and express
planes now average only one
fatal accident for a million
miles of flying. Student, stunt
and pleasure flying death rates
are much higher.
The 1930 Catholic Directory
reports 20,078,,202 members
of that church in the United
States.
Tennessee is bounded by 8
states; Kentucky by 7.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
•Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
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