The Hyder Weekly Heraid
Established 1924
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Hey! Listen!
“I have ju t discovered the
shameful exility of the English
language, i bs poverty oif ex
pression, its inadequacy as a
mental exchange medium, its
utter inability to describe wha!
it were a crime to leave un
catalogued.
We have a great many vit
riolic. sesquipedalion words,
even what the Germane are
wont to gall ‘thunder words”;
but nrme of them, either singly
or in combinations’, can by the
grace of inflection or poetic li
cense, be made to answer my
purpose. I want a real nice
word vvi.h which to signify
something awfully nasty; but
would, for this occasion only,
dispense with euphemism were
it sufficiently expressive. I
must have a word woven of a
warp of shame and a woof of
infamy by some foul Duessa
plying her loom among the
damned—a word that will sig
nify a faeherless two-legged
animal who is neither man nor
ape; whose soul is but the sus
pirati.cn of a sick buzzard and
who-e cerebral convolutions
the writhing of malodorous
maggots; who is a criminal and
not confined, a lazar an l not
compelled to cry “unclean”:
a creature o foul that were
Doll Tear, hee; his mother, Fal
tatr his father, and perdition
h!s birthplace, he would shame
hi hameless darn, disgrace hi
gracek • sire, and dishonor his
honorless country.”
No, gentle reader, this is net
a screaming diatribe from the
pen of Brand, “the Iconoclast”
nor yet the effusion " of some
mind-warped inmate cf a nut
college.
It is merely She closing re
mark- of II: n. Charles V. Tru
ax, of Ohio in denouncing a?
opponent of soldiers’ bonu:
legislation, as presented in that
grand old comic journal, the
Congressional Record.
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Rev. Henry R. Cross, former
local minister, has been ap
pointed to the pastorate of the
IvIeithodiTt Episcopal Church in
Omak. Washington, according
to advices received in Juneau.
Say# Silver Bill Stop
To Real Silver Measure
William A. Hesse, Territorial
Highway Engineer, ardent bi
metallist, and recognized as
the (foremost authority in Alas
ka on the history of silver as,a
money metal, sees in the re
cently enacted silver purchase
act only a “sop to stop a real
silver measure.”
In a recent letter to a local
friend, Mr. Hesse discusses the
measure as follows:
“Well, Congress has passed
the silver bill and I presume
the President signed it with
gusto' and a flourish.
“If the bill has any merit at
all I do not profess to see it.
It is more sop to stop a real
ilver measure.
“I made up my mind a long
lime ago that there was so
much confusion over the silver
quo tion in both Houses ol
Congress that any worthwhile
legislation affecting silver was
impossible.
Many members in b o t h
branches of Congress who pro
test’ to understand the silver
question, and who profess tc
favor it, are, in my opinion,
s i m p 1 y throwing monkey
wrenches.
“I am satisfied, however,
that there are members in bcll'h
Houses who are sincere on the
ilver question and who be
lieve that this act will consti
tute a starting point for fur
ther and better silver legislat
ion. but I confess my inability
' o see it.
“We have had two silver pur
chasing acts; the Bland-Allison
Act of 1878 and the Sherman
Purchasing Act of 1890, both
of which were dismal failures
and, as one speaker said in the
recent debates, the repeal of
the Sherman Act constituted a
tronger declaration for bi
metallism than does the pres
ent silver act.
“When members of Cangresr
are not able to recognize the
| difference between silver as a
I commodity and silver with the
i money function attached, the
i whole case is hopeless.
“My prayer? now are tha
all the nations will destroy the
money function of gold. 1
would like to have these wor
shipers of gold see .it sink t
less than 25 cents an ounce
This it would do for the 'simple
reason that it dees not have the
inherent properties to make it
a’ valuable as silver is indust
rially. The Eastman company
alone uses 200 tons of rilvei
! annually for a purpose that
•old could never be used for.
vhile the salts of silver used in
nedicine could never be sup
olanted by gold.”
Mr. Hei-ce also expressed the
opinion that President Roose
velt ig and always was hostile
1 to silver, adding, “That is the
i reason we have never gotten
| a n y legislation. Congress
| would pass a real silver bill
over night if he would but give
LATE NEWS FLASHES
I
Gold shipments from Alaska
during first six months of the
year increased more than 100
per cent in dollar value over
last year, and about 32 percent i
more than the total number of i
ounces shipped out last year,
it was announced at Juneau.
The value of shipments for the
6 month’s period wais $5,749,
652.Return match for
welterweight title between
Ross, title holder, and McLar
nin, scheduled for September 6
. . . . Nikola Tisla announced
discovery of “force rays”
which can be set like a wall
around a nation’s borders to
render it impenetrable to mili
tary atitack. . . . Senator Bo’rah
will tour middle west in oppo
sition to NRA, which he asserts
is being operated for benefit
of big interests as oposed to
common people. . . . Fire of un
known origin destroyed ma
chine shopi? of Yukon Consoli
dated Gold Corporation, 9
miles east of Dawson, with loss
of $25,000_A. A. Shonbeck,
Anchorage, elected to succeed
John W. Troy as chairman of
Democratic Territorial Com
mittee. . . . Arthur Marsh, An
chorage postal clerk, conferred
theft of parcel post fur ship
ments at that point. . . . Dele
gate Dimond views ifoifheom
;ng flight by Army and Navy
planes to Alaska as a move
which “will demonstrate the
necessity for the establishment
of permanent military air
bases there.” . . . Daily pay in
crease of 35 cents for every
i employee and a six-day work
week, instead of seven day3,
voluntarily established July 1
by Alaska Juneau company
and approved by miners’ union
of Juneau. . . . Bronze memor
ial placque, honoring Alaskans
who loet their lives in World
War, was presented to Terri
tory by Alaska Federation of
Women’s Clubs and mounted
in Capitol at Juneau. . . . Re
turning Byrd expedition supply
ship reported loss of large
quantity of supplies landed on
ice and fears cf serious short
age before supply ships can re
turn. . . . Fur skins totaling
181,361, valued at $668,030,
were taken in British Columbia
last year. Beaver led with 13,
948 pelts, valued at $139,480.
. . . Immediate consolidation ot
halibut areas 2 and 3 and a
catch limit of 16,500 pounds
of fish per boat sought by Jun
eau Chamber of Commerce and
endorsed by Sitka.A sub
stantial financial load was re
moved from the Territory in,
the allotment by the PWA of
$87,900 to be used in the con
struction of the new Pioneers*
Heme at Sitka.
the word. But he will not do
so and the silver question is j
hopeless as long as he is Pres-!
ident.” y%\
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