The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
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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The Storekeeper*.
Those of us who are past mid
dle age can remember wh^n
the kindly neighbor whose job
it was rio sell the necessities of
life was known as a store keep
er. The name was quite appro
priate. He bought a stock of
goods, hung out his sign, some,
times, and waited for his
neighbors and friends to drop
in and buy.
Later on his son inherited the
business, if it had not gone to
the wall, adopted a slightly
more aggressive a'ttitude to
ward the securing of trade, and
called himself a merchant.
Here and there a venturesome
soul began to really study bus
iness methods and actually
plan for greater volume and a
wider trade radius. Some be
came real business men and
reaped rich rewards.
Later still, the department
store and mail order houses
came into existence, recently
followed by the chain stores,
which now seem to menace the
small merchant, and even
threaten to drive him out of
business.
In spite of these revolution
ary developments, however,
thousands of independent mer
chants are making money to
day. They are doing it through
adopting scientific methods of
buying and selling, through the
employment of systematic ac
counting, through a study of
their customers’ requirements,
and through advertising.
But a great many scorn such
newfangled ideas, and stay in
\.he rut in which their fore
fathers ran their course. They
are headed for bankruptcy and
don’t know why. But to any
one with a fundamental know
ledge of modern business prac
aices the reason is plain. These
failures are not business men,
nor even merchants—they are
only storekeepers.
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Red Tape for Cupid
While certain publicists de
plore the reluctance of young
people to marry, other uplift
ers are busying themselves
with plans for making it hard
er for those who are matrimon
ially inclined.
An example of the latter ac
tivity is seen in the recom
mendations of the . Women’s
City Club of New York, which
has been investigating the sub
ject. Among other things it is
recommended that girls under
16 be not permitted to marry
except upon the consent of a
judge. Also that no one of any
age be allowed to wed until 5
days after the license is issued.
There may be sound logic
back of the first restriction,
but the wisdom of'the latter is
assuredly an open question. To
require mature persons to ob
tain marriage license 5 days
ahead of the wedding date
would undoubtedly result in
much inconvenience and possi
bly embarrassment.
However, a glance at the
personnel of the investigating
committee is hardly convincing
as to its competency to pre
scribe red tape for the restrict
ion of Cupid, anyway. There
are five members of the com
mittee—all unmarried women
of the age at which ladies are
sometimes referred to as old
maids.
Just for Fun
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.. .FUN .FUN .
Tom: “I thought your secre
tary was a blonde?”
Jerry: “She was, but she’s
gone off the gold standard.”
We can understand why a
fool and his money are soon
parted, but where he gets it is
what puzzles us.
"Where did you meet your
wife?”
"I didn’t meet her. She over
took me.”
Silas: “There goes Hi Smith.
Hi ain’t the man he used to
be.”
Zeke: “No, an’ gol dern him,
he never was.”
“Rastus, I see your mule has
‘U. S.' branded on his hind
quarters. Was he in the army.”
“No, boss, dat ‘U. S.’ don’t
2tand fo’ Uncle Sam, hit means
Unsafe.”
Alaska Sourdough (on his
first trip Outside in 25 years) :
“Jest as I expected! They’ve
gone to selling the weather!”
Second Ditto: Watclia mean
sellin’ the weather?”
“Mean? Jest look at that
sign: ‘August Fur Sale’ ”
Discoursing on the evils of
drink in a Harlem church re
cently, the minister of a colored
church said: “Drink, breth
ern, is the greatest curse of
the country. It makes you
quarrel with your neighbors,
it makes you shoot at your
landlord, and it makes you
miss him.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AEO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
February 22, 1924.
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Jimmy Nesbitt, well known
old timer, went south in con
nection with his mining inter
ests.
Two robins showed up in Hy
der Sunday and of course every
one is looking for an early
spring.
It was reported from appar
ently reliable sources that the
Glacier Creek Mining Co., one
of the earhest incorporations
of the camp, contemplated re
newing operations, after lying
dormant for a matter of ten
years.
Dan MacLeod, miner, was
killed in mysterions manner
while falling a tree at the In
dian mine Februry 18. While
hurrying away from the fall
ing tree he was in some un
known manner struck on the
back of the head, although not
by the tree, and sustained a
fractured skull from which he
died two days later.
Jack Crawford, Al. Kelly,
Ernest Mustow and Chas. Beal
of Stewart, came in from Bjw
ser lake, where they wrent last
fall to trap, but found their
plans spoiled by exceptionally
heavy snow.
Specimens from the Dunwell
carrying free gold, native silver
and argentine are coming down
daily and have caused much
enthusiasm regarding the fu
ture of the property, which ap
pears well on the way to be
coming a real mine. The high
grade ore shoot is 10 feet wide
in the north cross cut in No. 3
tunnel and 5 feet wide in the
south crosscut. The depth is
500 feet on the dip of the vein.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
Two men find in a cellar an
eight-gallon cask full of wine,
also an empty five-gallon and
an empty three-gallon cask.
They wish to measure out two
lots of four gallons each. How
can it be accomplished?
A man spent one-half of his
money and \'-> cent more at the
first store. At the second
store he spent one-haff of what
he then had and Vs> cent more,
and repeated the operation at
a third and fourth store, and
had nothing remaining. How
much did he have at first?
(Answers next week)
Answers to last problems
The Bottle and Cork —
$1.05 and 5.
The heirs and the Sheep —
Borrow one sheep, give 10, 5
and 4, (making 19) to the
heir3, return the borrowed
sheep.
The Miller —
One and one-ninth bushels.
FRANK A. METCALF
am ft MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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Hyder *
Methodist Episcopal *
Church *
Rev. F. Bushfield, Pastor. * |
Hyder Methodiat Episcopal Church *
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. •
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
Everyone is cordially invited to •
the services. •
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