HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
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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Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
iormation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
The Wickersham Report
i
One of the most contradict- j
ory reports ever made by a
responsible body was that of;
TV uliutti vvattutlvcl***
on prohibition, submitted a
few days ago. So far from
agreement were the members
of the commission that separ
ate individual reports were
made by several of them in
addition to the ambiguous doc
ument presented by the com
mission as a whole.
Briefly summarizing the
individual opinions expressed (
by the eleven members, it may
be said that none gave perm- ,
anent approval to the Eigh- .
teenth Amendment and the (
Volstead law. Five members |
advocate giving the present
law a further trial, four mem- J
bers favor immediate revision
and two members favor repeal j
All in all, the various views
expressed would rather seem \
to muddle the situation, rather ;«
than clarify it. s
. There is little indication that t
they would have much effe»tis
upon public opinion one way t
or another. The main repo-i1
is rather “dry” in its conch,- c
sions, while the individual ra-. f
ports are preponderant’) | a
“wet.” g
That enforcement has beer, n
far from satisfactory is admit- f
ted byr all the members, while c
six of the eleven seem to feel {z
that adequate enforcement" of si
the present law is impossible, tl
Senator Borah aptly describ- w
ed the reactions of wets and si
drys by saying that the com- C
missions general conclusions ir
were vary satisfactory to the ti
drys, while the conclusions or )
individual members were very j i<
satisfactory to the wets. 0
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Silver
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and vv
While the lead, zinc
copper producers are having
their own troubles with inani
mate markets, the plight of
Silver has been receiving more
public attention, and remedies
inumerable have been suggest
eu* xvtjttciuiig Hie luwesi puct*
yet recorded only a few weeks
ago, no one is certain that the
price of Silver is not going
lower still. The chief among
the variety of reasons put for
ward as to why Silver, a once
precious metal, is now a com
modity is that which is put for
■vord as the reason for the low
arices of other metals; namely,
>ver-production. Were Silver
is scarce as it once was, it
vould now have the same rel
itive value as it had then. On
he other hand, the cause of
he suiplus of metallic silver
md consequent low prices is
lamed by equally good auth-!
nities on the Government of
ndia in dumping millions of
unces on/the market and
chose intentions are to dump
till further millions as they
ee tit. Bad trade is placed as f
he cause of low silver and low j
liver is given as the reason for j
ad trade. And so forth.
It is when it comes to the
ure for the lack of demand
ar Silver that the public im
gination runs riot. The huge
liver loan proposed for Chi
a—without China’s asking
>r it—caused that astute I
Duntry to request the stabili- I
ation of the price. They have I
lver in plenty already. What 1
ley want is a value for it
hich will remain relatively
able. Like other countries, (
hina has no love for dump- *
ig the products of other coun- 1
es within her borders. Short- t
after the proposal was moot- <
1 to loan her these hundreds 1
’ millions of silver with which
buy wheat, a duty against s
'reign wheat and rice was |
imediately proposed. What
hina wants, what India t
ants, what Canada wants, i
what United States wants and
what Great Britain wants is a
value placed upon silver which
will enable it to be mined at a
profit, and which will enable
the silver-using-countries’ cur
rency to have sufficient value
to permit them to purchase
manufactured goods of the
gold standard countries. Then
everyone would be pleased.
How is it to be done is the
question.—Mining and Indus
trial Record.
Just for Fun
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1st Sailor—Why does that big
i cannibal look at us so intently?
2nd Sailor— I expect he’s the
food inspector!
Prisoner—I’ll do anything I
can, warden.
Warden—Well, don’t put your
! self out.
Sen—Father, I’ve a notion to
; settle down and raise chickens.
Father—Better try owls, their
j hours would suit you better.
—
i It’s fine to see those old pals,
Coolidge and Davis, and Hoov
er and Smith—all rooting for
| the Red Cross.
I _
Fiom the size of the Con
gressional Record we infer
that there is no unemployment
' among government printers.
_
The president of China got
religion some weeks ago, but
not having heard that any
thing came of it, we suspect
■ it was a mild attack.
mnaoerg went bareheaded ;
to receive the Legion of Honor I
decoration. If we ever get it j
we’ll have to, for no hat will
be big enough.
A private in the army of the '
unemployed was overheard to
say: “If the wolf keeps howl
ing at my door I’m gonna shut
him up in the pantry and let
him starve to death.
Aint it The Truth (
The Wickersham commis-j,
sion’s report recalls the com-1 ,
pany of infantry who were I
being harangued by their gal- !
lant Irish Captain just before i,
going into battle. “Bhoys,” he
shouted, “will ye fight or will (
ve run?” And the men yelled,
“We will!” Mr. Hoover asked
he Wickersham commission, ^
‘Are you wet or are you dry?” , j
And almost two years later the j
embatted 11 murmer, “We
ire,”
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INTERESTING NOTES 1
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Railway labor unions are ^
rreparing to launch an organ- a
zed campaign to secure a 6
tour day as their solution of “
he unemployment problem.
Light experts of the Bureau j
T Standards have found that
he average useful life of an
dectric bulb is 1,000 hours_
he equivalent of 42 days of
ontinuous lighting at rated
Tficieney.
Bulbs frequently give con
iderable longer service, how
ver, because the load on the
’Ulb is reduced during those
periods, usually at night, when
he voltage is heavily drawn
ipon.
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For the next five years the
Chinese government will admit
all imported airplane parts
and accessories free of duty
in order to stimulate aviation.
A blue fox farm on the
Aleutian Islands which ha3
more than 6,000 foxes is said
to be the largest farm of its
kind in the world.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
February 16, 1921.
Commenting no doubt upon
the predilections of some of
his own customers, Editor
“Rube” Hull quoth as follows:
“Some folks labor under the
delusion that the chief function
of a newspaper is to roast
somebody. These are the ones
who never like to come out in
the open themselves.”
Rozie was advertising prunes
at two-bits a pound.
Bill Tooth has reopened his
ice mine on the road mid-way
between Hyder and Stewart
and H. A. Allen has been busy
with his dog team hauling the
congealed harvest.
The ice mine can be worked
only in weather for some ob
scure reason, the icicles of
which it is composed refusing
to form in the summer. The.
principal tools used in develop
ing the property are an axe, a
ladder and a crosscut saw.
Harry Allen and Jack Grey
have gone into the ice-contract
ing business, cutting up the big
icicles that form on the cliffs
along the Hyder-Stewart road.
W. H. Tolin acquired the
controlling interest and man
agement of the King Edward
Hotel in one of the largest real-;
estate transactions in recent
years.
The big masquerade ball of
the Alaska Pioneers was the
event of the season and drew
a packed house. Mrs. W. II. 1
Tolin won the prize of $20 for
rest sustained lady character.
Phe gentlemans’ prize for the
<ame character went to Mar
tin Smith, who also won the
uust ungmai costume prize. I
Hie best group prize was tak- J
n by Mesdames Harry Thom- |
■y and Mclltomey. The win- j
lers were determined by pop- [
liar vote.
“Rozie” advertised asstd.
■aimed vegetables and canvas
rloves at 23 cents per.
Joe Ulmer was a visitor in
amp.
A boxed motor weighing
3,500 pounds was hauled to
he Premier by C. W. (‘‘Black
s’’) Knox with a six-horse
earn.
Lon Doggett has acquired
he proprietorship of the
leven-mile road house.
H. W. M. Rolston acquired
lartin Smith's interest in the
'ortland Canal News of Stew
rt.
Historical Dates Next Week
eby. 22—Washington
born 1732
23— John Quincy
Adams died. 1848
24— Cuban Revolt
began 1895 :
25— -First revolver
patented. 183f |
26— Longfellow
born. 1807
27— 15th Constitutional |
Amendment. 1869
28— American Railroad
Chartered. 1827
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