HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Ilydor, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
Chas. F. Sandford . Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Ilyder,
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 or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
rormation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Governmental Waste
It is a sad commentary on
the efficiency of governmental
methods that practically every
state and municipality in the
country is faced with a finan
cial crisis, as a result of mis
management or worse, while
the federal government exhib
its a mounting deficit.
Still, our countless depart
ments, bureaus and other agen
cies for the spending—and oft
en squandering—of tax money
clamor for more and more
funds. Bureaucrats lie awake
nights, it would seem, thinking
up new ways of spending the
public revenues, while legis
lators abo lose sleep trying to
discover new ways to impose
tax burdens. Through the op
eration of this vicious circle
the cost of government in the
United States has increased to
more than four times what it
was in 1913.
An increase of governmental
expenses from year to year is
to be expected, owing to the
growth of population and
wealth, but the rapidity of in
crease in recent years is en
tirely out of proportion to
that growth, even making
liberal allowance for the im
pioved public facilities which
have been provided.
Too much of the public mon
ey is devoted to purposes for
eign to the legitimate funct
ions of government. For ex
ample, hundreds of millions of
dollars are appropriated for
bringing more farm land un
der cultivation through irriga
tion, while other hundreds of
millions are appropriated in an
effort to aid in disposing of
the surplus farm crops that
are raised on the land already
under cultivation.
The mania for invesigation
is costing the taxpayers many
millions, with practically no re
•ulting benefit to anyone. Still,
other millions are expended in I
I the attempted enforcement of
a multitude of laws and regu
lations of doubtful advantage
to the public.
All this governmental waste
will continue until the taxpay
ers themselves are aroused to
the point of calling a halt,
through relegating to private
life the legislators and other
officials who are responsible
for it.
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Meeting That Deficit
Commenting on the probab
ility that the United States
: government will find itself
I faced with a billion dollar
deficit, the Wallace Press
Times says:
“The United States govern
ment faces the prospect of a
, deficit for the year of as much
1 as a billion dollars, the biggest
on record in peace times, and
as big as a total expenditures
used to be a couple of decades
ago. Naturally there has been
talk of higher taxes to meet
the deficit. But leaders of the
-wo major parties, getting to
gether the other day to talk
he matter over, agreed that
.his would be a very unfortu
nate step, not to be taken if
.here were any other recourse.
“Some have suggested heav
er taxes for the rich, others
heavier taxes for those now
paying little or nothing to the
government. Either class
would find such a levy burden
some at this time and general
business might suffer from it.
“There is hardly an Ameri
can citizen today, rich or poor,
aid Senator Harrison of Mis
issippi, ranking democrat on
he senate finance committee,
“whose earnings have not been
gieatly diminished, and who is
not in worse condition to meet
his taxes than formerly. If any
other way can be found to
finance the government, such
a way should be adopted.”
‘‘He and others urge that the
government avoid the need of
new taxes by “slowing up liq
uidation of the national debt.”
The government has been pay
ing off its debt at a rate which
almost equals the enticipated
deficit. Foreign war debts pay
ments to our government could
be applied to this purpose.
| There will be time to wipe out
the national debt when times
| improve.”
Just for Fun
Habit gets a fellow. Many a
father worked his way through
; college and is now working
his boy’s way through.
I _
Son: “Pass the butter.”
Mother (reprovingly) : “If
what?”
Son: “If you can reach it.”
; Judge: “How is it you haven’t
I a lawyer to defend you?”
Prisoner: “As soon as they
| discovered that I hadn’t stolen
i the money they wouldn’t have
' anything to do with the case.”
! Freshman: “We sure have a
! fine landlady. She saved me
the tenderest part of the chick
! en when I was late for dinner
yesterday.”
Soph : “What part was that?”
Freshman: “The gravy.”
Young Wife: “I must apol
ogize for the cake I made dear.
I think I left out something.”
j Husband: “Nothing you left
out could make a cake taste
like this. It’s something you
| put in.”
Boss: “A man is never older
than he feels. Now this morn-j
| ing I feel as fresh as a two
i year-old.”
Steno (sweetly) : “Horse or
egg?”
Heavy Stranger (returning to
| theater between acts) “Did I
itiead on your toes as we went
out?”
Seated Man (Grimly) : You
did, sir.”
Heavy Stranger (to wife) :
“That’s l ight, Matilda, this i.< !
: our place.”
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Slips That Pass in The Night
A Prince Rupert paper, re j
porting the demise of a local !
resident, remarks as follows:
“There was a large attend
ance at the funeral this after
, noon from the Presbyterian
i Church of Harvey Franklin j
1 Fraser, whose death occurred j
so tragically a few days ago, j
Rev. W. Grant Hollingsworth j
officiating.”
What’s New?
French interests claim to have !
developed a sound projector \
that will reproduce sound .films |
of any make.
A. H. J. Wright, an English
inventor, has perfected a fire-!
proof automobile body of as- ^
bestos construction.
A tree-planting machine that
can plant trees 6 feet apart on
a 10-acre area in a day has
been invented.
The newest type of window
glass can be rolled up and cut
with shears.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
July 27, 1921
1
Clue man dead, half a score j
injured—two seriously—four i
buildings destroyed and prop- j
erty loss approximately twelve
thousand dollars, is the toll
taken by a fire which started
in the Hotel Beach about 2 o’- >
clock last Saturday morning,
spread with such rapidity that
for a time it appeared as
though only a miracle could
save the entire built-up portion
of the tide flats.
The fire was caused by the
explosion of a kerosene lamp
in room 10 in the center of the
hotel. Fred Card, who lost
his life, was sleeping in a front
room and apparently did not
awaken, the flames and smoke
racing down the hallway and
overpowering him in bed.
There were 11 rooms in the
hotel and all were occupied.
Most of the occupants lost
what belongings they had
| with them, some making their
I escape without a stitch of
j clothing. Mrs. Helen Estmere,
j who conducted the hotel, and
| Lance Crane, both succeeded
in reaching the top of the
stairs with water but could do
; nothing toward subduing the
| flames and had just time to
j get out of the building.
T'he Arctic Cigar Store ad
joining the hotel was quickly
ablaze but most of the con
tents were taken out. Tiie law
office and living quarters of
I sunamacher and homo
and carpenter shop of Max
Priebe had no possible chance,
so the former was dynamited.
The three-story Alaskan Hotel,
the next building to the west
was saved by the power pump
and hose which Scotty Patter
i son brought into action as soon
i as the fire started. The Miner’s
; Hotel was ablaze time after
! time but was saved by a buck
I et brigade which refused to
| give ground in spite of the ter
rific heat.
One of the ladders on the
hotel on which Sam Potts, Fe
ix Seppi and Holger Johnson
were working tore loose from
the ridge pole and the three
men fell to the tide flats, a
I distance of 40 feet or more. No
! one can figure out how they
escaped mortal injury. Potts
! was severely bruised but no
bones broken; Johnson suffer
ed a severely strained ankle
and may not use his foot for
weeks, and Seppi was cut
! across the temple and had one
shoulder injured but kept on
working. Upward of a dozen
others were cut by glass or
burned by boiling tar that
dropped from the eaves.
John Lindsay, owner of the
Hotel Beach, was the heaviest
loser, about •$7,500. Other los
ses were approximately: Nick
Bieler and Fred Stanley, Arct
ic Cigar Store and personal be
longings, $2,000; C. II. Sund
macher, $500; Max Priebe,
$300, Mrs. Estmere, $400;
Alaska Hotel, $250. Many also
lost personal belongings, one
roomer at the Beach leaving
$250 in bills under his pillow.
Considerable damage was also
done to windows by the dyna
mite explosions.
W. J. Crawford’s new livery
bam on the forest reserve is
finished and stocked with
horses.
Mrs. Helen Bell, who recent
ly purchased the Broadwell
building, intends to open one
of her famous “Style Shops,”
in that structure.
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