HOW— =
TREE AND PLANT “SEXES”
MAY HE DISTINGUISHED.—
Iu most plants the stamens and
pistils are borne together In the
same flowers, which are said to
lie perfect or hermaphrodite. In
some cases, however, like birches
and oaks, they are borne in sepa
rate flowers on tlie same plant,
when they tire said to be monoe
cious. In any case only tlie sta
mens and pistils show structural
differences connected with the dif
ferent sexes of the cells they pro
duce, and the plant itself shows
no trace of sex. In a few kinds
of plants, however, tlie stamlpnte
and pistillate flowers are borne
upon separate plants (are dioe
cious,) in which case the plants
are somewhat naturally, though
not quite correctly, described as
male and female. Ordinarily there
is no determinable difference,
aside from the (lowers, between
such plants, but occasionally, as iu
date palms, some willows and a
lew others, there is a marked dif
ference in aspect between stami
nate and pistillate individuals, thus
giving a structural basis to the
terms male and female ns applied
to plants. Here, however, is the
limit reached by plants in their
sexual differentiation, though the
higher animals have gone a little
further, for in them the male and
female sex cells are always borne
by different individuals, which
are distinguished, not only by
their very different sexual organs,
but also by correlated differences
in habits, occupations, disposi
tions. aspect, stature and other
visible features.
How Bacteria Contribute
to Life’s Continuation
With the ileiith of h plant or iiniiiiiil
complicated chemical compounds are
locked up in the body cell, ami as
such they are not assimilable as food
by succeeding forms of life. If this
condition persisted it would not take
long for the available chemical ele
ments to become inaccessible to living
forms, and life as it exists on the
earth could not continue.
Bacteria play a part that allows the
cycle of chemical substances to pro
gress. They unlock the cells of dead
plants and animals so that simple
compounds pass off into the air or
soil and can then be used by other
forms. This is done by bacteria pri
marily while they are making the
food available to themselves, but is
done far in excess of their own needs.
It is accomplished by means of sub
stances secreted by the bacteria, and
is commonly recognized as fermenta
tion, putrefaction, and decay. The
success of this biological function de
pends on the presence of suitable
moisture and temperature conditions,
on tlie ability of many varieties of
bacteria to take effective part, and on
the ubiquity of capable bacteria. By
this means bacteria aid in the con
tinuation of life on the earth.
How Electric Clock Work*
The master clock, which makes prac
ticable the use of electricity for accu
rate timekeeping, regulates the fre
quency of the alternating current so
that there is a definite number of al
ternations of current per second. The
electric household clock lias neither
springs nor escapements, but in t heir
stead is a tiny synchronous motor, the
speed of which is determined by the
rapidity of the alternations of current.
The motor is connected by n train of
gears to the bands of the clock. In
effect, the electric clock counts the
alternations of current and translates
them Into seconds, minutes and hours.
How Statue It Finished
A sculptor executes a model; an arti
san called a stonecutter is usually the
one to reproduce this model in marble.
Except fora few finishing touches, the
sculptor does not touch the marble re
production of bis model. For example
the stonecutters who are famous as j
the I’iccirilli brothers actually carved I
the figure of Lincoln by Daniel flies- !
ter French which is in the Lincoln me
morial. It is true that certain of these j
brothers are so fine that they are
above the artisan class and are among
the well-known sculptors of the mod
ern American school.—Washington
Star.
How Iceberg* Vary
The size of icebergs varies. They
may be a hundred or more feet high
with crests or “minarets” from 200 to
"no feet above the base, which may he
hundreds of yards in length. In the j
Kennedy channel, freely followed an
Iceberg which was estimated to be 15
miles long, over 100 feet thick and of
unknown breadth. A huge iceberg
sighted by the bark Emil Julius in
1SS4 towered about 1.700 feet above
the sea. Only about one-eightn'or ouc
ninth of the mass lies above the wa
ter.
How Day I> Divided
Dawn is first light, daybreak; morn
ing is the day from dawn till noon or
tlie noonday uveal; noon is twelve
o'clock in the day; afternoon Is the
time from noon to evening; evening Is
the close ot the day, especially sun
I set; and night is the dark period be
! tween day nnd night.
How Inscription* Are Made
Inscriptions in gold or silver are ac
complished with a hot electric pencil
that writes with beat through metal
foil.
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Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, "caveat emptor,” which means “let
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and from
home-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commun
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out o'
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefit
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards of
buying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upon
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community the
fruits of his industry and his community's patronage.
i There never has been a time in the history of this comunity when
patronage of the local merchants and other business institutions was
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present.
I With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands in
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
;; The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
ant who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urge
the merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper is
the camp's best advertisement and its principal means of letting the world
know why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture*with
a heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
as a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the news
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
ind betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington, D. C,
August 29, 1932
The new secretary of com
merce, Roy D. Chapin, has a
particular interest to the peop
le of Alaska because of his sup
! ervislon of the fisheries of the
Territory and of the States,
and of which he says: “Our
Bureau of Fisheries fosters and
protects a natural resource
which supports an industry
that is the means of livelihood
for half a million of our peop
le.’’ Over the radio the other
evening, Secretary Chapin
gave a very cheerful epitome
of improved trade sentiment
and predicted that “With a
distinct change in spirit in re- j
cent weeks, America is on the J
way to win the fight for eeo-;
nomic revival.” He added,
“There is no doubt that a new j
and aggressive mood is grip
ping the country; a mood more
typical of American buoyancy
and fighting spirit. The bar
r a g e of economic forces
against us appears to be weak- j
ening.”
Secretary Chapin sees a bas- j
is for recovery in the “driving i
spirit of the people,” plus I
measures being invoked by the |
Reconstruction Finance Corp-1
oration, the Federal Reserve j
Board in credit expansion, and
the Home Loan Bank Board.
Predicting that the next six
months will be momentous in
the history of the United States
Mr. Chapin pointed out that
the conference of business
leaders to be held in Washing
[ton “means much to industry,
[agriculture and labor.”
Almost entirely owned by the
government, the Territory of
Alaska is vitally interested in
the consideration extended to
it by Congress. For that reas
on there is naturally much ap
[ prehension as to just what at
titude may be taken by the ma
jority leadership in the House
when Congress convenes at the
coming short session in Decem
ber.
That there will be further
economies in appropriations
and expenditures is evident
from an expression that has
just been given by Represent
ative Joseph W. Barnes, of
Tennessee, chairman of the
House committee on appropri
ations, who says: “We are go-'
ing to start cutting appropriat
ions to the very bone from the [
beginning of the session. The j
country demands further re- :
trenchment in Federal expend
itures and the committee will
comply.”
Delegate Wickersham has
many friends among both po
litical parties and has high
hopes that he may be able to j
previal upon Congress to ex-1
tend fair treatment to Alaska
and not to sacrifice the best in
terests of a patient people and
a deserving territory by reck
lessly curtailing needed ex- [
penditurea that are material to '
the development of a land rich
in nature’s resources.
Dr. Gustav Egloff reported
to the American Chemical So
ciety that as a result of his
work in the laboratory of the
Universal Oil Products Co.,
Chicago, sixty per cent of the
oil of the Pribloff fur-bearing
seal is anti-knock gasoline. He
fuither says that the same seal
also yields twelve per cent of
ar-phal suitable for road mak
ing'; seven per cent of oil which
can operate Diesel engines;
sixteen per cent of good illum
iinating gas; live per cent wat
er.
As there isn’t any demand
for anti-knock gas among the
Eskimos, the research has two
direct values. For one thing,
it is part of a series reported
by Dr. Egloff showing that
many available natural prod
ucts can be converted quite un
expectedly into gasoline-,-if and
when the world needs them.
Wood from plain trees is one
of these resources, he has pre
viously reported. Cottonseed is
another.
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anything in jewelry at short notice.
The Hyder Herald now only $3.00 a
year. Subscribe to it.
Why shiver while waiting for the
fire to start? Use old papers from
the Herald Office.
1
RADIO PROGRAM
Iv O M O
• FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
I (Owing to poor reception (luring the
i earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
| programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
6 P. M.
Sunday, September 18.
6:15 The Old Singing Master
6:45 Sunday at Seth Parker’s
7:15 People’s Bank & Trust.
7:30 Schwabacher Program.
8:00 Stoess Orchestra, NBC.
8:30 Readers Guide, NBC.
9:00 Union Oil Co. Progarm
9:30 St. Francis Orchestra.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Paul Carson, Organist.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, September 19.
6:00 National Radio Forum.
6:30 Demi Tasse Review.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Maxwell House Program
7:30 Musical Memories.
8:00 G. Washington Program.
8:30 Best Foods Program.
8:45 Vocal Recital.
9:00 Gold Shield Symphony.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Vic Meyers Music.
11:15 Organ Recital, NBC.
11 :30 The Rythain Vendors.
12:00 Silent.
t'uesday, September 20.
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Or.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Memory Lane, NBC.
7 :45 Vocal Ensemble.
8 :00 Paul Whiteman Band.
8:45 John and Ned, NBC.
9:00 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
9:30 The Story Teller, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Vic Meyers’ Music.
11:15 St. Francis Orchestra.
11:30 Hotel Marimar Orch.
12:00 Silent.
Wednesday, September 21.
6:00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
6:o0 Fisher Mills Program.
6:45 Vocal Recital.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Maxwell Tune Blenders.
7 :30 Wesson Oil Co. Program
8:00 Fireside Melodies.
8 :30 Best Foods Program.
8:45 Fisher Mills Program.
! 9:00 Schwabacher Program.
9:15 Goodyear Program.
9:45 Out of the East, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 P. S. P. & L. Program
11:15 Vic Meyers’ Music.
12 :00 Silent
Thursday, September 22.
G-:00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
: 7 :00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Caswell Coffee Concert.
! 7:30 P. S. P. & L. Program.
7:45 Stringwood Ensemble.
8 :00 Fisher Mills Co.Program
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 Reveries.
9:45 Male Quartet.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Vic Meyers’ Music.
11:15 St. Francis Orchestra.
11:30 Hotel Marimar Orch.
12 :00 Silent
Friday, September 23.
6:00 Paul Whiteman Band.
6:30 Phantom of Crestwood.
6:45 Soloist, NBC.
7 :00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7 :15 Maxwell House Program
7 :30 Gilmore Circus, NBC.
8 :30 Best Foods Program.
8:45 Fisher Mills Program.
9:00 Mozart Concert Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Vic Meyers’ Music.
11:15 St. Francis Orchestra.
11:30 Hotel Marimar Orch.
12:00 Silent
!ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Dan Crew, resident of Fair
banks for many years, died re
cently in his cabin near that
point.
Mrs. Nellie Yeager Lamp
son, died recently at Fairbanks
and was buried at Chitina. De
ceased was an oldtime road
house keeper at Lower Tonsini
on the Richardson Highway.
A big potato crop is assured
the farmers of Fairbanks. The
hay crop will also be good and
barley and rye are reported to
be ripe. Wheat and oats are
turning ripe and garden crops
are unusualy good.
One hundred and twenty-five
on-- of mining equipment and
jeneral supplies have been
moved over the Wasilla road
o the property of the Gold
i op Syndicate. An additional
200 tons will be freighted in
before October 1 and many
more men added to the 18 now
on the payroll.
A search party consisting of
Merle LaVoy and Andy Tay
lor, recently found the body
of Theodore Koven on the
lopes of Mt. McKinley at an
levation of 11,000 feet. The
body of Allen Carpe, who lost
his life at the same time, could
not be found. The men met
death by falling into a crevasse
on Muldrow glacier.
The carcass of a huge whale
nearly 75 feet in length drifted
ashore near Clam gulch in the
Korea Bend section recently.
The big mammal was of the
sulphur bottom variety.
| Eighty per cent of the world’s
.supply of seal skins were
hipped recently to St. Louis
to be tanned, dyed and sold at
auction, i ne total take of
=eal skins from the'P”'hlof Is
lands this year was 49,334.
Clyde M. Ellis, of Cordova,
was elected department com
mander of the Alaska branch
of the American Legion at the
convention held in Fairbanks
a few days ago. Other officers
elected included J. T. Petrich,
of Juneau, department adju
tant; H. M. Sides, Juneau, de
partment finance officer; E.
M. Campbell, Wrangell, first
vice commander; L. J. Chil
berg, Seward, second vice com
mander; Jas. P. Delaney, An
chorage, judge advocate; E.
M. Polley, Juneau, executive
committeeman at large; Stan
ley J. Nichols, McGrath, his
orian; D. L. Barr, Cordova,
■.ervice officer; Dwight M.
Chase, Ketchikan, chaplain;
Ralph P. Reeser, Fairbanks,
)ast departmental commander
ind national executive com
mitteeman. The next convent
on will be held at Cordova.
Saturday, September 24.
G:00 Lucky Strike Program.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Rythmatic Shadows.
8:00 Fisher Blend Program.
8:30 Spotlight Review.
10:00 Vic Meyers’ Music.
11:00 St. Francis Orchestra.
11:30 Hotel Marimar Orch.
12:00 Silent