HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second A venue, Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford and Louise Sandford
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
A CHECK TO CRIME.
The rapid increase of crime
in this country is an ever grow
ing menace to society for
which some remedy should be
discovered. If unchecked, the
ill effects of this menace will
lead to an end which is not
pleasant to contemplate. The
dockets of our courts are ov
erburdened; prisons and cor
rectional institutions are taxed
to the limits of their capacity._
Statistics recording the nation’s
homicide record, by Frederick
L. Hoffman, consulting sta
tistician for the Prudential In
surance Co., show that of the
37,000,000 residents of 136
American cities the homicide
death rate was 10.2 per cent
per 100,000. In three cities the
rate ran over 50 per 100,000.
The estimated murder roll of
the nation was about 12,00(T
This is but one phase of the
criminal field. It gives an idea
how deplorably high the per
centage would be if all crimes
were considered in compiling
the statistics.
An alarming aspect of the
situation is that young men and
women commit such a large
portion of these crimes. Prof.
George Washington Kirchwey,
dean of the Columbian Uni
versity School of Law and one
of the foremost criminologists
in the United States, in telling
of his experiences as a warden
of Sing Sing penitentiary, said
that he found that 50 per cent
of the men confined there dur
ing his year of study were un
der 25 years of age. Almost
daily there are to be seen in
the newspapers accounts of
robberies and murders commit
ted by young people yet in
their teens.
In an attempt to curb the
crime waves drastic laws have
been passed. Heavy sentences
have been imposed by the
courts, and yet, these methods
are seemingly of little avail.
The number of murders, rob
beries, and other crimes of less
serious nature continue to in*
crease. Disrespect for law and |
order seems to grow more!
prevalent. Is there something j
fundamentally wrong with the
system of society in which such
conditions exist?
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
The desire for happiness in
this world is the primary ob
ject in life of the average man.
To attain this condition of hap
piness man makes the world a
better place to live in or to ob
tain his happiness in, and un- j
less humanity as a whole
works together in improving
the world the individual mem
bers of society fail to find hap
piness in life. The community
is the world in miniature so,
like the world, it depends up
on the cooperation of all its
citizens to make it a better and
happier residence for the indi
vidual.
Thre is nothing in the way of
community improvement that
cannot be accomplished by a
proper application of commun
ity spirit. Community spirit is
merely the uniting and prod
ding into activity of the desire
of individual citizens for a bet
ter city.
Petty differences of opinion,
prejudices, selfish interests
and other barriers to a united
community must be overcome
by individual citizens before
the community can prosper
much. It is only when every
citizen becomes proud of the
home town and puts his shoul
der to the wheel of community
improvement that the hopes
and ambitions for the future
of the city take substantial
form. By working together for
| community betterment the
people work for the advance
ment of their individual selves.
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FOOD FOR PESSIMISTS.
Actual count must show that
the number of lemon squeezers
and squeezers of sweet dam
jels is only exceeded hy the
number of those whose dour
ives are consecrated to squeez
ing the joy out of life.
Now the piping hot cup that
cheers but violates neither
commandment nor amendment
is under fire. A physiologist
warns the past warning and
over-warned public that hot
coffee, tea, soup or other
liquids are injurious to the
stomach. Verily. Schopenhauer
would have been prophetic if
man surrendered his steaming
soup on a cold day, his hot cup
of coffee at breakfast and hie
tea or coffee at dinner. What
a lukewarm existence this is
becoming with the physiolo
gists blowing both hot and
cold, condeminng iced drinks
in summer and hot ones in win
ter.
Formerly one of the advant
ages of growing up was that
there would be nobody to tell
you that which tasted good
wasn’t good for you and that
which wasn’t good to the taste
was good for you. Now doctors
and professors are robbing
adulthood of even this blessing.
DISTRUST.
All this talk about the “broth
erhood of man” causes one to
wonder if the foundations for
such an idealistic relationship
have yet been laid. It is a fact
that the civilized world has
long been laboring on these
foundations, but do they now
stand completed? From the
evidence in the case the ver
dict must be that they are not.
A “brotherhood of man” must
be preceded by a universal
faith in man. As long as indi
viduals, nations and races can
not-or at least do not—trust
one another, there can be no
world brotherhood.
Mutual distrust seems as in
stinctive in man as in the
jungle beasts. The World war
was a war of distrust and in
ternational fear. Nations main
tain large armies and navies
because they distrust their
neighbors and men pass laws
because they lack faith in the
honesty or judgement of each
other.
Perhaps there is greater faith
in man today than at any other
time in recorded history. There
is much to sustain such a con
clusion. But man still lacks
that universal understanding
and faith which is essential to
a “brotherhood of man.”
Just for Fun
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Some mothers seem to regard
children merely as something
to pour castor oil into.
It may be that brass makes
the best bearings, but the
hearing of some men indicates
too much brass.
There would be no house
shortage if an owner could
brag about what a house does
when he steps on 'er.
Judging from the divorce
news, about the worst thing
one can put on a love letter is
stamps.
A great many future convicts
are trying to make a living
without working now.
Why should we think of pos
terity? It probably won’t think
much of us.
4k?'
Edgar, Provinse says he does
not think much of the League*
of Nations but he has been a
prominent member of the
League of Donations for some
time.
It is easy to think of some
thing to say after it too late to
say it.
The only working man who
is not a capitalist is the one
who saves nothing. And he is*
in the minority.
“Now, remember, my dears,”
said Mother Raccoon to her
children, “you just always
watch your step, because you
have the skin the college boys
love to touch!”
The best thing about most
things is that they do not mat
ter.
Loaning money improves the
memory.
“My dear, these caikes are
hard as stone.”
“I know. Didn’t you hear her
say ‘Take your pick’, when she
handed them round?’
Next to a secret, the hardest
thing to keep is a beautiful
complexion.
Have the boss swear by you
not at you.
Crime is a disease that calls
for arrest cure.
Happiness is not so much in
getting what you want as in
not wanting what you can’t
get.
A hint to the wise is foolish.
Hubby-“Say, this pudding is
only mediocre.”
Wifey-“Oh, no, dear. You’re
mistaken. Its tapicoa.”
| Small Boy- “Pop, what’s those
things on the cow’s head?”
Pop- “They are the cow’s
horns.”
Cow- “Moo-o-o.”
Small Boy- “Pop, which horn
did the cow blow?”
One of the bothers of moving
is the trouble of returning all
the things one has borrowed.
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Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To -
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Aftet a long talk on the valuo
of peace, a teacher asked her
students if they objected to
war.
“Please Miss Roberts, I do,”
said one boy.
“Good! Now tell us why.”
“Because wars make history-I
hate history!”
It is the girls who “are easy
on the eyes” that are causing
most of the eye-strain these
days.
Gladys: “What shape is a
kiss?”
George: “Give me one and
we’ll call it square.”
Men who pet dears are not
animal trainers.
Dum: “Why do they always
call a sailboat “she”?
Bell: “Because the rigging
costs so much.’
Dum: “No; because they
make a better showing in the
wind.”
One nice thing about close
buyers is that they’re usually
j good pay.
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| City Chap- Say, what’s the
| matter with the train service
I here? That engineer breezed
! past without stopping.
| Station Master- Aw, he’s mad
at me ’cause I wouldn’t give
him a chew of tobacco.”
Favorite remarks at various
ages:
At fifteen: “Let’s go!”
At twenty: “Give me a chance
and I’ll show 'em.”
At thirty: “I’ll live to see the
; dawn of a new day. In a few
years the people will wake up
and demand their rights.”
At thirty-five: “I’d be rich if
I I’d stayed single.”
! At forty: “I’m sick of reform
i ers.”
j At forty-five: “What of it?”
| At fifty: “Thank God I’ve got
a good bed.”
At fifty-five: “The human race
| isn’t worth saving.”
At sixty: “I believed that
once.”
At sixty-five: “It won’t work.”
At seventy: “The world has
changed.”
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewel*
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and IS Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
THE NUGGET SHOP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and. Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
PROFESSIONAL
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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JIgher, JMasfea
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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