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.
Subscription price $3.00 per
year in advance by mail or
carrier.
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on application
An Independent Newspaper
Happy New Year!
The Hyder Herald extends
to its readers everywhere best
wishes for a happy and pros
perous New Year.
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A SUGGESTION
Some of our citizens who
themselves never try to do any
thing for the benefit of the
community, are most adept at
criticising those whio are.
Nothing that is done pleases
them and those who are trying
to do things are nit-wits, know
nothings or have ulterior mot
ives of some sort. While oth
ers are giving their time and
efforts to helping the commun
ity improve its condition or the
condition of its citizens, in ad
dition to making occasional
donations of money for un
avoidable expenses, these wise
owls sit around the warmest
gabbing-spots, telling what
blanked fools they are and
what they should have done
in such-and-such situation.
' It strikes us that these birds
who know so much about what
should be done and how to do
it would be not only helping
their community but also dis
playing a fine quality of citi
zenship if they would lend
some of their sage advice to
the fellows who, in their exalt
ed opinions, are always fail
ing to do the right things in the
right way.
We are quite sure the latte*
would welcome such advice,
for it is frequently difficult to
figure out just what should be
done for the communal benefit
and the best way to do. it. In
deed we can definitely assure
the wise and critical ones tha1
they would be very grateful in
deed to have such bubbling
founts of wisdom to draw upon
when inspiration is needed.
Silver Remonetization
Beneficial To Industr)
President Roosevelt’s remon
etization of silver will be in th«
nature of a boon to the owners
and operators of established
silver producing mines and will
also enable the reopening o1
numerous straight silver mines
which have long been idle as a
result of the decadence of sil
ver prices during the past three
years. In addition it will add
immeasurably to the general
prosperity of the nation, as
labor, productive industry,
manufacture and transporta
tion will all participate in some
degree in the rejuvenation re
sulting from 64 cent silver.
Further increasing the bene
fits of the act to silver produc
ers is the assurance of a gov
ernment market for not less
than 24 million ounces per
year. This will insure a stable
market for approximately one
half the normal domestic pro
duction and also one that will
be free from foreign comp
petition up to the limit of the
government purchasing sched
ule.
Unfortunately, however, it
does not present more than
slight inducements for the de
velopment of new silver mines;
neither does it offer definite
prospects for increasing for
eign trade from the silver-us
ing countries, which is said to
be essential to the full restor
ation of national prosperity.
At the same time it is a step
in the direction of full remon
etization of silver at a definite
parity with gold, the import
ance of which will doubtless
appear later. What effect it
will have on pending legisla
tion can hardly be conjectured
at this time, but evidences are
not wanting that it will help
rather than hinder the ultimate
adoption of bimetallism a sthe
basis of the national currency.
Just for Fun
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What every husband probab
ly wants is a wife who can look
like a million dollars in a $9.98
coat.
Passenger: “But suppose my
‘chute doesn’t open?”
Pilot: “You'll get down a
little quicker, that’s all.”
Does your dog seem to cai-e
for you?”
“He sure does; I’ve sold him
three times and each time he
has come back to me.”
Lawyer: "Well, I am willing
to take your boy as my office
boy. Is he truthful?”
Father: “Oh, yes, he is truth
ful—but of course, he under
stands that business is business.
Here lies a man who saved
his all, for the days when the
rain and snow should fall; he
knew no pleasure, shared no
game—and died before the
blizzard came.
Mr. Goldstein: “Yes, lady,
furs have gone up a lot lately.”
Customer: “Why?”
Mr. G.: “Veil, lady, I sup
pose it costs the animal more
' to live than it used to.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 14, 1924
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Rev. F. E. Reddick has been
appointed •school tax collector
for the Hyder district.
La grippe literally has the
camp in its grip and many are
lalid up with the uncomfort
able malady.
E. R. Stivers, customs col
lector, is expected to return
soon from his annual vacation
in the south.
J. O. (Stampede John)
Stenbraten, famous “rolling
stone’' of the north, spent the
early winter in Mexico but is
now at Canon, Arizona.
Frank Nagel, who spent
most of the winter at the Bell
Island hot springs near Ketch
ikan, is expected back s'Wortly.
Rev. Edwin Moss arrived this
week from Prince Rupert to
take the pastorate of St. Mark’s
Church in Stewart.
i F. C. Lawrence, local jewel
er, who went south last fall on
account of ill health, writes to
local friends he expects to re
turn about May 1.
The Granby Company this
week released their bond on
the George Copper property
north of Stewart, after holding
it for two summers.
The International Electric
Company is establishing a line
of poles to Hyder B. C. prep
aratory to running a power
line.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
The Turkeys and Sheep—
A drove of turkeys and sheep
have 100 heads and feet. How
many are there of each?
Man and Wife—
A man says to his wfe: I
am now twice as old && I was
when I was a's old as you are
now. When you are as old as
I am now, the sum of our years
will be 100. What are their
ages?
(Answers next week)
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Answers to last problems
Mys tifying Numbers—
50i/j and 49 38 76.
The Apples—
One had 10 cents, the other
15 centsi worth; 2 for 5 equals
12 cents each; one lbses 3, the
other gains 2 cents, together
they lose 1 cent.
FRANK A. METCALF
am A MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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Hyder
Methodist Episcopal
Church
Rev. F. Bushfield, Pastor.
Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
Everyone is cordially Invited to
the services.
PORTLAND CANAL LOME
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
D. J. McLean, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Second Thursday in HydW
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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