Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Hyder
Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated
Regular Meeting Second
Wednesday of the Month
THE BARGAIN COUNTER
tf you wish to sell some useful sec
sml hand commodity or wish to buy
something, we will list your wants in
this classified colum at the low rate
of 10 coots per line. Watch this col
omn for bargains.
1 Baby Ben Alarm Clock .$1.00
l Large Butcher knife, new .60
1 14 lb. sledge hammer .1.50
2 hand axes, each .76
1 Iron Cot and Spring, only $1.00
Salmon trolling spoons, each .t>u
1 Diaton Hand Saw, cutoff only $1
tf gal. gas. pressure tank.
Large Fyre-Pyter fire extinguisher.
Small cook stove
Dm heating stove.
■had force pump
ten la an dry stove
Ffdl bed and spring.
$-4 bed and spring.
2 9-4 bod mattresses.
1 wood door • " •
Large electric lamps—100-150 watt.
FaBrbanke-Morse 1-2 h. p. motor and
JL K. force pump, heavy duty, slightly
tfaed-feavkain.
Also several plain chairs, shovels,
saws. axes, tooU, cooking and table
utensils, straight razors, scissors, and
numerous other good and useful art
icles at give-away prices. No matter
What you want, see us, we may have
ft or e&n get it for you.
Cardboards, in varied grades
and colors at the Herald office,
Phone 82.
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The Hyder Weekly Herald
Large bundle of old papers for
starting first 25 cents at the Herald
tffflct.
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
Sunday, March 18.
7:00 Chevrolet Motor Co.
7:30 Hall of Fame
8:00 Wendall Hall.
8:15 Walter Winchell.
8:30 Death Valley Days.
9:00 The King’s Men
9:15 Pioneers.
9:45 Crazy Crystals Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ben Tipp Program.
10:30 Washington Hour.
Monday. March 19.
7:00 Carnation Company.
7:30 Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Crazy Wells Water Co.
8:30 Voice of Firestone.
9:00 Sealed Power Side Show.
9:30 Male Quartet
9:45 Harp Melodies, Graf
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Stringwod Ensemble.
Tuesday, March 20.
7:00 Phillips Lord, NBC.
7:30 Ralston Purina Co.
7:45 Caswell Coffee Concert
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Memory Lane
8:45 Adventures «,in Health
9:00 Blue Ribbon Orch.
9:30 Songs of Araby.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Wednesday, March 21.
7:00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7:30 Ben Tipp program.
7:45 Crazy Wells Water Co.
8:00 Amos V Andy.
8:15 Raymon Knight.
8:45 Winning the West
9:15 Male Quartet'
9:30 Best Foods Revue
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch
Thursday, March 22
7:00 Whiteman's Orchestra.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 Beauty that Endures
9:30 Musical Mannequins.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Friday, March 23.
7:00 The First Nighter.
7:30 One Man’s Family
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Gilmore Cireus, NBC.
9:15 Crazy Wells Program.
9:30 The King’s Men
9:45 Ben Tipp Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Jack Bain’s Orchestra
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orchestra.
Saturday, March 24.
7:00 Dancing Program.
8:00 National Barn Dance
8:30 Fisher Half Hour.
9:00 30 Minutes of Music.
9:30 Andrea and Louise
9:45 Olympians, Braahen.
10:15 Songs We Love.
10:30 Artistic Trio.
11:00 Totem Broadcasters
11:30 Club Villa Orch,
HOW '
DEAF CHII.DREN BOOTLEG
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.—
It Is something of s problem,
teachers at the Kansas State Deaf
school In Olathe, Kan., admit, to
put a stop to the “bootlegging" of
the English language among their
pupils.
“Bootleg" language Is the com
mon sign language prevalent among
the deaf. Its continued usage lends
to complications In writing, teach
ers say. The deaf child ma; be
voluble with his signs and gestures,
but when he starts to put his
thoughts down on paper they some
times get askew.
Tenses are mixed, verbs tlnd
themselves In the places of. nouns,
nouns find themselves In the places
of verbs. All because of the pupil’s
habit of Indicating a whole word
or a part of a sentence with a sim
ple gesture. The gestures make
talking easy, but writing difficult.
Teachers grow distracted In at
tempts to make the children spell
out each word a letter at a time on
their Ungers. This method natur
ally seems harder to learn, slower,
and perhaps appears more compli
cated. Meanwhile, there 1s danger
the deaf child will adopt an “Aw,
what’s the use?" attitude.
But If the pupil Is to he taught
correct English In writing he must
build his language on fundamentals
and take the necessary pnins to
spell out his words by Individual
letters, teachers suy. Otherwise,
his finger talking is likely to be
slipshod and lapse into Jargon.
How to Care for Books
That Have Been Damaged
The book that has become water
marked should be treated In the fol
lowing manner, which Is also good for
Iron rust or mold; spots: Make a
weak solution of sulphate of potash
and In another container, a saturated
solution of oxalic acid. That Is, dis
solve the acid crystals In water until
It refuses to dissolve any more. First
wash the page gently with a sponge
soaked In the sulphate solution, then
with the acid solution. Itepeat, with
first one, then with the other until the
stain has vanished. Mosten a clean
blotter with a slight amount of the
oxalic acid solution to clean a soiled,
musty page. I-njr the slightly damp
ened blotter on the page and run over
with a hot, not scorching, Iron.
There are good menders on the mar
ket for dealing with torn pages. For
creases In pages, or turned-down cor
ners, place damp blotters on each side
of creased part and press with hot iron.
How Strength Changes
At what time la a man strongest
and bow does his strength come and
go? Those are questions that certain
learned people asked themselves (and :
one another) several years ago. Since \
no one seemed to be quite sure of the |
answers, a large number of tests was '
made, in order to discover the exact
facts. As a result. It was found out—
so far as white races are concerned—
that a healthy youth of seventeen may
be expected to lift about 280 pounds.
By the time he Is twenty he ought to
be able to lift 820 pounds, and when
he has reached thirty-one he should
manage 3G5 pounds. From then his
strength begins to grow loss. By the
time he Is forty the “average" man
can lift only 36? pounds, and by the
time he Is fifty his lifting power has
gone down to 330 pounds. After that
It decreases steadily, but It Is not so
easy to give figures, because people
vary more In their later years than in
those that come before.
How Tomahawk* Were Mads
The tomahawk, which Is sometimes
considered a weapon peculiar to the
American Indian, was originally a
club carved Into some convenient
shape. It was most commonly a stout
stick about three feet In length, ter
minating In a large knob, wherein a
projecting piece of Hint was often
Inserted. The hatchets of the Indians
that are now called tomahawks are a
European device and the stone Ratch
ets so often found In our fields, called
by the snrne term, were not military
weapons, but mechanical tools.
How Long Glove* Have Been Worn
The use of gloves Is of high an
tinnltr. and apparently was known
BERYLLIUM FOUND IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Deposits of beryllium, a rare
metal lighter than aluminum,
have been found in the Pelly
River area of British Columbia
near the international border.
Two prospectors were seeking
piitchblend when they found
beryllium float. Tracing this
upstream, they discovered the
crystal in characteristic form
ation. The metal is of great
value in steel making and the
production of stainless steel.
Unfortunately, it is invariably
found in inaccessible places.
The new find is true to type in
this respect. Development will
be difficult and will pnobably
be possible only by the use of
aeroplanes. This is believed to
be the first beryllium discov
ery in Canada.
THE ORIGIN OF “O. K”
An old story has it that An
drew Jackson, who was consid-1
ered a poor speller (an imputa
tion not borne out by casual
examination of his penniings),
employed the initials as a con
traction for “Oil Korrect,” his
supposed rendering of “All
Correct.” Another “stab” in
the ceaseless quest for sources
is that “O. K.” is simply an
Americanizing of the Choctaw
word “Okeh,” which, accord
ing to Brintcn, signifies “It is
so and in no other way.”
Mebbe. Mebbe.
VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS
CAUSED BY IVORY
Harmless appearing ivory of
walrus or mammoth tusks
sometimes explodes violently.
A showcase and all of its con
tents in a southeastern Alaska
store were demolished some
time ago avows Otto Wm.
Geist of the College Museum,
when a valuable tusk blew up.
“The explosion takes place
even to tne prenistoric cave u»nier».
In Homer, 1-aertes 1b described as
wearing gloves In his garden. Herod
otus tells how I.eotychldes ailed a
glove with money received as a bribe,
and Xenophon records that the Per
sians wore fur gloves having separate
sheaths for the fingers.
How Archeologists Are Financed
The government, through the Smith
sonian Institution, finances some arche
ological expeditions. Other expedl
tlons are financed by the National Ceo
graphlc society, the American Mu
seum of Natural History In New York
city, by certain colleges and univer
sities. by groups of colleges or uni
versities. by Individuals, etc.
How to Remora Stains
Use art gum or stale bread to re
move marks from wallpaper. Mildew
spots, if fresh, are removable by soak
ing In sour milk or in lemon Juice
and salt and placing In the sun. More
persistent stains may be removed by
means of an oxalic acid solution.
How Rhubarb Got Name
Has been asked. Merely as a cor
ruption of Kha harharum, the original
root from the "savage" side of the
Rha—the ancient name of the Volga.
through quick evaporation
causing uneven shrinkage. The
ivory is sometimes reduced to
powder and splinters.”
Both fresh ivory and that
which has been buried for
thousands of years will some
times detonate. Abnormal ten
sion is caused by two different
textures in the iv.ory core and
the outside enamel, the latter
losing moisture more rapidly.
To prevent disintegration a
shellac or “ambroid” coating
is applied to the tusks by the
museum department.
“Experiments are being car
ied on by the College Museum
and various museums in the
States to prevent ivory and
other fossil specimens from ex
ploding or otherwise deterior
ating after they are brought
from comparatively cool and
damp climates to drier ones
such as found in interior Alas
ka.
“Keeping water in shallow
vessels is of great help, for
then the specimens are sur
rounded by a certain amount
of necessary moisture, says Mr.
Geist.—Alaska Collegian
INTERESTING NOTES
Of English invention is an au
tomatic plow which can be set
'to ph>w a certain size field and
do the work without human as
sistance.
A Virginian has invented a
device that enables an au'tomo.
bile driver to apply chains to
his car’s tires by pulling a lever
installed beside his emergency
brake handle.
A survey reveals approxi
mately 27,000 public schools
and about 3,500 private ones in
the United States.
Walter B. King, Ketchikan
attorney, has been appointed
referee in bankruptcy for that
section of the First Division
south of Petersburg. This in
cludes the Hyder district.
MENTAL NUTS
Answers to problems on Page 2
A Good Study—
Move B-W-W-B-B-B-W-W
W-B-B-B-W-W-B.
Timber Problem—
22 2-3 feet.
IN THE UNITED STATES COM
MISSIONER’S COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NUMBER ONE, PRECINCT OF
HYDER. IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of Thomae
Ward Powers, Deceased.
No. 46 Probate
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned executor of the estate of
Thomas Ward Powers, deceased, to
all persons having claims against the
said estate to file the same with prop
er vouchers within six months from
the date of this notice with the under
signed at his residence in Hyder.
Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this 19th
day of February, 1931.
August Pahlke,
Executor
Publish Feb. 24. Mch. 3, 10, 17, 1934.