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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
INVESTMENTS.
Get rich quick schemes are
not confined to bogus oil
stocks and kindred affairs.
There is legitimate oil stock
just as there is legitimate
stock of other character. A
man who is supposed to have
more than ordinary ability,
one who has been successful
in life, will often laugh at
those who invest a few hun
dred dollars in some wild cat
oil stock game, and just be
cause a slick tongue'd salest
man comes along with a prop
osition offering something just
as wild but with a strictly good
name, the man who dodges the
oil stock falls for the other.
The American people like to
be fooled, and one lesson is
rarely sufficient.
There are laws to protect
the public from illegitimate
securities but there is no law
to prevent an enterprise sell
ing stock in a company which
is unlikely to succeed. A good
salesman, one who can picture
that legimate enterprise as
possessed of qualities which
preclude every possibility of
failure, proves too much for
the investor, and away goes the
money. There is no law against
the ability to paint investments
by well worded . speeches
in glowing colors. Investors
should remember this: oppor
tunities that are actually gilt
edged rarely have to be ped
dled.
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MAKE A WILL.
Among educational campaigns
being conducted under various
auspices is one giving every
man and every woman a re
minder of the duty of making
a will and of appointing com
petent and responsible execut
ors.
The importance of this
should be plain, yet thousands
die yearly without leaving
wills. Under the circumstance,
their property is disposed of
according to laws which can
not undertake to deal with
the families of decedants in ac
cordance with indivdual re
quirements. Frequently injust
ice results, with much suffer
ing entailed. This emphasizes
the duty of making a will. Men
and women should realize that
only in this way can their es
tates be distributed as they
would wish.
The chief trouble, however,
is simply neglect. Some who
realize their duty to have their
wills drawn keep putting off
the discharge of it to “another
time." But a fatal accident or
a sudden illness affecting their
minds and rendering them
mentally incompetent to (the
and may occur and, obviously,
make it impossible to repair
the neglect. While the normal
expectation of those in their
prime is to live “to three score
and ten” or more, it is only
common sense and common
prudence to.recognize the un
certainty of life.
Although the drawing of a
will naturally takes into con
sideration the certainty of the
coming of death some time to
the testatoi’, it should constant
ly be kept uppermost that the
whole purpose of the instru
ment is the service of life; the
care of the “dear ones" of the
decedant who remain or the
cause of humanity in general.
The drawing of a will ought
to be recognized as a matter
not to be “put off.”
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SCHOOL DAYS.
Again the school bell sounds.
It sounded, or some other sig
nal was given, for Roman
school children centuries ago.
The children of the present are
following the law of civilizat
ion. In tender years they must
be prepared for the business of
life, that they may be able to
pick up the burden where
their elders leave off, and car
ry it on.
The vacation is over for the
kiddies. They had a good
time while it lasted. There was
fishing and bathing and ram
bles through the woods, mount
ain climbing, baseball and
numerous other sports.
But Life is not made up of
such things. Some of it is grim.
rhat last is what makes schemi
ng the order of the day.
Life never stands still. The
:hildren of the present will be
the controlling, achieving citi
zens of later years. Hence the
schools, that the needs of the
future may be met, that the
men and women of tomorrow
may be efficient, capable men
and women.
Just for Fun
A Word of Appreciation
Dear Herald: You can never
know how much we enjoy
reading that famous column of
yours. And I want to say right
here:
Choicest blessings on you,
And your column’s contribs,
For your jolly good yarns
Often tickle our ribs.
A. E. S. And Family.
Editor’s note; As even a mod
est violet craves a little praise
occasionally, we thank you for
them kind words.
Its our guess that nobody
goes to church less than the
birds, who holler loudest for
religious freedom.
SOCRATES OF THE STICKS
From the Moreland (Kan.)
Monitor: “I have been criticis
ed quite a little by some of
the town ‘smart-alecks’ for
using poor grammar. Now 1
have three good reasons for
this. In the first place, I don’t
know any better. Second, half
of you wouldn’t understand il
if I did use it. Third, if I did
speak and write correctly* 1
might be managing some big
New York paper at a large sal
ary and you farmers would
lose the best editor in Graham
Countj¥’
Departing Guest: “You ad
vertise this as the best hotel in
town?”
Proprietor: “It sure is.”
Guest: “Well, that may b«
a fine boost for the hotel, bul
its a mean knock for th<
town.”
“Man is made of dust,
Ben Oien, “woman
him.”
” sighs
settles
First Clubman (after mid
night)— Good heavens! I’v<
just remembered that I haven’i
my latch key with me.”
Second Clubman: “Won’i
your wife get up and let yot
in?”
First: “ I’ll make her. I’l
scratch on the door and whins
and she’ll think her pet do*
has been locked out.”
There are still too many folk!
propaganding who ought to b<
at work.
A minister traveling on on<
of the few slohv trains thai
stop at every station was read
ing his Bible perhaps for pas
time, “Find anything in tha
book about the railroad?” ask
ed the conductor as he reach
ed for the minister’s ticket.
“Yes,” replied the minister
“In the very first chapter i
says that ’The Lord made ev
ery creeping thing.’ ”
A woman detests flattery, es
pecially when it is directes
toward another woman.
Hubert W.: “Soap?” Any
special kind?”
Boy: “Yeah. Gimme tho kind
that don’t taste bad in x,ase 1
say naughty words.”
A man has to be a real
gentleman to shake hands with
the fellow he’d like to give a
swift kick.
Women are spending 75 mill
ions a year on permanent
waves and other beauty aids,
and still we see a great many
women on the street who con
vince us that even that isn’t
enough to spend.
Wife: “There was a poor
woman here today after old
clothes for her family.”
Husband: “Did you give her
any?”
Wife: “Yes, I gave her that
ten-year old suit of yours and
that dress I bought last week.”
Two young actresses were
talking about a third.
“Do you really think she’s
popular?” asked one.
“Popular,” said the other.
“Why, the longest run she ever
had was in her stocking.”
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A selling plan is like an elec
tric fan. All that it. needs to
make it work is the right kind
of energy.
About the only thing you can
build now at the old price is a
mansion in the skies.
Too many diamonds are vul
gar-when worn by other wom
en.
Pitiless publicity of hospital
casualities might reduce the
number of them.
A good plan would be to read
an old book every 'time a new
• one comes out. .
The new summer resort prov
ed a huge success, for it did
not advertise “Home Cook
ing.”
Republicans iron out their dif
ferences; Democrats fight out
theirs.
About the only thing the
Senate has not investigated is
the informatory double in auct
ion bridge.
Chamber
ot
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Some people think that a
form letter is what theatrical
producers send out to get a
new bunch of chorus girls.
There is an intimate relation
ship between science and busi
ness. Where would the sus
pender business be if it were
not for the law of gravitation?
All methods of raising child
ren have been discussed pro
and con, and it still remains
an undisputed fact that the
best way is the milky way.
A scientist predicts that in
time men will be born tooth
less. We thought, in our ig
norance, that they usually were
bom that way.
There has now been develop
ed a process for making rayon
silk out of Iowa cornstalks. At
this rate we will soon be able
to make radio sets out of garb
age cans.
AERIAL TRAM FOR
INSPIRATION PT. MINE
An aerial tramway, which
will be operated on the gravity
system, is being installed by
the Inspiration Point Mining
Company, of Skagway. The
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
GEORGE B. 6RI6SBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
.ramway will be about one
mile in length and will carry
jre from the mine to a point
an the White Pass & Yukon
railway, where it will be
dumped into cars and carried
to Skagway for shipment to
the States. Mining men who
have examined the Inspiration
Point mine agree that the ore
is very similar to that of the
Yukon Treadwell mines in the
Mayo district, with values run
ning high in silver and lead.
The mine is less than 20 miles
from Skagway and a mile
from the railroad. The proper
ty is owned by Skagway people
several of whom have shown
their faith in it to the extent
of putting into development
work every dollar they can
spare and now it looks as if
their faith has been justified
and is about to be rewarded.
PROFESSIONAL
JAMES ROBINSON, M, D.
Honor Graduate University of Manitoba
Office at Stewart, B. C.
Over Burns Meat Market
Phone. 14
(Attorney at
§Hyi»er, .Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
am & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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John Holland
MINING
Hyder, Alaska
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