The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner aqd Publisher
Entered as second-class matter
at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March
3, 1879.
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An Independent Newspaper
Canal Scheme Opposed
In a report containing 22
reasons for its opposition, a
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce of the State of New
York has gone on record as
definitely opposing the propo
sition to spend 400 million dol
lars of American taxpayers’
money on the St. Lawrence
canal project.
The report declares that “it
is inconceivable that the Unit
ed States should undertake a
huge investment in a foreign
country (Canada) where our
interest either in transportat
or in waterpower would be on
ly 15 per cent.”
It points out that the project
would place the government in
direct competition with our rail
roads and power industries,
with great detriment to their
thousands of American em
ployees, at the same time bene
fiting Canadian interests to
the detriment of the United
States.
The report was prepared
jointly by the committee on in
ternal trade and improvements
and on harbors and shipping.
While the precise terms of
the recent treaty with Canada
on this matter and the econom
ic results of carrying out the
plan are not clear to the aver
age layman, it has seemed to
us that to engage in an enter
prise of such cost and of such
uncertain benefits to the Unit
ed States would be of doubtful
expediency, to say the least.
At any rate, the whole sub
ject should be thoroughly con
sidered from every angle be
fore we spend approximately a
half billion dollars wrung
from already heavily burdened
American taxpayers in further
ence of this questionable
scheme.
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Dodging High Postage
Another illustration of the
fact that raising prices does
not always increase revenues is
seen in the recent increase of
letter postage from two to
three cents. In fact, this has
been seen in numerous postal
rate increases in recent years.
The new rate has caused a
marked decrease in first class
mail, and postal authorities
now advocate a return to the
two cent rate.
For example, a firm which
formerly sent out thousands of
bills each month under two
cent postage now send postal
| card statement? for one cent.
Also it has been arranged for
customers to pay their bills by
deposits in convenient banks
instead of mailing checks, with
this result: Formerly the gov
ernment received two cents as
postage on the mailed bill and
another two cents on the envel
ope containing the customer’s
check. If the new scheme had
worked out it would have re
ceived three cents postage on
the mailed bill, another three
cents on fhe envelope with the
remitted check and two cents
on the check itself, or a total of
eight cents. But under the ar
rangement devised by tl^e pat
ron it now receives only one
cent. Many bills formerly
mailed are now delivered by
employees of various firms at
less than postage cost.
In another case, a bank which
formerly returned customers’
cancelled checks b y mail,
which would cost from three to
15 cents for each batch re
turned at the present rate, now
holds these cancelled checks
and has patrons call at the
bank for them.
Former increases in news
paper postal r a tes caused
many large publications to
adopt truck delivery over wide
areas, at a saving to them and
at a consequent loss to the gov
ernment. And so on.
Even a government monopoly
loses when it tries to impose
higher rates than the traffic
will bear.
Just for Fun
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A new Navy rule forbids en
signs to marry for two years
itter graduation. Why not
let ’em marry and learn to
fight.
When a millionaire is a mil*
'ion times more happy than the
nvner of a single dollar, folks
■vill have a real kick coming.
Quick, Doctor-Do something!
r was playing a mouth organ
and swallowed it!
Calm yourself young man.
Be thankful you were not play
ing a piano!
Housewife: “W«ll! Do you
want a meal badly enough to
work for it?”
Dusty Roads: “Mam-I’m just
hungry, not desperate.”
One doesn’t always express
what is at the bottom of his
heart by what he shouts at the
top of his voice.
For the benefit of unmarried
ladies who are prone to pro
crastinate, they are reminded
that leap year is almost gone.
An English organist who got
fired for playing ‘‘Onward,
Christian Soldiers” as a wed
ding march was doubtless a
married man himself.
A doctor advises applying io
dine to the lips before and af
ter kissing. But what we want
to know is hew could a fellow
tell whether her iodined lips
signified a confession or an in
vitation?
The losing side naturally
thinks a straw vote is only
chaff.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
October 11, 1922
Miss Mildred Harris has
purchased the Comer property
in Hyder, B. C.
Mrs. Helen Howard of New
York arrived Sunday for a vis
it with her son, H. H. Howard,
proprietor of the Midget Em
porium.
A. B. Trites, who has the Big I
Missouri bonded and has spent
the past week on the property,
left Sunday for Vancouver.
W. R. Wilson, of Fernie, B.
C., one of the heaviest owners
in the Premier, left for his
home Sunday after spending a
week on the property.
M. A. Durback left Sunday
tor his home in Los Angeles
after spending the summer
prospecting and looking over
properties in this district.
The new bunk house ait the
Fish creek mine is now com-1
pleted and can be seen from
the.Salmon valley road. It is
.wo stories high and 20 x 24 I
feet in size.
The committee in charge of
he Lundvall subscription have
dosed the list and left it at
.•'rank Reichenback’s store,
,vhere it may be inspected.
Bill McGrew is erecting a
hiee-story building, 24 x 28
eet in size, near the road at i
Hleven-mile and may perhaps f
;onduct a tourist hotel there
rext summer.
A rumor, probably started •
by the Ancient and Obnoxious ;
Order of Chair Warmers, cir- i
lulated this week to the effect
hat A. B. Trites had thrown
ip his bond on the Unicorn.
Harry Howson, manager of
his property and the Big Miss-1
>uri, denied that such is the j
case.
Owners of the Munro group, j
J. E. Munro, Pat. McBride and j
\lex McDonald, are well
deased with the results of the j
levelopment done this summer
>n that property and are plan
ling for more extensive work
ind some shipments next seas
on.
E. B. Bartholf and wife have
gone to Seattle for the winter,
after spending the summer at
the Outland Silver Bar proper- J
cy near the head of Salmon
glacier, where Mr. Bartholf:
had charge of development j
work. He took along 38 sacks <
of ore from the property for a
trial smelter run.
The Granby company this >
week bonded the Sunshine i
group on Glacier creek and
have let a contract for 150 feet i
of tunnel, to be driven on the '
vein.
The North Star cigar store
and restaurant has been
equipped wit helectrie lights.
Alex Gallagher has taken a j
eontract to cut 300,000 feet of
aaw logs for the Hyder Lumber
Company.
Jixm&t lim
Jtf ot a r rr public
^Sgitcr, ^.laaltit
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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