Chamber
ol
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Hyder
Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated
Regular Meeting Second
Wednesday of the Month
TOE BARGAIN COUNTER
If you with to sell some useful sec
ond hand oommodlty or wish to buy
something, we will list your wants In
this classified cotum at the low rate
of 10 oents per line. Watch this col
umn for bargains.
1 Baby Ben Alarm Clock .$1.00
1 Large Butcher knife, new .60
1 3-blade Remington pocket knife .50
1 14 lb. sledge hammer .1.50
2 hand axes, each .75
1 Iron Dot and Spring, only $4.00
2 dozen steel mink traps, only 2.50
Salmon trolling spoons, each .ou
1 Dlston Hand Saw, cutoff only $1
10 gal. gas, pressure tank. .
Large Fyre-Fyter fire extinguisher.
Small cook stove
Iron heating stove.
Hand force pump
Iron laundry stove
Full bed and spring.
8-4 bed and spring.
2 3-4 bed mattresses.
1 wood door •
Large electric lamps—100-150 watt.
Fahbanks-Morse 1-2 h. p. motor and
J. K. force pump, heavy duty, slightly
used-Dargaln.
Also several plain chairs, shovels,
saws, axes, tools, cooking and table
fit 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
It or can get It for you.
Cardboards, in varied grades
and colors at the Herald office,
Phone 82.
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The Hydsr Weekly Herald
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
Sunday, December 24.
7:00 Chevrolet Motor Co.
7:30 News Adventures.
7:45 Ben Tipp Program.
8:15 Walter Winchell.
8:30 Death Valley Days.
9:00 Major and Minor Moods.
9:15 Pioneers.
9:45 Crazy Crystals Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Musicale.
10:30 Washington Hour.
Monday, December 26.
7:00 Carnation Company.
7:30 Demi Tasrse Revue.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Ben Tipp program.
8:30 Voice of Firestone.
9:00 Sealed Power Side Show.
9:30 Male Quartet.
9:45 Violin Lyrics.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa prchestra.
11:30 Arion Trio NBC
Tuesday, December 2G
7:00 Phillips Lord, NBC.
7:30 Ralston Purina Co.
7:45 Beauty That Endures.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Memory Lane.
8:45 Adventures in Health.
9:00 Blue Ribbon Orchestra.
9:30 Winning the West.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 The King’s Men
10:30 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Wednesday, December 27
7:00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7:30 Ben Tipp program.
7:45 Crazy Wells Hill Billies.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 To be announced, NBC.
8:30 One Man’s Family.
9:00 Stars of the West.
9:30 Male Quartet.
10:00 Richfield News FJashes.
10:15 General Harmonizers
10:30 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 C'lub Villa Orchestra.
11:80 Bal Tabarin Orch
inursaay, uecemDer zs.
7:00 Whiteman’3 Orchestra.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 To be announced, NBC.
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, December 29.
7:00 The First Nighter.
7:30 Montag Fireside Hour.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Gilmore Circus, NBC.
9:15 To be announced.
9:45 Ben Tipp Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 The King’s Men
10:30 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin
Saturday, December 30.
7:00 Dancing Program.
8:00 Caswell Coffee Concert.
8:15 Happy Tunes NBC
8:30 Fisher Half Hour.
9:00 30 Minutes of Music.
9:30 Totem Broadcasters.
10:00 Totem Broadcasters.
10:30 Blue Moonlight.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Slumber Hour
HOW
BOGUS MUMMIES ARE MADE
AND SOLD TO TRAVELERS.—
The manufacture of fake mummies
ia a French Industry, with head
quarters in Paris. Skeletons ob
tained by professional ghouls from
modern graveyards are wrapped In
a kind of linen cloth resembling
the mummy-cloth of ancient Egypt
and suitably dyed. The wrapping is
done with the help nf glue. Coun
terfeit mummy-colMis are turned
out by hundreds, and painted with
hieroglyphs copied from Egyptian
originals. Thus prepared and cof
fined, the bogus mummies are
shipped to Cairo or Alexandria,
where they are sold to tourists.
Not long ago, out of a consignment
of twenty-one mummies shipped
from the Land of the Nile, nineteen
were found to be fakes.
Even In ancient Egypt there
seems to have been much fraud in
the business of mummy-making.
All of it was in the hands of the
priests, and It wag part of their
work to prepare in this way the
carcaases of sacred animals, such
as crocodiles, cats and ibises,
which (in lieu of coffins) were put
up usually in earthenware Jars.
Quite commonly bundles of rags
were palmed off as mummies of
monkeys, cats or what not. An
cient Egyptian mummies are ex
pensive, costing from $75 to $500.
Many of them are fakes, mere bun
dles of rags that cleverly counter
feit mummies. In not a few In
stances mummies purchased by col
lectors, on being unwrapped, have
been found empty of anything hu
man.
How Spider Weaves His
Delicate Thread and Net
The silk thread Is formed only ou
Its exit from the losect’s body. As
soon as the paste reaches the air It
dries and becomes solid, and the spider
expels It through two or three pairs
of splnuets that are situated at the
lower part of the abdomen. The ex
tremity of the spinnerets contains nu
merous small holes, and to each of
these corresponds a eery small open
tube.
It Is through these tubes that the
pastry matter makes Its exit. These
various Jets, still soft, untie and form
but a single filament—the spider's
thread. This thread Is, therefore,
made up of a large number of threads.
The slenderness of the latter may be
judged when It Is considered that the
compound thread Itself Is the emblem
of tenuity.
The role of the spider Is not limited
to the production of the raw material;
like a skillful spinner, It finishes and
polishes the crude thread, and then
directs the filament thus prepared. In
order to form the net or web. It draws
everything from Its own resources; It
Is both a spinning and a weaving ma
chine, and It carries with it the raw
material, the mechanism, and the ma
chinist.
The spinnerets are not all grouped
In the same way. Some are arranged
in bundles and others In clusters. It
Is quite natural to conclude from this
that the thread has not the same qual
ities In these various cases, and that
Its dlumcter, tenacity, elasticity, and
flexibility must vary with Its form,
according as It Is more or less twisted.
How Horses’ F«t Strike Ground
If the notation of a stride by the
horse during a gallop begins with the
landing of a hind foot upon the
ground, as the left hind foot, the right
hind will next strike the ground; and
at a considerable distance forward;
then fall In succession, the left fore
foot, and the right forefoot at a dis
tance from eeeli other sometimes equal
to the height of the animal. The con
secutive foundations of support are
the left hind foot, both hind feet, the
right hind foot, the right hind and the
left forefeet, the left forefoot, both
forefeet, the right forefoot, from which
the animal will spring Into the air. In
this last phase, the only one in the
gallop when the animal is entirely off
the ground, all the legs are flexed
tinder the body.
How Boundary Is Marked
The International boundary between
Canada and the United States extends
over 5,000 miles, of which S.100 miles
ara Unit boundary and 2.400 miles are
SILVER USED IN
ARTS, INDUSTRIES
The position of the United
States in many phases of the
silver industry is outstanding.
Second only to Mexico hi' mine
production of silver, first in
the production of secondary
silver, first in the refinery pro
duction of silver and first a
mong Occidental nations in the
size <of its monetary stocks of
silver, the United States is also
the world’s leading consumer
of silver in the arts and indust
ries. ,
Sterling silverware requires
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71H241
water Dounciary. me mna oounuary is
marked by 5,483 monuments and a
▼Ista cut through the tree-covered
areas'; the water boundary Is Identi
fied by 2,530 reference marks. This
long length of boundary line consti
tutes what Is probably the longest un
defended boundary line In the world,
for no armament or armed forces are
maintained by either country at any
point along the 5,500 miles.
How Flea* Make Start
Fleas, which normally infest cats
and dogs will readily attack human
beings when hungry. The small white
oval eggs of the fleas are deposited
closely among the hairs of cats or
dogs, or in their sleeping places. These
eggs drop or are shaken from the ani
mals, and hatch into tiny legless mag
gots, which feed on various organic
substances In floor cracks, under car
pets, etc. On reaching maturity, these
larvae spin small silken cocoons, and
transform into the pupal stage, emerg
ing later as adult fleas. *
How Billion I* Enumerated
According to the United States meth
od of numeration a billion Is a thou
sand millions. But according to the
English and German systems, it would
be a million millions.
more silver for its manufac
ture than any other product,
but the silver content of the
finished product is less than
that of the silver salts in the
chemical industry. Neverthe
less, sterling silverware leads
in the ultimate consumption of
silver.
The photographic industry
is second only to the sterling
silverware industry in ultimate
consumption of silver.
Silver electroplated ware is
a relatively recent develop
ment. The extent, however, to
which it has displaced sterling
ware probably makes it less
important in increasing the
consumption of silver than
some of the other developments
of the last fifty years. On the
other hand, millions of people
who would not have bought
sterling ware have been able
through electroplated w’are to
enjoy the beauty and utility of
silver in their table service.
Some manufacturers special
ize in the fabrication of semi
finished precious metal pro
ducts. Silver and its alloys are
rolled and drawn into sheets,
bars, rods, wires and tubes.
Important products are silver
solder and rolled-plated base
metal material. The semi
finished products of these man
ufacturers are purchased by
makers of jewelry, optical
goods and novelties and indust
rial companies.
ine manuiacture oi aentai
supplies requires one-half mil
lion fine ounces of silver a year,
most of which is used for a
malgam fillings. Silver nitrate
is used in the silvering of mir
rors. Although the use of mir
rors will doubtless expand, the
total quantity of silver con
sumed is not large enough to
affect total consumption of sil
ver greatly.
Samuel I. Silverman, whose
mining operations carried him
all over the world and who was
at one time interested in
Portland Canal district, died
recently in Nevada from urem
ic poisoning.
The Northern Commercial
Company of McGrath recently
completed installation of a rad
io phone and electric light sys
tem.
IN THE COMMISIONER’S COURT,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, HYDER
PRECINCT. IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of David
McVay, Deceased.
No. 44 Probate
NOTICE OP TIME AND PLACE OF
PROVING WILL AND HEARING PE
TITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
EXECUTOR.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
Arthur O. Moa has filed in this Court
an instrument purporting to be the
last will and testament of David Mc
Vay, Deceased, together with his pe
tition praying for the appointment as
executor of said, will; that Monday,
the 8th day of January, 1934, at 2
o’clock in the afternon of said day, at
the United States Commissioner's of
fice in Hyder, Alaska, has been ai>
pointed as the time and place for
proving said will and for hearing Bald
petition; when and where all persons
interested may appear and be heard.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this 29th
day of November, 1933.
Chas. F. Sandford.
United States Commissioner and ex
cfficio Judge of Probate.
Publish December 2, 9, 16, 23, 1933.