HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Ever" Wednesday.
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aska. as secona .ass matter, un^r the Act of March 8,
1879,__
Chas. F. Sandford... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TOO LONESOME
A Tennessee editor says that
the rea ;on that boys and girls
leave home is because they
find it lonesome there without
their p..rents. There may be
something in this; at any rate
parents might investigate the
statement.
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r:OT QUITE FAIR
Tin p ople had better send
some il ar-headed men to Con
gress who can produce a tax
measure taxpayers can under
stand „n 1 fill out without tear
ing the'i hair and getting dis
tracte t is unfair to torture
people ^o.
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NO “BOOM” LIKELY
The present wide expansion
of local mining activities is ad
mittedly a most hopeful and
encouraging sign of coming
prosperity for both the town
and district. In the view of
the Herald the outlook for the
camp’s • future is about as
bright as it can be, taking in
to account the present stage ox
mineral development. Every
thing points to a future of
prosperity as a natural out
growth of the splendid min
eral development achieved
during the past two years 01
so. But at the same time we
can see no reason to concur in
the view held by many of oui
townspeople that Hyder is due
to experience a “boom,” with
an accompanying large influx
of peor'l? and resultant busi
ness prosperity. This, in our
humble opinion is a fallacy of
which we may well relieve oui
minds, for the reason that
there is nothing discernible in
either the present or future
cuJook to warrant such a con
clusion. Whatever increases
in population occur, they will
in all probability be in direct
ratio to the development of
the mineral resources and will
be based more upon the
demand for labor than upon
any other factor. In other
words the camp’s future popu
la^io* *”d prosperity are nec
essarily dependent upon the
size and increase of the pay
roll provided by the mines,
which form the sole source ol
all local industrial activity and
production. It requires no spec
ial gifts of discernment to per
ceive that the camp will one
day become a large and high
ly prosperous community. The
mineral resources are here in
abundance but it is highly
improbable that the commun
al growth will proceed at a
rate greater than the normal
progress of mining develop
ment. As the mines develop
and the field for labor broad
ens, the population will natur
ally increase to meet the labor
requirements, and with more
labor employed there is certain
to be an increase in the volume
of business to supply the in
creased demands fr commodi
ties. But as the work of open
ing mines is a slow process, it
follows that the increases will
be slow and gradual. No
‘rush” or sudden augmenta
tion of population is at all like
ly to occur under such condit
ions.
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PAY YOUR BILLS
Few realize how much they
\re promoting the prosperity
of their town by paying their,
bills promptly. Obligations due
he merchant, the coal man,
the baker, the butcher, milk
man, and others from v.h.«m
one makes purchases, are
■omething that should never
be overlooked longer than is
necessary. Many well intent
ioned persons are often ne
glected in this respect, especi
ally in the matter of their
-mailer trade accounts.
It should be recalled, howev
er, that it is these small ac
counts that constitute the
bulk of the dealers charge
accounts and that their
multiplication makes them im
portant to the tradesman.
Don’t think think because the
amount is relatively small that
he does not need it, for he
does. Don’t forget that per
haps several dozen others owe
him “only a dollar or two”
and that their neglect to pay
promptly may mean he tempo
rarily loses the use of a good
many dollars often needed to
meet his own obligations
promptly.
Merchants just now are com
plaining that business is dull,
money tight and that they are
j hard pressed at times to get
funds to pay their debts to the
wholesaler, the jobber ana
the bank. The main reason is
that many fail to pay up
promptly.
Why make them wait two ot
.three months for the money
due them, instead of paying
promptly when their bills are
due? If everyone paid up
promptly there would be little
complaint about dull times
ind money scarcity'.
It has been rightly said that
i he man who pays his bills
promptly establishes a reputa-1
•.ion that serves as a health
tonic to the business life of the
community. And it may be
said with equal surety that
those who fail to pay promptly
are acting against the com
munal welfare.
Settle your bills today and do
/our part toward promoting
the prosperity of your town.
CLEAN UP
Now is the season of the year
,vhen Mother Nature gets busy*]
i ind cleans her world by ,
| 'sweeping winds, gentle rains,
and then beautifies it with
?reen grass and flowers, and
rims the trees and shrubs (
with leaves. It would be well
! :or us to follow such ait ex
i client example, and clean up ]
i jur small world. Now is the j
:ime to rake up all the rubbish,
aurn it, bury it, or dispose of
t in some way that it won’t be
in eyesore in the community.
Now is the time to paint every
thing paintable so the build
ngs can present a shining
1 countenance to the springtime
, world. Now is the tme to pre
pare to plant flowers, shrubs,
gardens, vines, and assist nat
ure in beautifying the world.
If we would make our com
munty more presentable, and (
a better place to live in, we .
can find no better way to start
! than by cleaning up, picking;
I up, painting up, and plant.ng.,
Just For Fun
We don’t know why so many
women grow fat after they
j marry, but we know it isn’t
| from laughing at the jokes
they married.
The reason we are positive
love is blind is because every *
j half-baked youth who looks i
i like the missing link can al- j
ways find some sweetie who
thinks he is the most wonder- j
ful sheik that ever donned bal
loon trousers.
You can never tell. Some of
these flappers may eventual
ly make even better wives and
mothers than they do scenery.
One nice thing about being a
grouch is neighbors won’t
ask you to keep the baby while
they go to a picture show.
A man and woman were trav
eling in a train. The woman
had a dog, and the man a pipe.
The man threw the dog out of
the window, and the woman
got up and threw the man’s
pipe out after it. When they
got out .at the next station,
they met the dog—and what
do you think he had in his
mouth ?
Answer: His tongue.
The Blueberry Kid suggests
that the marriage ritual be
changed to read: “till the
courts do us part.”
Children plan to grow up and
be all sorts of things, but you
seldom hear any of them say
anything about growing up
and being a great help to fath-1
3r and mother.
The perfect social evening is
where women talk shopping
while their husbands talk
.-hop.
Governor Martin of Florida
has prohibited Dempsey from
fighting in Florida. This, it
would seem, would insure Mr.
Dempsey’s permanent resi
dence in that locality.
Mazi>: Why don’t you wear
a one-piece bathing suit?
Gwennie: I think they’re too
mmodest and show up the
form too plainly.
Mazi: Oh. I haven’t much of
a shape either.
Here lies William Scotlaw
Tree
The alcohol was wood, you
see.
Ben says girls who are bow
legged don’t always have the
most beaux.
An executive, in the opinion
of Clyde H.—,is a man who
can take two hours for lunch
without hindering production.
One Ku Klux Klanner’ in Pitts
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m
Evervon<' W>! ■'
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
burgh resigned because „ the
laundry bills for his night
shirts were keeping him poor.
Old Lady:“I see that tips are
forbidden here.”
Attendant: “Lor’ Mum, so
was apples at the Garden of
Eden.”
The time will yet come when
women will get tired of the
freedom of short skirts and de
mand the long ones because i
they look so freaky.
Another thing that would sur
prise •grandmother if she
should come back would be
noting that granddaughter can
just about pack a clean suit of
undies in her vanity case in
stead of needing a telescope as
she did.
He asks to see his new-born
babe,
And while the doctor grins,
The nurse has turned the cov
ers back,
And lo, his babe is;-twins!
It may be possible to teach
children that men are not ani
mals, that is, if you can keep
the men out of sight.
Job Printing Neatly Done At
The Herald Job Shop.
Customer: How i3 it that I
have not received a bill from
you?
Grocer: The fact is, Mr. Beck,
that I never ask a gentleman
for money.
Customer: Is that so? And
what do you do if he doesn’t
pay?
Grocer: If he doesn’t pay I
conclude he is not a gentleman
and then I ask him.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
1218
Ernest plue
(Attornctf itt
jHyhcr, ^iaeka
GLAD
TO HAVE
Your Business
ANY BUSINESS THAT tries to get along without a bank
is a very small business, even then it is not too small but
that its financial affairs should be handled through a bank.
A BANK IS one of the most important factors in the busk
ness life of the country.
TRANSACT YOUR business through our bank, no matter
how small it is now—the bank may help make it larger.
Bank of Hyder
J. A. HALL, Pres. E E. HALL, Vice-Pres. E. D. HADDON, Cashier
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