HYDER WEEKLY* HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and 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
T.iis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm tr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
The Bank Suspension
The voluntary suspension of
the Bank of Hyder this week
under stress of present econom
ic inhibitions was the most re
grettable development that has
so far occurred in the business
life of the community and is
deeply deplored by everyone
possessing a proper appreci
ation of the value of such an
institution in the growth and
progress of the town.
The suspension culminated
more than a decade of success
ful operation, during which the
bank and its officers were
among the most important in
fluences in the district’s busi
ness and communal advance
ment.
While maintaining through
out its carreer a policy of care
ful conservatism, the institut
ion has been at all times ready
to assist every legitimate and
promising enterprise. Indeed
it may be said that there is
scarcely a business enterprise
n the community which does
not owe its present existence
in some degree to the financial
and moral influence of the
Bank of Hyder. For this reas
on alone there is owed to the
bank and its officials a vast
debt of gratitude and appreci
ation, which unfortunately can
never be discharged.
Many may not at once realize
that the passing of this pioneer
nstitution will affect in some
egree almost every phase of
the communal life and the af
fairs of virtually every individ
ual, nor fully appreciate the
fact that the effects of the sus
pension will extend far beyond
the actual communal boundar
ies of Hyder and that it will
tend to seriously curtail the
scope of local credit and ex
change with the outside world.
Among other things, the con
duct of local as well as outside
business will be made more dif
ficult and numerous activities
associated with finance and
trade which have heretofore
been handled through or with
the assistance of the bank will
devolve upon the individual.
It is probable that until these
effects are actually felt the
community at large will not re
alize the real value of the
bank’s presence and activities
jin the affairs of the camp or
what its loss means to the com
munity.
It is true that business will go
on as usual, but under an in
creased burden of complexities
and difficulties, the full extent
of which cannot be realized at
this time. This, however, does
not mitigate the fact that the
loss is one of the most severe
hatcould come tothecommun
ity and one from which it will
doubtless suffer for a long per
iod of time.
At the same time it is a mat
i ter for congratulation that the
uspension will not result in se
/ere losses to depositors, as
here is an excellent prospect
hat the liquidation will result
n the early return to depositors
of most if not all of their depos
| its.
It is further to the credit of
he management that there is
.0 justifiable hint of blame at
:achtd to either the operations
of the bank or for its failure to
weather the economic storm
wl/eh has engulfed so many
larger and stronger financial
institutions. Throughout the
bank’s career, the affairs of
the institution have been con
ducted with excellent judge
ment and and in full accord
with good business practice.
They are in no degree to blame
i .'or the regrettable conclusion
)f the enterprise, which is due
■ntirely to the stringent condit
ions and to the decadence of
the camp’s chief dependence,
the silver mining industry, as a
( result of the great decline in
silver during the past two
'years. Nor is there a right
thinking individual in the camp
who does not feel for Messrs.
Hall, Haddon and their associ
ates in the bank management
the deepest regret and sym
pathy for the unfortunate con
clusion of their enterprise af
ter so many years of excellent
and faithful endeavor and serv
ice.
Farmers* Straw Vote.
In view of the agitation for
abolishment of the Farm
Board, the Nebraska Farmer,
published by Samuel R. Mc
Kelvie, himself a former mem
! ber of the board, recently took
a straw vote to see how the
farmers themselves felt about
it. —
Ballots wer printed in the
periodical, asking readers to
say whether they desired the
Agricultural Market Act (the
Farm Board act) left as it is,
or amended,or repealed. Of
126 ballots returned, only six
were for leaving the law as it
is; 19 were for amendment,
and 101 advocated repeal.
The same readers voted 54 to
22 against the proposed equi
lization fee; 52 to 26 against
the debenture plan, while a
majority of 44 to 38 said Cong
ress should leave the farmers
entirely alone.
Commenting on the result,
the Nebraska Farmer said:
“The small number of replies
rather clearly reflects the lack
of farmers’ faith in the value of
legislation of any character to
cure the economic ills of agri
culture.”
It seems that the Farm Board
has few supporters anywhere
except among those on its pay
roll and on the payrolls of its
affiliated marketing organiz
ations. Its excursions into the
cotton and grain markets have
coot the taxpayers hundreds of
millions of dollars, with no ben
efit to anyone except the high
salaried job holders.
Just for Fun
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Mary had a little dress,
A dainty bit and airy;
It didn’t show the dirt a bit,
But, gosh how it showed Mary!
In case you are criticised by
a friend, don’t get sore; profit
by it. Remember that peop
le don’t spend their time pick
ing spots out of rotten apples.
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Cautious.
Rastus Jackson, thoroughly
married darky, was one day
! approached by a life insurance
agent. “Better leave me write
i your policy, Rastus,” suggest
| ed the agent.
“No, sah,” declared Rastus,
emphatically, “Ah ain’t any
! too safe at home as it is.”
Resourceful
I “Scrambled eggs,” ordered a
customer in the new cafe.
“Milk toast,” murmured his
| companion, who was not feel
i ing well.
1 “Scramble two and a grave
yard stew,” sang the waitress.
“Here,” corrected the second
man, “I want milk toast.”
“You’ll get it,” replied the
girl. “That’s what they call
milk toast here.”
|
The two customers held a
conference and decided to
i “put one over” on the waitress.
The first one wanted a glass
I of milk, the second a cup of
black coffee. When the wait
ress appeared with their order
one of the men gave the follow
ing order: “A bottle of lacteal
fluid for my friend, and a scut
tle of Java with no sea foam
I for me.”
“Chalk one an’ a dipper, frf
ink,” shouted the girl without
; even a smile.
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Whale of a Difference
The supervisor of a western
I railroad received the following
I note from one of his track fore
!men: “I am sending in the ac
| cident report on Casey’s foot
j where he struck it with the
spike maul. Now, under ‘Re
marks,’ do you want mine or do
you want Casey’s?”
Flapper: “Doctor, I want to
be vaccinated, but it must be
some place where it can’t
shaw.”
Doctor: “My dear, you’ll
have to inhale it.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
April 12, 1922
The Dorey Transfer autos
took a run up and down Main
Street Monday for the first
time this spring.
The Stewart Citizens Associ
ation are considering the erect
ion of a comunity hall.
Jim Hewitt has piled and
capped his lot on International
avenue, Lindeborg Addition,
one lot north of the Golden
Gate Hotel.
The wearing apparel seized
last fall by Customs Collector
Stivers for non-payment of du
ty, was sold today by him at
public auction and was purch
ased by Mrs. Win. Bunting.
Four bids for driving and
capping the dock were opened
Monday by the Hyder Dock
Company, but they will hold
ihe award under consideration
until after the arrival of Mr.
Cheatham.
There has not been a case in
the Stewart courts for more
than a year. Probably due to
the Moderation Act, which al
lows a resident to have a bot
tle of beer or a snifter of old
Scotch without becoming a
criminal.
E. D. Haddon of Vancouver
arrived on the Pachena and is
being initiated into the myster
ies of checking Premier freight
at the wharf by Fred Carson,
who is leaving to resume his
old position with the Grand
Trunk steamship system.
Organized by a financially
strong coterie of Vancouver
and Seattle business men, with
Pat Daly as managing director,
for the development of the
New Alaska group, the Daly
Alaska Mining Company will
begin an era of real mining on
that property this season and
before the year 1922 passes in
to history there us every reason
to expect that another great
wealth producing mine will be
assured in the Salmon river
section.
At a very quiet school elect
ion held last Monday in the
Golden Gate, a school board
for the ensuing year was chos
en as follows: Treasurer, J. A.
Hall, re-elected: director, Geo.
Mehlfeld; Clerk, John IIov
land. Only one ticket was in
the field and the 46 ballots
cast were 45 more than necess
ary to elect the candidates.
The freighter Amur left last
Thursday with 650 tons of Pre
mier high grade ore for the Ta
coma smelter. Saturday the
Marmion loaded 300 tons of
second-grade ore for the Gran
by smelter. She also left at the
dock a 500-ton scow which is
now loaded with the same
character of ore.
INTERESTING NOTES
At the United States treasury
in Washington, a total of 7,74‘J
women are employed as com
pared with 6,107 men.
Television receivers have'
been developed so that opera
tion is comparatively simple,
including power supply from
the light socket.
A vacuum cleaner has been
invented which is operated by
the regular water system of the
house, taps being installed to
all rooms, and the dust carried
away in the sewer pipes.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A" bat
tery, no light current, no batteries
to charge—$4!).5U complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy—Eight tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coil dynamic speaker—com
plete 852.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
JVttaracg at ^atn
^3^&cr, ^tlaaka
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
11. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS ,F, SANDFDRD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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