HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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aska, as second class matter, under the Act of March 8,
1879. *
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER -
You may be a big man. Your
properties may represent a lot
of good hard dollars. You may
take an interest in politics to
the extent of complaining
about taxation, too much legia
lation, useless regulation of
industry, etc., etc. But do you
take an interest in the govern
ment which protects your
property? Or are you merely
one of the kickers who com
plain about the “radicals?”
Do you go to the polls and
vote for men and measures
you believe sound or do you
instead, pay no attention and
on election day let the fellow
about whom you complain do
all the voting?
Don’t kick unless you are
w’lling to do your duty as a
citizen at tlje polls. No matter
how “big” you are your vote
is worth no more than the
poorest bum in town. The “big
ger” you are, the more neces
sary it is for you to vote, teach
your children to vote and your
w;fe to vote. Don’t leave some
body else to do your voting
f"- 'rr»u and then kick at the
results.
“\our” government will be
just as good as you help make
it, and no better.
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Dissatisfaction over the local
road and trail construction
activities of the Forestry Serv
ice is finding expression in
much ill advised criticism of
the officials in charge of that
portion of the bureau’s act
ivities. Respecting the Salmon
River Road construction, it is
contended in some quarters
that the new section will be
useless during the greater
part of the year owing to locate
ion along the foot of a steep
slope, where snow slides are
frequent and summer thawing
slow because of westerly ex
posure. Claim is also made
that the present road could
have been made safe from
flood dangers at much less
cost than the new construction.
Relative to the Texas Creek
pack trail it is claimed that
the new highway has been
made over a course that is
more or less up hill both ways
and furthermore, that it should
heve been laid out with a view
to future wagon road con
struction over the same route.
The Herald does not know
whether the charges are war
ranted or not. It is possible
that the choice of routes might
have been better in both in
stances; and also that some of
the work done was of rather
ill-advised character. It may
be, however, that the officials
are not wholly to blame. Pos
sibly those who planned the
work were misinformed re
garding conditions or mislead
by appearances. No mortal is
infallible. It must also be re
membered that there are two
sides to every question.
At any rate, the matter has
led to much disputation and
created much ill feeling,—
which is to be deplored more
than all the faults of road or
trail construction, for the reas
on that it spells increased dif
ficulty in securing further
road or trail improvements.
Smarting from the sharp lash
of criticism, the Forestry Serv
ice officials are certain not to
cherish much kindly feeling
for their critics; and this sent
iment can hardly fail to be re
flected in their future dealings
, with this district.
I Whatever errors may have
>been made, the fact remains
that the Forestry Service has
been liberal to this section in
the matter of road and trail
appropriations. The money ap
propriated for this district dur
ing the present year has far ex
ceeded that of any similar For
est Reserve > area in the Ter
ritory. This fact betokens a
kindly sentiment that we
would do well to cherish and
preserve, rather than to dis
sipate by harsh and bitter
criticism. To do so is only to
harm ourselves by making
more difficult the task of se
curing future road improve
ments.
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The diaphram beats a tattoo
on the stomach when you
laugh. Every time you let go
a good hearty laugh this dia
phragm pops up and down on
your liver, and helps to drive
away the very thing that gives
you the blues—biliousness.
Laughter is the best brand of
pills on earth. Laughter strikes
in when it cornea from with*
out, and instantly comes to the
surface when it starts from
within.
You may laugh because you
are happy, and you may be
happy because you laugh. It
is the one thing where the
cause is the effect and the
effect is the cause. Any man
can be a millionaire of good
cheer.
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If you don’t believe in news
paper space and printer’s ink
as business getters, then you
had better take lessons in
how to succeed from the man
who failed.
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Don’t worry if the world does
not recognize your talents. Re
member if your battling aver
age is high enough the big
leagues will hear of you all
right.
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The dead letter office is said
to be swamped with misdirect
ed political mail. They can
send ours, there too if they
want to.
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Before long the only grounds
considered essential for start
ing a divorce suit will be that
the parties are married.
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Funny how environment alt
ers things. For instance, when
a frying pan gets into high so
ciety it becomes a chafing
dish.
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News reports tell of scient
ists digging out fossils in Mon
golia. But What we want to
know is why they need to go
away off to Mongolia. Why
not go to Waahington-lots of
them in Congress and no
trouble to dig them up.
S. E ALASKA PULP
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
A recent survey of the pulp
timber resources of Southeast
ern Alaska by the Federal
Power Commission discloses
that the district is able to pro
vide approximately 5,000 tons
of paper a day for a long per
iod of time. A recent report to
the Commission on the water
powers of Southeastern Alaska
says:
It is only a question of time
when the 'shortage of news
print paper stock in the United
States and Canada will com
pel the manufacturers to go
to Southeastern Alaska for
their pulp timber. This indust
ry, will then develop on a large
scale. Recent surveys show
that the Forest Service's early
rough estimate of 70,000,000,
000 feet board measure as the
amount of standing timber in
the Tongass National Forest
was conservative. With large
timber supplies that can be
made to produce possibly
2,000,000 cords of pulp wood
annually on a sustained-yield
basis, or, roughly 5,000 tons
of paper a day, with thou
sands of miles bf sheltered in
land waterways that favor
economical logging and trans
portation, and with large re
sources of water power that
can be developed at a relat
ively low unit cost, the pros
pects of a rapid and substant
ial growth of this new indust
ry in Southeastern Alaska are
bright indeed.”
Just For Fun
Faint heart never won fair
lady, the old proverb runs.
The girls seem to have revised
it to read that a faint com
plexion never got a man.
Dale claims Adam was the
first radio bug. Says he made
a loud speaker out of his spare
rib.
“Paddy” had a grouch on
the other day and, after look
ing at one of the big outside
journals, declared that if Con
gress would place a tax on
campaign piffle we could wipe
lout the national debt in one
campaign.
The Blueberry Kid insists
that most self made men are
those who selected a wife who
made them work.
Two Scotchmen were journ
eying through the country.
"Hae ye ony food wi’ ye,
Dougal?” asked one.
“A’ve a bottle o’ whuskey,”
Dougal replied, “what ha’
ye?”
“Dried tongue,” the other
answered.
“Guid!” the second one ex
claimed, “Then we’ll gae halv
es with what we have, for its
dry and hoongry I am.”
They divided the whiskey
and when the last drop was
gone Dougal turned to his
friend:
“Noo Angus, How about that
dried tongue?”
"Why, mon,” said Angus, “is
I noo dry the noo.”
A young Hyder hopeful who
was taught to close her even
ing prayer during the absence
of her father, with:“ Please,
God, watch over my papa,”
not long ago created a some
what disconcerting situation
when father was home by add
ing to the usual formula in
his hearing: “And you’d bet
ter keep an eye on Mother,
too.”
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Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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