HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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f'has. F. Sandford.— Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PROGRESS BENEFITS ALL.
A century ago the first pow
er newspaper press was put in
operation. Prior to then news
papers were printed on hand
presses, slowly and laboriously.
The first power press was run
by steam. The hand press had
an output of 250 copies an
hour. The steam press increas
ed the output to 1100 copies
an hour. When this first power
press was placed in operation
in the office of The London
Times the pressmen opposed
it. Their expressed objection
was that it violated the Bibli
cal injunction that man should
earn his bread by the sweat
of his brow. Their obvious and
real objection was that one
man could operate the power
press whereas four men were
necessary to run the hand
press.
Today labor welcomes labor
saving devices. Modern pro
duction could not be maintain
ed by the hands of all the la
bor in the world and yet with
machines doing the work of
hundreds of men there is no
surplus of labor. In civilized
countries virtually everything
is done by machine, but unem
ployment is local and tempo
rary. Long opposed by labor,
the machine has furnished
more work and better pay for
labor.
Thus does man, actuated by
selfish motives, often oppose
'his own cause, yet labor can
not be condemned for ob
structing mechanical develop
ment at a time when every
mchancal improvement served
to increase already general un
employment
Industry present an awe
some and paradoxical picture
when divided into two stages
of hand craft and machine
manufacture. When every
thing was made by hand there
was over-production and un
employment. Now that every
thing is made by machine
there is undeir-production and
work for all.
HARKEN, YE SHOPPERS! j
Shopping is one of the oldest i
of human activities—as old as
the Garden of Eden, where
the serpent proved himself an
expert salesman and the first
woman as keen a bargain hunt
er as the last. Man is not a
shopper by nature, but only so
by grim necessity, stern duty j
and frequent cajoling. Even :
then he labors under many j
handicaps, the most serious be
ing the obsession that he is a
poor fish and out of water to |
boot.
There is a fine art of shop
ping as everybody ought to
know, and three simple rules
are fundamental-first, know j
what you want and list your
items before before you leave
home, otherwise your expedit- j
ion may be farcical and a fail- j
ure. Second, know where to go
for what you want, which:
means a careful reading of
he advertisements in the home
>aper. Third, go after what
you want as early in the shop
ping season as possible and
thereby lighten the burden of
finding it.
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS.
Store window dressing to be
•ome an art attains its climax
n the pre-holiday period.
What would the main street of
my village or the shopping
'.enters of the great cities be
without .the decorations., and ’
lluminations of the store
rents? The streets without
store windows seem dull and
lead in contrast. The holiday
spirit seems entirely lacking
.vhen the business houses fail
io put on attractive window
displays.
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ALWAYS SOME REASON
FOR THANKFULNESS
The near approach of Thanks
giving Day recalls the truism
that no matter hdw bad things i
may be with one, there is al
ways something to be thankful
for. No matter how much one ;
may have lost or suffered, a
fairminded survey of one’s lot
will always disclose that some
thing: still remains for which
one may be thankful. One may
lose all his earthly possessions;
be bereft of all that he-loved
and cherished, become even an
outcast or pariah, hated, fear
ed or despised by men, and if
he search his heart and mind
in truth and honesty of pur
pose we doubt not he will find
something to be thankful for,
even tho it be no more than a
pleasant memory of better
days.
None but an ungrateful heart,
an utterly selfish soul, will
fail to find in the day of nat
ional thanksgiving some cogent
reason for feeling truly grate
ful and thankful.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.
Although the earlier signifi
cance of the day has been al
most forgotten, Thanksgiving
Day was originally a national
harvest festival. The’earliest
harvest thanksgiving in Amer
ica was kept by the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth in 1681,
and was merely the adaption
of an age old custom of the
ancients to hold a festival at
the close of the annual har
vest. It has now become an
annual festival of thanksgiv
ing for the mercies of the
closing year. Congress recom
mended days of thanksgiving
annually during the Revolution
and in 1784 for the return of
peace—as did President Madi
son in 1815. Washington ap
pointed such a day in 1789
after the adoption of the Con
stitution, and in 1795 for “the
general benefits and welfare
of the nation.” Since 1863 the
Presidents have i:sued procla
mations designating the last
Thursday in November as
Thansgiving Day.
Just for Fur
Next to home the worst place
is to be away.
People have quit having pi
azzas.
Pete Wilson says the best
angle from which to approach
a problem is a try-angle.
No use in crying over spilt
milk. Consider yourself lucky
for not spilling the beans.
If you want to commit the
:rime of killing time be sure
it is your own.
FASHION NOTE:— Small
boys’ trousers will be worn
sliding down bannisters.
The Blueberry Kid says if you j
are a self-starter the boss
won’t have to be a crank.
—
We know a chap who thinks^
woman’s place is on a maga
zine cover.
One of the best things going
s the guest who has outstayed
bis welcome.
Ben .Oien, says he knows a
firl who is so dumb she thinks
Red Grange is an agricultural
society.
Distracted Mother-John will
fou speak to these boys?
s
Father—Good evening, chil
dren.
Teacher: “Take your hands
out of your pockets, Willie.”
Willie: “I can’t. My suspend
j er’s broke.”
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| The forehanded person who
intends to turn over a new leaf
January 1 also lays in a sup
ply of blotters.
Some men have pretty theo
ries about the duty of capital,
and some have to meet a pay
roll every Saturday.
What passes for courage is
sometimes only succesful ef
frontery.
Autos are not as thick during
the rush hours as some of the
drivers.
Home helps: A splendid way
to make a husband stay home
at night is to stay there with
him.
Music charms some, literature
delights many, and oratory
please a fine bunch; but some
thing good to eat catches them
all.
MISS BUTTERFLY
You can’t but smile at what
^he wears,
Although it is her ruling pas
sion. *
She now puts on a lot of airs
And thinks she’s dressed, for
that’s the fashion.
An Exchange remarks that
Americans should raise their
own rubber.
We do .every time a bare
knee comes in sight.
Puzzle—“If exercise will elim
nate fat,” says Noel, “how in |
the world does a woman get a
double chin?”
I
R. R. Porter: You dropped
your pocket-book, miss.
Upper Bertha: Sir, that’s my
overnight case.
Dear Editor: What should I
Lake when I am run down?—
Anxious.
Dear Anxious: Take the li
cense number.-Editor.
“Yes,” said the beautiful girl
’rom Hollywood reflectively,
“I married for love ad I’m go
ing to keep right on marrying
antil I get it.”
Some young men
Some young men forge ahead
in the world, and some others
learn to make three-ball com
binations for the side pocket.
A naturalist says all nature
detests decayed vegetation.
This is especially true of. the
dead-bea't.
There is just so much worry
for everybody. If you dodge
your share, there is more for
your creditors.
“Your cousin refused to rec
ognise me at the shop last
night. Thinks I’m not his equal,
I suppose.’
She—“Ridiculous! Of course
you are. Why, he is nothing
but a conceited idiot!”
Oren F. says the dotted line
was invented as a protection
against men who say their
word is as good as their bond.
They say tliat at a “wine
party” in New York the other
night the girls danced clad
only in "pristine cuticle,”
which, being translated into
Hyder English probably means
“naked as jays.”
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Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
j Magistrate: “Did you and
’ your husband quarrel on Fri
day night?”
Wife: “What! And the next
day pay day! I should 's$y
not!”
A Radio Epitaph.
Here lie the re.mains of a radio
fan
Now mourned by his many
relations.
He went to a powder mill,
smoking a pipe.
And was picked up by twen
ty-one stations.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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