HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford . Owner and Publisher ,
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act ot March 3, 1879.
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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.
WASHINGTON
George Washington was a
man who could live in his time,
yet ahead of his time. He was
a polished, captivating English
gentleman, and he was our !
much-beloved American. He
owned vast estates, he kept
slaves, rode in a coach and
lived on a high social plane. He
wore a powdered wig, knee
britches and buckle slippers.
His tall stature, noble counte
nance and manly bearing gave
him an air of superiority. He
was grace and dignity, stated
ness and honor personified.
His was a personality tha
impressed others with tremen
dous reserve power. His stat
uesqueness and nobility anc
withal his sympathetic quali
ties made him the mightiest
leader of the eighteenth cent
ury, and history holds the
names of precious few who
wrought as he did.
He possessed rare sagacity !
of judgement. He had fore
sight and insight. His counse
was always of the best, for his
decisions were deliberate and
sound. As a military chieftain
his triumphs were many. The
seige of Trenton was a glory all •
its own. At Monmouth, Prince
ton and Yorktown he showed
himself a true knight, brave as
the greatest hero, unflinching
as the sturdiest patriot. He was J
always calm in defeat, modest
in victory.
The first president of the nat
ion he had made by the sword,
he moulded those states into a
mighty, compact union, and
gave the world the first gffeat
intsipietation of nationalism,
inspiring those defenders who
came later. A most wonderful
man; a veritable super-man in
that history has shown him tos
have been one of the greatest
of all human figures of whom
history bears record; the
organizer of a new principle j
of government that has built up
the mightiest single nation the
woild has ever known, he rich-;
ly deserves to be called “The j
Father of His Country.”
Pay Your Dccicrs to Keep Off
the “Dead Beat” List
The recent publication in
there columns by the Territor
ial Medical Association of an '
advertisement urging the pub
lic to pay their doctor bills with
greater promptitude was in our
opinion well justified, although
to some such action might ap
pear an unseemly departure ;
from the old time ethical con
servatism.
Doctor’s bills, however, are
entitled to no less considerat
on than those of the butcher
ind baker, but on the whole
there are few who do not leave
the settlement of their doctor
bill until at least the bulk of
heir other debts are paid.
The good doctors of the com
nunity are deserving of the
nost prompt reward for faith
ul services rendered at all
imes. This can come only
'hrough prompt payment ot
/our doctor’s bill and a kindly
>vord for the good work they
lo. There is no question that
he doctors are the worst im
rosed upon set of professional
nen known, but the happy part
)f it is these servants of human
ty are getting away with the
dead beat just as are all good
business men. It is right that
hey should in order to rendei
>he deserving patients the bes:
orvice. In. real charitable
•ases, of course, there are few
doctors who do not go the lim
t, but it is not right for them
o suffer at the hands of the
mpostor and the thankless.
It is just as necessary for you
to pay your doctor as promptly
as you can as it is to pay the
butcher or grocer or any one
else from whom you obtain
eivice or goods. They have
’heir bills to pay regularly and
f we are well aware that they
■lot infrequently find it hard
o do so owing to the failure of
heir patients to play as fair
; with them as they do with oth
er creditors.
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DON’T WAIT
Do your buying and your
; paying now—and do it in Hy
ier. When you pay a debt
here you will see some of the
money again in some form.
When you make purchases
here you will see some of the
money again some time. When
you pay a debt or make a pur
chase you add to the town’s
life blood and you h'lp your
self. As money circulation in
creased business is more brisk,
and spending increases as the
money circulates.
If everyone spent their mon
ey here, Hyder would hum
with business. Do your share;
don’t worry about the man
next to you. Maybe he is wait
ing to see what you will do.
Just for Fun
A cynic is a man who mistakes
cheerfulness for ignorance.
Gasoline was never so plent
iful, so look out for an increase
in prite.
Self-government does not
long survive if government it
self tries to do it all.
A Stewart flapper lost her
lipstick the other day but they
found she had it on.
Take our advice and don’t
kick a man when he is down—
he may get up.
“Why is an aviator’s life like
a modern girl’s clothes?”
“I bite; why?”
“One slip is enough.”
If you wonder whether you
have a right to do a thing, just
stop and think what the result^
would be if everybody did it.
Troubles drowned in drink
come up again, but those that
are drowned in work rise no
more.
Bragging does not bring hap
piness, neither is it always
good manners; it is just a bit of
human nature, however , that
the fellow with the big fish
doesn’t usually go home thru
the alley.
office) : “Well, if you’re sc
•smart you can send flowers and
money by telegraph, young
man, I'll be blessed if I see why
you can’t telegraph an umbrel
la!”
Why fall out with people?
Do yrou cuss an oak tree be
cause it does not produce ap
ples? -
Attorney: “In order that the
lurors may get a better ides
I :ust how the accident occurred
| -vill you please show us how
I you and the car were situ
I it'ed?”
The Girl: “Nuthin’ doing, bi^
! boy. I’ll be darned if I get up
there, sit on that guy’s lap wit!
my feet out of the window
and let muh friend get a necl
lock on me just to satisfy th<
curiosity' of a bunch of old fos
sils!”
Englishman (at a Scottist
! football game) : “But whj
[don’t they start? They shoulc
j have kicked off a half horn
ago.”
Scotsman: “Aye, but some
thing serious has happened.’
What? a player taken ill?’
“Na; worse than that. Yoi
see, they can’na find the pennj
they tossed up wi’.”
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Five thousand dollars dam
age^was done by a fire which '
swept over the Alaska Road
Commission buildin g at Nome
last month. Most o| the sec-'
ond story was destroyed, with ■
valuable contents belonging to J
employees.
Recent arrivals in Fairbanks
from Big Chena Hot Springs
reported that thousands of car
ibou were wintering about 45
miles above Fairbanks.
Five hundred and forty-six
licenses for fur farms have
been issued by the Alaska
Game Commission. Most of
these are*for breeding fox and
mink-but there are also a num
ber for raising muskrat, beav
er, marten, lynx, rabbit ermine
and otter. The foxes raised
include blue, silver, black, red,
cross and white. The blue
ranches are nearly all located
on islands, whereas the silver,
blacks and whites are ranched
. in pens. There are nearly 200
; small islands off the coast of
; Alaska used for fox and mink
i ranching..
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Very little fur is being taken
in the Klondike district this
winter, according to reports
| from that section. Indians of
j the Dawson country say there
j is absolutely no small game.
! Reports from Alaska fur dist
! nets also indicate an unusual
| scarcity of fur-bearers. In some
! areas the trappers have pulled
! jp stakes and departed.
A mill run of 25 tons of ore
which averaged $180 per ton
was made at the Heath and
Kearns Wild Rose quart mine
>n upper Dome Creek, in the
Fairbanks district, recently.
Walter Collins was sentenced
\ by federal judge Harding to
j >ne year in jaiPfor violation of
i the federal prohibition act a
few days ago. Steve Stanwroth
was sentenced to serve eight
months for a similar offense
and Mrs. Steve Stanworth was
; sentenced to pay a fine of $1,
| 000.
Mining operations of the
Fairbanks Development Comp
any for 1929 ended in the lat
ter part of December, when the
1 Gilmore dredge shut down. In
; digging almost to the end of
| December, the dredge is be
| lieved to have established a
J record for length of operation
j in interior Alaska. A dredge
i which was operated all winter
in the Dawson section some
years ago is said to have been
the only one in the North with
a longer continuous record.
A water shortage in Cordo
! va became so acute recently
! that two patrolmen w'ere em
ployed to see that there was
: no waste of the fluuid. Unusual
I cold weather caused the short
i age.
John Peterson, one of the
very earliest of the oldtimers
■ of the North, was found dead
1 recently in the shaft of his
’ mine on No. 40 Eldorado Creek
in the Dawson district, where
had mined since 1898. Peter
son, when found, had appar
ently been dead for four or
five days. Indications pointed
to his having been at work in
the shaft when oveitaken by
gas or heart failure. The posit
ion in which the body la.^ in
dicated that he was about to
go up the shaft to empty the
bucket when overcome.
WATCHES! WATCHES! |
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur- j
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come j
In And Look Them Over.
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| Second Thursday in Hyder
i Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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PROFESSIONAL
truest ^Bltte
(Attorney at
JLyfrer, JKlaafea
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
ERAS. F, CANOFDHD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
GEORGE 0. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - La w
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