HOW=
l.ltUIT AitKANOKJIENT MAY
HKI.l* THR COl.OlMil.INI'.—
It (ms been asserted that a eat
sees the world only In black and
white, and that only men. dogs,
and birds have reached the four
color stage.
Here is an experiment which
illustrates the evolution of your
vision with regard to color. Take
a blue card In your right hand
and a yellow one in your left
and try 'o look at them at the
same time with different eyes
You will see a dirty white or a
competition between the two
colors. You will see neither blue
nor yellow definitely. Ited anil
green cards In place of blue and
yellow produce a yellowish color
or a similar composition.
A well-known professor now
suggests that if a little orange
were introduced into red lights
and a little blue into the green,
slightly color-blind people would
be able to distinguish between
them.
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How Change* in Season
Cause Color Variation
The tendency of some animals to
change color with the seasons, like the
foliage of trees. Is explained hy Dr.
R. R. Heustls of the University of
Oregon In the American Journal of
Mammalogy.
Doctor Heustis found that the fur
of certain western mice became pro
gressively darker with the advance of
cold weather. He also ascertained
that the pigment responsible for fur
color is contained in cells at the
tips of the hairs, where it Is most
affected by the light Thus it Is the
change in the nature and quantity of
light with the advancing season that
causes the change.
“A somewhat correlative change of
color in the mouse,” says Doctor
Ileusfts, “accompanies the changing
hues of vegetation ns the season ad
vances. It is just another Instance of
the intimate adjustment between the
individual and the environment. The
fading of the fur will accompany the
decomposition of chlorophyll in the
surrounding vegetation.”
How Fi*h Swim
A series of interesting experiments
has Just disproved an old theory—
that fish swim by means of their tails.
It seems they can swim just ns quickly
if their tail tins are removed.' It is
actually the action of muscles on the
sides of their bodies that sends them
through the water, and this action
starts from the head. But swimming
Is not the only form of motion of
which fishes are capable. Some of
them can come out of the water and
walk—or even climb. A number of
these walking fish arrived at the Lon
don zoo recently. They are mud
skippers front Java. When out of wa
ter they use their breast tins as legs.
How Wrecker* Lured Ship*
Nags head Is on the coast of North
Carolina near Cape Hatteras. In Colo
nial limes the famous pirate. Saxon
Teach, known as Blackbeard. lived near
tiit*re. He would fasten a lantern to j
a horse’s head and, at night, the lan
tern bobbing up and down with the
movement of the old nag’s head, would
look, front the sea, like a ship’s light
riding the waves. Other ships, think
ing there was a channel or an anchor
age, would follow and go ashore. The
pirates then would take the disabled
vessel.
How Copra !• Made
Copra is the dried meat of the co
conut, which is detached from the
shell after it is broken and dried. One
thousand nuts yield from 4-10 to 550
pounds of copra, containing approxi
mately 10 per cent of water. The copra
is dried either by exposure to the air
or sun, or by some artificial drying
process, such as kiln drying or subjec
tion to a current of hot air in a heated
tunnel.
How to Transfer Pictures
To transfer pictures, a wax may be j
made from three parts beeswax, three !
parts tallow, one part each Canadian :
balsam and olive oil. Another method 1
is to dissolve one and one-half drams
yellow soap in a pint of hot water, j
adding three fluid ounces turpentine; j
this mixture is applied to the picture \
or printed matter, the blank sheet is !
dampened and subjected to pressure !
until design is transferred.
How Wo Get “Blimp”
The word ‘'blimp” Is said to have j
originated from “B," for “balloon,” j
and “limp,” to designate “limp bal
loon.” A Zeppelin type dirigible has a ■
rigid framework covered with fabric
in which the gas is held in balloon
ettes. A blimp lias only a rigid lower
section and the pressure of the gas
keeps the upper part filled out
How to Solder Aluminum
Henley's llook o(_Fpniuilos recom
mends'first tinning flic purls to lie sol
dered, with u composition of live parts
Mn to one part nlumlnum. and then re
placing the ordinary soldering Iron h.v
one of pure nlumlnum and soldering
with n composition of copper, zinc nml
aluminum.
How Phrase Originated
“What is the origin of the saying
‘left In the lurch’?" asks a correspon
dent. It arose when one player was
left behind the other in the once pop
ular game of crlbhage. “Lurch" Is a
corruption of f.ourche, a French game.
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BROWNELL SILVER
RELIEF PROPOSALS
Statement of a plan for purchase of current silver production
of the United States, Canada, Australia and Mexico, pending
an International Conference on the subject of silver.
By Francis H. Brownell, Chariman of the Board of Di
rectors of the American Smelting and Refining Company.
(Continued from last week)
A table showing silver production for the four countries
mentioned and also for the world at large, and the consumpt
ion of the world at arge, follows and is of material interest in
this connection:
SILVER
(In fine ounces)
PRODUCTION
Country
1929
1930
United States. 60,180,000 50,234,000
Canada. 23,143,261 26,443,800
Mexico. 108,701.000 105,204,000
Australia. 9,889,603 10,116,00
Total four countries . . 201,913864 191,997,800
Central America and
West Indies. 2,796,890 3,900,000
South America. 29,358,756 24,204,300
Europe. 11,371,518 11,485,200
Asia . 14,769,333 14„521,200
Africa. 1,301,624 1,305,400
World production . . . 261,511.958 247,413,900
Sold by governments
from silver formerly
used as currency. 67,000,000 71,500,000
Total silver offered on
market.328,511 985 318,913,900
CONSUMPTION
India and China_ 218,500,000 217,500,000
Arts. 59,544,280 83,084,632
Currencies of countries
still using silver. 50,467,705 18,329,268
* Conjectural
328,511,985 318,913,900
(a) Partly estimated.
1931
31.580.000
20,403 800
86.066.000
a 9,400,000
147,449,800
* 3,500,000
a 18,500,000 j
* 11,000,000
a 14,000,000
a 1,316,900
195,766,700
59,500,000
255,266,700 j
116,000,000
a79,000,000
60,266,700
255,266,700
Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor,” which means “let
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and from
home-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commun
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out of
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefit
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards of
buying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upon
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community the
fruits of his industry and his community’s patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity when
patronage of the local merchants and other pusiness institutions was
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present.
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands in
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
ant who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urge
the merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper is
the camp’s best advertisement and its principal means of letting the world
know why and for what Hyder is in existence. Pay in and day out it is
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture with
a heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
as a booster upon the patronage of the community. f
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the news
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment. ' „ jj
The Hyder Weekly Herald
_
Assuming that all the cur
j rent production of the United
| States would be sold to the
Mint, the maximum sale at
present rate of production
would not amount to more than
; about 3,000,000 ounces per
month, or say 36,000,000 ounc
es per year. Standard silver
j dollars weigh 412.5 grains and
! each contains 371.25 grains of
! silver, which is approximately
j 78-100 of an ounce of silver.
The 3,000,00 ounces would
; cost the government, at the
present market price of 30c per
ounce, only $900,000 per
month, -or $10,800,000 per
; year, which would be the
j amount of the silver certifi
i cates it would issue in payment
; therefor.
| At the present market price
! of silver, the Treasury would
' hold as security for each
! month’s issue of silver certifi
: cates amounting to $900,000
(in addition to coined standard
silver dollars in that amount,
containing 702,000 ounces) un
coined silver bullion amounting
1 to 2,298,000 ounces. Obviously
as the market price of silver
rose, the amount of silver bul
lion held above what would be
required to be coined for re
demption purposes would di
minish. It would take, howev
er, a silver price of $1,28 per
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
* Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
: * Everyone Is cordially invited to
* the services.
I
ounce before the 3,000,000
ounces purchased in any month
would be only sufficient to
furnish the bullion required to
beocined to provide for the re
be coined to provide for the re
cates issued in payment there
for. While the price of silver
can be expected to rise under
the operation of the bill, if en
acted, it cannot reasonably be
expected to rise to $1,28 per
ounce. If, nevertheless, such
rise is feared, a further limitat
ion could be inserted in the bill,
permitting silver purchases up
to any maximum price consid
ered wise.
Ihe silver would not be paid
for by money raised from tax
ation. It would really cost the
Government nothing, since the
Government would trade its sil
ver certificates for the silver,
the obligation of the Govern
ment under the silver certifi
cates being to pay a silver dol
lar on presentation. It is true
the Secretary of the Treasury
by law is required to keep all
moneys issued on a parity with
gold, and this obligation would
apply to these silver dollars.
But (if the Government only is
sued the amount of silver cer
tificates actually necessary to
buy the silver, with silver at
30<* per ounce, $1 will buy 3.3
ounces. But only 78-100 of an
ounce is necessary for each sil
ver dollar, back of which
would be 3.3 ounces of silver,
or 2Va ounces of silver in the
Treasury besides the silver con
tent in the dollar itself.
The remote obligation to keep
the silver certificates at gold
parity has never been called
upon in this century and prob
ably would not be invoked be
cause of the issue of additional
silver certificates. In any event,
it would amount to very little,
for the reason that the intrin
sic value of silver would be in
creased by the plan, and as the
silver increased in value, the
burden of keeping it at gold
parity^ would correspondingly
decrease.
(Continued in next issue)
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Incorporated
Regular Meeting Second
Wednesday of the Month
RADIO PROGRAM
Iv O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
Sunday, June 12.
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC.
5:15 Album of Familiar Music, NBC.
5:45 Fisher Mills Program, NBC.
6:15 The Old Singing Master, NBC.
6:45 Sunday at Seth Parker's, NBC.
7:15 P. S. P. & L. Program, NBC.
7:30 Jesse Crawford, NBC.
8:00 Stoess Orchestra, NBC.
8:15 Baldy Homespun Melodies,
4:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Readers Guide, NBC.
9:3U Wings of Music, NBC.
10:00 Rich field News Flashes.
10:15 Puil Carson, Organist, NBC.
11:00 Silent. ,1
Monday, June 13
5:00 Music Doctor, NBC.
5:15 U. S. Rubber Co. Program.
5:30 General Motors Program, NBC.
6:00 National Radio Forum, NBC.
6:30 Demi Tasse Review, (M. J. B.)
7:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Fisher Mills Co. Program.
7:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC.
8:00 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
3:30 Best Foods Incorporated, NBC.
8:15 Gilmore Oil Co., NBC.
9:00 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
0:00 Richfield News Flashes.
0:15 Eva Gruninger, contralto. NBC.
10:30 Musical Highlights, NBC.
11:00 Globe Trotter News Flashes,
tl: 10 Ambassador Hotel Orch., NBC.
tl: 30 Hotel Biltmore Orch.. NBC.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday, June 14.
5:00 Coffee Matinee, NBC.
5:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC.
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amos 'n Andy. NBC.
t 7:15 Memory Lane, NBC.
:45 Durkee Famous Foods Program.
8:00 Rainbow Harmonies, NBC.
8:30 The Oleanders. NBC.
9:00 Fishers Blend Hour.
:.0:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Schwabaeher Bros. Program.
10:30 Globe Trotter, News Flashes.
10:40 Fox 5th Avenue theatre program
11:30 Hotel Biltmore Orch., NBC.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, June 15.
5:00 Fisher Novelty Program.
5:30 Mobiloil Concert. NBC.
6:00 Pop Concert, NBC.
6:30 Vacation Land Review.
7:00 Apios ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Columbia Knitting Mills Co.
7:30 Wesson Co., Team Mates, NBC.
8:00 Quaker State Oil Co.
8:15 Golden Memories.
8:30 Best Foods Program, NBC.
8:45 Gilmore Oil Co., NBC.
9:00 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
9:15 Goodyear Program, NBC,
10:00 Richfield News Flashes, NBC.
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter Program.
11:25 Olympic Hotel Orchestra.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
Thursday, June 16.
5:00 Chevrolet Motor Co. Program.
5:30 General Food Sales Program,
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Caswell Coffee Concert, NBC.
7:30 P. S. P. & L. Vocal Ensemble.
7:45 Durkee Famous Foods Program
8:00 Fisher Mills Program, NBC.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, NBC.
9:15 Montag Fireside Melodies.
9:45 Terrace Gardens Oreh., NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ship of Dreams, NBC.
10:50 Globe Trotter Program.
11:00 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, June 17.
5:00 Friendship Town, NBC.
5:30 Armour Hour, NBC.
6:00 Paul Whiteman Orch, NBC.
6:30 Vacation Land Review.
6:45 Columbia Knitting Mills.
7:00 Ambos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Pair of Pianos, NBC.
7:30 M. J. B. Demi T*asse Review.
8:00 Union Oi Co. Voice of 76, NBC.
8:30 Best Foods Program, NBC.
8:45 Gilmore Oil Co., NBC.
9:00 Mozart Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Fisher Mills Male Quartet.
10:30 Across the Music Counter, NBC.
10:50 Globe Trotter News Flashes.
11:00 Ambassador Hotel Orch., NBC.
11:30 Hotel Biltmore Orch, NBC.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, June 18.
5:00 Fisher Mills Co. Program, NBC.
5:30 Campana Corpn. First Nighter.
6:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Santiseptic Program
7:30 Schwabacher Male Quartet.
7:45 P. S. P. & L. Program.
8:15 Mona Low, NBC.
8:30 Associated Spotlight, NBC.
10:00 Piano Pictures, NBC.
10:30 Totem Broadcasters, Musical.
10:50 Globe Trotter News.
11:00 Varsity Vagabonds,
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.