HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Ever* Wednesday.
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aska. as secono iass matter,und*»r the Act of March 8,
1879.•_
Chas. F. Sandford. . Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
A GOOD FRIEND
Good news, indeed, is the an
nouncement of Charles D. Gar
field that th e Seattle Chambei
of Commerce desires to co
operate with the local Cham'
her of Commerce and people
in matters affecting the wel
fare and development of the
district and seeks local sug
gestions to that end. Coming
from one of the largest and
most powerful commercial or
ganizations in the United
States and, furthermore, one
which has long since demon
strated by actual deeds it£
desire to help the Territcfry,
in any way possible, the offei
is one that means a great deal
ta the district.
More than once during a long
period of watching the pro
gress of Alaskan affairs we
have seen this great and high
ly influential Seattle organi
zation come to the aid
of an Alaska project and ren
der invaluable assistance to
ward its consummation; and
time and again have we seen
it rescue a worthy need from
the certain oblivion of Wash
ington pigeon holes and bring
it to official attention and suc
cess. Long years of splendid
service in behalf of Alaska
and Alaskan development has
demonstrated that it is an or
ganization of deeds rather
than of words and fully lives
up to its policy of “doing for
Alaska those things which
Alaskans desire.” It is in ev
ery sense “a friend at court”
for everything that promises to
further the progress and wel
fare of the Territory.
The Hyder district does not
at present need a great deal
of assistance. But what it does
need principally—a short road
or two—is not only a very ur
gent need but also one of the
kind of needs to which the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
can lend most effective assist
ance.
It must be understood, how
ever, that it is not the policy
of the organization to interest
! itself in strictly local affairs.
Rather its aim is to deal in
| those problems and matters
| which concern the Territory as
■ | a whole. Therefore it cannot
! be expected that it will be
come in any sense an open
champion of local needs. At
the same time it is in a position
to direct attention to local
needs where such action may
be consistent with its policy of
furthering Territorial develop-!
' ment.
| By cooperating with so in
fluential an organization and
j keeping it posted regarding
our wants Hyder can be sure
of having a powerful friend
who will come to her aid:
whenever need arises on all
matters that come within the
sphere of its policy and is
certain to reap substantial
benefits by the connection.
WHAT NEWSPAPER
ADS. DID j
It was only a few years ago
that the retail stores in towns i
and the smaller cities did the
bulk of their week’s business i
on Saturday. While the other
five business days might have
paid expenses the merchant
depended upon the Saturday
i sales for the major portion of
1 his week’s profit. Needless to
say the average merchant
would have been exempt from
excess profits taxes in those
days.
The newspaper is given cred
it for discovering the possibili
ty of scattering the Saturday
peak load over the six business
| days of the week and it was
j newspaper advertising which
has achieved the present more
equitable distribution of the
week’s business. Saturday is
still the merchant’s busy day,
but now he is only a little less
busy on the preceding five
days.
This is only one of the many
services performed for busi
ness by newspaper advertising.
It is irrefutable that a great
part of the increase in business
experienced by the retail
stores generally in recent
years has been created by
newspaper advertising. News
paper advertising has been the
“Aladdin’s Lamp” of the re
tail merchants. These are still
isolated towns where one may
see for himself what “might
have been” the nation over if
newspaper advertising had
never been.
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PLAYTIME IS HERE.
Those who believe that en
joyment of life is the shortest
road to everlasting torment
should find little hope for the
salvation of the American
people of this generation. In
fact it is not infrequently ru
mored about by those who
look askance upon a smiling
countenance that the United
States is even now passing
‘hrough the several stages of
the decline and fall.
Surely no country, not even
Ancient Greece and the Ro
mans, was ever more abund
antly provided with the pleas
ures of life and relieved of
more of life’s miseries and dis
comforts than America.
Like the “woman upon the
white horse” of the nursery
rhyme, the people of the Unit
ed States with their phono
graphs, pianos and piano-play
ers, radio, orchestras and oth
er music makers have music
wherever they go. There are
pastimes to attract people
and more leisure to give to
those pastimes. This summer
millions of men and women in
the United States are partici
pating in numerous sports and
recreations, highways are con
gested with motorists pleasure
bent, vacation resorts are heav
ily patronized and the base
ball parks and race tracks and
pleasure parks draw their usu
al crowds.
But why should this love of
pleasure be cause for anything
but satisfaction? To avail him
self of all this play the individ
ual must work the harder
and faster, for it costs real dol
lars and many of them to play
in this big playground. And
when people work harder they
need more play. Those who
work must play.
Just for Fun
Looking good never counts
as much as making good.
When a man isn’t sure of
himself, nobody else is.
Flowery language is permis
sable only when the flowers
are perfectly fresh.
One good thing about these
heat waves is that they are
not permanent.
Wouldn’t it be great if money
circulated as fast as rumors?.
Anonymity in the author usu
ally means backyard gossip in
the book.
A man isn’t old until he be
gins to delight in telling what
a whirlwind he was in his
youth.
The cities keep on growing,
although the man who first
called them “the wicked cities”
didn’t intend it as propaganda.
A scientific item says that
among those who use extreme
ly fine wires are surgeons and
dentists. And we have no hesi
tancy in adding politicians.
It isn’t so very difficult to
succeed if you have industry,
common sense, and a few first
class enemies.N
Cheer up. There is only one
man in the world who hasn’t
the consolation of knowing
that somebody is more worth
less than he.
You may guage the prosper
ity of any given time by the
difficulty experienced in find
ing the reading matter in the j
magazines.
The old fashioned hosiery ad- i
vertisements seemed a trifle!
bold, but now they don’t tell
half the story.
Don’t scare the baby. It may
make the little fellow grow
up to become an esthetic dan
cer.
The preacher who is long on
short sermons is rarely ever
short on large congregations,
according to the Village Nut.
Oren F. says a newspaper can
and should be better than the
community in which it is pub-1
lished, but it must not be too i
much better or it will cease to
exist.
Nice thing, about working in
a bank,” says Jens Pederson,
“is half the time when you get
down there you find it is a
i holiday.”
Little Daughter: “Why is
father singing, mother?”
Mother: “He’s singing the
baby to sleep.”
Little Daughter: ‘Well, ma
i ma, if I were a baby I’d pre
tend to be asleep.”
She: “But George, I can’t
marry you at once. You see,
if I did I should have to give
up my situation, and I'm get
ting $30 a week there!”
He: “No, my darling; I
wouldn’t dream of asking you
I to do that! I’m only getting
' $20 a week—I’ll give up
mine.”
i •
The reporter from the city
was interviewing the oldest in
habitant of a village who had
just completed his century.
“And have you been married?”
| asked the newspaper man
with interest. “Married,” echo
! ed the hale and hearty old
| man, “married. I should
; think I have been. Four wives
i I’ve had.and what’s more,
j one of them was a good ’un.”
i Sandy went to have a tooth
pulled, and when he arrived in
the chamber of torture be be
gan fumbling amongst the!
change in his pocket. ‘It’s all
right,” said the agony purvey
or cheerfully, "there’s no ne
cessity to pay until the oper
ation is over. “Ah wasna goin’
tae pay,” explained the victim
sourly, “ I only wanted to find
oot how much I had before
yu gave me the gas.”
Smith: You say the speculat
ion has proved a failure?”
Jone*s: “A total failure.”
Smith: “But I thought you
raid there was a fortune in it?”
Jones (with a groan): “So
there is. Mine!
Mother: “Girls, we mustn’t
worry your father about going
away this Summer. His bank
balance is extremely low, I
know. I looked in his check
book yesterday, and saw he
had only one check left.”
The young doctor coughed
rather gravely. “I am sorry to
tell you,” he said slowly, look
Chamber
, of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
I ing down at the man ip bed,
i “that-there jis no doubt you
are suffering from scarlet fev
er, and, as you know, it is ex
tremely contagious.” The pati
ent slowly turned his head on
the pillow, and looked towards
his wife. “Dearie,” he said, in
a faint, but distinct voice, “if
any of my creditors call, you
can tell them at last I am in a
position to give them some
thing.”
HE TOOK HIS TIME: New
Orleans, June 12.--(AP)~Mar
tin Behrman, 61, mayor of
New Orleans for his fifth term,
died today, after an extended
illness. Behrman was bom
here when he was one year
old.--News item in Hartford,
Conn. Times.
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The Herald Job Shop.
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. Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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