HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
In what is described by our
esteemei contemporary, the
Portland Canal I^ews, as an
“intererting letter” and pub
lished last week in its leading
news col imn, one Colonel J. E.
Leckie, of Vancouver, finds oc
casion to take a few back
handed slap3 at the United
States under the guise of cor
recting what he terms “refer
ences to attempts to bar United
States caoital from this Prov
in e.” alleged by him to have
been published in the News.
So far as we are aware after
an extended perusal of the
f'les of that journal, no story
c-f pu h character or conveying
intimations to such effect was
publ' hed by the News during
the past two years. We. there
fore. conclude that Mr. Leckie
is either laboring under a seri
ous misapprehension or delib
erate 1/ manufactured the al
leged references as an excuse
for rt'rrng up the ill conceal
ed bo~*:’;pv of certain classes
rr r’finxrfipns toward every
tb'‘T>v A merican.
The Co'-m^l, to whose name
is a most imposing
erra” r>r initials descriptive of
his * t * * i **v and other honors,
1 * for the purpose of
landing dignity to an other
y.’:e m>‘rth-provoking exhib
i'ion o’ neevishness and bad
i’^-remen^. first declaims in
rrthor m;xed English that he !
know? ‘how this reported at-;
temnt ori^mated” and in the
next b-eath informs us that:“I
can tr 11 you that no such at-I
tenmt w- made, or such views
ey"r«ssed.’'
A11 of which suggests
that the very distinguished
gentleman was a trifle off in ;
Jsg'c as well as with respect
to the alleged facts on which
he h"»vT3 i3 ill-advised screed.
He then goes on to say: “The
view wi expressed, and right
ly too, that it migjit be well to
conf'ne staking claims in Brit
ish Colombia to British -sub
jects. I do not think it is gen
erllv understood that if there
"■"’3 a mining excitement in the
United States and a British
rniMe-t wished to go there he
would find it very difficult to
get across the line, and then
he absolutely barred from
either shaking or even purchas
in'1' a mining claim in the Unit
ed States. If he wished to pur
chase and hold a claim it must j
be ^one in the name of a Unit-!
ed States citizen. I do not see j
what cause Americans have to |
squeal ’*f we apply the same j
law to them.” I
Here again we see that the j
Col. is not only a bit hazy in!
his appreciation of good Eng
lish but is also a trifle off in his
surm’ce that Americans will be j
inclined to “squeal” over be
ing debarred from owning min
[ing ground in British Columbia.
! Although several months have
I passed since the proposal was
broadcasted to the world in
Vancouver press dispatches,
the only adverse comment that
has come to our attention was
; contained in the Canadian
press. As far as the rank and
file of Americans are concern
ed, there is not the slightest
likelihood of their “squealing”
over what is obviously the right
of British Columbia or any oth
er country to reserve its land
for its own nationals. Howev
er, in stating that British sub
jects cannot stake or purchase
; mining ground in United States
; territory, the Col. is again only
| partially right. He overlooks
[entirely the fact that right
|here in the American section of
| the Portland Canal district
[there are numerous Canadian
i claim owners. In fact we may
jsay that fully one-fifth of all
[the lode claims in the district
[are owned by Canadians.
He also appears to overlook
entirely the fact that Canad
ians are granted the same priv
ileges with respect to the ac
quisition of mineral land in
Alaska as Americans are grant
ed in Canada. It may also be
said that there is not the slight
est complaint on the part of
'Americans regarding the priv
j ileg thus granted to Canadians
to stake and hold such lands on
a basis of equality with Amer
ican citizens. In view of this
[ fact it appears that Col. Leckie
is guilty not only of a sad lack
of proper information but also
like the famous Swede in the
[story, he has made the mistake
of talking in too much terri
tory.
However, after delivering
himself of this misinforming
preamble, the Col. comes down
to the real purpose of his argu
ment and delivers himself
thus regarding the objects of
his ill-concealed rancor:
“We want their capital and
welcome it, but the mere fact
of confining staking to British
subjects is not going to keep
capital out of British Colum
bia. We have the goods and
they have got to come and get
them. We want to get back into
the British Empire some of
those ill-gotten war gains that
the poor British taxpayer is
sending to the United States.
No self-respecting Canadian is
going to lie down and take it
from the United States without
some come back.”
And now you see what ails
the doughty Col. The aim of
his message is not to dissipate
the idea that British Columbia
is thinking of barring Ameri
can capital. It’s Americans he
is after. So far as can be dis
cerned from what he says this
is the principal object of his
charming epistle. He wants to
take a few cracks at the “dam
Yankees”—to use the quaint
reference we so frequently
ihear wafted from the other
side of the border. But, at that,
what in tarnation does the
good man mean when he says:
“No self-respecting Canadian
will lie down and take it from
the United States without some
icome back” Take what, pray?
Wherein do the Canadians
suffer at the hands of the
Americans? We would like to
know. ■ When the American
comes in with the capital
the Colonel himself admits
they want and undertakes the
| development of Canadian re
jsources, he is surely doing the
i Canadians more good than
jharm. Much of British Colum
'bia which now pours a stream
; of wealth into Canadian cof
fers each year would still be a
howling wilderness but for
American capital and Amer
ican enterprise. Why then the
palpable ammo .Sty against
Americans? And if the Col.
has no other object than to dis
sipate a harmful impression,
| why the gratuitous fling anent
| the “ill-gotten war gains” for
'which the poor British taxpay
jer suffers? Is the British tax
payer giving to the United
iStates more than the American
; nation gave to Britain and her
allies by pouring into the maw
| of war millions of her sons and
| billions of her dollars—the as
surance of victory and nation
al preservation?'
i Col. Leckie seems to forget
!these things in his effort to say
j something mean about Amer
icans, although confessedly
wanting their capital and wel
lcoming it. To that extent at
least it appears that he him
self is perfectly willing to “lie
down and take it from the
: United States,” despite his as
surance that “no self-respect
Jing Canadian would do such a
thing without “coming back.”
I One might surmise from his
| remarks that his method of
.'coming back is to take what
the Americans have to give
and then make faces at them
.behind their backs. And that,
we submit, is not only ungentle
manly but also displays a
mighty ungrateful spirit which i
ill becomes a gentleman with
so many honorable appenda
ges tacked after his name.
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A town that never has any
thing to do in a public way is
on the road to the cemetery.
Any citizen who will do noth
ing for his town is helping to
dig the grave. A man' that!
curses the town furnishes the 1
coffin. The man who is so self
ish as to have no time from
his business to give to city af
is making the shroud. The ma
who will not advertise is dri\
ing the hearse. The man wh •
is always pulling back from
any public enterprise throw
bouquets on the grave. The
man who is so stingy as<to be
howling hard times, preaches
the funeral service' and sings
the doxology. And thus a town
lies buried from hi; orrow and
care. So mote it be.
Newspaper reading is a uni
versal habit, thcr r re' now -
paper advertising •' 1
reaches each day a great ,rpa
jority of those who buy.
Newspaper advertising is the
life-bipod of local trade, be
cause it touches all consumer
sources in every community. It
gives the National Advertiser
the same opportunity for com
. plete consumer appeal in any
locality.
Newspaper advertising in
sures quick, thorough and
economical dealer distribution
and dealer good will, because
retailers are willing to sell pro
ducts advertised direct to their
own customers.
Newspaper advertising en
ables the manufacturer to tell
where his products may be
bought. It can be started or
stopped overnight; can be pre
pared between days to meet
sudden developments, and to
obtain immediate results. In
addition newspaper advertis
ing enables manufacturers to
check advertising results and
costs in every market which
they enter. Newspaper adver
tising also costs less than other
kind.
The national House of Rep
resentatives has passed a bill
j designed to prevent the trans
portation of deadly weapons
: by mail. “Prohibiting the use
■f mails for the transportation
>f pistols and other firearms
that may be concealed on the
I person”, will not stop the traf
fic in thos deadly weapons of
course. Other means will be
cund for their distribution.
I However, the action of the
muse in passing a bill barring
uch weapons from the mails is
i step in the right direction,
t puts the government on rec
ord as opposed to the traffic in
pistols and at least discourages
the traffic.
The handy pistol is one of the
:hief factors in producing our
notorious murder record. Many
! p man and woman behind pris
on bars would not be there
had they not been in possession
I of a revolver in a moment of
j anger, while thousands of oth
r murderers who are free, al
though guilty, would not have
‘he blood of their fellows on
their hands. Do away with the
traffic in small arms and you
abolis one of the most import
ant factors in the production
of crime.
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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