The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
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at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March
3, 1879.
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Like the Old Cow's Tail
The United States, asleep as
usual when it comes to meeting
foreign competition for trade
in other countries, is likely to
find herself practically shut
out of numerous foreign mar
kets as a result of trade pa -ts
effected by England, Italy,
Sweden, Russia, and other
European states with other
countries, including several of
the South American states and
Jjtpan.
Wise and far-seeing enough
to realize the futility of wait
ing for the Econon ic Confer
ence or other general internat
ional agreements t‘> open the
gateways for world exchange
of goods,as the United States
has done and is doing, virtu
ally all of the important ex
porting countries of Europe
have already sought and ob
tained commercial accords
with one another and with non
European nations which repre
sent large buying markets for
their goods. Some of these
agreements for interchange of
trade even go so far as to pro
vide for guarantiees of credit,
in addition to a variety of
“most favored nation" clauses.
Each of these pacts means to
the United States a restriction
in its foreign markets ir. ly
ing immense losses in our for
eign trade business. Yet, while
other nations are going after
world business, good, old Uncle
Samuel waits with patient un
sophistication for our former
foreign trade to come back to
him, apparently without per
ceiving that it is being p’edged
elsewhere because we have
failed to go out and seek it.
Much of it is already gone and
in a short while there will be
precious little left to go after.
Like the old cow’s tail on the
once popular comic song, we:
are always behind when it |
comes to competing with those 1
shrewd and crafty old traders
across the seas, for trade or,
anything else.
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Japan Plans World Rule
That the little brown brothers
of Japan have a decidedly
strong idea of one day ruling
the world is clearly indicated
by the following quotation,
taken from one of the latest
Japanese school looks, the
“Japanese New National Lang
uage Reader, Volume 6, Lesson
28:
“What shall Japan con
tribute to the world? All Jap
anese must awaken to their
duty to execute the divine pun
ishment. By attacking or by
punitive treatment, .the powers
of the world must be broken
down in order to fulfill the di
vine mission of Japan. Some
day, when, having swept away
all the rottenness and subju
gated all arrogant and impo
lite countries of the world,
Japan shall be king of the
world and lord over the whole
universe.”
It is this spirit, drilled into
the minds of her people from
adolescent days, which m ikes
Japan a greater menace to me
world than any other appreci
able mundane force and also
explains why she persists in
her defiance of world opinion
in respect to China.
Just for Fun
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A French educator • pauses
the study of mathematics by
children under 10 and the
youngsters doubtless agree.
Germany wants a big army
and navy, and why not? All
other important Christian nat
ions have them.
It is claimed for a new auto
mobile tire that punctures are
“altogether improbable.” De
pending, we suppose, on the
improbability of hitting a nail
just right.
Autobiographies sometimes
contain much that is interesting
and much that is tme. But too
often the true part isn’t inter
esting and Ihe interesting part
isn’t true. And much that is
omitted would be interesting
and true.
The Postoffice Department
has issued a fraud order
against manufacturers of an'
alleged “hair remover.” But!
alleged hair restnters appear
to be immune from government
interference.
They tell about a man in Chi- j
cago who took a big drink of j
bootleg whiskey and presently
began to see reptiles and ani
mals of several colors. He
rented a hall and put up a sign
reading: “Museum, admission
25 cents.” Patrons seeing noth
ing but an empty room com
plained to a policeman. An ar
rest appeared imminent but
the man got the policeman off
in a corner and gave him a
drink out of the same bottle. A
few minutes later the cop was
offering the man $300 for a
half interest in the show.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the htyder, Alaska, Miner
November 33, 1923.
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Joe Grashio, who has been
ailing for some time, left for
Seattle to secure medical aid.
Mrs. William Gray left Sun
day to visit with relati/es in
the south.
Dave Allan of the Alaska
Cafe left Sunday on a trip to
the south.
Word has been received that
Mrs. J. L. Campbell has suc
cessfully passed through an op
eration in Seattle.
Father E. Allard has taken
permanent charge of the Cath
olic churches in Hyder and
Stewart.
Nick Belyin, pioneer carpen
ter and builder of the Golden
Gate rooming house, left Sun
day for a visit in Seattle.
The first span of the Bear'
river bridge has been complet-j
ed and the second is well un
der way. The high-level
bridge across Cascade creek is
expected to be finished by the
end of the month.
An important strike was.
made last week in the No. 2 !
tunnel of the Dunwell mine, J
when high-grade gold ore was j
encountered at the intersection j
of two quartz seams in the east *
west vein.
1
Since the snow started and
taxis have been put under cov- j
er, four stages on runners are
taking care of the traffic be
tween Hyder. Stewart and Pre
mier.
INTERESTING NOTES
About 90 per cent of the girls
of Sweden are natural blondes.
China’s 400 million people
constitute one-fourth of the
earth’s population.
Pasadena, California, is said
to have the only radio
equipped ambulance in the
United States.
The world’s largest telescope, i
located on Mt. Wilson, Calif.,;
is equipped with a 100-inch re-!
fleeting mirror.
One-third of the world’s 6,
000,000 blind people live in
China.
Women who are beauty prize
winners are prohibited from [
teaching in the educational
institutions of Turk ->y.
A total of 9,998,771 soldiers
were killed in the W rid War
and another 20,297,551 were
wounded.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL £ MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder
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* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
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* the services.
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