HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder. Alaska.
Telephone No. <12
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Where Relief Goes
It was generally supposed
that operations of the Farm
Board and agencies set up un
der its supervision were intend
ed to afford relief to distressed
farmers, suffering from low
prices due to overproduction.
Among the means to be em
ployed to this end was the for
mation of strong cooperative
marketing organizations
backed by government funds.
These were supposed to elimi
nate the middleman and give
the farmer a larger percentage
of the value of his crops.
Now what really happened?
A large number of officials
were employed at princely sal
aries. The head of the cotton
marketing organization r e
ceives $75,000 a year, the same
as the President of the United
States. The official in charge
_h grain operations receives
^>50,000 while two vice presi
dents receive $32,000 and $25,
000 and the treasurer $30,000.
Other salaries run into big fig
ures whicii must contribute
very effectively to the “relief”
of those who hold the fat .jobs.
What makes the situation all
the more scandalous it that
practically all of these officials
are drawing salaries many
times larger than they ever re
ceived before. According to
Senator Gore of Oklahoma,
the $75,000 official formerly
received only $12,000, while
the $50,000 one never made
more than $10,000.
It looks as if the Farm Board,
in it; efforts to get rid of the
middleman, had gotten hold of
some thing even more expen
sive. One thing seems certain,
and that is that the only per
sons who have obtained any re
lief from its operations are the
ones on the payroll. For with
all these high-priced expel ts on
the job the price of farm prod
ucts sank to the lowest point in
50 years, although hundreds of
millions of taxpayers’ money
was lost in trying to overcome
the old and immutable law of
supply and demand.
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Famous Kidnapings
The kidnaping of the Lind
bergh baby has recalled many
other similar crimes, a number
I of which baffled all effoits to
jappiehend the kidnapers or to
tind a trace of the stolen child
ren. Among them are these:
Charlie Ross, stolen in Ger
; mantown. Pa., in 1874; Cather
ine Winters, kidnaped in New
castle, Ind., in 1913; Jimmy
Glass, abducted in Jersey City
| in 1915; Billy Gaffney, kid
naped in Brooklyn in 1927.
1 Children kidnaped and known
; to have been killed include the
j following:
i Lloyd Kent, of Springfield,
i Mo., 'n 1917; Billy Dansey, of
I New Jersey in 1919; Bobby
i Jianks of Chicago in 1924, for
whose murder Loeb and Leo
old are serving life sentence,
i .Vlaiian Parker of Los Angeles,
or whose abduction and mur
ler in 1927 William Hickman
was electrocuted; Marian Mc
Lean, kidnaped, assaulted and
tilled in Cincinatti in 1931. her
muiderer having confessed af
ei capture. In a number of
.•ase. kidnaped children were
restored to their parents un
harmed. sometimes after pay
ment of ransom. Several of the
cases mentioned created nat
on-wide interest, but no kid
laping in the world’s history
las inspired such universal in
lignation against the pirpe
lators, or such sincere sym
>athy for the parents as has
he abduction of Charles Aug
lstus Lindbergh, Jr.
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Killings in 1931
All of the 12 large cities
howing the highest homicide
ates for 1931 are in the South,
Memphis holding the unenvi
’ble record of standing at the
lead of the list, as it has for
everal years. Omitting deci
mals, the number of killings
*er 100,000 of population for
he year in these high ranking
:tie? was as follows:
Memphis, 58; Atlanta, 52;
Lexington,, Ivy., 52; Birming
ham, 49; Shreveport, La., 41;
\ugusta, Ga., 41 ; Nashville,
’7; Miami, 36; Savannah, 36;
Jacksonville, 34; Macon, Ga.,
31; Mobile, 30.
In contrast with these fig
ures, New York had only 7
muiders per 100,000 populat
ion, and Chicago, in spite of its
reputation, only a fraction over
14. Of the large cities Boston
had the moat commendable
record, with slightly lees than
2.
It is hard to account for the
fact that Memphis consistent
ly has a homicide rate 25 times
as great as Boston and more
than eight times as great as
that of New York. But even
Boston’s rate is higher than
that of England or Canada,
and the murder record of the
United States as a whole is the
worst among the countries of
the world.
Just for Fun
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“Your dog is a thoroughbred,
isn’t it? Have you had him
registered ?”
“No, I don’t see any sense in
having him registered. He
couldn’t vote anyway.”
Over the Phone.
“Is this the weather bureau?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“How about a shower to
night?”
“It’s all right with me, ma’am,
it you need one take it.”
A man in a hospital for men
tal cases sat fishing in a flow
er tied. A visitor approached
and wishing to be affable, re
mai ked:
“How many have y o u
caught?”
“You’re the ninth,” was the
reply.
We Americans have little
trouble keeping the command
ments. It’s the doggone amend
ments that bother us.
The newest thing is a Scotch
vacation. You merely stay at
home and let your mind wand
er.
Harold: “You certainly have
a trim little waist, my dear.”
The Girl: “Yes, you’re cor
rect, and there’s no getting
around it.”
Mother: “What happens to
girls who wear cotton stock
ings?”
Daughter: “Nothing.”
Some giils show distinction
in their clothes, and some show
distinctly.
Hair dressers say that bobbed
hair is going out. Parents in
terviewed on the subject say
that it’s not only going out, but
it’s refusing to come home at i
reasonable hour.
The battle was preceded by
the following conversation:
Mike: “What were wheel
barrows invented for?”
Isaac: “To teach de Irish to
valk on der hind legs.”
It appears to us that what the
League of Nations needs in the
Far Eastern game is an um
pire who can make decisions
stick.
A Philadelphia newspaper
■ays the prohibition question is
axing our best minds. Well,
why not? Everything else is
taxed.
A fashion note in an Alaska
paper says: “Anything that
clings is in fashion, no matter
how much material may be
used to achieve a wide and full
effect.”
This is indeed welcome news.
The other day we saw a fellow
(across the boundary line)
clinging whole-heartedly to a
bridge railing, and thought he
was de trop. Hence it is real
ly a relief to learn that he was
“a la mode.” We do not know
how much material he used to
achieve the “full” ffect, but it
was sufficient, at any rate.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska Miner
April 19, 1922,
Bob Stewart, who has been
at Nine-mile for mine months,
was down the latter part of the
week to enjoy a touch of city
life.
J. M. Corse is opening a res
taurant in the building on Vol
unteer Drive formerly known
as Henry’s Place.
Andy and Dan Lindeborg,
who have been Outside all win
ter, returned this week.
The Anyox sailed this week
for the Tacoma smelter with
800 tons of Premier high-grade
ore. i
Wood, Trites and Wilson of
the Premier Gold Mining Co.,
arc negotiating in Vancouver
with Dan Lindeborg for a
working bond on the Big Miss
ouri, and a report is current
that a deal has been made.
Emil Davis, mine manager
for the Commonwealth comp
any, left Sunday for the comp
any headquarters in Puyallup.
The Crawford Transfer put
a wagon over the road from
Stewart to Hyder last Friday,
this being the first wheeled ve
hicle to make the trip this year.
The body of James Holden,
a trapper, was found by God
frey Anderson, another trap
per, in an isolated cabin on
Bowser Lake about ten days
ago. Lying on the body of the
j dead trapper was his dog,
! which apparently had starved
i to death following the death of
1 his master. They apparently
! had been dead for a month or
| more when found by Ander
son, who believes Holden died
of the flu, with which Ander
son was also stricken in Feb
| ruary and became so weak he i
i could not visit Holden’s cabin,!
! 10 miles from his own, until
! March 23.
Commissioner Frame has re
ceived notice from the district
attorney that trespassers on
the reserved strip along tjie in
ternational boundary line must
move, and that any further
trespassing will result in pros
ecutions. The buildings affect
ed by the order are the Com
missioner's office, Customs of
fice; The Pullman, owned by
Theresa O’Donnell; Attorney
Sundmacher’s office, owned by
M. R. Jamieson; and the Hotel
Hyder dry house. All were
erected before the reserve strip
had been well defined.
On May 5 the Hyder Lumber
Company will begin moving
their sawmill from the forest
reserve to the tide flats near
the mouth of Salmon river, and
expect that by May 15 they
will be in a position to start the
new mill, prepared to do bus
iness on a larger scale than
they have ever attained before.
The new mill will have a ca
pacity of 25,000 feet of lumber
daily.
Carpenters, painters and dec
orators have transformed the
Green moving picture theater
and it now compares favorably
with residential theatres of the j
large cities. In addition to :
lengthening the building and
making more seating room, the
ceiling has been tinted, the
walls papered, and an addit
ional exit cut in the rear for
safety purposes. The theatre
will now seat 150 patrons.
INTERESTING NOTES
It is estimated that weeds ex
act an annual toll of $2,000,
000,000 on American farms.
Steadily increasing gold pro
duction in South Africa during
the last three years was cli
maxed with a record output in
1921 of 10,874,145 ounces.
In addition to measurements
and finger prints of criminals, I
photographic records of their
voices can be taken without
their knowledge.
About 15,057 paid passen
gers were carried by air in the
first 10 days of operation on
the New York, Philadelphia*
and Washington Airway.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A” bat
tery. no light current, no batteries
to charge—$49.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy—Eight tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coll dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
pnwst pi m
JVttorncg at ^tato
£Igi»fr, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS ,F, SANDFORO
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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