HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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1879.
Chas. F. Sandford... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
AUGUST.
Originally,-Sextilis, the month
now named for the Emperor
who was no better than he
should have been, is here.
When the Roman Senate
changed the name of Gaius
Julius Caesar Octavianus to
Augustus, the said Augustus,
observing that Julius Caesar
had a month named for him,
conferred his new name on a
month of his own.
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INSEPARABLE.
The newspaper has become
so distinctly a part of the com
munity that it is difficult to
conceive of a community of
any great proportions devoid
of a local newspaper. Not less
inseparable and mutually de
pendent are the newspaper
and business.
It is virtually impossible to
point out a business success
within the last two decades
which has been achieved with
out the aid of newspaper ad
vertising. On the other hand
numberless mercantile failures
can be traced directly to in
adequate appropriations foi
newspaper advertising.
Under modern economic, soc
ial and commercial conditions
a city or a town would become
an actual reproduction of the
poetical “Deserted Village” if
deprived of all business enter
prise. Neither could a store ex
ist where there was not some
semblance of a community.
The relation of the newspaper
to both community and busi
ness is different in degree only.
Towns, stores, newspapers
and newspaper ads grow up to
gether. Taken as a whole one
can not prosper and expand
unless all prosper and expand.
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BRADSTREET’S NEVER
SAID IT
Several mining journals have
published articles quoting
Bradstreet’s as authority for
the statement that 67 per cent
of legitimate mining ventures
succeed, this being a higher
proportion than any other
business can show.
Mining Truth inquired from
Bradstreet’s as to the authen
ticity of this quotation, and
received the following reply
from Frank Greene, managing
editor:
“Bradstreet’s never made the
staement credited to it, nor
have we ever made any com
pilation tending to show rela
tive percentages of success in
different lines of business.” 4
This information is published
purely for the guidance of
mining men who may have
seen the articles in question
and who might repeat the fig
ures credited to Bradstreet’s
under the impression that they
were issued by that agency.
There are enough good things
to be sqid in favor of the min
ing industry without inventing
any additional merits.—Min
ing Truth.
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COPPER OLDEST METAL.
Copper might fitly be called
the first of the metals, for it
was the first to be adopted by
man to his ordinary uses. Prob
ably the men of the bronze age
found the metal in its native
state, as it occasionally occurs;
perhaps some cave man built
a fire over copper ore expos
ed on the surface, and unwit
tingly built the first smelter.
However it might have been
discovered, primitive man after
long centuries was using cop
per to replace his crude stone
and bone implements. Then
again, by accident perhaps,
the alloy of copper with tin or
zinc, which makes brass and
bronze, was discovered, and
this was the great metal of
antiquity.
Mining and reduction of met
al is as safe and sound a busi
ness as selling flour or running
a bank. Mining develops every
other industry—farming, rail
roading, merchandising; it is
the great builder for any nat
ion.
Some of the capital that is
going into speculative advent
ures might well go into metal
mining in the west.—Wallace
Press-Times. •
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RADIUM FROM LEAD.
Women scientists have play
ed a big part in radium re
searches since the discovery,
made by Madame Curie and
her husband, of this wonder
ful new metal with its miracle
working properties, says a re
cent Paris report.
Now another woman has op
ened up a new field in radium
investigations. She has found
that lead which has been ex
posed for a long period to the
sun’s rays, say, on the roofs of
houses, develops faint radio
active properties.
For some time scientists have
believed that lead is a sort of
distant relation of radium, but
the idea that lead may develop
radio-activity, or even, pex
haps, be turned into radium, is
revolutionary. Mile. Marican
eanu, who has made this start
ling discovery, is continuing
her researches.
Just for Fun
The grin worn by a “good
loser” is chagrin.
There are countless tollgates
along the road to success.
A suggestion for some people
who appear to be of no earth
ly good: Try the air service.
About the only difference be
tween a hobby and a job is
t: id jou gj- p-iiJ for the j L.
—
An old-timer today is one
who can remember when it
was safe to cuss in a barber
shop!
“Love me and the world is
mine,” moaned a swain.
“Get it first and I will,” re
torted his practical totsy.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
“The house is getting to look
pretty dirty, my dear.”
“Yes. Time I phoned for an
other vacuum cleaner demon
stration.”
’Tis often said that a woman
is as old as she looks.
We beg to differ. Nowadays
she is much older.
There are 112 miles of silk
thread in a pair of wom
an’s stockings; but the service
mileage is considerably less, if
any, in this motor age.
Summer’s here and all the
folks
Have gone off to the shore;
But they’ll come back more
tired than
They ever were before.
Groom: Have you kissed the
bride ?
Best Man: (absently) Oh,
yes, hundreds of times.
Muriel: “The man I marry
must be a hero.”
Dora: “Oh, come, dear. You
are not as bad looking as that.”
The sting of the hornet is a
little thing, but it has been
known to lift 200 pounds of
meat two feet in one second.
That’s concentration for you!
Frank Reichenback says a
happy wife is one who has an
intimate friend with whom
she can discuss her husband’s
faults.
A woman would rather be
beautiful than brilliant; a man
would rather be rich than
either.
Pete Wilson says a lot more
people would take a friendly
interest in you if you made a
noise like a roll of greenbacks.
A lady was telling us the oth
er day that she used to sit up
until one o’clock in the morn
ing wondering if her sweet
heart would ever go home.
Now she declares that she sits
up until one o’clock every
night wondering if he will ever
come home.
V. men may 1 ok belter than
i,in, but D.v-o. Allan ys, o
man doesn’t have to stay at
home after he washes his
head.
PARTIAL
I’m awfully fond of summer,
And I’ve my reasons why;
I’m awfully fond of summer,
There ain’t no coats buy.
This is the age of speed.
Wouldn’t it be great if next
winter were to come this sum
mer?
While a woman will wear a
golf otltfit when she can’t play
and a swimming suit when she
can’t swim, Eddie Haddon says
that when she puts on a wed
ding gown she means business.
In the world of today a girl
must be a whoa-man, not a
woman.
“Is your wife still at home?’’
a gentleman we know was ask
ed by a friend. “Not much,” he
retorted, “She is louder there
than anywhere else.”
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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SERMON IN SLANG
Your merits unsaid
j Show the more for all that;
! If you have a swelled head
; Keep it under your hat!
! The cost of election has risen
| to such a figure that it is hard
ly appropriate to speak of an
office as a “gift” of the people.
A lot of time seems to be wast
ed in trying to save many who
are not lost and many more
who are not worth saving.
TO ALL HOLDERS OF
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
All outstanding Second Liberty Loan 4
per cent bonds of 1927-42 (Second 4’s)
and all outstanding Second Liberty Loan
Converted 4*4 per cent bonds of 1927-42
(Seoend 4*4’s) are called for redemption
on November 15, 1927, pursuant to the
terms of their issue. Interest on all
8econd 4’s and Secocd 4*4's will eeasc on
■aid redemption date, November 15, 1927.
Holders of Second 4’s and Second
4*4’s will be entitled to have the bonds
redeemed and paid at par on November
15, 1927. Such holders may, however,
in advance of November 15, 1927. be
offered the privilege of exchanging all or
part of their bonds for other interest
bearing obligations of the United States.
Holders who desire to avail themselves
of the exchange privilege, if and when
announced, should request their bank or
trust company to notify them when
information regarding the exchange offer
ing is received.
Further information may be obtained
from any Federal Reserve Rank or branch,
or from the Commissioner of the Public
Debt, Treasury Department, Washington.
A. W. MELLON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, May 9, 1927.
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Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
“Your lips aren’t half as bad
as they’re painted,” cried the
youngs man estatically, as he
made another grab.
Too many rounds of pleasure
weaken the ladder of success.
PROFESSIONAL
(Attdntcg at ^atn \
^laalsa
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
John Hovland
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Hyder, Alaska
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NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
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