HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 32
Chas. F. Sandford . Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Thanks—and a y£) 3 2
Happy New Year! a
Old thirty one was not
so bad,
Though not a record
setter;
We gave you all the best
we had,
But hope to do yet better!
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What Will It Mean To You?
What will the New Year
now' dawning mean to you?
The answer for most of us
is clear. The New Year will
mean precisely what we make
it.
Mere than ever before, per
haps, the year on which wt
are about to enter hangs up
on initiative, endeavor and
shrewdness.
The time is past when met
may play fast and loose with
their business or their work
The time for reckless expend
iture and loose dealing is past.
The time when the competition
for labor was such that “any
thing went” is over.
Next year there will be busi
ness in fair proportions for all,
but there will be closer mar
gins, keener competition and
net profits only for those who
economize all along the line;
there will be dividends for
those who save and disaster
for those who waste.
We believe that business and
industry will recuperate to the
extent that there will be work
and fair wages for the con
scientious workman, and hard
times and unemployment for
those who are careless or lazy.
We have reached a time
where profits will be made by
those who can combine small
profits on individual sales
with volume; there will be
work for those who can and
do produce more for their pay.
Such conditions are natural re
sults of the times we are pass
ing through and bring out the,
best there is in men. And we
believe that in the end they
will leave the country more
soundly prosperous than when
so-called “good-times” make
men careless, reckless, lazy,
and wasteful.
The result will also mean
cheaper goods for the masses
and good profits and steady
work for those who know how
to take advantage of the cir
cumstances of the moment.
The New Year, therefor, will
be just what we make it.
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Congress Facing
Many Problems.
Seldom before in late years
has a Congress been confront
ed with such an array of
really vital problems as i?
the present session. And ii
may also be said that seldom
before in its history has the
national assembly been corn
pored of representatives whc
were less capable of grappling
with the tremendous and far
.eaching problems which w.il;
confront the present session.
A list of the subjects upoi
which immediate or early de
visions will be required in
dudes the following:
The question of higher taxes
to meet the huge deficit caus
ed by shrinking revenues.
The question of leaving un
employment relief to private
olution or to include the fed
eral government in its solution.
The question of supporting
)r rejecting the president’s
policy of close cooperation
with Europe in dealing with
war debts and reparations
difficulties arising out of the
Hoover moratorium.
The question of supporting
Hoover’s agreement with Pre
mier Laval respecting the re
adjustment of war debts, pro
dded the allied powers reduce
Herman reparations.
The enactment of a program
>f financial and banking leg
slation which will expand re
lief to business and make the
banking system more flexible;
\ program involving funda
mental alterations in the fed
eral reserve rediscount system.
The question of whether or
not to permit a test vote on
prohibition.
The nation awaits a resolu
tion of these questions with a
degree of interest seldom felt
by the mass of the American
people toward public issues.
Just for Fun
The man who does not know
what to do with his week-end
should put his hat on it.
lie: “You’ve changed your
mind.”
She: “Well, what’s a mind
for?”
Storekeeper: “This ten-eent
piece doesn’t ring good.”
Tommy: “What do you want
for a dime, a set of chimes?”
ONE OMISSION ;<§
“I !isl;eil your father and he said |
you were old enough to know your
own mind.”
“He didn’t tell you how old I was,
did he?”
Johnny: “What is a phil- :
osopher, father?”
Father: “A man with a good
constitution, position and bank ;
account.”
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Asker: “Are you saving an> |
money since you started your j
budget system?”
Wiseby: “Sure. By the time
we have balanced it up every
evening it’s too late to go any
where.
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Clerk (showing customer
golf stockings) : “Wonderful
value, sir. Worth double the
money. Latest pattern, fast j
color, hole-proof, won’t shrink,
and its a good yarn.”
Customer: “Yes, and very (
well told.”
AND DON’T HESITATE
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‘'Sometimes you have to hit a man
to make him keep quiet, so that you
can save him from drowning.”
“Yes, and the time to tfo it Is when
he first begins to rock the boat.”
Son: “Say, paw, the teacher
asked me to find the greatest
common divisor.”
Paw: “Great heavens, is
that thing still lost? The
teacher had me hunting for it
when I was a kid.”
“What do you do?”
“I keep house, scrub, scour,
bake, wash dishes, cook, do the
laundry, iron, sew.”
And the census taker listed
her: “Housewife—no occupa-;
tion.”
The absent-minded profes
sor went out to lunch and left
pinned to his door a card
which read, “Professor X will
be back at 1 p. m.”
Returning at 12:30, he read
the notice, looked at his
watch and sat down to wait
for himself to return. #
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
Dec. 28, 1921
Starting at 10:30 a. m.
Christmas morning, tire com
pletely destroyed the Premier
mess house at Thirteen-mile,
also the kitchen, store room
and meat house, which were
annexed to the main building.
An overheated stove in the
dining room is believed to have
ignited the oil-saturated floor.
The flames spread so rapidly
that Blackie Irwin, the cook,
saved none of his personal ef
fects except the clothes he
wore. About $2,000 worth of
supplies were lost and the
Christmas dinner for the crew
working there was cremated.
The first Christmas celebra
tion of the Hyder public school
was held the night of the 23rd.
Santa Claus was not able to be
there in person, so he appoint
ed John Cornyn as his deputy
and John performed his duties
right well and bravely. The
Christmas tree in the school
house was loaded with gifts.
The program was presented in
a manner to reflect great cred
it on the children and their
teacher, Miss Esther Olson.
The children participating
included Donna Balch, June
Mehlfeld, Pat. Ross, Lillian
Stewart, Arthur Hall, Clarence
Coffyn, Dorothy Mehlfeld, Ag
nes Lundvall, Frances Balch,
Josephine McFarland and
Mona Mehlfeld.
Jack McCormack has pur
chased the Mecca cigar store
from Alex. Frazer and has re
named it the North Star. He
has made a number of altera
tions and improvements and
installed a lunch counter and
dining room, with L. S. Big
ham in charge.
U. S. Commissioner John W.
Frame last Friday united in
marriage Miss Olive Turner, of
Calgary, and Dr. Geoffrey E.
Bayfield, physician at the Pre
mier mine. Miss Turner arriv
ed from Calgary Friday noon
and the wedding took place
shortly after. Witnesses to the
ceremony were Customs Col
lector E. R. Stivers and ex
commissioner John T. Reed.
As the date of the Pioneer
Carnival draws near, interest
in the election of the Carnival
Queen grows keener. At last
reports the standing of the
candidates was as follows:
Ila Young 10,108
Elizabeth Pitt 8,176
Elizabeth Baynton 1,876
Donna Batch 1,201
Win. Gray and Pete Wilson
of the Hyder Lumber Com
pany left on Friday for a trip
Outside, Mr. Gray will join
his wife in Seattle.
Noel Traversy has decorated
the lobby of the Ocean View
Hotel with an attractive gold
sign.
Emil Davis, manager of the
Commonwealth, returned from
Seattle, accompanied by Wm.
Nepsted, a brother of Geo.
Nepsted, president of the com
pany. Mr. Davis said it is the
intention to continue develop
ment throughout the winter.
They brought in a consider
able amount of supplies and
equipment which they took
down to Davis River Tuesday.
W. R. Tooth has set Thurs
day night as the date for the
grand opening of the Ocean
View Hotel. Everyone is invit
ed to attend and participate
in the dancing and dinner as
his guests.
Mike Kozoff, a Russian,
was fined $250 and costs by
commissioner John W. Frame
and Jim Johnson, proprietor
of a bath house, was sentenced
to pay a fine of $200 for vi
olation of the Alaska Bone
Dry law this week.
What’s New?
So safe that it will not ignite
even when a lighted match is
applied to it, a new fuel for
airplanes has been introduced.
A lubricating oil that will
not stain fabrics has been de
veloped by the United States
Bureau of Standards for use
on knitting machinery.
New garage doors are swung
upward automatically by the
weight of an opproaching car
on a platform.
A new hydraulic brake is
said to stop the heaviest air-1
plane within 300 feet after i
landing.
By twisting the handle of a
new hair brush either short or
long bristles are extended for
use.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A” bat- j
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 coil dynamic speaker—com
plete S52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
| anything in jewelry at short notice.
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PROFESSIONAL
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(Attorney at ^ato
^Jgiur, .Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS ,F, SANDFORQ
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
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Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church *
* Rev. H. It. Cross, Pastor •
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. •
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
* Everyone is cordially invited to •
* the services. •
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Operating M. V. Fairbanks, Carrying U. S. Mails
FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
HYDER and KETCHIKAN
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