HYDER WEEKLY HERALD ;
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford and Louise Sandford
Sole owners and publishers
Chas. F. Sandford,..Editor and Manager
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aska, as second class matter,un^r the Act of March 8,
1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
THE VERSATILE MONTH.
All of the evidence consid
ered, it is agreed that the
month of March is the dissent*
ing member, the erratic revo
lutionary, the most fickle of
the fickle and the most irre
sponsible of the undependable
among the twelve major divis
ions of the calendar year. It is
born of both winter and spring
by virtue of the calendar and
weather tradition. It is nature’s
sample case. There are weath
er reasons for the existence ot
the “crazy March hare,” and
the prophetic association of
March with the lion and the
lamb.
Throughout the major portion
of the United States the month
of March is welcomed because
it marks the death of winter
and the birth of spring. Among
the time-honored days of the
year none is quite so well-met
and joyfully received as March
21, the first day of spring.
Sometimes it happens that the
first day of spring does not
live up to its calendar desig
nation and harsh winds strive
for supremacy over the urge
of spring, but to no avail,
March was made famous by
the first day of spring, but to
many was made by the income
tax, March 15 being annually
designated as the final day on
which income tax returns may
be filed without penalty.
The third monthof the year
brings St. Patrick’s day, March
17. March is also the anniver
sary month of the introduction
of the postage stamp in the
United States, of Perry’s open
ing of Japan, of the Alaska
purchase and of the battle of
the Merrimac and Monitor.
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CO-OPERATION.
Modern civilization knows oi
only one game which all may
play and in which all players
are winners. That game is co
operation.
The stage driver who de
dined to exhibit his skill with
the whip on a roadside horn
et's nest knew the power of
co-operation. Without co-oper
ation the huge American war
loans could never have been
subscribed. With co-operaticn
they were all over-subscribed.
Co-operation among the allies
under Marshal Foch stemmed '
the advance of the German
hordes.
Hornets work together. So do
bees. A bee hive is a wonder
ful testimonial to what work
ing together—each for all and
all for each—can accompish.!
Ants are also co-operators and
every ant-hill testifies to the
result-getting powers of co-op- 1
eiation. A wise man was once !
asked which is the most im
portant-Labor, Capital or
Management. He answered
with a twinkle: "Which is the
most important leg of a three
legged stool?”
Co-operation is the key word
in business. It is the one direct J
road to prosperity, both for i
individuals and large groups.
If a man is to be a leader, he
must first learn how to be a
good co-operator—a workei
with others; not a worker
against nor for, but WITH.
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THE CANAL AND THE AIR
MAIL.
The economic value of the
Panama Caanl has long since
been established. Its commer
cial usefulness has in many re
jects dwarfed the strategic i
mportance which loomed so !
large when the project was
eirst broached. The number of
warships carried through its
locks is insignificant when com
pared with the number of
freighters that make their
way through the cut, carrying
merchandise from all quarters
of the globe. Each year the
traffic grows and the revenue <
derived therefrom assumes
more important proportions.
New importance as a link in i
the chain of world trade will <
some to the Canal Zone from
Colonel Lindbergh’s recent
naugural flight over the first
lir mail route that eventually
ivill connect the three Ameri
:as. It is certain that Panama
will be the central station on
this great international air
mail line, and as such will oc
cupy a distinctly strategic po
sition. There are many ways
in which shipping and air
mail planes meeting at the
Canal can serve each other
and those each serves. The
United States can afford from
every angle to develop the
Canal to meet every present
and future need.
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SILENCE AND SPEECH.
Could you quit talking for
two weeks ? Of course you
could if it were absolutely im
perative, but you wouldn’t
want to do it. Yet, a strict sil
ence regimen is a part of the
method of correcting defect
ive speech adopted by one
clinic devoted to that^urpose.
Patients are barred from ut
tering a single sound for a
fortnight, no matter how ur
gent the need for conversat
ion, in order to give the vocal!
machinery a complete rest.
In a recent test 12 high school
girls and 30 boys were sub
jeced to the treatment. The
girls thought it would be im
possible for one of the female
sex to cease from conversation
for two weeks, but they would
try. Two girls failed under the
strain. One boy ran away but
the others stuck to silence for
two weeks, mainly by keeping
radio receivers glued to their
ears.
One might secure an intimat
ion of what the experience i
would be by ceasing from talk-1
ing for an hour when in the j
company of others. Were one j
forbidden to speak, possiblyvi
there would be nothing else j
one would want to do. so
much. It is a voluntary act but
most of us carry it on almost
involuntarily. We are so ac
customed to talking that it is
automatic, though were it less
so much of the conversation
might prove of greater value.
Periods of silence might prove
highly beneficial in the cases
of those of us who are not suf
fering from defective speech.
Thoughts might catch up with
conversation in such case, with
benefit not only to the speaker
but also the listener.
Just for Fun
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Some boys are small for their ,
age. So are some men.
A word to the wise is often
resented.
Where you start doesn’t mat
ter. It is what you start.
One who claims to be a per
fect 36 is not speaking of her
age.
The main trouble with the
;irl of today is she refuses to
act like the girl of yesterday.
It is officially reported that
ieafness is increasing. The in
formation may have come
from people who had heard
;hat money talks.
When the meek inherit the
sarth, who’s going to take care
>f the real estate business?
Its grand to love
But oh, how bitter,
To love a gal
And then not gitter.
It is easy enough to grouchy
when things aren’t coming
pour way, but the prize old
growl is the man who' will
howl when everything’s going
0. K.
“Dad, I’ve decided to become
an artist.”
“No objection, provided you
don’t draw on me.”
Sadie Sorethroat writes from
her sick bed: A girl will wear
skirts that hardly come to her
knees, and then insist that the
barber leave her hair long
enough to cover her ears.
A Stewart man returned from
an unsuccessful duck hunt
with this advice to his son:
“Always remember, my boy,
that there is a lot of room
around a duck.”
The Married Cat—Why, you
haven’t brains enough to cook
a dinner.
The Gold Digger—Perhaps
not, but I have brains enough
to get one without having to
cook it.
What’. Wrong With Thu
Picture ?
“Waiter, why is it that there
is a trouser button in my
soup?”
“I don’t know sir. We employ
only female help.”
Teacher: “Why did Wash
ington cross the Delaware?”
Pupil: “For the same reason
that the hen crossed the road,
and you can’t catch me on
them riddles.”
Doctor—Are you sure you
take your cup of hot water
every morning?
Patient—I do, doctor, but my
wife calls it coffee.
Clarice: “I don’t see you out
with Gladys any more, Jer
ry?”
Jerry: “The doctor told me
to give up sweets!”
Father: “Say, that kiss lasted
10 minutes. I timed it!”
Suitor: “Well, you see, sir,
your daughter’s lip stick!”
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
URGES GEOGRAPHIC
OBSERVATORY FOR
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Establishment of a permanent
geographic observatory in the
Aleutian Islands would result
in a complete survey of the
islands and make known their
natural resources is proposed
by Dr. T. A. Jagger, volcanol
ogist of the United States geo
logical survey.
Under the proposal ,a perma
nent camp would be estab
lished at Dutch Harbor, from
which expeditions would leave
each summer.
Within an arc extending 1,
600 miles between the Pacific
ocean and the Bering Sea, Dr.
Jagger believes there are de
posits of gold, silver, lead, cop
per, zinc, sulphur, petroleum
and coal, already known on
the Alaska peninsula but not
even explored for on the isl
ands.
“Other commercial products
exist in unknown amounts and
are little known because lack
of knowledge of the coast and
floor conditions.”
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
THE NUGGET SHOP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
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KETCHIKAN. ALASKA j
FLEET TO PROTECT
MIGRATING SEALS
Fur seal herds on the annual
journey to the Pribilofs this
spring will have the protection
jf 13 vessels of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries,
says the Fisheries Service
Bulletin.
The patrol vessels allocated
for this service are instructed
to seize any vessel engaged in
pelagic sealing and take it to
the nearest port with officers
and crew.
NAVY TO COMPLETE
ALASKA AIR SURVEY
The navy will complete the
aerial survey of Southeast
Alaska this summer at the re
quest of the Departments of
Agriculture and Interior.
Three Boeing planes with the
U. S. S. Gannett as tender, and
a barge, will arrive in South
east Alaska about May 25 to
resume the survey started in
1926.
The region under survey will
include Chichagof and Baranof
Islands, Alaska-Canadian bor
der and cover sections of the
Tongass National Forest not
included in the previous sur
vey work.
PROFESSIONAL
J&xmzt pixie
at
^tgbcr, Alaska
FRINK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS. F. SANDFOflD
NOTARY PUBLIC
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