HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
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aska, as second class matter, under the Act of March 8,
1879.
Cfcas. F. Sandford... Editor.
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The unfortunate termination
of the Soule Glacier river
powei development proposal
is a decidedly hard blow not
only to the mininng industry,
to which the development of
cheaper power represents an j
overwhelming advantage, but j
also to the entire community '
a6 well No development likely j
to occur in years could bring j
to the community such a var
iety of benefits as would re
sult from the acquisition of
low cost electrical power.
Hardly an industry in the dis
trict, but would be benefitted
in some degree; mining de
velopment would be given a j
vast impetus, and the vexing
transportation question would !
be reduced to almost trifling
dimensions. In short there is j
hardly a development prob-!
lem to be found in either the 1
Salmon or Bear river sections!
to which the application of1
electrical power would not:
bring whole or partial reso
lution. It is therefore a mattei ’
for deep regret that these vast
ly important benefits should |
be relegated to the future J
when practically within the i
range of present day possibili
ties.. The important tact re- !
mains, however, that the
source of all the expected
benefits is still where it was.
The recent surveys have
shown conclusively that there i
•>; many thousand horse pow- j
i~; waiting to te harnessed;
and directed to the exploitat-j
ion of our resources. And it is
up to ourselves to get busy at
the task of bringing them in
to service. Despite the unwill
ingness of the Helmers inter
ests to proceed with the pro
ject we believe it can be
shown conclusively that the
installation of a power plant
will be a profitable investment
for anyone in a position to un
dertake it. The Herald is of
the opinion that utilization of
the water nower as a basis for
an electrical transportation
system alone will prove a prof
itable investment to say noth- ■
ing of possible revenues from
power supplied to the mines,
wV b will assuredly provide
a large annual income.
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“Why preach ‘buy at home’
in a town the size of Kyder?”
asked a cynical citizen the
other day. “That’s small-town
jounalism.”
Perhaps it is “small town”
tuff. The Herald refuses to
argue the question with the
gentleman.
Perhaps preaching loyalty to
home merchants is village
practice.
Perhaps boosting attachment
o the home, the family, the
neighbors, the townspeople is
a rustic endeavor.
But if it is, then by the great
hornspoon the Herald is glad
to be a rustic. It is glad that
Hyder is rustic, if loyalty Is
rusticity. Judged from the
cynical party’s standpoint,
there are not a dozen big
towns in America.
The editor of the Herald
'•eads from five to twenty
news papers. They come from
crossroad villages and metro
politan cities. And in all of
;hem, from time to tim,e, can
be found editorials and news
’-tories boosting the city in
which they are published:
urging the citizens to be loyal;
elling of the great advantages
*0 be gained by a united citi
zenship.
“All for the city; the city for i
nil,” might well be the motto
if the editors in all those cit
es represented on the ex
hange lists of this newspaper,
laybe it’s “small town”
ournalism. If it is, then most
if America’s cities are small
towns, and it is a safe bet that
udged by the standard of
civic loyalty, they are secretly
glad to be classed as such by
‘hose whose cynicism sees in
mch loyalty only the outcrop
pings of a rural mind.
The Herald still believes in
buying at home. So do the
citizens of Hyder. And so
does even its vilipendent cor
respondent.
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We like to see business go
ing with a whoop and abang,
with every one getting a
they can handle. But we sel
dom find just such happy con
ditions in any of our journeys
around on this mundane
sphere. But we have noticed
that the firms and business
men who kept right on ♦/hen
I times were even a little below
| normal and who used modern
1 methods in the carrying on ol
j their business had usually a
| little extra to show for their
[ efforts at the end of the year.
It is the steady puller that
carries the load to its wonted
goal. It is the constant and
consistent booster in business
who puts his program over to
the public.
Just: For Fun
! Moses was the first toreador.
; He was found in the thickest j
| of the bull rushes.
Health Hints
Sleep with your mouth shut
I Also keep it shut when angry.
I The hardest job in the world
is stuffing a rat hole full ol
butter with a red hot awl, ac
cording to Harold Blanton.
Scrapping battleships is O. E.
i but why not scrap a few' air
I planes and reduce the over
head?
; Many a girl who thought
her face was her fortune has
I died poor.
The people who boast of
their blue blood are aiw’ays
i surprised tot find that its all
; the same to a mosquito.
It’s a mean man who won’t
shave the back of his wife’s
neck.
i From the knocking: they CO '
some people must imagine
: they are opportunity.
A stranger can arouse keen
interest in a small town by
; keeping his mouth shut.
Telephone operators do ex
ceedingly well since there are
so many more wrong num
bers than right ones.
In the so-calied good old days
soaps used to be advertised as
good for the complexion. In
Lhis modern age soaps would
wash it all off.
i Overheard in the Hyder
j Drug Co. store: “Get away l
from me, you two faced
thing,” said'the Edison disc
! to the Victor record.
_
Ilis face was a striking one.
, md even without his clothes
oeople would have turned to
j look at him.—From a recent
“best seller.”
We’ll bet they would.
Sweet filing dining at Max’s:
“George, isn't it a pity when
you think of it, that this poor
little chicken had to die for
us?”
George: “Yeah, it is rather
tough.”
i “I’m sorry, Ep,” said the
| doctor, “But your wife is verj’
i ill. She’ll have to go to a
warmer climate.”
Ep went sorrowfully into the
I woodshed and returned with
I the axe.
“Here doc, you hit ’er,” he
| said. “I haven’t got the nerve.”
They used to ; gard whiskey
as a sure cure for snake bite,
but the kind of whiskey they
make now kills both the man
and the snake that bites him.
It’s a sporting theory that
nobody likes a quitter, but we
secretly admire the man who
has sense enough to run away
while the running is good.
Nowadays it’s a wise man
who doesn’t wait for his ship
to come in. He goes outside
the twelve mile limit to meet
it.
“What do you think of a
man who is cowardly enough
to hide behind a woman’s
skirts?” writes a fair subscrib
| er. We think he must havt
! been a very small man, con
1 udering the prevailing styles.
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We are reminded that a large
! majority of the girls “who
would not marry the best man
on earth” don’t. They usually
pick out some poor cuss who
is a long ways from the head
of the list.
When the papers used to say
that a man was knocked out
by a bottle they meant that
somebody had hit him with
one.
Girls, when you pass arouna
Ihe kisses, like chocolate fudge
or dinner favors, it may liven
up the party, but you can’t ex
pect anybody to take them
seriously.
Townsiter: “That was a
howlin’ time the baby had last
night.”
Dr. Standard: “Yes, but did
; tho baby grot .tx aood night’s
rest after I sent that sleeping
powder over?”
Townsiter: “We don’t know.
My wife and I took the powd
er between us and went
straight off td sleep.”
, Uneasy lies the head at night
that lies during the day.
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Those new postage stamps
may be all right, but they do
not reconcile us to the fact
that they cost more.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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