HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the ITevulu Building,
Second Avenue,H.vder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
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'Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Outlook la Better
Experienced observers of bus
iness conditions agree that
there is a decided improve
ment in the outlook, although
recovery may be gradual. That
the tide has really turned ap
pears to be a widely accepted
fact.
Voicing the general opinion
of industrial leaders, Silas II.
Altorfer, Spinner washing ma
chine manufacturer, gave some
reasons for optimism in a re
cent statement in which he said
in part:
“Business leaders should
have only strong faith in our
general outlook. Our national
wealth is more than 150 per
cent greater than in 1915, and
our national income has in
creased proportionately. Mut
ual savings bank deposits have
gained almost 300 per cent
during the same period. Elec
trically wired homes have
doubled in number since 1920,
while home construction has
grown 425 per cent. Funda
mental improvements in the
general situation are so sound
and so extensive we need not
fear for continued advance
ment.”
In recent utterances Presi
dent Hoover and other leaders
have also counseled courage to
go forward. Business periodic
als are urging the same thing
These admonitions are bear
ing fruit in increased activity
in many lines. On the whole
the outlook appears to be de
cidedly better than at -any
time during the year.
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Airsh'p Disasters
Again the world has been
shocked by a great air disaster.
The largest dirigible in the
world, the British R-101, was
wrecked in a storm over
France, with a loss of 47 lives
out of 54 aboard.
This great craft, which cost
five million dollars, was de
stroyed just one week less than
a year after first taking the air.
Other notable disasters to dir
igibles are recalled by the fate
of the R-101.
The ZR-2, bought by the
United States from England.
' exploded over Hull in 1921.
only four out of G6 persons on
board being saved. In 1922
the Roma, bought from Italy
foi the U. S. Army, was de
i 'tro.ved at Hampton Road*
when it became unmanagable
and crashed into a high-volt
age electric line and burned
with a loss of 35 lives.
In 1923 tlie French dirigible
Dixmude, after breaking all
then existing distance records,
disappeared in a storm over
Mediterranean, all of the 50
persons aboard being lost.
In 1925 the Navy dirigible
Shenandoah broke into three
parts while battling a storm
over Ohio. Of 41 persons in the
crew, 14 were killed and two
were seriously injured, the es
cape of the survivors seeming
almost miraculous.
In 1928 the Italian dirigible
Italia, after crossing the North
Pole, was wrecked with the
loss of a part of the crew of 15
and Commander Nobile and
others were injured. Amund
, sen, discoverer of the South
Pole, perished in an attempt to
rescue the Nobile party.
■ Many smaller dirigibles have
likewise met disaster in peace
iime cruises, while during the
World War more than 100
were lost by Germany alone.
The dirigible may one day
become a relatively safe and
valuable means of transportat
i ion, but it has so far proved to
be one of the most hazardous.
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Kissing is Awful
Every so often some learned
doctor—whose best friends, we
suspect, won’t tell him what his
trouble is—has his fling at tak
ing the joy out of life by issu
ing solemn warnings against
| the perils of kissing.
Now comes one Dr. O'Leary
! of Minnesota, who declares, as
many have done before him,
that kissing is likely to spread
a wide variety of disease
germs, ranging from tubercu
losis to housemaid’s knee. Says
he: ‘‘Even the healthiest are li
able to disease from germ in
fection through careless oscul
tation.”
But, like others of the killjoy
tribe, the good doctor doesn’t
know just what can be done
about it. In spite of all warn
ings, the ancient art of kissing
still flourishes. It is even sus
pected that in certain quarter*
it is on the increase. Yet few
will deny that kissing has its
i dangers. One of which, in cer
tain cases, is that of getting
caught.
! HELP the Street Light fund by at i
tending the benefit dance Oct. 31.
Just for Fun
Agitation against printing
crime news continues. But
crime ceased to be news long
ago.
The New York Post says Car-1
ol “has done nothing but bring !
! royalty into disrepute.” As j
| most royalty has done before j
i him.
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A new contraption measures |
j thoughts. In some cases it
would have to record almost
| infinitesimal dimensions.
Enthusiasm for that Californ
ia girl who won a dish-wash
! ing contest is reserved until we
learn if she had any competit
j ion.
That Chicago traditions arc
! to be upheld is indicated by
; the winning of a collegiate cup
for shooting by that city’s un
iversity team.
A life insurance company
figures that a boy reared to
the age of 18 has an economic
value of $28,6-15. But the
company isn’t in the market!
for any of them at that price, j
A press dispatch tells of a j
poor fellow who “died without j
the aid of a doctor,” but, for-!
jtunately, few have to shuffle!
(off without such assistance.
The first communications i
| merger was probably a worn- j
i en’s sewing circle.
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| The exact center of the Great |
Divide has been determined to
be Reno.
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Henry Ford says woman’s
place is in the home. But her
refusal to stay there has appro- j
ciably increased the demand !
for Henry’s product.
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A pessimist is one who wor
ries when there is nothing to
. worry about.
Reapportionment of Congress
men is not causing any great
public excitement. And if each
state would lose two senators
it would not be anytihng to
worry about.
The government will study
drug store methods. Perhaps
some day we will have a chief
1 soda jerker in the cabinet.
WHAT’S NEW?
Government engineers are
trying to develop a light
weight concrete for floors of
long bridge spans.
An air-cooling system similar
to that used in theaters is be
ing installed in an Italian
steamship.
Diesel engines will be chiefly
used in airplanes in the future,
according to predictions by en
gineers.
Experiments begun by sci
entists in an effort to produce
superior beef cattle are expect
ed to take 25 years for comple
ion.
A device for electric stimu-'
lation of the heart in case of
failure of that organ has been
developed by an Austrian spec
ialist.
A new “noiseless brick” for
street paving has been pro
duced by a Pittsburg manu
facturer.
Blind persons in Paris are to
be accomodated by automatic
telephones with special dials
of raised Braille characters.
A chemical composition, vit
reocelloloid, which is colorless,
non- inflamable, absolutely
clear, and capable of being
worked into various shapes is
now being produced in Eng
land as a substitute for glass.
INTERESTING NOTES
John D. Rockefeller rode ov
er a field in an airplane for the
first time recently, but would
not permit the pilot to leave
the ground.
The personnel of the French
navy includes 4,000 officers
and 58,000 men.
Belgium will celebrate the
100th anniversary of its free
dom from Dutch rule this year.
There were about 200 differ
ent Indian tribes in the United
States at the time of America’s
discovery by Columbus.
About 278 million pennies
were minted in the United
States last year.
There are 21 cables now
strung across the Atlantic
acean.
The largest gold nugget ever
discovered came from Austral
ia in 1872 and was worth more
than $60,000.
The Trans-Siberian railway
stretching over 10,000 miles is
the longest in the world.
In per capita wealth Switzer
land leads the world with an
average of $3,126 for every in
habitant.
More than 227 million per
sons in the world are adherents
of the Momammedan religion.
Berlin, Germany, claims the
largest electric plant, the larg
est department store and the
largest airport in the world.
It is proposed to plant a rose
bush on the grave of every
French soldier who fell in the
World War.
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Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El- j
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Jewelry made to order, repair j
work Anything in jewelry fur- >
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We have temporarily discon
tinued the local manufacture
of rubber stamps, but will re-;
ceive orders for outside deliv
ery. Phone 82.
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