The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter
at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March
3, 1879.
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Armistice Day
Despite the fact that 15 years
have passed since the ending
of that greatest of all human
tragedies, the world war, the
effects are still felt everywhere
and unrest is as widespread as
it was before that great strug
gle.
In spite of the efforts which
have been made since 1918 in
the interest of peace, the out
look for the future is not re
assuring. The needs and as
pirations of the nations are
still unsatisfied, and the desires
and aims of one nation cannot
be met without encroachment
upon its neighbors.
Just now a striking example
of these unsatisfied ambitions
is seen in Manchuria and Mon
golia, where the conflicting
interests of China, Japan and
Russia threaten the peace of
not only those nations but of
a large part of the world.
While less acute for the mo
ment, the racial and economic
antagonisms among European
nations are pregnant with pos
sibilities of disaster at any hour
and the political atmosphere
is electric with distrust and ap
prehension.
In view of these conditions
Armistice Day this year should
remind all peoples of the hor
rors of the last war, and cause
them to pause before taking
any aggressive step which
might precipate another such
devastating struggle.
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Commencing To Wake Up
The fellow' who said the Big
Depression had one virtue—it
“made people think a little,”
was right on the mark in his
observation. One day this
week we encountered five
small gatherings of local resi
dents, one of whom was a lady,
each group engaged in a spir
ited discussion of different
phases of of the economic situ
ation and governmental poli
cies.
In the good old days of Cool
idge prosperity you could not
have found one such group in
a year of steady hunting, nor
one man, or women, in five
hundred persons . who knew
enough or cared enough about
economics or government to
maintain a conversation thirty
seconds.
Just for Fun
They say time heals all things
except leaky radiators.
Kissing is said to be the most
practical way to remove paint
in some cases.
Few people would know we
are off the gold standard if
they hadn’t read it in the pap
ers, Most of us have been off
it a good while.
Yael says there ought to be
a law to make an engagement
last long enough to cover the
time payments on the engage
ment ring.
Hash-house gossip—“Why do
you think there’s a new dish
washer working here?”
“Because the finger prints on
the plates are different.”
The following amusing ap
peal was* received by a Red
Cross chapter:
“Chairman of Red Cross Com
mittee for help of poor ones.
Dear Sir or madam:
Please do not think in speak
ing to you in this way i mean
disrespek but i do not know
if you are he or she and so i am
with all politeness. I do not
know your name or who you
are and do not know if i am
rite in speaking you at all.
I am student of English
American language but maybe
i do not make myself felt cor
rectly and with understanding.
But dear sir or madam i am
without Red Cross help or any
at all and my pants and socks
is all worn out and so is the
Missis, who is only bone and
handful of hair as feller said
but she needs socks two. And
some dish wipe cloths two. be
cause the sacks she been using
was eat up by the Irishers goat
next door. And the Irisher say
we can go to hell for our sacks
and so i come to you.
The children also need some
socks two and the shoe they
got is all gone in the middle
and they was two big ennyhow
But thank you just the same.
I get little work at gas house
now and we get something to
eat now but cannot buy socks
and pants two.
If damd Depression dont stop
pretty soon i must go without
pants if you dont send me some
for myself and Missis.
So pleas dear sir or madam
if you got nothing to spare send
us some.
yours truly
Domenicio Scalcha
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
February 29, 1924.
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Mrs. Harry Tanner left on
Thursday for a visit with rela
tives in Seattle.
B. O. Erickson and Wm. For
rest have incorporated a com
pany on their Rufus group on
the north slope of Bear river.
Developments at the Dun
well are continuing to be most
satisfactory and the company
has decided not to dispose of
the mine, but will retain and
operate it themselves.
The Glacier Creek Mining
Company will resume oper
ations in the next two or three
weeks on their holdings adjoin
ing the Portland Canal group
on Glacier creek.
The first issue of stock of the
newly organized Indepen
dence Gold Mining Company
was oversubscribed by 65,000
shares in a very short time and
a second issue is now being of
fered. •
The stock-brokerage firm of
Rochfort and Rolston has been
formed in Stewart by Henry
Rochfort and H. W. M. Rol
ston.
Charles Durant, violin virtu
so, who has been 26 years in
the north since joining the epic
gold rush to Dawson, is a re
cent arrival and has charmed
several local audiences with
the musical instrument of
which he is a long-proved mas
ter.
Godfrey Smith has complet
ed arrangements for the con
struction of a large furniture
store building in Stewart, just
west of the Bank of Montreal
on 5th street.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
A sold a cow at a loss of 10
per cent., bought her back,
paying 10 per cent, to the par
ty; his loss w7as $5.70. What
was the original cost of the
cow?
A invests $5,000 and B $3,
000. They buy 'three equal
houses. Each one takes a
house for himself, and they sell
the remaining house for $8,
000. How should the money be
divided?
(Answers next week)
Answers to last problems
The Horse Sale -
$20—had $90 at first, $110
last.
The Hunter and Squirrel -
No; they travel on parallel
lines, don’t change relative po
sition.
FRANK A, METCALF
QYIL & MINING ENGINEhR
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder
Methodist Episcopal
* Church
* Rev. F. Bush-field, Pastor.
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
* Everyone is cordially invited to
* the services.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
D. J. McLean, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursday*
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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