HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every* Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
Chas. F, Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
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interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
lormation relative to local mining development that is not be
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Silver Conference Coming
The prospect that President
Hoover may not see his way
clear to respond favorably to
the Senate’s request to invite
an international silver confer
ence may suggest a severe set
back to the cause of silver re
habilitation, but we have no
hesitation in predicting that
such action will be forthcom
ing from other sources before
a great while.
The prophesy is based on the
fact that virtually all the great
economic and financial minds
of the world are agreed that
the only apparent way to re
lieve the world-wide business
depression is to restore the
buying power of China and
other silver using nations, rep
resenting nearly half of the
world’s peoples.
As pointed out by Arthur
Brisbane, world famous pub
licist, in a comment on the
British trade exposition in
Buenos Aires: “The trouble
with British and other trade is
a silver trouble.”
Continuing the theme, the
great journalist says there is
not enough gold in the world
to carry on its commerce, now
that silver, used side by side
with gold for thousands of
years, the only money avail
able for more than half of the
world’s population, has been
cut down in value two-thirds.
“The situation,” he says,
“will have to change before
world-wide prosperity can be
restored. Our high financial
intelligence will have to do
something about the silver
question, or we shall find our
selves like the dragon Fafner.
sitting on our pile of gold, four
and one-half billions of it, with
no customers to buy from us.”
Mr. Brisbane’s opinion as ex
pressed above, is concurred in
by all who have made a thor
ough study of the present day
world economic situation. With
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1 -uch marked unanimity oi
view among those who know
t requires no special gift oi
prophecy to see that stabile
zation of silver is about as cev
' tain an eventuality as anything
can be in human affairs.
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Taking It Out On Alaska
The recent Congress, now
passed into history, seems tc
have taken a peculiar delighl
in “ragging” Alaska. The un
fortunate child of Uncle San
n the North was the object ol
unfriendly Congressional at
lention, apparently for nc
sound reason. The proposal tc
cut the annual appropriatior
for the Alaska Railroad, meali
ng disastrous increase in rates
was followed by a bill whicl
would have given authority fo:
the sale of the Washington
Alaska military cable and tel
egiaph service. The govern
ment has invested great sum;
in the cable and wireless ser
; vice, owning approximately
1 3,500 miles of submarine cable
' Sale of these facilities woulc
undoubtedly result in highei
[ cates, thus adding another han
licap to the many under whicl
! Alaskans are now struggling
I In some quarters it is said tha
i the cable and wireless service
entails a monthly loss of ap
proximately $30,000. This def
cit is charged against the ar
i my, which has control of com
munication. Naturally army of
ficials resent this constan
drain on the service appropri
ation. The logical move woulc
be for the Government to ab
sorb this loss out of genera
funds and not charge it agains
any one service.
' Attempts to “snipe” at Alasks
are resented by the people o
the Pacific Coast. If economy
i is the object money can be sav
led elsewhere. Alaska has pom
led millions of wealth into the
J coffers of the United States
The territory should be aided
until it can stand on its own
feet. Alaska needs a helping
hand. The Government can
make it possible for people to
make a living in the North, de
veloping its great natural re
sources. With proper encour
agement, Alaska would be in
a few years be one of Uncle j
Sam’s most prosperous and j
flourishing units.—Railway ■
and Marine News.
Just for Fun
-o-- |
When a locomotive whistles j
for a grade crossing it’s a good |
time to believe all you hear. !
—
j Nowadays there is an elect
rical device to do anything you
want done except pay your
electricity bill.
Minister: “Do you say your:
prayers every night, Oswald?” j
Oswald: “No—some nights Ij
don’t want anything.”
—
, Music Teacher: “What is1
I your idea of harmony?”
Smart Student: “A freckle
faced girl with a polka dot j
dress leading a giraffe.”
“Tom is going to give up :
| smoking for me.”
“How old fashioned.”
| “No, he says we can’t both
i afford it.”
I
; “How long have you been mar
ried?”
“Twenty odd years.”
“Why do you call then odd?”
“Wait till you meet my hus
band.”
j McTavish: It’s time to get dog
licenses again. You keep a dog
.don’t you?”
McStingy: “No. if we hear aj
noise in the night, we bark our i
I selves.”
i i
Attendant at Filling station:
“Here comes another I. W. W.
customer.”
Loafer: “What’s that?”
Attendant: “A motorist who
wants information, wind and
water.’
INTERESTING NOTES
An average of 28 divorces a
day were granted during 1930
I at Chicago.
Geologists report that China
, possesses enough coal to sup
j ply the world for 1,000 years.
Census figures show the
lumber of farms in the United ,
States has decreased by 150,- j
466 in the last 10 years.
i
! The sulphur-bottom ivhale,
which is from 80 to 90 feet
long, weighs about 100 tons,
; is said to be the largest living
: animal.
Mexico City, which is nearing
the million mark in population,
has 100,000 more women than
men among its residents.
I
Installation of the world’s
' largest church organ, which
1 will contain 18,729 pipes, has
been started in St. Mathew’s
i church at Hanover, Pa.
’ Germany boast-of the larg
- est mouth organ orchestra in
■ I the world, having 40 music
! ians who play from twelve to
. fifteen instruments each.
1
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
April 13, 1921
The road up the Salmon val
ley is breaking up fast, sleighs
from the mine being now able !
to come only as far as the.Hy-j
der sawmill, (then located 1
near the upper end of Premier:
Ave.—Editor) where the ore is
transfer! ed to wheeled trucks
and taken to the wharf.
A 100-foot compressor,. a{
duplicate of the one already!
installed, is expected to arrive J
an the next boat.
Mrs. Cascadden and Mrs. j
Earle have purchased the
Caldwell building on Interna
tional avenue and intend con
verting it into a modern bath
house.
Unless a change is made in
hauling (he Premier ore there
will soon be no road left
through town and to the wharf.
Two hundred sacks on a nar
tow-tired truck is proving too
heavy for the road bed, and
even now the road is practi
cally impassable, except for
the tractor and its trailer.
Contractors for clearing of
the right of way for the tram
line to Premier are doing great
work and there is now little
doubt that the contracts will
be finished within the time
limit of 30 days from the start.
Miles 7 and 8 have been taken
by Homer Ficklin, who has fin-1
ished his contract about 2
miles beyond Nine-mile. Sco
ville and Jancowsk: have also
finished their contract and all
the other contracts are ahead
of schedule.
Arthur Hall and Lome
Jamieson are now going to
school in Stewart on their bi
cycles.
C. W. Cheatham, superin
tendent for the Bureau of
Public Roads in Alaska, ar
rived from Ketchikan and
promised to give the Salmon
valley the transportation fac
ilities so urgently needed. The
biidge at Texas Creek will be
rushed to completion. With all
the bridge material on the
ground, the structure should
be completed within 30 days,
and the task of finishing the
road started last summer will
then be undertaken.
Foiger Peterson, of Tacoma,
reputed millionaire mining
man, and W. A. Wessengling,
also of Tacoma, arrived on a
chartered boat .’from Ketchi
kan and located 10 claims and
a water right in the neighbor
hood of Davis River.
Among the stampeders to
Fort Norman are Tom Pow
ers, Premier foreman at Hy
der, Dan Chrisholm, Premier
foreman at Nine-mile, Fred
Joyace and Ed Snyder, team
sters.
Thirty-six business firms
and three professional men ad
vertised in the Miner.
Historical Dates Next Week
April 12 Ft. Sumpter fired
on 1861
13 Thos. Jefferson
born 1743
14 Abraham Lincoln
Shot 1865
15 Interest Due.
Fourth Liberty Loan
16 Wilkins Artie
flight 1928
17 Benjamin Frank
lin Died 1790
18 Sen. Lafollette
Died 1925,
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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