HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
Application made for entry at the post office at Hyder, Al
aska, as second class matter, under the Act of March 8,
1879.
Chas. F. Sandford. Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
This is a good time to make
.your flans for Christmas ad
vertising. It is better to have
your campaign mapped out in
11 nty of time. Advertising
prepared ahead, with more
thought and care as to layout,
copy and illustrations will
prove more satisfactory and
reaultfrl to the advertiser.
Christmas displays of mer
chandise and advertising have
an important place with Dec
ember business and the more
I'me given ahead for preparat
ion the more interest and at
tention will be directed to your
efforts.
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The unit of society is not the
individual but the family. As
a very old writer says, “God
set the sol'taire in the family.”
The fam'ly was the beginning
of civilization. In it first began
the exercise of authority and
the lesson of obedience and it
was from the family that the
tribe came into being and in
the patriarch at the head, in
stead of the father. In time
the tr'be became a nation and
civilization entered upon its
final ftages. The monarchial
government, at first absolute
and then conditioned, which
i3 rapidly passing away in
these days and giving place to
d:mo?racy, was simply the
system of family government
applied to the state. It will,
therefore, be seen that funda
ments ly and essentially the
family is the unit of society
and the beginning of civilizat
ion.
One of the chief elements
entering into the greatness of
our American life is the
strength and dignity of the
American home. The American
people, more than any other
peopb in the world, are pre
disposed to keeping the “home
f-’res burning.” The universal
ity of the observance of
Thanksgiving both evidences
this fact and emphasizes it.
We know of no other people
who have a homecoming day
which is observed not only by
the people throughout the nat
ion, but by its sons and daught
ers who have gone abroad and
who are domiciled in strange
lands. Thanksgiving is the day
of the apotheosis of the Am
erican home. Today we can
nonize it, burn our incense on
its altars and worship it. So
long as the American home ex
ists and Thanksgiving Day has
its universal observance, just
so long are our American liber
ties safe and our national life
secure.
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The itinerant merchant and
vendor is one of the problems
that vex the business elements
of most all the smaller Alaska
towns. This evanescent gentry
appears from most anywhere
in the States in varying num
bers each year, cleans up a
stake by butting in on the busi
ness of the established busi
ness houses, and departs again
for parts unknown. Aside from
a small Territorial license,
they pay no taxes, and leave
nothing behind them that
benefits either the Territory or
the individual who is so disloy
al to his own community as to
patronize them. On the con
trary, every sale they make
takes money .put of the pocket
■of the local merchants and
I
away from the Territory. This
is a distinct injury to the coun
try and to the business men
who invest their money here,
pay taxes and spend most of
what they make in the place in
which it is made, thus helping
to upbuild the community and
develop the country. The indi
vidual who patronizes them is
working against the commun
ity interest and to the detri
ment of the local business men
who stay here and spend their
money here. The local mer
chants handle everything, or
practically everything carried
by the itinerants; therefore it
is no excuse to say that in buy
ing from them you an* getting
something you could not secure
fiom the local denier. It is
equally futile to suggest that
the itinerant sells at a lower
price and lhat you save money
by patronizing him. You may
save a dollar or two at the time
but in the long run you will
find that you have saved noth
ing. Evmy dollar you spend
outside of the community is a
loss to tin community and in
the end to yourself. By spend
ing your money outside of the
community you compel the loc
al merchant to charge more
for the things you do buy from
him than would be the case if
everyone spent their money at
home. Thus in the long run you
save nothing at all. Therefore,
do not let yourself be deceived
by the low price bait of the
transient vendor. When the
local merchant sells you some
thing his personal guarantee is
behind it. If it does not prove
as represented, good business
management demands that he
make it good. And he usually
will, for he cannot afford to
have dissatisfied customers.
What the itinerant sells you,
you take at your own risk. If it
fails to measure up to his rep
resentations, the loss is yours
alone.
Where then is your gain? Be
loyal to your community. Give
your trade to your local dealer,
the man on whose goods and
promises you can rely. Give the
itinerant vendor a wide berth
for he is a detriment to your
town and to yourself. The in-j
corporated towns can rid them
selves of these trade parasites
by legislation but the citizens
of the small communities must
depend upon themselves. If ev
ery citizen refuses to patronize
them they would soon disap
pear and the Territory and its
people would reap a generous
profit by their absence.
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Airplanes are going so high
and fast now it takes two men
to see one.
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It is easy to hold an inves
tigation until the investigation
:has got past the place where
anyone can hold it.
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Woman is superior. No mere
man can brag and make you
Sthink he is apologizing.
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I “Busting” is sure to follow
!too much trusting.
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Maybe the souls of people en
ter animals, as the Hindoos
claim. Many a calf enters
chicken salad sandwich.
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Uncle Sam may have to make
an addition to the motto on his
coins:
| “In God We Trust-All Euro
pean Nations cash.”
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The ten commandments do
not need to be rewritten so
much as they need to be re
’read.
Just For Fun
The Blueberry Kid says a
wise man never laughs at his
wife before breakfast or kicks
a stick of dynamite.
You can’t judge a man, by \
his clothes, according to Jens j
Pederson, but as a rule you can j
judge him by his wife’s clothes, i
_ ^ j
She—We’d like to have you
for dinner, Sunday.
He—I’m afraid you’ll find me
rather tough.
The following advertisement
appeared recently in a well
known Alaska newspaper:
“Party who took green silk
pajamas from clothesline at
416 Weet St. please return
same and no embarrassing ex
posure will be made on my
part.’’
“What is little Willie crying
for?, demanded a sharp voice
from the kitchen door.
“Oh, nothing much,” replied
Willie’s brother. “He dug a
hole in the garden, and, now
that the rain’s come on, he
wants to bring the hole into
the house.”
“Miranda, why do you go
around with that no-account
man? He doesn’t look as if he
knew anything,” said the mis
tress to her colored maid.
“No ma’am, the latter an
swered, he don’t know much,
but what he do know, he
knows awful well.”
A small boy’s head bobbed up
from behind a stump the
forest Reserve section .1, c oth
“er day and a meek littlj voice
asked: Please. Mrs., rnay I
fhave my arrow?
Yes, dear, certainly, the next
door neighbor answered beam
ing. Where did it fall0
I think, was the rep.y, it’s
stuck in your cat.
The reason why some men
wear their Ijair very long is
because it’s the only way they
can create the impression that
their brain is fertile.
Buster Scott returned from
Sunday school last week eager
to relate the lesson taught in
I is class. They had been read
ing the twenty-third psalm and
when asked to repeat it Buster
I began as follow-*
is my sheperd, I should worry.”
| Surely Buster caught the
: spirit if not the words--of the
| .song.
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