HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Saturday
Application made for entry at the post office at Hyder, Al
aska, as secona lass matter,un^r the Act of March 8,
1879.
Chas. F. Sandford. Editor.
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Ar- NDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
MODERN EDITORS
CONSTRUCTIVE.
As time passes, ideas change,
and emphasis. At one period
a certain quality of mind and
purpose will seem to be the
most essential thing. And then
as years pass, it will seem ae
if a somewhat different point
of view was called for. The old
idea was good a3 far as it
went, and may still be needed
to a large extent, but it seems
as if something else needed
greater emphasis.
Years ago in running a news
paper, the publisher or editor
was very much inclined to
pride himself on his fearless
ness. It seemed to him that his
first qualification should be a
disposition to fight someone
or something, and that he
must expect to be at war with
this or that wrong develop
ment most of the time. It wat
a useful point of view to a
large extent, and as a resull
of such fearlessness, many
evils were exposed and right
ed. But all too frequently the
newspaper man would develop
a quarrelsome spirit that led
him to be knocking something
all the time.
Today while the newspaper
has no less constant need of
fearlessness, the viewpoints ot
helpfulness and optimism art
quite as much called for. The
new editor ought to be, and
usually, is, a worker for the
business, educational, intellect
ual, moral, and religious ad
vance of his community. He
does not merely report the
news of these activities, bui
usually takes their success
very much to heart, and is con
stantly thinking how he car
present thoughts and fact'
helpful to such forms of prog
ress.
The old time editor frequent
ly held himself aloof from com
munity movements, and wa:
quite apt to have a scoffing
attiude. The new editor is j
part of all these movements
himself. He identifies himself
heart and soul with his home
town and its progress.
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PASS UP THE PEDDLER!
“Beware. Don’t trade with
the door-to-door peddler.”
That is the heading over a
page advertiesment in an ex
change, signed by the mer
chants of the city.
It points out that the rule of
“caveat emptor” prevails when
one purchases from the un
known agent. “Let the buyer
beware,” for there are no
come-backs. The continued
success of the merchant, how
ever, depends upon his local
patronage, and therefore his
reputation for fair dealing. He
can be reached, endeavors to
provide service and correct
mistakes. With the peddler he
:s here today and gone tomor
row.
The advertisement asks: “Do
vou want to deal with a sort of
i ‘fly-by-night’ trader? Or do
you want to deal with your
steadfast, reliable, home-town j
merchants-the men who make
ip the list of your best citizens,
argest taxpayers, public bene
factors and community build
ers.”
The irresponsible agent ap
pears at the door. He or she
'hows you samples of goods.
Vou are prevailed upon to buy
or it appears to be a bargain.
But you often find out differ
ently when the article arrives.
Often it is not in accordance
with the sample or representat
ons. Frequently it is cheap
:tuff, and entirely unsatisfact
ory. If it is returned with re
luest for correction or return
>f money you receive neither. 1
There is no redress and your !
nvestment is lost.
Many have undergone such
xperiences, and have profited
hereby at a cost. So from the ;
elfish and safe standpoints <
done, it pays to patronize the
home merchant in preference I
to the itinerant dealer. (
Just for Fun
Hoping: without planning: is a*
futile as waiting: for a harvest
without planting:.
Ed. Reynolds says many a
loud and gaudy pair of spats
cover an honest pair of cotton
socks.
Carelessness does more harjy
than a want of knowledge.
He: But why have you dated
this letter the 10th when today
is only the 4th?”
She: Because I’m going to
give it to you to mail, my dear.
Today’s profundity :-It must
be distressing for a husband to
realize that she who before
marriage was his ideal is now
his ordeal.
Nervous Employer-“Robert, 1
wish you wouldn’t whistle aj
your work!
OficeBay- I ain’t working,
sir, I’m only whistling.
“Your ticket is for Decatur,”
the conductor sternly informed
the inebriated passenger, “and
this train is on the St. Louis
line, which does not go through
Decatur at all.”
“Good Heavensh!” gurgled
the illuminated traveler. “Have
you told’sh engineer?”
There’s many a fellow who
can size up anybody but him
self.
There is a good deal of in
struction for golf and bridge
players in the newspapers
these days. What we would
like to know is how to shoot
ducks when there are none in
the country and how to catch
trout when they won’t bite.
Little Tommy went into the
butcher shop and said to Jim
mie: “I want two pounds of
steak, please, and dad says the
lext time you give him working
bullock for steak don’t forget
to take the harness off.”
“I frequently have demands
for my autograph,” said a
prominent Hyder man, “but
usually at the bottom of a
:heck.”
Now that we know how good
they are for the throat, ciga
rettes can soon be advertised
for cough cures.
Patient—So you’ve really been
practicing since 1895?
Dentist—If you don’t believe
t just look o\rer the magazines
n the waiting room.
Some people have to hustle to
neet the final payment on
heir car before it loses its
rade-in-value.
She-“When you married me
rou used to call me little
lear!”
He—“Perhaps I did, darling,
»ut since then you've develop
:d into a big expense.”
Now that most of the post
cards bear printed sentiments,
the village postmaster hasn’t
much to do between trains.
Grateful Patient: “Doctor,
how can I ever pay you for
your kindness to me?”
Doctor: “Doesn’t matter, old
man-check, money order, or
cash.
Florida boasts of a gorilla
that thinks. We wonder what
it thinks of Florida.
A bluejacket wrote home to
his mother from Panama: “1
won’t be home for some time.
I’m attached to Coco Solo.”
His mother immediately re
plied : “There are a lot of nice
American girls. Don’t propose
to Miss Solo until I’ve seen her
photograph.”
! Short skirts have had no ef
fect, so far as anybody knows,
! except to demonstrate that
j woman is a biped.
I _
I “I hope you behaved your
i -»elf last night, my darling
| daughter.”
I “Yes, mother, I obeyed the
] golden rule.”
j “How?”
; “I did unto others as I wanted
i them to do unto me.”
I
“The woman of today,” says
Mrs. Christine Frederick, “is
no longer a cook She is a can
opener. “Well, of course, Mrs.
Frederick ought to know. But
every now and then we run
across a woman who looks
[ more like a pair of scissors
than a can-opener, while the
number of women who remind
us of ice tongs is astonishing.
The supreme test of will pow
er is shown by the ability to
pass right by a power shovel
busy at a new building operat
ion.
The final proof of patience
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Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
consists in helping Willie with
his arithmetic without getting
mad at your own ignorance.
“About that daughter of
yours-”
“You want to marry her?”
“Not if I can get into your busi
ness any other way, sir.”
“Shirts that laugh at the
laundry” are advertised by a
certain firm.
One of ours, bought elsewhere,
has such a keen sense of humor
that it arrived home the other
day with its sides split.
Teacher. Willie, you were the
only one to get that example
wrong. How did it happen?
Willie (a politician’s son) I
was misquoted.
Customer: “Didn’t you miss
this part of my face?”
Barber: “I believe not, sir,
why?”
Customer: “ It is the only
place that doesn’t burn.”
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U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
GEORGE B, 6RIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
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MINING
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