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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Let Not Your Heart
Be Troubled
Although it will iprobably be
some little time before the ec
onomic upswing in the States
will be felt in Hyder, there is
no reason io feel depressed
over the future of the camp.
As good times increase else
where their effects will inevi
tably be felt here, perhaps
much sooner than we expect.
With increasing industry will
come an increased demand for
the metals which form the bas
is of our main industry ..mining.
Silver and copper are already
feeling the effects of increas
ing demands and an advance in
lead prices is indicated in re
cent market quotations.
Numerous new and widely di
versified uses for these metals
have been developed during
the past •twio or three years
which will unquestionably re
sult in increased p'orduction
demands a3 the world’s busi
ness and industry expands.
Increased use otf silver for mon
etary purposes may be delayed
for a time but that it will event
ually be forced by the constant
ly increasing inadequacy of
gold to meet the demand for
hard money cannot be doubt
ed.
Meanwhile we should not
permit ourselves tio become
despondent over our present
situation or to worry unduly
over the future. Through the
long years of the depression
r.o one here has gone hungry
nor is anyone likely to do so.
There has been little real
want and no groat amount of
ruffering which may be attrib
uted to local conditions, bad as
they have been. Compared to
hundreds of small communi
ties Outside we have been for
tunate indeed. We are coming
through with flying colors by
and by and in the meantime
there is nothing to fear.
As someone has said with
great truth, “ ‘Let not your
heart be troubled’ was meant
for such times as these.”
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Dizzy Figures
New financing which the ad
ministration's program will
make necessary will send the
national debt back to its peak
of 1911), when it was something
over 25 billion dollar.-'. This
was decreased to 16 billion by
1930, but deilic'.ls since then
have brought it up to more
than 21 billion.
These are dizzy figures,
enough to scare us stiff if we
could comprehend them.
Just for Fun
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Warm weather will favor our
London delegates if they lose
their clothes and have to c .'me
home in a barrel.
Don’t be in too much of a
hurry. Remember the fate of
the early worm.
Another Americanism: Lay
ing radio sets to hear phono
graph records played in New
York or Los Angeles.
Another kind of hypocrite is
one who pretends to believe a
fellow who he knows is lying.
Somehow we can’t help feei
ng a bit less enthusiastic over
celebrities whose pictures
adorn soap and cosmetic ads.
Lawyers in Providence, R. I.,
want $35,000 for getting * rich
couple divorced. We have
heard that necessaries of life
were coming higher.
A real executive is one who
~an handle people who know
more than he does.
It seems to us that the best
modern composers are those
who can make a judicious se
lection of fragments from old
tunes.
We confess to have been a
bit skeptical about that “do
mestic allotment” plan after
juservinif me mess rne s orK
j has made of it.
An Indian girl winner i a
recent beauty contest is called
“Pretty Bear.” We understmd
that most of the bathing beach
favorites have been that way,
too.
A professor says all bridge
fiends have an inferiority com
plex. It’s safe to bet he doesn’t
play with his wife as a partner.
The Nebraska man who con
fessed to stealing a piano “in a
moment of weakness” might
have carried away the house
if he had been feeling right
strong.
When one writes the truth it
isn’t so necessary to keep a car
bon copy.
A New York engineer has
developed an instrument that
measures the movements of
skyscrapers when struck by
high winds, some in the city
swaying as much as two feet.
j TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
November 9, 1923.
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Rev. Father Allard left Mon
day for Rupert.
Edgar Provinse, prominent
Hyder merchant, left on a bus
ness trip to Seattle.
Sam and Mrs. McNeil will
soon move from Stewart to Hy
der, where Mr. McN.il has
taken charge of the Hyder
electric light plant as engineer.
J. Wilson of Stewart was
badly bruised on and cut on
one hand by a flying rock from
a blast while working on the
Hyder-Stewart road last Tues
day.
P. C. Beaudreau, who has
been in charge of the Hjder
electric light plant for some
time, left Sunday for the south
with his family.
Jack Stanier, one of the
camp's oldtimers, left for t ie
south th'is week after spend
ing the summer in the district.
Bob Cameron, who was the \
first man to bring native silver j
down the Salmon river and the j
original locator of the Si ver
Tip property, died last week !
in the Vancouver hospital.
Frank Johnson, aged about
45, dean of the Premier team
sters, was ifound dead on his
wagon at Fish creek late Fri
day afternoon by >»■ rge !
Traut, caretaker of the Chick-1
en Inn. Johnson was coming:
down from the Premier mine
when death overtook him,
as a result of cerebral hemorr
hage somewhere enroute and
the team continued on to Fish
creek before stopping.
INTERESTING NOTES
About one-fourth of the pop
ulation of Argentina is cf Eu- j
ropean origin.
—
The largest shoe factory in j
Europe is located in Czecho
slovakia.
Registered motor vehicles in 1
the world now number 35,805,
602, of which 26,697,398 are;
in the United States.
The world’s largest library,
which contains more than 4,
000,000 books and an enor
mous collection of manuscripts
and pamphlets, is in Paris,
France.
A device that may revolution
ize automobile transmission
systems has been invented and
patented by Frank R. Ober
dier, a mechanic, of Lima, O.
An “electric eye” device has
been designed to aid air pilots
in landing in heavy fogs.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL ft MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder
Methodist Episcopal
Church
* Rev. F. Bushfield, Pastor.
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. ni.
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
' Everyone is cordially invited to
* the services.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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D. J. McLean, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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