HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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BE THANKFUL
—
We should be thankful to be
alive, in 1929, in Hyder, U. S.
A. All of us could do a lot
worse, both in time and place.
Thumb the history books, and
pick a page at random. Whatj
is there that was in the lot of:
the average man that you
would trade for the place of
the free-man of today? The
old civilizations, magnificent,
glittering, were but the thin,
transparent crust. Better a
self-determining, flivver-driv- j
ing American than a hewer
and hauler for Nebuchadnez
zer. Better a stage hand for
democracy than a gladiator for
a Caesar. The glory that was
Greece rested on the wearied
shoulders of the silver-digging
serfs of Laurium.
Of course, Hyder in 1929 isn’t
perfect; far from it. No place
is, even those far-away places !
of which we dream as better,
places than the old camp. But!
still be thankful, then, to know '
with Carlyle that “Here in this j
poor, miserable, hampered, ’
despicable Actual, wherein
thou even now standest Here
or nowhere is thy ideal; work j
it out therefrom, and working
live, believe, be free.”
Because, measured by the
yardstick of time, the Actual
wherein we now stand is nei-!
ther poor, nor miserable, nor
despicable, our working should
be militant and confident. And
if the Actual be hampered, it is
hampered alone by our own
shortcomings, misgivings, indo
lence and lethargy. We should j
be thankful, then, that the cure
for these lies within ourselves.
If we see sorrow about us and
grief, let us be thankful if our
heart warms with zeal to assu-.
age it. If we see wrong, let us
be thankful if our spirit grows
hot with will to right it. And
whatever there is of error or
failure, let us be thankful that
recognition is the first step to i
correction.
And, lastly, if we be thankful
that our lot is at least as happy
as most, let us be thankful if
God has given us the heart to
share our plenty, to lift the
fallen, to support the weary, to
comfort the comfortless, and to
feed them who famish.
Only that we may be the in
strument to help our fellow
men as well as ourselves has
the patient Father of all being
put us here, in Hyder, U. S. A.,!
in 1929.
-o
EYES THAT SEE
There is a keen vision and
consequent wisdom that are
the rewards of patient concen
tration on matters small and
particular. This is the sight of
the specialist, invaluable to a
scientific world and bearing
fruit in its complicated organ
ization, its storehouses of
knowledge, its intricate ma
chinery.
But there is another sort of
wisdom that must be kept
alive, lest the world grow gray
and gloomy with scientific
dust. There must be those of
wide vision no less than those
who see closely. Two men may j
survey a landscape and one see j
it as a curious pattern of par- j
ticulars, while the other catch
es its glory and beauty and
finds inspiration and delight
in them. One is concerned
with the realities of fact; the
other aware of realities of fan
cy and interpretation. The
world needs both, but the lat
ter it must have.
There is spiritual unhealthi
ness in too close concern with a
small corner of truth. It makes
men shortsighted, so that they
are blind to universal things or
indifferent to them. Yet with
out some awareness of propor
tions and relations and some
sense of comprehensive truth,
there is no humanity to our
knowledge. It grows ever more
bewildering, more profitless
and pointless. It loses the es
sential quality on which the
heart and mind can lay hold—
the quality of unity with some
purpose and plan in which
men are equally a part.
Without it we would grow in
creasingly lonely and unsatis
fied in a world of which we
knew either too little or too
much.
—-o
Canadians Debating
Restriciicn Claim Locations
To Canadians
(From Mining Truth)
Canadians are debating again
the advisability of restricting
ownership of mining claims
henceforth located to Canad
ians. *
The same idea was debated
forty years ago, but as Ameri
can capital was required then
for development of the new
western provinces it was de
cided to encourage the pros
pectors and operators from be
low the line.
Now that money from Britain
and Eastern Canada is coming
in, the old argument no longer
applies.
Export duties are also being
discussed, to encourage home
smeltin gof Canadian ores.
Just for Fun
The man who philosophises
about love rarely loves.
It is not generally believed
that a liquid eye is essential to
poring over a book.
Now if only someone would
appear who was able to put
the sense in censors.
D. J. Mulcare says you may
not be able to see your duty,
but your neighbor will.
It is usually better to deserve
what you get than to get what
you deserve.
They say around town that
George Devine is a clever sub.
for Dan Cupid.
And some of us can be fooled
a lot easier than we can fool
othei's.
Bill: “Ah, what is more
tempting than a beautiful girl
to behold?”
Sam: “A live one to be held.”
According to Pete. Wilson, a
college education never hurt
anybody who was willing to
learn something afterw'ard.
Another Americanism: Look
a t that darned foreigner!
What? He’s a prince? Let's
give him a banquet!”
Even Santa Claus gets plenty
of knocks from a lot of gazabos
who think he owes them some
thing.
And then there is the boot
legger who walked all the way
to the drug store to get some
poison to kill the cat!
“Please buy some Christmas
seals, mister.”
“Sorry, miss, but I bought my
wife one last year and I’m still
paying for it.”
Henry: “111 give you a hund
red dollars to do my worrying
for me.”
George: “Great! Where’s the
hundred?”
Henry: “That’s your first
worry.”
Myrtle: “My folks are going
to send me to a girl’s finishing
school.”
Mildred: “Mine can’t manage
me, either.”
Our government, according to j
Ed. Reynolds, is largely one of!
checks and balances—your
check comes back to you if
your balance is not right.
Can we play at keeping store
in here, mama?”
“Yes, but you must be very,
very quiet.”
“Oh, all right, mama, We’ll
pretend we don’t advertise.”
Modern Nur*ery Rhyme
Mary had a little lamb,
A trifle short of breath,
He tried to follow her around,
And ran himself to death.
Mistress (severely): “Sarah!
I found my blue dress in your
trunk.”
Sarah: “Just fancy, mum!
And you thought only the oth
er day that you had lost it.”
I
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
The Canadian government
has contracted with the Lomen
Reindeer Company, of Nome,
for the delivery to the Canad
ian minister of the interior of
3,000 select reindeer, which
are to be driven across the
American Arctic to the Can
adian northwest territories.
The deer caravan is to be ful
ly equipped for the long jour
ney with 40 specially manu
factured sleds and 50 trained
sled deer to transport provis
ions and clothing for the per
sonnel. The men will be aided
by trained reindeer and Idaho
sheep dogs, and airplanes will
be used to keep in touch with
the expedition in its progress.
The body of M. E. Lundgren,
an old-timer of the Fairbanks
district, was found recently in
his cabin on the ridge between
Treasure and Our Creeks. A
coroner’s jury rendered a ver
dict of death by natural causes,
although evidence was given
indicating a possibility that
Lundgren might have died of
starvation after a long period
of illness. Only the skeleton re
mained, and it is believed that
he died late in June or early
in July, while he was in bed.
Cranberries appeared to have
been his only sustenance dur
ing his last days. There was
no otiier food of any kind in
the cabin.
Linemen of the Alaska Rail
road were compelled to do a
lot of extra work last summer
as a result of moose and other
big game animals becoming
entangled in the telegraph
wires along the road. A moose
became entangled in the wires
recently near Matanuska,
where the line runs fairly close
to the ground. As a result the
linemen were compelled to re
place several hundred feet of
wire. None of the missing wire
could be found and it is pre
Burned it was carried away on
the horns of the moose. A
mountain sheep caught his
horns in the wire in the McKin
ley Park district and breaks
were caused in the lines at
numerous other points, where
the wires are close to the
ground.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and IS Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
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U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS. F. SANDF3RD
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