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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An Independent Newspaper
Bureaucracy’s Growth .
In a recent magazine article,
C. W. Battley gives some strik
ing illustrations of the amaz
ing growth of government de
partments, bureaus and. com
missions during recent years.
He calls especial attention to
the expansion of the Federal
Trade Commission whose ex
penditures increased from
$184,016 in 1915 to $1,987,802
in 1931, or more than ten-fold.
Yet this commission, which is
supposed to regulate competit
ion and prevent violations of
anti-trust laws, has no power to
enforce its decisions. More
than 50 per cent of its decis
ions which have been tested in
the courts have been reversed,
the litigation causing great ex
pense to the government and
to business men affected by
these unlawful interferences
with their rights.
Other instances of bureau
cracy’s growth pointed out by
Mr. Battley include the fact
that the Department of Com
merce increased it3 expendit
ures more than 400 per cent in
18 years, while the Depart
ment of Agriculture’s expend
itures increased from $19,916,
228 to $296,865, 944 in twenty
years, or about 1,400 per cent.
The same general situation
exists in every department of
national, state and local gov
ernment. It is no wonder that
taxpayers throughout the
country are organizing to de
mand relief from the unbear
able tax burden which has
been placed upon them.
John Sharp Williams
An unusual figure passed
away a few days ago on his
plantation near Yazoo City,
Miss., after several years of
retirement. It was John Sharp
Williams, who voluntarily quit
the United States Senate in dis
gust in 1923, after nearly 30
years of service in Congress,
saying:
“I’d rather be a hound dog
and bay at the moon from my
Mississippi plantation than to
remain in the United States
Senate.”
Williams was an ardent sup
porter of Woodrow Wilson’s
plan for American entry into
the League of Nations, and the
defeat of that plan was large
ly responsible for his leaving
public life.
Senator Williams was a brill
iant orator, whose stinging sar
casm caused many a political
opponent to wince. Ilis foud
I with Senator Vardamann of his
! own stale is memorable, and
! he aided greatly in Varda
mann’s defeat by Pat. Harri
! son in 1918.
It is said thait after he retired
from public life Senator Will
iams was offered $30,000 a
year for a weekly article on
any subject he might choose,
but that he declined, saying:
’I wouldn’t be tied down to do
anything once a week for any
body, or for $30,000.”
Just for Fun
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Counterfeiters have been un
usually busy of late, perhaps
correctly believing that people
vvill take anything that, even
resembles money.
The leading issue used to
be farm relief; now it is every
body’s relief.
The most highly applauded
thief is the baseball player
who steals a base.
Ultimately the only way to be
able to read the naughty books
will be to get a censor’s job.
“Reading maketh a full I
nan,” but if he fills up on a lot
)f current fiction he might as
well remain empty.
A Southern legislator wants
a course in sexology included
in the public school curricu
lum. Probably for the unso
phisticated kids below the
third grade.
A British educator suggests
a course in laughter in the
schools. In our school days ex
cellent results were gotten with
no more elaborate equipment
than a bent pin.
Paradoxically enough, a leg
less Oregon man was recently
arrested for boot-legging.
With better times promised
we may now be able to go into
debt a little deeper.
INTERESTING NOTES
During 1930 the Chicago el
evated railroad carried about 1
183 million passengers.
More than 93,000 candidates
for airplane pilot licenses have
been examined physically by
the United States government.
A Seattle man has invented
a theater seat with an adjust
able back that enables an oc
cupant to push himself out of
the way of a person passing
him.
A rubber composition has!
been invented for desk pads '
that is proof against ink stains,
!s not scorched by cigarette 1
stubs, and prevents sheets of
paper from slipping. i
Production of lumber in the
United States in 1931 amount
ed to 18,200,000,000 board
feet, a little more than half of
the annual production in the
previous four years.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
October 4, 1922,
The Hyder public school is
being held this winter in the
new Methodist church.
P. C. Beaudreau has built a
?nug cottage in the forest re-,
serve.
The Carmen arrived Monday
from Seattle with a cargo of
powder for the Riverside prop
erty.
Albert Mayer and J. A. Hall
have built a sidewalk on Ne
vada street from Premier ave.
to the blacksmith shop.
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A. W. Fox, former U. S. Com
missioner at Ketchikan, ar
rived Sunday and will probab
ly make his home here.
According to authentic infor
mation, the Silver Crest group
near the head of the Salmon
basin, has been bonded to Se
ttle parties.
Mrs. W. R. Reid and two
-•hildren arrived Sunday from
die Queen Charlottee islands
-° join Mr. Reid and make
‘heir home here.
Ernest Blue is transforming
he old building at the head of
he walk leading from theU. S.
Commissioner’s office to the
upper townsite into a law of
fice, which he will occupy.
About 30 men are employed
at present in the construction
of the Big Missouri trail, in an
endeavor to complete it up to
.he mine before snow forces a
suspension of the work. A
pack trail has also been made |
in to the Tide lake district.
The Federal Mining and
Smelting Company, a Guggen
leim corporation, who bonded
he Stoner group this summer,
aas relenquished the bond af- i
-er having the 16 claims sur
veyed, but without doing any
ievelopment work. The prop
erty is owned principally by
EL B. Stoner, though P. J. O’
Rourke and J. V. Clegg are *n
erested in some of the claims.
Word was received Sunday
hat the Premier Gold Mining
Company on September 30th
iistributed their fourth divi
iend from earnings of the Pre
nier mine, the amount being j
^750,000 and making the total
if dividends paid up to this;
ime -$2,400,000. The first div-1
dend was paid December 30, J
1921 and the total paid to date j
s within $100,000 of being
lalf of the total capitalization.
The mine has also paid for(
nore than a million dollars
vorth of equipment.
Steps for the organization of
i local lodge of the Loyal Or-;
ier of Moose were taken Fri- ’
lay night at the Alaskan Ho- j
el. About ten members of the
irder attended. Thirty mem
iers are required to obtain a
iharter and Ernest Blue, who;;
s in charge of the work of or
ganization, is confident that
hey can be secured. The
odge will be called the Port
and Canal Lodge and will be
composed of residents of both
tides of the boundary line.
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^Jotar^ |3ublir
^5lgii£r, JUneka
FRANK A, METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS .F. SANDF0R3
NOTARY PUBLIC
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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