Chamber
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Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Hyder
! Chamber of Commerce J
Incorporated
j Regular Meeting Second j
j Wednesday of the Month J
THE BARGAIN COUNTER
If you wish to sell some useful sec
ond hand commodity or wish to buy
something, we will list your wants in
this classified colum at the low rate
of 10 cents per line. Watch this col
umn for bargains.
1 Baby Ben Alarm Clock .$1.00
1 Large Butcher knife, new .60
1 14 lb. sledge hammer .1.50
2 hand axes, each .75
1 Iron Cot and Spring, only $4.00
Salmon trolling spoons, each .ou
1 Diston Hand Saw, cutoff only $1
10 gal. gas. pressure tank.
Large Fyre-Pyter fire extinguisher.
Small cook stove
Iron heating stove.
Hand force pump
Iron laundry stove
Full bed and spring.
3-4 bed and spring.
2 3-4 bed mattresses.
1 wood door ■
Large electric lamps—100-150 watt.
Fairbanks-Morse 1-2 h. p. motor and
J. K. force pump, heavy duty, slightly
used-bargain.
Also several plain chairs, shovels,
saws, axes, tools, cooking and table
utensils, straight razors, scissors, and
numerous other good and useful art
icles at give-away prices. No matter
what you want, see us, we may have
it or can get it for you.
Cardboards, in varied grades
and colors at the Herald office,
Phone 82.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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ABLE IN ADVANCE. This is the com
mon practice of newspapers through
out the world. The rates charged are
the lowest asked for a newspaper
anywhere in the North and are not
yond the means of anyone. The profit
at present prices is too small to per
mit us to carry the burden of delin
quent subscriptions. ..For this reason
we ask that you keep your subscript
ion PAID UP, or we will be compelled
to discontinue delivery of the paper
when your paid subscription expires.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
Large bundle of old papers for
starting fires 25 cents at the Herald
office.
r RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
Sunday, April 1
7:00 Chevrolet Motor Co.
7:30 Hall of Fame
8:00 Wendall Hall.
8:15 Walter Winchell.
8:30 Death Valley Days.
9:00 The King’s Men
9:15 True Story Program
9:45 Crazy Crystals Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ben Tipp Program.
10:30 Washington Hour.
Monday, April 2
7:00 Carnation Company.
7:30 Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Crazy Wells Water Co.
8 :30 Voice of Firestone.
9:00 To be announced.
9:30 30 Minutes of Music
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Stringwod Ensemble.
Tuesday, April 3
7 :00 Palmolive Theaitre.NBC
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Memory Lane
8:45 Adventures in Health
9:00 Blue Ribbon Orch.
9:3C' Songs of Araby.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Wednesday,April 4
7 :00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7:30 Ben Tipp program.
.7:45 Crazy Wells Water Co.
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Raymon Knight.
8 :45 Male Quartet
9:00 To be announced
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch
Thursday, April 5
7:00 Whiteman's Orchestra.
8 :00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Standard .Symphony.
9:15 Winning the West, NBC
9:45 Beauty That Endures
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Olympic Male Quatret
10:30 Hotel Mark Hopkins
11 :00 Ambassador Hotel Orch
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Friday, April 6
7 :00 The First Nighter.
7 :30 Lives At Stake
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 One Man’s Family
9:15 Crazy Wells Program.
8:45 To be announced.
9:30 The King’s Men
9:45 Ben Tipp Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Jack Bain’s Orchestra
11:00 Ambassador Hotel Orch
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orchestra.
Saturday, April 7
7 :00 Dancing Program.
8:00 National Barn Dance
8:30 Fisher Half Hour.
9:00 30 Minutes of Music.
I 9:30 West Clock
9:32 Roderick and Lynch
9:45 Olympians, Bras'hen.
10:15 Sacred Lyrics
10:30 Artistic Trio.
11:30 Slumber Hour
WHY -
Vehicles in the United States
Pass to the Right.
The Conestoga wagon, the freight
hauling vehicle of the early days, Is
responsible for the present custom of
vehicles passing on the right In the
United States, according to the bureau
o' public roads. Before the extensive
use of the Conestoga wagon it was the
custom to pass vehicles to the left, fol
lowing the earlier English rule.
In England in the days when men
traveled armed on horseback, it was
the custom to pass to the left so that
the sword or pistol arm would be on
the side of the man passed. Enter, in
travel by coach or wagon, the driver
sat on the right side to give his right
arm free play in wielding the whip,
and passing to the left he was better
able to avoid entanglements with the
wheels of passing vehicles. Traffic
passes to the left to this day in Eng
land.
The drivers of the Conestoga wag- j
ons rode the left wheel horse. Pass
ing to the right was more convenient
in spite of the fact that It was the
custom to pass to the left, as in Eng- j
land. Drivers riding the "lazy board" j
of the Conestoga wagon—a board he- i
tween the two left-side wheels that
pulled out and could he ridden when
driving from the side of the wagon—
preferred passing traflic to the right, ;
and traffic was passed on that side.
The deep wagon ruts in the single
track roads made by the Conestoga
wagon drivers were followed by other
traffic. This explains why vehicles
[iass to the right in the United States.
Why Darwinian Doctrine
May Have to Be Modified
It was Darwin who first pointed out
the significance of color in nature.
The insect called a "walking stick” is
indistinguishable from the surround
ing twigs, ami certain butterllies look
like leaves. Why? So that enemies will
pass them by in blissful ignorance. If a
color is particularly garish in an insect
or a lower animal, it is supposed to have
a ingntening eueci nr 10 give niiniinij
of b vile luste. Gaudy petals are as
sutned to be signals to attract a pol
len-hearing insect from another (lower.
liven one who is not a biologist
must he struck by this anthropo
morphism. In other words, Darwin
assumed that the lower animals, in
cluding the insects, see the world as
we see it. liut is the assumption
justified? Dr. frank E. Lutz of the
American Museum of Natural History
has been making explrements which
show conclusively that It Is not. All
of which makes one wonder If the
whole Darwinian doctrine of mimicry
and the purposefulness of color must
not be modified.—New York Times.
Why Senate Hat to Ratify
The Constitution provides for the
appointment of executive officers by
the President, "by and with advice and
consent of the senate.” Six appointees
of the Presidents to their cabinets
have been rejected by the senate:
Roger U. Taney, appointed by Presi
dent Jackson to be secretary of treas
ury; James M. Porter to be secretary
of war, David Henshaw to be secre
tary of the navy and Caleb Cushing
to be secretary of the treasury, all by
President Tyler; Henry Stanbery to
be attorney general, by President
Johnson, anil Charles 15. Warren to be
attorney general by President Cool
idge.
Why Wren Homes Hang on String
Wren houses are sometimes hung on
a string or wire instead of being
placed in the branches of trees. There
is no real reason for this unless the
house is poorly constructed and could
be broken Into by cats or squirrels.
The house wren Is not very sociable
in its habits and for that reason otit
er birds hesitate to become neighbors.
Few other birds will nest in the vicin
ity of an occupied wren house, as the
wrens interfere with their nesting
und often destroy the eggs of other
birds.
Why Airplane “Stick” Ii Useful
That little "stick" which may be seen
projecting forward from the wings
of most airplanes may be either a
pilot tube or a venturi tube, whose
purpose is to measure the tlow of air.
In other words, it is an indispensable
pnrt of the air speed indicator. And
an air speed Indicator, by the way, Is
just about one of the most indispens
able Instruments the pilot has.
Just for Fun
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As far as we can figure it cut
a statesman is a man who ar
ranges for you to fight for his
country.
A lady correspondent wants
ito know if the scar from an
appendicitis oueration should
shfow.
Well, we don’t know what
future styles will be. but it
ought not to show.
Jones: Say, I want to see you
on a personal matter.
Smith: Do I owe you or do
you want to owe me?
The barber takes the red hot
towel, as though he were just
learning, and drops it quickly
cn your face to keep his hards
from burning.
Student: Do yfou consider that
insanity is on the decrease?
Expert: It seems to be. But
then a lot of things used to he
regarded as crazy are very
popular today.
Why do you say that Adam
was like a radio?
Because they took part of
him and made a loud speaker.
Fifty years ago there was
mere religion and less creeds.
Now there are more creeds and
less religion.
Fifty years age, people would
shun an infamous woman. Put.
now she gets her picture in the
newspapers and is awarded a
fat movie contract.
Wifie: “There’s a mistake of
fifty cents in the butcher’s
bill.”
Hubbie: “I’ll see about it
right away.”
Wifie: “But the mistake is in
our favor.”
Hubbie: “Oh, maybe we’d
better say nothing about it.
Might get somebody ir‘o
trouble.”
Why Geeae Fly Wedge-Shaped
While no one really knows why mi
grating geese fly in wedge-shaped for
mation, it is thought to be either be
cause the powerful wings of the leader
make easier the passage of those be
hind or that the wedge formation en
ables each member of the flock to aee
better, says Our Dumb Animals Maga
zine.
Why They Are Called Stogie*
The story runs that the drivers of
the Conestoga wagons which crossed
the country were addicted to the
smoking of strong cigars. Often they
rnllen tobacco leaves into crude cigars.
Those tecatne known as Conestoga ci
gars arid finally the name stogy was
evolved.
Why Named Plymouth
The l’ilgritu Fathers called their
colony In Massachusetts Plymouth be
cause that was th„ last English port
at which they touched.
Why It I* “Double-You"
The letter W called “dotibio-you" la
really a double V. The letter V was
in former times the symbol of 0 aa
well as of V.
_ _ .u m_»!.. —I
WITH REFERENCE TO
MINES AND METALS
The term “white metal” as
applied to silver is not merely
a writers’ designation as many
believe. It is derived from a
Greek equivalent of the Latin
term for silver, “angentum,”
which means “white.”
Argentite, common in local
mineral formations, is sulphide
of silver of a lead-grey color.
Argillite is a general geolog
ical designation for clay-slate
formations.
Lead stocks in the United
States amounted to 295,356
short tons on February 1, com
pared with 270,433 short tons
on February 1 last year. Cut
rent domestic consumption of
lead is estimated at about 31,
000 tons a month.
INTERESTING NOTES
Australia’s population* by a
count just closed, totaled 6,
641,689 persons.
A machine which examines
eggs under light, separates
them according to size, quality
and weight and counts and
dates them was recently exhib
ited in Germany.
The United States Postoffice
Department now handles a vol
ume oif magazines and news
papers 30 times that of 50
years ago.
Havana, Cuba, now lays
claim to having the largest
.Chinese population dn the
Western world.
An attachment has been in
vented that holds a screw on
the blade of a screw-driver un
til it is started in wood.
A bed that formerly belonged
to John Adams, second presi
dent of the United States, was
sold for $1,625 at auction in
New York.
Including services operated
at home and abroad, France
with 18,542 miles has the
| greatest mileage of airplane
! services among European na
tions, it is announced.
Under normal conditions
rural one-teacher schools in
this country employ 150,000
teachers and pay an average
salary of $874 a year.
There are just two classes of
people in the world. These
that have it and those who. are
trying to get it. i
MENTAL NUTS
Answers to problems on Page 2
The Egg?—
301 eggs.
The Courier—
60 miles, 1,876 feet.