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MINING—A CHANGED
INDUSTRY
Within the memory of men
now living, mining was con
ducted largely by men with
out the advantages of scientif
ic training. They found gold,
but usually passed by othei
minerals not realizing their
values. Todayf»mining is more
of a certainty than a chance,
says the Industrial New3. Ex
cept for the great coppei
mines, many of the largest
mining operations in the West
are the workings of the old
bonanzas, under new electrical
and chemical processes now
available. There are mint
dumps of a million tons, con
taning ores up to as high as
$40 a ton, from which 90 to
95 per cent can be saved un
der new processes, but w’hich
were barren under the olo
methods.
The early miners found some
of the stupendous ore deposits,
from which billions were tak
en in the early days. There is
little prospect of more discov
eries like the Comstock Lode,
the Leadville mines, the Crip
ple Creek bonanza. But min
ing stands today as a substant
ial manufacturing industry,
where so much metal is al
ways extracted from so much
rock, and they can measure ii
up in advance and calculate
costs doum to a penny. Mining
is about as stable as steel-mak
ing, or banking, or railroad
ing.
A recognition of this change
in the industry might lead to a
vas t influx of mining capital,
surely needed to finance man>
worthy prospects. Once the
mining business is definitely
disassociated from the Roar
ing Forties concept of gamb
ling and shooting and de
bauchery, mining will comt
back to its own. The hills are
still full of gold, silver and a
score of other rare and prec
ious metals that the world
needs and will pay for.
Electricity has been one of
the greatest agences to stabi
lize and develop the mining
industry.
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YCUR TOWN AND YOU.
Your town boosts you. Why
not do as well by .the town as
| it does by you? No citizen is
so powerful, none so humble,
but what the town is an aid to
him in some way or other.
The food that he eats, the
clothes he wears, the recreat
ion and amusement that he
enjoys, all originate in the
town, because the money with
which they are procured Is
made there.
When a fellow boosts his
own town he does not stop
there. He is performing an
act that improves his own
condition, for every good word
and every good deed has its el
evating influence.
A few people are always
home town boosters. They ac
complish much in the u’ay of
community betterment, ana
his improves the condition of
not only themselves, but also
of those who do no boosting
at .all.
If every citizen would con
stitute himself a home town
booster the result collectively
would be many times as great,
and opportunities for self im
provement would be more
nimerous.
Think it over in your odd mo
ments. Then get into the boost
wagon and hit the pace.
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HIS OWN CREATION.
Things which require time,
oatience, skill and special
knowledge always are worth
more than similar things pro
duced in a haphazard way.
Quality can not be imitated
nor can inferiority be disguis
ed. The best is always the
cheapest in the long run.
In the depths of the tropical
jungle, among savage beasts,
ooisonous reptiles and insects,
pestilence and disease, grows
that wonderful flower, the
orchid. To bring it forth means
braving dangers in a score ot
forms and when it is secured,
even at the greatest risks, the
plant requires the utmost care
and scientific knowledge to
make it produce its precious
blooms. It must be especially
potted in peat and living
sphagnum moss, kept in a
carefulyy tempered room and
under a dim light.
That is why orchids cost,
and are worth, several times
as much as ordinary flowers.
It is not so much the plant it
self, but what goes into its pro
duction.
And the story of the orchid is
not unlike that ^)f'every othei
thing prized or coveted by
humanity. And the same con
ditions apply to human beings.
The men and women who
can perform the tasks requir
ing time, patence, skill and
special knowledge always are
worth more than the men
and women who can not.
The only difference between
| the orchid and the valuable
workman is that nature gave
the orchid Its value and the
good workman creates his own
value.
Just for Fun
Unnaturalness conies natural
i with some folks.
Many a fellow who goes'oui
for a lark gets a chicken. \
Hold your temper and youi
I .ongue will hold itself.
Noel Traversy sa£s a Ford is
j ear you push uphill with youi
i left foot.
The Blueberry Kid says, love,
Christmas and circuses arc
mostly for the young.
Checkers may be gambling,
but they are always on the
square,
Do a “gootl turn” and you
won’t skid.
Some people persist in buy
ing wild cat stock as if their
' bank rolls had nine lives.
Many a chicken has crossed
i the road to give us an object
lesson in the perils of jay
walking.
Necessity is the mother of in
j venting some way to keep
house these days without in
dulging in luxuries.
A lighted match finds gas
i leak, says a headine. It is a
quite dependable means of
locating trouble.
Eddie Haddon says no ont
can be happy who doesn’t
keep on good terms with his
conscience.
There’s a lot of difference
between hitting the pace ano
hitting the mark.
At twenty-five a man sees
the need of better laws, but at
forty-five he sees the need of
better men.
Customer: “I want to get a
diamond ring set in platinum.”
Salesman: “Certainly, sir. Let
me s how you our combination
sets of three pieces; engage
ment, wedding and teething
rings at 10 per cent discount.”
Here’s to the man who buys
his tobacco,
And smokes his tobacco
alone;
For, many a man smokes an
other’s tobacco,
When he should be smoking
his own!
B-achelors
A-re
C-haps
II-aving
E-nough
L-uck
O-r brains to
R-emain
S-ingle.
Tom Evans says the Charles
ton was evidently originatea
by a college boy, who absent
mindedly stuck a lighted cig
arette in his hip pocket.
The best example of love
that ever came to our notice j
was when a fellow down in j
Texas shot his friend in order;
to erect a monument to his
memory. i
The suggestion has been
made that men be permitted
to smoke in church. Perhaps
on the theory that it is bettei
to smoke here than hereafter.
DIFFERENCE
A madman is a brainy hick
Whose ideas are a total loss,
A genius is a lunatic
Who puts his lunacy across.
A' writer says that 95 per cent
play the game fairly. The re
maining 5 per cent cause com- j
motion entirely disproport
ionate to their numbers.
Yes, men are vain, just as the
president of the Photograph
ers’ Association of America
says they are. You never saw
a man showing a picture of
himself in a bathing suit.
Lancaster was a long-winded
ndividual who insisted upon
airing his views upon ever}
subject under the sun. Brief
ly, he was a bore.
“Well, what do you think ot
my arguments?” he asked a
friend after one particularly
tiring tirade,
“Sound-most certainly sound,’
answered his victim.
‘And what-'else?” asked Lan
caster anxiously.
“Nothing else,” was the bland ,
reply. “Merely sound all the!
time!”
TEST YOUR WITS
A chambermaid is said to
have put twelve travelers into
eleven bedrooms, and yet to
have given them each a sep
arate rooms in this way: She
put two of them in No. 1,-the
third in No. 2, the fourth in
No. 3, the fifth in No. 4, the
sixth in No. 5, the seventh in
No. 6, the eighth in No. 7, the
ninth in No. 8, the tenth in
No. 9, and the eleventh in No.
10. She then came back to No.
1, where she had eft the 12th
gentleman along with the first,
and conducted him to No. 11.
A “ketch” somewhere in iti
Who will send us the mathe
matical solution?”
i
A minister says the girls of to
day in looking for husbands
do not care particularly about
a man being educated. We
quite agree with him. Give
them the man and they will
do the educating.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
• Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
After President Coolidge re
tires to private life, he can,
some day take up practically
any work-except that of train
ing parrots.
A woman may diet at home,
but she never diets at a hotel
where they charge 50 cents
for a dish of ice cream.
“Arc you an epileptic?” in
quired the doctor of the color
ed patient.
“No, suh,” Mose replied, “Ah
votes a straight ticket now!”
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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