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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
MINING LEGISLATION
BEFORE CONGRESS
Western mining men in Con
gress will renew with vigor
their appeals for greater ap
propriations for the Bureau of
Mines. Bills to this effect are
pending in House and Senate
committees, and additional
measures provide for a num
ber of new mining experiment
stations and mine rescue stat
ions, among them a central ex
periment station at Salt Lake,
according to Mining Truth.
A large number of mining
development bills are pending
before the Senate and House
or its committees. These in
clude measures to patent 640
acre tracts of land containing
gold, silver, lead, tin or copper
at depth; changing the method
of patenting mining claims;
authorizing prospecting per
mits and leases to gilsonite; to
develop processes for the re
covery of potash; for the
marketing of platinum; 10
year mining leases on Indian
lands; adjustment of damages
to lands by pollution from oil
and gas wells; prohibiting the
pollution of streams by mine
drainage; and amending the
law regarding sodium royal
ties to the Government. A pro
posal to exempt income from
gold mining from federal tax
ation is also before a Congress
ional committee.
Bills to regulate the sale of
securities are pending before
congressional committees, but
are not likely to receive active
consideration because of the
short session and the pro
nounced opposition to such
regulation. The Federal Trade
Commission is investigating
the blue sky situation and Con
gress will no doubt await its
report and be guided by its
recommendations in connect
ion with legislative proposals
along these lines.
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MINING SUPPORTS
CIVILIZATION.
From the Oroville (Wash.)
Gazette
The mining industry provides
the bread and .butter for a
/
number of states surpassing in
value all other industries.
In one southwestern state
during 1927 the output of the
mines aggregated over $111,
000,0000, while, in comparison,
its crops were valued at but
$30,000,000. Mines paid al
most one-half the state taxes.
The modem trend that is
placing mining on a firm eco
nomic and financial basis, and
is doing away with chaotic
production and price fluctuat
ions, means a new era of
prosperity for many states.
Mineral wealth is the -under
lying support for our modern
civilization and 'labor-saving
conveniences.
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HALLOWEEN NIGHT
MISCHIEF.
Halloween, when it started
far back in the midst of time,
was the night when evil spir
its were suposed to flock out
of hiding places and roam the
earth, marauding and destroy
ing.
After many centuries we see
the work of the evil spirits in
herited and ably handled by
Willie, Tom and the rest of
the youthful “gang.”
It illustrates how next to im
possible it is to get a custom
or superstition out of the hum
an brain, once it gets there.
On the ancient agricultural
calendar Halloween was a sort
of New Year’s Day. Harvest
was over and the landlord call
ed for his share of the crops
raised by tenant farmers.
It was the custom for him to
arrive late in the evening and
make merry at such pastimes
as cider drinking and apple
bobbing. When the fun was
over and the landlord got
down to business, it was early
morning of November 1.
Probably this is why the first
of the month is rent-paying
day, instead of the fifteenth
or any other date that would
be just as logical.
Time was, when Halloween
was less a night of deviltry and
more a night of hospitality,
good fellowship, roaring fire
places, good things to eat and
drink, and delightful superstit
ion such as walking down cel
lar steps backward, carrying a
candle and a mirror, in which
“her” future husband’s face
might appear. .
The world has not enough of
hospitality 'and good fellow
ship and it is regrettable that
the night of witches and gob
lins is not a jovial as well as
a prankful evening.
Just for Fun
An ounce of sense will dis
guise a pound of ignorance.
Be careful about what you
start while trying to stop some
thing.
Its a great life if you don’t
believe in everything you see,
hear, think or know.
Spending makes you poorer,
but it gives you a delightful
sensation of being rich.
A lot of birds who go around
in their bare heads do not get
the proper protection at the
point of least resistance.
Do not take this as personal,
dear reader.
If things keep going the way
they are, pretty soon girls will
have to be getting vaccinated
by Christian Science.
It seems very clear that more
brains are needed worse than
wider highways.
The man who leads a double
life takes at least two chances
of getting caught.
Two local rounders met on
Main Street the other day.
Said one: “They have a new
brand of gin called ‘Frog gin’
over in Hyder, B. C.
“Why do they call it ‘Frog
gin’?” the other queried.
“Because of the way it acts,”
said the first rounder.
“You see, you take one drink,
then you take one hop—and
then you croak.”
Ed Reynolds says the way to
;ell whether a girl has adopted
the new stockingless mode is
by the seams. There are also a
great many people who do not
want to know, having passed
the inquisitive age.
Irritiable Husband: (to wife
trying to drive a nail) : “How
do you expect to knock a nail
in the wall with a clothes
brush? For goodness sake, use
your head!
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
A certain Hyder parent has
become suddenly concerned
over the Younger Generation.
The other night his little girl
said: “Papa, give me a thou
sand dollars.”
Jimmie R. puts us wise to the
fact that the flapper get their
educations in the School of
Hard Necks.
, v---,' sus-:'
After looking things over a
hit we have come to the con
clusion that some men are not
content with being the whole
show, but want to be the street
parade too.
The wages of sin are appar
ently on a sliding scale; the
bigger the sin, the bigger the
wage.
Babe Ruth will be bigger or
better than ever next summer,
but not both.
Many a man sticks to the
straight and narrow because of
straitened circumstances.
Judge: “Are you sure this is
the man who kissed you?”
Girl: “How could I forget
him?”
Judge: “Well, young man,
what have you to say for your
self?”
Boy (after deep meditation) :
“All I can say Judge, is if you
were nicked in the arm by a
buzz-saw would you know
which tooth nicked you?”
A Hyder girl, on arriving late
at school for the third time,
was scolded by the teacher
and told to write a composition
on “Punctuality.” After a
strenuous quarter of an hour
she produced the following:
“Punctuality is knowing
where to make stops.”
Being afraid to live is often
called prudence.
A kindly old gentleman was
walking down the street when
he saw a small boy crying.
“What is the matter, my little
man?" he asked “Are you
1st?”
“Yes,” sobbed the boy; “but
I suppose its my fault. I ought
to have known better than to
come out with my big brother
he’s always losing something.”
According to our way of
thinking a preacher has as
much right to preach politics
as a politician has to preach
the bible.
It seems to us that the surest
way for'a young woman to get
a husband is to be a widow.
Jimmie: ‘“What is that thing
on your neck?”
Johnny: “A freckle.”
Jimmie: “That’s funny; its
the first time I ever saw a
freckle walk.”
A would-be wit asked his
uncle if the tolling of a bell
did not put him in mind of his
latter end.
“No Sir,” he replied, “but
the rope puts me in mind of
yours.”
“You say she manages to live
on the bafe necessities of life?”
“That’s it, brother, she is a
chorus girl.”
Most people laugh at old
fashioned calf-love, but at least
it isn’t all bull.
Rouges are red
Lip-ticks are too,
Especially when
Your shirt is white.
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Second Thursday in Hyder
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GEORGE B, GRIGSBY
Attorney * at - Law
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
A STTCKER FOR POP.
“Pa,” said Willie, looking up
from his book of proverbs, “If
angels fear to tread where
fools rush in, why don’t they
use their wings?”
To our way of thinking a pes
simist is an optimist w’ho went
into court to get justice.
When a gold-digger steps
out with a nut, she thinks he is
hers to have and to hull.
A stranger strolled up to a
colored prisoner who was tak
ing a long interval of rest
between two heaves of a pick.
“Well, Sam, what crime did
you commit to be put in over
alls and under guard?” “Ah
went on a furlong, sah,” “You
mean you went on a furlough.”
“No, boss, it was a sho-nuff
furlong. Ah went too fur and
A4i stayed too long.”
PROFESSIONAL
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(Attorney at
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
John Hovland
MINING
Hyder, Alaska
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