HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 32
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishmeat associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Fear Our Worst Foe
When the economic crash
came in the fall of 1929 there
were logical reasons for it to
a certain extent, but not to
the extent which panic-strick
en speculators and others im
agined. It is true that values
had been inflated beyond rea
son, there had been over-pro
duction and over-buying, hut
calmness and sound judgment
might have prevented the dis
aster which followed in the
wake of a paralyzing fear
which suddenly seized busi
ness industry.
Now, with everything thor
oughly deflated, production
drastically curtailed, and mil
lions in need of commodities
which they cannot earn the
money to buy, fear still keeps
capital hoarded away instead
of being used to start the
wheels of industry going
again.
The unemployed cannot buy;
the employed will buy only
necassaries, because of fear of
losing their jobs, the manu
facturer fears to borrow to re
sume operations because of
the lack of a market; the
banker probably would not
lend anyway, through fear
that the manufacturer would
fail. Thus operates the vicious
circle.
Yet, with an ever increasing
population, the material needs
of the country are greater
than ever; intrinsic values
have not been wiped out; for
est, field and mine are ready
to yield nature’s gifts; factory
and market place are prepar
ed to function as before—but
fear keeps timid though
abundant capital from putting
willing hands to work.
That such a situation should
continue to exist simply does’nt
make sense. It’s continuance
even so long as to the present
is a grave indictment against
the thing we call civilization.
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Lucky Indeed
Those of us who think we
are having a pretty tough
time of it here in Hyder may
be inclined to alter their vi- *v»
about their own difficulties
after reading the following
extract from a letter written
by a Detroit father to one of
the leading newspapers of that
metropolis and printed in its
columns a few days ago.
“In the richest country in
the world,” he wrote, “we,
the citizens and makers of
our country, are slowly dying
of malnutrition.
“Our children are going to
school without adequate
clothing and food, to get the
education to carry on our bur
dens after we are gone. Home
less men eating from the gar
bage can to keep body and
soul together. In a civilized
world our daughters are on
;he streets selling body and
soul to get a loaf of bread.
“Just how long are we go
ing to continue under this
train? I have been in Detroit
seven years; am a married
man with two children. When
I applied for relief, I was
turned down because 1 only
had two children to starve.
“Who is going to take a
hand in this struggle of hu
manity? Is the government
waiting for its citizens to go
out and take the necessities of
ife by stealing, plundering
and breaking the laws of co
oiety to subsist?”
Again we say as in the ar
ticle printed above this one
that such grave conditions are
a grave indictment against
hat much-vaunted thing we
•all civilization. And we say
'urther that in the light of
he conditions pictured by
his distraught father as ex
sting in the industrial heart
of America, we of Hyder who
are lacking no essentials of
existence, are lucky indeed.
The world’s most astounding
mathematical calculation has
been solved by a Frenchman.
He figures that Uncle Sam
owes France 625 million dol
lars on account of the war.
Mother: “What’s the matter
darling?”
Child: “Papa hit his finger
with the hammer.”
Mother: “Don’t cry about
that; you should laugh.”
Child: “I-I d-did”
Just for Fun
Another paradox is that
liquor straight makes a fel
low walk crooked.
Many a poor prune wastes
j his time trying to knock off
a political plum.
Japan seems to be convinced
that diplomatic notes are only
scraps of paper.
To reduce the surplus it
might also be well to plow
under every third radio croon
er.
HER RECORD
••She’s [he limit at flirting with soda
j water clerks.”
“How long can she keep up the
flirtation?"
“Oh, about five sodas.”
European sentiment for can
! celling war debts owed to
| Uncle Sam seems to be unani
I mous.
' A Swedish scientist says life
on earth began in hot water.
And it’s been in it ever since.
Why is it that just when ev
erybody at the banquet is hav
ing a good time someone has
to make a speech?
Our attitude toward the sov
iets is softened somewhat by
the report that they have jail
ed seven poets.
T FAIR OFFER
Sunnier Man—How can I wio yon
' for iay very own?
j Summer Oirl—You fellows mighr
; set up a raffle. I’m engaged to seven
j of you.
_
Explorers discovered in Ar.*
izona an unfinished dam 1,000
years old. Perhaps an ancient
muscle shoals.
A statistical shark figures
that Americans drink 75,000
| cups of coffee every second.
I And no telling how many sauc
ers.
—
! Anyway that contract bridge
i tournament proved that good
showmanship and press agent
ry can keep anything on the
front page.
Krishnamurti, the young
Hindu “messiah,” is a modest
fellow after all. He recently
admitted that he was not the
reincarnation of Christ.
“Willie,” asked the teacher,
“can you tell me why Thomas
Jefferson wrote the Declara
tion of Independence?”
“’Cause he couldn’t afford
to hire a stenographer I
TEH IEARS ORSOAGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
January 25, 1922
John Madden and Ralph
Nelson, miners perished last
Sunday in a fire which de
stroyed a small cabin near the
southern boundary of the
Lindeborg townsite, which
they had occupied for two or
three days. Both men intended
leaving for Ketchikan the
same evening. The fire was
discovered about 10 o’clock by
•John Sweeny who was walk
ing by on First Street. He
heard an explosion and, look
ing back, saw smoke issuing
from the cabin. He ran back
and opened the door of the
j cabin.
A mass of flame struck him,
■'ingoing his hair and scorch
ing his face. He detected a
strong odor of gasoline or ker
osene fumes. He was joined a
few moments later by Arthur
Grove, but the two could do
nothing. Oren F. Hill then ar
rived with a fire extinguisher
and reduced the flames to
such extent that the bodies of
the two men could be seen but
they could not be removed un
til the fire had buined out.
Both men had gone home a
: few minutes before the fire oc
I curred. It is believed that one
of them had put oil in the
stove, causing an explosion.
Visitors to the cabin the pre
vious evening noticed a 5-gal
lon can of either coal oil or
gasoline on the floor beside
the stove.
Harold B. Foster (Buster)
who has charge of the diesel
engines at the Premier, and
Miss Yardis Pauline Berg of
Vancouver were married Fri
day evening by Commissioner
Frame, with Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Dale as witnesses.
I Hugh D. Gillis has sold his
half interest in the Internation
al Roadhpuse to Dick Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt. Hogue
wood have taken over the King
j Edward Hotel Grill in Stew
; art.
! Louis Johnson, electrician at
I the Premier, was down this
I week to put a Delco lighting
| system at the ore bunkers in
; order.
j Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Prov
ince, of Juneau, arrived re
cently from Seattle. Mr. Prov
ince contemplates starting a
i hardware and furniture store
! here.
Thelma Forrest Scott, the
| little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Scott, of Hyder,
died in Stewart hospital this
morning as a result of influ-1
enza. The little miss was 16
months old.
In the case of W. L. Duff,
charged with malicious de
struction of property, the
grand jury in Ketchikan found
a not true bill.
Carrying an ore cargo esti
mated to be worth anywhere
from $375,00 to a half million
dollars, the freighter Anyyx
left the Premier ore bunkers
Saturday morning enroute to
Tacoma, where the ore will be
delivered to the A. S. and R.
Co. smelter. The cargo con
sisted of high-grade ore and
j 150 tons of concentrates from
j the; Premier mill. The ore is
j variously estimated to be
worth from $200 to $400 per
j ton and the concentrates are
| said to run about $500. This
I was the largest and most val
uable ore shipment so far
i shipped from the mine, and
many well developed proper-,
ties would be considered as
making a good output if they
could produce in a year the
wealth contained in this one
shipment: but the Premier is.
now in a position to duplicate
this performance every ten
days.
INTERESTING NOTES
Dominion bureau of statistics
at Ottawa puts Canadian pop
ulation at 10,360,000.
More than 100,000 children
are affected every year by di
vorces of their parents.
Time lost in New York City
because of traffic delays has
been estimated at a money val
ue of a million dollars a day.
For the first time in history
Siam has adopted legislation
providing for registration of
trade marks.
Preparations have been be
gun on canals to make the in
land capital of Moscow a sea
port.
The United States has a vir
tual world monopoly of the
cornstarch industry, being the
only country that produces
this commodity in appreciable
quantities.
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The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A” bat
tery, no light current, no batteries
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The Crosley Play Boy— Right tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coll dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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• Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
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• the services. *
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U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
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