HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Pablished Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 32
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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leved to be in full accord with fact.
Abraham Lincoln
The 123d anniversary of Ab
raham Lincoln’s birth on Feb
ruary 12 recalls afresh the
greatness of our first martyred
'resident, whose memory is re
vered by North and South alke,
as is that of the peerless South
ern chieftain, Lee.
While it is futile to specu
+'» concerning what might
uave been, it is safe to say that
had Lincoln been permitted to
live until the end of his second
rerm, much of the bitterness'
nTendered during reconstruct
days would have been
red. His atitude through
die Civil War was summed
up in his second inaugural ad
dress: “With malice toward
none; with charity for all.”
Lincoln was opposed to slav
rv on principle, but his plan
was to abolish it gradually, and
•'•mpensate slave-owners as
•ves were set free. He p ro
ared such a plan as early as
•9 when a Congressman, and
wed the proposal as Pres
in 1862, after the war
•-C in progress nearly a
Congress passed a reso
n offering the plan, but
hout result except in the
iriet of Columbia,
hroughout the war Lincoln’s
’• of aim was to preserve the
•n intact, the slavery quest
ingsecondaryinhis mind,
vas evidenced in his famous
■- piy to Greely wherein he!
id:
My paramount object is to
e the Union, and not either
save or destroy slavery. If
ould save the Union without
freeing any slave I would do it;
f I could save it by freeing all
he slaves, I would do it; and
if I could do it by freeing some j
and leaving others alone, I
would also do that”
Niow, after 70 years, there
are few in any part of the Unit
ed States who will not concede '
that a united nation without
slavery is best. It is well for
America and for the world
that on February 12, 1809,
such a man as Abraham Lin
coln was born.
Must Reduce The Cost
Of Government
Like a great many other gov
ernment* the United State* is
apparently now unable to find
the money for its enormous ex
penses. About $4,000,000,000 ;
are being spent anually in the
appropriations provided for by
Congress, says the Wallace
(Idaho) Press-Times, in an in
teresting dissertation on gov- j
ernment finances. The article I
continues:
“Among the chief items of
expense are $1,000,000,000 for
Veteran’s administration; an
other $1,000,000,000 goes to
the service of the national
debt, which at the present
time is approximately $18,- i
000,000,000. The annual in-:
terest on this sum is about
$600,000,000; the annual re
duction at present then is ap
proxima tely $400,000,000.
National defense, that is ex
penditures in behalf of the ar
my and navy, total about $700,
300,000. The department ol
agriculture costs $221,000,00(
annually besides $100,000,00C
for the agriculture marketing
fund.
The treasury department re-1
cently announced that the defic
it for the last six months oi
1931 was' approximately $1,
•:;uu,uuu,uuu. it is apparent
hat our federal expenditures
must be reduced to meet the
federal income. The budget
must be balanced or the credit
of the government will be im
paired. Such impairment will j
mmediately be reflected in
'owered quotations for govern
ment bonds and securities.”
The Press-Times also prints
an interesting table showing
that during the fiscal year 19-!
30-31 the government’s dollar
was secured as follows:
Personal and corporation in
come taxes .. $ .582 I
Cigarette, cigars, tobacco taxes., ,13b
Other taxes .039
Tarriff collections .119
Miscellaneous sources .040
Foreign debt payments .071
$1.00
This dollar was actually ex
pended for the following pur
poses :
Interest on public debt . S .141
Retirement of public debt .103
National defense .163
Pensions, compensation, etc.210 ;,
Roads, rivers, harbors, flood
Government buildings .016 '
Agricultural marketing loans.044
Postal deficit .031
Administrative, executive, genl. .. 183
11.00 <
Just for Fun
What we need is more confi
dence and less confidence men.
j No one loves a quitter, but the
acquitters seem to be fairly
popular.
Hard luck story: A Michigan
woman killed her pet dog in an
attempt to poison her husband.
Disarmament has not entire
ly failed. The Chinese army
has finally discarded bows and
arrows.
None can deny that there is
an open door in Manchuria.
And Japan beat the other na
tions to it.
DOING NICELY
Jim—“How's you- hoy doing nt col
lege?" Hill—"Flr-l rote. He hopes
to lie out of (lie hospital some time
shortly."
“Ronny, didn't your con
jcience tell you not to do
chat?”
“Yes. mummy, but you said
I must not believe all I hear.”
The inspector was testing
the general knowledge of the
junior class.
Slapping a half dollar on [
the desk, ho said sharply:!
“What’s that?”
Instantly a voice from the!
back row: “Tails, sir.”
He: “Billy the Kid, the no-1
torious Arizona despera d o,1
killed 19 men before he was'
21.”
She: “What kind of a car
did he drive?”
Arguments over who invent
ed the typewriter have been
renewed. Anyway, nobody has
invented one that spells cor
rectly.
POETIC APPEAL
i
l
Critic—The first line of your new j
poem will ttppenl to everyone who
knows poetry.
l*oet—Indeed.
Critic— Yes. It rends “I would that :
I were dead.”
Secretary Drummond of the j
League of Nations has re- j
signed. The Japanese dele- ;
gate will hardly enter any pro-j
test, even if the whole outfit
quits.
The old - fashioned girl
who used to be on the “square” i
has been superceded by girls i
who are on the “bias”—you
know—“Buy us this”—“Buy1
us that.”
Considering the billions per- ]
manently invested across the
Atlantic it seems that Europ
ean good will comes rather
high-and worst of all we don’t j
get any good will.
Professor: “Can you give me !
an example of a commercial
appliance used i n ancient
times?”
Student: “Yes, sir, the loose
leaf system used in the Garden
of Eden.”
TEN VURS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
February 15, 1922
As we were about to go to
press we received a message
from Forest Supervisor Gard
ner, in Ketchikan, stating that
the President has signed a
proclamation eliminating Hy
der townsite on February 7
from the Tongass National
Forest.
John Hovland, the assayer,
! returned Saturday from Ketch
| ikan, where he took out citi
zenship papers.
Billy McDonnell received a
banjo on the last boat.
Ed. Stark, machinist and old
timer of the north, is a recent
arrival from Ketchikan.
Official information has been
received at the forestry office
in Ketchikan that J. M. (Cy)
Wyckoff has been promoted to
be a deputy forest supervisor,
n charge of the ranger district
surrounding Ketchikan.
When the streets and walks
jf the piled area were fenced
last November the secretary of
he High-Dive Club heaved a
igh and also heaved the mem
bership books into the salt i
chuck, thinking there would be
no more members. Now comes
Jules Gunderson and proves
that fences are not an invinc
ible bar to membership, given
the right combination of cir
cumstances. Friday night he !
slipped on an icy walk and
shot under the fence out onto j
the frozen flats. He landed on
some rubbish and hurt himself i
and has since been under the |
care of Dr. Chace.
As soon as the snow is melt
ed sufficiently, probably some
time in June, the Forest Serv
ice will begin work on four
miles of pack trail and 12 miles j
of foot trail in the Texas creek !
district near Hvder. This trail
will be of value to prospectors j
wishing to reach the country j
between the Chickamin and
Texas creek, which is imposs- J
ible to reach from the Chick-1
arnin on account of the glacier!
in the divide between the head
waters of the two rivers.
Word comes from Ketchikan i
that Hyder is to have a new
deputy U. S. marshal, Bill Mc
Donald succeeding Stan 1 e y
Oaksmith, who has been filling
the position temporarily since
J. K. Green resigned four
months ago.
Friends of Berney Stone, pop
ular and versitile newspaper
man of Hyder, Ketchikan and
Juneau, are trying to induce
him to throw his hat in the ring
fqr representative on the re
publican ticket.
A volunter indignation com
mittee of two, who authorized
the publication of their names
if desired, filed a formal com
plaint with the Miner regard
ing the alleged abuse of gov
ernment horses wintering here,
which they say are left out in
the snow over night and have
no place to linger except
along the road.
Prize winners at Hyder’s sec
ond masquerade ball, given
Tuesday night by the Pioneers,
were: Best group, “Maggie
and Jiggs,” Mrs. O. F. Hill and
Geo. Mehlfeld; Best sustained
lady, “Miss Diana Snowball,”
A. Baynton; Best sustained
gentleman, “Colored Gentle
man,” L. L. Legge; Best
dressed lady, “Cleopatra,” Mrs
W. L. Balch; Most original cos
tume, “Concentrates,” Joe Mc
Farland.
INTERESTING NOTES
When not being used for its
intended purpose, a new break
fast table and seats for several
persons folds to become a china
closet.
To avoid corrosion of automo
bile battery terminals, felt
pads impregnated with oil are
now provided for connections.
Self-lighting safety matches
now available are ignited when
withdrawn from their paper
container.
Electrically operated depth
sounding apparatus invented
in England for deep water!
fishermen indicates the char-;
acter of the bottom of the sea
and warns of obstructions.
Ultra-violet lamps small
enough to be swallowed and
shed their rays on diseased
stomachs have been produced
in England.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
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
to charge—$49.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy—Eight tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coil dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
JErjIegt Iser
Zttorncg at Fau
sUgdey Bluth
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL 6 MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS ,F. CANDFORD •
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, ■ Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth THursdaya
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church •
Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor •
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. •
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
Everyone is cordially invited to •
the services. •
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