Chamber
ot
Commerce
Ryder, Alaska
Reliable Information
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PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Hyder
j Chamber of Commerce •
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 Unit'e, new .00 I
1 14 lb. sledge hammer .1.00
2 hand axes, each .75 i
1 Iron Cot and Spring, only $4.i>0
Salmon trolling spoons, each ,»u
1 Diston Hand Saw, cutoff only §1
10 gal. gas. pressure tank.
Large Fyre-Fyter 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. 1
saws, axes, tools, cooking and table 1
utensils, straight razors, scissors, and |
numerous other good and useful art- j
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.
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. The Hyder Weekly Herald
Large bundle of old papers for
starting fires 25 cents at the Herald
office.
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
Sunday, March 4
7 :00 Chevrolet Motor Co.
7:30 Hall of Fame
8:00 Ben Tipp Program
8:15 Walter Winchell.
8:30 Death Valley Days.
9:00 The King’s Men
9:15 Pioneers.
9:45 Crazy Crystals Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Piano Studies J. Hopper
10:30 Washington Hour.
Monday, March 5
7 :00 Carnation Company.
7:30 Demi Taase Revue.
8:00 Amos V Andy.
8:15 Crazy Wells W'ater Co.
8:30 Voice of Firestone.
9:00 Sealed Power Side Show.
9:30 Male Quartet
9:45 Harp Melodies, Graf
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Stringwod Ensemble.
Tuesday, March 6
7 :00 Phillips Lord, NBC.
7:30 Ralston Purina Co.
7:45 Caswell Coffee Concert
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Memoiry Lane
8:45 Adventures in Health
9:00 Blue Ribbon Orch.
9:30 Totem Broadcasters
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11 :30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Wednesday, March 7
7:00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7 :30 Ben Tipp program.
7:45 Crazy Wells Water Co.
8:00 Amos V Andy.
8:15 20,000 Years in Prison.
8:45 Winning the West
9:15 Male Quartet
9 :30 Best Foods Revue
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch
Thursday, March 8
7:00 Whiteman's Orchestra.
8 :00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 Beauty that Endures
9 :30 Musical Mannequins.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orch.
Friday, March 9
7 :00 The First Nighter.
7:30 One Man’s Family
8:00 Amos ’n’ Andy.
8:15 Gilmore Circus, NBC.
9:15 Crazy Wells Program.
9:30 The King’s Men
9:45 Ben Tipp Program.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Jack Bain’s Orchestra
11:00 Club Villa Orchestra.
11:30 Bal Tabarin Orchestra.
Saturday, March 10
7 :00 Dancing Program.
8:00 National Barn Dance
8:30 Fisher Half Hour.
9:00 30 Minutes of Music.
9:30 Andrea and Louise
9:45 Olympians, Brashen.
10:15 Songs We Love.
10:30 Artistic Trio.
11:00 Totem Broadcasters
11:30 Club Villa Orch.
WHY ^: ========
People Store Things in London
Repository Old Mystery
A London repository which tins its
storehouse beside the Themes has the
world's strangest collection of goods.
In one room, relates a writer In the
Montreal Herald, there is an electric
brougham which has been in the re
pository for over 30 years. It lias a
special kind of steering wheel, and
was left there by an old lady while
these carriages were still in fashion. It
Is only one of the mysteries which
are to be found In every room.
Some people use it for storing their
cars. There are machines of every
type, shape and make, some of which
have been there for over ten years, j
Others, who have no wine cellars,
store their wine there. When they
need some they go with a case and
take away two or three bottles.
A special room is reserved for stor
ing musical instruments. It Is kept
day and night at a temperature of GO
degrees.
The repository will move goods left
In its charge to any part of the globe.
The furniture of President Hoover,
who lived for many years In London,
was moved across the Atlantic In this
way.
And upon one occasion, an 8.000 ton
steamer was chartered to carry the
furniture of an entire hotel to Her- j
tuuda.
Why Siberian Point Is
Coldest Place in World
Verkhoyansk, Siberia, holds the
world's blue ribbon for frigid winter
weather, compared with any other
place where temperatures are regu
larly measured.
Vladimir Zenzinov, in “The ltoad to
Oblivion,” quoted by Charles Fitzlnigh
Talman in his Science Service feature,
Wiiy the Weatiier? says of some ef
fects of the severe cold:
“You take a glass of water and dash
It high into the air, the liquid will
cotne down in the form of ringing
crystals of Ice. Spittle will freeze be
fore reaching the ground. All live
tilings seek deep shelter during the
winter. Partridges dig themselves^far
into the snow and stay there. There
have been cases of their falling like
stones while in lligiit, freezing todealh
in the air. Marmots hide In under
ground holes where they hibernate, as
sumlng tlie shape of a little claylike
hull. The ice becomes so hard the ax
rebounds from it. Live wood becomes
petrified, and when one chops It,
sparks fly as If from flint.”—Literary
Digest.
Why Called “High Seas”
One of the definitions of the word
“high” is tliis: “Of relatively great
importance; chief; main, principal.”
The high seas are the main seas.
Just as highroad is a main thorough
fare. The term is applied to waters
which do not lie within the body of a
country, and are beyond the territo
rial jurisdiction of any government.
The United States Supreme court,
though with a division of opinion, tins
held that tlie uninclosed part of the
(ireat Lakes is included in the term
“high seas,’ ns imving the general
characteristics of seas and being open
to the largest vessels and international
trade.
Why “Pooli” Appear in Highway*
It often appears there are pools of
water on the highway ahead which
disappear as your ear aproaelies. Of
course it is n mirage, but then what
causes a mirage? Mr. Webster de
Hues it as an optical effect due to ilie
total reflection of light at the surface
common to two strata of air heated
differently. On the desert, country
roads or paved highways one may
often see what appears to he water.
In the middle of the ocean objects
may he seen which are not there at
all. tint are reflections of objects far
away.
Why Trouter* Are Created
A tailor declares It was a gradual
broadening of the idea among men
flint trousers so treated hang better
than those not creased. At one time
most men disliked the Idea of having
those razor-edged creases in trousers,
but fashion, it seems, decreed that the
man desiring to lie anywhere near the
style simply had to have the crease.
It was a sort of evolution In the mas
culine Idea of trousers as they should
be.--Knnsa» City Star.
BRIDGE FIEND TEST
Considering the great spread
of the bridge-playing industry,
it is strange that none of our
legislators has had any laws
passed for its regulation. Now
comes a suggestion that play
ers be compelled to1 pass an ex
amination before being li
censed to indulge in the game.
The suggestion comes, not
from a United States Senator,
but from an editor, whose zeal
for the public welfare has been
aroused by a report from Kan
as City, where a wife shot her
husband. The victim was also
the lady’s bridge partner, it
appears, that when he bid Vme
spade and another player
plunged on a different suit the
wife raised to four spades. The
husband was set, blamed the
wife for reckless bidding, and
as a result of the argument she
shot: him.
Now, the aforesaid editor as
serts, all persons who aspire to
play bridge should be caused
to pass a rigid test, not with
reference to their skill, but to
determine their mental poise.
If the applicant is unable to be
set or have an ace itrumped
without showing undue emo
tion, a license should be denied.
The trouble is that such a
law, if enforced, would pract
ically eliminate all who take
the game seriously.
APPEAL TO CURIOSITY
How people will respond to
something which appeals to
their curiosity is illustrated in
a story from Budapest, where
a bookseller circulated an ad-1
; vertisement, translated as fol
I lows:
“What must a young girl
know before marriage? From
the book which I supply to or
der, the young girl will learn,
not what every young girl is
j told before marriage, but what
| the young girl of today will
! find indispensable to kUow if
i she is too prove herself really
i---.
Why India Doe> Not Make Salt
The government of England does not
prohibit the people of India from rnnk
ing salt, hut for n great many year*
the small tax on the manufacture of
salt has been a source of government
revenue to defray the expenses of the
government. This is similar to the
tax placed upon liquors, tobacco, etc.,
by the United States government
Why Coin Is Called “Dime”
Dime is derived from the Latin, de
cent, meaning tenth. A dime was
originally used to denote a tenth part
a titlie paid to a church, or to a tem
poral ruler. The first use was In
1377. Prom this tt came to mean a
tenth of a dollar. In 178(5 there is rec
ord of its use in connection with Con
tinentnl currency.
Why Death Mask* Wert Used
Masks were employed to perpetuate
the appearance of the living after
deatli and plait'd upon the mummy to
aid in its revivification, according m
their belief.
Why Cent Size Wai Reduced
Copper l-cont pieces were reduced In
: size in I Soft because of the greater con
| lenience of the small sized coin.
modern. For reasons easily to
be understood, it is not advis
able to sell such a book over
the counter, but on receipt of
the price, four pengoe, it will
be sent, discreetly packed, to
any address.”
The price qu'oted is about
the equivalent of one dollar, so
orders poured in by the ithcu
isand'3. Not only young girls,
but persons of both sexes and
all ages, bought eagerly in the
expectation of thrills.
The books were delivered as
promised, but were found dis
appointing. Some customers
prosecuted the bookseller for
fraud, but he was acquitted.
It was held by the count that
the books sold through the ad
vertisement really contained in
formation which “a young girl
should have before marriage.”
They were cook books.
ALASKA NOTES
A system of radio telephones
connecting Tanana, Fort Yu
kon, Circle City, Manley, Hot
Spring?', Eagle and McGrath,
has been installed by the
Northern Commercial Com
pany. The first tests were suc
cessful.
A chance visit by Carl Olsen,
a mining company watchman,
to the isolated cabin of John
Boirak, 60. years old, on La-t
Chance Creek, near Fairbanks
disclosed the man to be serious
ly ill and his wife to have been
dead ten days.
Unable to leave the cabin,
Borak could neither summon
help or bury the remains of his
wife.
A dog team and sled brought
Borak to a Fairbanks hospital.
MENTAL NUTS
Answers to problems cn Page 2
The Plow Boy—
12694—43560 of an acre.
The Roatmart’s Puzzle—
Water 9 ft. pole 15 ft.
IN THE UNITED STATES COM
MISSIONER'S COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NUMBER ONE. PRECINCT OF
HYDER. IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of Thomas
Ward Powers, Deceased.
No. 45 Frobite
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notica is hereby given by the
undersigned ix:cutor of the estate of
Thomas Ward Power t, deceased, to
all persons having claims against the
aid estate to file th: same with prop
r vouch ro within six month ; from
h • dat; of th’s mi'ci w't'a the under
ugn:d at his residence in Mydor,
Masks.
Dated at Ilydcr. Alaska, this 19th
day of February, 1931.
Augu t Pahlke,
Executor
Publish Feb. 24. Mch. 3, 10, 17, 1934.
The Herald desires to be of
real service to its patrons in
j Stewart and Premier and wilt
| be glad to publish a’i an
nouncements, reports and in
teresting news items concern
ing those communities that
may be sent in. The telephone
number is 82.