HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Saturday
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1879.
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BETTER FIRE PRO
TECTION NEEDED
The recent destructive fire
has made clear to all that in
creased fire protection is im
perative.
Eyewitnesses of the confla
gration are agreed that fully
fifty per cent of the destruct*
ion might have been averted
had sufficient water been
available to keep moist such
structures as were not in close
proximity to the Provinse
building. And had an ample
supply of the quenching fluid
been immediately at hand it is
not improbable that the blazt
might have been confined en
tirely to the Provinse, Law
rence and Sullivan buildings
No finer example of the val
ue of even a small amount oi
water in such emergencie;
could be found than was dis
played in the saving of the
Bank of Hyder. To a majoritj
of our citizens, who are un
aware of the actual circum
stances, the escape of the bank
building seems but little shon
of miraculous and is various
ly ascribed to Providence, a
change in the wind, the tin
roof, concrete foundation, and
what not.
While it is doubtless true that
the tin roof played an import
ant part in shielding a portion
of the structure from the ter
rific heat, the primary factoi
in preventing the flames from
gaining a foothold on the ex
posed wooden surfaces was s
small stream of water scarcely
larger than one’s finger.
Scorched and seared almosi
to the point of combustion, tht
building was actually on fir*
a score of times; but on eacl
occasion the budding spots oJ
flame were promptly exting
uished by the tiny spray o.
water. None who witnessed th<
spectacle will gainsay tha1
the building would assuredly
have been swept away, anc 1
with it the rest of the uptowr
business section, had it no. <
not been for the saving in
fluence of that puny stream.
Therein lies an example that
residents of Hyder will do
well to heed, if they would
spare themselves further dis
asters in the future. To
rely on anything but water
for fire protection is to invite
repetition of such costly dis
asters as we have just witness
ed.
Save in the case of incipient
fires, chemical fire apparatus
is next to useless. Water and
more water is the imperative
necessity when flames mount
heavenward in gushing bil
lows and searing heat and fly
ing embers spread destruction
near and far. Water! That
alone is the saving grace, the
only panacea, when the fire
fiend stalks rampant and men
must flee before his scorching
oreath or perish.
Hyder must have water for
fire protection. The sooner we
mdertake the problem of get
ing it the better.
The town has been remark
ably fortunate in the past
with respect to fires. Hardly
mother important town in the
Alaska territory that has not
>een practically wiped out by
'lames within a few years of
ts inception. With one or two
ixceptions, every one of the
conflagrations was due to ab
sence of adequate water pro
jection.
Are Hyder citizens going to
wait until their towq is added
o the long list of communities
which have been swept away
>efore taking effective means
o prevent it? Destruction is
he inevitable reward of such
delay.
A proposal to establish a
own water system, is now be
’ore the public for consider
ation and it behooves every
citizen of the camp to give it
lue attention and decide
whether they wish to support
he project or turn to othei
neans of securing fire protect
on. In the latter case, a ocm
nunity pumping station pre
;ents a feasible alternative
and could be installed and
maintained at a nominal cost.
It would cost money; Yes. But,
let it be remembered that the
recent fire cost the community
more than a score of adequate
pumping stations would cost.
To our way of thinking none
but fools will haggle over dol
lars when any moment of the
day or night may witness the
outbreak of a fire that would
sweep away practically all
they possess. That is exactly
the situation that confronts
the bulk of Hyder’s citizens,
and will continue to do so un
til something is done to off
set the danger.
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WHEN YOUTH LEARNS.
Education does not begin un
til one is 25 and continues un
til 85, if it ends at all, says a
British novelist. Tell" that to
the sophisticated youth of the
present. Is there a flapper who
does not think she knows in
finitely more than her mother,
and is there a youth who does
not think he can teach his
father? While the older may
know better, youth holds to its
fancied superiority.
As for the dipomaed thou
sands, how dare even the
boldest novelist question their
education? Do not most of
them nurse the illusion that
they know all that is to be
known? Age will teach them
otherwise, but youth has to
learn for itself. And when it
has learned that its fancied
wisdom was largely folly and
that its imagined education
was lacking in much of the
real thing, it is no longer
youth.
That is the tragedy of it.
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COST.
The cost of “sin” in this coun
try is variously estimated at
from $13,000,000,000 to $40,
000,000,000 a year. The sta
tisticians do not differ as to
the cost of the individual
“sins,” but have divergent
views as to which habits
should be classed as “sins.”
One statistician includes in
his list only drink, immorality
and the theater. Another in
cludes gum-chewing, cosmet
ics, joy-riding, tobacco, drink
ing, the theater, popular fict
ion, light-magazines, politici
ans, touring and moving pict
ures. Others even more puri
tanical than this second sin
economist may compile a list
including everything which
affords some degree of happi
ness or comfort to another.
Without differentiating be
tween the moralist’s “sin” and
man’s ordinary bad habits and
luxuries, a few such annual
items of expense include:
$300,000,000 for massages,
$500,000,000 for foreign trav- j
el, $500,000,000 for jnovies, |
billions for tobacco and its ac
cessories, millions for contra
band liquor, and correspond
ing amounts for the legitimate
stage and cheap literature.
Undoubtedly the money spent
every year in the United States
for non-essentials exceeds that
expended for the bare necessi
ties of life. This disparity may
account for the fact that life
is sweeter in the United States
than in any other civilized
place on this planet and that
the stream of human migrat
ion is America bound. The av
erage person finds it harder to
work for a living than for that
surplus income which permits
him to indulge his petty and
major “vices.”
Just for Fun
The savage shoudn’t be sav
age. He doesn’t need to search
through fourteen pockets to
find something.
The greatness of leaders is
one part ability and nine parts
followers.
The turn-over value isn’t
much if there is a ditch there.
The difference between home
and a restaurant is that at
home you recognize the din
ner scraps you get for supper.
The schoolboy, as the poet
said, may have a shining face,
but his sister probably carries
a powder puff.
Parents are people who think
children will be corrupted by
knowledge they had at that
age.
A star of the first magnitude
is one that is visible under a
divorce story head-line.
Would-be capitalists are
warned by a writer not to fall
in love. That takes capital.
One thing hard for the farm
er boy to understand is why
he should have to plow corn
when the fishing is good.
Why isn’t sign painting a
sport? Its work done by pro
fessionals, and people like to
watch it as they do baseball.
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Lose money and you lose
much, says Judge Arnold, but
lose your courage, and you
lose all.
Commercial Traveler (to pro
prietor he found playing
checkers with friend in back
of store)—“Do you know
there are two customers in
the store?”
The dealer kept right on
playing, and whispered—
“That’s all right. Keep quiet
and they’ll go away again.
President Coolidge seems to
be arranging matters so that
the future near-historian won’t
be able to fasten a lot of bum
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
stories on him. t
Mother sent her little boy to
take his smaller sister safely to
kindergarten. When the boy
came back in a surprisingly
short time, she asked: “Harry,
did you treat Mary like a little
lady as I asked you to do?”
“No,” said Harry carelessly,
“we canned that lady and
gentleman stuff and I chased
her most of the way.”
The harassed looking man
was being shown over a fact
ory.
“That machine,” said the
guide, "does the work of
thirty men.’ ’
The man smiled glumly.
“At last,” he said, “I have
seen what my wife should
have married.”
A teacher asked her class for
a sentence containing the
words defense, detail and de
feat. Here is one pupil’s effort:
“De-feet of de cat went over
de-fence before de-tail.”
The newly-married couple
stopped for lunch at a hotel
where the manager was over
attentive. For the tenth time
he sailed up.
“And what can I get for you
now, sir?”
“Some honeymoon salad,
please.”
“You have me there, sir,” re
plied the manager. “May I ask
what it consists of?”
“Just lettuce alone.”
“There’s the girl Bernard
broke off his engagement
with.”
“Oh, really? She looks sad;
do you think she’s taking it to
heart?”
“I don’t know; but she’s tak
ing it to court.”
Bim-My wife’s favorite book
before we were married was
The Three Musketeers, and
we had triplets!
Barn-Good God. Mine’s was
The Birth cff a Nation!
PROFESSIONAL
JAMES ROBINSON, M, D.
Honor Graduate University of Manitoba
Office at Stewart, B. C.
Over Burns Meat Market
Phone. 14
t piue
at
Jlghcr, .Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
am & MINING ENGINEER
U S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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John Hovland
MINING
Hyder, Alaska
CHA8, F, SWORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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