The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
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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A Wise Move
Now that President Roosevelt
has had the courage ;to aban
don the gold standard, we may
confidently expect a change for
the better in economic condit
ions throughout the land. Also
our foreign trade, concerning
which so much worrying has
been done, to the exclusion of
more important matters, will
undoubtedly show a marked
improvement during the next
few months. Our money will
be on closer parity with that of
nations which are our greatest
and most aggressive trade com
petitors. In other words we
will be better able to meet
competion by not having to de
mand higher prices than cur
competitors do in exchange for
goods. The “high” gold dol
lar has unquestionably been1
the most important factor in1
the loss of our foreign trade.
Britain did not lose by aban
doning the gold standard.
Neither will we. Roosevelt has
made a wise move, for it gives
us an opportunity to meet our
trade competitors on an equal
or near-equal footing.
And our dollar will still be a
dollar at home just the same as ;
it svas before Roosevelt had the
courage and daring to re
lease us from the bondage of
the international bankers and
other money sharks.
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The Vital Thing
The financial and economic
moves of the administration,
while excellent in themselves
as means of forestalling still
more serious conditions, have
thus far touched but little on j
the mosl. vital p^blem of all—j
the restoration of employment
for the twelve or more millions I
of idle workers at living wag
es. When this has been ac
complished there will be but
little necessity for worrying
about the restoration of confi
dence, security prices and the 1
restoration of price levels.:
Put the workers back on the
job and dollars in their pock
ets and most of these problems ;
will take care of themselves; J
or at least with very little as
sistance from the government, j
The government is doing ex
cellent work but until labor is
restored prosperity is certain to
langui h.
Just for Fun
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First Hyderite: “Say, Bill, if
you had five bucks in yarn
pocket, what would you do?”
Second ditto: “I’d think 1
had on somebody else’s pants.”
We would suggest that even
.he prospect of “new7 deal”
farm relief should not prevent
the planting of a liberal quan
tity of garden truck this spring.
It is said that President Roos
evelt works 15 hours a day, but
loesn’t favor any share-the
work program for Ithe White
House.
The President is described as
”a giant from his waist up.’
Which under the circumstances
is better than merely being a
giant from the neck down.
One trouble is that we do too
much thinking about unthink
able wars.
It looks as if a good many
veterans will scon think the
New Deal is a misdeal.
Americanism: Worry i n g
about one’s health one minute
and passing another car on a
curve at 60 the next.
The advent of 3.2 per cent
beer may be pleasing to many,
but it will hardly satisfy those
who have acquired the taste
for 5 per cent home brew at
less cost.
Giving unusual powers to the
President by Congress may be
justified on the theory that one
man i3 likely to make" fewer
mistakes than 531.
INTERESTING NOTES
Brick veneer only an inch ,
thick has been invented by a
Detroit man for covering frame
buildings.
Census figures reveal that
there are in the United State :
nearly 2,000 persons who arc
both blind and deaf.
Of the 404,000 American cit- j
izen's who live permanently i
outside of the United State®
223,000 reside in Canada.
Jericho, around which Josh-j
ua’s army marched, was de
stroyed by fire, is the finding
of archaeologists.
Milk is now retailed in cell-'
ulose boxes which are formed,
dipped in super-heatecl paraf
fin, filled, and sealed in one
continuous operation.
TEH YEARS OR SO AGO
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From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
February 21, 1923.
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The big snow-slide at Eleven
mile is down and traffic be
tween Nine-mile and the head
of the valley tied up. Last year
this slide was so deep across
the road that a tunnel was
driven through it by the Pre
mier company large enough
.o permit teams to go through.
The Moose lodge now has a j
membership of 91 and new ap-l
plications are being received
continually. W. H. Tolin has
offered the lodge the use of the
building formerly occupied by
the Miners’ Social Club as a
lodge room.
“Out in the Streets,” a three
act drama, is being rehersed by
a coterie of local talent and
will be produced at an early
late, the object being to raise
funds for a library in the Meth
odist church. Rev. F. E. Red
dick is directing the product
ion, which will have ten char
acters in the cast.
The Premier company have
installed a mammoth Gould
pump on the wharf to protect
that structure and their ore
bunkers and warehouse against
fire.
Joe Jackson, a top-notch chef
and baker, has taken Dave Al
len’s shift in the Alaska Cafe
during Dave’s absence in Rup- j
ert. Joe has been connected
with the C. P. R. and Grand
Trunk dining car service for a
number of years and can re- j
turn to either one any time he
desires, but wants to experi- j
ence the novelty of being asso
ciated with a live mining camp
for a change.
The freighter La/touche, with
a heavy cargo of mine equip- j
ment and supplies, and a 13
ton boiler for the Hyder saw- i
mill, left Seattle yesterday.
ABOUT WOMEN
Mrs. Almeda I). McClellan,
of Salt Lake City, who is 101
years old, has 432 living de
scendants.
Ancient languages, spoken
but never before written, have
been put down on paper for the !
first time by Mrs. Jean Strong, j
noted philogist of Los Angeles, i
—
Hellen Hoffer of Reading, !
Pa., claims the world champ- ]
ionship as a pretzel twister, her
record being 48 pretzels per
minute.
Born in slavery, Dinah Watts
Pace, a negro teacher who has;
educated 465 girls and 235 !
boys, died recently at the ago I
of 80 in Covington, Ga.
The deepest fresh water lake
in the world is Lake Baikal, in
Siberia.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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Hyder
Methodist Episcopal
Church
* Rev. F. Bushfield, Pastor.
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
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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