HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the 'Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
Chas. P. 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;
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interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in- i
rormation relative to local min ing development that is not be- !
lleved to be in full accord with fact.
The National Horror.
During the year 1931 approx
imately 1,032,000 persons suf
fered from automobile acci
dents in the United States—
34,400 being killed and 997,
000 injured, half of the latter
seriously. Of those killed, 14,
500, or 42 per cent, were pe
destrians, of whom 2,300 met
death while walking on rural
highways and 12,000 on city
streets. More than 297,000
pedestrians were injured.
ColHssions of one automobile
with another caused 8,570
deaths and 528,950 injuries.
Collisions with trains and
street cars accounted for about
1,900 deaths and 21,000 injur
ies. Striking fixed objects,
such as telephone poles, and
trees, resulted in 4,150 deaths j
and 55,820 injuries, while run
ning off the road and turning
over caused approximately the
same number of casualties.
Contrary to the belief of
many, relatively few accidents j
can be blamed on new drivers,
who realizing their inexperi
ence are usually more careful.
Women proved to be only one
fourth as dangerous as men,
while persons over 50 years of
age had comparatively few ac
cidents when at the wheel.
Boys under 20 were the most
reckless of all, and took a terr
ible toll as a result of their fol
ly.
Total fatalities for 1931 were
3.3 per cent greater than in 19
30, and it is almost certain that
1932 will show a further in
crease. With few exceptions
the accidents which will bring
these appalling results could
be prevented by the use of or
dinary care and common sense.
But when so many drivers ap
pear devoid of sense it seems
that no amount of warning has
any effect. The pity is that
careful and intelligent drivers
and helpless passengers are so
often the victims of thoughtless
fools.
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Plans For Another Raid
Not satisfied with the $167,-:
000,000 being spent by the
government on the question
able Boulder Dam project, eer- j
tain California interests arei
making plans for another raid !
cn the public treasury, accord- j
ing to the Chicago Tribune. i
When the dam is completed
an acqueduct will be needed to
.•any the water to the land it is j
supposed to irrigate, and Calif-;
ornia voted a $200,000,000'
■oond issue for -the purpose, j
Now it is said the bonds can
not be sold, so it is proposed
-hat they be unloaded on Uncle ■
oam. Whether the promoters I
of this scheme will be able to |
get away with it remains to be j
seen.
It is difficult to understand j
why the government should :
continue to finance irrigation 1
projects when the country has 1
more farm land already than 1
can be utilized profitably, j:
While hundreds of millions are ]
being spent to increase the sur
plus of farm land, other hund- '
reds of millions are being 1
squandered in a futile effort •
to reduce the surplus of farm
crops.
But that is the way of gov- c
eminent in business—and the ‘
taxpayers pay and pay. ‘
Pigs In A Poke
There is an old-time warning I
to the effect that one should f
never buy “a pig in a poke.”:*
But a lot of French people have i
been doing something like that J1
or worse, according to a press
dispatch.
A concern called “French
Porkery, Limited’ put on a
atrong campaign for investors,
with such slogans as “Buy less
stocks; they are paper. Buy
more pigs; they are meat.”
“When your pig grows up we
sell him at the very highest
prices. In the meantime we pay
you from 10 to 12 per cent in
terest.”
Thousands bought pigs they
had never seen, and for a time
received their interest. Later
the sad news came to all invest
ors alike: “Your pigs have
died; we could not sell sick
pigs.”
Then the investors—not the
pigs—began to squeal. Promot
ers of the scheme will be tried
for swindling.
And at that it was not so
much worse than some of the
bond-selling schemes worked
on the American public by the
“international bankers.”
Just for Fun
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Some candidates are on the
stump, while others are up a
tree.
We feared some Senator
would be bright enough to
think up that federal tax on
gasoline.
Anyway, under the new post
age rates, it will cost our cred
itors one cent more for each
bill they send us.
It looks as if the keynoters,
candidates and platforms of
both parties will be a curious
mixture of dry, moist and wet.
The Boston man who pre
dicts that kissing will be elimi
nated in 100 years probably
thinks the world will come to
an end in the meantime.
A wag observes a similarity
between a cow and a saxo
ohone, but admits that while
oath make the same sounds,
anly the cow gives milk.
Why pick on the short sell
»rs? Anybody who can sell at
ill these days should be com
nended.
INTERESTING NOTES
One-third of the world’s mail
is handled by the United States
postal system, its total equaling
all the pieces handled by
Great Britain, Germany, Rus
sia and France combined.
Egg consumption in the Unit
ed States is 204 per capita an
nually, while in Canada it is
313.
An instrument has been devel
oped which determines the con
dition of the oil in the crank
case of an automobile, and in
dicates when the oil should be
changed.
Out of 102 occupations listed
by the American Research
foundation as engaging wage
earners, 52 contribute freely or
indirectly to making women
beautiful.
UlUil 1IUUU4/
TEN fURS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
June 21, 1922.
Max Priebe is putting a new
floor in the upper story of the
Alaska Cafe.
The Anyox took out 1,000
tons, and the Amur 400 tons of
Premier high grade ore this
week for the Tacoma smelter.
In addition the Marmion load
ed 300 tons of second grade
for the Granby smelter.
George Mehlfeld’s little girls
now have a pet goat to play
with. George caught the kid on
the Idaho property <om the
north fork of the Marmot and
packed it home.
Edgar Province is erecting a
building adjoining F. C. Law
rence’s jewelry store on Inter
national Avenue, and will put
n a stock of general merchan
dise. The building is 28 x 36
feet in size and two stories
high.
Wm. Bunting has started to
fix up a camp on the Virginia
group and intends working
there all summer. His wife,
Margaret Duff Bunting, owns
one-half of the property and J.
A. Hall one-third interest, the
balance being owned by Finz
ell, of Juneau.
The Guggenheims this week
bonded the Stoner group, lying
between the Daly-Alaska, Ala
between the Daly Alaska,
Alaska Premier and the inter
national boundary line. The
bond covers a period of three
years and calls for practically
continuous development work,
with survey and patent of the
claims.
The Anyox cleared Saturday
for Tacoma with 1000 tons of
Premier highgrade ore. Thurs-1
day a scow took away 500 tons j
of second grade for the Gran
by smelter. Sunday nine large
bricks of bullion and several
hundred pounds of concen
trates were shipped out by ex
press.
C. A. Banks and H. L. Bat
ten of the B. C. Silver Comp
any arrived Sunday to start j
work on the property. It is un
derstod that their program
calls for extensive develop
ment. They have also leased
office quarters in Hyder for 6
months, the Ross residence in
the forest reserve being se
cured for that purpose.
Proceedings have been start- j
ed in the district court for clos-!
ing the International Road-1
hose at Thirteen-mile and old-!
timers of this section as well as
new operators are expressing
considerable indignation and i
surprise. Statements are free
ly made that is one more move
on the part of the Premier to
block development o f the
country outside of properties
that they themselves control,
and they are wondering wheth
er a company operating in Can
ade can dictate to the Alaskan
government as to how its af
fairs must b£ conducted.
PROFESSIONAL
^Ernest piluc
^yotarg JJaMic
pgfcfr, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF ]
am ft MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA j
CHAS .F. SANFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
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