HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F.-Sandford and Louise Sandford
Sole owners and publishers
•Chas. F. Sandford,;.'..Editor and Manager
Application made for entry at the post office at Hyderr Al
aska, as second vlaas matter, un^^r the Act of March 8,
1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
EVERYONE CAN HELP.
Never before in its history
has Hyder been in position to
go forward in such rapid and
substantial development as
right now. But to do the things
that must be done if the com
munity is to continue to prog
ress there can be no diminution
of that spirit of cooperation
and mutual effort.
In this work of upbuilding
the town everybody may and
should contribute his bit. In
fact, it is unfair for the great
body of citizens to stand idly
by while a minority of more
public spirited people take up
on their shoulders the whole
burden of making Hyder lar
ger, better and more prosper
ous.
A few energetic citizens can
accomplish much, but no mat
ter how great their work it
would be dwarfed by the
achievements possible from
100 per cent community co-op
eration.
With every citizen talking
and working for Hyder there
can be no retrogression.
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THE UBIQUITOUS FLY.
With the approach of warmer
weather we will once more de
liver our spring sermon on the
ubiquitous fly.
Swatting the fly is meritori
ous practice, but swatting the
fly’s breeding place is far bet
ter. The best way to swat the
fly is to eliminate, in and about
the household, the places
where it breeds, and the best
time for this work of eliminat
ion is the present.
Exposed garbage and filth in
genera] represent the most pro
lific fly-breading spots. Milli
ons of these germ-carrying,
filthy, annoying insects can be
produced from a small accum
ulation of rotting refuse. Ow
ing to individual carelessness
in this direction, countless
flies are each year bred to
spread their damage.
There is no possibility of go
ing too far in the elimination
of potential fly-breeding con
ditions, for the fly's death
dealing power is not exagger
ated. It is probable that 40,000
deaths annually in the United
States can be traced directly
to infections brought by flip.
Than- the fly ,there is no dead
lier enemy of infancy and no
greater obstacle to the reduct
ion of the infant death rate.
| The annua] war on the fly
I must start early if this pest is
! not to spoil the spring, summer
and fall for everybody. House
| wives who do not relish fly
! specked ceilings and flies in
their-food will superintend an
i early clean-up.
THE TOUCH OF NATURE.
: One touch of nature makes
| the whole world kin- and one
j touch of discomfort or mishap
i makes a whole crowd jovial
and friendly. The psychology
is the same in both instances.
When responsive chords are
touched they vibrate in unison, j
The touch of nature as a kin- j
ship maker is well established,1
and the effectiveness of dis- j
‘comfort as a maker of jovial
friendship can be observed at
almost any time and place.
A sudden downpour that
sends people scurrying to cov
| er makes for pleasant ex
changes that wohld not be
thought of by the same indi
viduals under ordinary con
| ditions. A jam in a street car
in the city breaks down bar
riers that formality would
raise. A mishap routs austere
itaidness and cold aloofness
and brings onlookers together
n common interest.
In such breakdown of barri
ers,. the sense 0/ humor asserts
tself. Men and women laugh
vith each other at their dis
:omfiture. This is a saving
Trace to a saving response to
liscomfort, that cynics might
hold would logically lead in
(he other direction.
THIS TIME MAY COME.
The time may come:
When someone will not be ex
tolling the “good old days.”
When oldsters will not be view
ing with alarm the goings-on
among the young people.
When the comic sheets will not
pretend that husbands are
henpecked.
When popular magazines will
think up some new way to
adorn their covers without
further glorifying the Ameri
can girl.
When a man will work as hard
as he leads his wife and his
friends to think he works.
When cynics will not be knock
ing the church and the church
will not be knocking the world.
When an employee admits he
is being paid all he’s worth.
When professional reformers
admit that society is O. K. and
voluntarily quit their jobs.
When a man gives up his auto
mobile and explains that he
cannot afford one.
When somebody will not be
prophecying that the world is
coming to an end.
When suckers will not be
stung by fake investments
salesmen.
Yes, the time may come. But
we don’t expect to be alive
to enjoy that millennial dawn!
Just for Fun
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No young man ever got ahead
who got it the night before.
An expert, properly speaking,
is an ordinary person away
from home.
Specks before the eyes is a
sign one needs specs before the
eyes.
Wm. Gray says most of us
will remain poor because we
have only hindsight.
A safe bet is the one you were
going to make and didn’t.
Good work needs no “bou
quets” to recommend it. It
speaks for itself. Make your
work talk for you.
Pneumonia is claiming almost
as great a toll of human lives
I as automibile accidents and
j surgical operations.
j Sometimes it seems that truth
j dies in a day but error is im
; mortal.
—
j Abe had shot a man and was
sentenced to be electrocuted.
| On the morning of the exe
i cution the warden told him
how sorry he was, and how it
| was going to cost the state five
hundred dollars to electrocute
him.
“Bum business,” spoke up Abe.
“Give me fifty dollars and I’ll
shoot myself!”
Formerly the dealers in ladies’
garments took half off at the
end of the season; now the
manufacturer beats him to it
by taking off two-thirds at
the beginning of the season.
No man is half as good as he
expects his daughter’s husband
to be, according to Judge Fox.
The church bell sounds loud
to the man who works on Sun
day.
r ■ »■■■ ' x.
It the nurse' id pretty the
doctor is unable to forecast
the length of the man patient’s
illness.
The great common people
have the most friends and that
is about all they have the most
of.
DID THEIR BEST.
Upon the one who tried and
won,
Of course we look with pride,
But oft forget to honor, too,
The men who failed-but tried.
Wife (half-way out at sea):
“Well, I suppose you’ve forgot
ten the key to the trunk
again.”
Husband: "No, here is the
key-its the trunk I forgot this
time.”
Bob: “Cheer up, Bill; its time
to kiss the bride.”
Bill: “You’re wrong. Its time
tor me to quit.”
The salesman who knows
what he is talking about has
little .to say.
“Did you ever hear anything
so perfectly wonderful?” ex
claimed the daughter of the
house, as the phonograph
ground out the last notes of the
latest thing in jazz.
“No,” replied her father. “I
can’t say that I have, although
I once heard a collision be
tween a truck load of empty
milk cans and a freight cat
filled with live ducks.”
It takes 1500 nuts to hold an
automobiles together, but one
nut can scatter it all over the
landscape.
—
Defending Counsel: “You say
that the fence is eight feet
high, and that you were stand
ing on the ground-not mounted
on a ladder or anything?”
Witness; “I do.”
Counsel (triumphantly) : Then
perhaps you will explain how
you, a man little over five feet,
could see over a fence eight
feet high, and watch the pris
oner’s actions.
Witness (calmly)-There’s a
hole in the fence.
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Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Noel says your real fisher
man may use artificial bait,
but his lies are genuine.
One broadcasting station that
refuses to obtain a license or
observe the regulations as to
wave length is the sewing
circle.
We wonder what’s become of
the old-fashioned prejudice
against “short-haired wom
en?”
Golf is like life: The interest
ing courses are the ones with
the most bunkers.
This age may yet speed up
the mills of the gods, the well
known slow grinders.
It takes £hree generations to
make a gentleman, and only'
two days’ growth of beard to
spoil the effect.
Much of the stuff in the “high
brow” magazines would be
merely stupid if it wasn’t
naughty.
ALASKA BILLS
BEFORE CONGRESS
Delegate Dan Sutherland has
introduced in the House of
Representatives a number of
measures designed to benefit
Alaska and correct undesir
able conditions. Among them
are the following:
H. R. 244, to transfer the
levying of license taxes on bus
iness and trade to the Terri
torial Legislature and repeal
ing present license tax laws
H. R. 251, classifying and
fixing the salaries of United
States Commissioners in Alas
ka. This measure is designed
to do away with the present
highly undesirable method of
providing compensation by
the uncertain fee system and
to substitute therefor an as
sured salary.
H. R. 243, authorizing the
secretary of agriculture to ac
quire a herd of musk oxen for
experimentation with a view
to their domestication and util
ization in the Territory.
H. R. 248, prohibiting use
of stationary fishing applian
ces in the tidal waters of Alas
ka and providing a penalty.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and IS Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El*
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
THE NUGGET SHOP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
PROFESSIONAL
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
^itontcg at 'pato
.Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
am & MINING ENGINEER
0. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS. F. SANOFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
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NOYES BOAT COMPANY
Operating M. V. Fairbanks, Carrying U. S. Mails
FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
HYDER and KETCHIKAN
Leaving Ketchikan 9 A. M. Tuesday
Leaving Hyder 2 P. M. Wednesday
Hyder Dock Company, Hyder A&ents
A. J. MAYER
P 0 BOX 123
.HYDER MACHINE SHOP...
HYPER OARAOK
Plumbing Steamfitting Black-smithing General Repair*
Authorized Ford Agent
Genuine Ford Parts
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HYDER ALASKA
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