HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. #2
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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T.iis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
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lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Hew Training Counts
An unusually striking illus
tration of the value of training
is afforded through a study of
casualty records during the
Great War. The central pow
ers mobilized 22,850,000 men
and inflicted casualties num
bering 22,090,600 upon the al
lied forces. The allies mobil
ized 42,189,444 men, yet in
flicted only 15,405,000 casual
ties upon the armies of the
central powers.
In other words, in the case of
the highly trained troops of the
central powers an average ot
nearly one casualty was inflict
ed upon the allies for every
man mobilized, while it took
nearly three men of the allies
to inflict one casualty upon the
enemy.
Allowances must be made
for the long distances some of
the allied troops had to be
transported and the fact that a
good many never got to the
front, still their greater losses
were chiefly due to the time
consumed in training, which
gave the enemy, with well
trained and equipped troops
from the beginning, a tremen
dous advantage until over
whelmed by sheer force of
numbers.
, As with an army, so with an
individual. The trained man
has a great advantage in every
walk of life.
Odd-Penny Prices
We are so accustomed to art
icles in stores priced at 98
cents, $1.49, and other odd
penny amounts that few per
sons give any thought to what
once was considered a freak
ish idea of price-making.
But G. H. Cilley, a well
known store advertising mana
ger, tells in a recent article
that the custom arose from the
solution of a very practical
problem by a shrewd merch
ant.
When Capt. Roland H. Mac
ey got tired of sailing the briny
deep as a sea captain and start
ed a store in New York, there
were no cash registers or othei
means for checking up his
clerks. Money received foi
puichases was put in an old
fashioned cash drawer which
made no records, and the prac
tice of “knocking-down,” a
euphemism for plain stealing
by clerks, was quite prevalent.
Macy charged all prices to odd
cent amounts, established cash
iers to make the required
change, and kept a close watch
on the cashiers. His advertise
ments of these odd prices
| seemed to strike the public eye
j favorably, and he got a great
response. What was at first on
ly an expedient to keep from
being robbed developed into a
j potent psychological appeal to
his customers. Thus the odd
price has survived many years
after the original reason for its
adoption ceased to exist.
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Epileptics Cured
Another disease which hithi
erto has been baffling to phy
sicians seems in a fair way to
je conquered. Drs. Helmholz
ind Haddow, of Rochester,
Minn., have just made a report
>f eight years of investigation
and treatment of epilepsy with
nost encouraging results. The
•eport covers t^e cases of 141
I patients treated, of which num
; oer 43 were cured, 32 were im
proved and 66 were not bene
fitted. The treatment consist
ed of a special diet rich in fats,
and was originally worked out
by Dr. Russell M. Wilder, for
merly of the Mayo clinic.
While the results are by no
means uniform, and in some
cases were of no benefit to the
sufferers, the percentage of
patients cured or improved is
encouraging. Very little is
known about epilepsy, so any
thing attempted in the way of
treatment in the past has been
mere experiment. It now ap
pears that the scientists are on 1
the right track, and the pros
pect for a complete mastery of
the disease is promising.
Just for Fun
About the only job some fel
lows appear able to hold is that
of husband.
Length of a man’s life is im
portant, but hardly so import
ant as its breadth.
Some girls are constantly in
love, though not necessarily
constant.
People will buy anything on
installments except a savings
account.
It isn’t wise to assert too
! much personality at a busy
I street intersection.
Often a man pays a lawyer
| for advice that his wife could
: give him for nothing.
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Who remembers when good
ladies tried to reform the old
j soaks by getting them to sign
jthe pledge?
i If Socrates had practiced a
j while with moonshine* the
| hemlock* would have acted as
a soothing syrup.
We note an advertisement,
| "Bath Robes, $79.50." With
i one, like that a fellow could ;
hardly wait for Saturday i
night.
Beautiful girls are more plen
tiful than intellectual ones,
says a grouch, who adds that
this is in keeping. writh the de
mand.
Dean Inge says that the only
way to be really orthodox is
not to think at all. Many find
no difficulty in being orthodox.
—
“Mother’s Vacation" is the
title of a movie. It is abou, |
the only kind of vacation the i
majority of mothers will ever
see.
Most of us envy the fellow
who is morally and financially ;
independent enough to stay
away from people and places
[that bore him stiff. .
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The low mortality rate among
saxophonists speaks volumes
for the tolerance of the Ameri
can people.
A modern Don Quixote
might amuse himself by tilting
at some of.our political wind
bags.
One Kentucky man shot an
other who called him a com
mon liar. Probably objected j
to being called common.
And now we have a League
for the Abolition of Capital
Punishment, of which most
jurymen appear to be charter
members.
A convicted burglar has ap
plied for a new trial on the
ground that the man who iden
tified him had his head under
a blanket while the house was
being robbed.
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WHAT’S NEW?
The world’s largest paper
making machine,recentlybuilt,
is 330 feet long, and weighs
1,200 tons. It can produce 132
tons of paper a day.
A new wall paper coated
with thin aluminum has been
produced, and can be cleaned
by rubbing with a damp cloth.
The comparative warmth of
overcoats and wraps can be de
termined by a new device
which registers the cold resist
ing qualities of the materials
used.
Ladies’ gloves made of the
intestines of whales have been
produced, and are said to have
a peculiarly soft texture, yet
being almost impossible to
wear out.
A new clinical thermometer
has been devised which readily
registers the temperature of
any vein, organ or cavity of the
body. It is expected to be of
great value in diagnosis of lo
cal affections of body tissues.
INTERESTING NOTES
It has been discovered that
dangers lurk in the possibility
of guns or explosives being set
off by radio waves which hap
pen to be of just the proper
frequency.
Alaska’s area is more than
twice as great as that of the
state of Texas.
South American ranches fur
nish 70 per cent of the hair
used in mattresses in this coun
try.
Only about one-sixth of Can
ada’s potential'waterpower has
been developed.
In the early days of the West,
pack trains received $1.00 a
pound for carrying freight 100
miles.
Nearly $5,000,000 worth of
prison made goods are sold in
theUnited States every year..
Often reaching the length of;
ninety feet, the sulphur-bot
tomed whale is the largest
known living thing.
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart i
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
We have temporarily discon
tinued the local manufacture
of rubber stamps, but will re
ceive orders for outside deliv
delivery. Phone 82.
PROFESSIONAL
^Ernest ?Blue
^ttarocg at ^atu
^Rgbcr, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS. F, SWORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
William <A. JHcsse
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
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HYDER and KETCHIKAN
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