HYDER WEEKLY MINER
Formerly The Hyder Alaska Miner
Published every Monday by the Hyder Miner Publish
ing Co., Hyder, Alaska.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at
Hyder, Alaska, November 4,1919, mider the Act of March
8. 1879.
CHAsT"fT SANDF0RI)~T77. -T "~......T ............... Editor,
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
The announcement that a real
Alaska steamship company has
been incorporated, with bona
fide Alaskans as its chief stock
holders and in control of its op
erations, will be good news u>
all real Alaskans, for the reas
on that it holds forth a certain
measure of hope that it will be
. operated with at least some re
gard for the welfare of the
Territory and its people in
stead of for the benefit and in
the interest of Seattle, which
has demonstrated time and
again that its interest in Alaska
Is f>. minus quality when noth
ings to be gained by its man
ifestation.
It is true, of course, that the
new company can do but little
at best toward relieving the
Territory of the transportation
evils resulting from the present
monopoly but it is nevertheless
an opening wedge that may
one day shatter the transport
ation shackles which now bind
Alaska in a species of subserv
ience to those who look upon
her only as a source of gain, to
be exploited to the fullest poss
ible extent when it pays and
forgotten when there is no
prospect of immediate finan
cial rewards.
To reach the fullness of her
development Alaska must es
cape the toils of the incubus
which now battens upon her
resources through control cf
the transportation facilities
linking her isolated shores with
the distant marts of commerce.
A new ocean highway must be
laid and it can come only thru
the establishment of new
steamship lines. Then and
then only can Alaskans hope
for an era of transportation
that will aid the development
of the Territory instead of hin
dering it by multitudinous ex
tortions exacted in equally
multitudinous ways under the
plea of economic necessity,
which has been repeatedly
shown not to exist, save per
haps in the minds of those who
seek to delude the eaby going
'Alaskans into the belief that
wjiat is cannot be avoided.
It is useless to expect that
the newly formed sSeamship
company can accomplish this
much desired change. Unless
given the fullest possible sup
port by the Alaska people it
can scarcely continue to exist
in competition with the gigan
ic shipping monopoly, backed
by the predatory influence of
the Seattle business leeches
to whom it is the bond that
holds Alaska a helpless victim
o their commercial greed. But
t is at least a step toward tilt
much desired time when Alas
ka transportation will be han
dled by and for the benefit ot
the people of the Territory and
as such it is welcome to everj
real Alaskan.
The miners and claim-owners
of the Texas creek section are
to be congratulated on their
display of initiative in the ef
'ort now in progress to secure
the construction of a wagon
road up the Texas Creek val
ley.
Without noise or bluster, or
without seeking to enlist
the laggard assistance or sup
port of the business elements
of the community, they have
prepared and forwarded to tiie
road authorities of the district
a petition signed by a major
ty of those interested in the
Texas section calling attention
to the need for an open high
way to that new and wonder
fully mineralized but practic
ally inaccessible area. In
uddiivm to laying the matter
before the road officials, the
committee also addressed cop
ies of their petition to the Alas
ka delegate to Congress and
other influential agencies, re
questing their assistance in
furthering this much needed
public improvement.
Whether their efforts achieve
the desired results or not, they
have given us a display of the
spirit that brings into being not
only roads and trails but also
builds towns and cities, creates
public improvements of every
nature and is the basis of all
communal progress. It is re
grettable indeed that there is
is not a similar spirit manifest
among the business elements
of the community for much
good would undoubtedly result
from it. By adopting a similar
policy the business ^interests
could not only help the miners
of the district in securing such
public improvements as pre
needed to properly develop the
mineral resources but by unan
imous effort could accomplish
many things in furthering the
growth and welfare of Hyder.
Hyder needs more than any
thing observable the develop
ment of that same community
spirit and unanimity of action
displayed by the miners.
In the words of the proverb,
“All things come to those who
only stand and wait” but there
is no gainsaying the fact that
things will come decidedly
sooner if those who want them
get busy and go after them.
VAST JOURNEYS
MADE BY SALMON
That salmon may migrate
for a thousand miles of more
was recently proved by exper
iments conducted by the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries. A number
of salmon, each bearing a met
al tag, were planted during
1922 in Alaska coastal waters
by Dr. C. Gilbert, professor of
zoology at Stanford University.
Later a Siberian fisherman
reported that one of the mark
ed fish had been caught in the
Papkhara river on the coast of
Siberia, more than 1,000 miles
from the Alaska coast where
the fish was planted. Others
were caught on the Pacific
coast as far as 800 miles south
of Alaska.
The Alaska Packers Associa
tion earned a total of $344,747
from its cannery operations
and an additional $695,049
from its insurance fund Iasi
year, according to a recent re
port.
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DO JOB PRINTING
Included in the equipment
of the Hyder Weekly Miner is
a complete job printing plant,
.apable of filling all orders for
letterheads, billheads, state
ments, cards, circulars, invita
tions, etc. Those who desire
job work of this character
will find it to their advantage
to secure our prices before or
dering elsewhere.
Just For Fun
The Sunday School teacher
was talking to her class of Sol
omon and his wisdom.
“When the Queen of Sheba
came and laid jewels and fine
rainment before Solomon, what
did he say?” she asked pres
ently.
One small girl, who evident
ly had experience in such mat
ters, replied promptly:
“'ow much d’yer want fer
{the lot?”
And maybe it happened to
you in the early days before
ocal hardrock hit bedrock.
A fool there was and he
saved his rocks, even as you
and I; but he took them out
of the old strong box when a
salesman called with some
wild-cat stocks, and the fool
was stripped down to his socks,
:ven as you and I.
No Algy, we didn’t hear that
at the Hyder Minstrels.
Speaking of minstrels brings
this ancient wheeze.
An old negress, tired and
dusty from a long walk, asked
to see the warden of a prison
down in Tennessee.
“Massa, we all is mighty
poor this winter, an’ Ah wish
you-all would pardon ma old
man.”
“What was he put in here
for?”
“ Well, ’stead o’ workin’ fo’
it, that good-fo’-nothin’ nig»
ger done stoled some bacon.”
“If he is good for nothing, as
you say, why do you want him
back?”
“Well, you sees, sah, we’s
out o’ bacon again,” she replied
innocently.
According to the Blueberry
Kid man proposes but woman
exposes.
Walter Blanton says that man
is the only animal that can be
skinned more than once.
Rube Hull told us this one.
A man who had been dining
well hailed a passing taxi. The
offside door apparently had
not been closed properly. At
any rate the man, having en
tered at one door, stumbled
and rolled out of the other
door. He picked himself up,
replaced his hat with care,
brushed the dust off his coat
and then asked the driver:
“How much?”
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