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Byd^r 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
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aska, as second Jass matter, un^r the Act of March 8,
1879.
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GOOD INTENTIONS
There is nothing quite so
tragic, and also intolerable, as
misdirected sincerity of pur
pose. The poorest excuse imag
inable that can be offered as a
defense in cases wherein peo
ple have done irreparable
wrongs to others is to say that
they did so with the best of in
tentions. What of it? Is the
wrong rendered any less harm
ful or the injury any less by
reason of the good intentions?
Did Hell’s chief paving mater
ial help things in the slightest
degree. If one person kills an-:
otehr accidently, isn’t the vie-;
tim just as thoroughly dead as
he would have been had the
slayer murdered in cold blood?
It is time to have done with
good intentions when used as
alibies for misdeeds.
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THE MONTH OF BEAUTY
With the coming of May,
there comes one of the pretti
est and most pleasant months1
of the year. Winter has gone |
in the temperate zone, the sud
den showers of April are past,
the heat of summer has not yet
come and vegetation prepares
to spread with lavish hand its
beauty all about us. Even up
at far-away Nome and along
the mighty Yukon little flow
ers appear and the grass shows
green in spots beSide the ling
ering snow banks on the hill
sides.
The origins of the names of
most of the months are easy to
trace. But not so May. It is gen
erally agreed that it was
named for Maia, the Roman
goddess of spring, but there if
also a theory that May is the
abbreviated form of Majoref
and that the month was sc
called because it was held sac
red to older men, as June was
dedicated to juniores, or young
men.
Originally, May was the third
month, but became fifth when
the Romans placed January
and February at the beginning
of the year. It always has had
31 days. Its special flower is
the hawthorne and its gem is
the emerald. Since the earliest
times.the first of May has been
marked by outdoor festivals
and children have danced
about the Maypole for hun
dreds of years. It is peculiar,
however, that May is marked
by few important historical an
niversaries, compared to other
months, and few holdiays.
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FREE PUBLICITY
The Herald, like other news
papers the world over, is often
the victim of artful attempts to
obtain space for the introduct
ion of various schemes for pri
vate gain or the moulding of
public opinion toward “put
ting over” some sinister plot.
Some bureau or syndicate or
manufacturer will hit upon a
happy idea, and some clever
fellow will tell him just how he
can work the newspapers for
all the “stuff” needed: where
upon the expert is engaged or^
the advice is taken without the
aid of the expert. He makes
good at getting the stuff out—
but publishers are too keen to
allow the grafting game to go
too far.
Invariably when the scheme
is found out in time and the
matter is refused, a threat is
made that the story will be
riven to another paper. The
dot works occasionally when
:ompetition is keen, but not al
vays, and in the long run the
schemer usually loses out be
cause never again can the pap
ir be approached in the same
vay by the same schemer.
The fact must be considered,
ilso that unless citizens can
>e depended upon to furnish
heir local journal with real
lews stories they cannot ex
*ect to get away with spas
nodic attempts to put over
iropagande. The editor is usu
Uy a hard man to fool in such
natters.
SOME THINGS TO
THINK OVER.
The merchant who says he
will wait until business gets
better before he advertises for
gets that it wasn’t raining
when Noah built the Ark.
Quite often we find that the
fellow who “don’t believe in
advertising nohow’’ is the one
who complans the hardest that
the mail order houses are tak
ing the business out of town.
And it never occured to him
that the mail order house had
spent about fifty cents in ad
vertising to get its first order
from the customer.
The man who refuses to ad
vertise because of his claim
that people don’t read the
newspaper, is usually about
the first one to call the editor’s
attention to an error at the
bottom of a column on the last
page.
Also it is usually the fellow
who doesn’t advertise who can
tell you that newspaper adver
tising doesn’t pay. Reminds us
of an old maid back in our old
home town who could tell ev
ery mother in the town just
how the children should be
raised.
Which reminds us of the old
and very often truthful rhyme:
There was a man in our town;
And he was wondrous wise;
He swore by all the gods above j
He would not advertise V
But one day he did break this i
rule, and thereby hangs a
tale.
The a,d. was set in real small
type and headed Sheriff’s
j Sale.
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Just for Fun
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I “What will come after Muss
olini?” asks an exchange.
You’ll find it in the Book:
“The wind ceaseth and there
was a great calm.”
A lady correspondent asks:
“Do you really think women
prefer a husband who gives
way to her, or the other sort?”
What we would like to know
is what other sort.
Now that the game of horse
shoe pitching is thought to pre
vent appendicitis, the hospital'
trust will probably be getting'
and injunction against it.
“I bet her she wouldn’t mar
ry me,” confesses Ben O—, in
telling of his recent experien
ces in the land of sunshine and
' nifty flappers, “and she called"
me and raised me five.
They tell of an old farmer
■who was 125 years old and
who had a wife who was 124.
They had two sons, one 100
years old, the younger 98. One
day the younger son died. The
old lady laid her head on the
old man’s shoulder and said, “I
always told you we would not
be able to raise that boy.”
“After the five day week,
what?” asks an exchange.
Why, the two day loaf, of
course.
People seem to be of one ac
cord in their advocacy of pro
hibition—for others.
City life has its advantages,
says the Blueberry Kid. In a
hick town somebody you owe
always passes by while you’re
having the tank filled.
OUR LANGUAGE
If one is a tooth and a whole
set are teeth,
T'hen why shouldn’t boot in
the plural be beeth?
If the plural of man is always
called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of
pan be called pen?
We speak of a brother and also
of brethren,
But though we say mother we
never say methren.
So the English, I fancy you all
will agree,
Is the funniest language you
ever did see.
Pete. Wilson observes that
few women can stand to let
the rest of the world go by
without doing a little buying
themselves.
It seems that the most agree
able thing to some folks is be
ing disagreeable.
Green: “So you are paying al
imony now?”
Black: “Yes, twenty morel
payments and she isn’t mine.”
“Papa,” said Mrs. Cohen, you
know that next week is little
Ikey’s birthday; Vat do you
think ve gif’ him for a pres
ent?”
“Veil,” replied Cohen, “times
are hard und I dink the best
thing vould be to vash the vin
dows und led him see der street
car go by.”
Present day people seem to
prefer Henry Ford’s gospel of
spending and using to Benja
min Franklin’s of saving and
having.
Harold: “Ouch! I bumped my
crazy bone!
Cynical Friend: “Oh, well,
comb your hair right and the
bump won’t show.”
A young man arrived home
after having received the de
gree of M. A. for graduate
work at college.
“I suppose Robert will be
looking for a Ph. D. next re
marked a friend of the family
to the father.
“No,” was the reply, “He
will be looking for a J. O. B.”
Judge—“Why have you not
made those alimony payments,
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
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as ordered?”
Defendant—“I can't start un
til week after next, Judge. You
see, there are still two install
ments due on the engagement
ring.”—Life.
Not Shy About It
Visitor ‘‘I suppose they ask a
lot of rent for this apartment”
Hostess (absent-mindedly)
‘Yes, they asked George seven
times last week.”—Exc.
The young bride had come
out second best in her first en
counter with cookbook and gas
range. “Mother,” she sobbed
over the telephone, “I cannot
understand it The recipe says,
plainly ‘bring to boil on brisk
fire, stirring for two minutes
Then beat it for ten minutes—
and when I came back again it
was burned to a crisp.”
As Most of Us Do
“When I was twenty I made
up my mind to get rich.”
“But you never became rich.”
“No, I decided it was easier to
change my mind.”
A countryman came to the
city to visit some relatives and
to see the sights. He remained
until patience on the part of
his hosts, a married couple,
had ceased to be a virtue.
“Don’t you think, my dear fel
low,” remarked the husband
one day, “that your wife and
children must miss you?”
“Hadn’t thought of that,”
was the calm reply. “Thanks
for the suggestion; I’ll send
for them.”
Mistress— “The master was
very happy this morning, Jane.
He went off to the city whist
ling.”
Jane— “Yes, mum, it was my
mistake. I made* his porridge
of birdseed.”
Passing Show (London
Grafters often break in where
burglars fear to tread.
Alice: “Would you marry for
money, Tessie?”
Tessie: Well, I don’t know:
But I have a hankering hope,
however, that Cupid shoots me
with a Pierce-Arrow.”
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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.
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PROFESSIONAL
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
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JIgher, JUaeka
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
0. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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