HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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The election of 1924 has
passed into history. A lot of
people are pleased, some of
them naturally are disappoint
ed. The serious disappoint
ments may be fewer than us
ual, because this year more
than usually the result was
pretty thoi’oughly forecast and
even a lot of the politicians
who were valiantly proclaim
ing: their coming victory were
not so sure down in their own
hearts.
Bat now that the votes are
caJ; and counted there is
noth'ng the country needs
quite so much as for the people
to forget about politics and get
back on the job. Election cam
pa’gn? constitute a very con
si c! era' le disturbance to the
ordeal/■ progress of the coun
try. M ney invested in business
is a cautious sort of thing. Its
owners want to know what
they may expect in the way of
1 vi and working conditions.
Mo :t of us are glad that elect
ion day is over, and when we
accumulate a little of that lost
sl.ep we are going to get busy
on our normal affairs and for
get rll about politics. Then
business will start to improve.
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Figure as you will, you can’t
get away from the idea of com
munity interest. We "who con
stitute the local community are
intensely dependent on one
another. When we buy our.
merchandise from out7<>f-toWn
concerns, we take that much
Business away from local busi
ness firms. If enough Business
is withdrawn from thOqi. they
w ll eventually have to quit.
Then Hyder would shrivel up.
Clarks and laborers and trades-:
men would have to mdvje away,
Plainly our own ^elf-itfteirest,
the safety of our property in
vestments, demand that we
trade at home and support our
local business mert; Ff anyone
thinks he can refute this argu
ment, I will give a year’s sub
scription to the Herald for a
1 Jgicrl argument in favor of
trading with the mail order
house. '• ^
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Inquiry develops the . pecul
iar fact that many of'our bus
jiness men know very little S
; about the mining industry or j
the mines that are being open-^
ed up almost within sight of
their doors. It is conservative
to say that not more than one j
in five know even the most j
I outstanding facts concerning!
jthe industry upon which rests!
| the very existence of the com-!
; munity. One well known bus- i
jiness man, for instance, was j
I not even aware that new and
: finely equipped bunk and
jmesshouse buildings had been
erected at the Riverside mine
during the past summer-this
despite the fact that two news
papers published in the district
have detailed their construct
ion on several occasions. Oth
ers did not knoAV whether the
operations on certain of the
oldest and best known proper
ties consisted qf drifting or
sinking. This, mind you, in a
community where mining is
the basic industry and the one
on which the prosperity of
every other industry or bus
iness depends! In a majority
of cases, the individuals ap
peared vetry little interested
in what was going on in the
hills..
It is perhaps needless to sug
gest that this singular apathy
toward the very source of local
prosperity is hardly a proper
attitude. The business elements
of all people, should get ac
quainted with and take some
thing more than a cursory in
terest in the mines and what
is going on in them. They are,
the- source of all local prosper
ity and the very existence of
the camp depends upon their
success or failure. In view of
this fact it is hard to realize
that a large percentage of our
business men possess little or
no knowledge concerning their
most important features or the
progress of their development.
With the very existence of
their business dependant on
the industry, it wcfuld seem
that every business man in the
community should have at
least a general knowledge of
every mine of moment in the
district and take fk keen per
sonal interest in eveyy stage
of their development.
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For your own sake—gcTSo :
church. It pays. , J
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Just For Fun
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The Blueberry Kid says the
old adage should be modified
to read:“Marry in haste—and
you will have no leisure for re
penting.”
“Does she belong to the
400?” she inquired of her bos
om friend.
“Sure,” replied the other,
“ She is one of the cipher’s
And this is the way she de
scribed it to her best friend:
“And then, you see, dear, he
put his arms around me, and
I wanted to scream but I jus:
couldn’t, and when I finally
could-I didn't want to.”
There is a certain Ryder man
who is so absent-minded that
he surveyed himself in the
hair brush, instead of the hand
mirror, and remarked musing
ly: “Gracious, I sure need a
shave.”—at least that is what
his wife says.
Walter Blanton says the girls
who get vaccinated on the leg,!
where it won’t show, sure have j
a lot of confidence in the styles.'
Overheard on the “main
stem” the other day:
“Why, hullo, Bill; who are!
I am the best friend you ever
had.
I am hung about with sweet i
memories-memories of brides, j
memories of mothers, memo
ries of boys and girls, memo
ries of the aged as they grope*,
their way down the shadows.
I am decked with loving
tears-crowned by happy hands
and hearts. In the midst of
the great men of earth I find
a constant dwelling place.
I safeguard man through all
his paths.
I lift up the fallen. J strength
en the weak. I help the dis
tressed. I show mercy, bestow
kindness and offer a friendly
hand.
I am good fellowship, friend
liness and love..
Some time, some day, some,
hour in the near or far future,
you will yeai'n for the friendly
tOUCh. .
I am your comfort and best
friend. ■„
I am calling you now!
I AM THE CHURCH.
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Every child comes into the
world endowed with liberty,
opportunity and a share of the
war debt. •*.
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A Washington man has bred
a stingless bee, which should
be shipped in carload lots to
picnic grounds.
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We may live too fast, but
very few girls born in 190b.
are 20 yet. - v
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It seems as if the girls who .
jsed to puj; on make-up as if .
;heir fathers’ were painters,
low put it on as if their fath-,
irs’ were plasterers. ’
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You may be excused for be
ng blue but not for being
preen. - - J
you working for now?”
“Same bunch,” Bitrveplied,
“wife and two kids.” *
The mother of a certain kid
die said to her husband the oth
er day: “-, I wish you would
take care of little sister for an
hour or so, while I go to the
dentist and have a tooth
pulled.”
“Aw say,—,” he answered,
“ You mind the kid and I’ll go
arid have a couple of teeth
pulled.’ M >
‘Harry Howard tells th • one:
A certain lady came ' to the
store some time ago ani said.
“ Will you show me some
fountain pens, please?'
“Certainly, with pleasure,”
the affable Harry replied, “Do
you want a pen for a gentle
man?”
“Oh, no;” she replied, “it’s
for my husband.”
Dorothy had been praying
each evening for a baby sister.
The other day her mother,
while reading a newspaper,
exclaimed: “I.see Mrs. Smith
has a little daughter.”
“How do you know that,
mama?”'Dorothy inquired.
“I see it in the paper, dear.”
“Read it to me,” mother.
Her mother read: “Born on
November 2nd, to Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Smith, a daughter.”
Dorothy thought a moment
and then, with an air of decis
ion, said: “I know what I am
going to do. I am going to stop
praying and begin advertis
ing.”
The occupants of the parlor
car of the limited were startled
by the abrupt entrance of two
masked bandits.
“T‘row up yer hands!” com
manded the bigger of the two.
“We’re gonna rob all the gents
and kiss all the gals.”
“No, pardner,” remonstrated
the smaller one, gallantly.
“We’ll rob the gents, but we’ll
leave the ladies alone.” #
“Mind your own business,
young fellow,” snapped a fe
male of uncertain age.
“The big man is robbing the
train.”
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