The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
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Chas. F. Sandford
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Merry Chriatmaa
A3 this is the last appear
ance of the Herald before the
holidays, the publisher extends
to all readers everywhere his
best wishes for a Merry Christ
mas.
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FINLAND NO WELCHER
All honor to little Finland!
Not only has she paid the Dec
ember 15 installment of her
war debt in full, but, further
more, has announced her in
tention. to continue the full pay
ment policy in the future, in
accordance with her funding
agreement with the United
States.
Quite a contrast with the
attitude of some of the much
larger and wealthier nations
who owe similar obligations
to Uncle Sam.
It is true that the amount
Finland is called upon to pay
is small by comparison, but
then it is also true that Finland
is a very small country with
very ismall resources; in fact,
one of the smallest and poorest
of European nations. For this
reason the burden of paying
her war debt installments of
hundreds of thousands of dol
lars falls just as heavily on her
people as would the millions
which the larger and wealthier
>. nations are supposed to pay,
but don’t.
France, for instance, has a
population of 40 million people
and immense resources to draw
upon. Finland has 4 million
people and extremely slender
physical resources. All the
other debtor nations have pop
ulations at least seven or eight
times greater than that of Fin
land and every one of them
have national incomes from
four to nearly one hundred
times greater than that of the
little nation by the Baltic.
But although undoubtedly
the smallest and poorest of all
the debtor nations, Finland
makes no attempt to plead
those facts as an excuse to
evade her just obligations. In
stead 'she pays on the dot and
tells the world that she means
to continue doing so in the fut
ure.
Ingratitude is evidently not
a part of the Finnish national
make-up. The Finns remember
that Uncle Samuel helped
them when they badly needed
help and are mindful of the
fact that it is just as dishonor
able for a nation to refuse to
pay its debts as for an individ
ual. How different from the
way of the rich and powerful
nations who cry Shylock to the
nation which saved their necks
from certain destruction and
refuse to pay their honest
dues, even after they have been
reduced to a fraction of what
they should be because Uncle
Sam is so soft-hearted he hates
to make the other fellow stick
to bis bargain if it hurts him
too badly.
Again we say, “All honor to
little Finland”! Plainly she
has not the welching spirit and
in a world of greed and graft
and duplicity still recognizes
that honor is a beautiful thing.
Although she is among the
least of the debtor nations, in
honor, it seems, she is greatest
of them all!
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Just for Fun
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Grocer: “These are the best
eggs we have had for years."
Miss Caustic: “Well, give me
some you haven't had so long.”
Jucjge: “Last time you wrere
here I told you I never wanted
to see you again."
Prisoner: “That’s what I told
the cop, but he insisted on
bringing me here."
Someone suggests that
Thanksgiving was probably in
stituted by parents whose sons
had survived the football sea
son.
“Are you hurt sir?” asked
the driver of the overturned
taxi-cab of his Scotch passen
ger.
“Don’t be botherin’ aboot my
bein’ hurt!” exclaimed the
Scott. “Stop that wee clock o’
yours, mom.”
Teacher: “Willie, what is an
adult?”
Willie: “An adult is one that
has stopped growing except in
the middle.”
ALASKA NOTES
Hugh O’Neill, Nome attorney
and prominent democrat, has
been appointed U. S. Attorney
for the Second Division.
The A. M. Trent general store
at Matanuska and practically
all the stock was destroyed re
cently by fire of unknown ori
gin.
Mrs. Wm. C. Bullitt, wife of
the recently appointed U. S.
Ambassador to Soviet Russia,
is a sister of Mrs. F. A. Hanson
of Cordkwa, wife of the general
manager of the Copper River
Railroad.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 14, 1924
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Jim Mooney and "Red”
Wilde have taken a logging
contract near Ketchikan.
Toiny Grashio, Hyder’s bar
ber de luxe, left for the aonth
to recuperate from an attack of
stomach trouble.
Work on the L. L. and H.
group on Bitter Creek is tso be
resumed at once and supplies
have been sent up to the prop
erty.
Henry Avison, father of Mrs.
M. R. Jamieson and well
known in the district, died in
Prince George hospital from
pneumonia. Deceased was
Provincial constable at Prince
George.
Crosscuts are being driven
through the vein on the No. 3
level of the Dunwell 100 feet
north and south from the main
opening. In the north crosscut
eight feet of ore has been
passed through without the op
posite wall being reached.
The old Portland Canal mine
north of Stewart is to be rejuv
enated and will be subjected to
a very thorough exploration as
3oon as the snow is off the
ground, according to word re
ceived in Stewart this week.
Payment on the bond taken
last fall by R. W. “Bob” Martin
on the Star and Dandy group
was received this week from
Montreal.
James Nesbitt of Stewart
recently closed a deal for the
Ruth and Francis group in the
Glacier Creek 'Section, which
he and Andy Archie located in
the early days of the camp.
The bond has been taken by
C. A. McKenzie.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
Mystifying Addition —
Place the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 0 in isuch position that
they will add 100. This is a
hard one.
The Apples —
Two old ladies have each 30
apples. One sells 2 for 1 ct.,
the other 3 for 1 ct. Together
they would receive 25^. But if
I buy 1 cts. worth from each, I
get 5 apples for 2 cts., and the
60 apples, sold at this rale,
would yield 24 cents. Where
does the loss come in?
(Answers next week)
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Answers to last problems
Two-thirds of six is ix. The
upper half of xii (12) is vii.
One-half of five is iv. And vi
is the upper half of xi.
FRANK A. METCALF
am ft MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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