HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Ilyder, Alaska.
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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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Tnis newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
INCREASES CONFIDENCE
The practice of some mining
companies of issuing from time
to time a report to sharehold
ers showing in comprehensive
manner the results of their ac
tivities is one that cannot fail
to have a beneficial effect on
the mining industry and should
be encouraged. Such reports
serve the primary purpose of
enlightening the shareholder?
concerning the things they wish
to know regarding their prop
erty but, what is even more im
portant, they accomplish more
than anything that can be done
to establish confidence be
tween the company and those
who supply the funds for it*,
operations. In addition they
also serve as an excellent form
of advertising for the mine and
the mining industry in general
It is one of the most unfortu
nate facts of the industry that
so many companies follow a
policy of keeping their share
holders and the general public 1
in the dark about almost every
thing except the expenses of
operation and it is scarcely to
be wondered at that shares in
some companies go begging
and lack market support and
confidence.
If a company is open and
above board in its dealings
with the public it can have no
logical objection to the issu
ance of such reports, which, to
be most effective, should set
forth the results of operations
in a manner that will be open,
frank and above-board and
should be couched in language
easy for the layman to under
stand. They also should con
tain an easy explanation of- the
geological factors to illustrate
the future course of develop
ment and point out the results
toward which the management
is working. Above all, they
should be wholly devoid of
misrepresentations and of con
jectures that are not fully war
1 anted by conditions. If they
can be accompanied by assay
sheets showing fully what val
ues have been obtained and
where, so much the better.
After reading such a report,
the stockholder, as well as any
chance obserxer, can hardly
fail to be impressed with the
view that the investor is get
ting a square deal and a good
run for his money.
The mining concern that has
secrets from its shareholders
and is unwilling to submit to
fair inspection breeds suspic
ion. It is this attitude of suspic
ion that has hampered the in
dustiy for years and it must be
dissipated before mining car,
ake its rightful place with
other industries in public con
fidence.
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BOOSTERS NECESSARY
A town has no place for the
mocker; a knocker is hardly
i man without a country, but
his country, his town, or his
community has little use foi
lim. There are all kinds ot
knockers—as many as there
ore kinds of people. The thriv
ing town is filled with boost
ers. There are knockers, too,
>ut the boosters so outnumber
he knockers that their knock
ng does not count for much.
Sometimes the boosters are a
bit over-optimistic, but we like
them just the same. They are
always enthusiastic for their
home town or the cause in
which they are interested, and
they are never found hanging
aioung somewhere decrying
things, even when conditions
are not a3 good as they might
be. Boosters are not built that
way.
To succeed in almost anything
we must have boosters. They
are just as necessary’to the suc
cessful enterprise as daylight
is to the earth. And the great
est booster of them all is the
booster who converts the
knocker into a booster; “makes
him see the light,” so to say, so
that both play the game as
team mates, instead of as op
ponents.
We repeat again that a town
has no place for the knocker
it matters not whether he
knocks the town, its enterpris
es or its citizens. Show us a
man who knocks his fellow
citizens and wi will show you
the poorest excuse for a citizen
extant.
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Just for Fun
1 A short visit makes a long wel
j come.
Confucius is credited with
this fine bit of philosophy:
“Men do not trip on mount
ains, they trip on mole hills.”
—
“The time will come,” shout
• ed the speaker, “when women
will get men's wages.”
“Yes,” said a little man in the
coiner, “next Saturday night.”
—
j Young Thing: “Are there any
vitamines in your lettuce?”
Huckster: “Well mum; they’s
bound to be a few on most gar
| den truck, but they is easy to
wash off.”
—
Pat (after the explosion) :
“Whoy didn’t ye wait five min
utes longer, ye coward?”
Mike: “Sure, isn’t it better to
be a coward for foive minutes
than a corpse for the rest of
your loife?”
| Lost aviator as his ship swings
' low over a farmyard: “Hey.
where am I?”
Farmer: “He,He! Cain’t fool
me young feller. You’re up
thar in that darned thigama
First Little Girl: “Yah! You
haven’t got any real parents.
• You’re only adopted.”
| Second Little Girl: “That’s so.
! My parents chose me. Yours
had to put up with what they
j got.”
“Dad,” said the beautiful
young girl, “George and I are
two souls with but a single
i thought.” “Don’t let that dis
courage you.” replied the fath
! ?r, kindly. “That’s one more
| than your mother and I had
when we were married.”
Imagine Her Embarrassment
| Suspicious Husband: “Who
'called this afternoon?”
His Better Half: “Only Aunt
Susie.”
| S. H.: “Well, she left her pipe
on the mantel.”
“I’ve been thinking, my son
of retiring next year and leav
ing my business to you.”
“There’s no hurry, is there
dad? You go ahead and work
a few years more and then we
can retire together.”
I wouldn’t mind Measles,
And I wouldn’t mind mumps,
’Cause at least I’d have rashes,
And at least I’d have bumps;
But I hate tonsilitis ’cause,
There’s nothing new to see—
When I take off my clothes,
There’s only just me.
Catty?
Flora: Are you sure he loves
you? That it isn’t your money?
Dora: He swore he had wor
ehipped me since he first saw
me.
Where was that at?
At the beach last summer.
Were you in a bathing suit?
Why, yes.
He's after your money.
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
The question of what became
of the fur bearing animals of
the railroad belt this winter,
has apparently been solved by
the recent arrival at Seward of
ihe steamer Starr with furs es
timated at $100,000 in value.
The bulk of the pelts wrere red
foxes, the others being mainly
blue and cross foxes and mink.
Although trapping has been
so bad in the railroad district
that trappers discontinued ac
tivities, it now appears that the
animals migrated to the.region
west of Seward, where rabbits
are said to be numerous, an un
usual condition, as other dis
tricts report no rabbits.
Upward of 5,000 tons of Alas
ka coal was purchased last
month by the Alaska railroad.
A report from Seward says
the Indians of that section are
being lined up, politically
speaking, with the Southeast
ern Alaska tribes. Delegates
are being urged to attend the
next convention of the Native
i Brotherhood at Ketchikan next
fall.
Fred Overlander, Anchorage
resident and old-timer of the
north, died recently in Cordova
from heart disease, aged about
55.
Details regarding the recent
finding of a human head on the
beach near Kenai indicate that
the badly disfigured object was
the head of a woman, instead
of the head of aviator Merril,
who disappeared in the Cook
Inlet country several months
ago. Long hair clinging to the
skull was the principal means
of identification. The owner of
the skull apparently died sev
eral years ago
Determined to end the domin
ion of the great Kodiak brown
bear over the interior of Kodi
ak Island, in southwestern
residents of the Seward sect
ion are planning a great drive
of hunters on the animals in the
spring. The interior of the is
land is known to be adaptable j
to grazing and is also believed
to contain rich mineral depos- j
its, but the bears have prevent
ed successful attempts at stock
raising and prospecting up to
this time.
Roger (“Rody”) Conner, an
old-timer of the Anchorage
section, died recently in the
Anchorage hospital from lung
trouble, aged G9 years.
The largest reindeer drive
ever undertaken in history and
which will take approximately j
3,000 reindeer clear across
Alaska to the Canadian Arctic,
is now under way, according to j
A. E. Porsild, Canadian gov-!
ernment official who arriveid
recently in Seward from Nome 1
by airplane after supervising
selection of the animals for the i
Canadian government. The
drive, which will require many
months to complete, started the
middle of last month. The
chief mountain barrier is ex
pected to be crossed by spring,
and from then on travel will be
toward and along the Arctic'
coast. Delivery in Canada will
be made to the Canadian gov
ernment, which purchased the
reindeer with the idea of build
ing up a herd to supply meat
to the Eskimo of the Canadian
Arctic, as has been done by the
U. S. government in Alaska.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 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.
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Jilihcr, .Alaska
FRANK A, METCALF
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