HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, 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
Tois 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 mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
ON BEING A HOME TOWN
BOOSTER
This paper believes in Hyder
and in Hyder’s future. It be
lieves that Hyder is destined to
be a greater community than
it is today. It believes also
that the great majority of the
people living in Hyder have an
abiding faith in the future of
the camp and district. It is
this faith that has built the
camp and it is this same faith
that is going to continue its
future upbuilding.
With its sister town of Stew
art, Hyder, will one day be
come the center of one of the
largest and most vigorous and
prosperous centers o f the
North. The land is filled with
mineral wealth that will one
day be exploited on a scale of
which we little dream in this
day. Hyder will one day
become the western terminus
of a great transcontinental rail
way system and with Stewart
will become the avenue of
a vast commerce between the
United States and Canada and
Alaska and the Orient. The
marvelous scenic splendors of
the upper Salmon and Texas
and Chickamin areas will one
day become the mecca of thou
sands of automobile tourists,
who will come in their own
cars over the great internat
ional highway that will extend
from Alaska to the uttermost
ends of South America, with a
branch to Stewart and Hyder
and down the Chickamin val
ley to the great Pacific.
Blessed with a most wonderful
summer climate, possessing the
utmost sublimity of scenic
grandeurs to delight the eye,
the district will become a seas
onal playground for thousands.
That these things are bound
to come is as certain as the
coming of the’ sun and no spec
ial gifts of foresight are needed
to envision their coming.
No longer need for talk of
“putting Hyder on the map.”
For it is already on the map; it
has had a conspicuous place
there for some time. And doubt
not for a moment that it is go
ing to stay there.
Put your faith in Hyder and |
keep it there and you will ulti
mately he well repaid for wait- j
ing. If you have any money to
invest, invest it in Hyder. In
vest it in Hyder real estate
and local mining development.!
Every resident of Hyder ought j
| to be a booster for Hyder and
Hyder enterprises. Owning
real estate will go a long way
toward making all citizens a
booster for the home town.
Build or buy a good home and
grow with the town—and the
town will grow; for natural j
conditions and a fortunate lo
cation on one of the future
great trade routes of the west
ern world will make it grow.
THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
A few years ago observers
“saw” the large metropolitan
newspapers with their state-,
. wide and, in some cases, nat
ional circulation driving the i
rural press out of business.
Some went so far as to predict
: a time near at hand when only j
very large communities could ]
financially support even one j
newspaper.
These groundless prophecies
were inspired mainly by con
! solidations and suspensions of
weekly and small daily news
paper then taking place and to
some extent still continuing.
But one might have predicted
as easily the passing of the
metropolitan press, for whole
sale consolidations and suspen
sions were taking place among
city papers during the same
period.
The truth is that the country
found itself in the position of
j having an excess of newspap
ers and some had to drop out
of the long and bitter struggle
for bare existence. The saturat
i ion point had been passed long
before, and the retreat to the
point of safety is now nearing
consummation.
| The result has been larger
and better and mpre reliable
i
newspapers. And newspapers!
as a whole, from the smallest
weekly to the largest daily,!
were never more prosperous.
Men everywhere are coming
more and more to understand j
and appreciate the part the ru- j
ral press is taking in the af-1
fairs of their community and of
of the nation. And its useful
ness has increased with its J
prosperity and the public con- j
fidence in it.
Just for Fun !
If all the fools were dead the
city directories would have to
be abolished.
With all his creative ability,
man has never invented an ac
ceptable substitute for pockets.
Another time to be noncha
lant and light a Murad (not
! advt.) is when the big guy you
cussed over the telephone calls
in pei-son to finish the conver
sation.
j- Two colored teams were en-J
■ paged in a game of baseball, j
A white man standing near
asked the score. “Ninety-foh to I
nothin’,” replied the player, j
“Getting beat pretty badly, i
aren’t you*?” “No suh, we j
aint’t gettin’ beat at all. We all1
ain’t been to bat yit.”
A minister married a young
couple from the country,
“How much,” said the
groom?”
“Whatever you thing it’s
worth,” said the minister.
The groom hesitated, fum- j
bled in his pocket and handed '
him fifty cents. The minister
was a good sport. He fumbled,
hesitated, then counted out
twenty-five cents change.
We came across an article
the other day concerning the
“easy-terms” offered buyers
now-a-davs. It is the diary of
one of the victims and we be- j
lieve it is worth repeating here. I
“January 4. Bought an auto-1
mobile today. Very easy terms. 1
Very fine car, with cigar light-j
er on dash. Ought to finish
payments on this in eighteen |
months.
“February 4. Paid install
ment due on car. Bought a
radio set on easy terms. Fine
set. Payments will be small and
monthly.
'‘March 7. A little late with j
payment on car this month, I
I and will have to let the radio j
payment go over until April, as
[ I bought a set of books and
I paid $11 down. Very, fine
books. Everybody should have
this set of books.
“April 15. Borrowed $50
from the boss to meet payment
on car. The radio man came to
take away the set, but we put
out the lights and were’nt at
home. The chump hung around
all evening, so I couldn’t see j
to read the books.
“June 15 Borrowed $100 j
from Uncle George to pay the j
$50 I borrowed from the boss, |
and also to meet payments on j
' car. Got behind a little on the
book payments, because I
bought a piece of land in a new
real estate development. This
land ought to jump in value, j
Paid $50 down.
“August 15. Somehow I do
not miss the radio much. And
you can get plenty of books at
the Public Library. The thing
that hurts is that Uncle George
I
should be so mean. Of course I
told him I’d pay back the $100
on August 1; but you can’t do '
the impossible, can you. Trying
to arrange a character loan'
from the bank. If I can borrow
$250, I can get square again j
and everything will go fine.
“August 16. Bank says 11
have no character. What a fine j
bunch of crooks!
“September 30. The garage |
man is holding the car for that |
labor bill. What right have j
they to hold the car? It doesn’t!
belong to me.
“October 1st. It wasn’t any |
use. I had to let the car go.!
Anyway I’d rather have the j
piece of land. They have given j
me a month’s grace on that.
Real estate people have more j
heart after all.
“November 15. Well, they!
can have their old land. Good j
riddance. If I knew where to
get $30 to meet the payment on :
the piano, I’d be all right.!
Bought a new automobile to
day, on the “pay out of in-!
come basis.
“November 16. Income is
stopped. Got the sack at the of
fice. In looking for a job you’
ve got to have a suit of clothes,
so I bought one this afternoon.
Five dollars down.
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Very little fur is being caught j
in the Klondike district this
winter, according to reports.
An aviation school has been
opened in Valdez by Owen |
Meals, owner of the only air
plane in that city.
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Nels (“Shorty”) Nelson, wide-:
ly known resident of the Nome
district, died recently in the
Nome hospital of cancer of the
stomach.
The Coast Guard cutter Un
alga ran aground last week
near Point Neva, Kruzof is
land, but is understood to have
sustained no more than slight
damage and was floated very
shortly after grounding.
J. Hampton Miles, United
States Commissioner at Dilling
ham and widely known in the
North, died recently at Dilling
ham, death being due to cereb
lal thrombosis.
During the 25 years of its ex
istence the Alaska Road Com
mission has built 1,623 miles of
wagon road, most of which is
suitable for automobiles; 1,
375 miles of winter sled road;
7,044 miles of trail and 712
miles of flagged trail. The 1
wrork has cost about $13,000,
000, of which a little over $7,
000,000 was for construction
and about $6,000,000 for main
tenance.
Capt. Alexander Allan, wide
ly known Arctic navigator and
trader, died recently at Long
Beach, Cal., following an oper
ation. Capt. Allan voyaged for
many years in the Far North
out of Nome. Among his many
notable exploits in the North
was an overland “mush” of 1,
200 miles from Herschel island
to Chitina, on the Copper Riv
er railroad in 1918.
Practically every cache and
cabin in the upper Yentna and
Kalhitna valleys was cleaned
last fall by bears, according to
trappers of that section, many
of whom have been practically
driven out of the country
through the destruction of
their winter food supplies in
the caches and cabins. The an
imals also smashed up stoves
and cabin furnishings in their
depredations.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewela
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jev/els
Elgin 7 and IS 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.
THE NUGGET SHOP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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PROFESSIONAL
(Attorney at ^ato
Jlgfcer, .Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS. F. S10F3RD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
GEORGE G. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
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