HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Eves** Wednesday.
Application made fdr entry at the peat efltice at Hydar, Al
aska, as secono .ass matter, aad<*r the Act ef Marsh S,
1879.___
Chas. F. Sandford. Better.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
“Consistency, thou art a jew
el. ”
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Put a chump in the saddle i
and he will ride the horse to
death.
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The . hap with a dirty puddle ;
ir. his own yard should clean:
up h ' own premises before
r,i' .i:-3 those of his neigh
bor. *
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: more effective argument
on’-.:. be adduced for the con
strue..on of a wagon road up
Texa 1 Creek than are present
ci in iha amelter return8 re
ceivod by Messrs. Hewitt and
Carlson from their recent teat
shipm nt from the Homestake.
Although yielding approxi
mately $75 per ton over and
above smelter charges and
ateam.ship transportation costs
from Hvder to San Francisco,
the actual profit on the ore is
considerably below that figure
owing to the high cost of pack
train transportation from the
mine to tidewater. Add to this
charge the costs of transport
ing supplies to the mine by
the same method and the ordi
nary extraction costs and the i
margin is reduced to a point!
where it hardly represents a !
proper profit to the owners, j
Yet here is a mine which the |
smelter returns show clearly
should yield handsome re
turns if the ore could be
handled in larger quantities
and at lower haulage costs.
Less than a dozen miles of
wagon road would solve the
difficulty and enable the own
ers of this fine property to
make a fair return on'their op
erations, in addition to open
ing the way for shipments
from a half dozen, or more
properties farther up the val
ley, all of which contain ores
carrying values closely ap
proximating those of the
Homestake.
Although prospecting in that
locality has scarcely more than
begun, shipments were made
from two properties during
the past summer in spite of
thr* transportation drawbacks.
Others would quickly follow
Suit if cheaper means of haul
ing t he ores to tide water
were available. The past seas
on’s development has shown
most conclusively that the dis
trict will yield immediate and
handsome returns for every ,
dollar expended in this di-1
rection. It is not stretching the
truth in the least to say that
Texas Creek will become pro
ductive the minute a wagon;
road is installed.
It is currently reported that
vast deal of yapping is being
carried on by certain local el
ements of the fact that the
first class mail from the States
is being transported to and
from Hyder by the Canadian
•teamship lines, instead of by
the Ketchikan route.
This, mind you, in total
disregard of the fact that
transportation by the Can
adian boats gives us a twice
a week service instead of once
a week; insures a saving of at
least two or three days in the
;ime of deliveries and, further
more. does not cost Uncle!
'>am a red cent. Also in the
face of the decidedly import
ant fact that by reason of such
routing Hyder is the only town
in all Alaska that enjoys the j
advantages of a first class
mail service, all other towns
in the Territory being com
nelled to undergo the vexat
ions and delays incident to
•he newly inaugurated system
of transporting all Alaska
mail by freight.
It is hard to conceive how any
person possessing common
i sense and good judgment can
j cavil at the method as long as
; we get results of such mani
j Test benefit to the community.
; Under the present system of
| Alaska mail distribution it is
! olain that Hyder cannot better
the mail situation by any other
means in view. There is a vast
difference between receiving
three day service between Hy
| der and Seattle and a five to
j seven day service via Ketchi
! kan. Certain Ketchikan inter
ests might profit by a change
in the present system but as
suredly it will bring no bene
fit to Hyder to discard what
is obviously the best mail ser
vice in the Territory for one
against which the whole of
Alaska is up in arms and vig
orously protesting right at the !
present time.
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There are many reasons why
advertised goods sell best. In
speaking of nationally adver
tised goods, for example, trav
elers are able to purchase the
same brand of crackers in the
East as in the West, in the
North as well as in the South
and all of them are equally
good and crisp.
And the same principles ap
ply to all merchandise and
goods made or sold locally.
The buyer knows that a local
advertiser is ready to stand be
hind his product because his
advertising is proof of his con
fidence.
The advertiser is known and
has pledged himself to stand
back of his merchandise. He
has given his printed word u,
the general public and must ;
keep it. It is the mark of good 1
faith and is recognised by j
buyers of the world over as j
such.
Almost without exception, all j
of the improvements in pack
ages or other containers have
been the direct outcome of ad
vertising.
Just For Fun
It won’t always do to judge 1
by looks. Many a hell-cat has a !
“sweet face.”
Another sign of age, says
Oren F., is for people to begin I
telling you how young you
look.
The first line of thought any
coach tries to drill into a team
is “A team that won’t be beat
en, can’t be beaten.”
The chemists who say man is
worth a dollar might make it
98 cents, so he will be more
popular with the ladies.
The breakers remain on the
Florida beaches after the
broke have gone.
Only a few of the people who
brag that they are 100 per
cent Americans can under
stand why any resident of
Canada has the right to boast
'that he is 100 per cent Can
adian.
Darling I am growing old,
Silver threads among the
| gold,
! But I’ll look more youthful
| when I
Bob it and apply some henna.
She was only the coal man’s
daughter, but oh, boy! where
she has bin.
The Village Nut says that the
man who used to go to town
Saturday just to get a plug of
store tobacco now has a son
who goes to Canada just to
wash his ears.
Truth is mighty—near ex
tinct.
According to the Blueberry
Kid, when a girl nowadays
says she has nothing to wear
she means it and wears it.
“I hear she had a perma
nent wave.”
“Yeah and the cost is about
to breaker.”
CROSS WORD POEM.
A maiden entered a suburb
an—
And firmly grasped a —
And every time they struck
a—
She sat in a different-^
The holes grew deeper, jera
ing—
Till at last she gasped with
a—
“Will someone kindly ten
me,—
How many laps to a—
1. A strong railroad compet
itor.
2. What Ma used to give lick
ings with.
3. Inside of a doughnut.
4. Where the sheik holds his
girl.
5. Comparative of worse.
6. Expression of pleasure.
7. A polite word.
8. Unit of distance.
Ben Oien says he knows a
girl who is afraid that she
would look too fat in the pict
ure if the photographer en
larged the negative.
Where ignorance is bliss the
taxes are high.
Frank Reichenback thinks a
runner in a silk stocking will
attract more attention than
any track meet.
The doctor rushed out of tho I
study, “Get my bag at once
he shouted.
“Why what’s the matter?”
inquired his wife.
“Some fellow has ju^t tele
phoned that he can’t live with
out me,” gasped the medica»
man as he reached for his hau
His wife gave a sigh of reliei.
“Just a moment,” she said
gently.“I think that call wa»
for our daughter, dear.”
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Wei comp
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
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Chamber
et
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
G. W. Handy and wife of
West Hartford, Vt., Miss Flor
ence J. Taylor, and her
brother Samuel Sale Taylor, of
Chicago, recently returned to
Seward from a visit to the Val
ley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
The four made the ascent of
Mount Katmai volcano, 7,000
feet, and were lost all night
on the top of the mountain.
They discovered a steaming
hot river at the end of the val
ley. They claim that not over
200 steaming spouts were
counted and the famous Valley
of Ten Thousand Smokes is
now a thing of the past. Eight
large bears were seen by the
tourists, and they took a num
ber of stills and moving pic
tures. Mrs. Handy was form
erly Miss Doris Keene, of
Philadelphia, who in 1912 as
cended Mount Blackburn, 16,
140 feet, in 33 days. Mr. and
Mrs. Handy left Seward for
Harriman Fiord, where in 1914
they visited the glaciers and
took measurements of their ac
tivities. They intend to take
measurements again to detei
mine the glacier- movements
and report to the National Geo
ical Society, which they are
representing. There are sixty
five glaciers discharging into
the fiord.
Job Printing Neatly Done At
The Herald Job Shop.
It is estimated that the her
ring pack of Southern Alaska
this year is in excess of 135,
000 barrels. Of this, quantity,
the Kodiak district has yielded
50,000 barrels, the Cook Inlet
district 15,000 barrels, Saw
mill Bay district 10,000 bar
rels and Red Fox Bay 60,000
barrels.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
V^pi PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the United State*
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