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STATIONERY SUE
By DOROTHY DOUGLAS
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liS by McClure Newspaper syndicate.)
IWNU Service)
'T'OM JACKS didn't suspect, when
lie got Into tlie subway that morn
lug, that he was stepping into the
presence of the only girl who could one
clay tear his heart to shreds if she said
‘■no” instead of “yes.”
There were plenty of seats because
it was just past the rush hour, so
Torn sat down beside a perfect para
gon in a delicate mauve costume.
Apparently she was a business girl,
for she was reading over a butch of j
letters with business headings. And [
from the swift if definite glances Tom I
was able to get at them, lie knew them j
to be orders.
To craned his neck a bit and was j
rewarded with a trifle more informa- I
tion. The firm name to whom the let- j
lers were addressed was “Sue Went- j
worth, Inc."
Arriving at his office lie looked up |
the telephone book and found therein j
the name be sought. Ami after it
was one word “Stationery.”
“Joy!” was Tom's mental escluma- '
tion. “This is where 1 start lu to buy
stationery. Heretofore lie had left
this line of office supplies to the two
girls who purchased typewriter rib- i
bous, carbon paper, pencils, blotters, 1
etc., when they required them.
Not so now. He went outside to a
public telephone booth and culled up !
Sue Wentworth, Inc.
a uengnttui voice, crisp, out pieus
ant, answered him.
“Tills Is Tow Jacks, Inc., said Tom.
“I waut to know how soon I cun get
some office supplies.”
“Well—my calling days are Tuesday
and Friday when I bring my samples
for selection.”
"But I’m in a desperute hurry—not
a sheet of letter paper in the office,”
Tom said, and In his mind's eye saw
his well-stocked shelves; “is there no
way I can get my order in?”
“Certainly, if you care to send some
oue along to my office—1 can put your
order straight through then."
“Since it’s most urgent, I'll Just pop
along now,” said Tom.
And if Sue Wentworth smiled It was
only because she had so very many
urgent orders—strangely enough most
ly from masculine buyers.
Tom might have known her office
would look like that. It was apple
green enamel with black furniture, and
there were flowers about—flowers at
which Tom gazed darkly because he
had a hunch from the variety of them
they were brought by a lot of stupid
men who perhaps came In when they
didn't need stationery any more than
they wanted a glass of warm milk.
Sue was placing her samples of let
ter paper and her big albums of en
velopes before him and he started a
random selection.
“I’ll have some of that mauve pa
per, with monograms put on,” he said.
“My girls are both in need of some
private stationery. And we want a
dozen typewriter ribbons, some bill
heads and a few thousand envelopes.
1 don’t remember all we need, but I'll
go through the stock and come along
ugain with the order.”
“I’ll come along on my nest calling
day—it will save you troubling to come
here,” suggested Sue sweetly. She had
been taking down his orders In a most
efficient way with apparently not a
thought for the personal side of the
situation.
“No—l wouldn’t have you carry
these great albums about like that. 1
can come here very easily—no trouble
at all.”
“I must say, all the men are very
nice to me in that way, but I can as
sure you I am quite used to it—car
rying my samples, I mean.” She
smiled more or less directly at Tom.
‘‘You see. I’m a business woman, pure
and simple and expect to do these
things.”
“You are no doubt pure and busi
nesslike, hut you’re not simple—not a
bit of it,” said the latest of Sue’s ad
mirei-s. And with that sort of per
sonal note he thought it best to go
back to his own office and break the
news about the new stationery to the
girls.
“But Mr. Jacks, we’re completely
stocked up—you ordered everything
from pens to paper clips last mouth,’’
expostulated Miss Smith.
"Ah. ha,” laughed Tom; “but that
was way last month. Anyway, I've de
cided that distinctive stationery in
business is a great asset. From now
on Jacks, Inc., will revel in the finest
that’s to be had.”
And Tom Jacks, Inc., certainly did
blossom forth In some pretty tine spe
cimens of the stationer’s art and print
ing. His associates began to suspect
that Torn was acquiring temperament j
and hoped for the best.
But Tom wasn’t acquiring a scrap
more temperament than he had ever
possessed, which wasn’t much; but he
most certainly was bent on acquiring
something that was far greater than
anything else in the world—a happy
beginning to a love affair.
And Sue—well, she just sat tight
and knew that things were happening
rather as she wished them to, but nev
er, even on their golden wedding an
niversary would she tell him that she
had purposely sat reading her letters
In the subway—hoping—well. Just hop
ing for the very thing that happened.
Notable Point of View
A pessimist is a man whose notes
are coming due. An. optimist is a nmn
whose notes have been renewed.—
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
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i nn r% n n wir.
HOW=
f SCIENTIST COT FIGURES
Ijl OK THE EARTH'S WEIGHT.—
T Aftpr seven years of laborious
•jt work, l»r. I*. It. Heyl lias com
4 pleted a wonderful pair of
* scales, designed for weighing
^ the earth.
I You might expect that scales
* for this purpose would he of
* tremendous size. Actually they
* are quite tiny, and the most im
jjj portant part of them is a tung
* sten wire one-thousandth' of an
$ incii in thickness. So delicate is
4 lids balance that it is kept In a
* basement room, and protected
* from vibrations by treble walls,
ijc We cannot, of course, weigh
* the earth as a whole. A method
ik which lias been used with suc
cess is to measure the gravita
tional pull exercised by compar
es atively small objects whose
ik weight is known. The pull the
£ earth exerts upon the moon and
4 upon its other neighbors In
% space can lie found, and from
4 this Its weight may be eateu
* lated by comparison with the
£ results obtained In the laborn
* tor.v.
| Ity means of Ills tiny scales,
4 which he calls Ids “cosmic bal
ij! ance,’’ Doctor Heyl tinds that
| llie eartli reaches the very re
* spectable figure of six thousand
^ trillion tons, or, if you like to
k put it in figures, six followed
| by twenty-one noughts.
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! How Cut Flowers May
Be Kept Long Periods
Cut flowers are sometimes preserved
I for a considerable time by dipping
tliem In perfectly limpid glint water
and allowing them to drain. The gum
forms n coating on stems and petals
that is said to preserve color and
shape. To crystali/.e (lowers, grasses,
etc., alum is used: Dissolve IS ounces
of alum in a pint of water, boiling the
solution in a close, tinned vessel over i
a moderate fire, keeping it stirred
with a wooden utensil until complete
ly dissolved. When it Is almost cold
suspend the flowers by means of a
thread from a stick placed across the
top of a deep glass or earthenware
Jar into which the solution is poured.
Leave the flowers in tlds for ‘.'4 hours,
and when tbey are taken out suspend
them in the shade until dried. The
whole process is best conducted In a
cool solution. If the solution Is used
too cold, the crystals are likely to be
too large: if it is too hot, the crystals
will he too small.
How to Clean Spark Flugs
To clean spark plugs simply fill the
lower part of the plug with alcohol
or any liquid metal polish and allow
to stand for a few seconds: take a
piece of wire covered with one thick
ness of cloth and rub the carbon
from the insulator, then wipe clean
and dry thoroughly before replacing in
tlie engine.
Cleaning a plug in this way is far
better thnn taking it apart to clean.
In cleaning the sparking points'use
emery cloth or a knife. In cases where
the electrode is badly worn away and
when the Insulator is coated heavily
(•Inniiinrr io nf no nenil It !■> t Lon hot
I
ter to install new plugs.
How Birds Find Worms
Many people believe that birds such
as robins locate earthworms in the
ground by hearing them. The fact
is birds find their food chiefly by the
sense of sight. Their behavior in cock- j
ing their heads while searching for
worms and other food on the ground
lends some to conclude that the sense
of hearing is involved, but this ges
ture on the part of birds is merely
to aid in seeing. Birds can see best
when a single eye is pointed directly
at the spot or object to be examined.
They have a poor sense of smell.—
Pathfinder Magazine.
How to Waterproof Match
Matches can he waterproofed by
dipping the heads In a creamy solu
tion made by dissolving shellac in de
natured alcohol. Thus treated, they
can lie used by hunters, fishermen, or
others engaged in outdoor work
play, In damp weather when ordinary
matches absorb so much water they
will not ignite. The waterproof coat
ing dries quickly.—Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
How Weather Affect* Rock*
The rocks of Bryce canyon have
been variously described ns sand
stones. shaly sandstones, and sandy
shales, says Nature Magazine. Prob
ably the first diagnosis was made in
very dry weather, and the third after
a heavy shower. It lias been said that
in dry weather a hiker in Bryce leaves
no tracks, although horses break
through the surface crust.
How Oil Filter Function*
The oil filter removes iibrnsives anil
foreign matter from the oil before they
van damage cylinders, pistons and oth
er internal parts of the engine. The
operating manuals recommend that the
filtering unit of the oil filter be re
newed at from 8,000 to 10,000 miles
of operation.
How to Clean Sea Shell*
Apply a mixture of hydrochloric
acid and water, or wash the shells
with a stiff brush in cold salt and wa
ter, with a little soap powder; a little
chloride of lime will Improve them;
then put the shells In the sun to dry
and bleach.
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
February 11, 11)32.
Some proponents of a rivers
and harbor bill, who advocate
the appropriation of up to
$100,000,000 for that purpose,
are hopeful that later on in the
session the matter will be favor
ably acted upon. If it should
there is reason to believe that
some of Alaska’s meritorious
haibor projects would be pro
vided for. Likewise if an ap
propriation is made for the
construction of public build
ings that have already been al
located. Anchorage and Ketch
ikan might be favorably con
sidered.
Word has been received that
that Frederick W. Bradley,
president of the Alaska-Jun
eau Gold Mining Company,
and the Bunker Hill and Sulli
van Mining Company, was hon
ored in New York through re
ceiving the William Laurence
Saunders gold medal from the
American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers
for success in mining gold prof
itably from ore containing ^ess
than one dollar’s worth a ton.
For many years the ore at
the Juneau mine was less than
sixty cents per ton in gold val
ue, with nearly 12,000 tons
handled daily. By opening up
new ore bodies the value has
been increased to over 90 cents
per ton.
The other evening R. II. Sar
gent, topographic engineer of
the Alaskan branch of the Geo
logical Survey, and who has
made 22 visits to Alaska, gave
an illustrated lecture in Wash
ington on “Alaska.”
The bill of Delegate Wicker
sham to establish a Supreme
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, will likely require amend
ment before it can be passed.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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The Hyder Weekly Herald
! The Committee on Judiciary
i eferred the bill to the Depart
ment of Justice for consider
ation. After suggesting minor
j amendments, Attorney Gener
al Mitchell wrote: “While it
| might appear upon further
j study that this proposal is de
| suable and should eventually
be enacted, it is not absolutely
essential at this time, and in
view of the present financial
situation I recommend against
its enactment.” In other words
the department is cutting to the
! bone every possible expendi
! ture and new suggestion that
would carry an additional sum
of money. It is expected that
the bill would be approved if
it carried no additional ex
pense. This could be done by
'eliminating the appointment of
an additional judge to serve as
j Chief Justice, and confining
the court to the four district
, 1 JlHorno nnn hf umulrl nnf
i as Chief Justice and to be des
ignated by the Attorney Gener
| al. Instead of a special Clerk
j of the court, one of the district
| clerks could serve in the new
capacity.
Alaska gained some distinct
ion in the Associated Press an
nouncement that the only dele
i gates elected to the Democrat
| ic National Convention were G
1 from Alaska, and they were in
; structed for Roosevelt for Pres
I ident.
George L. Fish, a veteran of
the Klondyke rush and gold
beach days of Nome, died re
■ cently in San Francisco at the
age of 77 years. Deceased was
engaged in the mercantile busi
* ness in Nome for several years
! in the early 1000’s.
J. D. Vickery, aged 83 and a
well known Alaska pioneer,
was burned to death at Sew
ard recently when his house
w-as destroyed by a fire of un
j known origin.
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ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Caribou are to be found in
vast numbers along the Chena
river, the animals wintering
along the stream only a few
miles out of Fairbanks.
The world’s fartherest north
golf links are being con
structed at the Buzby ranch, 2
miles north of Fairbanks on the
Richardson Highway. The
project will be known as Joy
land. It will include a nine
hole golf course, country club,
a large swimming pool, and a
six-acre playground for child
ren. Motorboating, canoeing
and other sports can also be
iiad.
Owen E. Meals and Pilot
Dieterle of Valdez, while mak
ing a flight recently, spied two
coyotes on the flats near town
and flying low gave chase to
the animals. The coyotes put
on high speed to escape but
the plane easily headed off
from cover and ran them un
til they were nearly exhausted.
Dr. and Mrs. R. V. Ellis and
two sons, of Ketchikan, have
gone to the States. The boys
will be enrolled in the Mills
Military Academy and Dr. and
Mrs. Ellis will go east.
Dog teams are being used
again in Seward, as in the old
en days. Motor travel has be
come impossible because of
deep snows and many citizens
are using their dogs, both can
ine and pedal.
Residents of Woodrow, seven
miles from Seaward, have been
cut off from town for the past
week or so, on account of
heavy snow. However, as the
track of the Alaska railroad
runs within a few feet of the
village, no damage or incon
venience was experienced.
Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor,” which means “lei
he buyer beware.’* And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There arc people in Hyder who buy everything at home and fron
tome-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commur
ty who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out c
town where it is lost to the community. . Those who buy at home benefi
:heir community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards c
tuying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upot
heir reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community thi
'ruits of his industry and his community's patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity wher
patronage of the local merchants and other ousiness institutions wa
is vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands ir
mperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
nt who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urgi
he merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper if
he camp’s best advertisement and its principal means of letting the worlc
mow why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
vorking for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture with
i heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
:s a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
less. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
he least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
ipect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
’.his advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the newf
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
RADIO PROGRAM
Iv O M O
! FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
* Program for week ending Saturday,
February 13, 1932.
Sunday, March 6.
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NY
5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY
6:15 American Album of Music. NY
6:45 Buick Motor Co., NBC-NY
7:15 Barbasol Co.; NBC-NY.
7:45 Sunday at Seth Barkers, NBC-SF
8:15 Seiberling Singers, ET.
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Chase and Sanborn Program,
9:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC-LA.
NBC-SF.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes; LA.
10:15 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, March 7.
5:15 Stock Quotations.
5:30 Pacific Coast Borax Co., NBC-'’'
6:00 Maytag Orch.. NBC-Chicago.
6:30 General Motors Program: N
7:09 National Radio Forum, NBC-NY
7:30 M.J. B. Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos and Andy
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC-NY.
9:00 Florists Telegraph Del. Assn. ET
9:15 G. Washington Coffee Refining
Co. Sherlock Holmes, NBC-NY
9:45 Fiser Mills, Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tucsday, March 8.
5:00 Brazilian Coffee Matinee, NY
5:30 Heel Hugger Harmonies, N.
I 5:45 United Staes Rubber Co. ET.
;b:oo McKesson Musical Magazine, NY
;6:30 Fuller Brush Man, NBC-NY
I 7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch, NY.
[8:00 Amos anrl Andy.
tS:15 Gen. Pet. Corp. Memory Lane
I 8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
,9:00 Caswell Coffe Concert NBC-SK
| 9:15 Oldsmobile Melody Speedway.
9:30 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
9:45 Fisher Mills,, Concert Trio.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Greater. Washington Hour,
j 11:15 Globe Trotter.
[11:25 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, March 9.
i 5:00 American Taxpayer's League.
5:15 Stock Quotations
5:30 Goodyear Tire Co. Program.
6o0 Halsley Stewart Hour NBC-Cn<
6:30 Mobiloil Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Coco Cola Program, NBC-NY.
7:30 Washington Baker’s Program.
8:00 Arnos and Andy.
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
S:30 Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales Co.
9:00 Rin Tin Tin Thrillers, NBC-SF
9:15 Montag Fireside Hour,
5:45 Fisher Mills Vocal Ensemble,
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotters
11:30 Hotel Olympic Dance Orch.
12 00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
Thursday, March 10.
[5:00 Fleischmann Sunshine Hour
6:00 The Big Six of the Air. Chevrolet
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NY"
| 7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF
9:15 Sperry Smiles, NBS-SF.
9:30 Baldy Homsepun Melodies.
9:45 Fisher Mills Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Mozart Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, March 11.
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orch.
6:00 Cheesborough Friendship Town.
6:30 Armour Hour, NBC-Chi.
.7:00 Pontiac Automobile Co. NY.
7:30 HKO Hour NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos and Andy.
S: 15 Brownbuilt Footiites, NBC-SF
|S:30 MJB Demi-Tasse Revue, NBC-SF
9:00 Unon Oil Co. NBC-SF.
9:45 Fiser Mills Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News
10: 15 Olds Motor Works.
10:30 Globe Trotter.
10:40 Moonlight Meditations.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, March 12.
5:00 Health Products Corporation;
Danger Fighters, NBC-SF.
3:30 Totem Broadcasters, Program
under auspices of National Ad
visory Council on Radio in Ed
ucation. NBC-NY.
6:00 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
6:30 Campana, The First Nighter.
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
l S: 00 Amos and Andy,
j S: 15 Gilmore Circus, Gilmore Oil Co.
8:45 F. S. Lang Male Quartet,
i 9:00 Fisher Mills Melodians, NBC-SF.
19:30 Associated Oil Co., Spotlight
Revue, NBC-SF.
11:00 Globe Trotter .
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
1 12:30 Silent.
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