HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
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 connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
inierested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in- '
rormation relative to local mining development that is not be- j
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
The Federal Aid Fallacy
There is no doubt that the fi
nancial plight in which many
o.ates find themselves has been
caused largely by the making
of appropriations to match
Federal aid for road building.
While the building of roads is
a highly commendable pro
ceeding, the fact is that the
states have bankrupted them
selves by going too fast,
spurred by the temptation of
federal aid.
Since 1917 the United States
government has appropriated
approximately a billion and a
quarter dollars for highways, |
requiring the states to appro
priate a like amount in order
o receive their proportion of
oderal funds. The states have
agerly swallowed this bait, I
.pparently looking upon the
Federal money as a gift from
Heaven. But, as every sensible
person might have readily
seen, these Federal sums had
to come from the pockets of
he public, just as the state
nds do. In other words, the
government says: ' Uncle Sam
will tax you a billion dollars
for roads, provided you allow
your state governments to tax
you another billion.
And the pork barrel politic
ians tell you how generous
Uncle Sam is—with our own
'money. Of course, if Uncle
Sam is going to tax the states
for their pro rata of the Fed
eral highway fund anyway,
each state government feels
that it must impose a tax on its
own people to meet it, or lose
its proportion of the Federal
levy. $ |
Thus a sort of vicious circle
is created, from which the
states can hardly escape. For ,
if any state does not match the |
Federal aid offered, it must
still pay its proportion of the
Federal tax, and see it go to j
states which do. By this sys
tem a club is placed in the |
hands of the Federal govern
ment with which to virtually
force each state to match gov
ernment funds, whether it can
afford to do so cr not.
It thus appeals that in prac
tice, the so-called Federal aid
is merely a bureaucratic j
scheme for coercing the states j
into bankruptcy, to keep the;
Federal government company
in its similar condition.
n
Another Reason Why
The Taxpayers Moan
How legislators charge the
public with their private as
well as their public expenses,
-hereby adding to the much
complained of high cost of gov
ernment, is shown in illuminat
ng manner in the Washington
‘Swindle Sheet,” a caustic
coned journal published in the
capital.
Among it’s revelations con
cerning how the taxpayer's
money is used by the men chos
n to safeguard the people’s!
interests, which includes, or I
hould include, their pocket-:
books, is an item showing the j
expenses of a party of three I
enators, ail old-timers in the j
senate, on what was officially i
designated as a “wild life sur
/ey,” but which to the man in
he street would appear to be
lothing more than a plain, old
ashioned hunting party. This
oarty lasted only ten days, but
t cost the taxpayers the neat
um of $1,983.67, which in
cluded the expenses of the sen
atorial “assistants.” Included
in the expenses charged!
against the government arc
such items an mineral water,.
I
$31; Minnesota fishing licens
ee, $22; one spoon hook, $1.
25; three sinkers, 15 cents; can
of minnows, 75 cents, boat hire
$60.
The journal also avers that
it cost the treasury $4,241
when six senators, all of whom
are named, spent eight days of
the last Christmas holidays in
vestigating the Florida Ever
glades as a national park poss
ibility. The expense bill turned
in by this party shows first of
all that double railroad fares
were paid for all members so
that they would have individ
ual drawing rooms or compart
ments enroute. The next im
portant item of expense was
$1,687.50 for the rent of two
houseboats for five days. The
auditors at first thought the
boats had been bought, but
they were only “hired.”
Observations from a blimp
cost the taxpayers a further
$75, while a set of 14 photo
graphs for each of the disting
uished public servants added
$168 to the bill.
Just for Fun
--o
There are two sides to every
question, and a good many pol
iticians take them both.
Next year Chicago will eele
biate “a century of progress.”
r"i cm tomahawk to machine
gun. I
It is said all radio announce
ers are college graduates. We
have suspected that for some
time.
One doesn’t so much mind be
i n g the “forgotten man”
around the first of the month
when bills are due.
Perhaps it might help us out
of the depression if we chloro
formed all the economists and
financial experts.
The wife of a man named
George Hell, of Ues Moines,
Iowa, was granted a divorce
with alimony. Now, we sup
pose, there will be Mrs. Hell to
pay.
INTERESTING NOTES
Galun Lake in the Panama
Canal is the largest artificially
formed lake in the world.
Florida produces 10 per cent
if the cypress lumber used for
building purposes in the Unit
'd States.
The fi eight depot of the Al
ton railroad at Alton, 111., has
been continuously in use for
100 years.
More than a million pounds
of reindeer meat are sent to
the United States from Alaska
every year.
Railroads are trying out al
uminum freight cars built for
test purposes and if they prove
practicable there will be a
weight- saving of 21,000
pounds on a standard size hop
per-bottom car.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
September 6, 1922.
Mrs. Tibbets of Nine-mile
returned this week from a visit
Outside.
Miss Esther Olson, teacher of
the Hyder public school, re
turned from her summer va
cation spent in Seattle.
Max Priebe is making exten
sive improvements at the In- \
ternational roadhouse for Mag
nus Meisingseth.
Dave Allen, who was injured
in a football game in Stewart
July 1, returned Sunday from
Rupert where his leg was fixed
up okeh.
C. A. Mackenzie and associ
ates started work this week on
the Prince John group on the
west side of Bear river. A
crew of ten men is employed.
The Ruth and Francis group
of five claims on Glacier creek,
owned by Jas. Nesbitt and An
dy Archie, were taken this
week under lease and bond by
responsible parties and devel- I
opment has already started.
C. A. Banks and H. L. Bat
ten, who are developing the B. i
C. Silver, report that work is j
going forward smoothly and I
good progress is being made in j
the tunnel, which is being driv
en to tap the Premier vein.
C. L. Hibbard, of the Hib
bard-Stewart Company, Seat
tle, the largest dealers in hides
and furs on the Pacific coast,
visited friends here during the
stay of the Prince Rupert this
week.
Mrs. Jack Littlepage, wife of
the engineer in charge of de
velopment on the Riverside
group, arrived today with j
their three children to join Mr. I
Littlepage.
Chas. F. Caldwell, veteran
mine operator, who had the
New Alaska, now the ' Daly j
Alaska, under bond three
years ago, spent the week in
camp looking over the leading
properties and expressed him
self as highly pleased with the
progress being made.
J. C. Wier, of Wier Bros. &
Company, New York, and R. I. j
Claus, New York broker and 1
underwriter, concluded this
week a two week’s visit to the
Daly Alaska, in which they
are interested and are much
impressed with the property, j
which is being developed by
Pat Daly, veteran mining man. j
Messrs. Lee, Bucket and Carr |
of the Premier office staff, and
Dr. Carson, mine physician, j
came down Tuesday with the
Premier light truck. On their
way to Stewart the truck side
swiped Frank Nagle’s Big Liz
zie and came to grief, smash
ing a wheel and throwing the
passengers out. A few yards
of bandage and half an acre of
court plaster repaired the
damage to the four of them.
PROFESSIONAL
JixMBt 'j&lm
Rotary public
JETg&er, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS ,F, JANDFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
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