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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T.iis newspaper is not connect ed 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.
Progress of Television
Those who expect to see the
development of inexpensive
and satisfactory television sets
in the near future are prob
ably doomed to disappiont
ment, according to the Busi
ness Week, which states that
many of the rumors concern
ing the new art are greatly ex
aggerated.
Engineers engaged in tele
vision experiments think it
may be several years before
practical sets for home use are
produced. In fact some import
ant new inventions must be
made before the goal is reach
ed. Progress is being made
only with respect to minor de
tails, it is said.
Still, with a number of em
inent scientists and inventors
working on its problems, no
one can tell what day some
epochal discovery may hasten
the development of television
to a degree now only faintly
hoped for.
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The Return of Silver
Although providing a grat
ifying relief from the almost
continuous downward trend of
the silver market during the
past year, the recent increase?
in silver prices can hardly be
accepted as safe indication that
the white metal will soon re
turn to the former standards
of value. While the underlying
causes for the recent return to
slightly more than 31 cents an
ounce are somewhat obscure,
the fact remains that there is
no perceptible reason for an
advance at this time. The lat
est production figures indicate
that there is not only a large
existent surplus of the metal,
measured by commercial de
mands, but also that produc
tion is still practically equal
to normal commercial con
■ uimption, despite the closing
j down of numerous silver pro
lucing mines as a result of the
ecent price depressions.
Why, then, should silver ad
' vance? As none of the world’s
governments have announced
in increased use of silver as a
monetary medium and there is
lowhere visible an increased
! iemand in other directions, it
s indeed difficult to perceive
my legitimate reason for the
recent advances, inasmuch as
the visible supply far exceeds
he present known demand.
Taking the silver situation as
t appears from the numerous ,
j tatements issuing from auth
oritative sources, we are in
lined to think that the late
nice increases do not repre
| ent a permanent upward
movement which may be ex- j
oected to restore silver to its
ormer market value in course 1
j >f time. Being at present no
more than a market commod
ty and subject to the law of
upply and demand, in exactly
i lie same degree as copper or
ead, corn or lumber, there
I nust exist either a present or
•xpected shortage in the mar
| cet or a present or expected
ncrease of demand to bring
j obout a justifiable increase in
ilver values. As there appears
' neither present or soon expect
■ 3d shortage of silver nor any
jvidence of present or soon ex- j
oected demand, we are in- j
-lined to believe, much against
lur desires, that the late up
ward turn represents nothing
more than a reflection of the
reneial upward tendency dis
played by most commodities in
he swing backward from the
ecent gulf of depression into j
•vhich business and industry;
■vere precipitated last year,
it is hoped most sincerely that
his is not the case, but at the
same time it can hardly be
gainsaid that an advance in the
price of silver that is not due
to demand can hardly be con-;
' sidered legitimate or perman-j
ent under the present scheme
of things.
It must also be recalled that
all authorites are agreed that
there can be no permanent
stabilization of world silver
prices except by governmental
agreement. If all this is true, !
it were futile to believe that j
such advances in silver prices j
ns we have witnessed recent- j
ly can be considered as based
upon stable and warrantable j
conditions in the silver mar-:
ket. We should not, therefore,
be unduly depressed if prices
again assume a downward
tendency, as ultimate perm
anent stabilization by govern-!
mental edict appears the in- i
evitable eventuality of further j
silver depression. Investigation
is disclosing that resuscitation !
of silver is essential to world j
prosperity. J
Just for Fun
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If a man’s Scotch is good,
no one seems to mind his Eng
lish.
It is easy for skinny people
to be modest.
Men who don’t pay as they
go have a hard time coming
back.
First Boy: “Doctor Smith
brought our baby.”
Second Boy: “We take from
him, too.”
A Chinese had a toothache, I
phoned a dentist for an ap- !
pointment. “Two - thirty all
right?” asked the doctor.
“Yes,” replied the celestial,
“Tooth hurtee, all right. What
time I come?”
Bridegroom, in poetic frenzy, j
as they stroll along the beach: j
“Roll on, thou dark and deep j
blue ocean, roll”.
Bride: “Oh, Gerald, how
wonderful you are. It’s doing I
t, really.”
The fruit of the Garden of j
3den that caused the trouble!
was not an apple—it was a |
green pair. Eve had her j
roubles, but Adam never an
royed her with detailed ac
.ounts of his mother's cooking.
INTERESTING NOTES
Approximately 27 per cent
)f the automobiles operated in
.he United States are driven by
women.
During 1930 the Chicago
elevated railroad carried about
183 million passengers.
A wireless telegraph station
will be erected in Salisbury,
Southern Rhodesia, for com
munication with Great Britain.
Due to peculiar atmospheric
conditions which prevailed in
Mexico recently, the planet
Venus shone brightly in a sun
lit sky at mid-day.
During the recent develop
ment of an East Texas oil
field the population of Long
view tripled in three weeks.
Students from every State in
the Union and 53 foreign coun
tries and U. S. possessions, are
enrolled at Harvard Univer
sity, Cambridge, Mass.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO '
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
March 30, 1921.
The launch Provincial is now :
making semi - monthly trips
from Prince Rupert, alternat- j
ing with the Grand Trunk ■
boats and carrying passengers!
and Canadian mail.
Rozie was advertising “all
kinds of canned vegetables” a!
25 cents per can.
Frank Reichenback was re
instated as manager of the
Frizzell meat market, a move
which is satisfactory to the
camp.
Mrs. Maude Earl, well
known Alaska business wom
an, returned from the outside,
bringing 27 canary birds with |
her.
E. R. Stivers, who has been
deputy collector of customs at
Juneau for the past four years,!
arrived in camp Monday and
has opened a customs and im
migration office here, the Mei-’
singseth building at Interna
tional Way and Volunteer
Drive having been secured for
the purpose.
Harry Scovill and Win. Jan
cowski have contracted to
clear the tramline right of way
from the Premier to the Boun
dary line, and Homer Ficklin
has the contract from that
point to Nine-mile. The latter
took up a picked crew this
week, consisting of Tim Wil
liams, Chas. Lutnd, El{ Wat
land, Dan Whitmore, Chas.
Berg, Fred Stewart, and Fred
Gordon.
Every team that could be se
cured has been busy during the
past? week hauling ore from
the Premier to the wharf and
one tractor has also been work
ing double shifts.
The Albert this week took
out 500 tons of ore.
Because of encountering
storms and heavy new snow on
the Salmon River Glacier, E. j
H. Bartholf cached the sup
plies he was taking in to the
Outland Silver Bar property,
and will await more favorable
conditions before landing them
at their destination. The sup
plies, 3700 pounds in all, were
taken within G miles of the
property.
Work has been resumed on •
the construction of the bridge
across Salmon River near the
mouth of Texas Creek and the
structure will be completed
before high water. This bridge,
which is being built by the
Bureau of Public Roads under
the superintendence of Road
Foreman T. H. Evans, will give
access to a vast territory which
has heretofore been practically
unaccassible to prospectors.
Fire last Saturday noon
threatened to destroy the Pre
mier warehouse where valu
able material is stored, and on
ly for the prompt action of
Foreman Tom Powers, assist
ed by volunteers, the building
and contents would un
doubtedly have been a total
loss. The blaze caught from
the stovepipe where it passes
into the upper story.
Historical Dates Next Week
March 29 Palm Sunday.
30 Alaska Pur
chase 1867
31 Allies capture
Paris 1814
April 1 All Fools Day.
2 Jewish Passover.
Good Friday.
4 War Resolu
tions. 1917,
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart j
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