HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
Application made for entry at the post office at Hyd6r, Al
aska, aa second class matter, under the Act of March $,
1879.________
Chas. F. Sandford. EdTter.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Lack of sufficient space in j
our last is.iue precluded a word
of praise of the splendid ar
rangements made by the
Cham r of Commerce enter-;
t vnment committee for the
j easore and entertainment of
the Ketchikan Commercial
C ub members. This committee
consisting of John Hovland,
chah man; Arthur Moa, Edgar i
Provinse, T. W. McDonald,!
Max Behrmann, Merl F. Thom
as, and Roy Newton, is entitled
to the warmest commendation
for its very excellent efforts
in this behalf. That they suc
ceeded splendidly in their
task of entertaining the guests
was w 11 attested by the pleas
ed remarks volunteered by the
visitors themselves, most of
whom had apparently expect
ed nothing of so elaborate a
character as they encountered.
The Herald but expresses a
general sentiment in offering
the view that the committee
Ly its spendid endeavors has
created for Hyder a reputat
ion for warm hospitality that
,wTl travel far and prove an
advertisement of more than
nominal value to the commun
ity.
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The blase dwellers of the
city are inclined to smile at
the seeming simplicity of small
town journalism. The little
tales appearing in the rural
paper anent the newly painted
barn; the advent of the litter
of pigs; the installation of a
gasoline pump in front of the
corner grocery or the fine mess
of fish caught by some local
resident on an outing seem to
them to be of such thrifling
moment as to scarce be worth
rendition in print.
Only a few days ago a certain
recent arrival in Hyder com
mented somewhat caustically
at the publication in these col
umns of an article detailing the
ki!l:ng of an unusually large
eagle by a local resident. Ac
customed as he probably is to
considering as “news” the end
less succession of murders,
robberies, suicides and forni
cations so luridly detailed in
the bTg city newspapers, less
sensat-onal developments no
doubt lack the savor to which
he has been accustomed. The
suicide or murder of a human
being is beyond doubt far more
thrilling than the killing of a
bird of prey, however large it
may be; also there is no quest
ion but that the printed tale of
a bold robbery or a sordid
adultery case contains a much
bigger “kick” than a dozen
-.tories dealing with small
town developments*
Yet, ludicrous as it may seem
to the sophisticated urbanite,
it is not the glaring sensations
of the world that appeal most
to the small town dweller. Oi
little interest to him are the
developments in far away
places. The murder of some
one he never heard of; a rob
bery in some far off town of
which he knows nothing at all,
scarcely attract more than
passing interest at best. Of far
greater importance to him are
the events which center in and
around his own community or
existence. The building of a
new wing on the home of some
one he knows; the birth of a
baby, the local church bazaar,
the purchase of a new car by
a friend, the illness of a neigh
bor’s child, the acquisition ol
a new dress by a neighbor's
1 wife, or even such small mat
ters as the arrival of a litter
of little piglets or the shooting
| of a chicken hawk engaged in
robbing a neighboring hen
roost are matters of far more
absorbing interest to the small
town dweller than the pillag
; ing of a remote bank or the
i details of the latest licentious
, scandal in high life. And it is
; naturally in these small devel
opments that the small town
’ newspapers deal. It is the kind
| of news that pleases their
{readers most. Call it “small
town stuff” if you will, it nev
ertheless has the merit of be
ing news that is clean and de
cent, and more conducive to
; proper living and right think
ing than-the sensational and
i depraving--, purveyances of the
’ big city press.
After all real progress can
: not come from without, but
I must come from within. Hyder
j is a desirable place in which
1 to live; the surroundings are
imost pleasing, and you need
pause but a minute to think of
the many advantages here.
And if you will but look1
around you quickly come to |
the conclusion that nowhere
can you find more real oppor
tunities.
Just For Fun
What this country needs is
not a new birth of freedom,
but the old-fashioned $2 lower
berth.
When a man says a certain
act is the last thing he would
do in the world, it probably
is the last thing he would do \
if he were found out.
_
Ancient saying: “We eh joyed j
the evening, and the lemonade •
was so good.’’
“I’m always springin’ some
' thing,” said the mouse as he
I walked into the trap after a
j piece of cheese.
This is the best country in ;
the worid even if it is winter j
all the .spring and summer all
the fall.
Woman, says the Blueberry :
Kid, will never get her skirts j1
short enough to enable her j
to climb a fence without as- ;
nstance if there is a man pres- i
ent. i
—
Madame: “Who is that gentle
1 man that keeps calling on I
me?” j
Maid: “That ain’t no gentle
: man, he’s a bill collector 1”
, “If it’s the woman who;
^.pays,” remarked the well
cnown cynic Antwerp Andy,
‘why is it that the man is al
i ways broke?”
If you close your mouth and
>pen your eyes, you’ll see
nany things that’ll make you
; wise.
! Try This On Your Sweetie
j “When will there only be 25
j letters in the alphabet?”
! “I’m sure I don’t know. '
When?”
| “When U and I are one.”
i Guide (in Yellowstone Park) : j
| “Don’t be afraid of that bear,!
i he’s as tame as a woman.” \
' Visitor: "Is that so? Well, I’ll;
; see you back at the hotel.”.
! ' \
1
The worst fate in the world
j would be to be wrecked on a
desert island with a cross
word puzzle book and no pen
cil.
Dorothy (on farm): 'And f
which are the chickens one |
mustn’t count before they are |
hatched?
Truth is stranger than fiction,
hut it doesn’t sound as well.
The editor hurried to the jail
and confronted his errng
“Inquiring Reporter.”
“Just why did you commit
bigamy?” he wanted to know.
“’Twas your fault!” the in
carcerated one accused. “The
question you assigned today,
if you remember, was: ’Would
you accept a proposal of mar
riage?’ I’m a man of honor,
sir, so I married all five of
fhem.’
“Fifty cigarettes for a dime,”
jays Will Rogers in his weekly
id. And the Herald hastensj
:o tell him first that it sound?? j
ike a lot of BULL.
There are two kinds of cats; |
>ne says "meow” and the
jther remarks, "Why dear, j
;hat’s the same dress you wore i
last summer, isn’t it? I didn’t
recognize it for nearly ten
minutes.
Two women, previously un
acquainted, were conversing at
a reception. After a few con
ventional remarks the younger
exclaimed: “I can’t think what
has upset thqt tall man over
there. He was most attentive
to me just now, and now he
won’t even glance at me.”
“Perhaps he saw me come
in,” said the other. “He’s my
husband.”
In days of old, and not so old,
When ladies’ hearts did faint
ly stir,
When girlies went a shop
ping, about all
They could say was, “Er-er
er.”
Follow one into a shoppe to
day,
And listen while she barters.
Does she ask the young man
for "Er-er- er?”
Like heck! , She snaps out
“Garters!”
In days of old when few were
bold
And fewer still were bolder,
When the lad proposed, and
sought her lips,
She fainted on his shoulder.
But nowadays when he’s pro
posed
She says, as arms enfold her,
“Will she? Yea, Bo! Take
mamma home
If you think that you can hold
her!”—By the Village Nut.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
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Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Kev. G. T. Hatten, Pastor
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