HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
.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
To is newspaper is not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishmeet 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.
WHAT MAKES A
;newspaper
A mistaken idea with some
people is that the newspaper is
an individual proposition. If
they don’t like the editor, they
feel they must knock the pap
er and stand in the way of its
success whenever possible.
They do not realize that the
local paper is just as much a
part of the community as the
schools, churches or anything
else. The newspaper is dif
ferent from any other business,
it is a community affair. It is
for service to the people and
not for any individual.
You may not like the editor
and the editor may not love
you any too well—but the pap
er he is responsible for does
just as much for you as the ser
vice rendered others. There is
nothing personal with it, it is
here for a purpose and that
purpose is to do what good it
can in every way it can and the
greater the support of those it
undertakes to serve the better
service it can render.
It takes the people to make a
good newspaper and without
the help of the people no one
can run a successful newspap
er. It requires money to oper
ate any kind of a business—ev
en the churches—and the pap
ers are no exception. For this
reason they must have the fi
nancial support of the business
interests, as well as the good
will.
Few newspaper publishers
make more than a comfortable
living and scarcely one is re
ported wealthy from money
made in the newspaper busi
ness. They deserve to be
trusted and to be understood
by the people they serve.
But it should be remembered
that it is not the plant that
makes the newspaper but the
editor and his staff that is
useful to the community and
except in rare cases they are
entitled to the fullest support
the community can give. And
liberal patronage is necessary
if the paper is to be a credit
to the town.
I
, WHY MEN GO WRONG
Why do men go wrong, de
spite all the pressure of custom,
i principle and precept? The
answer is that it is because they
surrender their freedom to ap
petite, malice, greed, fear or to
the lower slave drivers of the
senses. In other words it is be
! cause they give in to somc
; thing of that kind.
: Nor, at the first offense, do
: they give in because the enemy
i is too strong. The first decis
; :on that is the turning point of
a life is not between abstract
good and evil, or between
“Yes” and “No.” Any man
; can make such a decision, and
: every man who is all that a
1 man should be must and does
make it at some time in his
life. By one answer he holds
on to his right to make other
like decisions; by the other he
; surrenders ever so little that
light. He has not lost it, for he
can win back to it; but he has
taken the first small step
away from his human heritage
of freedom. Nor does he ever
completely lose it, unless the
body itself becomes the ally of
evil against him. He may be
come the literal slave to a sin
gle vice, and yet free choice
is offered him elsewhere by
which to find a foothold to re
covery.
Men go wrong when they
hold their freedom too lightly.
They are recovered and re
stored when they claim again
their power to say “Yes” 'or
“No.” This power, above all
things else, is the clue to the
enigma of human dignity and
responsibility.
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THE MARTYRDOM
OF THE TURKEY
With Thanksgiving once more
drawing nigh, the question is
suggested: Does the turkey en
joy his martyrdom? Does he
enjoy being eaten?
We opine that if he is given
to know the satisfaction that
goes with fulfillment of pur
pose he most assuredly does.
We believe most everyone
will give hearty assent to our
conviction that that bird was
made to be eaten. Man’s pal
ate says so in no uncertain
manner and the very texture
of the turkey’s meat and the
generous distribution of “light
and dark’’ around his bones
are confirmation strong al
most as Holy Writ. Then
there is the turkey’s proverb
ial pride, which warrants the
inference that he puffs him
self up in vanity over his sur
passing edibility. For what
else could he be so vain?
The turkey’s life is a careful
preparation for martyrdom in
the cause of man. For months
the bird is given to gormand
ize. Its pride also is fed, with
the admiringly appraising
glances of humans that are
i cast its way. And to cap the
climax of its glory it has be
come identified with a holiday.
In its apotheosis it is glorified.
Culinary art exhausts itself in
preparation of the bird for the
table and it is honored with
the richest plate in the closet.
If the turkey’s pride lives af
! ter it, surely it is well repaid
by the honors showered upon
it in the kitchen and dining
i hall by a grateful natio'h.
Just for Fun
They say that one can now
1 make a tbur of the world on
the installment plan. But just
imagine falling down on the in
stallments in Afganistan! «
| A local writer of very light
; verse has decided to give up,
j as a result of having received
i six rejected poems from an ed
itor to whom he hacT sent only
four.
Upon being told by little Tom
| my that his mother had fallen
down the stairs and had suf
fered from shock, the visitor
inquired: “And is your mother
! still upset?”
“Well, I guess not!” returned
the youngster indignantly, “My
Pop picked her up right away!
Prohibition Officer: “Sonny,
do you want to make $5.00?”
Mountaineer Boy: “Sure.
How, Mister?”
Officer: “I’ll give you five to
take me up this creek to the
whiskey still.”
Mountaineer: “All right. Give
me the five.”
..Officer: “I’ll pay you when
w'e come back.”
..Mountaineer: “I want s the
money right now, Mister; be
kase if you goes up thar you
haint a’comin’ back.
In colleges it appears that
the higher learning consists
largely of learning how to
tackle low.
The man who rushes into
trouble usually hobbles out on
crutches.
It is sometimes disappointing
to find that a hero is only hum
an after all.
There are some persons who
seem to prefer failure to mind
ing their own business.
Spending makes you poorer,
but it gives you a delightful
sensation of being rich.
Any pedestrian knows the ex
act percentage of boneheads
who are driving automobiles.
1
A five-cent cigar is probably j
about as satisfactory as any- j
thing else that is cheap these
days.
The way some families keep 1
up a front must impose a great i
strain oh the shops they deal
with.
Life isn’t all that it is wise
cracked up to be.
The law of gravity appears to
be the only one that plays no
favorites.
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
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The American-PacificWhal
ing Co. at Port Hobron and Ak
utan has had a very successful
season, more than 200 whales
being taken and reduced to oil
and meal. The total output
was about 10,000 barrels of oil
and approximately 2,000 tons
of meal, of an aggregate value
in excess of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
Seven packhorses belonging
to the Alaska Guides, for
which a search has been un
der way since early in July,
were located a few days ago
by means of an airplane.
The Cleary fox farm on Strait
Island recently shipped 48
pairs of blue foxes to the States
for breeding purposes. The an
imals were valued at approxi
mately $20,000.
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The Valdez Creek placer
properties of John Carlson are
making a fine showing this
year, according to reports from
Anchorage. Mr. Carlson re
cently brought in 75 pounds of
gold, the greater part of which
came from the drift workings
and the balance from bench
ground which is being worked
by hydraulic methods.
The Fairbanks Commercial
Club has called for bids for
clearing a 70-acre tract of land
adjoining the municipal air
port, to be used next summer
as mooring quarters for the
German dirigible Graf Zeppel
in. Fairbanks is to be the base
for the airship in connection
with polar exploriatiojtis next
summer.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL ..
CHURCH
(By the Pastor)
Last Sunday our Church
School commenced its activities
for the year. We had just a few
out and hope this Sunday to
have more. All children are in
cited. The story hour and sing
ing follow the regular lesson.
Hour 10:30 a. m. Evening wor
ship 7:30 p. m.
We had a nice turn out last
Sunday evening. As there is
still room for others we invite
those who came last Sunday to
come again and bring someone
who did not come last week.
Sermon Subject: “Influence
Lost Through Christianity.’
“To see the laurel wreath, on
high suspended,
That is to crown our name
when life is ended.
Sometimes it gives a glory to
the voice,
And from the heart upsprings,
‘Rejoice! rejoice!’
Sounds which will reach the
Framer of all things,
And die away in ardent mut
terings. i
No one who once the glorious
sun has seen,
And all the clouds, and felt
his bosom clean
For his great Maker’s pres
ence, but must know
What ’tis I mean.”
Keats
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and IS Jewels
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
THE NUGGET SHOP
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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; Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
j Second Thursday in Hyder
! Fourth Thursday in Stewart
PROFESSIONAL
Jivm&t ]&luz
.Attorney at 'p’ato
^Kgber, ,Ala«lui
FRANK A, METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER «
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS, F. SWORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
GEORGE 0. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
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