RADIO PROGRAM ;
K O M O
Sunday, January 1.
7:00 Fisher Mills Program.
7:15 The Exquisite Hour
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parker’s.
8:15 Andrew Jergens Co.
8:30 People’s Bank Program
9:00 Union Oil Co. Progarm.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Crazy Crystal Quartet.
10:30 Bridge to Dreamland.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, January 2.
7:00 Concert Orchestra.
7 :30 Demi Tasse Review,NBC
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Hotel Pennsylvania orch.
8 :30 Voice of Firestone, NBC.
9:00 (Told Shield Symphony.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Dollars and Cents.
10:30 Orchestral Music.
11 :00 Ambassador Hotel Orch.
11:30 Organ Concert.
11:35 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent.
Tuesday, January 3.
7 :00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 News Reel of the Air.
8:45 Adventures in Health.
9:00 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
9:30 Blue Ribbon Orchestra.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ghost Story.
10:30 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11 :()0 Ambassador Hotel Drch.
11:30 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent.
Wednesday, January 4.
7 :00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7:30 Fisher Mills Program.
7:45 Fox Co., Tuneful Two.
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Hotel St. Regis Orch.
8 :30 Wesson Team Mates.
9:00 Arzen Melody Time.
9:15 Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes, NBC.
9:45 Dollars and Cents.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Washington Hour.
11:15 Ambassador Hotel Orch.
11:30 Organ Concert.
12:00 Silent
Thursday, January 5.
7:00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 Thurston, the Magician.
9:30 Montag Fireside Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ghost Story.
10:30 Mark Hopkins Orch.
11:00 Ambassador Hotel Orch.
11:30 Organ Concert.
12 :00 Silent
Friday, January 6.
7 :00 Big Six of the Air, NBC.
7 :30 Soloist, NBC.
7:45 Wanda Hawley Chats.
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Fisher Mills Program.
8:30 Gilmore Circus, NBC.
9:15 Thurston, the Magician.
9:30 Novelettes, NBC.
9:45 Dollars and Cents.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mozart Concert Hour.
11:15 Ambassador Hotel Orch.
11:30 Organ Concert.
12 :00 Silent
Saturday, January 7.
7:00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
QUEER SUPERSTITIONS
Superstitions regarding the
prevention and cure of disease
have persisted from from time
immemorial, many of them be
ing still prevalent n the more
backward sections of the count
ry. A few were called to
mind by a recent writer in not
ing the death of an aged Ken
tuckian who continued to wear
earrings to the last, in the be
lief that they were good for his
eyesight.
Another old-time notion was
that wearing a mustache wa3
beneficial to weak eyes, just as
it was thought that carrying a
buckeye or a potato in the
pocket would prevent or cure
rheumatism.
One doesn’t have to be so
very old to remember when
children were caused to wear
a little bag of asafedita strung
around the neck as a protect
ion against “catching” diseas
es, and when in many homes
bunches of dried herbs were
hung about for the same pur
pose. Some believed that
keeping a goat around the
house was a prime health
measure.
The writer remembers being
warned when a boy not to
wade in water when afflicted
with hives, lest they “strike to
the heart and kill him.” He
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8:00 Caswell Coffee Concert.
8:15 Bal Tabarin Orchestra.
8:15 Old World Serenaders.
9:00 Fisher Mills Program.
9:30 Spotlight Review, NBC.
11:00 Tuneful Two.
11:15 Ambassador Hotel Orch
11:30 Organ Concert.
12:00 Silent
waded, nevertheless, and lives
to tell the tale.
These superstitions, like the
belief that a horsehair placed
in a rain barrel would turn in
to a snake, are gradually dy
ing out—but many presuma
bly intelligent persons to this
day will refuse to take the
third light from a match or to
walk under a ladder for fear
of dire consequences.
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AN EMPTY BOTTLE
When the cornerstone of the
Robertson county court house
at Springfield, Tennessee, was
opened some time ago, due to
a remodeling of the structure,
many articles deposited in it a
half century ago were brought
to light. One of the items
known to have been placed
therein was a bottle of whisk
ey, and onlookers at the open
ing of the cornerstone may
have had hopes of sampling
the famous product. But, if so,
they were doomed to disap
pointment. The bottle was
found, but it was empty, the
contents having presumably
disappeared by evaporation.
On the bottle was the inscript
ion :
“This whiskey was made at
the distillery of Wiley Wood
ard and deposited by J. S.
Brown, Sept. 26, 1879; whisk
ey was three years old when
deposited.”
Many other interesting relics
wrere found in the stone, includ
ing newspapers, minutes cf of
ficial proceedings, lists of fra
ternal society members, a hist
ory of the old Ku Klux Klan, a
bank statement and other doc
uments. There was also a coin
which is now 191 years old, one
$100 bill and two $20 bills.
The bills were no more valu
able than the empty bottle,
however, as they were Confed
erate currency.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court; Terri
tory of Alaska: Division Number One.
Hyder Precinct. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Daniel
Lindeborg, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the es
tate of Daniel Lindeborg. deceased,
to all persons having claims against
said estate to file the same within
the time required by law, with prop
er vouchers, at my office in the town
of Ilyder, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this 7th
day of December, 1932.
E. D. Haddon
Administrator.
Publish December 10. 17, 24, 31, 1932.
Hyder
Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated
Regular Meeting Second
Wednesday of the Month
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WHY======
Certain Tribes of Savages
Mutilate Fingers.
New facts about the ancient and al
most worldwide custom of savage
tribes to cut olT a joint or two of u
linger in order to show grief or for
various other purposes, are reported
by Dr. S. K. Lothrop of the Museum
of tlie American Indian, New York
city, in au account of his recent ex
plorations in South America published
by tlie N'w York Academy of Sciences.
Says Dr. E. E. free in his Week's
Science (New York):
“At least four of the Indian tribes
in tlie delta of tlie Parana river. Doc
tor I.othrop found, once possessed this
curious custom. It was known, too,
among the great race of the ancient
Mayas in Central America and among
tlie Aztecs of Mexico. In prehistoric
Europe, the fatuous hunters and art
ists of the Magdelanian period appar
ently practiced it, as is indicated by
a number of prints of mutilated hands
still visible on the sides of French
caves, and evidently made by members
of this long-dead race much as police
officers now take finger-prints or palm
prints. In Africa, India and Australia,
Doctor I.othrop states, signs of this
same finger-lopping habit have been
discovered.
“In South America it was a sign
of mourning. In Mexico and prehis
toric Europe it seems to have been a
magical practice. In tlie Pacific is
lands and Australia it was considered
a cure for sickness. In ancient India
it was part of the ceremonial sur
rounding births.” —Literary Digest.
Why Lightning Seldom
Strikes Riders in Autos
Almost never are people in autos
struck by lightning. Not only do ac
cident statistics indicate the rarity of
this event, the National Safety coun
cil’s leaflet, “The Safe Driver,” points
out, but the bureau of standards is
quoted ns scientific authority for the
probability that the more or less com
plete cage of electrically conducting
metal formed by the chassis, frame
and top of the modern auto is a good
protection if lightning does strike.
Dry rubber tires are electric insula
tors, but in thunderstorms they are
usually wet and thus provide an elec
trical connection to the ground. A
person inside such a closed car is like
one inside a steel-frame building such
as a skyscraper. Although skyscra
pers themselves are frequently struck
by lightning no one in them Is injured.
In flat, open country an auto may at
tract lightning to some extent like all
objects that rise above the general
level of their surroundings. But even
at that there is thought to be less dan
ger to the occupants than if they
stood under a tree or merely stood up
right in an open field. So it's not only
drier but no doubt safer to stay in
the car.—Pathfinder Magazine.
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Why Kingbird I* Valuable
The small bluish gray and white
bird of the flycatcher family known
i as the kingbird is considered by some
tlie most courageous of all birds. It
; is willing to attack and able to put
to rout birds much larger than itself.
Frequently one of these little war
| riors may be seen driving a crow away
from the vicinity of its nest by darting
down upon its back every hundred
; feet or so to administer a painful peck.
The kingbird is a valuable aid to
the farmer because of the large num
ber of flies and other insects it con
sumes.
Why Firefly Gives Light
Fireflies produce a bright, soft, in
termittent light without sensible heat
from an organ in the lower par of the
abdomen. It is a specialized portion
of the fat body, being a plate consist
ing of polygonal cells, located under
t lie integument, and supplied with
nerves and tine tracheal branches.
These cells secrete, under the control
of the nervous system, a substance
which is burned during the appear
ance of the light. This combustion
takes place by means of the oxygen
conveyed to the cells by the tracheae.
Why Excitement Is Bad
Excitement causes high blood pres
sure. the "business man’s disease.”
declares Prof. J. H. Schultz, a med
ical authority of Berlin, Germany.
That is why so many stock brokers
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspaper*
Of the Territory.
While deputy U. S. marshal
Ernest Jones of Ketchikan was
away from his apartments a
thief entered and stole $1.50.
Mrs. D. A. Mosser of Cordo
va recently gave more than 25
pieces of her skin to be grafted
on the badly burned arm of her
son, Joseph Mosser. The oper
ation is reported successful.
A fire which destroyed the
main store of the S. F. Rhodes
hardware and supply estab
lishment at Anchorage resulted
in a loss estimated at $6,000.
William M. Urquart recent
ly bought for $5,000 the Bank
of Alaska building at Cordova
from the First National Bank
of Cordova, which recently ab
sorbed the Cordova branch of
the Bank of Alaska.
Alaska Delegate to Congress
James Wickersham, at the re
cent House hearing on legaliz
ation of beer, told the commit
tee that he doubted whether
Alaska was included in the
proposed legislation and that
he wanted to “be certain that
my Territory is included. He
said further that there is some
doubt whether moderation
would apply to Alaska, in view
of the 1917 law, and that he
would draft an amendment
which would leave no doubt.
The Fairbanks Commercial
Club is still working hard for
the completion of the Internat
' ional Highway from the States
; to Alaska. In a recent spirited
plea for more aggresive action,
Donald MacDonald, father of
the idea, stated that the open
ing of the 2000 miles of new
roads woul give employment to
a large number and cause an
j unprecedented influx of new
settlers. .
nave it, ne says, professor scnuux
believes that the conventional cause*
ol diet or germs are not responsible
for the disease. The habit of getting
excited, lie adds, may be an ahnormal
characteristic of one's brain, or it may
be due to exciting conditions of a per
son’s daily life, repeated often enougn
to become habitual.
Why Egg« Go Bad
One reason for the deterioration in
quality of eggs during the summer is
that an enzyme in the white of the
egg works on the proteins and causes
a breaking down resulting in a thin
white. This enzyme works more rap
idly at summer temperatures of 75 to
90 degrees than in early spring or
winter. Furthermore, when the egg
is fresh there is only half ns much
water in the yolk ns in the white.
Tills water tends to move from the
white to the yolk by the process called
“osmosis.”
Why Drowning Persona Ri»e
A drowning person usually, but not
always, rises to the surface once or
twice before sinking, partly because
the air in the lungs when lie first fell
in is not all instantly expelled and
replaced by water; partly because of
reaction, and partly as a result of hi*
struggles.