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Br SUSAN GIBBS
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TT ISN’T often that Romance may he
^ traced to Its roots. Usually It Is
not recognized until It bursts Into
bloom.
So, when Ned Christie told Helen
Cage that she was made for him she
did not believe it.
“How do you know?” she asked,
■a nelly.
“nas your mother never told you
about our earliest days—yours and
mine, dear?” he asked.
Helen shook the head that would
have been a riot of curls If she had
permitted them to grow long enough.
Ned was thoughtful for a moment.
He was wondering why Helen’s moth
er had withheld the wonderful story
from her daughter. Knowing Mrs.
(•age almost ns lie knew his own
mother, he realized that site must
have had good and sufficient reason
for her silence.
“Well—Is it such a deep-dyed se
cret that no one can tell me?” asked
Helen, still frivolously. She was very
happy, very much In love and nothing
else mattered.
“No-o. It’s Just—beautiful,” said
her serious lover.
“As beautiful as our Romance?”
asked Helen.
“It Is our Romance,” he told her.
Helen cuddled up In the Mg chintz
covered swing. “Then—tell me, plea3e,
J<ert die.” she Implored.
He laughed. “It scents funny—my
telling you this."
“I don't want to know It—If It’s
funny. I don’t feel like listening to
anything humorous.” she pouted. “You
said It was Romance.”
■‘ft is—the most beautiful romance
In the whole world,” he said, solemnly.
“You were a liny girl—a wee baby In
arms and—your mother bad wanted
you to he a boy.”
Helen sal up and was about to pro
test when he soothed her into acquies
cence again.
“My mother had been disappointed
because I was a mere boy when she
bad always wanted a daughter. Our
mothers had been friends since college
days. They had confided in each oth
er and when each one was frustrated
in her wish for a child of another sex
—they still confided. I don't know
Just how it all came about, dear, but
little by little you and I were ex
changed. I would go to your mother
for a week. You would come to mine
• nd so both mothers learned to love
us almost equally.”
"Yes—and the fun I used to have
with all your things,” ndded Helen.
“Then we went away to college and
—well, you know we seemed to grow
• part. Your mother, for the first time,
appreciated the value of a lovely
daughter—”
"I bow," interrupted Helen, In mock
humbleness.
“And m.v blessed mother began to be
proud of a Idg son. There was a cer
tain. well-controlled Jealousy In her
attitude when I used to want to go to
your house so much during vacation,
and I noticed that when you came to
visit ns. your mother came along. It
was amusing—then.”
“But what happened after mother
took me tn Europe? Did they quarrel
—or what?” asked Helen, serious now.
“Yes—I never knew exactly how It
came nhout, but m.v mottipr must have
said something about your belonging
to tier eventually, after all. Meaning,
of course, that you would marry
me—”
“The Idea,” began Helen with as
perity.
“Wait a minute, dear,” consoled Ned.
“It has all come out right, hasn't it?
“Before yon came back from
abroad, your mother and mine had
written many letters tlint cleared the
situation for them and they fell into
each others’ arms when you returned.
They decided they were selfish to have
quurreled and—well, that each of them
had gained, at Inst, her heart’s desire.
I don't mind saying that I think my
mother is getting the best of the bar
gain, dear.”
“I can't subscribe to that, but I do
think mother might have told me all
about It.”
“1 believe she wns afraid, deep down
In her heart, Helen, that if you be
lieved she had picked out n husband
for you while you were still in your
cradle, you would have none of him.
She was wise In keeping her secret
wishes from you until it was too late
for you to bolt,” laughed Ned. "And
It Is—too late?—Isn’t it?”
“Alas—It is,” answered Helen.
Algeria
The first impression of Algerian na
tives comes when sailors and bout
men swarm up to the steamer at the
time of landing. They are a piratical
and cutthroat-looking gang, decided
ly picturesque, and anything but
clean. Although descendants of pi
rates, they are considered awkward
and stupid at managing a boat. In
the streeis of the towns are many
oriental types—the Moore of mixed
Spanish and Arabian blood have de
generated physically and mentally
from the builders of the Alhambra,
being now mostly beggars and petty
laborers. The Arabs, or Bedouins,
“stolid and squalid” also look like a
conquered race. Most of the shops
are kepi by Jews, but the Kabeles
form the largest part of the popula
tion. These men are of a pure
mountain race showing traces of
Greek and Roman ancestry ta their
gpmpljsjops, and gran ig that?
WHY =====
Auto Drivers Should Take
Rigid Visual Tests
lied and green were ehosen for the
atop and go signals of our traffic sys
tem probably because they had been
used for years in maritime traffic to
indicate the port and lee side of
ships, says a recent bulletin of the
Retter Vision Institute. And the rea
son for their use at sea was that
even before the days of science, the
rays of red and green lights were
found by experience to pierce fogs
and mists belter than the rays of |
other lights. Hut it Is unfortunate *
that the most common form of color j
blindness Is the confusion of red and
green, eight persons out of every !
hundred, according to a recent sur- j
vey, being unable to distinguish be- j
tween the two.
“When men for generations were I
accustomed to living and working out- I
of-doors,” continues the bulletin, “col- j
or blindness was more rare. Red i
and green for ship’s lights could be j
distinguished by almost anyone, and ;
even if a mistake were made the con- I
sequences were not ns disastrous as
they are today on land, in this nge j
of speed. Color blindness explains
why a great many accidents occur In
which motorists have driven through
i signal lights. That Is one of many
reasons visual tests for driving li
censes should be more rigid than they
are. Only ten states have adequate
laws requiring such tests today, and
it is only a question of time until
the 00 major automobile catastrophes
a day force the other states to siml
j lar measures."
Why Pine Trees Remain
Green Through Winter
I Foliage of pine trees and other con
i iferous evergreens remains green
' throughout the winter because the
i needles or leaves are protected ngninst
low temperatures, says Pathfinder Mag
azine. In tlie development of plant
life through evolution these trees sur
vived hy adapting themselv ;s to with
stand tiie adverse growing conditions
of their environment. I.eaves are
green because the predominant pig
ment in them Is chlorophyll, tlie sub
stance which enables plants to manu
facture food from wnier amt oxygen.
The foliage of ordinary deciduous
trees is not adapted to withstand low
temperatures and In Hie fall the chlo
rophyll Is converted Into a colorless
product. Tills exposes other pig
ments, particularly carotin and xnn
thophyll. and Hie result Is the beau
tifully colored foliage characteristic
or the season. The needles of the
pine trees correspond in function to
(he leaves of deciduous trees and the
green element In them is protected
from injury both hy their tough ex
teriors an., hy the arrangement of the
water molecules In the protoplasm of
the cells. There nre coniferous ever
greens in warm climates which are not
protected to the same exten. and they
nre likel;, to tie damaged or killed hy
temperatures lower than that to which
they are used.
Why Drought of 1930
Doctor Humphreys of the weather
bureau says Hint in 1930 such a large
amount of cold air rushed over Kurope
causing unusually great rainfall there,
the abnormal (low of polar air In that
direction withdrew much of the pres
sure that eauses currents to move
down ihe usual American paths. Much
of It wits dissipated In Canada, causing
n wet season there. The United States
was therefore blanketed with warm
air. In many sections it was heavy
with moisture, hut the necessary cold
air currents required to produce rain
did not arrive from the north.
Why a “Cloudbur»t”
Rain falls during rainfall, but clouds
do not burst when there Is a ‘‘cloud
burst.' United States, weather bureau
experts say that sometimes strong up
ward currents of air hold raindrops up
from underneath and prevent them
from promptly reaching the ground.
Then the drops gather In much larger
quantities than they usually do. When
the upward air currents lessen, or so
much water accumulates that the air
cannot support it, there occurs the
deluge of rain that we call a cloud
burst.
Why Shock Causes Death
The reason why an ordinary low volt
of electricity like the 110 volt ordi
narily useo for house lighting can kill
people Is explained In Modern Mechan
ics and Inventions Magazine. What
I the low voltage does is to sltock the
heart so that muscles of that orgnn
begin to quiver continually causing
what physicians call fibrillation. This
prevents the full and regular con
tractions which are necessary to pump
the blood.
Why Moon Is Irregular
The moon's orbit around (he earth
is not a perfect circle. The Irregu
larity In (he Intervals of the moon’s
rising on successive days Is due to two
causes, namely: The eccentricity of
the moon's orbit, nnd the variation of
the moon’s declination. If the moon
moved in a circular orbit In the plane
of the earth’s equator. It would rise
each day 150% minutes later than on
the day before.
Why Onions Affect Eyes
Onions give off a chemical substance
which is Injurious to the eyes. This
excites the nerves of the eyes, which
send a message to the brain, which In
turn sends a message to the tear
glands to make tears <iuh kiy to dean
| the eyes.
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington,, D. C.,
March 21, 1932.
Delegate Wickersham has
been informed that the House
Joint Resolution providing for
an appropriation of $30,000to
defray the expenses of partic
ipation by the government in
the Second Polar Year pro
gram, August 1, 1932, to Aug
ust 31, 1933, is likely to pass
the Senate and thus become a
law. Most of this money will
be used to erect and maintain
a station at Fairbanks. Accord
ing to the plan there are to be
some 80 stations established
throughout the world, support
ed by various governments of
the world. Our government is
allotted a station at or near
Fairbanks, Alaska. The idea
is that at an instantaneous mo
ment throughout the world the
whole 80 stations will take ob
servations, so that when all the
data is gathered together the
station in Alaska can say what
happened at that particular
day at that particular minute,
and the other stations of the
world will be able to say what
happened at their stations at
that particular place and that
particular moment. It could
not be done with such accuracy
50 years ago, when the other
polar year was held, but by
reason of the radio can now be
brought to the very instant.
Thus when the station in Alas
ka says that the polar lights
appeared at a certain time and
certain things happened, the
stations of the world can say
what happened by virtue of
those polar lights at their par
ticular station.
I11 December last, the depart
ment of Justice sent a bill for
introduction <In Congress to the
chairman of the senate and
house Judiciary committee,
providing for the consolidation
on July 1, 1932, of the Second
and Fourth judicial divisions in
Alaska. The bill was intro
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Chamber
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Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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duced in the senate in Decem
ber ibut was overlooked in the
house committee and was not
presented until March 17, This
has no particular significance,
however, as the senate bill has
not even had a hearing.
Two bills affecting Alaska
have been passed by Congress
and approved by the president.
One revises the boundaries of
Mount McKinley National Park
and the other appropriates
$30,000 to defray the expense
of participation by the govern
ment in the Second Polar
Year program from August 19
32, to August, 1933. Most of
this money is to be expended in
connection with the erection
and maintenance of a station
at Fairbanks.
Ernest Walker Sawyer has
received a letter from Govern
or Julius L. Meier, of Oregon,
stating that he was taking up
with the Portland Chamber of
Commerce the possibility of ar
ranging for a caravan of writ
ers and newspaper men to
drive to Hazelton, British Col
\ umbia, and return, with a view
i to giving publicity to the pro
posed international highway
to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Scarcely a day passes but in
quiries are received by dele
gate Wickersham as to the
status of a presumed bill that
would create a game sanctu
ary or bear reserve on Admir
alty o r Chichagof Islands,
Alaska.Many of these inquiries
come from Senators and Repre
sentatives from New York,
Massachusetts, and the New
England states. No such bill
| has been introduced in Cong
j ress but there is considerable
i propaganda contained in vari
j oils phases of literature that is
j being circulated among those
: interested in wild game life.
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ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
George McQuarrie, of Fair
banks, was elected president of
the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of
Alaska, held in Fairbanks last
month. Other officers elected
included Alfred J. Lomen, of
Nome, ,first vice-president;
Margaret Sutcavish, of Anch
orage, second vice-president;
Dr. Wm. H. Chase, Cordova,
historian; George J. Love, Val
dez, secretary; Rev. C. E. Rice.
Juneau, chaplain; John Reck,
Juneau, treasurer; L. V. Wint
ers, Juneau, sgt.-at-arms; trust
ees, Andy Nerland, Fairbanks,
and Alfred Ghezzi, Nenana.
Juneau was selected for the
anual convention of 1933.
Thirty tons of quartz from the
Eva mine on the northern divis
ion of the Alaska railroad, ar
rived recently in Seward en
route to the Tacoma smelter.
The shipment was the first
made by the property.
John Worcester, mining en
gineer, left Fairbanks recently
to investigate a meteor report
ed to have fallen near the Alas
ka railroad south of that city.
He hopes to find valuable min
erals in the celestial visitor.
Repeal of the Ketchikan ord
inance requiring owners of rad
io receiving sets to pay an an
nual fee of $1 is advocated.
The cost of collecting the fee
exceeds the amount collected,
councilmen declare.
The Ketchikan city council
has turned over to the city fire
department the new ambu
lance recently purchased by
the municipality. The ambu
lance is equipped with a fine
first-aid kit. A first-aid squad
will be organized by the fire
department to man the rig.
A new industrial school for
Indians has been opened at
Nome. The main building is
92 by 31 feet and two stories
high.
Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor," which means “le
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and fror
home-town merchants- And then again there are people is this commur
ty who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out c
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefi
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards c
juying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upo
heir reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community th
ruits of his industry and his community's patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity whei
aatronage of the local merchants and other uusiness institutions wa
is vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands ii
mperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
nain in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
int who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urg<
he merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper h
he camp's best advertisement and its principal means of letting the worlt
(now why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture wit!
1 heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
is a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspr pers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy wit!
‘he least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
;pect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the newr
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part o£ the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. in. daily.)
Sunday, April 17.
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NY
5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY
6:15 American Album of Music. NY
6:45 P. S. P. & L. Co. Musical.
7:15 Barbasol Co.; NBC-NY.
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parkers. NBC-SF
8:15 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
8:80 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Chase and Sanborn Program,
9:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC-LA.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes: LA.
10:15 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, April 18.
5:00 Fisher Mills String Quartet, NBC
5:30 Pacific Coast Borax Co., NBC-NY
6:00 Maytag Orch., NBC-Chicago.
6:30 General Motors Program; NY
7:00 National Radio Forum, NBC-NY
7:30 M.J. B. Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos and Andy
S:15 Spratt’s Dog Story.
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC-NY.
9:00 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
9:30 Best Foods Inc., Program,
9:45 Fisher Mills Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday, April 19.
5:00 Fisher Concert orch. & Vocalists.
5:30 Heel Hugger Harmonies, NBC.
5:45 U. S. Rubber Co., Just Willie.
6:00 McKesson Musical Magazine, NY
6:30 Natl Oratirio Society, NBC.
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch, NY.
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Gen. Pet. Corp. Memory Lane.
S:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Caswell Coffe Concert NBC-SF
9:15 Oldsmobile Melody Speedway.
9:30 Best Foods Inc. Program
9:45 Fisher Mills Vocal Recital.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:25 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
..Wednesday, April 20.
5:00 American Taxpayer’s League.
5:15 Willis Overland Program, NBC
5:30 P. S. P. & L. Co. Program
6:00 Goodyear Rubbe rCo., NBC.
G:30 Mobiloil Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Coco Cola Program, NBC-NY.
7:30 Fisher Mills Program.
7:45 Phoenix Hosiery Co. Program.
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 P. S. P. & L. Co. Vocal Recital.
S:30 Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales Co.
9:00 Baldy Homespun Melodies
9:15 Schwabacher Bros. Quartet.
9:30 Best Foods Inc. Program
9:45 P. S. P. & L. Co. Vocal Ensemble
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher's Blend Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotters
11:30 Hotel Olympic Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
j 12:30 Silent.
Thursday, April 21.
5:00 Fleischmann Sunshine Hour
6:00 The Big Six of the Air. Chevrolet
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NY
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF.
9:15 Sperry Smiles, NBS-SF.
9:30 Best Foods, Inc. Program.
9:45 United Drug Co. Program.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Mozart Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, April 22
5 00 Fisher Mills Orch. and Vocalists
5:30 P. S. P. & L. Co. Orch & Vocalists
6:00 Cheesborough Friendship Town.
; 6:30 Armour Hour, NBC-Chi.
! 7:00 Pontiac Automobile Co. NY.
7:30 RKO Hour NBC-NY.
,S:00 Amos and Andy.
! 8:15 Quaker State Oil Co. Program.
8:30 MJB Demi-Tasse Revue, NBC-SF
I 9:00 Unon Oil Co. NBC-SF.
9:30 Best Foods, Inc. Program. NRO.
9:45 Fisher Mills Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 1>. S. P. & L. Co., The Coquettes
10:30 Globe Trotter.
10:40 Fox Theatre Friday Frolic.
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, April 23.
5:00 Health Products Corporation;
Danger Fighters, NBC-SF.
5:30 Totem Broadcasters, Program
under auspices of National Ad
visory Council on Radio in Ed
ucation. NBC-NY.
6:00 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
i 6:30 Campana, The First Nighter.
I 7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
1 S: 00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 P. S. P. & L. Co. Concert Trio.
8:45 F. S. Lang Male Quartet.
9:00 Rainbow- Harmonies; Fisher Cc.
9:15 Santiseptic Program.
9:30 Associated Oil Co., Spotlight
Revue, NBC-SF.
11:00 Globe Trotter .
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
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