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'i'hc i erald wishes its friends
arc! refers and the general
public a New Year filled with
happiness and prosperity.
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THF. OLD YFA^ AND THE
NEW
Mori: of us are inclined to
think of New Year’s Day as an
institution of great antiquity,
but as associated with its pres
ent date, it is historically an in
fant. Among the ancient Pers
ians, Egyptians and Phoenic
ians the new year began at the
autumnal equinox, which we
know r - September 21; the
Greeks celebrated at the wint
er solstice (June 21).
The December date was good
enough for the Romans until
Julius Caesar, after having di
vided Gaul into three parts
to the exasperation of untold
generations of young Latin
ists- divided the years in a new
place, Januarv 1 to wit. But
the early Christians naturally
shunned the pagan festival,
and recognized the date only
in its relation to the Nativity.
Medieval Christendom ob
served March 25 as the begin
ning of the new year, and this
custom continued for centu
ries. It was not until 1582, with
the formulation of the Gregor
ian calendar, that the Julian
selection of January 1 was re
vived. But it took nearly 200
years for the innovation to be
come adopted in England,
whence it was transplanted to
America. Hence it is not much
older than this republic.
Yet, Thruout the ages, and de
spite the vicissitudes of the cal
endar, the inspiration has been
the same- the inextinguishable
impulse of mankind to believe
that tomorrow will be better
than today, to shake off mem
ories of the mistakes and dis
appointments of the old year
and greet the new with cheer
ful salutations and high hopes.
In what mood do we take
leave of 1927 and welcome its
successor? Not with coraplac
ency, perhaps, but certainly J
not with despair. The eventful j
year now closing saw substant
ial progress from civilization’s
endeavors to regain peace and
stability; that which opens
brings promise of continued
advancement.
Even in their improved state,
the peoples of many countries
still face a bitter struggle for
existence; they must bear with
out respite crushing burdens
of taxation, must labor under
the lash of necessity to repair
the destruction of war, must
toil painfully up steep paths
to regain the means of self
support. For this nation, the
outlook for the new year is by
contrast most kind and filled
with glowing promise. In nat
ural wealth, in economic pro
ductiveness, in freedom from
conflict, in all the potentials,
ties of material prosperity, the
United States is favored above
all other regions of the earth.
Locally, the outlook for the
new year is one of great prom
ise. The closing year witnessed
probably the greatest prog
ress in mining development in
the camp’s history. More ore
was mined and .more advanced
prospecting was done than ev
er before, with results that
leave no further doubt that the
district will soon blossom out
as one of the world’s most pro
| lific producers of mineral
! wealth. Of equal importance
| is the entrance of a number of
! the world’s greatest mining
i concerns and their undeniable
i interest in the district’s miner
j al possibilities. While the scope
j of their contemplations is on
iy partially apparent as yet,
their operations during the
closing year were sufficient to
indicate a much wider range
of operations during 1928.
The advent of these big organ
izations also possesses another
highly promising aspect, as it
means that others will follow
suit and bring to the district
the mining ability and capital
which alone can draw forth
the hidden riches seaming our
massy peaks. Their coming be
tokens the beginning of a new
sra of mining activity and the
start of a period of prosperity
from which all may profit.
THE BANK’S SERVICE
Bankers and business men are
beginning to realize that the
general public is in need of a
better understanding of the
functions of banking in relat
ion to the interests of the aver
age individual. The public cer
tainly should be made to ideal
ize that banking is just as
much a part of its daily needs
as are grocery and dry goods
stores.
The functions and purposes,
and in many cases the practices !
[>f banks and financial institut
ions often are misunderstood
or not accurately comprehend
ed, through a lack of know
ledge of the reason for their
existence, and a lack of under
standing of the part they play
in the life of the community.
The great extension of the
credit system and the payment
of bills by checks and drafts,
as well as the financing of
large business and other enter
prises, has given the banking i
business a new meaning, even
to the large number of persons
who do not make use of banks
for their own personal conven
ience and the safety of their
money’.
Just for Fun
The first thing in investing
is investigating. That’s a good !
tip for some of our local stock j
investors.
Was somebody lying about!
the discovery of a truth-telling
serum?
Up to a point most girls mere*
ly think about marrying. After
that they worry about it.
For the girls who expect to do i
nothing but dance the rest of |
their days, it is probable that j
the best waltzer is as good a
husband as they can choose.
It’s not what you’d do with a
million, If riches should e’er
be your Tot;
But what you are doing at
present.
With the dollar and quarter
you’ve got.
Stern parent: “When I was a.
boy I had to work for a liv-'
ing.”
Idle son: “Well, father, there
is no job any harder than work
ing you for a living.”
Two slightly intoxicated par- j
ties were standing before a pol- j
ar bear cage in a zoo. “Whozat
lady in zere with the white fur
coat on?” asked the first one.
“S’my wife,” said the other. 1
petted her an’ she tried to bite
me.”
Word comes from Paris that
the new styles will permit wo
men to show more discriminat
ing taste. We can’t help but
thing it is high time. They have
shown us about everything
else.
We are not much of a hand
at politics, but in looking at the
Democratic party in Alaska
many would-be leaders and
vvon’t-be followers.
You cannot see the good in
your neighbors by looking for
it through the lace window
curtains.
“No,” she declared, “every
thing is over between us. Shall
I return your letters?”
The rejected one was thought
ful for a moment, then replied:
“Yes, please. There’s a lot of
good stuff in them that I can
use again.”
They are telling ai’ound town
of a certain convivial Hyderite
who,at a private dinner, put
his napkin in his coat pocket,
broke a piece of bread in a cup
of coffee, slapped the hostess
on the back and exclaimed jov
ially: “Excuse me, I thought
this was a formal party!”
A hick town is a place where
sound doctrine includes taking
a cake or ham to the minister
now and then.
When the tired business man
can retire to a farm and the
tired farmer can retire to town
both believe they will be satis
fied,.but they w'on’t.
He: I’m going to kiss you and
kiss you and kiss you!”
She: “But that will be only
three times.
The really suspicious wife,
according to Dave. Mulcare, is
she who suspects her better
half of leading a double life
just because he bought a two
pants suit.
“It won’t always do to judge
by looks. Many a regular* hell
cat’ has a sweet face, says Ed.
Reynolds.
“Fashion,” says Oren F. “is
something created to keep the
husband of a pretty girl broke
most of the time.”
“Why don’t you come to
church?” asked the minister of
a non-attendant.
“Well, I’ll tell you sir: The
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first time I went to church,
they poured water in my face,
the second time they tied me to
a woman I’ve had to keep ever
since.
“That so,” replied the par
son; Well, it is not unlikely
that the next time you go,
they’ll throw dirt on you.”
First colored gent: “Say, how
come you-all get dat soot on
your collar, black man?”
Second ditto: “Soot, say nig
ger, dat ain’t no soot; dat’s
dandruff.”
We have about decided to let
the knee question alone for a
while. We insist that nearly
all have bumps on ’em, but
what good results from our in
sisting when the only reply
seems to be: Well, what of it?
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