The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in 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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The Russian Song Changes
As long as things were com
ing nice and smooth—meaning
of course, as long as the Amer
ican public had bankrolls of
which they could be easily re
lieved by slick schemes—Wall
Street frowned upon even a
suggestion of anything good
coming out of Russia. The
merest hint that the good old
U.S.A. might do well to resume
trade relations with the Soviets
sent the high priests of finance
into a frenzy of opposition and
caused banker - controlled
Washington to raise horrified
hands at the very thought of
even speaking to a nation
which supposedly was intent
on abolishing High Finance
and destroying the thrice bles
sed pursuit of plundering the
stupid masses of their money
and labor.
But now it appears that plut
ocracy’s Song of Hate has
changed to a more gentle
strain, in which the hope of
glittering profits forms the
sweet refrain. With the Amer
ican public so badly deflated—
or should we say plundered?—
that wealthy men of former
days have become bankrupts
and beggars and most of the
people have nothing of value
left from which they can be
separated, the profits of the
Wall Street money-changers
are pretty slim; hence Presi
dent Roosevelt’s sensible pro
posal to end what he has
termed “the abnormal relations
between Russia and the United
States” is being received with
welcome by the big financiers
Indeed, the press reports tell
us that some of the Wall Street
bankers are already “easing
credit for increasing sales to
the Soviets,” although the
question of trade resumption is
not yet definitely settled.
From which it appears that
the lure of big interest from
loaned millions has quite over
come the lofty-minded opposi
tion to dealing with such dis
reputable and disturbing scala
wags as the bewhiskered and
i adical-minded moujiks—espe
cially as the home people, be
ing mostly broke, can no longer
bo plucked by means of stock
market rackets and dubious
bond sales.
To all appearances, visions
of big profits have entirely
overcome the capitalistic fear
that Bolshevist propaganda
might undermine the citadels
of A m e r i c a’s intrenched
wealth and bring to an end the
reign of unrestrained plunder
upon which our smart finan
cial sharks have waxed so fat.
Now the Soviet “outlaws”
are found not such bad fellows
after all and the big money
boys are opening their arms
widely and preparing to give
a rousing welcome to their
pocketbooks, if not to the'm
selves.
Funny how that little god,
Interest, softens the hearts and
minds of the plutocratic gentry.
Just for Fun
-o
Once there was an elephant
and a flea going over a bridge.
When they had passed over
the flea said: “We sure shook
that one, didn’t we, big boy?”
Traveler (to station agent) :
“What’s the use of your having
a time-table if your trains are
always late?”
Agent: “Well, how could you
tell if they was running late if
you didn’t have a time-table?”
If all the horseless vehicles
were run with horse sense
wouldn’t that .be something?
’Tis sad but true that many
a mother’s precious little lamb
has matured into a mutton
head.
Visitor: Why doe3 your but
ler always whistle when he
shakes the cocktails.
Hostess: My orders, my dear.
It’s the only way I can be sure
he isn’t drinking.
She (on phone) : I’m afraid
your dinner will be a little
burned tonight darling.
He: Whatsa matter? Did they
have a fire at the delicatessen?
Burglar (having climbed to
porch roof) : Another guy
deeping with his window shut!
I got a mind to write de board
of health about it!
If this item seems a trifle
questionable for publication in
ia family newspaper, we can
jonly say it is taken from the
t highly reputable Americnn
| Magazine: “When a diplomat
says yes he means perhaps;
when he says perhaps he means
no; if he says no he is no dip
lomat. But when a lady says
no she means perhaps; when
she says perhaps she means
yes; if she says yes she is no
lady.”
TERMS OR MO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 14, 1924
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Mrs. J. A. Hall left yesterday
for a visit in Seattle.
Mrs. E. L. Dale left yesterday
for a visit with her mother in
Seatle.
E. R. Stivers, U. S. Customs
Collector, left yesterday on a
vacation trip to the States.
Louis Legge narrowly es
caped losing a hand in the
planing machine at the Hyder
saw-mill Monday. As it was,
the hand was badly cut and
lacerated.
W. P. Harner, of Vancouver,
t has purchased the Chicken Inn
at Fish Creek from Mrs. Helen
Bell and Mrs. Florence Ander
son and plans to transform it
into a beautiful summer resort.
The ice crop was a complete
failure this year, there having
not been enough cold weather
J. Campbell, Stewart ice-baron
is the heaviest loser. He went
to considerable expense, be
sides working overtime himself
keeping a pond clear of snow'
but it scarcely froze; over.
—
Rochfort and Ralston, Stew'
art brokers, sold out an issue of
100,000 shares of Glacier
Creek stock at 25 cents during
the past ten days or so. The
issue was over-subscribed sev
eral thousand shares.
Matthew Lodge and asso
ciates of Moncton N. B., have
bonded the Stoner group of 26 I
claims on the international j
boundary and adjoining some !
of the claims of the Premier
mine.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
A frog is at the bottom of a
30-foot well, and every time
he jumps up 3 feet he falls
back 2 feet. How many jumps
must he take to get out?
| What four weights doe.3 the
I grocer use on his scales which
will w'eigh any amount in
pounds from x/> pound to 20
pounds?
(Answ’ers next week)
Answers to last problems
The Cow Question—
$63.33 1-3 w'as the original
cost. $30.00 is wrong, the
only real loss was what he paid
more than he received.
The Real Estate Deal
$1,000 and $7,000.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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