HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
The following article, re
p-:nVd from the April 16th is
F’ie of he Mining Truth, pro
vider an insight into some of
fi’e facts concerning mining in
vestment which should open
the eras of those who look up
on m'' "g as a precarious bus»
r?"s ?»-d one to be shunned by
r 11 who wish to avoid losing,
their money.
“3n mVon of mining, fosterea
Iv th* fanatic dervishes wno
starte'1 the blue-sky craze, is
beginning to diminish in other
b” mess circles
Money is pouring into tat
mining industry from outside
channel's The old game is get
ting back on its feet. Organi
sations and publications that
led in the assault against the
mining business are beginning
to r-pent and change their
tune.
Now and then a great news
paper departs from its recent
cm-rse and begins to feature
mininr as a news subject and
favor it editorially.
Few of the exclusively busi
ness oarers, as yet, pay the at
ientii n to mining that its im
T'orfrp~e to the world deserves.
Th= New York Journal of Com
merce he New York Commer
cial. the Chicago Journal of
Comm r-e. the similar papers
in Por bnd and San Francisco,
are nitifrlly incomplete m this
part''"’’lrr. The Seattle Journal
of Commerce is beginning to
carr; m'ning news,
W rh'ngton state newspapers
wlr'ch supported the blue-sky
advocates when the epidemic
broke out, are mostly on the
other side or non-committal
now—with the exception of
the Seattle Times and P.-I.
Fe-’^n ly the New York Her
ald-Tribune, one of the most
conservative dailies in the East,
created considerable chagrin
errong certain investment
brokers by publishing the fol
l->-Vng ooinion:
..‘'One of the things that in
ve *m-nt hankers have had to
adm’* b that the gold: and sil
ver dividends of the United
Spates during the past two
year*- are greater than the
rcmVsed dividends of all the
bank'ng institutions of this
i’'un'r', and on the head of
that the government., figures
show that the average returns
on capital invested by banking
in'e^e-ti to be about 6Vi pe»
cent, while the return on min
ing v-as 182 per cent, and Dun
and B-adstreet show that only
32 per cent of mining invest
ment* fail against 54 per cent
fa hm in other lines of busi
The impression is rapidly
sure^d'ng that the whole blue
sky hysteria was cunningly de
I vised by a group of New York
and Chicago financial houses
I to get control of a greater
'share of the investing public’s
j savings.
i The series of bank failures in
'the Middle West and mountain
states, brought about by bad
investments in farm paper, has
done a great deal to prove to
the public that losses are poss
ible in any business.
! Farming is dependent on the
caprices of wind, water and
winter. No cyclone ever blew
ian ore-body out of the owner’s
| ground.
Railroads are failing now and
then, due to ship or mo tor bus
competition. There is competit
ion among mines, but no sub
stitute for minerals.
Public utility corporations
are finding it increasingly dif
fcult to pay dividends because
of the growth of rate regulat
ion and demands for public
ownership. There is no serious
movement for nationalization
of minerals.
The great industrial corporat
ions, whose shares are attract
ing public attention, are prac
tically without exception heavy
j users of mine products; they
cannot grow and prosper with
out adding to the demand for
the stores of nature's waie
houses
Mining is not today—-and
t never was— a piker's game.
But as a substantial business
; proposition, a producing mine |
I with any considerable ore body
! is a more desirable property
to own than a railroad, a farm,
a commission-bossed power or
: gas plant, and many a fact
ory.”
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! The beautiful trees are turn
| ing a beautiful green, the
beautiful flowers are begin
; ing to blossom with beautiful
| blooms, birds are singing j
j beautiful songs, and beautiful
j maidens are stepping out in
; beautiful spring dresses under <
| the beautiful skies.
All of which naturally leads
‘one to assume that all the
world is beautiful~but it isn’t.1
It is cold as blazes farther
north and as hot as blazes
down in Florida.
And this beautiful little piece j
is written gentle reader, for!
the purpose of reminding you
that spring is here, and that i
Hj'der is truly the garden spot
i of the broad, wide land.
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We have examined pretty
: closely the weekly press of the
Territory, the amount of ad
j vertising they carry and the
| patronage they receive, and
most of them are doing a work
of love. They are boosting j
; and pulling for their section of
the country and giving brain
and brawn that does not re
ceive any way near the finan
cial encouragement from the
public that it ‘should . A town
without a newspaper would be
a mighty poor one, but people
seldom find this out until they
have starved an editor almost
to death.
Have we reached the stage
where we have so many laws
that it is possible for a man to
do anything and impossible
for the officials to do any
thing? Sometimes it looks like
it. In- the old days, when an
officer was caught stealing he
was sent to jail and another
man put in his job. Now, it
appears, h’e files some kind of
a proceeding and not only
keeps out of jail, but oftimes
refuses to give up the job.
We sometimes think it
would be a good idea to burn
all ouy laws and go back to
the Ten Commandments.
The bob seems to have made
about as much progress in Eng
land as it has in America. At
any rate it is accused of having
seriously affected the bax’ber
trade and the tonsorial artists
of the country are talking of
inaugurating an advertising
campaign to stir up more in
terest in their business among
men'. It appears that the bob
bing industry, instead of help
ing the trade has hurt it.
Women in considerable num
bers patronize the shops, but
because of the more intricate
nature of the ministrations
which they demand they are
not as profitable customers as
were the men. And they are
driving the more profitable
customers out of the shops.
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The weekly newspaper, un
like the metropolitan daily,
has a peculiar place in the
home. It becomes a part of the
family, because its news stor
ies concern the activities of the
home town folks, and what
deeper interest could be devel
oped than among those with
whom we live an d move. The
community is the ante-cham
ber of the home, and the week
ly newspaper the avenue that
leads from one to the other.
Our message is this: Give the
newspaper your co-operation.
Results will come back to you
in a community asset-a-wide
awake, forceful influential
newspaper, and a power in in
fluence for good in your com
munity.
Just For Fun
The Blueberry Kid notes
that the world is progressing
largely because the man who
useiPto attain success by hard
work now does it by hired
work.
Luxuries and necessities
these days are considered
about the same thing.
Conservation makes some
progress but there still is dan
ger that the supply of lipsticks
may become exhausted.
Twins, trousers, troubles,
and suspenders never come
singly.
The fellow who used to sell
lightning rods is now a stock
salesman who makes us be
lieve it is oil that will be
struck.
“What has the indulgent
mother in view when she
whips her child?” inquired the
indulgent professor in a class
of moral philosophy. And
then he couldn’t understana
why the class looked at each
other and—laughed.
And now the Jingle Bug has
attacked Ben Oien—and this is
the result:
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Mary had a little clam
Served upon a shell.
She ate the shell and not the
clam,
So we have no more to tell.
Marriage is a great institu
; tlon—so is the penitentiary.
One local girl is so modest
that she has to go into the next
room to change her mind.
Tell others everything you
know and they soon will find
out you don’t know anything
they don’t.
Barber—“Are you sure you
have been here before? I don’t
remember your face.’’
Victim—“Oh, it’s all healed
up now.”
Merl’s idea of an inconside
rate man is the fellowwho will
give a flower to a lady with
hay fever.
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Eddie Haddon defines a hu
man face as follows: “A hu
man face is an open expanse,
lying midway between the col
lar button and scalp, and com
pletely occupied by cheek,
chin and chatter.”
“For goodness sake!” ex
claimed the co-ed as she pulled
down her skirt.
Birds of a feather knock to
gether.
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! According to Yael it is not to
be wondered at that men can
toot understand women when
so many of them seem to figure
that earning a living is a trif
ling pastime compared to cook
ing a couple of meals a day
and washing the dishes.
“Cold an’ hunger," says Un
cle Eben, “was put into de
worl’ to_ remind de people dat
dey’s expected to do sumpin’
in dis life ’sides sit aroun’ and
argey."
Many a person who won’t
pay his own debts thinks we
should collect every cent Eu
rope owes us.
It was after the war, the
German royal family was in
dire straits financially.
“Oh, what can we do?"
wailed the empress. “ We
have only a few marks left.”
“As a last resort," said the
crown prince, “we can always
hock the kaiser.”
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