HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
Application made for entry at the pest office at Hyder, Al
aska, as second class matter, under the Act ef Marsh t,
1879.__
Chas. F. Sandford....r-.. Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER^
In a most praiseworthy ef
foit to protect the gullible
public from the swindling
depredations of the wild cat
mining promoters, the Prov
incial Department of Mines of
British Columbia has adopted
the novel expedient of having
a qualified engineer examine
and report on suspicious prop
erties, afterward publishing
the results in comparison with
the claims put forth by the
promoters in their advertising
literature. The first of these
articles, directed against a
ooriain company oporaHng In
the local field and known as
Gold Ore Mining Co., Ltd., ap
pearing recently in the Van
couver and other British Col
umbia papers, discloses in no
uncertain manner the utter
falsity of most of the claims
made by the company in its
efforts to lure money from the
pockets of the unwary.
Although the method savors
in some degree of locking the
stable door after the horse Is
gone, in the absence of legal
enactments which would total
ly forestall utterance of false
or delusive statements regard
ing mining properties,- it i*
nevertheless one which should
not only spare the unsophisti
cated public much loss but al
so act as a strong deterrent to
the unscrupulous gentry en
gaged in these nefarious
practices.
Probably no industry has suf
fered from the activities of un
scrupulous promoters to the
same extent as has the mining
industry. The very name of
mining is anathema to a large
percentage of conservative in
vestors. for no other reason
than that it has been used for
years as an easy means for
swindling the public. Statis
tics which cannot be held up
to question demonstrate be
yond the per adventure of a
doubt that properly conducted
mining investment is no more
hazardous than any othei
form of investment and yield!
far greater returns than an;
other form of business. The
mining industry is in fact the
basis of practically all modem
industry, for without the pro
ducts derived from its pursuit
practically all other indust
ries could not be conducted
on a scale to meet present day
demands. Being of such vast
importance to the present eco
nomic and industrial system it
is regrettable indeed that it
does not receive the credit a.*<
an economic and industrial
factor to which it is entitled
instead of being forever held
up to public gaze as a suspici
ous and highly hazardous In
dustry. That the B. C. gov
eminent seeks to safeguard it
however feebly, from the con
tumely created by unscrupu
lous swindlers and black lent
is most commendable and oui
own government would do
well to follow its example.
Prohibition of publication of
all mining literature and ad
vertising and sales of stock
j without the certification of a
j competent and reliable engi
j neer that the properties are
as represented would go
long way toward ridding the
t industry of its greatest hina
j ranee.
1 The local business interests
j should not lose sight Of the
| fact that the latent powei
j )f Soule Glacier River is
| me of the district’s most valu
' able assets. Considered from
i lie standpoint of all its vari
j )us possibilities as a source of
: oower production, it is by far
:he most valuable natural
possession we have. Its devel
opment means not only the
creation of a vast impetus to
mining through the acquisition
I of cheap power, but also ii
1 Presents an almost complete
: solution of the great problem
| of low cost transportation. De
! voted to one or the other, min
1 ng or transportation, it will
do more tp hasten the exploit
ation of the district's resources
than any other development
possible to realize. Not even
; .he bringing in of several pro
■ ducing mines could create
| ouch advantages as would ac
crue to the district from the
development of this one rt
■ source alone. This being the
case, no effort should be con
j sidered too great that will as
; dst in its development. To en
jdeavor to find some one who
j will take an active interest in
the development and utilizab
ion of this great source of lat
ent power should be a primary
object of every one concern
ed in the district’s future. The
fact that the first bidders fail
ed to proceed with the pro
ject should be no deterrent to
others. That the Helmer’s in
terest did not choose to con
tinue was due solely to the
long delay in completing ne
gotiations for the water pow
er rendering it impossible to
secure certain contracts, with
out which it was considered
undesirable to proceed with
so large an investment. So
far as known Mr. Helmers
considered only the appli
cation of power to mining pur
poses as the basis for calculat
ing both costs and revenues,
whereas it appears that the
application of a portion of the
power to transportation pur
poses would provide revenues
equal to or greater than those
which might be anticipated
from sale of power direct to
the mines.
Just For Fun
Sweetness is profitable-only
a lemon can afford to be sour.
Merchants who find collect
ons a little slow have nothing
>n Uncle Sam.
A man seldom hears the
knock of opportunity if he
oays too much attention to the
Knocks of the neighbors.
Clara Hamon is still seeking
a fortune, it is said. She has
nothing on moot tho *-oo* oi
US.
Very often, says the Blue
berry Kid, a man can stay
away from a funeral and still
be a mourner. The corpse may
)we him money.
While the ladies are getting
“permanent waves,” won’t
some one kindly favor . the
gentlemen wjth permanent
shaves?
Holder—“What’re you writ
ing?”
Ben— “A joke.”
“Well, give her my regards.”
Merl says some people who
buy on time don’t know when
time leaves off and eternity
begins.
4Man can be reasonably hap
py under any form of govern
ment except a thumb.
The Village Nut says, if the
stomach |s full the head h
more than apt to act like it’:
empty.
Sunday was once a day 01
rest; but now we spend sh
days resting up from what w<
did on the Sabbath.
"The people,” said the phil
osopher, “get the kind of gov
ernment they want.”
“Yes,” replied the lowbrow
"hut generally they get to<
darned much of it.”
A lot of fellows fail to “shov
up” when it comes to tin
“show down.”
If he chews a large ciga
and talks about swinging i
$1,000,000 deal with some,
mining outfit, we’ll bet his In
•eomeNtax last year was $4.72
net
I
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In a few years we will get I
education by radio. Then thej
small boy shy on lessons can j
blame it on static.
The honeymoon is over when
the good-bye kiss is more
cordial than the welcoming i
home kiss.
A woman tried to commit
suicide by drinking a large :
bottle of iodine. She said there t
was a stain on her charactei.1
I That’s neither here nor there, j
j but she certainly has a stain
j on her interior.
-i——»
Nothing’s as good as' it’s :
boosted or as bad as it’s kick- j
“Time,” says a writer in the |
Saturday Evening Post, “heals
all things, cicatrizing the
wounds of the past, casting a
mantle of forgetfulness about j
the little incidents of the dead
'year's.” Yes, true enough. We
have almost forgotten that
j terrible song- about the ba
nanas.
OLD RIDDLES
j What is the hardest thing to
catch? An eagle on a $20 gold
piece.
What is Jewish ice cream?
- Ice cream Cohens (cones).
What is a doughnut? It’s &
; hole surrounded by bad cook
I ing.
‘ What la nothing? A bung
hole without the barrel. •
What is a hill? A level piece
of ground with it’s back up.
What is the best thing out?
: An aching tooth.
What is always behind time?
The back of a clock.
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