HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. H2
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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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Tnis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm tr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
lormation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Protecting Investor!
Not so long ago whenever
business got into distress it
failed. Often many persons
lost their investment. Today
big business uses its brains to
avoid bankrupty. For instance,
thousands of small investors
in every state of the Union,
many in villages and small
towns, are cooperating in an
unusual plan to protect $14,
500,000 of George M. Forman
and Company real estate
bonds,that stopped paying in
terest when depression came.
The Foreman firm was an
old and strong concern with
an international business, but
it got into distress neverthe
less. An advisory committee of
well known financiers worked
out a plan whereby George M.
Foreman Realty Trust, Chi
cago, was organized. Investors
have already turned over to
it more than $9,000,000 of the
old Foreman bonds. They will
receive new bonds and shares
in addition and will benefit
from the centralized manage
ment of twenty-seven great
properties involved, instead of
merely the one property in
which each invested.
Investors are too often the
innocent victims of such emer
gencies as the present depres
sion. When all business can fol
low the wise course laid out
by these financiers to safe
guard many thousands of small
investors, this country will
prosper as never before.
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The Railroad Problem
The financial problem now
faced by the railroads of the
country is becoming really ser
ious, because of increasing
competiton by automobiles,
motor bus, airplane, pipe lines
and other means of convey
ance.
' T his is a matter which should
be of concern, not only to the
railroad executives, but to the
i public as well, because any
Ihing which tends to cripple
■ the effeciency of our present
excellent railway system can
not fail to adversely affect oui
national progress and prosper
ity.
In addition to being depriv
ed of the traffic sorely needed,
,
as a result of the competition
mentioned, the railroads are
also handicapped by a heavy
tax burden and government
regulation to a degree which
is often oppressive. They pay |
three hundred and seventy
five millions annually in taxes,
yet hungry government depart
ments and bureaus clamor for
more.
How long the roads can con
tinue to operate effeciently !
under all these handicaps is a
serious question. The prospect
of a bankrupt national trans
portation system is not a pleas
ant one for either the railroads
or the public. But the recent i
Seaboard receivership and the j
i financial plight of several
.other roads indicate that such
a situation is threatened if
present conditions cannot be
: relieved in some way.
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The Lenten Season
The observance of Lent, the
great fast preceeding Easter, is
a custom which originated with
Ihe early church, probably in!
the latter part of the second
century, but the number of
days included in the Lenten
season varied Widely at dif
ferent times.
In the beginning it appears
from the writings of Irenaeus
and other early fathers of the
church, only one or two days
of fasting were observed. By
the fourth century periods of i
three, six, even seven weeks;
were observed jn various coun
i
tries, with widely different
customs with respect to the
continuity of the fast.
As at present observed Lent
is a fast of fourty days, not
including Sundays, beginning
with Ash Wednesday—this
year on February 18—and end
ing with the Saturday before
Easter.
During Lent it is considered
desirable by the churches ob
serving it that their members
abstain from'food each fasting
day until evening; also that
the season may be marked by
frequent attendance at wor
ship and increased diligence
in works of charity. Indul
gence is worldly amusements
is considered unsuitable to the
Lenten season.
Lent is observed by the Ro
man Catholic, Anglican and
Luthern churches.
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Just for Fun
Einstein has a brand new
theory of the universe, said to
be only a trifle more difficult
i to understand than the Wick
ersham report.
We can’t help envying the
, fellow who is morally and fi
nancially independent enough
to keep away from people and
places that bore him stiff.
Patient: Will the operation be
a dangerous one, doctor?
Doctor: Oh, no! you can’t ex
pect a dangerous operation for
fifty dollars.
A lady was buying cigars
for her husband, and insisted
that they be strong, because,
as she remarked, “my husband
bites them so.”
Cicero the Cynic Says: “Man>
a woman loves a man for all
he is worth.”
Woman in crowd: “Stop push
ing.”
Hefty man: “I wasn’t push-!
ing; I only sighed.”
The worst aspect of delusions I
of grandeur are those that af- |
feet one’s partner at bridge, j
Mayor (presenting a clock j
and a purse) : “The contents '
of the purse will, in time, in
evitably disappear, but” (lay
ing his hand on the clock)
“here is something that will
never go.”
INTERESTING NOTES
The African baobab is con
sidered the oldest species of |
tree in the world, there being !
one speciman found estimated
to be 5,700 years old.
The famous cypress Santa
Maria del Tule in Southern (
Mexico is among the largest!
and oldest trees in the!
world.
The world’s most valuable
pearl fishing grounds are lo
cated in the Persian Gulf.
Victor Emmanuel of Italy
has been king 30 years, hav
ing succeeded his assassinated
father in 1900.
The United States Post Of
fice Department receives and
delivers nearly 15,500,000,000
letters each year.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
March 23, 1921.
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Bids for clearing the right
of way for the tram to Premiei
are being prepared by a num
ber of parties and some have
; been submitted. The right of
1 way is to be 100 feet wide and
| 50 feet of the center will be
cleared. The disance is almost
12 miles, so the clearing alone
is no small undertaking. The
tram will cross Salmon River
twice before reaching Nine
Mile and the longest span will
be 1500 feet. More than 45
miles of cable will be used.
There will be a straight stretch
from the Mine to Nine-mile, a
distance of about 3 miles. An
angle station will be located
heie. The next tangent will be
fiom Nine-mile to Fish Creek,
about 4 miles, where another
angle station will be necessary.
Another stretch of 4 miles will
reach the hill belling M. R.
j Jamieson’s residence, where a
I sharp turn will be made to the
j wharf, about another half mile.
! Men will be employed at each
j of the angle stations to push
Ihe buckets around the turns.
The Chilliwack was in this
week and took out 160 tons of
Premier ore. The Albert also
took out a record shipment of
700 tons.
New in the mining field
; here is the Adanac mining
i company of Victoria, a close
corporation composed of about
twenty business men, who have
acquired a number of claims
on Fish Creek on the Alaska
side of the line, and also a
group at American Creek on
the B. C. side.
The St. Patricks dance in
Stewart was very successful
and was thoroughly enjoyed
by a large number of Hyder
folks.
The Hyder Auto Transfer
put their truck into commis-1
sion this week and manager
Fred Dory is overhauling the ;
big Dodge car in preparation
for summer passenger traffic.
On the first of April the
Midget Emporium will enter
upon its second year of suc
cessful business.
Bob Stewart tpok cl srge of
the Hyder Drug Co. store j
while proprietor O. F. Hill
made a trip to Ketchikan this j
week.
1 here is some speculation as
to just how strictly the Can
adian authorities intend enforc
ing the terms of an order post
ed on the road across the
boundary line from Hyder, j
which appears to prohibit Am
erican residents of this town
from visiting in Stewart. The
order requires every person
seeking entry to Canada to re-;
port to an Immigration Inspect
or for examination and “any
person (not being a Canadian
citizen) found in Canada, who
has not entered by examina-!
tion, is subject to fine or im
prisonment and deportation.
Historical Dates Next Week
March 22 Vera Cruz Bom
barded. 1847
23 Germany Shells
Paris. 1918
24 Greek-Turkish
War. 1918
25 Greece is a
Republic 1924
2G Sara Bern
hardt died 1923 ’
27 Florida Dis
covered. 1513 '
28 Foch is Allied
Leader- 1918^
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