HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
Application made for entry at the post office at Hyder, Al
aska, as second class matter, under the Aet ef March 8,
1879.
Chas. F. Sandford. Editor.
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Fa 1 and you’ll be pitied; sue
ceed and you’ll be hated.
Lota of birds think they are
wise as owls because they are
always hooting at something.
—---o
A city beautiful can easily be
r ",5 of 11s were to
plant a *roe or shrub.,
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Punishing LaFollete on the
ground tnat he ran for Presj
denf ir.iynt be regarded as a
species of flattery.
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Tt m^ht not be a bad idea to
amend the rules of the senate
so one member wouldn't have
to take such a round-about
way to call another a malicious
liar.
-o
“Whore are the radicals of
yesteryear?’’ asks a magazine
.. They are standing pat
but they are called reactionar
ies now.
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After a fruitless two years oi
v.-fi’>’><? for the” powers that
• »,i” cognizance of the
local flood situation and lend
their assistance in removing
the Hanger which may ovei
V’helm the town at almost any
hour, we are to be given an
opportunity “to present our
claim for governmental aid to
the one federal official of all
others !n the Territory who is
l eH able to secure the impera
tively reeded assistance—Col.
James G. Steese.
In v;ew of this prospect it is
desira’ le that every effort be
made to fully acquaint Col.
F.’eese with every feature of
the conditions which render
the town a potential victim of
H’Ve ooiimify anc[ aj| citizens
who have the welfare of Hy
der at l,aart should unite , to
that end.
Per al or sectional differ
ences should in no case be al
lowed to become a deterring
influence in the presentation
of tha facts which form the
foundation of our claim for
federal aid. It is not a question
of who it is to be most bene
fited by such assistance as
may be secured. There is no
gainsaying the fact that the
town is in constant danger oi
floods. While to some it may
appear that certain sections
are immune, this view is a fal
lacy. Destruction of the upper
portion of the town will also
spell serious damage and loss
to the lower sections. Borne by
a swirling flood, the debris
from the townsite would inevit
ably batter down and sweep
awav at least a large section
of the piled district, whose
fragile foundations would not
long withstand the impact of
water driven timbers. The
danger is a common danger
land will be recognized as such
[by all who possess proper dis
cernment. Even were this not
the case, it is the plain duty of
every one who has the welfare
of the town at heart to lend all
possible assistance toward ov
ercoming the dange as far as it
may be done.
Although the flood prevent
ion matter is not the object of
Col. Steese’s visit, it can and
will be shown that the vagaries
of the river are mainly respons
ible for the conditions which
make harbor improvements
necessary, and we are inclined
to believe that a proper pre
sentaion of this fact will cause
the distinguished visitors, to
take an active interest in help-!
ing to overcome the river
danger. With this prospect in
view, it behooves us to forget j
’ local differences and unite in j
[urging him to help us.
•-o- ;
, Basic industries are expand
j ng. employment is increasing .
.and there is continued confi-i
| dence in good business. Resist-1
lance to price advances is rec-j
' ognized as widespread and in '
consequence the prospect of j
[ any prolonged rise in the gen
eral price level is daily grow-'
ing more remote. Stiff com- '
petition and stable prices cer-:
tainly offer no promise of easy
profits but the situation at last j
seems to be one in which mod
erate forward commitments'
can be made with fair assur
ance a condition which has not i
prevailed heretofore since the j
World war. The spirit of arti-:
ficial optimism so much in ev- ’
idence a few weeks ago has I
been largely elminated and
the outlook today is satisfact
ory for all except those whose
idea of good business is the 1
promise of speculatve profits.
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We have had most every sort
of a booster week, so why not .
have a “Raze the Shed
Week?" Get out to the rear of
your property and survey the ;
shed that graces or— disgraces- 1
the back yard. Looks very
shabby, doesn’t it? The shin
gles on the roof have blown
off. The paper roof, caught in
the wind, has rolled up. It '
leans out of plumb. The win- <
<}ows and doors are hanging (
on onp hinge. It needs paint ,
and needs it badly.
Did you ever think of tearing
down this dilapidated old shed
and reconstructing it in a neat
er little building, in good re- i
pair and painted? Tear it (
down or put it in repair. ,
Straighten up the fences. May- 1
be we ean’t easily make Hyder <
larger, but we certainly can 1
wrrw
make it cleaner, and more at
tractive for us who intend to
live here and make our home.
Put the “Raze the Shed Week”
on your schedule this spring.
One blow of the hammer
doesn’t build a. house. One ad
vertisement doesn’t build a
business. It merely does its
share. Each advertisement you
publish aims to stimulate trad
ing not only at the time but
afterward, for it helps to
strengthen the foundation of
the business for tomorrow and
for all the future. Each adver
tisement, in its turn, also gives
strength to the future record.
But to get these benefits ad
vertising must keep on steadily
as you expect the business to
keep on. To weaken in the pro
gram because a little adver
tising don’t create a reputation
equal to that of a store which
has been building prestige
steadily year after year would
be as foolish as to stop work
on a house because the first
blow of the hammer didn’t do
the whole job, from the cellar
florr to the top chimney brick.
The quitter rarely wins a race.
“Keeping .everlastingly at it,”
in the words of one of the most
famous advertising slogans,
“brings success.”
Just For Fun
A man left $100,000 to a girl
who refused to marry him. Her
kindness was never' forgotten.
A company is known by the
men it keeps.
If it’s something you don’t
really need, you generally buy
it on the installment plan.
You’ve waited while your girl
went to powder her nose?
You have. Wouldn’t you hate
to have a nose that long?
He who laughs last has prob
ably had it explained to him,1
says Eddie Haddon.
The thing that puts the finish
ing touches on a model home
is to have it occupied by a
model family.
The astonishing thing about
radio sets, opines Jens Peder
son, is the way they sell with
out a slogan.
The Blueberry Kid says, the
woman who wears silk hose
ind short skirts knows the full
iralue of advertising.
Judge: Are you sure he was
ntoxicated ?
Minion of the Law: No sir,
lot positive, but his wife says
le brought home a man-hole
:over and tried to play it on
;he phograph.
Miss Thirtyodd (touring)
Sdith, that handsome guide
tissed me a momoent ago. Do
rou think I ought to deduct
lomething from his fee?
Edith—No, dear; add to it.
Doctor ( after removing bar
>er’s appendix) “And now, my
lear sir, how about a- little liv
>r or thyroid operation? And
rour tonsils need trimming
;erribly.”
The young married woman
vho is keeping house is for
mer carrying something across
o her mama’s. It always is
smpty dishes she is taking
>ack.
Fred~‘‘I thought you weren't
going to give Mias Grabbing
anything for her birthday.”
Jack--“I didn’t intfend to, but
she sent me a bunch of forget
me-not the day before.”
The King of Siam must have
been keeping track of the Tea
pot Dome case. An expert
geologist told his majesty the
other day that there was no oil
in his country and the King
said fervently, “Thank God
for that.”
Noel was feeling so good the
other day that he pulled this
one:
At early morn, when dawn
is palin,
She sought the pool, and o’er
the limpit crystal
Combed her soft tresses,
watching her fair image—
And so got dandruff in the
water supply.
If you were an editor—and ed
itors being popularly supposed
to know most everything—how
would you answer this letter.
Dear editor: How do folks
put the cats out nights in Ven
ice?
And if the populace should
want to start a street riot in
Venice-what in H—do they
do?
Darling I am growing old,
Silver threads among the
gold;
All day I lounge upon the
sofa
Like a dirty lazy lofa,
I don't care no more for
pettin’
Than a frettin’ hen a settin'
Now, no more your hand I
hold—
Duh-har-ling —I—am—grow
ing-old.
A research party which has
gone into this matter pretty
thoroughly reports that It is
now possible to buy pacticallyr
anything in a modern drug
store but a cantilever bridge.
And we are ready to believe
it.
Sfr
li
il
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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