HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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1879.
Chas. F. Sandford... T....-3T..... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
WHAT’S A TOWN
WITHOUT A NEWSPAPER
Nobody knows just how many
weekly newspapers there are
in the United States. Probably
there are in the neighborhood
of 10,500 weekly publication?
that can legitimately be called
newspapers. A large percent
age are published in one-paper
towns.
Consider, then, what those
towns would be without theii
newspapers. What is the ag
gregate worth to the nation ol
those papers?
Are any other newspapers 01
publications appreciably inter
ested in the future of these
towns? Will other papers take
a stand for the betterment oi
hese communities, for town 01
rural co-operatioa and devel
opment, lor community better
ment, for the growth of busi
ness and new enterprises?
Can the grocers, the hard
ware-merchants, the bankers
the dry goods dealers, the
clothiers or the other retail
nerchants get along without
heir community newspaper?
t he home newspaper is the
mouthpiece of the community.
Through it the town" makes its
bid for recognition. It is one
of the towns best assets. Every
day weekly newspapers art
doing their best for their com
munities.
What would your town bt
without a newspaper?—The
American Press.
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SAYS MARK TWAIN
WAS MISTAKEN
Mark Twain, once a miner it
the west, said that “a mine it
a hole in the ground with t
liar on top.”
A former partner of Twain’s
now living in Oregon, says tha.
that the eminent writer wa:
“the laziest mortal I ever dit
see;” and that the partnership
broke on that critical point
The picture would be com
plete perhaps, with Mark sit
ting comfortably at the mine
opening, smoking a villainous
old pipe, and telling preposter
ous stories to the dog, while
the other partners toiled at
the bottom of the shaft.
But Twain’s definition of a
mine is as misleading as his
mining itself was impractical.
The liar is conspicuously miss
ing from more mines than
from most other lines of busi
ness. A mine is a mineral fact
ory, where the hardest labor
and the most infelligenee and
he highest- integrity must
meet if thereqs to be a success.
The proportion of successful
mines is fully as large as the
lumber of successful stories,
professional offices, farms, and
garages. And the mine’s eon
:ribution to life and to a bet
ter civilization is equal to that
if the best, and greater than
hat of most other enterpris
es.—Boise Capital News.
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AN UNJUST
ATTACK REFUTED
Harpers Magazine for Aug
ust contained an article by
Keyes Winter, assistant attor
ney-general of New York state,
entitled “Fools and Their Mon
ey.’’ It discussed the subject
>f questionable promotions,
ietailed some of the dodges
used to manipulate market
quotations, and made the bald
insertion that “the present
fashion in frauds is mines.”
In subsequent correspond
ence with the editor of Mining
Truth, Mr. Winter points out
hat there have been published
‘perhaps fifty periodicals simi
lar to that of George Graham
iice,” and adds “The problem
if preventing the issue of
raudulent mining stocks is a
serious one on account of the
lifficulty of obtaining evi
dence as to the conditions of
hese distant mines.”
Mr. Winter makes no very
serious defense of his article,
uid neglects to reply to the
uggestion of Mining Truth
diat broadcasting wholesale
aspersions on one of the
world’s basic industries is
hardly a fair solution of his re
ported difficulty.
In bringing home to Mr. Win
ter the absurdity of his content
ions,' this office had occasion
to look up the actions market
jwise-of a number of so-called
“standard” stocks which have
dropped off 50 per cent or
more in market value in less
than six months. The list fol
lows :
(Note) : the first given is the
highest quotation this year, the
i last figure is a late quotation.)
j American Brown Boveri, $39.
50—12.00; Alameda Sugar,
! $1.50—.05; Chicago City &
Connecting Ry, $2.62 •/»—-25;
j Cramp Ship & Engine, $20.
| 00—3.25; Warwick Iron &
| Steel, $2—.25; New England,
$3.12 ><>—.49; American-Ha
waiian Steamship, $20.00—$9;
DeForest Radio, $10.50—3.00 ;
Wells, Fargo &Co., $2.50—
.37 V->; Southern Dairies, $45.
00—15.00; Moon Motorcar.
$12.50-6.00; Van Camp Pack
ing, $16.50—7.00; Coldak Cor
poration, $5.00—.50
Those who purchased these
issues at the high marks have
seen their holdings dwindle
about as rapidly as any mining
slot k ever tumbled after a
boom. But Mr. Keye3 Winter
and similar critics of the min
ing industry would not argue
that the slumps in these stocks
indicated fraud in the electric
al, sugar, terminal railway,
shipbuilding, steel, cotton, ra
dio, steamship, express, dairy,
motorcar or pork-and-beans
business.
Incidentally, the figures indi
cate that rapid fluctuations on
the market are not peculiar to
stocks of companies engaged
in ;nuv'ng.—Mining Truth.
Just for Fuji
| The ways of the transgressor |
are smooth.
How different a silk stocking
looks when it is not in use says
Hubert T.
Funny isn’t it that you seldom
hear a man brag about what
a good boy he was.
Take no offence at a joke. If
| someone throws salt at you it
1 won’t hurt unless you have a
! sore place.
All business concerns like to
| break their own records except
! the phonograph companies.
The Hyder man who bought
I the canary bird for a song
didn’t get the bargain he
thought he did. The bird
wouldn’t sing.
One of the troubles with a
small town is that it takes so
long before the mail comes in.
! “Make that ham and eggs
pork chops,” snapped a res
taurant patron.
“The chef’s too busy to do
any tricks just now,” retorted
the waitress.
“That is my sister practicing
I her music in the next room;
; she really is progressing by
leaps and bounds.
“I wondered how she made
all that noise with her fing
ars.”
Oren F. says a woman will jilt
a man and then hate some oth
er woman to her dying day for
marrying him.
The barber flatters his cus
tomer when he tells him he’s
unusually hard to shave.
Joan (romantically) : “I think
the poets are right, Geoi’ge.
Its only in the great open
spaces that we find our
selves!”
George: “Well, we’re twenty
miles from anywhere, the sun’s
going d<5wn and I’ve lost the
map, so now’s your chance!”
The captain, taking inspect
ion, noticed Private Brown had
no tooth-brush.
“Where’s your tooth brush?”
he demanded.
“Here sir,” said Private Brown
producing a large scrubbing
brush.
‘You don’t mean to tell me you
can get that thing into your
mouth?” shouted the captain,
angrily.
‘No, sir,” replied Brown, with
out changing his expression.
“I take my teeth out.”
The banker sure has to be
hard-boiled to keep from being
soft-soaped out o f his deposit
or’s money.
“I have only ten minutes and
I hardly know' where to be
gin,” said the speaker.
“Begin at the ninth minute,”
suggested a bystander.
Sammy: “Could you tell me,
how I can get green paint off
my hands?”
Izzy: “Have you tried selling
it at a reduced rate?”
The man who wins is the man
who acts,
Who builds on a basis of solid
facts;
Who doesn’t sit down to mope
and dream,
Who pumps ahead with the
force of a stream,
Who hasn’t the time to fuss
and fret,
But gets there every time,—you
bet.
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/?-■ ----A
Chamber
o f
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Noel Traversy doesn’t believe
that getting out of debt would
be so bad if it didn’t mean get
ting out of money, too.
Sign in a tailor shop window:
“The only difference between
a ‘hot dog’ and a ‘live dog,’ is
that one wears tights and the
the other pants. Try our new
fall suits.”
Where there is a will some
lawyer will find the way.
' TO ALL HOLDERS OF '
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
AH outstanding Second Liberty Loan 4
per cent bonds of 1927-42 (Second 4's)
and all outstanding Second Liberty Loan
Converted 4Vi per cent bonds of 1927-42
(Soeend 4l/4'0) are called for redemption
on November 15, 1927, pursuant to the
terms of their issue. Interest on all
Second 4’s and Secord 4,/4’s will cease on
■aid redemption date, November 15, 1D27.
Holders of Second 4's and Second
4^4's will be entitled to have the bonds
redeemed and paid at par on November
15, 1927. Such holders may, however,
in advance of November 15, 1927, be
offered the privilege of exchanging all or
part of their bonds for other interest
bearing obligations of the United States.
Holders who desire to avail themselves
of the exchange privilege, if and when
announced, should request their bank or
■trust company to notify them when
information regarding the exchange offer
ing is received.
Further information may be obtained
from any Federal Reserve Bank or branch,
or from the Commissioner of the Public
Debt, Treasury Department, Washington.
A. W. MELLON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, May 9, 1927.
Genuine India Rubber Stamps
made to your specifications
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Stamp Department.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
THE TALE OF A COW! Jones
had a cow and it sat on a rail
road track, and the train came
along and cut its tail off. Jones
tried to sell it to the butcher,
but he wouldn’t buy it because
he couldn’t retail it. ♦
PROFESSIONAL
Jkttorne^r at
jllghrr, JUnska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
CHAS. F. SANDFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
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