HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
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 cr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
SILVER
Most of British Columbia’s
silver mines are closed down
owing to the continued low
price of the metal. Mexico, one
of the big silver producing
countries, is seeing her mines
working at a loss, and sus
pending operations as well.
And despite the oceans of talk
about the problem of this
once precious metal losing its
value, nothing has been accom
polised so far towards the sta
bilizing of its price, by con
certed international action.
London the world’s money
market, looks coldly upon the
proposal. With the price of
silver stabilized, gone would
be the opportunity to make a
profit on its fluctuations. And
still more coldly on the pro
posal looks Britain’s Chancel
lor, the Hon. Philip Snowdon.
So that’s that. But meantime,
silver is rising in price, though
ever so slowly.—Mining and
Industrial Record.
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Borah Denounces Inflation
(From the New York Times
account of the Conference of
Progressive Senators at Wash
ington, D. C. March 11, 1931.)
Senator Borah said the de
pression has been “accentuat
ed” by a “coterie of capital
ists.” Everybody, he said, was
cognizant, however, of the
fact that a world-wide condi
tion must be dealt with.
“But nevertheless, I venture
to say,” Senator Borah contin
ued, “that our own present de
pression and the experience
through which wre are passing
has been accentuated and
deepened by a coterie of cap
italists, who inaugurated the
most vicious era of speculation
and inflation of which the
world gives any record.
“They put before the public,
and sold to the public, not only
millions but billions of dollars
of securities at prices out of all
reason with their real value.
“They thereby drew from
legitimate trade and commerce
capital which should have
been operating there for the
benefit of the whole country.
They drew into their meshes
of speculation and inflation
hundreds of thousands of
people; stripped them, not to
say robbed them, of their life’s
earnings, threw them back up
on coeiety to wander hopeless
and helpless in life, or to seek
an ending in a suicide’s grave
as thousands did.
“International Telephone
and Telegraph stock was put
out to the public at 149. It
shrank to 2(5. The loss to the
investors on this stock alone
was $820,000,000. General
Electric went to investors at
101. It shrank to 45; a loss to
investors of $1,580,000,000.
General Motors was put out at
92. It shrank to 32; a loss to
the investors of $2,610,000,
000.
“In other words, a survey of
twenty-five of the leading
stocks and securities will show
a loss to investors during the
last few months of something
over $16,000,000,000. There
are few governments and few
communities that could stand
mch a shock.
“Now, to attack the rich be
cause they are rich, to assail
capital because it is capital, is
one thing; but to insist that
those who are in a position to
influence the entire trend of
social affairs shall operate in
accordance with honest laws
and principles is, in my judg
ment, the supreme question
.oday before the American
people.’’
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Three Alternatives
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Three alternatives are possible
to prevent a serious gold fam
ine within a very few years.
Either new gold fields must be
found, gold standards abolish
ed, or the use of gold prohibit
ed for any but monetary pur
poses. A better distribution of !
the world’s gold supply would
| also be a great help in restor
ing financial confidence and
world trade.—Chicage Daily
Drovers Journal.
Just for Fun
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Even the employed seem to
find time for a good deal of
unemployment.
Nearing the age of 90, Justice
Holmes says he keeps young
by working. But its a terrible
price to pay.
; Free verse is probably so call
! ed because it is usually free
| from rhyme and sense.
Officer: “Your honor, this
man is charged with stealing
j snuff.”
(Judge: “Discharged! Snuff
, is made to be pinched!”
It seems that no one has
thought of a taxpayers’ re
lief bill.
_
Another disadvantage of be
ing illiterate is that juryman’s
fees are small.
It doesn’t pay to be fussy
about one’s traffic rights with
a ten-ton truck on the port
bow.
“Equipment Necessary to
Give City Milk”—headline. A
1 dependable water system
would probably help.
City Urchin (in the country
| for the first time) : “This is
just ljke grass, isn’t it?”
Country Boy: “Why, it is
grass.”
Urchin: “No, it aint, cos’
yer don’t have to keep off it.”
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Teacher: “When was Rome
built?”
Percy: “At night.”
Teacher: “Who told you
that?”
Percy: “You did. You said
Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
WHAT’S NEW?
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| Cuba’s central highway,
| which is termed the largest
I single project of high-type
'road construction, is about 700
miles long.
Of the 26,000 oil wells drill
ed in the United States last
year, 15,500 produced oil,
2,900 produced gas and the
| remainder were dry.
The “world’s” oldest elec
1 trie tramway,” which was
opened about 1881 between
; two Berlin suburbs, has been
replaced by a bus line.
With the exception of 1929,
the volume of life insurance
paid for in the United States
in 1930 was the largest of any
previous year.
A survey of the hearing of
1,800 school children showed
1 that boys suffer from defects
| in hearing more frequently
than girls.
It is estimated that there are
105 men to every 100 women
in the United States.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
May 11, 1921
Explaining an extended non
appearance of the Hyder Alas
ka Miner, Editor “Rube” Hull
reported as follows:
Slightly Disfigured But
Still In The Ring
“During the past two weeks
the Editorial, Reportorial,
Mechanical and Business staff
of this Great Family Journal
and Compendium of Useful In
formation Concerning the Po
tential Possibilities of the Port
land Canal District has been
engaged in the recently ac
quired local pastime yclept
“Fighting the Flu.” In conse
quence the morale of the
aforesaid newspaper etc. has
been badly demoralized. Now,
I however, the editorial staff is
slowly on the mend; (We
| mended our trowsies three
days ago.) the reportorial staff
i is making good in the usual
i nondescript manner; the
i mechanical staff, though weak
in the knees, is able to set at
j:he case (“set is the correct
word and not “sit”) and the
business staff may be on the
job after awhile. No one will
lose anything through the visi
tation as the business staff has
been instructed to credit sub
scribers and advertisers ahead
for missed numbers.
Thanking you for your kind
indulgence.”
Dissatisfied over living con
ditions at the Premier mine,
augmented by a wage reduct
ion with no corresponding re
duction in the price of board,
and intensified by the abrupt
discharge of 60 men, have
caused a general strike at the
mine and a sympathetic strike
of tramline employees and
teamsters, including the dri
vers of the caterpillar tractors.
Overcrowding in the bunk
house, lack of sufficient dry
ing space and wage reduct
ions ranging from 75 cents to
$1.25 per day were among the
conditions complained of.
Little Elizabeth Pitt had a
birthday recently and the as
saying staff presented her
with a ring made of native
silver from the Premier, with
a setting of gold from the same
mine.
Chris Benson, has opened a
store and roadhouse at the
Fish Creek crossing.
George Bunn has repainted
and generally overhauled his
launch, in which he lived all
winter at the rear of the Hy
der Drug Store. By placing it
on skids he was able to have
it hauled down to lower
ground for launching.
Historical Dates Next Week
May 3 First Allied Loans 1917
4 Chicago Hay
market Riot 1886
5 Napoleon Died
St. Helena 1821
6 Rumania Surrend
ers to Germany 1918
7 Steamship Lusi
tania Sunk 1915
8 Mt. Pelee
Eruption 1902
9 Com. Byrd at
North Pole. 1926
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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