The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
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
Keeping Up With
The Brain Trust
Not being one of those high
brow editors with a 100 horse
power think-tank, we some
times get kind of flustered try
ing to keep track of all the new
fangled schemes the govern
springs on us in its efforts to
bring the nation out of the de
pression.
About every other day, it
seems like, we are handed
some new economic or finan
cial plan or policy that is like
unto nothing we ever heard of
before, although we have read
a let on such subjects since
we said goodbye to the old
homestead and took up the job
of telling the world h'ow things
happened.
Trying to keep track of all
the new government activities
like price reflation, dollar de
flation, currency inflation, hog
decimation, industrial control,
farm relief, crop curtailment,
silver inflation, home loans and
the dozens of initial-designatel
doings like the RFC, NRA,
ECW, and CWA, sometimes
gives us such a brainstorm ^hat
all we can think of finally is
DAM—which is not a govern
ment affair at all, although .
the Republican leaders and big
bankers and Al. Smith seem to
think it ought to apply to most
all the Democratic policies.
It looks to us that an editor
who is able to keep track of
and understand all the new
government schemes must be a
combination 'of statesman, fin
ancier, economist, industrialist,
farmer, politician and mathe
matical wizard and possess a
double-barreled memory be
sides; which may explain why
some of the high-brow editors
who are supposed to know
most everything, have so little
to say nowadays about the
government's policies, and
what should be done to restore
prosperity. They used to have
a remedy for every public ill
as fast as it appeared.
It all goes to show that with
a whole flock of brain-trusters
back in Washington hatching
out new schemes faster than a
nervous terrier can scratch
fleas, its pretty hard for even
the smartest folks to keep up
with them.
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Canada’s High
Gold Production
Canada’s gold production
last year of more than $63,000,
000 was mot (only the second
largest but also represented
probably the highest per cap
ita production that any nation
has ever achieved. On the
basis of 10,376,000 population
shown by the laist census, the
$63,000,000 gold output repre
sented a per capita production
of more than six dollars—new
dlollars—for every Individual
in the Dominion.
To achieve a similar per
capita production, the United
States would have to produce
almost three-quarters of a bil
lion dollars. In other words,
almost as much as the whole
world produced last year from
all sources.
This year Canada promises
to produce no less than $80,
000,000 in new gold, according
to reliable calculations.
Just for Fun
Waiter: “Customer says his
steak is too small.”
Manager: “Take it away and
bring it back on a smaller
plate.”
“Nothing that is false ever
dices anybody any good,”
shouted the s'oap box orator
“Dunno about that,” said an
old man in the audience: “I
have false teeth and they do
me a lot of good.”
“Bobby, what did you do
with the shells of the peanuts
you were eating in the street
car?”
Bobby: “Well, I didn’t want
to throw them on the floor, so
I put them in the pocket of a
man who was sitting next to
me.”
Uncle and niece stood watch
ing the young folks dancing
with gay abandon at a modern
party.
I bet you never saw dancing
like this back in the nineties,”
said the niece.
“Only once,” Uncle replied,
“but the place was raided.”
“When my wife needs money
he calls me handsome.”
“Handsome?”
“Yeah; hand some over.”
Down in Arkansas a man was
tried for assault and battery.
The state produced as evidence
the weapons used, a rail, a gun,
saw and rifle. The defendant’s
coun'sel exhibited as the other
man’s weapons a scythe blade,
pitchfork, pistol, dog, razor
. and hoe.
After being out several hours
, the jury gave this verdict:
i “We, the jury, would have giv
; en a dollar to see the fight.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 14, 1924
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Niel Matheson, who fell from
the old Stewart wharf a few
weeks ago, was able to leave
the hospital 'this week.
Rev. E. Allard, O.M.I. will
take charge of the local Cath
olic parish on April 24, accord
ing to advices received in Stew
art.
Immedite opening up of the
Glacier Creek property was
announced at the company of
fices, following the arrival of
camp equipment and supplies
on the Cardena.
J. H. Hewitt, Henry Hum
mel, Frank Fisher and Harold
Johnson have gone to Ketchi
kan in connection with the
lawsuit involving title to the
Texas-Comstock properties.
Sam Martinovitch, a Russian
i employed by the Premier
i company, lost his life by fal
ling over a cliff below tower
{ 21 on the Premier tramline,
after he had slipped on a snow
covered log near the brink of
the precipice.
Some thirty-odd tons of ore
that runs close to $300 per ton
is being sacked at the Forter
Idaho mine. The 'ore was
broken down last fall and will
be sent to smelter with ore
that is now being mined at the
rate of four tons a day.
G. W. Smith, former Victoria
business man, arrived in Stew
art this week to establish a
business here underthe name of
The Universal Supply Co.
Building material and stock
will arrive on the steamer
Chilkoot.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
The Turning Wheel—
Does the top of a revolving
wheel go faster than the bot
tom?
The Cow and The Horse—
What is the difference in the
way they get up?
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Bargain Day—
A merchant whose gfrod:
were marked to make 60 pe
cent, gave his customers 40 pe
3 cent discount. What did h
make?
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Answers to last problems
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r The Turkeys and The Sheep
There are six answers. On
s is 10 turkeys and 14 sheep.
Man and Wife—
Ages now; 44 4-9; she 33 3-i
FRANK A. METCALF 1
am i MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
* Hyder
* Methodist Episcopal
* Church
* Rev. F. Bush-field, Pastor.
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
* Everyone is cordially invited to
* the services.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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