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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
“MY TOWN”
V person should take pride
m the town where he lives. If
he cannot because of gross
Flemishes take pride in it,
there is only one thing that a
true man can do, and that Is
h. r.ghtfully and industriously
wrk to make the town better.
The thing we have in mind
is this, “There is something
y ^vely wrong and out of point
in the life of a person who
continually finds fault witn
the place where he lives.” To
out it in its simplest terms the
place feeds, clothes him and
gives him a home. Now that is
set central in one’s life that a
; r> not loyal here is falling
down in one of his major ob
ligations.
man who always knocks ev
ery hng local. He sees no
erything loral. He sees no
' good. The people are not to
ins liking, the institutions are
“dead ones.” The whole place
■ > ‘’hum”. It is a poor plact
be in, in his opinion.
7 f.c easiest thing to say to a
:.n like that is to suggest
>hat in foliowing out the
simple logic of his thoughts
he just move on. “Go some
place else where things are
more to your liking.” But that,
of course, would not be fair or
kind. And, too, a moment’s
■1 ought brings out the truth
of the matter to a person like
that, any place would soon
become a place like the place
he thinks his present home to
. .Ue, ii is not. in tbe.place.--.lt is
in the person.
What then? Why this: Work
to make your town better. Be
lieve in it. Boost for it. In
simple straight forwardness
bring yourself to think it is a
good place. And you will be
surprised to find how quickly
and truly it becomes a gooo
place. The people will become
“good folks.” The institutions
will appear in the true light
of simply struggling to be
what they ought to be. The
spirit of the place will change
and be like your own improv
ed spirit I£ isn’t your town,
j it’s you. And the place will no
longer be a “bum” town. It
j will become to you in.a very
j fine way “My town.”
j Every truly good citizen be
| lieves in his own town. He
; takes pride in it. He works
for it. He boosts it. z
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ONE THING TO
BE THANKFUL FOR
If Columbus hadn’t discover
ed America somebody else
would have done so. Certainly
we would not be non-existent
, today had not the feat been
achieved at that time. The
world was waking up from a
long sleep. There was question
ing along many lines and
what lay over the Western
ocean was one of the queries.
But it might have made a
great difference in the destiny
of the Western Hemisphere
had some other explorer first
carried to Europe the news of
land here. It might have mat
a difference had Columbut.
touched the Northern conti
nent instead of the islands in
the West Indies. Luckily,
ipain was diverted southward,
mainly, and the Northern tem
perate zone was left for other
races, peoples who sought
homes rather than gold and
sudden riches.
While we accord honor to
Columbus for discovering
America there is satisfaction
to be found in the fact that
his voyages did not place un
der the permanent control of
Spain the land fn which' we
live. We have reason to be
thankful for some things Col
umbus did and for some he
failed to do.
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NO MORE CHEAP METALS.
Cheap metals are a thing of
the past, in the opinion of
experienced operators. The
world demand for lead and
zinc and copper is increasing.
New uses for the ore call for
increased production, says
Mining Truth.
Last year 180,000 tons of
lead alone were required to
meet the demand from stor
age battery concerns in the
United States. This year the
same companies will require
200,000 tons of lead. A few
years ago this requirement was
unheard of.
Twenty million automobiles
running around in the country
account for thousands of tons
of lead, and the outppt is
greater this year than ever be
fore.
ORE WORTH 46.42
CENTS A TON
It is always interesting to
read the reports of operations
;t the Alaska Juneau mine
n Gastineau Channel. This is
undoubtedly the lowest grade
Jiat is worked anywhere in
che world today. It is a monu
ment to the perseverance of
ts owners and a shining ex
ample of the optimism of the
miners which has resulted in
adding so greatly to the
world’s wealth.
During March of this year
Alaska Juneau handled 306,
tOO tons of ore which yielded
3143,000. This is equivalent to
an average of 46.72 cents per
con of ore treated. The oper
; ating cost was $140,100 or
i 15.77 cents per ton, leaving an
j operating profit of $2,900 or
),95 cents per ton. This oper
ating profit of less than one
i cent a ton was converted into
i a deficit or $28,000, as other
; expenses and accrued charges
S amounting to $30,900.
However, the outlook for the
I company is not quite as black
vs these figures seem to indi
| cate, because changes and ad
| iitions are being made to its
; milling plant and in the mine,
which are calculated to bring
about a further reduction in
working costs and permit the
| operation of the property at a
| profit. It is essentially a large
i icale operation, as most com
| panies would regard the total
| value of the ore per ton as be
j ing too small a profit to war
| rant operations.
Although Alaska Juneau has
j been operating for a number
of years the deposit of low
grade ore is so extensive as to
warrant the management in
continuing and making the
necessary expenditure to in
crease capacity with the hope
of getting back the investment
with a proper return.
There is a startling differ
ence between the assay value
of Alaska Juneau ore and the
product of such gold mines as
Goldfield and even on the
Mother Lode of California,
where the ores successfully
treated are regarded as low
grade.—Western Mineral Sur
vey.
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Just for Fun
Formerly a woman said she
“had nothing to wear” in an
apologetic tone of voice.
It takes five years for a tree
to produce nuts. Oren F. says
j the colleges seem to do it in
I four.
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; Many a neighbor’s dog Is a
| howling success. ,
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An exchange opines thai
heumatism may have beeni
»
nature’s first primitive effort
to establish a weather bureau.
A rabbit’s foot is a poor ex- i
cuse for horse sense, accord-!
ing to Ed Reynolds.
Philosopher : One who has
learned to adjust his person to
the impending kick.
We can’t all be stars, but on
the other hand we needn’t be
clouds, either.
The newly-weds are not as
'foolish as the. newly-weds who
’ are not as foolish as the never
weds.
“Hm! So you want a job, eh?
(Do you ever tell lies?”
“No, but I’d be willing to
I learn.”
Eddie Haddon says there is
jvery little reason any more
(why a clothes line should
Ibreak.
‘Who touches a hair of this
iold head
Finds that a blonde’s brunette
r instead!”
Visitor: “If your mother gave
i you a large apple and a small
one, and told you to divide
with your brother, which ap
ple would you give him?”
[ Johnny: D’ye mean my big
brother or my little one?”
| The French “Fascisi” think
they want a dictator for the
' country when they really de
i sire to lord it over those who
disagree with them politically.
It’s the way of humans.
We know some Hyder men
who can hear pleasure knock
with a feather but who could
not hear duty knock if it used
an axe.
THE FRIENDLY MAN
A lanky feller was the
Friendly Man ,
An’ he spoke in a quiet way,
He said he came from a little
town
Some thirty miles away.
He loved t’ work an’ he loved
! t' smile,
An’he wanted t’help ye, too;
i An’ I’m tellin’ ye, sir, he was
! jus’ the gent
; T’ keet ye from feelin’ blue.
I used t’ be grouchy each
workin' day
Till the time he dropped
aroun’
An’ then I got sort o’ happy
like
An’ did my job up brown.
I got promoted, an’ I want t’
'say
; I thank ray stars a lot
i Fr’ sendin’ along the Friendly
l ».
| ’Cuz I needed the help I go..
Pete Wilson says lots of men
go through life with one hand
stretched out to grab the wom
an they can’t haye, and the
| other stretched back to waru
; off the woman who is trying
| to grab them.
Jeff Lewis is greatly improv
ed, but is not yet able tQ leave
hia house, much to the delight
of his friends.— from the Tul
sa Times.
Father: “That young man of
yours
night.’
Dauf
was s
album
Fath
he wj
him n
stayed very late last
hter: “Yes, daddy-1
howing him my photo
er: “Well-the next time
ints to stay late show
iy electric bills.”
If a
chorus girl turns up her
toes : it’s no sign that she’s a
dead one.
EVEh I THE PRINTER LEFT.
Elean or T. MacMillan, presi
dent of the society, presided
and made several bright ana
r~
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
: sappy introductory talks-Port
! land (Ore.) Journal.
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Explorers tell us that the
Mongolian wild ass can travel
forty-five miles an hour, but
the American variety can do
sixty any old time.
“What I want,” shouted the
orator, “is reform! I want rent
reform. I want drink reform.
I want marriage reform; I
want, I want—”
“Wot you want,” came a voice
from the crowd ,“is chloro
form.”
Someone has observed that
the difference between men
and women smoking is that
men seem to enjoy it just as
much when nobody is watch
ing them.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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