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
Puis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in i
rormation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Our Modern Tyrants
The growing tyranny of gov
ernment bureaus in Washing
ton is giving many thoughtful
people concern lest our boast
ed liberties shall finally van
ish in a maze of red tape.
Perhaps few citizens have
had the opportunity to observe
these encroachments of Feder
al bureaucracy over a longer
period than has Louis Ludlow',
for nearly 30 years a member
of the press gallery of Cong
ress, and now a Congressman.
In a recent speech he said:
“Bureaucrats are becoming
the lords ‘and masters of the
ion. There is no private
uusinessthat is safe from inter
ference, for a bureaucratic
"’•my of 30,00 agents, inspect
nd spies is abroad in the
.d, tantalizing business inter
and stealthily prying intc
he private concerns of individ
uals. If the drift toward pater
nalism continues we shall have
' merican life standardized ac
7 to forms prescribed in
ashington; education will be
..cquired through uniform text
uuuks aim i n e everlasting
sameness will destroy individu
ality and initiative in the grow
ing youth; the bureaucrats
will tell us what to think and
how to think it!”
Still, in spite of this deplor
able tendency which Mr. Lud
low so eloquently points out.
advocates of paternalism in
government constantly clamor
for more and bigger bureaus,
with added battalions of office
holders to harass the people
at the expense of the taxpay
ers.
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Where Things Wear Out.
It is remarkable that people
ever got along at all before be
nevolent Uncle Sam, through
the medium of his many de
partments and bureaus, hit up
on the idea of regulating then
lives by a wonderful series of
advisory bulletins.
A few of these amazing
screeds were enumerated by
Senator Pat Harrison in a fe
cetious speech ridiculing them
in his characteristic style. He
mentioned, among others, gov
I
eminent bulletins on “Utilizat 1
ion of calcium in spinach,’ j
“lamb as you like it,” “bring 1
ing up Bobby,” reindeer reci
pes,” “principles of window
curtaining,” “how to dress
for a sun bath,” and even ‘love
adventures of the American ;
bull-frog.”
Hundreds of other bulletins
and pamphlets of about equal
absurdity are issued by the La- j
bor, Agriculture and Com-;
merce departments in Wash
ington, and the cost of prepar
ing and printing them is borne
by the taxpayers who may oi
may or may not need this en
lightenment.
One other bulletin for the
edification of the faithful i
housewife deserves special
mention. It is entitled “Where
sheets wear out.” If she reads
this she will know without ev
en taking the trouble to look
over her bed linen. We await '
eagerly for a treatise on'
“Where pants wear out.” And
possibly in the course of hu- {
man events the bureaucrat*
may have material for a more
prac t i c a 1 dissertation on
“Where the taxpayers’ pat
enee wears out.”
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Printing the News
When to print a disagreeable !
dory and when to leave one
jut of the paper is one of the
nost troublesome problems ot
i small town editor. In the
:ase of a person who is un- i
aithful to a public trust, 01 :
me who is guilty of serious !
•rime, it is not difficult to de-1
•ide, because the public inter- i
ist, as well as the public’s right)
o have the news, demands that i
t be printed.
There are some cases, how
iver, in which the offense is
entirely of a personal nature,
ind in which publishing the
tory would bring sorrow and
imbarassment to innocent per
ons without serving any bene
‘icial purpose. In these the
making of a proper decision is
often not easy. If the story is
printed, relatives and friends
of the person concerned will |
feel that it is unnecessary; if it
is suppressed, the scandal
monger will be disappointed,
and many will insinuate that
editor was “bought off.”
These same scandal-mongers
would howl the loudest, how
ever, if their own shady actions
were held up to the public
gaze.
So it is hard to please every
body, and no editor of sense
tries to please everybody. He
must let his own judgement
and conscience be his guide.
If he errs on the side of kind
ness and sympathy for the un
fortunate, his error will be for
gotten by the more enlightened
readers of his newspaper.
Just for Fun
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Anyway, a lot of us will have
a good alibi if we are confront
ed with a charge of hoarding.
The futility of recent diplo
matic notes rather refutes the
idea that the pen is mightier
than the sword.
A Pennsylvania woman’s j
speech was restored by a bee j
sting. A political bee is effect
ive in increasing speech,too.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN
“Cora, I was shocked to see young ;
Hugger kiss you as I passed the par- I
lor door last night. Whatever induced j
him to take such a liberty with you?” |
"J don't know, mother, unless it was ;
because I dared him to.”
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Americanism: Rushing to buy '
cards used in the Culberson
Lenz contract bridge tourna
ment to be preserved as histor
ical relices.
Uncle Sam has banned a ship- j
load of saxophones becausei
they were made in prison, j
Where most of the saxophone !
players ought to be.
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A new rubber device muf- j
ties a singer’s voice so in prac- |
ticing it does not annoy others. !
Its use by crooners and male :
quartets should be made com-!
pulsory.
JUST AN IDEA
“Can you imagine any reason why
my eyes should he so weak, Miss Ara
bella?”
“Why, no, I can't, Mr. Snooch, but
I know that they say the eyes are the
index of the mind."
Appropriate names: Will
Hatch is egg inspector for a
county farm organization in
California, while I. Cook does
his stuff in a Brooklyn restaur
ant.
“Is Marjorie versatile in con-!
versation?”
“Is she? She can say ‘ “Oh |
Yeah” ’ in six different ways.”
Health Note: All work and
no play makes jack for the
nerve specialists.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
March 1, 1922
The Kusko Times of McGrath
reports Doc. Garter as having
passed through there on Feb
ruary 1 on his way from Bethel
to the Outside.
Joe Prout, old-time foreman
for the Guggenheim’s at Kenn
ecott, is down from the Pre
mier, where he has been work
ing for two months.
The roof of W. J. Crawford’s
residence in Stewart was
ablaze for a while last Thurs
day afternoon, but the flames
were extinguished with little
difficulty.
Pursuant to an indictment by
the grand jury in Ketchikan,
Judge T. M. Reed issued a
bench warrant for Jack Suth
erland of Hyder, which was
served by Deputy Marshal T.
W. McDonald, the newly ap
pointed deputy for Hyder, who
•ame over on the Carmen lor
Lhe purpose. The indictment
is on a charge of libel ,but dep
uty McDonald was unable to
say who laid the complaint.
Certain residents who claim to
know something of the case, j
however, say that Jack had
written some letters that are
the basis of the trouble.
The report of the last grand
jury at Ketchikan says:
“We find after careful in
vestigation that the laws in Ry
der respecting boot-legging,
gambling and prostitution are ;
being most flagrantly violated, j
We recommend that a most j
thorough and careful investi- j
gation be made by the depart-1
ment of justice of conditions as 1
existing at Ryder at the pres- j
ent time and that any officials j
found wanting in the perform- ;
ance of their official duties j
should be removed.”
Raving been in Ryder prac- j
tically since the town started, i
the Miner will take this oppor
tunity of reiterating the facts j
it has published before at vari- j
ous times that there has never
been a gun-play, a knite-play, —
nor a hold-up in the camp; that j
for many months during which !
there was neither marshal nor !
commissioner in the district, !
there was no petty thieving and j
not even a fist fight that was j
worth watching. This is a rec- j
ord that all hearsay reports in !
the world cannot erase— a rec- j
ord which any new frontier
mining camp may well view
with satisfaction.
T. W. “Bill” McDonald, II.v
der’s new deputy marshal, was
in camp during the stay of the 1
Carmen.While here he secured j
the Dorey residence, now occu
pied by Harry Tanner, for a
home. On the next trip of the
Carmen he expects to return
with his wife and young son
and take up his olhcial duties
here.
The Pioneers are to hold an
other of their popular smoking
concerts on the evening of the
24th and are preparing a pro
gram that will tax the seating
capacity of their big hall. Box
ing and wrestling will be feat
ured, three sets of performers
having already been secured.
Old Man Baynton and Kid
Baynton will decide who is the
master in the squared circle,
and Billy Bunting and Jack
Scott are matched in the light
heavyweight class. Felix Sep
pi and George Mehlfeld will go
to the mat in a catch-as-catch
can wrestling bout, and there
will be songs, stories, smokes
and eats.
INTERESTING NOTES
A new thoroughfare being
constructed at an airfield near
Nice, France, has been named
the Avenue Lindbergh.
Because of a growing inter
est in swimming in China, pools
are being constructed in many
cities at great cost.
Red signal flares have been
specially designed to protect
motorists who are obliged to
stop along roads at night to
change tires.
A rubber hose for washing
automobiles that can be at
tached to a garden hose is the
idea of a New Jersey inventor.
To transport freight from
manufacturer to consumer with
a minimum of handling, a New
York engineer has designed
enclosed trucks to be loaded
astride specially designed flat
cars without removing their
wheels.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A” bat
tery, no light current, no batteries
to charge—$49.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy—Eight tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coil dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
JErnegt Per
Zttorncg at Icaw
XIV-eh Blutb
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FRANK A. METCALF
am & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS ,F, CANDFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursday*
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church •
Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor •
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. •
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
Everyone is cordially invited to •
the services. *
NOYES BOAT COMPANY
Operating M. V. Fairbanks, Carrying U. S. Mails
FREIGHT nnd PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
HYDER and KETCHIKAN
Hyder Dock Company, Hyder Afeents
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