HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Wednesday.
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1879.
Chas. F. Sandford. Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Ihe visit of the Ketchikan
business men, although marr
ed to some extent by bad
weather and the necessity for
an early return to Ketchikan,
was nevertheless a most agree
able and doubtless a profit-,
able event for all concemeu
and should prove of benefit to
both communities.
Contrary to local desires the
visitors did not get to see a
great deal of the country or
become cognizant of more
than a relatively small part of
what is actually going on; but
wh«t Uioy did mo should bo
convincing evidence that the'
camp is one in which' the
Ketchikan investor can take an
active interest with every
prospect of profitable returns
from either mining or busi
ness. Hyder in turn has
learned that the business
people of Ketchikan are sin
cerely interested in the future j
of this camp and are keenly
desirous of assisting it to
reach the ultimate of develop
ment.
A most gratifying feature of
the visit was that the visitors !
were- unanimous in expressing
pleasure at the cordial recept
ion given them and the many )
courtesies extended during
their stay. The establishment
of friendly ties between the
residents of the two communi
ties by personal contact is ont '
of the most pleasing results j
of the visit and will go a long !
way toward the perpetuation •
of cordial relations between
the two towns in the future.
Let us once again admonish
the “boosting” enthusiasts that
overboosting is just about as
bad as no boosting at all.
There is hardly a doubt that
one of the principal reasons i
why the camp does not go |
ahead as it should is that we
have talked too much “high
grade” and produced too little
of that valuable commodity.
The printed records of the
camp’s development disclose
that strikes of “high grade”
have been chronicled to the
world ad infinitum for years
back. According to the allegat
ions, high grade discoveries
have been made on some prop
erties every year for the past
four or five years. Yet not one
of them has shipped a pouna
of ore to the smelter for other
than testing purposes. We who
know the country and its possi
bilities realize that -at least a
majority of these strikes were
bona-fide—that there is hard
ly a property in the district
that does not contain some
high grade ore and that a high
grade concentration exists In
almost every important min
eral showing so far discovered.
This being true there is ample
reason for numerous strikes oi
so called high grade ores.
Ilowcrer, let us consider the
matter from the stand point oi
the man back east on the look
out for profitable mining in
vestments. He reads year aftei
year news stories detailing
the discovery of “high grade’
on this or that property, but
looks in vain during the same
interval for evidences that
said properties have become
oroductive. At length, aftei
having this experience repeat
ed with respect to a half doz
en or more properties, he nat
urally concludes that most il
not all of the “high grade’
stories are pure “bunk.” Hav
ing no comprehensive under-1
standing of the local situation,'
he considers only the one fact
that a district so prolific in
discoveries of rich ore should '
certainly yield some ore pro
duction on a commercial scale.
Failing to find substantial evi
dence that such is the case, he
is forced to the conviction i
that a district in which allegeu |
*ich strikes yield no more con
crete returns than more dis
coveries of the same evanes
cent character, is a good one
:o stay away from. This flam
boyant detailing of high grade
-.trikes and big assays without
the occasional substantiation
>f a showing of smelter re
turns to back them up has
low gone on so long that it
has become the poorest qual
ty of advertising. Far better
?or the district and ourselves
that we fbrego the “high
grade” talk and tell the world
more about the vast dissemi
nation of ores that are not
high grade in the bonanza
sense but still rich enough to
pay splendid returns for devel
opment. That is the charactei
\ of ore that will ultimately
j make the district one of the
greatest mineral producing
areas on the continent. It
this character of ore that lyi*
made the Premier one of the
greatest dividend payers in
history and will yield equally
prolific returns from exploi
tation on numerous other j
properties if developed on a |
similar scaje.
Just For Fun
The love of pie is the root 01
all political evil.
Who loses all the faylt some
people find?
The pessimist sees two
troubles where there’s not
even one.
To succeed you must guess
right at least 51 per cent oi
the time.
Wash your head every week,
even if you don’t use it much; j
it’s good for the hair.
—
There is no such thing as a
howling success. The howling
is done by the failures.
A scientific report says that
jeer was made in Egypt *a
.housand years ago; but it*s
ill gone now.
Half of the world is worry
ng about the price it has tc
pay and the other half be
muse it hasn't the price to1
pay.
Man comes into tills world
naked and with nothing on
aim, but in a short time every
body has something on him.
There i? a very talkative j
’amily in Hyder. Their home
s known as the Cave of the
Winds.
Mother: How much do you
weigh, Bessie?
Bessie: Why, I weighed 128
oounds before gym today.
Mother: Who’s Jim!!!?
Girls desiring male compan
ionship are reminded that
kindness will win any dog,
whether he has four legs oi
two.
About the only difference be- j
tween a yacht and some ot j
the young women of today is j
that one sails the seas while
the others sees the sales.
There is going to be a decided
improvement.in the tempers of j
the ladies if they ever get j.o j
the point where they’ll give [
their feet as much freedom
as they now give their knees.
"So you can prove by the |
Bible that there were depart
ment stores in Job’s time!!’
"Sure, don’t you remember
where he said ‘All the days of
my appointed time will I wait
till my change come’!”
“I say, doctor, did you ever
doctor another doctor?”
“Oh, yes.”
"Well, does a doctor doctor a I
doctor the way the doctored
doctor wants to be doctored,
or does the doctor doing the !
doctoring doctor the oth§r j
doctor in his own way?”
If women continue their pres
ent dress styles into the winter
a lot of them are likely to die
from exposure.
We love this town, there’s
nothing like it; however far
and wide we hike it, we’re
glad we came, we gladly ling
er, and sling the type with
nimble finger:
Our feet and heart are over
size: with weal or woe we
sympathize; we’re tickled as
that budding Beecher when
church folks raise the local
preacher; from Jimmy Smith’s
first wailing breath to when
his eyes-are closed in death,
there’s scarce a word or work
or caper but interests the local
f>aper:
The member of the Ladies’
Aid, by whom the first prize
pie was made; we’re good and
glad to celebrate her, and if
unwed, thus help to date her,
each doubting Thomas to con
vince, we give her recipe for
mince, and say our teeth have
never sunk in a pie so pleas
ing as her pumpkin:
When Minnie finds her latest
pet as good as she will likely
get, we print kind words about
the wedding, e’en though wt!
fear they’ll have tough sled
ding; felicitate the bride and
groom and hope to see the
birthrate boom:
We want the news but want
the best; we censor some and
print the rest, send in the
facts and keep them coming,
we like them fresh and hot
and humming: send in the
news but search your heart;
be sure it holds no poisoned
dart, in all the land there is
no cuss so mean as old Anony
mous:
We go each night in peace
to roost, if we have done our
daily boost; but nightmares
come to fright and shock foi
every mean and measly
knock.—Exchange.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
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at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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