HYDER WEEKLY MINER
Formerly The Hyder Alaska Miner
Published every Monday by the Hyder Miner Publish
ing Co., Hyder, Alaska.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at
Hyder, Alaska, November 4,1919, under tne Act of March*
3, 1879. ___
CHAS. F. SAMPFORP. Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
The Alaska Steamship Comp- t
any has announced that in fut-11
ure none of its vessels will call <
at Hyder unless the traffic of- c
fered will insure a profit on i
the trip. Inasmuch as the nor- c
mal volume of traffic is light, if .1
measured by the trip, this die-1 <
turn of the company means !
thr.t only on such occasions as 1
the freight and passenger traf- 1
fic is above the normal will we <
be granted the low rates and <
speedy service incident to dir
».jt sailings from Seartlle.- <
Translated into still plainer i
terms u means that unless 1
merchandise shipments to this
port exceed the average to a
considerable degree or when
heavy shipments of mine mach
inery and equipment are made
will Hyder receive the bene
fits of direct service with its
chief supply center. Again it
means that merchandise order
ed from Seattle will be routed
to Ketchikan, where it will be
unloaded, at extra cost to the
shipper, reloaded again, with
still more costs to the shipper,
and brought to Hyder on a
small boat, with still more ex
pense to the shipper, to say
nothing of the additional de
lay in delivering incidertt to
the extra long and roundabout
route. This, last is a matter of
no inconsiderable importance
in view of the fact that ship
ments received via Ketchikan
usually require close to two
weeks, as against two to three
days for direct shipments from
Seattle. The extra costs are the
paramount consideration, how
ever, as they will affect in
some degree every resident of
Hyder. According to local
shippers the extra wharfage
and freight tolls will add from
twenty five to forty per cent
to the freight charges for dir
ect shipments. This will nat
urally be passed on by the mer
chant to the customer, thereby
increasing the present cost of
all commodities and placing
an extra burden of living costs
on the shoulders of every in
dividual in the community.
It need hardly be said that this
will be pretty rough on Hyder.
\dded to the disadvantages of
or,g waits for delivery is the
?i*rtainty of increased prices j
>n practically every commod- i
ty of local consumption Mining
eosts will also advance in di
rect ratio with the added bur
den of transportation costs,
thereby working a hardship on
the prospector and miner and
retarding to some extent the
development of the mineral re
sources.
Confronted with this undesir
able and detrimental prospect,
it is time for the citizens of Hy
der to take cognizance of the
situation and cast about for a
remedy if they wish to avoid
the effects of this “splendid is
olation” conferred upon them
by the transportation comp
any, probably with the ulti
mate aim of extorting higher
freight charges in return for
direct service. The repeal of
the Jones bill inhibitions would
probably provide a means of
o\ercoming the difficulty, but
there is small hope for that for
a long time to come, despite
the readinees of certain con- j
grer.sional representatives to i
admit that the law is unjust ;
and discrimnatory wth respect
to Alaska, henc it is is up to us
to find other means of staving
of the added drain on our j
pocket books. A well known I
citizen has suggested that
that the refusal of the Alaska
Steamship Company to give us
direct service could be em
ployed as a means of inducing
congress to grant permission
for the shipment of goods to
Hyder via the Canadian ves
els plying between Seattle and
Stewart. Whether the proposal
would meet with Congress
ional approval depends to a
great degree on the support
given it by our citizens. With
the entire community behind
it, there is a by no means hope
less prospect that Congress
might take cognizance of our
difficulty and enable us to take
advantage of the Canadian
boat service, at least until such
time as Hyder can provide
enough traffic to induce the
American boats to resume di
rect service.
Just For Fun
Mike went to the doctor with
a long standing case of chron
ic indigestion.
The medico told him to drink
hot water an hour before
breakfast every morning.
Meeting the patient a week
later, the doctor enquired how
he was. “Not so good, sor.”
said Michael. “Are you no
better?’’the doctor asked. “No
sor; worse.” was Mike’s lacon
ic answer. “Did you follow my
instructions?”
“Well sor,” Mike replied,
Oi did me best, sor, but I could
| not keep it up for more than
i tin minutes at the best sor, so
11 gave it up.”
The Blueberry Kid avers that
every day of the week is a Sun
day somewhere on earth. The
i Greeks observe Monday, the
Persians Tuesday, the Arabs
Wednesday, the Egyptians
Thursday the Turks Friday,
the Jews Saturday and the
Christians Sunday—sometimes.
According to Rube Hull there
are a lot of people who have
made a decided success of life
by attending to their own bus
iness.
A dusky son of Alabama was
busily engaged in a cootie hunt.
When asked by a sergeant
what he Was doing, he replied:
“I'se a huntin’ of dem ’rifme
tic bugs.”
“What do you mean—arith
metic bug?’’queried the ser
geant. “Why do you call them
arithmetic bugs?”
j “’Cause dey add to ma mis
ery; dey subtracts from ma
pleasure; dey divides ma atten
sliun; an dey multiplies like
1 h—1.”—Alaska Legionaire.
Schmidt left the gas turned
on in his shoe repair shop one
night and upon arriving in the
morning struck a match to
light it. A terrific explosion fol
lowed, blowing Schmidt out of
the window and into the mid
dle of the street. Passersby
hurried to his assistance and
asked if he was hurt. The
mender of soles gazed ruefully
at his now fiercely burning
shop and said. “Nein, I aint
hurt. But, Himmel! I got oudt
of dere stiust in dime.”
f HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
Sunday School at 11 o’clock
Classes for ail ages
Preaching at 8 o’clock P. M.
Rev. F. E.Reddick Pastor.
The man who is laughed at
today is revered tomorrow.
They*laughed at Bell and his j
telephone, Edison and his elec- '
trie light, and Langley with
his crazy flying machine. The
Wright brothers were derided,
the discoverer of X rays was
ridiculed, and the “radio delu
sion” brought smiles and
amusement.
But not now!
It is as impossible for us to
say now that the road of the
future is to be, as it was impos
sible for us to say five years
ago what the radio broadcast
of today would be. An inventor
wants to interest capital in
making a roadway of steel.
It will cost, if built, not thou
sands but . several hundreds
of thousands per mile. Road
builders laugh. The public
laughs. We all laugh. Why pay
three hundred thousand dol
lars a mile for roads when we
can get them for a few thou
sands?” Twenty years ago the
idea of paying twenty five
thousand a mile for road was
laughed at! This steel idea may ,
be all wrong; it hasn’t been
tried. It may be chimerical in
the extreme We don’t know.
But we do know that laughing
at it because its is no way to
prove it idiotic. Ten years ago
people laughed at the idea of
national highways. They don’t
laugh any more. The new idea
’ is alw’ays laughed at. Laughter
doesn’t prove anything ex
cept the standpat mind of the
laugher. Maybe steel Voads at
| three hundred thousand dollars
a mile are impractical. But
why not bring something else
j to bear on the question beside
laughter? The joke of yester
day is the fact of today. Maybe
we will yet ride on national
highways of steel!
CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY
ALONG WEST COAST
j Twelve canneries will operate
ton the West Coast this season,
jin addition to six logging
'carnps, which will be in oper
ation during the summer and
: fall, according* to the Ketch
ikan Examiner. There will also
be a large crew of men em
ployed at the marble quarry at
Tokeen, all of which, the Ex
aminer observes, should make
the West Coast country quite
, lively this season.
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EGGS, BUTTER AND CHEESE
'A SPECIALTY
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MINCE MEAT
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A. J. MAYER f P O BOX 123
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SERVICE
Touring Cars
and Telephone
Trucks
1 Long, 2 Short
Launches
and
Scows
HYDER FUEL CO.
HOLGER JOHNSON, MANAGER
COAL WOOD
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HYDER, ALASKA
(Incorporated under the Laws of Alaska )
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Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of the United States
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OE GRASHIO, Proprietor
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