The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
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at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March
3, 1879.
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A Blow at the Spoils System
Considering that most of the
present ploetmasters are Re
publican appointees, President
Roosevelt has performed a
most remarkable as well as a
most praisworthy act in retain
ing some fifteen thousand of
them in office until the expir
ation of their term of appoint
ment and placing them under
the civil service rules. In do
ing so he has delivered a re
sounding blow to the pernic
iou's political doctrine “To the
victors belong the spoils.” This,
to our way of thinking, is the
most important feature of his
action.
We never could see any logic
in removing an experienced
and competent appointive of
ficial merely because he was
tagged with a different polit
ical label from thlose having
the appointive power. Experi
ence is an invaluable adjunct
to governmental administrat
ion and iif we wish to obtain
real efficiency in government
there is no better way to do it
than by retaining in the gov
ernment service those who
possess experience in conduct
ing governmental functions.
Silver Only Solution
Of Monetary Difficulties
We do not pretend to know
very much concerning the high
ly complicated money question
but from all the evidence pro
and con so far presented bv
tho'se who do it appears certain
that the world must resort to
the use of silver with gtold be
fore there can be such a thing
as stable money either here or
abroad. By this we mean the
kind of money referred to by
President Roosevelt in his re
cent me'ssage to the internat
ional conference, in which he
said:
“America seeks the kind of
dollar which a generation
hence will have the same
purchasing power as the dollar
value we hope to attain in the
near future.”
Confronted by an imperative
and generally admitted need
for a broadening of the metal
lie base of currencies which
present gold slocks cannot ad
quately supply and with ever
increasing demand's for more
new money to meet the require
ments oif growing population
and expanding commerce, the
world must inevitably turn to
dome other metal than gold if
it is to avoid recurrent periods
of money difficulties such as
we are now passing through.
Silver, used with gold at a
stipulated ratio to the latter
metal, would, according to a
vast mass of unrefuted evi
dence, supply the additional
metal base necessary to a sound
currency system and also
would provide new money as
needed tb meet the require
ments of increasing population
and trade. In addition it would
provide what gold cannot do
alone, namely a monetary base
that would remain compara
tively if not wholly stable, thus
obviating recurrent periods of
money stringency and money
inflation, with their attendant
periods of hard times and good
times.
Just for Fun
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“Truth is stranger than fict
ion,” and also considerably
scarcer.
The words “Find check en
closed are entirely superfluous
if the check is really there.
It appears that man is the on
ly animal w?th sufficient intell
igence to successfully defend
his cussedness.
An Englishman is working on
a plan for “ending boredom.”
We suggest that chiorbforming
the bores 'be tried as a starter.
The dumbest one we have
heard of this year telephoned
to a music store for a ukelele
string and asked them to tune
the thing before sending it to
her house.
Rastus: “What am you doin’
now?”
Sambo: “I’se an exporter.”
Rastus: “An exporter?”
Sambo: “Yep, the Pullman
company just fired me.”
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The tell about a man who
wears hits glasses to bed be
cause he is so short-sighted
he cannot recognize the peo
I pie he dreams about.
While you are cussing the
moths this summer remember
that the poor critters lead an
awful life. They spend the
summer in a fur coat and the
winter in a bathing suit.
A survey shows that house
keepers walk an average of 8
miles every day without leav
ing the house.
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
November 23, 1923.
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Mrs. J. L. Campbell left Sun
day for a visit Outside.
George Mehlfeld left Sunday
for a visit in Seattle.
Gus Erickson is building a
four-room residence on First
Avenue.
There was about an inch of
snow this week but it i:s now
only a memory.
H. J. Murphy ha3 leased
“Bings” restaurant on Main
street and has renamed it the
Arctic Lunch Counter.
Lee Balch, head of the Hy
der Dock Company, has fin
ished enlarging the dock so
that it will now accomodate
any vessels coming to Hyder.
The Hyder Transfer Co., or
ganized in 1919 by Harry Reid ,
and Louis Legge and last year
taken over by the latter, has
been transferred to William j
McGrew.
Stewart residents took the i
first definite steps toward in- i
corporating their town under 1
what i's known as the Village ‘
Act at a meeting held this
week by the Citizens Associ
ation. H. W. M. Rolston, E. R.
Workman and G. C. Andrews
were appointed a commitftee
to investigate the question and
report at a future meeting.
Word has been received from j
Vancouver that the Daly Alas
ka, which ha's been idle several
months, is to again be oper
ated, with work continuing
throughout the coming winfer
It is the intention to go ahead
with the 500-foot tunnel to
crosscut the various ore zones
passing through the property.
INTERESTING NOTES
A farm at Rayleigh, Eng., is
used for breeding mice that are
sold to scientific research insti
tutions.
Fire insurance companies in
the United States have under
written $201,000,000,000
worth of policies.
Canada and New Zealand
have more motor vehicles pet
capita of population than any
other countries except the
United States.
Under normal conditions the
United States expends approx
imately $83,333 per hour or
$2,000,000 each day on its ar
my and navy, while all the
nation^ are this year spending
more than $10,000,00 a day
for war preparations.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEtR
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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* Rev. F. Bushfield, 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.
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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