TRAIN-2 O’CLOCK
Br ELIZABETH B. LUDLOW
((£) by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
tWXU Service)
n'T'HAXK the Lord!” Bill had said.
grabbing his friend, Anthony Har
court by the arm. “Listen, fella, you’ve
simply got to meet my girl. It's her
first visit to New York. Take her to
lea at the ltltx. I’ll meet you there
at five. I’m In a deuce of a rush!’’
“But, I say, I—" Tony Harcourt had
begun hopelessly.
“Oh, yes,” Bill had stopped long
enough to shout back at him. “Train
—two o’clock. Grand Central. Medium
height, slim, dark hair, adorable nose.”
That was how It happened that Tony
Harcourt was trying to meet every
two o’clock train arriving at the Grand
Central terminal. He didn't know
where she was coming from and, worst
of all, be bad forgotten her name, al
though he had heard Bill mention it
several times. He had met two trains
where almost everybody had been met
by friends or seemed to know exactly
where they were going.
Not every one, though. Tony ap
proached three brunettes who had
seemed a bit undecided, but each one ‘
had frozen him with a glance almost !
before be could make his carefully I
prepared speech—“I beg your pardon, j
but was Bill Kelton to have met you?" j
As Tony approached the third train, |
he was inwardly muttering, “Darned j
old fool. Why couldn’t he do bis own j
dirty work? I give up, This task re- :
quires super human powers.” But be |
noticed that, as he was rather tardy |
In approaching his third train, most of j
the passengers had left. Those that 1
remained were chatting with friends !
who had met them—all except one, a ;
slim, dark girl of medium height with j
an adorable nose. “Of course," thought
Tony Harcourt with a leaping or his ]
pulses, "that Is all the description that j
girl would need. I've been wasting 1
time." She was looking about In a
puzzled, hurt, almost frightened way,
and he approached her with his care
fully prepared speech—“I beg your
pardon, but was Mr. Bill—”
“Oh, yes," cried the girl, relief and
Joy in the lovely eyes raised to his. '
"Did Bill send you? I was Just about !
to appeal to the Traveler's Aid. New i
York is rather overwhelming when ■
you’ve never been here before, isn't
It?"
"It certainly is,” agreed Tony, hold
ing close the small gloved hand she
had given him. "I'm awfully sorry to
be late but, Bill gave me the sketchiest
description and directions. I've been
tryiug to meet all the two o'clock
trains." Suddenly he realized that
they were still standing looking at each
other and that he still held her hand.
The realization came to her at the j
same time and she colored and with
drew it. Then both laughed.
"You darling—you darling—oh, d—n
Bill's luck," said Tony to himself, but
aloud he said. “The program is tea at
the Kitz where Bill will Join us at
fl ve.”
“Oh, grand!" exclaimed Bill's girl
happily, "Wouldn't he Just think of
something nice like that. But we have
lots of time, haven't we? Do you
know what I’d like to do first? I'd
like to drive uround Central park.
The train was so hot and dusty, and
I’ve always wanted to see Central
park."
“Central park It shall be,” said
Tony, lie would have driven her to
Alaska If she had asked him to.
When finally established in his car
and while he threaded his way through
the traffic, he said, "Now, I can see
why Bill mentioned the nose. Of
course, that was really the only de
scription needed."
She brought her shining eyes hack
from their excited and delighted
scrutiny of New Y'ork to laugh up at
Illm. "I know," sue said, "i ve often
thought of wearing a mask, but—but
Imagine Bill really noticing my nose!"
"I can,” he told her. “I was plan
ning to have a cast made of It and
erected here in Central park. Gee, I'm
glad Bill couldn't get off to meet you."
“So am 1,” she said softly. And he
thought, “Is she feeling it, too? Gosh,
I can’t stand Bill's having her. Any
how, I'll have three hours of her that
I’ll never forget."
He drew up in the shade of a tree
that stood guard over a small pond.
“Do you know,” he said, "I don’t even
know your name.”
t“Nancy,” she said. And he loved
her because she only told him her
first name, as though that was all that
mattered between her and him.
She had taken off her hat and the
breeze blew her soft, dark curls. She
was so—so—everything he had always
dreamed a girl should be. His time
with her was so short!
"Nancy,” he said suddenly, "Bet’s
really talk. Tell me—what books do
you like? Do you believe in God?
How many eggs do you like for break
fast?”
It was six-thirty when they reached
the RK*. Tony stopped at the en
trance.
“Nancy! oh, Nancy, why are you en
gaged to Bill Felton?” he usked tense
ly, gripping her arm.
•‘Bill Felton!” exclaimed Nancy, her
eyes wide. "Engaged! Why, there's
some mistake. I'm Hill Felton's sis
ter!”
Garden Cover* 70 Acre*
Windsor caStle in England has gar
dens covering 70 acres, of which 23
are devoted to vegetables. There Is
one flower border which is 200 yards
long and 15 feet wide on each side of
a grass walk.
WHY
Fighters of White Plague
Adopted Emblem
It wns nt a meeting of the Interna- ;
tlonnl conference on tuberculosis held ;
In llerlln in 1902 that Dostor Serslron j
of Pifl'ls proposed ttint the nnelent j
I.nrralne cross he nmde the emblem of ;
the fight against the white plague. |
The suggestion was received enthusl- j
astleally, for the I.orrnlne cross was |
eminently suited for such a purpose. :
It dated back to’ the Ninth century, I
when it was made the emblem of the I
eastern branch of the Christian
church. To this day it remains the
emhlpm of the Greek or Orthodox i
Catholic church. From the Eleventh
to the Fourteenth centuries the cru- |
sutlers, through contact with the
Eastern church in Palestine, familiar- |
i/.ed Europe with it. Godfrey, duke of
I.orraine, a leader of one of the first
crusades, saw the cross In Jerusalem
and adopled It as tils standard when
!:e was elected Christian ruler of the
holy city in 1000. It is generally be
lieved that after his return to France
it became ttie emblem of the house of
I.orraine. It is still known In France
as the I.orraine cross and differs from
the Eastern church cross in one re
spect only—the lower bar Is nearer
the base. In 1000 the National Tuber
culosis association, by special resolu
tion. adopted the double-barred cross
as Its emblem, hut it was not until
1012 that a definite effort was made to
standardize it for the tuberculosis
movement in the United States. The
standard tuberculosis emblem now
has two horizontal arms of equal
shorter nml the lower part longer than
the cross-arms. The ends of both arms
it re pointed.
Why Excessive Fatness
Overstrains the Heart
Obesity is a factor In the produc
tion of high blood-pressure; so when
the doctor reduces the fat man's
weight, he usually sees his blood-pres
sure fall. Every collection of fat cells
has small blood-vessels which supply
them. It has been estimated that ev
ery pound of fat requires six-tenths
of a mile of blood-vessels. A man who
is twenty pounds overweight is carry
ing round twelve miles of excess blood
vessels. No wonder his heart is
strained! N'o wonder, either, that the
life Insurance company demands a
much higher rate wlten the applicant
is overweight. If one takes the trou
ble to look over the life-expectancy
table of the fat man. tie understands
the old Jocose remark; ‘'Fiat, drink,
ami gel fat and tomorrow you die,”
and “The belt line is the life line—
reversed."—Dr. Ralph It. Major In
"The Doctor Explains.”
Why Dog I. Called "Fico”
Discussing why a dog is called "flee”
Pathfinder Magazine says:
"This word is only a colloquialism
or provincialism and varies widely in
Us spelling. Dictionaries recognize at
least four spellings—fist, fisfe, feist,
and fiee, preference being given to fist
and lice. When spelled -st,’ ‘tiste or
•feist’ it Is pronounced 'fist.' that is,
the T Is long as in ‘mite' and the ‘t*
Is sounded. When it spelled ’fice’ it
is pronounced *fys‘ rhyming with ‘lee.’
It means a small dog of no particular
breed, hut is generally applied to dogs
o: the terrier tvne. The word is sun
posed to be derived from ‘fisting dog,’
from the obsolete word ‘fist,’ meaning
to break wind."
Why Sait Helps Goldfish
Salt water Inis been found an effec
tive remedy for ailing goldfish. These
fish sometimes float on their sides on
’top of the water or otherwise act un
naturally. and a white fungous growth
often ran tie seen on their bodies. In
such a case, a tablespoonful of salt
should be added to a quart of water i
and the fish placed In ttie solution for
two or three minutes, then transferred
to a bowl of fresh, cool water. The
treatment is continued until the fish
act naturally. — Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
> Why It It North River
| The Hudson river is called the North j
! river when it reaches New York be
j cause in the territory known to the
; early Dutch colonists there were two
! great rivers—the Hudson and the Del
j aware. They called them simply the
North river and the South river. The
name North river has survived ns a
local appellation partly because it Is
In kind with the name Hast river for ,
the arm of the sea on the other side i
of Manhattan.
Why Honey Cryitalizes
With such a high proportion of sugar
it Is little wonder thnt honey crystnl
izes. This depends on the arrange
ment of molecules and the tempera
ture. Dextrose, or grape sugar, as it
Is commonly called, is the guilty sugar
j of the group; honeys which have a
: large proportion of dextrose ns from
alfalfa, vetch, and raspberries, crystal
. Ize more quickly than those which
I have most levulose sugar.
Why Groom Ha* "Best Man”
Tradition relates that a best man was
employed In the Stone age. The bride
groom swooped down upon the home
of ihe bride and stole her away while
the best man diverted the attention
of the bride's father.
Why One Becomes Thirsty
The pneumo-gastrie, or tenth cra
nial, nerve supplies the stomach with
the desire. When the body becomes
dehydrated, or the amount of water
runs below normal, thlg nerve conveys
I to the brain the sensation of thirst
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
WASHINGTON, D. C., (
February 4, 1932.
There has ben considerable |
controversy over the office of
Postmaster at Fairbanks dur
ing the past year, but the gen
eral desire for the reinstate
ment of Wilkie T. Pinkerton
has been so convincing that the
department has decided to!
send his name to the Senate for
confirmation.
Delegate Wiekersham is
sending to all the Masonic1
lodges in Alaska pictures of
George Washington in Mason
ic regalia. To all the libraries
in the Territory he is sendingj
a chait repordueed in colors,
of flags used during the Ameri
can Revolution, under the title
of “Flags of American Liber
ty.”
Delegate Wiekersham ex
pects to introduce a bill in
Congress to extend the provis
May 22, 1920, as amended, to j
employees of the Alaska Rail- (
road who are citizens of the!
United States and whose em- j
ployment has not been inter-j
mittent nor of unceitain durat-1
ion. The bill would provide:
that all laborers, mechanics!
and trainmen would be eligible j
at G5 and others at 70 years of i
age, provided that they had!
rendered 15 years of service. !
As the postmaster at Hyda
burg was unfortunate enough
to get into financial difficult
ies there is a vacancy in the of
fice, and Rev. Samuel G. Dav
is has been recommended for
appointment as postmaster.
Alaska was brought to the
front on the night of February
2nd, when Senator James
Hamilton Lewis in the Nation
al Radio Forum, forecast a
Russo-Japanese union directed
at the United States. He said:
Chamber
ot
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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“Let it be expected that soon
America will confront a union
of Japan and Russia. This will
confront the United States
with a defiance, and at such
hour we will be fortunate if un
der the guise of some .alleged
offense by the United States
Russia will not be incited by
influences to seize Alaska, her
former possession, now dis
closed as rich in all resources.
At the same time as this invas
ion, Japan will move to take
the Philippines for all their us
es. Such a combined move
ment would divide American
defenses thousands of miles
apart.”
With the close of filings on
February 2nd, in the Alaska
primary contests, the general
prediction was fulfilled that
ther would be no opposition to
the renomination on the repub
lican ticket of James Wicker
sham for Delegate to Congress.
He is thus left free to exert his
best efforts to secure Alaska
legislation before Congress,
without anxiety as to who the
republican nominee would be
in the November contest.
Some of the United States
Commissioners in Alaska com
plain about the dilatoriness in
getting a settlement of their
accounts from the office of the
Comptroller General.
Petitioners from Haines want
a bridge constructed across the
Klehihi river, at Fish Point and
about 27 miles west from
Haines, on the government
built road. They declare that
the bridge is necessary in order
to gel mining and food supplies
into the districts known as the
Big and Little Salmon, Nugget
Creek, Hehmann Creek, Porcu
uine, Glacier Creek, Sunshine
Hill, Nugget Creek Fur Farm,
and varous homesteads along
the Klehihi and Chilkat rivers.
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
To raise a fund for needy cas
es in Fairbanks, the city band
gave a concert recently.
Fred E. Clark, a Nenana old
timer, has been named mana
ger of the 1932 icepool sweep
stakes. An advisory commit
tee was elected at the same
time. Tickets have been print
ed for the contest.
Fur is returning to the Ruby
district. The catch of foxes and
lynx has been good and mink
and muskrats are rapidly in
creasing. Beaver are also plen
tiful.
During the earlier part of
February 156 cases of measles
were reported at Tanana.
Carl Lottsfeldt, against whom
the residents of McGrath ap
pear to have a peeve, has had
another complaint lodged him,
ruaaiv a
LiiaL ui viuiauug
game laws. He was bound ovei
to appear before the grand
jury.
Ketchikan is to have a mod
ern ambulance ready at any
time to make calls free of
charge if members of the fire
department carry through
present plans. The department
members are willing to lei
their pay ride three months to
buy the machine.
Mi'3. William Kellog passed
away recently in Fairbanks as
a result of burns received
while washing clothes with
gasoline at her home. The blast
made a flaming torch of her
body. The gas ignited by static
electricity generated by the
friction of rubbing the cloth
ing. The ensuing fire did con
siderable damage to the build
ing. Mrs. Keller went to inter
ior Alaska in 1907, and with
the exception of a short while
on the Outside, lived there ev
er since.
Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor," which means “lei
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and fron
home-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commur
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out o
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefi
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards o
buying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upor
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community th
fruits of his industry and his community's patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity wher
patronage of the local merchants and other business institutions wat
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands ir
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
int who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urg<
he merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper is
he camp's best advertisement and its principal means of letting the work
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture with
i heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
is a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the new:
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS REEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday,
February 13, 1932.
Sunday, February 28
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NY
5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY
6:15 American Album of Music. NY
6:45 Ruick Motor Co., NBC-NY
7:15 Barbasol Co.; NBC-NY.
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parkers, NBC-SF
8:15 Seiberling Singers, ET.
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Chase and Sanborn Program,
9:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC-LA.
NBC-SF.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes; LA.
10:15 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, February 29
5:15 Stock Quotations.
5:30 Pacific Coast Borax Co., NBC-NY
6:00 Maytag Orch., NBC-Chicago.
6:30 General Motors Program; NY
7:00 National Radio Forum, NBC-NY
7:30 M.J. B. Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos and Andy
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC-NY.
9:00 Florists Telegraph Del. Assn. ET
9:15 G. Washington Coffee Refining
Co. Sherlock Holmes, NBC-NY
9:45 Fiser Mills, Vocal Ensemble.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday March 1.
5:00 Brazilian Coffee Matinee, NY.
5:30 Heel Hugger Harmonies, N.
3:45 United Staes Rubber Co. ET.
1:00 McKesson Musical Magazine. NY
5:30 Fuller Brush Man, NBC-NY
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch, NY.
3:00 Amos anil Andy.
4:15 Gen. Pet. Corp. Memory Lane,
i: 45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
J:00 Caswell Coffe Concert NBC-SF
9:15 Oldsmobile Melody Speedway.
9:30 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
1:45 Fisher Mills,, Concert Trio.
'.0:00 Richfield News
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:25 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, March 2.
5:00 American Taxpayer's League.
5:15 Stock Quotations
5:30 Goodyear Tire Co. Program.
5:00 Halsley Stewart Hour NBC-Chl.
5:30 Mobiloil Program, NBC-NY,
7:00 Coco Cola Program, NBC-NY.
7:30 Washington Baker's Program.
3:00 Amos and Andy.
3:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
3:30 Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales Co.
9:00 Rin Tin Tin Thrillers, NBC-SF
9:15 Montag Fireside Hour,
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher's Blend Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotters
11:30 Hotel Olympic Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
Thursday, March 3.
5:00 Fleischmann Sunshine Hour
0:00 The Big Six of the Air. Chevrolet
j 0:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NY
| 7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
S:G0 Amos and Andy.
I 3:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF.
j 9:15 Sperry Smiles, NBS-SF.
9:30 Baldy Homsepun Melodies.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Mozart Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, March 4.
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orch.
0:00 Cheesborough Friendship Town,
i 0:30 Armour Hour. NBC-Chi.
'7:00 Pontiac Automobile Co. NY.
7:30 RKO Hour NBC-NY.
S:00 Amos and Andy.
^8:15 Brownbuilt Footlites, NBC-SF
| 8:30 MJB Demi-Tasse Revue, NBC-SF
'0:00 Unon Oil Co. NBC-SF.
19:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
j 10: 15 Olds Motor Works.
| 10:30 Globe Trotter.
10:40 Moonlight Meditations.
,11:00 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
j 12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, March 5.
; 5:00 Health Products Corporation;
Danger Fighters, NBC-SF.
I 5:30 Totem Broadcasters, Program
under auspices of National Ad
visory Council on Radio In Ed
ucation. NBC-NY.
6:00 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
3:30 Campana, The First Nighter.
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
S:00 Amos and Andy.
S:15 Gilmore Circus, Gilmore Oil Co.
8:45 F. S. Lang Male Quartet.
9:30 Associated Oil Co., Spotlight
Revue, NBC-SF.
11:00 Globe Trotter .
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
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