The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter
at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March
3, 1879.
Subscription price $3.00 per
year in advance by mail or
carrier.
Advertising Rates
on application
An Independent Newspaper
Clever Foolishness
Arthur Brisbane points out
in a recent article that only the
United States has government
bonds which require payment
in gold. No other country has
them. 1 his, he says, is a
special American foolishness.’'
Foolishness no doubt as fai
as the country is concerned but
far from foolish on the part of
those clever “interests” who
alone accumulate most of those
solidly secured gold bonds
about as fast as they appear.
The commonalty seldom if
ever get a chance to see, let
alone own one. Their purch
ase under ordinary conditions
is almost entirely a prerogative
of the wealthy.
We doubt not that it was
some of this best minded class
who first induced the adoption
of these nice, safe, gold-se
cured bonds and have since
taken excellent care that they
were perpetuated for their own
private benefit.
Thej^ also worked the same
smooth racket in connection
with some of the more import
ant industrial bond issues and
preferred stocks which they
alone could afford to buy.
And when you went to the
bank to borrow on your note J
you usually round that the
tame best-minded interests had
written across the face of the
note that it was “payable in
gold of equal weight and fine
ness,” although the bank prob
ably gave you common paper
currency for your loan.
All part of a clever conceived
and managed plan to enable
them to accumulate all they
could of the world’s most prec
ious and most desired commod
ity.
Nothing at all foolish about
that part of it!
---o
A New National Refrain
Statisticans point out that j
Americans will have to drink
the contents of 25 million 30
gallon kegs af beer to yield the
$125,000,000 per annum reve
nue expected by the Adminis
tration from the beer industry, i
That’s a 1st of beer-guzzling j
to do as well as a lot o)f lax to !
pay for the privilege. But !
we have no doubt that our pat- j
riotic and thirsty citizens will!
pei form their full duty.
Someone has suggested that
“up with the taxes and down
with the Beer” might become a
new national refrain, echoing
that other famous slogan, !
“Close the Banks and open the 1
Breweries.”
Just for Fun
o
My son, I hear you have been
most recalcitrant.
Be yourself, Pop, you’ve been
doing crossword puzzles again.
The fellow who continually
butts into other people’s af
fairs should’nt complain if he
is finally made the goat.
Dr. Vizetelly says the aver
age person uses only one
enth of his brains, which is our
idea of false economy.
We read that bad weather <
costs half a billion dollars a I
year. But the raw material1
for conversation it furnishes is I
probably worth it.
Many a wife has wondered,
after listening to her husband
expound &o knowingly on
banking and economics, how
anyone could know so much
about money and not have any
of it.
Teacher: What happened'
when the cow jumped over the j
mcon?
Johnny: Dunno, ma’am, un-;
less that was when somebody j
got the idea for vanishing j
cream.
Old Lady: Are you content to
spend your life walking around
the country begging?
LI C L J
many’s the time I’ve wished I
had a car.
This is the story of a prudent
1 man, as told by a Kansas news
j paper:
He blushed his teeth twice a!
[ day, wore rubbers in wet (
! weather, did his daily dozen,
1 slept with windows open, was j
i careful with his diet, had a I
! medical examination twice a
year, never smoked, drank, or
indulged in excesses of any
kind. He was all set to live I
to be 100 years old.
The funeral was held last
Wednesday. He is survived
by 18 specialists, four health
institutes, six gymnasiums and
numerous manufacturers of
health foods and antiseptics.
He had forgotten to look out
! for a train at a grade crossins’.
TENVEflRS BRSDJSGO;
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 7, 1923.
•-0
John Lindsay had a bad fall
at the new B. C. dock extens
ion, dropping eight or ten feet
among the rocks, followed by
his peavey, which cracked him
on the head.
Ed. Snyder and Butler Lar
son have taken a contract to
supply two million feet of saw
logs to the Hyder Lumber Co.,
about half of which they ex
pect to cut near the mouth of
Salmon river, across from Hy
der.
W. L. Balch returned this
week from a visit of several
weeks in Seattle, where his
wife and daughters have been
since last fall. Mrs. Balch re
turned with her husband but
Misses Donna and Della re
mained there in high school.
Ore is coming down steadily
from the Mobile mine on the i
south fork of Glacier creek, be- '
ing rawhided to the old con- '
centrating works of the Port- j
land Canal company, and there j
transferred to^ freight sleds. ;
On the return trip to the mine j
the rawhides are utilized for
taking in supplies. The ore is
from the upper tunnel of the
Mobile, and assays from 200 to
600 ounces silver, giving an av
erage of about $300 to the ton.
Following is the cast of char
acters in the three-act comedy
drama “Out in the Street,” to
be given by Hyder home talent:
next week for the benefit of j
the church library:
Colonel Wayne, J. O. Lyon
Solomon Davis, W. S. Orr i
Matt Davis, his son, H. Lohrer
Dr. Medford, Same '
Pete, negro, F. E. Reddick
Policeman, Fred Dorey ,
Mrs. Wayne, Miss Esther Olson
Nina Wayne, Miss Helen Hall!
Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. W. R Me-1
Donnell.
Minnie, her daughter, Mona i
Mehlfeld.
INTERESTING NOTES
The biggest tide in the world j
is in the Bay of Fundy, where ■
the extreme rise and fall dif
fers by 70 feet.
A telephone-cable connect
ion has been completed be
tween Argentina and 3iam.
There have been two negro
senators and 21 representatives
who have served in the United
States Congress since the;
adoption of the Constitution.
In Chinatown, San Francis- j
co, is located the only foreign
language telephone exchange i
in the United States and also j
the only one of its kind in the
world outside of China.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
l. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Hyder *
Methodist Episcopal *
Church *
* Rev. F. Bush-field, Pastor. *
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church •
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. in. •
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
* Everyone is cordially invited to •
* the services. •
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
D. J. McLean, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
CHAS .F. yNDF9RD
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
HYPER FI JET, C^O.
DEALERS IN
WOOD, COAL, HAY and GRAIN
GIANT POWDER AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY
t-§ FOR BLASTING §-f
Hauling and Storage —o— General Dock Agent*
PREMIER AVE. NEAR FIRST
Edgar Provinse
-
We
Supply
Anything
General Merchandise
“Quality
and
Service”
THE HERALD
JOBPRINTING
DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS STATIONERY
CARDS, LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, INVOICES,
SHIPPING TAGS, SPECIAL BLANKS,
TICKETS, ETC.
SOCIAL STATIONERY
INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRO
GRAMS, CARDS, MENUS, ETC.
FOSTERS, HAND BIDES
CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, FOLDERS,
PLACARDS, ETC.
We Specialize In Ruled Forms Of Every Character For
Mining And Business Purposes.
We Print Unit Certificate s, Stock Certificates, Sub
scription Forms, Unit Agreements and all forms re
quired in the organization of Syndicates and Stock
Companies. Get our prices before sending Outside.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
ESTIMATES' CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
I