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.
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An Independent Newspaper
Not Yet Civilized
When one contemplates the
great advances in science and
mechanics which have been
made in the last half century
or so it appears that man’s
achievements have been some
thing little short of marvelous.
But if we could but look into
the future, it is probable that
we should realize that our pres
ent knowledge and utilization
of the forces of nature are only i
crude beginnings.
This thought is forcefully ex
pressed by Dr. R. A. Millikan,
one of the world’s greatest
physicists, who recently said:
“ Mankind is now just an in
fant a few months old at most,
who up until but a minute ago
has been lying in his crib shak
ing his rattle.”
Even conceding that great
advancement has been made in
a material way, whereby the
more enlightened peoples have
facilities and comforts not
dreamed of by our ancestors,
we are still sadly deficient in
the moral qualities which
must be developed if this old
world is to become a satisfact
ory place of abode.
Although there is more of
charity and altruism displayed
than ever before, human nat
ure has not changed greatly
through all the centuries.
Crime, greed, intolerance, hate
and cruelty are in evidence on
every hand, even among the
most civilized of peoples. A
million laws and an army of
peace officers fail to make ei
ther life or property safe.
Unless a man's opinions and
beliefs conform to those of the 1
majority he must suppress!
their utterance or be pro
scribed. Freedom of consci
ence, even in this land of sup-;
posed freedom, is only a pre
tense. Only those who are fi
nancially independent can af
ford to be entirely frank in ex-,
pression. People are no longer
burnt at the stake for their,
opinions, but they are perse
cuted in other ways.
We have gone a little way to
ward civilization, but we are
not yet civilized.
Just for Fun
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If those Chinese don’t stop
grabbing Japanese territory
there is likely to be trouble.
Judge Gemmill of Chicago
declares that alimony is Amer
ica’s greatest curse. And to
think that a woman invented
it!
Up-to-date simile: As crazy
as a technocrat.
It is some consolation that (
cold waves are not permanent
ones.
It must have taken an expert
bo figure out that 3.05 per cent
beer w’ould be just right.
That detective stories are real
fiction is proved by the ending
in which the crook is caught.
If that farm allotment plan
becomes a law there ought to |
be government jobs for every-;
body.
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Washington state leads in the i
production of apples, but!
Washington city has the great
est output of applesauce.
A Kansas professor says a
girl’s success depends 85 per
cent on personality and 15 per
cent on brains. Any attempt at
bright comment on this state
ment would be dangerous, so
we pass.
INTERESTING NOTES
trolled by nothing more than a
throttle and a reverse lever,
has been invented by Howard
Gihbs, Australian engineer.
The Palace of Engineering at
Wembley, England, is the larg
est concrete structure in the
world.
The Bible is the world’s best
seller, an average of 30,000,
000 copies being sold annually.
The Postoffice Department
uses nearly 3,000,000 pounds:
of twine annually for tying j
packages of letters.
Denmark has the most highly j
organized agricultural indust
ry in the world.
New Zealand expects to ex
port 1,000,000 eggs to Britain
this year, about twice the quan
tity exported last year.
The annual consumption of
coffee in the United States is
about 1,000,000,000 pounds.
A steam engine made of glass j
is the remarkable work of John
T. Backman, famous glass
blower of Venice, Calif., and it
runs perfectly.
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TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
December 27, 1922
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Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lundvall
received the most wonderful
Christmas present in the world,
namely a fine baby boy, born
on the morning of Dec. 23.
Arthur Hall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hall, came up for
the holidays from New West
minister, where he is attend- j
ing Columbia College.
It is reported that a blind
lead of high grade copper ore
three feet in width has been
crosscut in the Sunshine tunnel
at a lateral depth of 57 feet.
The tunnel is in about 60 feet
and according to measurements
must be driven 20 feet further
to reach the lead that crops on
the surface.
It woul be hard to determine
whether the kiddies or the
grown-up boys and girls most
thoroughly enjoyed the com
munity Christmas observance
in Pioneer Hall. Those partic
ipating in the program present
ed under the direction of Miss
Esther Olsen, the teacher of the
public school, were: Mona i
Mehlfeld, Johnnie Barron, Ag
nes Lundvall, Leonard Traver
sy, Dorothy Mehlfend, Teddy
Higgins, Arthur Baynton, Ted
dy Higgins, Deddy Mahood,
Betty Mahcod, June Mehlfeld,
Pearl Lyon, Myrtle Lundvall,
Josephine McFarland, Lillian
Stewart, Numbers were also
presented by W. S. Orr and
Arthur Baynton, while Bill
Tooth officiated as Santa’s dep- j
uty.
George Mehlfeld and Charlie
Skoning discovered where a
bear had holed up on Fish
creek a few days ago. They
came back to town for a rifle
and returned to the scene, ac
companied by Mrs. Mehlfeld
and Ed. Snyder’s fox terriers,
Bum and Panzy. Visualize the
bear’s den, the dogs barking at ]
the mouth, Mrs. Mehlfeld close j
to a handy tree, George fond- j
ling his trusty gun and Charlie
refereeing the proceedings. j
Panzy entered the den, the;
bear said “woof” and out he !
came on the run. Panzy fled j
hurridely. George leveled his |
gun and it wouldn’t go off. Mrs '
Mehlfeld made the squirrels i
ashamed by the way she j
shinned up the tree. Charlie j
moved so quick his foot slipped !
and he slid under a windfall, j
there to remain until the excite- |
ment was over. Meanwhile
Bum was on top of the bear,
with a firm hold on his wooly
neck, riding him up the mount
ainside. That’s the end of the
story, except that they swore
out a warrant for the bear’s
arrest and deputy marshal
Bill McDonald has to serve it
and don’t know where to find
the bear. If he does there will
be a fresh bear hide nailed on
the skookum-house door.
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FRANK A, METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA j
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Methodist Episcopal *
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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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