HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building.
Second Avenue, Hyder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 82
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
Tnis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishmeut associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
rormation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
Town Spirit
Right now, when conditions
are tar from good and much
pessimism prevails, there is
something that should be done
by the thinking elements of
the town that is more import
than the investment of
dollars and cents, and that is
the wakening of a real Hyder
spirit. We mean by that a spir
it, ot confidence in our town
and its future; a spirit which
will prompt and impel us to
let the world know that, in
spite of adversity and unfor
lunate conditions, we are on
the map to stay. A spirit that
will carry this message, and
continue to carry it to those
who seek new fields for min
ing investment. The message
needs no exaggeration but it
needs to be delivered.
Basic conditions here are es
sentially sound and with
strengthened credit the
country is in a condition to go
forwaid. There will unquest
ionably be a marked renewal
of business activities in the
coming months. In this revival
we are entitled to a full share,
nothing less, and we can get
it if we are a unit in going af
ter it.
We are so very much the
creatures of our own will
that the determination to make
a better and greater Hyder,
accompanied by real effort,
will assuredly prove success
ful.
Keep this ever uppermost in
your mind. Your town is going
to be just what you choose to
make it.
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A Woman Senator
For the first time in its his
tory, the United States Senate
now has a woman membei
who will actually take part in
the proceedings of that body,
in the person of Mrs. Hattie
Caraway, appointed to sue
ceed her late husband, Senatoi
Thaddeus H. Caraway of Ar
kansas.
One other woman, Mrs. Re
becca L. Felton of Georgia,
was senator for om day, under
a complimentary appointment,
but performed no actual ser
vice.
Mrs. Caraway will serve un
der her present appointment
until a special election is held
in January, in which she is a
candidate for the unexpired
term of her husband, and for
j which she will probably have
| no opposition. She will then
j serve until 1933, and has
agreed not to ask for reelect
ion.
The growing custom of ap
; pointing or electing the wives
of dead officials to succeed
them in public office is senti
mentally fine, but whether it
is always in the public interest
s open to question. When the
wife is leally fitted for the of
fice concerned there could be
no legitimate objection, and in
.he case of Mrs. Caraway it is
said that she is fully capable
of performing the duties of
ler itor.
To our way of thinking al
most any bright woman would
be equal to, if not an actual
improvement on the average
present day occupant of a
Senate seat.
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Doing the Shopping
If human nature were not
what it is, the Christmas sea
son would not be one of rush
' and worry over what to buy.
f people did their shopping
,vhen it could be done under
he most favorable conditions,
t might extend over months
nstead of weeks and would be
.tone the less seasonable.
However, none but the ex
ceptional person thinks of do
ng Christmas shopping until ii
an be put off no longer. Then
t becomes more or less of an
•rdeal and is so strenuous that
t tends to rob the season of
he “cheer and good will”
hat attach to it sentimentally.
Yet we are so constituted
hat it would not be Christmas
or a lot of people were it
therwire. They have become
o accustomed to waiting and
hen making a hurry-up job
>f it that they would not feel
ight were it done betimes.
Human nature is a peculiar
thing despite the fact that all
of us have it. It wouldn’t be
human nature if it wasn’t odd.
If we did everything in a rea
tonable and kane way we
would not be human beings.
We would be super-human
and that is too much to ex
pect. It is the perogative of
| human beings to do as they
' please and of course most of
us please to delay as long as
we can the doing of that which
we cannot avoid. There may
be those who are forehanded
in Christmas shopping but
they are rare and so different
from the mass that they are
j odd, too.
j By the way, we must do
! our Christmas shopping pret
ty soon.
Just for Fun
We have always thought
that Thanksgiving should come
after Congress adjourns in
stead of just before it meets.
Mistress: “The main thing
j here is honesty. The last maid
i stole the silver spoons.
New Maid: “You needn’t
J fear anything from me ma’am, i
I’m on probation for stealing •
at my last place.”
GETTING ALONG
: Bether.”
“Well, It's certainly time you were j
getting along. It’s eleven o’clock.”
McTight: “I have nothing
but praise for the new minister
; of our church.”
| O’Malley: “So I noticed!
when the plate was passed J
around.”
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Husband: “If a man steals—
I no matter what—he will live
to regret it.”
Wife (sweetly) : “You used
to steal kisses from me before
we were married.”
Husband: “Well you heard
what I said.”
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AGAINST THE GRAIN
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Caller—I wish to see Miss Jones.
Maid—I'm sorry to say she’s not ill.
I Caller—Why are you sorry to say
It?
Maid—Because it hurts my toa
j science to tell lies.
A farmer received a crate
containing some fowls. He
I wrote to the sender, informing (
| him that the crate was so
, badly made that it had come j
to pieces when he was taking!
I the hens home with him and
| they had all escaped, and, af-!
I ter much searching, he had
only succeeded in findipg
eleven of them. In due course
he received the following
reply:
“You were lucky to find
eleven hens, because I only
MUt »iX."
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
December 7, 1921
The freighter Anyox arrived
with a cargo of machinery
for the Premier, including
some heavy boilers, and left
Sunday with 300 tons of Pre
mier concentrates said to be
worth $500 per ton, or a total
value of $150,000. Unloading
of the machinery was con
siderably hampered by the
heavy snowfall while the ship
was in port.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Stan
ley Oaksmith, acting on the
request of the Hyder Commer
cial Association, has organiz
ed the Hyder fire department
with Walter Blanton as as
sistant chief and the following
members: Fred Dory, J. K.
Green, Chas. Blantan, Blondy
Charlton, Jack Sutherland,
Frank and Noel M. Traversy,
and Sam. Fry. They will all
familiarze themselves with'
the new chemical fire engine,
which was given a try-oui
Friday and found fully up to
expectations.
Hyder is to have its own
Christmas tree this year, there
now being enough children in
the camp to make such a hap
py event desirable and pos
sible. In the past this town
has combined with Stewart
in promoting Christmas activ
ities.
The first heavy snowfall
of the winter started Friday
night and by Sunday night
there was at least five feet of
snow on the level and the
community had a couple of
days of strenuous snow shov
eling.
The big snow has not forced
suspension of operations on
the Silverado, as development
has progressed to the point
that operations can now be
carried on throughout the win
ter.
The Dory Transfer put their
car in the garage Saturday
and started their winter ser
vice on runners. Bert Edmunds
is pushing the ribbons.
Frank Reichenbach has mov
ed his store from the Cald
well building to the Lake
building on International Ave.
Geo. Mehfelt and Mr. and
Mrs. Albert J. Mayer are
down the canal in the seine
boat Sea Lion and their ab
sence during the big storm
has caused some uneasiness.
Jack Lambert, who came up a
few days ago, reported they
were anchored in Hidden In
let.
INTERESTING NOTES
Henry Ford predicts that the
minimum daily wage of work
ingmen in the United States in
the year of 1950 will be $27.
A recent shipment of 91,
000 bags of coffee from Brazil
was the largest received at
New Orleans since the World
War.
United States tanners are
credited with producing 30
per cent of the world’s output
of leather.
Restaurants and hotels
use about a quarter, or 26 per
cent, of the food consumed in
the United States.
Five million acres of timber
were burned by forest fires in
the United States during 1930,
the forest service reports.
The United States is the lead
ing consuming country for lic
orice root, about 90 per cent
of its annual imports of 69,
000,000 pounds being used in
the tobacco industry.
What’s New?
A compact photographic
print press has been invented
for the use of traveling photo
graphers.
An enterprising Berlin com
pany has devised a telephone
disk with self-illuminating
figures.
Corn fed in at one end of a
new machine built in Italy is
turned out in the form of a
completed loaf of bread in 20
minutes.
Dishpans are being made of
compressed paper that will
not chip dishes dropped into
them.
A motorless electric clothes
washer has been invented, its
suds being agitated with a
vibrating member operating
magnetically on the principle
of a door bell.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell “A” bat
tery, no light current, no batteries
(o charge—849.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy— Eight tube
superhetrody.ne pentode, screen grid,
moving coil dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
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PROFESSIONAL
Jirmsti ^81 m
JVttontqi at ‘JGato
Jlgber, .Alaekn
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL I MINING ENGINEER
0. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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CHAS ,F. SANDFORO
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday In Stewart
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Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church *
Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor *
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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NOYES BOAT VC O M P A N Y
Operating M. V. Fairbanks, Carrying U. S. Mails
FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN
HYDER and KETCHIKAN
Hyder Dock Company, Hyder A&enta
A. J. MAYER • P O BOX 123
...HYDER MACHINE SHOP...
IIYD ER OAK A O E
Plumbing Steamfitting Black-smithing General Repairs
Authorized Ford Agent
Genuine Ford Parts
AGENTS FOR FAIRBANKS, MORSE
ENGINES & MACHINERY
ALASKA
*HYDER