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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
HELP OF ALL NEEDED.
Every citizen interested in the
future of Hyder di earns of the
time when it will be a bigger
and better community. He
wants it to have more fine
homes .more industries, more
stores and more becoming pub
lic buildings.
These are commendable hopes
hut they accomplish little or
lothing unless they inspire ef
f •. x' 5 aimed at fulfillment.
Castles in the air are beauti
ful to dream about but a
“dream city” is not what pro
gressive citizens have in mind.
To make Hyder a bigger and
better city its people must
do something besides dream
about it. The booster must do
more than talk about the won
ders of his home town, and
others must do more than talk
about cooperation.
A community grows when
the great body of its citizens
concentrate their mental and
physical efforts and financial
resources on this one idea of
making it grow in size and
prosperity.
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THOROUGHBREDS.
Man-through care .scientific
breeding and training—has
made the (horse the noblest,
most beautiful and most intel
ligent of all animals. The
thoroughbred is a living monu
ment to the ingenuity of man,
upon which man, although it
is his own modeling, can not
gaze without awe and admir
ation. Why do men and wom
en go to the race track and
the circus? Is it to gamble at
one and to see the clowns and
acrobats at the other? Those
are the attractions for many,
but vastly more are lured there
by desire to see the sleek coats,
classic heads and fine proport
ions of finely trained and well
bred horses.
The thoroughbred horse is a
favorite illustration of the pro
ponents of eugenics, which is
only scientific breeding ap
plied to the human race. They
point out that man demands
thoroughbred horses, cattle,
sheep, dogs and cats and they
dream of a Utopia-such as H.
G. Wells describes—in which
men and women will be thor
oughbreds, mentally, morally
and physically.
None will gainsay that most,
if not all, of society’s ills spring
from those who are sub nor
mal mentally, morally or phys
ically. Normal men and wom
en are not found in the jails,
asylums, sanatoriums and poor
houses. But doesn’t the fact,
that only a small portion of
civilized, man is deficient
mentally, morally or physic
ally .indicate that humanity
was well along on the road to
the eugenic’s Utopia long be
fore the first eugenic invented
•a title for himself?
Man can not apply to himself
the same laws of directed
propagation he observes in
the breeding of horses, for
while man is master of the
lower animals he is not yet
complete master of himself.
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CUSTOMS.
Most everybody has wonder
ed where the customs of shak
:ng hands and lifting the hat
originated. The question of or
'gin has probably been inspir
ed by thoughts of the futility
and uselessness of both cust
oms. One theory of the origin
of the hand-shaking custom is
that prehistoric man proffer
ed his right hand to the passer
by to indicate that he had left
his club at home and was bent
>n some peaceful pursuit. The
custom has deteriorated to a
ess significant salutation.
The custom of lifting the hat
:s supposed to have originated
when knighthood was in flow
er and armored knights rais
ed the visors of their helmets
upon passing a lady that they
might the better see and be
3een. But today one is more
apt to hear “tip the hat” than
‘lift the hat.” Is there any re
.ation between this §nd the
fact that men now touch their
hat8 to a lady, whereas they
formerly removed their hats
entirely with a grand flourish?
Customs are subject to change,
although most of them survive
in some form or other for cen
turies.
The Parisians-reputed to be
the most gallant and courteous
of men—are said to be wel
coming with a zest a league
against hand-shaking in pro
cess of organization in France.
It recalls the spontaneous pub
lic approval given to suggest
ions to abolish the traditional
White House hand-shakings
in the Harding and Coolidge
administrations.
Just for Fun
The measure of good times
is the ability of the worthless
to get credit.
Even the wisest men go at
life somewhat blindly-they
admit they can’t quite solve
the riddle.
Marie-“How did you succeed
with that aviator?”
Mamie—“I made a perfect
landing.”
These are days when the
really efficient photographer
adds bathing suits to his equip
ment.
We are anxiously awaiting
news of the first red-headed
woman with six children who
swims the channel this year.
Lots of folks attend funerals
! not from sympathy but to see
if the house furnishings are
in style.
The next Congress will con
sider the flood control, but
will hardly succeed in control
ling the flood of new laws.
There is no law against
hustling freight on th.» docks
while you wait for your ship
to come.
“Home ,Sweet Home” is the
place everyone sings about
and in which no one seems to
stay any more than they can
help.
Many a good reputation has
been stabbed by a sharp
tongue.
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A business like a plant needs
j trimming back now and then
to give the roots a chance.
Some church members ex
pect the choir to make good
music when it isn’t paid even
a compliment.
Perhaps the scientists are
right. Man couldn’t have be
come as mean as he is in a
mere seven thousand years.
If politics and an auto are
anything alike, doubtless lady
politicians always will prefer
a middle-of-the-road policy.
Conceit is just a realization
of how good you are; swell
head is a conviction that you
couldn’t be better.
Formerly the dealers in lad
ie's read-to-wear took one-half
off at the end of the season;
now the manufacturers do it
at the beginning.
Modem Young Man (after
kissing a modern girl) :I’ll be
perfectly frank with you.
You’re not the first girl I’ve
kissed by a long shot!
Modern Young GirJ: And I’ll
be equally frank with you.
You’ve got a great deal to
learn, even at that!
To Willie Brown
Please tune your lute,
He dared a holdup
Man to shoot;
To poor defla Will
Kneel down in prayer,
The holdup man
Didn’t shoot in the air.
“Is he economical in the use
of his car?”
"He certainly is. Why half
the time he is running around
on two wheels and three cyl
inders .hunting for free park
ing spots.”
Simpson-Its so dry over in
our country that we have to
use a pick-ax to break the
ground.
Perkins-That’s nothing. Its
nothing. Its so dry over our
way that I have all my boys
carrying drinking-water to the
fish.”
It was midnight. The bell
hop of the .Hotel Munn called
a taxi. Then he escorted four
silghtly inebriated males from
the foyer.
“This guy (putting him in the
far corner )goes to 736 Wash
ington boulevard. This one
(putting him in the near corn
| er) goes to 1019 West Street,
j This fellow (putting him in
the middle )goes to the Kirk
wood Apartments, and this one
(putting him on the jumper
seat) goes to 2065 Glenwood
Avenue.”
The taxi driver nodded and
gave his machine the gas. In
about five minutes he was
back.
“Say! Would you re-arrange
these guys? I went over a
bump and they all got mixed
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Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
A canvasser for a magazine
house walked to the door of a
prospect, knocked, and a col
ored maid answered.
Canvasser: “Is the lady of
Maid: “She am takin’ a bath,
suh!”
Canvasser: “I’d like to see
her.”
Maid (grinning) : “I specks
you would, white man .1 specks
you would.”
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Debt, Treasury Department, Washington.
A. W. MELLON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, May 9, 1927.
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