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
A Tax Illustration
Everyone knows that taxes of
all kinds have enormously in
creased during the last few
years, but few realize just
what the extent of that in
crease has been or how it af
fects the producer and con
sumer of every commodity.
A concrete and striking illus
tration of what excessive tax
ation means was given in a re
cent advertisement of the Ala
bama Power Company, which
stated that it had paid out for
taxes last year approximately
twr.o million dollars, or 11 cents
of every dollar of gross reve
nue collected from its custom
ers.
It was further shown that in
asmuch as the revenue received
from the average home was
$37 a year it took the entire
receipts from 55,000 homes for
a whole year to pay the comp
any’s taxes.
This looks like a very unreas
onable burden to place upon
any industrial enterprise, yet
proposals to place additional
taxes upon the company have
been made recently by legislat
ors seeking more funds to feed
the insatiable appetite of the
tax-eaters.
No doubt a similar situation
exists in many other states be
sides Alabama, where extrava
gance in government expend
itures are seriously crippling
business, industry and agricult
ure. But the people are
aroused and seem determined
to call a halt on the orgy of
tax-spending w h i c h has
brought upon them these intol
erable burdens. They can on
ly do it at the ballot box, where
wasteful officials may be rele
gated to private life.
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Farmers and Business
Regardless of what may be
done in the future with respect
to legislation intended to aid
the farmer, it must be cor ced
ed that agriculture will rever
attain the place to which it is
entitled until farmers make up
their minds to organize effect
ively for mutual protection and
cooperation.
Because of the scattering of
farmers over such wide terri
tory, and the difficulty of get
ting them together even to dis
cuss their own problems, the
task of organization is a hard
one. .,«• 9 fcjftjM
vVhile several farmer s or
ganizations of national scope
already exist, they really in
j elude only a very small per
; centage of all farmers. While
j these bodies are helpful, they
can never be really effective
j without a large and loyal mem
bership.
As former Seci'etary Jardine
once said: “ Big business b
efficient because it is organ
ized. It knows the best meth
ods of production and what the
market demands, both quanti
ty and quality. Organization
will bring to agriculture the
same benefits that it has
brought to business.”
Just for Fun
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It’s a poor executive who can
not take a vacation without be
ing missed.
Just by way of rubbing it in,
1932 had to have 36G days.
The political plum tree gives
promise of a nice crop in
March.
A woman has two chances
to attain fame—earning it or
marrying it.
Even a lame duck senator
may have influence enough to
start an investigation of some
body.
A Chicago man ate a big
mess of garlic in an unsuccess
ful attempt to prevent influen
za. Now he has flu, indigest
ion and halitosis.
INTERESTING NOTES
The cost of crime in the Unit
ed States every year is estimat
ed to exceed $10,000,000,000.
Transparent steel, made of
sheets thinner than paper, is
proving useful in the manufact
ure of scientific instruments.
Bolivia is the only country in
South America without a sea
port.
More than 1,000 horses were
given stable assignments at Hi
aleah race track, Miami, Flor
ida. for the winter racing seas
on.
Arabia and Finland are the
oply countries, besides the
United States, having laws ab
solutely prohibiting the manu
facture and sale of alcoholic
liquoi's.
The United States supplies
more than 95 per cent of the
turpentine imported into the
United Kingdom. t t
TENYEARS DRSO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
December 19, 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Morrison,
who spent the summer here,
left Sunday and intend to re
urn to interior Alaska.
Pat Daly left Sunday for New
fork on business connected
with the Yellowstone group,
which he recently bonded from
William Murphy.
Keith’s Hotel in Hyder, B. C.,
was opened last week. Close to
200 people attended the open
ing and enjoyed the big turkey
dinner provided by the man
agement.
The oil tanker El Segundo,
‘550 feet long and the largest
vessel ever to enter this har
bor, discharged 5000 barrels,
210,000 gallons, of crude oil in
to the new tank built by the
Premier company above the
dock.
A permit has been granted
for a sawmill and power plant
site 300 feet in width, extend
ing from First Street to deep
water and paralleling the dock
approach.
Lee Ealch’s electric light
plant is almost ready to go into
operation and will be supply
ing lights within the next few
days, providing no unforseen
delays occur. The heavy ma
chinery arrived on the Carmen
and has been installed. Wires
are now being strung through
out the three sections of the
town.
Organization of the Internat
ional Service Club, composed
of ex-service men from both
sides of the line in this district,
was perfected at a meeting in
the Stewart Hotel. So far as
can be ascertained, this is the
only club of the kind in exist
ence. Meetings will be held al
ternately in the two towns. Of
ficers of the new club are: H.
Scovil, president; H. W. M.
Ralston, vice-president; W. S.
Orr, secretary; Fred Dorey,
treasurer.
Harold Booey was blown to
atoms Sunday morning by an
explosion in the No. 2 tunnel of
the Premier mine, where he
| was employed pushing ore
; cars. Booey is believed to have
voluntarily caused the explos
ion which annihilated him.
When he reached the mouth of
a crosscut where dynamite was
stored, he was seen to enter it
and almost immediately a ter
riffic explosion occurred, kill
ing him and in juring A. Thom
as, J. Rinje. H. Westburn and
J. Parpovich. None of the men
are believed to have been ser
iously injured. No inquest
could be held because there
was no remains to view except
a small piece of skin from the
victim’s heel.
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FRANK A, MtlliALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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