HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Saturday At Hyder, Alaska.
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1879.
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The Herald extends to it:
patrons and the general public
best wishes for a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy and Prosper
ous New Year.
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.
As we once more approach
the day of “Peace On Earth
And Good Will Towards Men,’
and as we searched our vo
cabulary in an effort to pick
out words that had never beer,
used in order to express oui
thoughts to you, we found
dear friends, that if we made
an effort to be original i
would undoubtedly sound tc
you cold, stilted and metallic.
The love of God for all man
kind and the love of man fo:
his brother man, is as old as
the everlasting hills and so the
simpler the language of the
lips, the closer we get to the
ears of those who listen.
Day by day we add to the
jears and then we pile them
up behind us filled with theii
joys and their sorrows, their
successes and their regrets but,
thanks to the Giver of all good,
we can always-look forward
with hope and anticipations
based on right motives and in
tentions.
In a few days we will close
the old gate and open the new
and we just want you to know
that as you start on your un
explored journey, we will ac
company you with our sincere
wishes to the end that your
life and your efforts may be
crowned with happiness and
prosperity and with the still
further hope that with dollars
and cents in the background,
you may always feel as kind
ly towards us as we toward
you.
The Publishers
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MINING INVESTMENTS.
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(From the Mining & Industrial
Record)
First and foremost buyers of
mining shares should know
the basis on which mining in
vestments should be judged.
In the case of a producing mine
/alues are easily fixed. In the
2ase of undeveloped proper
ties values are purely specu
lative,
The average life of a mine
s ten years. In view of the ab
lormal proportions of mining
/entures which prove profit
able, and have investment val
je, there is attached to mining
i feature known in few other
classes of investment. This is
termed the “risk of the busi
less.” In valuing a mining
;tock the return of the princi
>al of the investment is the
irst factor to be provided
'or. This should be placed at
10 per cent per annum. Then,
n view of the risk, mines
hould pay higher dividends
han such investments as in
iustrial and public utilities.
A mining investment should
iarn ten per cent annually. A
mining stock should therefore
)e valued on its at>ilitiy to re
urn to the investor at least
wenty per cent per annum.
Most of the dividend payers
io better than that on their
oar values; and buyers of
shares who are ignorant of the
orinciples of mining invest
nent bid the shares of such
companies up to prices repre
senting several hundred per
:ent over the par value. It is
:his prospective increase which
makes the speculative attract
on, as more money may be
nade in trading in such shares
chan from dividends.
In the case of prospects
che three essential things are
merit, capitalization and man
agement. Bad management will;
ruin the best prospect. Over
capitalization is the sure road
to the boneyard.
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COURAGE
It is unfortunate that so many
of us do not have the courage,
or the sense, to face our own
shortcomings; to admit to our
selves and to all concerned
our errors and mistakes.
If we do not have, there is
little chance that we shall
ever be much betted equipped
to fight our battles than we
are today.
Only obstinacy refuses to
confess error and only vanity
declines to admit deafeat. Ob
stinacy and vanity are drags
upon the chariot of progress.
Unless we cut them loose we
do not get vfery far.
The same truth holds for the
indivdual, the group, the com
munity, the nation. History is
replete with instances of fine
heads battered against the
impenetrable wall of unalter
able fact; of fine causes lost
by enthusiasts who clung te
naciously to original error; of
cities stunted because they
were too proud to change
their habits; of nations
wrecked upon the shoals of
eheir selfish desire.
There is no shame in admit
ting failure or mistake, either
to ourselves or to observtVs.
We cannot long delude those
who watch, and they will re
spect us the more highly if we
frankly confess, when we
muff the ball, that it was our
fault.
As long as we are not too
vain to face the facts of our
conduct there is hope for us.
But we will never be useful to ;
our teammates in life as long
as we hypnotize ourselves into
belief that we have made a
home run with the bases full,
after we have just struck out.
Just for Fun
Don’t despair. If you can’t
run, you can sit on the fence
and register scorn during the
race.
We have come to the con
clusion that those German
philosophers were nearly right.
War won’t make a people
tough, but grubbing to pay for
it will.
Billie McDonnell says: “It
isn’t necessary to say to the
bride ‘with all my worldly
good I thee endow,’ She’ll get i
’em, if any.’’
Happiness is largely a matter
of health and youth.
The woman who marries a
man to reform him can find
solace in the thought that even
legislation cannot do it.
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Bad luck doesn’t bother the
nap who makes the best of it,
iccording to Marshal Martin.
Success is just a matter of
sound sense, common decency
and advertising space.
If at 16 he thinks he looks
distinguished, his glands are
functioning normally.
“Roll your own” is a fine
slogan, when it comes to bank
rolls, says Eddie Haddon.
Give a man enough rope and
he will hang himself or smoke
himself to death.
The objection to humble
people is that they always
seem a little too proud of it.
We often wonder why nature
gives all the vehemence to the
one who doesn’t know he
doesn’t know.
The wife doesn’t hold his
arm because she loves him,
but because that is the easiest
way to stop him when she sees
a window shop worth while.
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Hyder Grocery
FRANK REICHENBA CK, PROPRIETOR.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
♦ f At Right Prices ♦ *
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- for POWER
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BUILD UP A
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When a call comes for cash
you have a reserve to draw on
Use Our Bank — To Build Up —
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BANK OF HYDER
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Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels '
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 Jewels
Standard 7 and 15 Jewels
Ingersolls
Wrist watches, Waltham, El
| gin & Hofes, $12.50 to $25.00 :
Jewelry made to order, repair
work Anything in jewelry fur
nished on short notice.
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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
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Thursdays
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Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL ft MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
Dr. C. D. Carter will be at his
>ffice in the Reichenbach Bldg.
Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday of each week. For ap
pointments at other times
phone Northern Drug Co.,
Stewart.
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