HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue,Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford. Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
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lieved to be in full accord with fact.
“GC03E BONE PROPHETS”
During the fall the weather
prophets were apparently
about equally divided in ‘early
winter” and ‘‘late winter”
prognostications. And now that
winter is well under its three
months’ journey some of the
“goose-bone prophets foretell
a cold, wet summer and others
claim to see a hot, dry season
approaching. About next Sep
tember the public will know
which guess was the best As
far as Hyder is concerned it is
a decidely “tough” winter, and
most unusual weather condit
ions have prevailed through
out, so we can hardly refrain
from commenting on a widely
advertised prediction that this
is to be a “year without a sum
mer,” like 181G.
A New York state diarist in
1816 recorded snow on June 6
and 8, freezing weather up to
June 14, frost on June 28,
backward crops in July be
cause of unseasonable weather
and frost on August 24.
There are many' “signs” on
which this unpromising pre
diction of a cold summer is
based but the one most fre
quently cited is the recollect
ion (its accuracy is not vouch
safed) that six exceptionally
warm summers preceded the
frigid summer of 1816 and that
the last six summers temper
atures east of the Rocky
Mountains have been generally
above normal. The theory is
entertained that to compen
sate for the high temperatures
there must be a season of un
usually low thermometer read
ings.
But the fact remains that
there is too little known of the
sequence of weather condit
ions over a long period of years
to warrant the forming of such
conclusions as the one-in-seven
theory of of the long distance
weather forecasters. Much is
said about “weather cycles,”
but the “prophets” seem to be
unable to agree upon the time
it takes to complete that cycle.
Anyway we are too busy try
ing to keep warm just now to
do any worrying about cold
weather next summer.
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FRANKLIN GENIUS
The 224th anniversary of tin
birth of Benjamin Franklin
occurred at a time when there
is a marked revival of interest
in this genius of Revolutionary
America. In fact it appears |
very much as if his country is
rediscovering him.
The passing of generations
has not dwarfed him in the
eyes of the world or in the an-'
rials of history. He seems to
tower more and more over his
; contemporaries as the perspec
tive of history lengthens. This
is hardly because Franklin
brought the lightning down
from the sky, or because he col
lected data on waterspouts and
earthquakes, or devised a rem
edy foi smoking chimneys, or
invented bifocal spectacles, or
made a clock, or had more than
an average knowledge of med
icine. Nor yet is it due to his
political services, great as they
were; nor to his publishing and ,
printing activities; nor to his
having signed the Declaration
of Independence.
He was the first “civilized”
public man in America and
that accounts for his ever
growing fame. It was the
many-sidedness of Franklin,
along with his humanity and
his magnetism that has project
. ad the greatness of him down
o the present time. In his own
era the man was a modernist.
There was nothing reactionary
n his make-up. and yet he was
lever a radical.
Benjamin Franklin’s enduring
’ame seems to rest upon the
:'act that he was so far in ad
vance of his day and generat
on. He would not be lost in
his modern world, nor be be
I vildered by it. It is in the
nany ways in which he differ
; ;d from his contemporaries
I ather than in his kinship with
| ,hem that he stands out so
| clearly from his time.
THE EDITOR’S LAMENT
Getting out a paper is no pic
nic. If we print jokes, folks
say we are silly. If we don’t
they say we are too serious.
If we puiblish original matter,
they say we lack variety. If
we publish things from other
papers, we are too lazy to
write. If we don’t print con
tributions, we don’t show prop
er appreciation. If we do print
them then the paper is full of
junk.
Like as not some fellow will
say we purloined this from an
other paper. We did-we thank
the Dental Craftsman.
Just for Fun
Dancing appears to exercise
just about everything except
discretion. •
All work and no play gets
Jack in shape to pay the ali
mony.
Exercise alone should give
one slender lines. Look at the
tongue.
Perhaps the thing that made
old-fashioned dances respect
able was the frame of mind.
Alas! Even the establishment
of equality can’t keep us from
envying our superiors.
If ciiminals have “sick minds”
and the good are “morons,” as
some high-brow contends, what
in thunder is normal?
Home, to a woman, accord
ing to Noel, is any place where
there’s a shoulder she can cry
on.
“Why do you sit there and
scratch your head?”
“I’m the only one who knows
it itches.”
We thing that the reason
that boys leave the farm is be
cause they hate to plow thru
life.
Found: Ladies’ hand bag;
left in my car while parked.
Owner can have same by ident
ifying and paying for this ad.
Or if she will make a satisfact
ory explanation to my wife 1
will pay for ad.
“George,” said Daddy to his
small son, “If you don’t say
your prayers you won’t go to
Heaven.”
“I don’t wann go to Heaven,”
George replied, “I wanna go
with you and mamma.”
“Did you realize anything
from your investments in the
stock market?”
“Oh, yes.”
“What did you realize?”
“What a fool I was.”
According to an Outside pa
per, women are now buying
their dresses on the installment
plan. We seem to have seen
rome of them wearing the first
installment.
Two convivial friends were
wending their way down the
main stem about 2 a. m., when
one of them stopped to gaze
dazedly at a sign. “Whatchu
lookin’ at?” said the other
“That sign.”
“Whazzit shay?”
“Ladies Ready to Wear
Clothes.”
“Dern near time, if any one
was to ash me!” came the re
ply
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory. i
Alleged to have been de
spondent over domestic troub
les, S. Paramaroff, 50, of Kod-1
iak, ended his earthly sorrows
by blowing off his head with
a shotgun recently. He is sur
vived by a widow and seven
children.
Operating six dredges in the ;
Klondike district, the. Tread
gold interests during the last
season produced in round fig-1
ures $750,000 in placer gold.
The Treadgold company now
controls virtually all the low
grade placer ground in the
Dawson district, including the
old Yukon Gold Co. properties
and other large holdings.
An oldtimer of the Circle
district, whose name is thought
io be either Jack Hanson or
Jack Sansom, died recently at'
Circle.
Fairbanks experienced the
coldest weather of the winter
i up to that time on January 24,
i when the mercury dropped to
j 40 degrees below zero. At
' Eagle on the same day the ther
mometer registered 48 below,
j while at Fort Yukon it was 46
! below, at Ruby 44 below, and |
at Hot Springs 42 below.
i Two deaths by drowning, one
| near Chichagoff and the other
i at Red Bay, in the Ketchikan
; district were reported in re
i cent days. Sam Estrat broke
! through the ice some time be
i tween December 9 and 14 at a
! small lake near Porcupine Har
bor, Chichagof Island. The
body was not recovered. A man
whose name was not given lost
| his life by drowning at Red
j Bay. The body was recovered
by trappers.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
(By Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor.)
The first visit to a hospital
i does not always bring the re
j suits we expect. The first
I Church service may not bring
! to us the results we expect
! from it. It is sure that it will
! not make one perfect but it
| may cause us to see our imper
I t'ections more clearly. Do not
get disheartened if this hap
■ pens but come again and talk
with others about it and see
i what will happen afterwards.
After the darkness and storm
Comes a radiant light;
| After the turmoil and strife
I Cometh the sunshine bright;
| After the gloaming and night
Cometh the glorious dawn;
| After the toils and the cares
Cometh the victor’s song.
; After the turmoil an dstrife
! Cometh a wondrous peace;
i After the doubts and the fears
; Cometh a sure release;
After the sorrow and tears
Cometh a heavenly strain;
j After the prayer and praise
j Cometh his blessing again.
Caroline Grayson
10:30 A. M. The most valu
i able hour in the children’s life.
] What a great work can be done
in this hour? Here are plastic
lives to be molded and formed
in the Christ way of life. This
is very attractive and interest
ing to the children and may
well repay the hour spent in
the church school.
7:30 P.M. Evening Worship
Service. T his service will be
dismissed at 8:30 One hour in
God’s house will help you to
enjoy the other one hundred
and sixty-seven better.
Theme: “Belief to-day.”
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewell
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and IS Jewels
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.
Crosley Radios on Hand. Come
In And Look Them Over.
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JUNEAU • ALASKA
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