HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 192-1
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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Tnis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm or other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
rormation relative to local min ing development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
An Arctic Tragedy
After 33 years, a my.-tery of
the Arctic has been partially!
cleared up'by the finding of
the remains of Salomon A. ‘
Andree and one of his compan
ions on an uninfThbited island
in the far North. Some equip
ment and records were also
found frozen in the ice.
Andree was a distinguished
Swedish aeronaut and engin
eer, who made several notable
balloon flights before he set
out on his fatal expedition at
the age of 42. With two com
panions, Nils Strindberg and
Knut Fraenkel, he ascended
in a balloon from Dane’s Is
land on July 11, 1887, with the
idea of drifting over the North
Pole. It was hoped to reach
Alaska or some other land,
whence they might make their
way home.
Two days after their depart- ■
ure a message brought back by
a carrier pigeon indicated tha:
they were being carried far off
their intended course by unfav
orable winds. Nothing more
was ever heard of the brave
adventurers until their remains
were found a few days ago.
The Andree undertaking was
hazardous, even foolhardy. Un
der the most favorable weather
conditions the chances were
overwhelmingly against its suc
cess, as the participants well
knew before they set out. The
lure of adventure claimed
them as its victims, as it has
claimed many of the world’s
bravest in all ages.
Tcc Much Red Tape
Thoughtful citizens cannot
fail to look with concern upon
the ever increasing tendency
of governmental agencies to
restrict and “regulate” our
daily activities, which are be
' coming more and more en
meshed in a maze of red tape.
Practically every new law
passed by Congress or state i
legislatures is designed to fur-j
(her extend this paternal sup
ervision by innumerable com
missions, boards and bureaus,
many of which have no valid
reason for existence, except j
that they make jobs to fatten
the public payroll.
Among the many persons of
prominence who have protest
ed against these indefensible j
encroachments upon the liber
ties of the people is Governoi i
Theodore Christian sen o i |
Minnesota, who recently said: '
"T emphatically disapprove i
of the numerous and petty leg |
illations with which little bu- j
reaucrats in Washington annoy
and harass business, big and j
little.”
The fact is that these burden- ■
ome regulations are not tin |
result of any’ demand on the j
part of the public, but are orig-:
inated by politicians who seek
she limelight and are ambit- I
ious to have their names identi :
fied with restrictive laws on !
every conceivable subject. It!
is time that the people them-1
selves should call a halt to this 1
sort of thing, by the only
means at their command—the
ballot. If a few law-crazy leg
islators were relegated to pri
vate life we might eventually
obtain relief from the law
making orgy of recent years,
which has cost the public mil
lions of dollars and untold an
noyance, with no correspond
ing benefits in any respect.
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Get Him At Last
After several years of unsuc
cessful efforts to get a local
merchant to advertise, the pub
lisher of a Kansas weekly pap
er recently was surprised to re
ceive an order for a full page
advertisement from the former
■ non-advertiser.
Glancing at the copy the pub
lisher saw that it was a “clos
ing out sale.” The business
man was going out of business.
His advertising competitors
had taken his trade and there
was nothing left for him to do
but quit. So the newspaper
man had landed his prospect
at last. The merchant recog- j
nized the power of advertising j
to help him get out of business,
but had never tried to use it as
a means of staying in business, j
There are a great many mer-!
chants like that.
Just for Fun
Worry makes thin people
thinner and fat people fatter.
Those who get caught are
easier to convince that honesty
is the best policy.
Perhaps ladio sermons are
popular because no collections
are taken.
Many who consider them
selves leaders will follow a lit
tle golf ball all day.
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Put a little sugar into what
I you say and take a little salt
with what you hear.
Now that the debunkers have
had a long inning, it is time
! that they should be debunked.
A German professor declares
that earth worms can sing.
Some other kinds think they
can.
Banishing illiteracy has one
; drawback. If all were literate,
where would we get jurors.
Snuff-taking is said to be in
i creasing in Czechoslovakia,
| where it will doubtless prove a
great aid to pronunciation.
In states where capital pun
ishment has been abolished
I governors are saved the troub
: !e of signing commutations.
If we believed what their op
j ponents say, we would con
clude that all candidates are
unfit to hold office.
Biological note: Wall Street
takes them in as lambs and
j turns them out as goats.
As another measure of farm
I relief, violin chin rests were
placed on the free list in the
' tariff bill..
Even if one could fool all the
i people all the time it wouldn’t
| be necessary, with so many wil
i ling to fool themselves.
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1 Hoping to make a hit with
the charming lady witness, the
cross-exaftiining attorney said:
“I trust I have not troubled
you with all these questions.”
“Not at all,” replied the lady
as she left the stand, “I have a
small boy at home.”
“And how much would you
say this colt was worth?”
asked the railroad claim attor
ney of the farmer who was
claiming damages. ,
“Not a cent less than $500,”
emphatically declared the stur
dy son of the soil.
“Pedigreed stock, I sup
pose?”
“Well, no,” the bereaved ad
mitted reluctantly, “but you
could never judge a colt like
that by its parents.”
“No,” the attorney agreed
diily. “I've often noticed how
crossing it with -a locomotive
will improve the breed.”
WHAT’S NEW?
An electrical treatment has
recently been discovered for lo
ar and bronchial pneumonia
and is so overwhelmingly posi
tive in 200 tests that it is “vir
tually a specific.”
A loud speaker has been de
veloped by engineers in Ger
many which can be heard five
miles away.
When wood is boiled in pap
er making, a sulphite turpen
tine gas is given off which is
used in making TNT.
A Viennese X-ray specialist
discovered while taking X-ray
photographs of abnorm a 1
children that the rays them
selves caused both the mental
and physical condition of the
children*to improve.
The discovery that rats are
I afflicted with a disease which
!appears to be the same as hu
man leprosy will make it easier
for scientists to make experi
mental studies of this dread
disease.
Chemists of the United States
government have developed a
poisonous paint to prevent the
growth of barnacles on the
hulls of ships.
Police of Berlin are equipped
with a gas pistol which dis
charges a cloud of gas, render
ing the victim unconscious but
otherwise unhurt. „
i A typewriter which can write
up to 1,000 words a minute has
been invented by an engineer
in Germany.
INTERESTING NOTES
Eros, a tiny planet about 15
miles in diameter, which comes
nearer the earth than any other
body except the moon, is trav
eling in the general direction
of the earth at the rate of 4,500
miles per hour.
An apple tree owned by F.
A. Good, of Frederickton, Can
ada, bears 65 varieties of ap
ples, produced by grafting.
The Netherlands, famed the .
| world over for its horticulture, !
exports tulips, hyacinths and
narcissi amounting to $17,000
, j00 a year.
With a population of 690 per j
square mile,'Java is the most j
densely populated body of land !
in the world.
Picketwire, Colo., known as
the smallest town in America,
j is to have the world’s largest
! airport.
I The Federal Radio Com
mission has authorized West
inghouse station KDKA al
Pittsburg to operate experi
mentally on 400,000 watts, the
highest broadcasting power
ever attempted.
Havana, Cuba, is believed to ‘
have the lowest taxi cab rates
in the world, charging only 20
cents for two miles and there is
seldom a charge for waiting
time.
A war has been started on
hundreds of fortune tellers
who have victimized thousands
of ^peculators in the stock
market in Tokio, Japan.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Meets Second and Fourth
Thursdays
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Waltham 17 and 23 Jewels
Hamilton 19 and 21 Jewels
Elgin 7 and 15 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.
THE NUGGET SHOP
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We have temporarily discon
tinued the local manufacture
of rubber stamps, but will re
ceive orders for outside deliv
ery. Phone 82.
PROFESSIONAL
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JUtctnirg at ^atu
^HgNer, Alaska
C. H. SUNDMACHER
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Office Bungalow Hotel
FRANK A, METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS, F. CANBFORD
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