The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Sole Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 187!).
Subscription price §3.00 per year in
advance by mail or carrier
Advertising Rates on application.
An Independent Newspaper
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your local postoffice. Unless you do
so, your papers will not be forwarded
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extra postage for forwarding. Just
write your old as well as your new ad
dress on a penny post card and mail
direct to us.
The Interest Burden
Few taxpayers realize the
enormous interest burdens laid
upon their shoulders by the
prevailing system of raising
money for government uses by
selling interest bearing bonds,
instead of following the sens
ible method of issuing money
direct; as will undoubtedly be
done when the people come to
understand how the money
sharks have been bleeding
both the government and them
selves.
As evidence of what bond
interest means to the people in
tax burdens, may be cited the
announcement that when the
public debt reached its peak
point of twenty-six billion five
hundred million dollars re
cently, the interest on it am
ounted to the enormous sum of
rine hundred and sixty million
dollars annually. Figured
down a bit closer, this interest
charge amounts to about eighty
million dollars a month, or
more than two million five
hundred thousand dollars a
day.
Huge as these interest pay
ment figures are now, they
will be even greater by the
close ox the present tiscal year,
when the national debt is ex
pected to reach the stupendous
total of thirty-one billion five
hundred million dollars, ac
cording to a recent announce
ment by President Roosevelt.
At 314 Per cent, the average
interest rate now paid by the
government on its bonded in
debtedness, the interest will
amount to approximately one
billion one hundred million a
year, or more than ninety-one
million dollars a moni.h.
Most of it goes into the pock
ets of a relatively few people,
bankers and other money lend
ers, for few of the common peo
ple who pay the interest ever
se*e a government bond, let
alone possess one.
Time and again it has been
pointed out by eminent author
ities that these tremendous in
terest charges can be avoided
by the simple expedient of the
government issuing money
direct, instead >of making the
money and then foolishly pay
ing someone interest for the
privilege of using it in 'the
conduct of the government
business.
Just for Fun i
We must advise “subscriber"
that a taxidermist is not a gar
age worker.
The wise birds tell us that to
learn anything one must start
from the bottom; but how
about swimming?
The dove cf peace is still try
ing to alight in Europe, but
everytime it tries someone
takes a shot at it.
A local cynic says the fellow
who puts his wedding off until
times get normal again is apt to
get normal himself.
Lives of farmers oft remind
us, hardest toil don’t stand a
chance; the more they work
they leave behind them larger
patches on their pants.
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The saddest story of the
! month so far is about the chap
j who didn’t find out until six
months after he eloped with
the girl that her parents
helped pack her bag.
Waitress: “I have stewed kid
neys, boiled tongue, fried liver,
and pigs feet.”
Customer: “Don’t tell me
your trouble.?, sister, give me a
chicken pie.”
_
The tramp was boasting to
, several others that he had the
I softest job in the country. “You
| know the fellow,” he queried.
J “who goes alongside de trains
and taps the axles to see if
everything is all right? Well,
I help him listen.”
INTERESTING NOTES
In the last 40 years, more
than 1,700 new towns of more
than 2,500 population have
come into existence in the Unit
ed States.
Telephones enabling passen
gers to call home or office
while traveling are being in
stalled on British trains.
Paint for the exterior of hous
I es has been invented that dries
within a few hours, leaving a
finish like lacquer.
The dumbest man we have
heard of this month was the
electrician who went out to
| mend an electric door bell.
He rang twice and got no ans
wer so he concluded that there
| was no one at home.
1
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From Hyder Weekly Herald of
June 20, 1924
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Construction of a 16 x 20 foot
camp building on the Ruby Sil
ver will be started immediate
ly by A. W. Payne LeSeueur,
who is developing the ground.
Good progress is being made
with development work on the
Lakeview property. A crew of
five men is employed under
ground and more wiill be put on
as fast as they can be used to
advantage.
Seymour Campbell brought
down some fine samples of ar
gentite 'ore from the Silver
Crest, on which work has been
started under his direction.
Supplies for the property are
arriving on every boat.
Harry Marsh, representative
of the Day interests of Idaho,
has let a contract to Emiil Olsion
and partners for 100 feet of
tunnel on the Ibex group on j
Texas creek, which was recent-!
ly taken over by the Days.
J. Frank Breeze, manager of j
the L. and L. on Glacier creek, j
has let. a contract for 50 addit-1
ional feet of tunnel to Albert |
Peterson and associates. The
tunnel was advanced last sum
mer to a distance of 200 feet
from the portal and is close to
its objective.
Buisness people of Hyder
have contributed §130, the Pre-!
mier §200, B. C. Silver §100, j
Indian mine §50 and Daly j
Alaska §50 toward the cost of j
clearing the snowslides from ]
the Salmon valley road. The I
Bureau of Public Roads also
put ten men to work.
A road clearing “bee” is be
ing held to clear away the rav
ages caused by the winter’s
heavy snow on the upper port-!
ion of the Salmon valley road, !
where the highway is covered ;
in places many feet deep with
roots, rocks, trees and stumps
brought down by the recurrent
snow slides. One of the slides
is over 300 yards long.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
i
A Good Study—
Draw in line seven circles;
place 3 pieces of black paper
at one end and 3 white at the
other; moving forward only,
jump one at a time; have them
exchange places.
Timber Problem—
A piece of timber .is 4 inches
square at one end and 2 by 12
inches at the other, 12 feet
long. How many feet board
measure.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVU & MINING ENGINEER
l). S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. in.
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
* Everyone is cordially invited to
* the services.
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