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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Innocents Abroad
If Mark Twain were still liv
ing he might characterize our
delegates to the London con
ference as “Innocents Abroad.”
Press reports leave no doubt
that the slick diplomatic gent
lemen of Europe have them vir
tually tied up into a hard knot
The chap who said the old U.
S. never lost a war or won a
diplomatic victory knew what
he wras talking about.
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No December Session
It is noticed that many local
people continue to refer to the
next session of Congress as the
“December session.” This is
doubtless a natural error born
of a lifetime habit of thought,
Congress having always since
the foundation of the govern
ment having met in December.
But the fact is that there will
be no more regular December
sessions of that august body.
It will be recalled that we
now have a twentieth amend
ment to the Constitution—the
so-called “Lame Duck” amend
ment—which provides that
Congiess shall hereafter con
vene on January 3, instead of
in the earlv nart if Dfirpmlipv
As a result cf this the Cong
ress which adjourned June 16
will not meet again 'for more
than six months, or until Janu
ary 3, 1934.
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They Can’t Spell
It is reported that among
298 young men and women
who took a civil service exam
ination in New York recently
all but three failed in spelling.
This is not surprising to those
who have had occasion to ob
serve the spelling of the aver
age high school graduate, or
even that of some college men
and women.
Why our schools do not give
more attention to spelling is an
unsolved mystery. Hundreds
of hours are devoted to sub
jects which a pupil never
thinks of after leaving school,
yet the art of spelling, which
mint be practiced every day ot
his. life, is given scant consider
ation.
Perhaps it is thought that ev
ery-one should be permitted to
develop originality. If so, the
plan evidently works very well.
Few show greater originality
in any respect than in spelling.
Just for Fun
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Premier McDonald asserts
that every treaty is holy. And
we agree with him if he
means shot full of holes.
Our “public enemies” are
bad enough, but those who
work under cover are even
Worse.
Hitler has banned Mendel
sohn’s music because the com
poser was a Jew. Well, that
wedding march sure has gotten
a lot of Gentiles into trouble.
Oufr private investigator,
checking up on Secretary Perk
ins, finds that quite a number
of people in the South wearing
not only shoes but socks a*
well.
The old proverb says a man
diligent in his business will
tand before kings. That was
all right a long time ago. Now
aday; he is likely to stand be
fore the Federal Trade Com
mission.
A physician says boys should
not smoke before they are 21.
By which time mother and lit
tle sister will have demonstrat
ed how to do it gracefully.
An important qualification
for a fight referee is to be able
to count ten to the satisfaction
of all concerned.
Our confidential statistican
reports that 3.2 per cent of
them were reminded that there
is a Father’s Day.
vv natever may nappen to tne
House of Morgan, it can hardly
be said that Prosecutor Pecora
hasn’t been earning his $255
a month.
Funny how some folks like to
start an argument. A fellow
down in Nashville is trying tc
start one over whether Grant’s
shoes were muddy or polished
at the scene of Lee’s surrender.
This month’s greatest mistake
was made by a bock agent who
tlied to sell the book. “Ask
Me a Question” to the father
of seven children.
He: “But, dear, a joke isn’t
funny if you have to explain
it.”
She: “Well then, tell it oncd
more—slowly.”
Popular song of the profess
ional boxer: “Every Clout Has
a Silver Lining.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
March 14, 1923
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Joe Green left Thursday on
a business trip to Seattle, where
he intends to buy modern in
terior fixtures for the Green
theatre, including opera chairs
and a new picture machine.
At their last meeting the lo
cal Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
redeemed $500 worth of bonds
held by members of the Igloo
in the Pioneer Hall construct
ion association.
A consignment of ore sacks
for the Riverside mine arrived
on the Jefferson and manager
Jack Littlepage states that a
trial shipment of ore will be
made when 30 or 40 tons have
accumulated from the develop
ment work. The long tunnel
driven this winter crosscut a
vein of high grade silver-lead
ore about 650 feet from the
portal. Where cut by the tun
nel a depth of 300 feet is ob
tained.
The U. S. Coast Guard cutter j
Smith was in port most of last |
week on a mission of prevent
ing the smuggling of rum from
Canada into the bone-dry Ter
ritory. During her stay the
zealous officers of the cutter
one night chased and stopped
the Canadian government tel
egraph launch, thinking her a
booze runner. Jimmie Aitken,
was cooking some ham and on
the launch while Harry Reid,
who compose the crew, held
the wheel. They refused to
halt for the cutter until they
were threatened with sinking.
They were very much dissap- j
pointed when the cutter’s;
search of their vessel failed to
reveal a single bottle—not
even a drink—on board then
craft. The incident has been
reported to the Canadian gov
ernment by the Canadian tel
egraph men.
INTERESTING NOTES
One-third of the beans pro- \
duced in the United States1
comes from Michigan.
A new brick-making machine ;
pumps air out of the clay and ;
so produces bricks of greater |
strength and density.
Sweden has appropriated j
about $117,000 for the only
commercial aviation company
in the country.
An extraordinary machine
has been developed at the
Massachusetts Institute o f;
Technology at Boston which
answers, with lightning-like
rapidity and without error, the
most difficult problems deal
ing with differential equations.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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* Rev. F. Bushfield, Pastor.
* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church
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Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
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