HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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AN INDEPENDENT •'iPAPER
The refusal of the Alaska
representative of the War De-1
purtment engineering board to |
recommend the river protect-1
ion proposal should not be per- j
mitted to dampen the spirits
of those who are working for
the realization of that highly
necessary project. It is true
that without the endorsement
of Col. Steese and his associ
ates, tho task of achieving the
desired end is rendered a bit
more difficult; but that the
propo..: 1 can be put through if
righ'dy presented to the gov
ernment, there is scarcely a
doubt. The principal thing is
to keep pegging away at the
job without abatement or dis
couragement.
That the engineering board
has taken the stand that gov
ernment measures, to confine
the unruly Salmon river into a
course that will not permit it
to endanger the town would
redound more to the benefit of
private interests than to the
public is not m itselt a conclus
ive argument a gainst the pro
posal. It can be shown with
convincing assurance that the
question of who owns the bulk
of the land on which Hyder
stands is of secondary import
ance to the fact that the lives
and property of an entire
American community are in
almost hourly danger of being
swept away in a disastrous
rush of waters and that this
ever imminent promise of de
struction cannot be removed
save at a cost far greater than
can be borne by the commun
ity. We cannot believe that
this great government can be
so shamefully niggardly or so
grossly neglectful of the lives
and possessions of its citizens
as to refuse entirely to give aid
in a situation such as con
fronts the citizens of Hyder as
a result of the Salmon’s fre
quently unrestricted turbu
lences.
In resolving to transfer the
plea for governmental protect
ion to the Board of Engineers
at Washington by means of
an appeal, the Chamber of
Commerce is displaying a com-j
mendable determination to in-:
sist that the matter shall not
be sidetracked for any such
one-sided point of view as is |
advanced by the Alaska engi-1
neer’s office. The appeal may |
not succeed, but it is to be
hoped that it will at least be
considered more from the
viewpoint of the possible de
struction of lives and property,
than from the standpoint of
who owns the land.
-o
Guggenheim practices in
bonding properties and then
dropping them have brought a
great deal of unthinking con
demnation from mining men
of the Northwest. Every now
and then one sees a “mean
dig” in the mining-camp press
at the famous family’s method
of operations.
The simple fact is that the
Guggenheim concerns are look
ing all the time for mining
properties that can be operat
ed on a tremendous scale.
That’s their present-day speci
their present-day speciality,
ality. Their organization is
built for big scale operations.
Transferring the situation to
other lines, it is no more reas
onable to expect the Guggen
heims to operate small mines
than it is to expect Hearst to
operate small-town newspap
ers, or the Claflins to establish
cross-roads stores, or Ford to
manufacture hand-lathed axe
handles, or Morgan to dabble
in country banks.
Because the Guggenheims
have held an option on a mine
and later dropped it is em
| phatically no reflection on the
| value of the mine. As a matter
of fact the merit of the propo
sition must have been demon
strated or the Guggenheims
would not have considered it
at all. When the big concern
pulls out it simply means that
in the judgement of its engi
neers the property is not sus
| ceptible of operations on the
scale to which the corporation
i keyed.
The Duthie mine at Smithers
is being operated profitably,
although the Federal Mining
& Smelting Company did ppt
care to continue its work. Like-:
wise the Sally at Beaverdell,
which has been returned to Ed
Nordman and associates, gives
promise of successful operat
ion with a crew of 20 to 50
men where it might not be
possible with 200 or more.
The small mine with small
capitalization frequently gives
greater return on the actual in
vestment than does the large
property with greater financi
al outlay, And that applies to
other businesses as well. Ask
the manufacturer, the publish
er, the merchant or the bank
er. They’ll tell you “yes.”— ;
Mining Truth.
Just For Fun
The more we see of girls, says
Noel, the more we see of girls.
More speakers can “rise to the
occasion” than can sit down to
it.
Any fool girl can vamp a man,
but the hardest part is to keep
•paduiBA unq
It wouldn’t do for all of us to
have good manners. Somebodj
must yell “Down in front!”
An idle rumor can cause a*
much trouble about the houst
as an idle roomer.
A pencil is that long wooden
thing you borrow and thrust
casually into your vest pocket.
“Have you had any experi
ence with children?”
“No, Ma’am, I’ve always work
ed in the best of families”
When a fellow goes to see a
girl about three times a week
for two years she naturally ex
pects him to ring her up.
The Blueberry Kid says: “Eat
less and you’ll feel so much
better you won’t worry about
the high cost of living.”
Another important question
i is \yhat Switzerland is going to
I do for a living when all the
conferences are over.
Those who follow nature’s
directions need no medicine to
taken according to the doctor’s
directions.
One thing time often does is to \
make a man cease hating the
rival who beat him out of his i
girl and begin pitying him.
We wonder if after his wife
starts smoking a man always
finds he is to blame for the
ashes on the living room rug.
It pays to live so that remem
bering won’t be a painful pro
cess.
Prohibition would be more ot
a force if it were less of a
farce.
Flappers who complain ox
chaps on their knees don’t nec
essarily mean that they aiz
holding anyone.
The difference between a man 1
and a woman is that it neve*
make? a man mad not to be in-1
vited to a place he’d hate like
poison to have to go to.
Times do change. Once a wife
was property; now the prop
erty is the wife’s.
What hurts a woman worst in
losing a man is the fear that
some other woman will find
him.
YOU KNOW THEM!
Just lots of guys in this old
town
Would make an everlasting
hit
If they would give their
tongues a rest
And work their brains a little
bit.
Jens:—“So many of our states
men are ‘self-made.’”
Ben:—“And so many of poli
ticians have been machine
made.”
“Oh mother, I’m going out on
a date.”
“Ah, yes, my darling dorter,
but remember the things you
want to do, are the things you
hadn’t orter!”
I must have been crazy to
marry you.
You were, dearest—I remem
ber you said so every evening
for months.
“Say, boy, what do you hear
j from your girl these days?”
“Well, I’ve written her seven
letters and no answer, so if I
1 don’t hear from her pretty
coon I’m going to break off
corresponding with her.”
There was a young lady nam- j
ed Poppy
Who warbled, “I want to hap
py.”
The rhyme, we agree,
Isn’t all it might be,
But this week we’re a bit
^hort of copy.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m
Wo' or>-' r
Rev. C. T. Hatten.
Pastor
Life is mountains and valleys.
When on the mountains, enjoy
the valley. When in the valley,
enjoy the mountains.
Diner in local cafe:
“Chicken croquettes, eh? I say,
waiter, what part of a chicken
is the croquette?”
Waiter—“The part that’s left
over from the day before, sir.”
A man of 81 married a girl 20
years old. Perhaps the girl
wanted to see if the old men
are as bad as they are suppos
ed to be.
A man might get his wife to
believe it, but if he told othei
men he never paid the least
bit of attention to the kind of
hosiery the girls are wearing
they would know he was
stretching the truth.
The only way to stop a
daughter from crossing her
knees is to put her in a pair of
| cotton stockings.
j There are some indications
that the people will not be en
tirely satisfied with platitudes
as platforms.
Job Printing Neatly Done At
The Herald Job Shop.
If women keep on adopting
men’s clothes, then the wise
man of the future is the one
who will pick out a wife about
three sizes smaller than he is.
A man seldom gets too oia
to enjoy the thrill of playing
with fire. In other words he
usually remains a fool till the
end.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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