HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, H.vder, Alaska.
Telephone No. 32
Chas. F. Sandfox*d. 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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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Tnis newspaper is not connect ed in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm cr other establishmeut associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
formation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
OBSERVANCE OF LENT
The Lenten season, which is
observed by the Roman and
Greek Catholic churches, also
in some degree by the
Church of England, the Pro
testant Episcopal church in
America and others, begins on
Ash Wednesday, February 10,
and will continue until Easter
Sunday, March 27, a period of
forty days, not counting Sun
days.
In the early days of tht
Christian era the fast of Lent
was observed for varying per
iods, by some only one or two
days and by others for a longei
time, according to the writings
of Irenaeus, Greek Bishop oi
Lyons in the second century.
Pope Leo I., in the fourth cen |
y recommended the fast ol
oiiy days as having apostolic
authority. This period was tak
en to commemorate the forty !
days’ fast of Mioses, of Elijah. !
and especially that of Christ.
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MORE SENATE COMEDY
If it did not seem so silly, the
. ecent squabble over the elect
on of a president pro tem of
he United States Senate would
ue quite funny. After dozens of
ballots, that august body re
mains deadlocked on the quest
ion as this is written
It all came about because
Senator, Moses, w’ho was presi
dent pro tem during the last
Congress, once playfully re
ferred to the so-called Pro
gressives in his own republican
party as “sons of the wild jack
ass.” Now these same Pro-,
gressives hold the balance of
power and will not vote for
him, and the democrats do not
have enough votes to elect their
own man, hence the deadlock.
The amusing part is that Sen-1
ator Moses holds the office of
president pro tem until his suc
cessor is elected, so he is still on
the job and his “wild” friends
are wilder than ever because
they can’t kick hard enough to
kick him out. So, many hours j
were wasted in fruitless ballot-1
ing because of this sitlation.
We said wasted, but on sec
ond thought it occurs to us that;
the time spent in balloting
might have been employed still
more wastefully in normal sen
atorial performances, most of
which do not even make good
comedy.
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TAX SPENDERS BLAMED
Bad economic conditions are
due in a large measure to the
insatiable appetites of tax eat
ers, according to Colonel R. R.
McCormick, publishes of the
Chicago Tribune, who urge:
that this army of tax spenders
and political payrollers be de
mobilized. In a recent address
he said:
‘‘What can anybody say to a
civilization brought to bank
ruptcy after 13 years of peace,
by the rapacity, not of conquer
ing tyrants, but of an army of
political job holders? Heaven
be thanked that we are big
enough and our influence is
wide enough to conquer the po
litical incubus which has been
.ending us toward destruction.”
While it is true, as Colonel
Me Gormick says, that the peo
ple have the power to put a
stop to much of the needless
iUtIVICOO IAA C>pCUUUl^
which he complans, they do not!
ceem interested enough to use \
their power. j
So long as we go on voting
or legislators whose only ob- J
ject is to tax and spend, the !
present extravagance and1
waste by governmental agen
cies will continue.
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‘LAME DUCK” SESSIONS
MAY BE ABOLISHED
With the recent adoption by j
he Senate of the Norris resol
ilion which would end the so
alled ‘lame duck” sessions of
Congress, there appears a fair
prospect that the unwhole
some practice of having the
country run for varying periods
by men who have been discard
ed as lawmakers by their con
stituencies will be abolished.
The Norris resolution pro
vides that newly elected pres
idents shall take office on Jan
uary 15, following the Novem
ber election, and the new Cong
resses would convene on Janu
ary 2.
The principal difficulty
confronting the measure is that
even if it is accepted by the
lower house, it cannot become
effective until it shall have
been ratified by 36 States.
Just for Fun
After listening to the new
radio all day, little Nancy
closed her evening prayer by
saying, “Tomorrow night at
this time there will be another
prayer.”
Actor: “I just had a cake of
soap named after me.”
Manager: “Don’t kid me. It’s
been called Ivory ever since I
can remember.”
NO WEATHERCOCK
f i
“My husband has a very even dis
position."
“Mine, too. H«'« always cranky,"
Mr. Fewee: “Why do you get
me such big shirts? These are
four sizes too large for me.”
His wife: “They cost just the
same as your size, and I wasn’t
going to let a strange clerk
know I married such a shrimp
as you.”
HE: “It’s tough when you
have to pay 50 cents a pound
for meat.”
She: “Yes, but it’s tougher
when you have to pay 25 cents,
a pound.”
MIGHT BE DONE
"Don't you think you and I could
manage to go through life together
.smoothly ?”
"Depends on what make of motor
car you buy me.”
Bill: “I woke up last night
and found my wife going thru
my pockets.”
Tom : “And what did you do?
Bill: “I turned over in bed
and laughed.”
“What do you do?”
“I keep house, scrub, scour,
bake, wash dishes, coolc, do
the laundry, iron, sew.”
And the census-taker listed
her: “Housewife—no occupat
ion.”
“Is your wife home?”
“Naw,” replied Frankhouser,
“She’s out with a bunch of
prize lighters.
“Prize fighters?” exclaimed |
Mrs. Popsicle.
“Yes,” replied Frankhouser,!
“She went to a bridge party.”
A reporter on the staff of a
small city paper was all right j
in most respects, but he would I
use a lot of unnecessary words. ;
After long suffering the city j
editor finally summoned him
and said: “Listen. Here’s a
story I want you to get, and for |
the love of Pete when you come
back tell the thing as simply as
you possibly can.”
This was the story that he
turned in:
“Donald Greene, 5 Park
Street, lit a match to see if
there was any gas in his tank.
There was. Age 41.”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
Capt. James Andersion was
in Spokane last week in con
sultation with the Riblet Tram
way Co., going over prelimi
nary plans for an aerial tram
way, 1 */•> miles long, to be con
structed at the Silverado mine
next summer, says Northwest
Mining Truth.
The Mist group of seven
claims, owned by Dalby B.
Morkill, Wm. Fillier and Wm.
Hobhill, has been sold in Van
couver, but no authentic infor
mation as to the purchasers is
available at this writing. The
property adjoins the Bush
group on the east.
The freighter Anyox cleared
Saturday morning with 1250
tons of Premier concentrates
and ore, the former predomi
nating, and the cargo being
worth more than a quarter mil
lion diollars. Double shifts
have been put on the tram,
which is delivering 200 or
more tons of ore to the bunk
ers daily at a cost said to be
about 50 cents a ton. Tuesday
morning one ot the Granby
tugs came over from the Anjnox
smelter with a barge and took
out 500 tons of silicious ore
that is reported to assay be-;
tween $40 and $50 a ton and
will be mixed for flux with the
Granby ores. The Premier
company have contracted to
supply 2000 tons a month of
this character of ore to the!
Granby.
Albert B. Armstrong of Stew
art and Miss Agnes Cullivan 1
of Boston were united in mar
riage last Saturday by U. S.
Commissioner John W. Frame,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reid Tooth
“standing up” with the couple.
Capt. Jas. Anderson and and
Capt. John Irving of Victoria,
have purchased from Al. Har
ris a quarter interest in the Mo
bile group of four claims a lit
tle north of Stewart. The other
owners of the group are H. P.
Gibson of Stewart and Louis
I egge of Hyder. The Molbile
is one of the old locations of
Bear river and some remark
ably fine ore has been taken!
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from it without much develop-j
merit being done.
Misses Irene and Helen Hall i
i
returned Sunday from a three !
months’ visit in Seattle.
John Haati (John the Finn)
lost the tip of one finger and j
had another badly crushed'
last Saturday by having the j
hand caught between the j
shieve wheel and cable on the j
Silverado tram.
Little Beatrice Horstman was
painfully injured while coast
ing in Stewart, a broken board
tearing a large gash in her
right arm. Dr. Chace closed the
wound with 12 stitches.
What’s New?
A novel row boat is made in
four sections that can be taken
apart and nested compactly
for transportation, in an auto
mobile.
A San Francisco man has in
vented a machine that can be
attached to a piano to write
music in standard character on
a paper ribbon as a composer
plays it.
INTERESTING NOTES
France is being provided
with new franc pieces to re
place those at piesent in cir
culation.
Two of the largest saw mills
in the United States are lo
cated at Bogalusa, La., and
Longview, Wash.
A French inventor’s device
for automatically timing rac
ing automobiles is operated by
the light from an ordinary
headlight falling on a photo
electric cell.
A machine has been designed ;
for peeling oranges in large
quantities without injuring the
pulp and obtaining a large pro
portion of the juice.
Jets of compressed air ejected
from the nose and tail help to
steer a new Italian dirigible
balloon that is 180 feet long.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy—
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell "A” bat
tery, no light current, no batteries
to charge—$49.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy—Eight tube
superhetrodyne pentode, screen grid,
moving coil dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
THE NUGGET SHOP
Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything in jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
JErnth FRer
Zjiotnkg at Muw
Pydey Als-hu
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
CHAS ,F, SANDFORO
NOTARY PUBLIC
HERALD OFFICE
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth Thursday*
Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church *
* Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor •
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. *
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
* Everyone is cordially invited to •
* the services. *
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