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EDITH JAFFREYS had two admir
ers who counted—William I.ester
and George ralton. As a rule. I.ester
was away ahead of Calton In the race,
but just now a quarrel with William
had brought George within measure
able distance of the winning post.
The quarrel was about—well, sev
eral things; one thing lending to an
other, as they will when two positive
characters get to arguing—smoking
by women, bobbed hair, "ships and
shoes and sealing wax and cabbages
and kings."
The first time Edith had refused
George Calton, George felt that life
had turned to dust and ashes. Each
subsequent refusal left him less and
less afflicted. Edith had become
merely a habit with him, but she had
so long been the object of his dreams
that he thought she was so still and
made love to her automatically.
The evening after Edith’s great Hare
up with William, George made bis
semi-annual proposal. This time It
went, "Edith, when are you going to
throw over Hill I.ester and marry me?”
"Mr. I.ester and I, with my consent,
will never meet again," she answered.
“And. George, I will marry you at any
time."
George was amazed at his own sen
sations. He knew that he ought to lie
deliriously Joyful; hut subconsciously
he had a feeling of dismay.
The answer flashed across him sud
denly. Helen Marlowe! Yes. hang
It! he was In love with Helen Mar
lowe and engaged to Edith Jaffreys,
George groaned as deeply on this, the
first night that Edith had accepted
him, as lie had on the first night she
had rejected him.
Edith, after George had gone, at
first fairly gloated over the hopeless
agony that William I.ester would suf
fer when he learned of her new en
gagement. Then she began to be sorry
for him. and by the time she turned
off the light and got into bed she was
crying. Next morning she thought:
“If William will only apologize for
his outrageous conduct perhaps I
might—but I'm engaged to George!”
She was moody and Irritable all day,
revolving impossible schemes to ex
trlcate herself.
George had proposed and been ac
cepted on Wednesday. Thursday he
did not show up. Friday afternoon
Edith packed her bag. She bad a
great aunt living out on Fong Island.
Meantime George had been going
through the same mental processes a*
Edith. “I shall go crazy If I think
of this much longer,” thought he. “I
can’t face this girl! I'll disappear for
awhile; that’s what I'll do. Something
may turn up in the meantime.”
He packed his bag and bought a
ticket for Champville, Long Island.
It was a small town. He had never
been there; but he had heard It hnd a
good hotel which was open the year
round. At this season the hotel would
not be likely to have many guests and
there was no chance of encountering
anyone he knew.
Five people got oft the train at
Champville. Three of them hurried
through the little station to waiting
automobiles. Two stood on the plut
forrn and stared at each other in con
sternation. The two were George and
Edith.
“Why George!”
“Why Edith!”
Silence for a minute and then:
“Were you going somewhere?” from
George.
“Oh, no,” said Edith, “were you?”
“Of course not,” replied George, try
ing to assume a look of childlike inno
cence.
Just then an automobile came rush
ing up to the station on the further
side nnd two familiar voices were
heard in the waiting room.
“I knew we should not get here by
the time the train did,” said the voice
of Helen Marlowe.
“What’s the difference?" replied the
voice of William Lester; and then he
and Helen saw George and Edith
standing there staring at each oilier.
With a joyful cry Helen rushed out,
William followed more cautiously, as
not entirely sure of his reception.
“Then you got Jack Huntington's wire
• II right?" cried Helen. "You see. In
making up his house party, he quite
forgot to send you invitations. But
as soon as William and I arrived, he
wired at once. But gracious! how
did you make the train? He only
wired half an hour ago. Edith where
•re your trunks? Gone astray? 1‘lione
at once and find out 'about them.
But first, William, you drive Edith
over to Soundedge In the two-seater
end send back a car for George and
me. George is going to get a wigging
In the meantime. He has avoided me
for two days.”
Edith had never been so glad to see
anybody In the world as she was to
tee William. They made It nil up on
the ride to Soundedge. Before she
got Into the car she snid: "Remember
what I snid to you Wednesday night?
Of course, you understand 1 was only
Joking?”
"Oh, perfectly,” replied William
with beaming face.
Clocks Routed Herons
A resourceful zoologist has routed
• colony of herons which persisted In
camping In the public parks of Al
ameda, Calif., and eating up the pnrk
goldfish. The zoologist strung four
alarm clocks in the herons' favorite
tree, setting the clocks to go off every
hRlf hour, and after a sleepless week
the herons vanished.
Chamber
ot
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor," which means “let
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and from
home-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commun
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out o.
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefit
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards of
buying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upon
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community the
fruits of his industry and his community’s patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity when
patronage of the local merchants and other business institutions was
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands in
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business,
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
ant who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urge
the merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper is
the camp’s best advertisement and its principal means of letting the world
know why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture with
a heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
as a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advert.sements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and Buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the news
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington, D. 0.
May 16, 1932.
A bill has been introduced in
the House by the Delegate
authorizing the Attorney Gen
eral to convey to the City of
Nome all the title of the United
States in lot 2 in block 50, of
the official plat of the city.
This lot was formerly used for
the first court house, but long
since abandoned, and the City
now desires it for street pur
poses, to which the Department
cf Justice has no objection.
On May 10th the President
sent to the Senate the nominat- j
ion of Hon. Cecil II. Clegg to
be district judge in Alaska for
the 3rd Division, to succeed
Judge E. Coke Hill, recently
appointed and confirmed as
judge of the 4th Division. This
is in reality an exchange of div
isions as Judge Clegg has pre
sided over the 4th or Fairbanks
division for the past ten years.
His nomination has today been
referred t o a sub-committee
and confirmation is expected
in a few days.
The recent Act passed by
Congress for the protection of
the northern Pacific halibut
fishery, provides among other
things that the “Close Season”
shall mean from Ncv. 1 until
Feb. 15; “territorial waters
of the United States” shall
mean the waters contiguous to
the southern and western
coasts of Alaska and to the
western coast of the United
States; it shall be unlawful for
any person to fish for o r
attempt to catch halibut at any
time in the waters designated
when closed to fishing; it shall
be unlawful for any vessel
having on beard any halibut
caught contrary to any provi
sions of the Convention or Act
to enter any port in the United
States, nor shall any port in the
U. S. be U3ed to prepare a
vessel for such illegal halibut
fishing. The penalty for violat
ion of the Act is a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 or imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both.
In the War Department ap
propriation bill that has been
considered by the House dur
ing the past week, and which
was reported from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, the
sum apportioned to be expend
ed by the Board of Road Com
missioners for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1933,was re
duced to $354,310, with $1,000
additional compensation to the
President of the Board in ad
dition to his regular pay and
allowances. The budget esti
mate was f o r $656,000 and
then the Committee considered
$500,000, but finally submitted
the smaller s u m. Protests
against the cuts have been re
ceived from various sections of
Alaska and Delegate Wicker
sham has taken the matter up
with various members of the
committee in the effort to se
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cure, and if this cannot be ]
done in the House he will try
to have the Senate increase the
amount and then have the
House in conference agree to
the raise.
The Department of Com
merce states that the populat
ion of the world is about two
billion, and there are 39.2 per
sons for every square mile of
land on earth, according to the
latest figures made available
for 1929. The United States
with a land area of 2,973,776,
and an estimated population of
more than 124,000,000, has a
density of 41.7 persons per
squuare mile, it is shown. Alas
ka has the smallest density of
any country listed; with only j
59,000 inhabitants for 586,400
squaure miles o f land, the
density is 0.1.
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Missing since last May, the
body of Jimmy Hayes of Cor
dova, was found recently 3
miles from that city. He is be
lieved to have died from expos
ure.
In one of the first “hold-ups”
with a gun in the history of
Cordova, Geio. Slimms report
ed to the authorities that he
had been held-up and robbed
of $26 in cash.
—
Alaska towns, including An
! chorge, are filling up with job
j hunters from the states, many
; cf them with very little money
in their possession by the time
i they reach Alaska, says the
Anchorage Times. It is report
ed that recent arrivals in Sew
ard from the south are trying to
j beat their way on the railroad,
' and quite a few are hiking in
land from the coast.
Maurice I). Leehey, one of
i the founders of the Seattle
Mining Club and mining attor
| ney known throughout the
; North, died recently in Seattle
after a long illness at the age
j of 61 years. He was selected
: in 1929 as a governor repre
senting Alaska in the Western
j Division, American Min i n g
| Congress and was a consistent
j and valuable worker for the
development of Alaska,
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RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center. Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
Sunday, June 5.
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NBC.
5:15 Album of Familiar Music, NBC.
5:45 Fisher Mills Program, NBC.
6:15 The Old Singing Master, NBC.
G:45 Sunday at Seth Parker's, NBC.
7:15 P. S. P. & L. Program, NBC.
7:30 Jesse Crawford, NBC.
8:00 Stoess Orchestra, NBC.
8:15 Baldy Homespun Melodies,
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Readers Guide, NBC.
9:30 Wings of Music, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Paul Carson, Organist, NBC.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, June 6.
5:00 Doric .Quartet.
5:15 U. S. Rubber Co. Program.
5:30 General Motors Program, NBC.
6:00 National Radio Forum, NBC.
6:30 Demi Tasse Review, (M. J. B.)
7:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Fisher Mills Co. Program.
7:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC.
8:00 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
8:30 Best Foods Incorporated, NBC.
8:45 Gilmore Oil Co., NBC.
9:00 Gold Shield Symnhony Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Eva Gruninger, contralto, NBC.
10:30 Olympian Quartet, NBC.
11:00 Globe Trotter Program.
11:10 Ambassador Hotel Orch., NBC.
11:30 Hotel Biltmore Orch.. NBC.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday, June 7.
5:00 Coffee Matinee. NBC.
5:30 Texaco Half Hour. NBC.
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amos 'n Andy. NBC.
7:15 Memory Lane, NBC.
7:45 P. S. P. & L. Co., Male Quartet.
8:00 Bluebird Melodies, NBC.
S:30 Seymour Symons Orch., NBC.
9:00 Fishers Blend Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Sehwabacher Bros. Program.
10:30 Globe Trotter. News Flashes.
10:40 Fox 5th Avenue theatre program
11:30 Hotel Biltmore Orch., NBC.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, June 9.
5:00 Fisher Novelty Program.
5:30 Mobiloil Concert, NBC.
6:00 Coca Cola Program, NBC.
6:30 Artists Service Musicale, NBC.
I 7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Columbia Knitting Mills Co.
7:30 Wesson Co., Team Mates, NBC.
8:00 Quaker State Oil Co.
8:15 Fisher Mills Vocal Recital.
8:30 Best Foods Program, NBC.
8:45 Gilmore Oil Co., NBC.
9:00 Bal-dy Homespun Melodies.
9:15 Goodyear Program, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes, NBC.
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter Program,
i 11:25 Olympic Hotel Orchestra.
! 12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
! 12:30 Silent.
Thursday, June 9.
i 5:00 Chevrolet Motor Co. Program.
| 5:30 General Food Sales Program.
; 6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Caswell Coffee Concert, NBC.
7:30 P. S. P. & L. Vocal Ensemble.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, NBC.
9:15 Montag Fireside Melodies.
9:45 Terrace Gardens Orch., NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Rainbow Harmonies, NBC.
10:50 Globe Trotter Program.
11:00 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, June 10.
5:00 Friendship Town, NBC.
5:30 Armour Hour, NBC.
6:00 Paul Whiteman Orch, NBC.
6:30 Young Artists Light Opera,NB<\
6:45 Columbia Knitting Mills.
I 7:00 Ambos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Pair of Pianos, NBC.
7:30 M. .1. B. Demi Tasse Review,
S:00 Union Oi Co. Voice of 76, NBC.
8:30 Best Foods Program, NBC.
8:45 Gilmore Oil Co.. NBC.
9:00 Mozart Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
' 10:15 Fisher Mills Male Quartet.
10:30 Across the Music Counter. NBC.
’ 10:50 Globe Trotter News Flashes.
11:00 Ambassador Hotel Orch.. NBC.
11:30 Hotel Biltmore Orch, NBC.
1 12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
1 Saturday, June 11.
, 5:00 Fisher Mills Co. Program. NBC.
5:30 Cam pan a Corpn. First Nighter.
> 6:00 Lucky Strike Program, NBC.
, 7:00 Amos ’n Andy. NBC.
7:15 Santiseptic Program
J 7:30 Schwabacher Male Quartet.
’; 7:45 P. S. P. & L. Program.
' S:15 Mona Low, NBC.
' j S:30 Associated Spotlight, NBC.
| 10:00 Piano Pictures, NBC.
| 10:30 Totem Broadcasters, Musical.
I j 10:50 Globe Trotter News.
| 11:00 Varsity Vagabonds,
j 12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
I 12:30 Silent.