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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER “
TOWN GROWTH.
Some towns, like Topsy, just
grow up .They concern them
selves with neither direction
nor destination. They accept
that which comes to them un
bidden and unsought. They
build without thought or fut
ure. If their streets are
straight and broad it is only
because they just happen to be
so. If their commercial (indust
rial and residential sections
do not encroach upon one an
other it does not indicate that
it is because forces have been
at work to prevent such en
croachment. If towns of this
type grow and prosper it is
because they enjoy some pecul
iar natural advantage which
forbids community stagnation.
And then there is another
type of town. They have both
direction and destination. They
seek out and bid to come that
which they otherwise would
not be given the privilege of
accepting .They build like the
engineer, giving thought to
the unity of the whole and the
relationship of the component
parts. Their streets are pur
posely straight and broad.
They preserve well defined
boundaries between the resi
dential .commercial and in
dustrial districts .Even without
the advantage of natural op
portunities towns of this type
grow and prosper.
Thus it behooves every town
to make the best of what it has
and then to discover more that
it may make the best of that
also. Established communities
are deprived the privilege of
determining their own begin
n ngs but they are the masters
oi their own destinies.
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WEEDS.
That farmer or backyard
gardener is counted shiftless
and negligent who permits the
weeds to overrun his fields
and gardens to rob the crops
and products of their nourish
ment. Even city folks ,who buy
their foods from the markets,
know that the cultivated crops
and vegetables cannot compete
with the devouring weeds and
that the farmer and gardener
are given the cultivated plants
to fight their battles for them.
Illness is the weed in the hu
man body, like that in the veg
etable kingdom, it should be
extracted by the roots before
its treacherous vines sap the
strength of the whole body.
Every disease and disorder of
the human body has its symp
toms by which its presence
may be noted, so those who
neglect to root out their illness
es in their incipiency are like
the shiftless and negligent
farmer and gardener.
The most insidious and treach
erous “weed” in the human
body is cancer. It takes a ter
rible toll in human lives an
nually because it has been left
to “kill the garden.” Like the
weed in the field this outlaw
growth starts in a small and
inconspicuous way and in the
beginning gives but slight
warning of its presence. Left
to itself the cancer eventually
becomes distributed through
out the body and lives at the
body’s expense. If not remov
ed in time it overgrows the
normal healthy life in its vi
cinity and causes the death of
its victim--as the weed de
stroys the farmer’s valuable
crops.
Recognizing the presence and
che evil of disease it behooves
all humanity to deal with it
as the farmer deals with the
weeds in his fields. A good
gardener hoes his garden as
rapidly as the weeds appear.
REAL MINING0A
GREAT INDUSTRY
One of the most noteworthy
second-stage mining operat
ions in the United States is be
ing completed at Goldfield,
Nev., where the tailings dump
of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mines is to be treated for its
gold content. The dump con
tains 3,000,00'0 tons .averaging
$1.67 a ton, and the plant is
to treat 1,000 tons a day—a
ten-year contract on what was
once utter waste, says the Wal
lace Press Times.
This operation will make em
ployment for hundreds of
men; and it is as safe and
sure as running a sawmill or
a grist mill. More so ,indeed,
for its product has a fixed and
not a fluctuating value; its
supply is definite and subject
to neither underproduction
nor overproduction, according'
to the caprices of the climate.
Bonanza ore finds are thrill
ing; but most of our mineral
supplies are produced by
steady plugging of which one
hears little. Mining has been
blackguarded as a fever, pas
sion, a hallucination. As a mat
ter of fact, mining is one of
soberest and sanest of all busi
nesses ,and one of the most
necessary for the progress of
mankind.
There are scores of great
mining operations going on
quietly like the Goldfield re
covery ,paying wages and tax
es ,and building states on sober
business principles. They do
not always get into print; but
they count powerfully in the
industrial scale, and the food
they use makes the difference
between profit and loss for
many farming communities.
Just for Fun
A cook does her best work
on an empty stomach.
A man who does all his wife
plans for him during his va
cation won’t have any.
Life is a winding path that
leads straight to death.
Imagination makes liars of
all men.
The class of 1944 is giving its
yell now.
One nice thing about air
castles is, we don’t have to pay
taxes on them.
A loafer usually wishes he
was doing something else.
He who laughs last forgets
how before his time comes.
Being your brother’s keeper
doesn’t mean keep his shirts.
What really reduces reducers
is worry over what they can’t
eat.
A little trouble now and then
is just what makes the best of
men.
Everybody’s idea of a good
time is somebody’s idea of a
bad time.
Going to work isn’t as good
a habit as working after you
get there.
A man seldom turns over a
new leaf until he has finished
the old one. ,
The things you think you get
for nothing cost more than
those you think you pay for.
A shady creek ,a baited hook,
a lighted pipe—And there are
other dreams that sometimes
come to the man who has to
work for a living.
Being hurt at times isn’t half
so painful as going through
life afraid to try anything.
“I must do something to re
duce my overhead expense,”
said the man as he paid for
his wife’s new fall hat.
Some words on the end of
your tongue should be allowed
to stay there.
One thing in favor of the
modern skirt is that it doesn’t
bag at the knees.
A newspaper headline says:
“Edison Turns to Rubber.” In
these days of short skirts most
of us do.
As to evening gowns. The
higher the price the lower
the V.
People do a lot of kicking
about life, but any doctor will
tell you darn few are anxious
to part with it.
Mrs. Bim: “What’s the most
marked advance you noticed
in the summer styles?”
Mrs. Bam: “The figures on
the price tags!”
The Television device will be
hard on husbands who ’phone
home from the “office” at 10
P. M.
Face Powder: A preparation
used by many to stop up the
pores oi' the skit: It) keep the
sweat from con in-; out.
Wilbur-Maybelle and I play
ed a game of cards with the
understanding that she was to
kiss me if she lost. I caught her
cheating five times.
Glenn-Cheated you, eh?
Wilbur-No, she cheated her
self.
All polecats do not send their
foul odor through the air.
Some of them send it through
the mail in the form of insult
ing anonymous letters.
Chamber
of
Commerce
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Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Patient-Do you think I’ll get
well .doctor?
Doctor—You have every
chance. Nine out every ten
cases of this kind die. You’re
my tenth case. I’ve had nine
others, and they all died.
Alice—I paid my fourth visit
to the beauty shop today.
Marie-Strange you can’t
seem to get waited on, dear
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Debt, Treasury Department, Washington.
A. W. MELLON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, May 9, 1927.
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