The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Her
ald Building in Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
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Alaska, under the act of March
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Defeat Of Silver Amendment
The failure of the silver re
monetization amendment to
the dollar devaluation bill was
an event to be expected under
present conditions, and should
cause no feeling of disappoint
ment to supporters of the bi
metallic theory.
As in the case ot the attempt
to force the remonetization is
sue last year by amendment of
an important financial measure
che effort to attach a 16-to-l
rider to the President’s dollar
devaluation bill was virtually
foredoomed to1 fail owing to
conflict with administrative
policies.
Whatever may be Mr. Roose
velt’s personal attitude on the
silver remonetization question,
it was certain that he must op
pose its adoption at this time
for the very succinct reason
that the United States is al
ready pledged to follow the re
habilitation program adopted
at the London Economic Con
ference.
This program, be it recalled,
was instigated by the United
States and adopted at our re
quest by 66 of the world’s |
nations.
Being thus committed to a
definite policy with respect to
silver, Mr. Roosevelt could not
be reasonably expected to
acquiesce in an attempt at sil
ver legislation by Congress
which would be in radical con
flict with the principles and
understandings which we our
selves proposed at London and
solemnly pledged ourselves to
follow. Had the effort to force
the remonetization issue been
successful, Mr. Roosevelt then
would have had no option but
to impose the veto if we were
to avoid the odium of treating
our solemn covenants as
“scraps of paper” and appear
ing before the world as welch
ers on .our own proposals.
To us of Hyder, wholly de
pendent as we are upon the re
habilitation of silver for our
future communal progress and
prosperity, every delay in
bringing it about is disappoint
ing; but we may find consider
able comfort in the thought
that the amendment lacked
only three'Senate votes for
adoption, despite administra
tion opposition and the wen
more weighty consideration
that such adoption would be a
negation of our pledges at Lon
don and a sinister stain upon
our national integrity.
Just for Fun
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Maid: Madame, there is a
mendicant at the door.
Mrs New-Rich: Tell him
there is nothing to mend.
Butcher: “Round steak,
Madam?”
Bride: “Oh, I don’t care
what shape it is as long as it’s
tender.”
A bald-headed subscriber,
who has heard that the hairs of
our heads are numbered, wants
to know if there is not some
place where he can get the
back numbers.
The teacher was testing the
financial knowledge of the
class. Slapping a half dollar
on the desk, she said sharply:
What is that?
Voice from back row—Tails!
Lady Motoriqt (explaining
delinquency to traffic police
man) : “Then I trod on this
little gadget and it seemed to
do something to the what-you
may-call-it. I hope I am not
being too technical for you.”
Teacher: Now what boy can
name five things that contain
milk?
Pupil: I can. Butter, cheese,
ice cream and two cows.
Judge: “How is it that you
haven’t a lawyer to defend
you?”
Prisoner: “As soon as they
discovered I hadn’t stolen the
money they wouldn’t have
anything to do with the case.”
The hunter came running up
to one cf the party.
“Just met a great big bear in
the woods.” he said breathless
ly.
“Good!” said the other. “Did
you give him both barrels?”
The hunter wiped his pers
piring brow.
“Both barrels,” he returned,
“I gave him the whole gun!”
Indignant caller: “Look
here, I’ve come about this
paragraph announcing my res
ignation from the local Cham
ber of Commerce.”
Editor: “But it’s quite cor
rect, surely.”
Caller: “Yes, but will you
kindly explain why yon print
ed it under “Public Improve
ments?”
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
May 16, 1924.
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The Cardena brought in the
water wheel for the new elec
tric light and power plant of
the International Electric Co.
The steamer Curacao of the
Admiral line called at Hyder
this week with general cargo.
This was the first visit of any
ship of this line to the Portland
Canal district.
R. B. Lamb, mining engineer,
and C. J. Furlong, of the Tor
onto financial firm of Stobie
and Furlong examined the
Indian mine, this week, in com
pany with J. Fred Ritchie of
Prince Rupert, president of the
Indian company.
A report emanating from the
south asserts that the Premier
Gold Mining Co. has taken
over or is going to take over,
the management of the B. C.
Silver, in which they own a I
minority interest.
J. Frank Breeze, who has the i
L and L property on Glacier j
Creek under bond, arrived
from the south Sunday and
will resume work when the
trail is passable.
Noel Traversy has been of-!
ficially notified that his neph- j
ew, Leonard, son of his broth
er Charles, Traversy, has been
accepted for admission to the
famous Moose childrens’ home
at Mooseheart, Illinois.
The District Court in Ketch
ikan has rendered a decision
in the case of Durbach and
Davis versus Joe Jackson and
cithers, involving 'title to the ;
Alaska Comstock group on |
Texas Creek, in favor of
Jackson and associates.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
The Cats and The Rats—
If three cats can catch three I
rats in three minutes, how I
many cats can catch one hund- :
red rats in one hundred min
utes?
The Chase—
A fox is 100 rods ahead of a
hound and the hound runs 10 j
rods to his one, when the hound
runs 100 rods, the fox runs 10;
when the hound runs 10 rods, i
the fox runs 1 rod. Would not J
the fox always keep 1-10 rod
ahead?
(Answers next week)
Answers to last problems
The Three Miners—
30, 40 and 50 pounds res
pectively.
Equal Cost and Per Cent—
The cost of the horse was$40.
FRANK A, METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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