&YDER WEEKLY HERALD
Published Every Monday.
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aska, as second class matter, under the Act of March 8,
1879._«__
Chas. P. Sandford...... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
This is a pretty good town,
as towns go. We all admit it,
and are proud of it. But there
is one fly in the community
ointment that prevents us
from advancing as rapidly as
we should. Everybody is will
ing to have things done, but
wants to “let George do it,”
and when George reaches a
certain point he balks. He
gets tired of carrying the
whole load.
What we need is a greater
spirit of co-operation, a will
ingness on the part of each
one to do his or her share in
the advancement of our com
munity interests. In every com
munity there are always a
few who are willing to work
for the public good. They are
the Georges. There are also
a lot of othei-s who are will
ing to let them do it. They
are not Georges. Once in a
while we read of some town
like Hyder that keeps boom
ing and shoving right along
regardless of conditions or
handicaps. Such a town is full
of Georges, and because the
Georges are so numerous none
of them is overworked and
there i3 no occasion for balk
ing. Why can’t we all be
Georges in this town? There
is room for improvement, and
we have plenty of people
with the brains of George.
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When our business people
show a disposition to do all
they can for the miner’s; to
get behind their efforts to de
velop the country by working
for good roads, better and
cheaper transportation facil
ities, and< other projects for
their assistance, many mutual
benefits are certain to accrue.
The men who dig in the hills
are the sole support and main
stay of the community and
every business man in the
town should be more than
ready to put his shoulder to
the wheel to assist them in
every way possible. When the
miners recognize that the
townspeople are behind them
and take a personal interest
in their welfare, there is go
ing to be a different spirit in
the community-a spirit of con
fidence and mutual good will.
It is not how many dollars’
worth of business you do each
day that counts most, but how
many friends that you make,
friends that have confidence in
you as a merchant and feel
that you will deal fairly with
them and help them in every
way that assistance can be
given.
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Peru has passed a law requir
ing every male to work at road
building one to two weeks a
year, depending on age, or to
pay enough extra tax to hire
some body else to do the work.
The law is working splendid
ly, the Peruvian government
reports, A network of good
roads has been developed and
communication has been open
ed to many districts with which
there was little intercourse be
fore.
Alaska has fewer roads that
any other section of the United
States. The greatest need of
the Territory is roads and
more roads. Yet any attempt
to institute a law similar to
that of Peru would undoubted
ly raise a tremendous storm of
disapproval. The question of
ample roads could be solved
very easily insofar as Alaska is
concerned without resort to
such measures if a law were
enacted providing that claim
owners be given the option of
performing the annual assess
ment work on mining claims
or of paying to the Territory
for road building purposes all
or a part of the money now so
uselessly expended for that
purpose.
There is scarcely more than
one claim owner in a dozen
who would not be glad to in
sure the development of the
much needed roads and trails
by this simple process.
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The promptitude with which
the Canadian government aids
the development of the mining
industry by road and trail im
provements should provide a
wholesome example to our own
government, which frequently
allows the industry to languish
for long periods for lack of
trails.
The reason why the Canad
ians miners fare better may
perhaps lie in the fact that they
demand road facilities from
their government while we
pray for them—and hope for
the best.
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Despite the recent disap
pointing turn of events in conn
ection with certain proper
ties in the Texas Creek sect
ion, the mining outlook in the
Portland Canal district is to
day dedidedly; more promis
ing than at any time in the
camp’s history.
The district has now reach
ed a stage when the'fruits of
long years of effort are com
mencing to be garnered by
those* who have invested
their time and money. The
“one mine” camp of a year or
two ago has now developed
three clearly proven mines,
while every present indication
points to the addition of at
least three more within the
coming year.
The Porter-Idaho is sending
out a daily quota of high
grade ore; the Riverside and
Dunwell have each an immen
se body of ore blocked out
and are but awaiting the in
stallation of mining and mill
ing equipment before being
included with the famous
| Premier on the list of per
manent producers. High grade
ores are also being shipped
from the B. C. Silver and
Fraser properties in quantities
which disclose that they too
may be considered as certain
producers in the future. In
addition there are fully a doz
en other properties which dis
play the ear marks of prof
itable mines. All this is most
conclusive evidence that with
; a continuance' of the present
era of intelligent development
the district will ultimately
become one of the greatest
silver and lead producing
areas of the world.
•A.
! The newly organized Cham
jber of Commerce is displaying
most commendable activity in
: taking hold of the various
problems of securing public
benefits for the district. Al
though only a few weeks have
elapsed since organization, the
Chamber has already outlined
|a comprehensive program cov
ering the principal needs and
committees are at work secur
ing the necessary data to en
able their presentation to the
proper governmental agencies
to secure the desired end. The
committee in charge of the
matter of securing protection
for the town against the en
croachments of Salmon River
during high water periods,
has been especially active and
has assembled a mass of dem
onstrable facts which, il
properly presented can hard
ly fail to impress the “powers
that be” with the true serious
ness of the situation and the
urgent need for assistance be
fore irreparable damage is
done.
Various other matters having
as their basis the welfare of the
community are also being tak
en up in a manner that not on
ly entitles the body to the
highest praise but also disclos
es that the members are im
bued with earnest desire to ac
complish things and are willing
'to buckle in and work foi
I
I
them; „ «#
Persistence in that sort of at
titude and spirit will undoubt
edly result in many benefits to
the town and district.
In a recent interview in Vic
toria, Geofge A. Clothier, well
known Canadian government
engineer, calls attention to two
important drawbacks to the
progress of mining develop
ment in this district. He said:
“Exaggerated statements by
prspectors, promoters and bud
ding operators are ultimately
derogatory to mining, and ex
aggerated prices for properti
| ties is the surest way of hold
ing on to them. I judge it bet
ter to sell five properties at,
say $10,000 each than hold
one for $50,000.,
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Cranks are out of date. Self
starters are in demand.
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Once a woman was supposed
to marry a man before she
kissed him. Now, judging by
the stories we see in the daily
papers, she is supposed to mar
ry him before she shoots him.
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Life is too short to stop and
argue with men who can lick
you.
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A grin beats a groan any
time.
Just For Fun
People are sure greedy, says
Jimmie Lyon. Just as we start
to read that poultry and poult
ry products tide over meat
shortages that would send
prices sky high, along comes
some fellow who wants to
make the hens lay two eggs
a day. The next thing some
one will be insisting that the
hens put enough grease in the
eggs to fry them in.
According to Frank Reichen
back a man’s fortune may be
in six figui’es but a woman's
is usually in one.
William Gray says now that
women have a permanent
wave, he wonders why some
fellow doesn’t invent a per
manent shave.
A Scotchman made a purch
ase at a Jew dry goods store.
A day or two later a friend
happened to ask him if he trad
ed at that particular place.
“Nay, Nay, he replied, “Ay
used to, ye ken, but na more.”
“And why not?” inquired the
friend.
Sandy shook his head solemn
ly as he said: “They na be hon
est. I saw a sign in the window
yesterday that said one thou
sand pins three pennies. An’
I bought a paper an’ when I
counted them there was only
998, an’ they na be honest.”
This is the way one country
newspaper editor came back at
a carping female critic:
“ The woman who doesn't
like this paper because it is no
good and never gets anything
right, should tuck up her un
derskirt. It hangs down and
looks sloppy. The editor may
not know how to run a news
paper right, but he knows how
to put his clothes on so his un
derwear won’t show.
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