NYDER WEEKLY JFWALD
Published Bve*" Wednesday.
Application made for entry at the post*»4fi«e at Hyder, Al
aska. as secono iaas matter, ua**r 4he Aet ef Marsh 8,
1879..
Chas. F. Sandford.,... Bdiier.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
In all parts of Alaska, the
Chambers of Commerce and
other commercial and civic as
sociations are up in arms and
paasing resolutions of protest
against a proposal of the Post
offioe Department to cut the
oast of delivery of Alaska
mails. This means that there
will probably be a drastic re
duction in the number of mail
routes, as well as the numbei
of postoffices, and also a prob
able return to the wholly unde
sirable war time system of
transporting Alaska mail from
Seattle by freight. As the bulk
of the local mail is handled bj
the Canadian steamers with
out cost to the government,
only the second and third
class being routed by the usual
routes, the proposed changes
will probably work no seriouB
hardship locally, at least for
the present, yet in the interest
of the rest of the Territory, if
for no other reason, Hyder
should join the rest of Alaska
in entering a vigorous protesi
against any reduction in the
present Territorial mail sei
vice. The Chamber of Com
mcrce as the recognized j
mouthpiece of the community,'
should lose no time in placing
itself on record as opposed to
the wholly unjust and unnec
essary proposal in a resolution j
addressed to the president. In ;
addition very man and woman ;
in the district possessing suf-;
ficient regard for the welfare
of Alaska and its people to feet
resentment at this high hand- j
cd and altogether unwarrani-:
ed attempt to impose further1
bureaucratic restrictions on the
already overburdened Terri
tory should write a letter of i
protest to the chief executive. >
To neglect a comriiunity duty !
so obvious as this is to invite
further impositions of the same
character in which yfe our-1
selves may be the sufferers. It j
is not a question affecting the !
welfare of one section or onei
community but the welfare of!
the whole Territory. To refuse !
or neglect to help in such an j
emergency Is to place ourselves j
in the position of helping those
whose contemplated acts will
be a distinct injury to every
one in Alaska.
j
The one and only reason ad
vanced by the postal authori
ties for the proposed abolition
of mail routes and postoffices
I and the forwarding of mail by
| freight is that the expense of
i maintaining the present ser
vice is greater than the reve- j
nues derived therefrom. A
mere matter of making profits
it appear*. And yet this grea.
country of ours squanders mil-1
lions on pork barrel appropri
ations that benefit only limited :
sections and pours ou^t its
wealth abundantly for count-;
ess fripperies that are of no i
benefit at all to the mass 01
the people but must neverthe-;
less reduce or take away one '
of the moat important factors
in the development of a new
land, means of intercommuni
cation, merely because it does
not produce profits!
Alaska is justified in protest
ing and every citizen who
shares in her bounty should 1
do his utmost to voice his re- !
sentment in Washington.
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We are not tooting our own
horn in the least in asserting
that if all the people in a town
were as loyal to the town as
the average editor of the
home newspaper, there would
be' a wonderful difference in
many places. The editor is al- !
ways up and doing, never ceas
ing, even if at times he gets
iittle or no encouragement. He
leaves unsaid that which
might reflection on the
town, and emphasizes the good
things.
He is a booster for better
3chools and churches, civic
pride and good citizenship. He
favors good roads and public
improvements of whatever nat
ure that will help to make the
old home town a more desir
able place in which-to live. He
is the most liberal donor in the
town—not in money, perhaps,
but in other things that help
the town and everyone in it.
if there is any person more
beneficial to a town than the
newspaper man we would like
to know who he is.
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There is little wonder that
the city merchants attract cust
omers from both city and out
lying districts and other coun
ties. They realize the virtue
oiaavertising.and they 'set'
aside certain amounts to pro
mote new business and hold
what they have. Take for in
stance the Seattle papers, they
are filled with attractive ad
vertising, and the people read
them, and go to the places
that advertise their merchan
dise. The small town merchant
must in self-defense advertise
his merchandise or allow lib
customers to gradually drift to
the cities to make their pur
chases. In proportion to pop
ulation, the city papers have
no larger circulation than the
weekly papers that reach the
buying public in the districts
they circulate in. If the small
town merchant expects to hold
his own, he must change his
method and advertise and
reach the public with what he
has to offer.
Every time a new “Mis*
America” is chosen from ou»
| lot of beautiful girls she tells
| them how to become beautl
ful-plenty of exercise, wash
^ the dishes, help around tht
[ house and use this or that kind
i of beauty cream, etc. Howevei,
there still remain some far
from perfect mugs on young
ladies who have been follow
ing all this advice and whu
have not yet been able to cop
any beauty prizes. We are
wondering what the trouble is.
Somehow, we believe it would
be far better for America’s
young ladies to pay more at
tention to manners conduct,
sweetness of disposition and
usefulness about the home
than to bobbed hair, face, bare
knees and cuteness.
Just For Fun
Many a chap who thought he
loved at first sight has been
entirely cured when he took
another look.
Nearly every man is a firm
believer in heredity until his
son flunks out of collge.
It would seem that the reason
all young women don’t get
married is that they’re not
widows.
“Her eyes turned up to mine;
and I shall never forget the
expression in them—half fear,
half desire, half gratitude,
half love.”
And the other three-quarters
pure bunk.
Women are urged to use
more care in dressing. But not
a word said, about using an,>
more clothes. y
Irate Lady (to neighbor in
crowded car): Sir, your glass
eye has broken my hatpin!
Many symphonic poems are
r either sympho.- i,or poems.
Jealousy makes a bed for
Misery.
“What is a three-letter ab
breviation,” writes a cross
word puzzle fan, “meaning
the nearest thing to man?”
That’s easy; B. V. D.
Many of the engagements
; said to be broken by mutual
i consent were never really
j broken at all. The girl tells
the boy what her clothes cost;
he tells her what his income is,
the engagement sags in the
middle and gently dissolves.
Wife: “Why don’t you help
me out of the auto? You’re
not so gallant as you used to
be w'hen I was a gal.”
Hubby: “That’s nothing, you
’re not so buoyant as you used
to be when I was a boy.”
The old-fashioned housewife,
who used to d » Iniv washing
on Monday, now i ; . a daugh
ter who puts a card in the
window the first of the week
for the laundryman to call.
Beauty is only skin deep, but,
| says the Blueberry Kid, who
j wants to skin a pretty girl ?
The modern large business
j organization is the finest ex
ample of efficient co-operation
in all history.
CAN YOU IMAGINE
Ben Turpin as Hamlet.
Peggy Joyce washing dishes.
! Charles Chaplin celebrating
his silver wedding anniversary.
Volstead getting drunk.
Nurmi missing a street car.
Coolidge talking too much.
Mary Pickford with bobbed
hair.
Bull Montana posing for Ar
row collar ads.
A1 Jolson working for $80 a
week.
A chorus girl with no app»
tite.
Flappers preferring Fords to
Packards.
Chas. E. Hughes minus his
foliage.
You reading this bunk.
HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at' 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor j
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Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
Flotation Concentration
_
Flotation concentration has
i been described as “concentrat
ion upside down" because the
valuable minerals, usually sul
phides, instead of settling out
of water according to their
specific gravities, actually
float on the surface of watei
attached to air bubbles or
froth. Usually oil is added to
the mixture of ore and watei
and the resulting pulp agitat
ed until its surface is covered
with a froth which holds the
sulphide or other minerals in
suspension while the worthless
gangue matter settles. To re
cover the valuable minerals
the froth is skimmed off and
the mineral allowed to settle
out from the water and oil.
This process now has a wide
application and in many plants
is the only means in use foi
the extraction of values from
the ores treated. Its greatest
field, however, is in the recov
ery of minerals from the ex
tremely fine materials (or
slime) resulting from crushing
and grinding ores preparatory
Job Printing Neatly Done At
The Herald Job Shop.
to gravity concentration. Be
fore the advent of flotation
the slimes portion of ores treat
ed yielded a very low percent
age of its value on tables or
vanners. In flotation almost ev
ery ore requires a different
treatment and careful testing
is necessary to determine the
proper amount and kirfds ot
oils and other chemicals.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
1218
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