HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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WHAT WE NEED.
There are many things we
need in Hyder, but a few are
vital and outstanding above
all others.
We need stabilitiy—the will
power to determine what is
right and a determination to
see that only that which is
right prevails.
We need a spirit of unani
mity—the ability and willing
ness to agree upon what we
want and then go after it and
get it.
We need aggressiveness—for
without aggressiveness, indol
ence and stagnation will be
our lot.
We need loyalty—for without
loyalty we will be enriching
commercial interests at distant
points and impoverishing our
people at home.
Some communities thrive and
grow because of their natural
advantages. Others are made
only through the dogged en
ergy and perseverance of their
citizenship. Ours will be. what
we make it, and we should
make it all that we can.
THE AVERAGE
The world’s work is carried
on by average folks. Occasion
ally we have a Burns, a
Shakespeare, a Caesar, or a
Napoleon, but they are rare.
The output of humanity is, on
the whole, only fair; fair ser
mons, fair poems, fair manu
factured products, fair crops
raised, fair business and fair
professional accomplishments.
This is because most people
are hot willing to put forth the
utmost effort. They are con
tent with the average, Not
“somewhat better,” but “that
will suffice.” Instead of most
of us giving all we can of self,
we try. to figure out what the
smallest amount is that will
answer. The average in people
is seen m two things—inheri
tance and attainments. Some
people are blessed with about
100 per cent native ability,
and their attainments are 50
per cent of what they should
be. Sometimes there are those
who rank about 50 per cent
in endowments, but their re
turns are 100 per cent. Others
are blessed with about 50
per cent of what we like to
call “genius,” and their attain
ments are about in that ratio.
The trouble with our world
| is that most of its people are
in the third class, when they
could just as well be in the
second class mentioned. A
mediocre kind of work is being
accomplished, when it should
be first class. The reason for
this is that those of limited
endowments claim exemption
from responsibility. That prin
ciple is not only wrong, but it
is perilous. Refuse to use your
right arm for a few weeks,
and you will find it hard to
use. Fail to exercise it for a
few months, and you lose the
| use of it. That atrophy of dis
use is manifested in our heav
en-born gifts. The less we do,
th e less do we want to do.
Disinclination to serve arises
from moral atrophy. It is the
result of failing to exercise the
gifts we do have.
The person most highly bless
ed is not he with many endow
> ments, but it is he who uses
; what he does have. The firsi
| may be spectacular, but the
1 latter is far more useful.
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Saskatchewan has rejected
prohibition, probably on the
theory that it’s just as hard to
pronounce when sober.
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A New York doctor measures
the health of a man by the
length of time a patient can
hold his breath. If there is any
thing in that theory, there are
a number of congressmen who
must be pretty sick.
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Twenty tons of concentrates
from the Riverside mine left
on the Norco enroute to the
Selby smelter.
FIRST GOLD FOUND IN
ALASKA IN 1832
Many tourist visiting Alaska
ask the question "When was
gold first discovered in the
north?” According to statistics
available in the Territorial Li
brary the following is prob
ably the most authentic ans
wer that can be given:
Gold was first discovered in
Alaska on the Anauk river a
tributary of the Kuskokwim
river which joins the latter
stream about 25 miles below
the trading post of Kalmakofl
sky. The Anauk river was dis
covered by Ivan Cimenson Lu
keen, in 1832, at which time
he built a fort, called Lukeen’s
fort, on the Kuskokwim river
25 miles above the mouth ot
the Anauk. It was partially
destroyed by natives in 1841,
and rebuilt by Kalmakoff, a
Russian trader, afterwards
and called Kalmakoff Re
doubt.
In 1832 the headquarters of
he Russian-American Trading
Company were at Sitka, and
upplies were transported from
there to Lukeen’s fort by way
jf Nushagak river.Ticchic riv
. 2r and lake, and down the
Anauk rii^er to ’.he Kusko
kwim river, and thence up
dream 25 miles to the fort.
In 1837 the yearly supplies
were sent in by way of the
nouth of the Kuskokwim riv
er, and the old way abandon
ed as a summer route, ana
used only for the purpose oi
-ending out the mails during
the winter by dog learns.
It was the only winter route
•:he Russians evi r used from
any point on the Yukon to the
outside (Sitka) and was only
abandoned for the purpose
after they left the country.
It was while on one of these
trips in 1832 that the Russians
discovered gold on the Anauk,
which is known today as the
Yellow river of the Russians.
It is not known whether they
ever attempted mining on a
large scale, or whether they
found gold in paying quanti
ties, but is is believed this was
j the first time on record of
gold being found in Alas
ka.— Stroller’s Weekly.
Just for Fun
! All were born with equal op
portunity but all were not born
equally lucky.
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' There’s plenty of room at
; the top, but Dale says it’s
slippery up there.
“Dead men tell no tales”
neither do those who assist in
the operation.
Oren F. says a man always
has the most friends when he
doesn’t need them.
Roy Newton says when some
factory gets a lot of something
It doesn’t know what to do
with we have a new breakfast
food.
Bad news for the boarding
house dwellers. Prune trees
are reported to be over-load
ed this year.
Chemistry Professor—Name
three things containing starch,
Student—Two cuffs and a c
collar.
“I don’t see how they tell a; ‘
horse’s age by his teeth.”
“That’s easy. If it has false
teeth it’s old.”
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About the poorest piece of t
advice to a young man start
ing out in the world these days i
is, “And son,, don’t hide be
hind a woman’s skirt.” t
There are still impossibilities.
The grade crossing is fast ac
quiring a very degraded repu- t
tation. 1 c
Well, anyway, a permanent
wave gives a woman some
temporary relief.
Perhaps it’s the conviction
there’s no place like home that j
keeps some men going.
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Twenty thousand Mexican
miners are getting ready to go [ i
on strike. Have those chaps
no sense of humor?
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j It may be that blondes are
dizzy, but that doesn’t neces-1
i sarily prove that all brunettes |
! are naturally equilibristic.
We are told that the earth
was farthest from the sun on
; July 5th, but it has done some
fast traveling since then.
A coward is a man who
knows he is wrong and re
fuses to admit it.
These old men you see danc
ing nowadays must be Sitep^
fathers.
—
Judge—Did your wife hit you
with a piece of bric-a-bac?
Mulligan—Divil a brack about
it, yer honor; just the brick.
First Youth: “I asked her if
I could see her home.”
Second Youth: “And what
did she say?”
“Said she would send me a
picture of it.”
If people would give their
weekly deeds as much gas
as they do their Sunday pray
ers, hell would not be so crow
ed, according to the Blueberry
Kid.
“What you need is an electric
bath,” said the doctor.
“Not for me,” said the pati
I ent. “My uncle got drowned
I in one of those things in
Sing Sing.”
! Max Behrman says he once
knew a restaurant where,
whenever rabbit stewr was on
the menu, the proprietor
! made the restaurant cat walk
; up and down the room to show
the customers it was still alive.
The newly-wed bride from
| the city went to a neighboring
farmer to negotiate for a cow.
“About what sort of cow did
yu think you would like?”
1 asked the stock raiser,
j “Well, I thought maybe a
1 condensed or malted cow
i would be about right--we often
i use those kids of milk.”
A Scot applied for a position
, as patrolman on the police
force. Here is a question they
i put to him and his answer:
1 “Suppose, MacFarlane, you
saw a crowd congregated at a
ertain point on your beat, how
,’ould you disperse it, quickly
nd with the least trouble?”
I would pass the hat.”
Hyderite: “Well, there is one
ellow that King George has
o take off his hat to.”
Stewartite: “I don’t believe
Hyderite: “How about his
arber?’
“Well, Tommy, are you able
o keep your place in the
lass?” asked the fond father.
“Yes, dad; I began at the
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Reliable Information
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PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
foot and there’s not a single
me.”
boy been able to take it from
Betty, taken to the country,
had been looking round the
village. She saw many things
that were strange to her, but a
passing glimpse of the black
smith’s shop filled her with
wonde.r
When she got back to the cot
tage she burst into the parlor
in a state of excitement.
“Daddy,” she said, “I’ve just
seen a man who makes
horses!”
“Nonsense,” said her father;
“you’ve made a mistake.”
“No, I haven’t,” she persist
ed. “I saw him. He had one
nearly finished. He was nail
; ing on the back feet.’
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