HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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1879.
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PROSPECTING.
Little pieces of yellow ore
found in a ditch started the
California gold rush. Glitter
specks of dirt found on a beach
in Alaska gave birth to the
stampede for gold at Nome.
All the great oil booms in
Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Tex
as and California came from
spurts of black liquid from
holes in the ground. Strike oil
or dig up a nugget of gold and
in unbelievable time the news
will have traveled to the far
corners of the globe to make
its source a focus for hordes of
fortune hunters.
But we need not look to such
rare things as gold rushes and
oil booms for illustrations of
man’s treasure-hunting instinct
when every day there are
communities demonstrating it
anew, though in a less pict
uresque and smaller way.
These are the cities and towns
affording advantages which
advertise themselves. Good
wages and employment are
the “ore” and industrial and
business opportunities, are the
“oil” that bring to these com
munities new citizens, new
industries, new business and
greater prosperity.
Every community has its "vein
of gold” or its “oil gusher,”
but many, like Russia and
Mexico, have failed to develop
their rich resources. While
they have slumbered, albeit
fretfully, others have been
“prospecting” and broadcast
ing to the world the treasures
they have found.
Community prospecting al
ways produces “paying dirt,”
There is not a community, not
excluding the mightiest me
tropolis, that could not discov
er new mines and wells of com
munity development merely by
a little digging and drilling.
And Hyder has only just
reached the point where it can
start prospecting its commun
ity resources.
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
“Get together!” should be the
slogan of every citizen who
wants to see this city progress.
It is the community spirit
that brings the citizenship
closer together and eliminates
the lines drawn by cliques. To
accomplish anything for the
good of the community a senti
ment in favor of the proposed
project must be created and
it is easy to create this senti
ment if the proper community
spirit prevails.
The main object of this life
should be to make the' world
a better place in which to live
but this cannot be accomplish
ed with a citizenship pulling
in different directions. The
; lesser differences should be
forgotten when a project is
put forth whereby the entire
community will prosper and
be benefitted. If every citizen
of the community would get
together and eliminate minor
prejudices, work with but one
object in view and that to
make their town a good place
to live in, the things accomp
lished would form a monument
to the present generation and
an inspiration for future gen
erations to continue the good
work.
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BUY FROM LOCAL STORES.
Most people regard the ped
dler who comes to their door
as a nuisance. But half the
time they encourage him by
the upside-down process of
“buying something to get rid
of him.” They find it easier,
in the individual instance, to
buy a package of bad needles
or a rubber apron or a pair of
shoes which turn out to be sec
onds than it is to listen to a
stream of talk and force them
selves to argument as to why
they should not buy.
Yet if all the residents of Hy
der were to unite in refusal to
buy of the itinerant salesman
for a year, they would find
themselves left, long before
he year was out, in peace and
duiet to attend to their duties
without interruption and to do
their marketing according to
their own good judgment.
In one prosperous small city
often victimized by this type
of person, the merchants got
together and issued a state
ment which may well be heed
ed here:
“Numerous complaints are
being received from house
wives who report that they
have lost money through pur
chasing merchandise from un
known house-to-house ped
dlers. Professional swindlers
who go from city to city have
victimized thousands of house
wives. Merchandise is misrep
resented and, if delivered is
often inferior to samples
shown. Advance payments are
sometimes collected, the ped
dler vanishes and the merchan
dise is never received. Investi
gate before you buy or invest.
“Your responsible local mer
chants support all civic and
public enterpriess, pay taxes
for the city’s development and
support, and give employment
to thousands of home-town
people. You can always see
them personally for the adjust
ment of any mistakes.
“You are safe in buying from
responsible local stores.”
Just for Fun
A few persons depend too
much on themselves, but more
depend too much on others.
Whom the gods would de
stroy they first equip with the
notion that they could lick the
world.
A writer says: “As long as
ther« are two women and a
man on earth there will be
war.” Why the man?
You can continue to respect
your friends if you will learn
to say“ no” when they need
money.
Some folks want their news
paper to have convictions so
they can get mad and stop it.
Divorce is not always a per
manent waive.
There will be less speed on
the highways when there is
more in the courts.
The man who doesn’t mind
his own business often finds
that somebody else will.
Some folks are so smart they
keep out of trouble, and their
smartness gets others into it.
Its a case of true love if he
can remain for an hour and
forget to light another ciga
rette.
Our idea of the supreme trag
edy is one about a man who
took the Listerine advertise
ments to heart and then dis
covered that people avoided
him simply because they didn’t
like him.
She had urged him to study
the correspondence course at
home and he had—just like
the advertisements say. At last
his salary was raised fifty
dollars a month, also like the
advertisements say.
“Nell,” he cried "I owe it all
to you!”
“Well, dear,” she retorted,
“you won’t after pay-day.”
Which was the point the ad
failed to mention.
Real Scotch
A merchant in Aberdeen had
had a very good year, so he
called in his assistant and said:
“Angus, I want to compliment
you on your excellent work
during the past twelve months
and to show my appreciation I
am going to give you a check
for 500 pounds.”
Angus was about to thank his
employer when the latter add
ed. “And if the next year turns
out as well as this one has, I’ll
sign it for you.”
Landlord—I’m going to raise
your rent next month.
Tenant—Thanks, old son. I
was just wondering how I
could do it.
Revenue Collector—So you
object to paying an inheritance
tax?
Jones—Sure, I do. The law
yers got the inheritance—let
them pay the tax!
College Graduates mother:
“Here’s a letter from our boy
at last.”
His dad: “Has he got a job
yet?”
“Yes, he’s washing dishes in
a restaurant.”
“That’s good. He told us he
was going to clean up a milli
on.”
Complaining wife: “You said
you’d go through fire and wat
er for me.”
Harrassed Husband: “Well
haven’t I? The two combined
make hot water, and goodness
knows you’ve kept me going
through that.”
A fool may say a wise thing
without thinking; but a wise
man always thinks to avoid
saying a foolish thing
Its called cold cash because
we don’t keep it long enough
to get it warm.
Love is like an apple pie—a
little crust and lots of apple
sauce.
———
This is the season when a man
who gets mad at his wife can
go out and cuss the weather.
In this changing world often
the working rich today are the
idle poor tomorrow.
Candidates don’t carry out
their campaign promises; they
kick them out if they’re elect
ed.
Quick Results
“Do you find that advertising
brings quick results?”
“I should say it does. Why
only the other day we adver
tised for a night watchman,
and that night the safe was
robbed.”
The Girl Guides of a certain
church in Yorkshire put flow
ers in front of the pulpit each
Sunday. An elderly person
asked what they did with the
flowers after the service. “Oh,
we take them to people who
are sick after the sermon,” was
the innocent reply.
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GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Attorney - at - Law
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Clyde Hager says he knows
some people who talk more re
ligion in ten minutes than they
practice in ten years.
Teacher—“Parse this sent
ence: “Barlar married Geor
gia.”
Student—-“Barlar is a noun
because he is the name of
something. Married is a con
junction because it joins Bar
lar and Georgia, and Georgia
is a verb because she governs
the noun.”
“Your money or your life,”
demanded the foot-pad, brand
ishing his revolver.
“Are you going to take that?”
asked the little man plaintive
ly. “Its my week’s wages.”
“I want it,” said the bandit
briefly.
“Then shoot a hole through
my hat.”
“What for?”
"I want to submit it as evi
dence to my wife. The last time
I told her I was robbed it start
ed an argument that kept me
up all night.”
PROFESSIONAL
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Hyder, Alaska
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