HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
Established 1924
Published Every Saturday at the Herald Building,
Second Avenue, Hyder. Alaska.
Telephone No. 42
Chas. F. Sandford
Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Hyder,
Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Tnis newspaper 13 not connected in any manner with any
stock brokerage firm cr other establishment associated in or
interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes no in
rormation relative to local mining development that is not be
lieved to be in full accord with fact.
A Test of Intern
national Agreements
In the present state of the
Chinese - Japanese imbroglio
the question of who is right cr j
who is wrong is of secondary
importance to the more vital
question of whether or not in
ternational agreements are to
be respected.
Japan, regardless of her
complaints against the Chinese
and there is reason to suspect
that there are more causes of
offense than the Chinese are
willing to admit-signed the
Kellogg-Briand treaty which
renounces war “as an instru
ment of national policy.” She
is also a signatory to the so
called “nine-power pact, which
Provides that the signatory
nations shall “respect the inde
pendence and the territorial
and administrative integrity of
China.”
These are solemn convent
ions made ostensibly in good
faith with the object of niain
aining peace and their mainte
ance is an equally solemn
duty of all the concurring pow
ers Their violation by one or
more powers is therefore not
only an affront to all other sig
natories but what is even more
vital, brings into question the
sacredness of all international
agreements. By disregarding
her obligations in this respect,
Japan, by such action as she
appears to be guilty of in China
and Manchuria, has reduced
the status of her declarations
and premises to the status of
mere “scraps of paper.”
That is why the United States
is displaying what appears to
many to :be an unwarranted in
clination to “meddle” in the
Sino-Japanese difficulty. With
varied support from other gov
governments and the League of
Nations, she is seeking to im
press Japan with the need for
maintaining such solemn obli
gations if the Japanese nation
wishes to preserve its integrity
in the eyes of the world. This
they have every right to do as
joint signers of the treaties and
agreements referred to. While
they may not be directly in
jured by the action of Japan,
they nevertheless have every
moral right to protest any dis
legat'd of the objects and pui‘
poses set forth in the treaties
and to employ all possible
measures of moral suasion to
impress upon Japan the desira
bility of keeping her pledged
word to maintain world peace
by refraining from wailike
aggressions.
The present situation is in
every respect a test of whether
:olemn treaties to keep the
peace mean anything. The sit
uation also involves the quest
on of whether international
agreements of any character
are to be considered as Limi
ng obligations or mere gest
ures of agreement, to be cast
aside at will. If solemn cove
nants of this character fail, lit
;le confidence may be reposed
n international agreement and
distrust, suspicion and double
dealing must continue to be
as in the past the keynote of
nternational relations and war
the final arbiter of internation
al disagreements.
And that, by her seeming fut
ile “meddling,” is exactly what
*Ue United States is endeavor
ing to find out for the benefit
)f herself and the rest of the
world.
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New Easter Date.
Many times it has been pro
iosed to establish a more near
y uniform date for Easter Sun
day, but tradition and custom
ire hard to overcome, so the
>ld method of calculation, es
ablished by the Council of
Mice more than l.GOO years
igo, still prevails.
Under this system Easter may
fall as early as March 22 or as
late as April 25 and all move
able feasts of the church are
governed by the date of Easter.
Easter is unusually early this
year, falling on March 27th.
The British House of Com
mons once passed a bill propos
ing that the legal date of East
er be the first Sunday after the
'econd Saturday in April. It
was not intended that the
British should try to put this
proposal into effect alone, but
the idea was to call a world
conference to consider joint
action of the nations on the
subject.
There are many reasons, bus
iness and social, to commend
the new plan, hut inasmuch as
such an innovation would clash
with long established religious
custom it is doubtful that it
will he able to command sup
port in ecclesiastical circles.
Without such support it could
not be given practical effect.
Just for Fun
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If you don’t think you are
better than your neighbors you
have an inferiority complex.
A new newspaper at Pahok
ee, Florida, is named “News
and Philosophy.” Anybody
starting a new newspaper
these days should be prepared
to take things philosophically.
Hints to the Lovelorn: Girls
looking for a good husband
should watch for a man who
never scolds the waiter.
ACCOMPLISHMENT
1* ■ 7,1 ^_/X )
Weary Pete—1 was reactin' de odder
day dnt at de age of seventy a man
lias consumed ninety-five tons of food.
'J'attereJ Tom—Ah! Dnt would he
a grand life's wolk to point to.
Garage Poem: Oily to bed
and oily to rise, is the fate of us
grease and gasoline guys.
Too True: Many a man who
; at the age of twenty makes up
his mind to become a rich man
decides at thirty that it is a lot
easier to change his mind.
It appears that each nation
represented at Geneva is strong
for disarmament—for all the
rest.
HIS PREFERENCE
"How many lumps of sugar would ;
i you like in your lea?"
“Two lumps and only one caterpil
lar, If you please."
Probably Cain would have
turned out better if Mother
Eve had been up on child psy
chology.
It seems that war has been
abolished after all. Fighting
nations don’t call it that any
more.
Missionary efforts in the Or
ient have borne fruit, it seems.
Anyway, Japan and China are
acting just like Christian nat
ions did from 1914 to 1918.
] American movies are blamed
for an English prison riot. If
they heard some of our radio
programs there would be a rev
olution.
A physician says that singing
heats the blood. But it’s folks
who thing they can sing who
get us het up. ,
TEN YEARS OR SO AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
March 15, 1922
Friday night the annual St.
Patrick’s dance and basket
social will be held in the school
house in Stewart.
Malcolm Smith has been en
gaged to operate the pile driv
er at the new bridge across
Bear river, on which work
started today.
Otto Trojanowski, who built
the Premier concentrating mill,
left Monday for the Outside.
The Premier is the 53d mill
that he has assisted in build
ing.
A petition has been prepared
by residents of the forest town
site reserve and forwarded to
the U. S. Surveyor General,
asking for a survey of the
townsite so that patent and tit
le can be secured.
First of the mining operators
in the Bear river section to
?tart development this year are
S. P. and Jack Fitzgerald, who
took in supplies to the Indepen
dence group on Goose creek
the latter part of last week and
who intend to work on their
ore showings as long as circum
stances permit. They will be
assisted by Bill Williams and
Charlie Lund.
W. L. Balch and J. A. Hall
left on the Carmen for Juneau
to take up with various govern
ment officials matters pertain
ing to Hyder,- including pro
tection of the river bank
against floods. Mr. Balch cir
culated a subscription list
among business men and prop
erty owners and secured a
pledge of $2,500 to assist in
this work. He intends to en
deavor to get some action to
ward wharf construction and
school matters will also be dis
cussed.
Sam Fry is carrying his arm
in a sling as the result of a ser
ious and painful wound re
ceived while cutting kindling
wood Friday. Two large tend
ons in the wrist were severed
and the bone split. Dr. Chace
sewed the tendons together
and took several stitches to
hold the wound in place.
Hugh McDougall has sold his
blacksmith shop and residence
in the Lindeborg addition to
Albert J. Mayer, the latter
taking immediate possession.
The shop was built in 1919 by
Smali and McDougall. Mr.
Mayer, who has resided here
for two or more years, is an ex
perienced workman and will
undoubtedly maintain the high
standard set by his predecess
or. Hugh intends opening up
a pipe fitting and general re
pair shop on Main Sareet.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Shough
came up Thursday from the B.
C. group near Georgia river,
where they have been doing
development work, with which
they are well satisfied. The
group consists of five claims
and lies about a Quarter of a
mile from the beach. Last seas
on they obtained assays from
their ore running up to $256,
principally in gold.
The Pioneers are rounding
out the program for their big
smoker on the night of March
24 and are now certain it will
ibe the best they have ever pre
sented.
INTERESTING NOTES
A new fire place screen has
a compartment at one end to
hold sewing materials or stat
ionery.
The United States has more
fatalities from appendicitis
than any other civilized nation.
By a new device, two large
parachutes are opened above a
plane by pilot chutes which are
shot from containers on the
wings by compressed air.
America was the unofficial
leader in the winter games re
cently held at Lake Placid, N.
Y., with 88 points.
A recent survey revealed that
Washington, D. C., has more
physicians in proportion to its
area than any other American
city.
More than 2,640,000 pairs of
kid gloves were manufactured
in Belgium for export last year.
OUTSTANDING RADIO VALUES
The New Crosley Battery Show Boy
Screen grid, new 2-volt tubes, push
pull output, uses new cell "A" but
tery, no light current, no batteries
to charge—$49.50 complete, less bat
teries.
The Crosley Play Boy— Eight tube
Buperlietrodyue pentode, screen grid,
moving coii dynamic speaker—com
plete $52.25.
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Jewelry made to order—repair work,
anything In jewelry at short notice.
PROFESSIONAL
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U. & MINERAL SURVEYOR
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CHAS ,F, SANDFSRO
NOTARY PUBLIC
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Howard Campbell, Dictator
P. S. Jack, Secretary
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Second Thursday in Hyder
Fourth Thursday in Stewart
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* Hyder Methodist Episcopal Church •
* Rev. H. R. Cross, Pastor •
* Sunday School at 10:30 a. in. •
* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
* Everyone is cordially invited to •
* the services. *
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