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Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

launched a plan for securing new school building for that
 ,ity. They propose to sell the present building to the govern ment for the purpose of pro- viding quarters for all the gov- ernment activities, such as courtroom, jail, land office, and local bureaus, and from the funds so received con- struct a new and modern school building.
 M. J. Bugge and J. R. Heck man of Ketchikan, recently made a visit to the Saltchuck mine, the only palladium pro- ducing mine in the country. M. Bugge was very enthused over the promising conditions he | found there. "The mill is rum ming 24 hours day without hitch, with a capacity of ap- proximately 150 tons a day." he said. They have a large amount of ore already broken that can be trammed to the mill and the mine opened up in such shape that it will furnish sufficient ore to keep the mill
 rujnning for years. Judging
 from the underground work
 ngs and the surface showing, there apparently does not
 'eem to be any known limit to
 he extent of the ore body.
 A Victoria dispatch states that gold has been discovered
 1t Horsefly Falls, near the
 forks about three hundred miles north of that city, by
 eight prospectors. Those mak- ing the strike include John N. Edwards, former Alaskan and Klondike miner. According to
 One of the party, the gravel ran from ten to seventeen dol lars to the yard in gold.
 William Portlock, a pioneer resident of Dawson, aged 59 years, died there recently from Bright's disease, from which he had suffered for several years. He leaves wife and
 son who reside at Mayo.
 The Fairview district is said to be practically virgin ground untouched by placer prospect ors, and also contains farther back in the main range of mountains, a rich quartz belt. Packing 150 pounds of spl- phate of arsenic ore on the backs of reindeer, Frank Joa- auin, we'll known placer oner- ator of Canes Creek, Ophir dis trict, has opened the way for what may become extensive arsenic mininr operations on the lower Kuskokwim.. The demand for arsenic has become pressing in the United States, due to the presence of the boil weevil MT Joaquin says tho discover- appears to be inn portant due to the purity of the sulphate. welch according to an analvsis made by the Bureau Mines, at Was " ton. runs ahout 80 per cent pure arsenic.
 Charles D Garfiold. director of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber ne Commerce and ar olI t'me 'la 'a- wH-
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

'.-4..l4sG'
 A recent press dispatch re- ports that the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Company will commence shortly an exten- sive program of development on the Treadwell Yukon comp silver mine in the Mayo dist rict, which shipped 8, 374 tons of ore last year. According to the report it is planned to raise the necessary funds by increas- ing the company's capital stock by the issuance of an ad- ditional two million shares of preferred stock. The proceeds will be devoted to developing the company's property at Kel- log, Idaho, as we'll as the Mayo mine.
 Bell Island Hot Springs, To- cated near Ketchikan, was sold to Agnes Herring at an auc- ton sale held during the first days of the present month. The price paid is said to have been $24,0OO.
 Jack Hosfeld, better known as Missouri John" who was one of the pioneers of Valdez and the Copper River country, ar rived in Seattle recently and stated he is on the track of an old channel in the Yale dis
 trict of British Columbia, and proposes to do some develop ment work there.
 Word comes from Seldovia that four members of the crew of the gas boat Kanaka Boy, were brought there recently for medical treatment having been gassed by the boats en- zine. The weather was ex- tremely cold and the boat was shut up tight for protection, causing the men to lose con- sciousness. They were treated by Dr. Burgin and have all practically recovered.
 Lockie McKinnon has an- nounced that he will give up his lease on the Zynda Hotel at Juneau on February1, when the owner, s. Zynda will take over the management. MT. Nc Kinnon has been in charge of the hotel for the last seven years.
 According to a notice pub lished in the Anchorage Daily Times, that publication was sold recently at public auction, at the instigation of the Trus- tee in Bankruptcy. The sale is in connection with the bank ruptcy proceedings against Charles E. Heron, president of the Alaska Publishing Com pany.
 Advices from Fairbanks state that late returns have eliminat- ed Dan Callahan from the race for the Territorial Legislature Ross now being in the lead by 21 votes for the fourth place on the ticket. Pratt was elected to the Senate, and other mem bers of the lower house are Watson, Moody and Sheldon.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

"More Heat With Less Fuel" Install a Sinhold Superheater. Ask those who have them: Hy- der Mercantile Co. Agents.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

In the District Court of the United States, for the District of Alaska; First Division.
 In the Matter of the Hyder Miner Publishing Company, Bankrupt.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

The old cableship Burnside, laid many of the cables
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

The Woman's Club of Anch- orage, backed by the Par ent- Teacher Association, has
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

Bell Island Hot Springs, To- cated near Ketchikan, was sold to Agnes Herring at an auc- ton sale held during the first days of the present month. The price paid is said to have been $24,000.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-01-14

Charles D Garfield. director of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber oe Commerce and an nlI-''me 'la |a- w1- recently married at Everett, Washington, to his private sec retary, Miss Viola Rundson. MT Garfield ce~a to Alaska in the early 90's. He was dep- uty collector of customs at Nome and lator went to J''n- eau as ererial do-Htv collect under John E. Wills. a posit- ion he resigned to take charge of the Alaska Bureau.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Pipe-Organ Evolution
of TuUenfy Centuries

More than 20 centuries ago barber
made the discovery that In moving his
mirror in the pursuit Of his duties air
was forced through the tubes of the
crude contrivance, causing sweet
musical sound. So struck was he by
this popularity that he set about max
ing an instrument which was the fouu
dalton Of the modern organ. After
several experiments he made watef-
flute, In which air was forced by bel
lows through an inverted cone which
led to flutes controlled by keyboard,
the pressure being kept uniform by
water. After a thousand years a rival
instrument made its appearance. This
was of similar pattern. but, instead
Of water, weights regulated the pres
sure. In 951 an organ was erected Mt
Winchester, England. It had 20 bel
lows and ten pipes TO each key. Two
men who sat ut the keyboard "blew
and sweated enormously" Later. q
firm of organ makers In Germany sue
ceeded In erecting the first really big
instrument. The primary stops did
not differ very much from those of to-
day, although various novelties were
introduced. Among the innovations
were the nightingale and cuckoo stops
while others represented cOck-crowns
and goat-bleating Though these
novelties have now fallen into disuse,
an organ with one of these nightingale
stops is still to be seen in Rome, 1t
was not until the Nineteenth century
that the problem OF the regulation O.
air pressures was solved by the intro
ductlon Of the hydraulic blower.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Word "Sleet" Used to
Convey Many Meanings

The word "sleet" has three distinct
meanings In the Engllsh-speuklng
world, says Nature Magazine. In Eng
land II is nearly always applied TO a
mixture Of snow and rain, and the
same usage prevails to some extent In
this country
Again. n great many Americans, In
Guiding most engineers, have long ap
piled the name "sleet' TO the smooth
coating of Ice due to rain falling In
cold weather that at times envelOps
the branches, wires and other objects
and gives us the beautiful spectacle
of the "ice storm" British meteorOlO.
glsts call this glazed FROST" our
weather burenu has coined for II the
name glaze" and on both sides Of
the Atlantic 1t has sometimes beer
known as SILVER thaw."
Lastly, the "sleet" of weather bu.
rcau usnge Ia widely so called In Amer.
lea, and sometimes so called in Great
Britain. A few British meteorologlsts
have tentatively styled II "lce rain"
but this name has never become estab-
llshed.
In view of these facts, II Is safe
forecast that the term "sleet" Ia des
tined to cause meteorol0gists more
worry In years to come than the term
"cyclone"--whlch most people still
mIsapply to the tornado-has caused
for many years past.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Makers of Dynamite
Can Take No Chances

When one approaches factory
where dynamite is made everything
seems half asleep. Here and there
among the scattered buildings man
may be seen slowly wheeling rub
ber-tired vehicle that looks not unlike
u baby carriage. He exercises the
greatest care, for his load Is nitro
glycerin, which does not allow mis-,
takes to happen twice, The workmen
and these strange carts ure used to
take the nltroglycerln from the mix.
ing room to the refinery for the alter
nate stralnlng and testing 1t must un.
dergo until Its decorating qualities are
perfected When the dynamite has
been strained and the sulphurlc acid
removed from II the foreman takes
half u teaspoonful of the liquid.
spreads 1t thin on u metal surface and
then strikes II with hammer. When
he is satisfied the product Is shipped
along to the dynamite building, where
the nltroglycerln is soaked up by por'
Gus clay and cut In convenient sticks
for mine use. The dynamite when
pressed into shape is tested out by
the explosion Of small amount on II
ballistlc pendulum. This device has
heavy lead ball mounted on the end
of swinging arm, which Is set In mo-
ton by the force of the explosion, The
gage tells the amount Of motion and
from this the power OF the dynamite Is
calculated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Dime NoDels Brought
Him Fame and Fortune

Erastus +. Beade, the originator Of
the dime novel, which type of publica'
ton occupies chapter in Edmund Les
ter Pearson's Books in Black or Red"
published the first dime novel, accord
ing to Mr.. Pearson, In 1860. 1t was
a small pamphlet with orange pink GOV
ers. The firm of Beadle & Adams con
tlnued their business until 1897.
Beadle, descendant of American
pioneers and soldiers, was born In
otsego county, New York, in 1921, says
the Detroit News. Working as boy
for miller, he found need one day
for letters of some sort to label the
bags of grain. He cut the letters from
blocks of hardwood, us Gutenberg's
predecessors had done. This expert
ence interested him In printing; he
learned the art, and by 1852 had II
printing shop Of his own. In 1858 he
moved to New York to test an lden
which had come to him; the publica
tlon Of books to be sold at 10 cents
song books, Joke books and finally
novels. The first Of these books were
mainly historical novels Of the Amerl-
can Revolution, or early pioneer life.
About nine-tenths Of the settings, then
and later, were American.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Why Middle-Aged Man
Drifts to Crookedness

Mr.. Toxton Tlllinghast rode down
town In the same car with Doc Eccle.
berry and me this morning. Dressed
up like a reignlng duke, IL dukes dress
up. Had high hat and cane and
spats. Also wore sort OF queer,
sneaky look In his eyes.
Hes planning to trim widow out
OF her insurance money" said Doc &c
cleberry
"When a man wears that particular
sort of look he Is always up to mis-
chief" he said. "Ihat Is, If he Is nat
urally honest. Only a trained crook
can look honest when he Is contem-
plating a theft"
Then he expounded his theory. He
said that the average man gets along
first rate morally until he gets to be
about forty-hve years old The Doc is
believer In the average honesty. Dur
ing his earlier years, said he, the
average man does not worry very
much and does not plan rascality.
"He may drift right and he may
drift wrong" said Doc But he drifts"
But there comes time when he Ia
compelled to take thought to the fu-
ture. His expenses have Increased;
maybe his business Is potty; the fu-
ture may be Il little dark. Then he
may descend to petty meannesses. lie
covers himself by law, OF course. He
does not do "A wrong that might call
for grand jury action. But he cheats
a little. lie takes an ungenerous ad-
vantage now and then. He Hes little
when he thinks lying pays.
"And II shows In his eyes A man
who has gone straight even without
thinking, cannot act upon lower
plane without showing that he Is
ashamed. Watch the eyes They tell"
The old doctor says there Is but one
safeguard against these mIddle-aged
lapses. That Is consciously to go
straight during youth
"A straight character Is like
straight tree said he. at will not
bOw."-Kansas City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09

liQuor-soaked voice, Il campaigner for
Mead's rival, was pouring out abuse
upon the young physician. Mead was
about to move away when the base
less statement of the speaker that his
uncle had mlsappropriated large
charity fund when he gave up bust
ness, aroused him.
Il am going to answer that falsi-
fer" said Mead to his companion.
81 wouldn't waste the time" adj
ylsed Carter. HE has lot of tough
heelers around him."
But Mead was fully reused up. He
neared the platform as the speaker
concluded his TRADE and stepped
promptly forward with the clear, ring
ing words:
Men, | am Randall Mead, and am
here to refute the vile asperslons Of
this prevaricator."
There was sudden silence, then
the hlrellngs of the bafIied orator
seemed to receive their cue. They
drowned out the words Mead tried to
speak with cat-calls and derisive
yells.
Take care" suddenly shouted Car
ter, but he was too late. A missile
hurtled through the air 1t landed on
the face of Mead, cutting a deep cash.
The blood streamed down his face as
he sank to the one chair on the plat
form, weak and half stunned
"Shame on youl" rang out new
voice and Mead was half conscious Of
dainty form mounting to the plat
form and shielding him in wild APP
peal to the audience. Then as in a
dream he took In her words. She was
telling the now awed and silenced mob
story, and the floodgates Of his mem
DRY suddenly opened wide.
1t was u brief, simple tale, the re-
cital of how young man himself had
rescued poor sick woman from
drowning in steamer stampede at
the risk of his own life.
He had forgotten the incident. Now
its details recalled to him where he
had known the name Lester. The girl
told of how her mother had babe her
bless the name of Mead how that
noble act had induced her to turn
her own energies towards living for
the poor, the ignorant, the op-
pressed.
Strong men tried to conceal their
tears at the pathetic story Then
there was a great wave Of interest In
the hero of the tale, and then cheers.
Randall Mead carried the river pre-
clncts. From Matlock, the day after
election, he carried also back to his
uncle the news that he had found II
worthy bride, a eongenial life partner
in his great life work Of giving his
strength and means for the good OF
poor humanity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Queer Marriage Customs

In many parts of India, after the
marriage ceremony the bride and bride
groom are tied together by the corners
of their garments and compelled to pa
rade the full length of the village to
signify that they are united for life.
At Clngalese wedding the presumably
happy couple are tied together by their
thumbs.
In Turkey, when the bridegroom un-
wells his bride TO have the first view
Of her after the marriage, they both
look into mirror and then knock
heads together so that the limoges may
appear united.
In certain portions Of China the
bride Is carried on a servants back
over a slow fire, on each side Of which
are arranged pair Of the bride.
groom's shoes. Another custom IL that
Of lifting the bride over the threshold
of her new home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
J0H NJ
PARK,
HOMES AND INVESTMENT,
ON CONDUIT ROAD.

A subdivision attractive in every way.
200 lots i00x20O feet desirabIy located
About 10000 square feet in each lot
Prices range from $500 to $500 per lot.
Terms easy-10 per cent cash and 2 per
cent monthly.
Lots $4,000 to 10000 so. f. at &c foot,
Hill sites to 10 acres for large homes,
All manner situations foI country homes,
Level, sioping. undulating and hillsd
In open space and among beautiful trees.
High, dry, healthy and good neighhorhood,
Overlooking river, creeks and Virginia hills,
On Conduit Road and 100 to 500 yards back,
-Four miles front on Conduit and State roads,
New Conduit will make double boulevard,
Canal, Potomac, hills picturesque scenery,
Suburban demonstrating, bathing, boating,
Many cold water springs and shade trees,
Fine soil for fruit and garden crops,
Splendid section for raising chickens,
Good home sites-splendid investment.
Have located over 100 families at C. J. p,
Postoiiice. stores, schools and churches,
Famous Z. j. Bridge--7 miles from White
House.
Roads like city streets electric light
tract 25O acres-fine for subdivision,
Location insuTes increase in values,
Joins this side Congressional Golf Club,
Maps and full information upon reouest
PERSONAL inspection trip by appointment.
$500 acres, sheep goat ranch orchard
(Va)
ASK
j. S. TOMLINSoN,
1914 VT. Ave,
ieo rom Washington, d. @
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Mythical Snake Stories

There is n snake OF the South At
lantlc states foolishly feared by the
negroes, who say II will put Its tail In
Its mouth. stlffen its body and roll
alOng like a hoop. aiming to let go Of
Its stlng-tlpped tail and dart It into
the first person II meets. Similar
stories are told OF closely related
species, the wampum snake, common
In swampy ground In the South, and
both are called horn snakes In fact,
both species are perfectly harmless
and spend most OF their time beneath
the ground. burrOwlng deeply into the
soil. The former Is blue black above,
marked with three red lines, md flesh
colored below. with black spots; while
the latter IS uniform bulsh-black
above and banded with red on the
abdomen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Writing With a "Hill"

How many people would associate
the word pencil" with peak or a
headland2
The word Ia derived from the M
ture OF the districts where slate Is
quarrled, for the earliest pencils on
record we're made from slate. The
word pen" denotes n headand on the
cOnst, or peak In the country, and
It Is from these old rock formations
that the material Is quarried. In this
way we find such names as Penrlth.
Penmaenmawr, the PENNIES, and
Penzance, all Of which have Mt one
time or another been actively asso-
cated with the slate industry.
In the manufacture Of the modern
lead" pencils, the plumbago from
which the writing portion Is made ls
also quarrled In these regions.--Lon-
don Mail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Little KnouDn About Saint

Very little is known regarding Saint
Bartholomew, one of the disciples OF
Christ. He is supposed to be also the
Nathaniel mentioned in the first chap
ter in the gospel Of ST.. John. He Is
believed to have Travelled on mission
into Armenia, and to have there suf-
fered martyrdom by being fiayed alive
Himself one Of the gentlest Of men,
he was destined by the irony Of fate to
give his name to one Of the most
frlghtful mnssncres recorded In his
tory, and to the London Saturnalla
known as st. BartholOmew's fair. This
famous festival was celebrated an
nually In Smlthheld. where many
IIuguenot refugees located, on August
p. for over 100 years, and was finally
abolished IN 1858, by which time II had
dcgcnerGted into nm orgy Of drunken
ness and debauchcry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Women Students Must Swirn

Swimming fer women Is required In
% colleges and universities as a part
Of the students work in college, ac-
cOrding to School Life, a publication
Of the Department Of the Interior, bu-
reau Of education. Cornell university,
Iowa State Agricultural college, Rock
ford college, Syracuse university, Gin
cinnatl university, University Of Wis
consin, Wells college, Western Reserve,
and Wooster college refuse to grant
degree to a student who fails to pass
a fixed swimming requirement, which
may be ability to swim 80 feet, strokes
in good form, swimming for two years,
Of swimming 120 yards and diving.
The most frequent requirement, how
ever, Is swimming so yards.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Evidently Much MoVed

A little girl returned home 10 her
parents, after sitting for her school
musical examination. They asked her
how she had got on.
every well, think" she answered.
"Whnl was the examiner likeT
"Qulte a nice man-and 80 religious"
Religious How could you tellf"
"In the middle OF one Of my pieces
no put his head In his hands and said
oh, heavens Oh, heavensp very rev.
erently."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
AdjustinR Compass

As rule the deviation OF the com
pass on steel ships Is compensated by
means OF magnets and soft Iron cor
rectors. These arc so placed near the
compass as to almost exactly counter
act the ships magnetism and reduce
the deviation 10 zero. Compensation
Is never quite perfect. however and
the operation must be repeated and
the magnets readjusted II the ship
greatly changes her magnetic latitude
because the earth's magnetic force
changes as we recede from the poles.
while the magnets do not.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
"Traeedy" and COMEDY"

At first tragedies were brought on
the Stage MS means Of reminding men
Of the things which happen TO them
and that II is according to nature for
things to happen 50. and that, If thou
art delighted with what Is shown on
the stage, thou shouldst not be trOu.
blcd with that which takes place on
the larger stage After tragedy the
old comedy was introduced which had
II magisterial freedom Of speech. and
by It's very plalnness Of speaking was
useful In reminding men 10 beware Of
lnsOlence. Marcus Aurellus.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
FeO Droses IN America

Druses are people Of mixed origin
who lnhabit a district IN Syria. Their
religion IL fundamentally Mohnmme.
dan. but their faith mIngles the teach.
Ing Of the Mosaic law, the Christian
Gospels and the sun allegories with
those Of the Koran. They believe In
the transmlgration Of souls with con.
slant advancement md publication
Their teachng enjpin abstinence from
wine and tobacco. from profanity and
obscenlty, and poiygarny Is unknown
among them. There are few hun.
dred Of this sse IN the United States.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
Cow Got EUen for Bur,p

A Wlllamsport Pa.) COW retallated
when the car Of Washington motor
list inadvertently bumped into her.
The angry COW turned about, and
kicked in the radiator, knocked
headlight Off and bent In a fender and
the hood before the occupants Of the
car could hurriedly back away from
her,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
THE DOCTORS DEFINING,
CHIRoPRACToRs,

CHIROPRACT0RS,
Montgomery Avenue. near Prospect Sire,
Rockville, Md.
Office hours -i0-i, SO, rs.
Al your home by appointment.
Telephone. Rockville II.
Frederick Demine. D. c.. Phi. c..
Clara G. Demine. d. c.. Pho,
graduates Of the Palmer School.
mar l4-3m