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Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

A highly successful bazaar was held by the Friendship Club of Hyder M. E. Church at the Provinse store Friday evening.
 The articles displayed for sale covered a wide range of useful commodities manufact- ured for the occasion by the skillful fingers of the club members, in addition to choice candies and other good things to eat. The time honored "fish- pond" was a feature of the af- fair. The display attracted marked interest and patronage was excellent; almost every thing being disposed of before the evening was over.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
BI-WEEKLY DANCE PRO-
 GRAM PROPOSED

A series of bi-weekly dances in Pioneer Hall throughout the winter promises to make the season a decidedly interesting one for those who delight in terpsichorean pleasures.
 The plan is sponsored by Mrs Mary Kennedy, accomplished young pianist and orchestra leader, in association with MT. Don. Mills, who will be in charge of the business details of the venture.
 Music for the dances will be furnished by Mrs Kennedy and her talented orchestral part ners, Messrs Fred Kenny and Ross Nicholson.
 The first dance of the series will be held next Saturday evening, December 10th, and is described as a genuine old fashioned dance, with plenty of fun for all attending. Admiss- ion will be $1 for gentlemen, ladies free.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
NEW U. s. COMMISSIONER
 TAKES OFFICE

w. c. Arnold, newly appoint ed United States Commissioner for Hyder precinct, arrived from Ketchikan Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. Arnold, and is busily engaged in get ting acquainted with the multi form duties of his office; which include the functions of ex-of- ficio recorder for the precinct, justice of the peace, judge of Probate, deputy clerk of the U. s. District Court, coroner, notary public, custodian of es- trays and unclaimed property, and recorder of vital statistics. Like Pooh Bah, of Mikado fame, the Commissioner is an official of many titles and must possess a facile memory to re- member them all.
 Judge Arnold has decided to remove his office from the Ideal Cafe building to more commodious quarters in the Campbell building, opposite the Hyder Grocery, where he will also reside.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

D. J. Mulcare, U. s. Immi- grafton inspector for this dis trict, returned Monday from and extended visit in the States accompanied by his bride of a few weeks, formerly Miss Mar ie Ryan, of Salmon, Idaho, sis ter of Mrs Donald Martin of Hyder. Details of their we'd ding at the brides home in Salmon recently were given in an earlier issue.
 The Herald joins the many local friends of the young coup le in wishing them a happy and prosperous journey over the matrimonial sea.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
FINE PROGRESS ON
 TEXAS WAGON ROAD

Splendid progress was achiev- ed by contractors Seims and Carlson on the new govern ment wagon road into the Texas Creek section during the past season. The base road bed is fully completed from it's junction with the Salmon river highway near 9-Mile to point about 800 feet beyond the new bridge site on the north fork of Texas Creek, a short distance above the old cable crossing, despite late start on the pro- ject and bad weather condit- ions during the latter part of the working period.
 Although the surfacing of the indicated section is still to be done, teams could travel over the road-bed in it's present state without difficulty The trip to the bridge-site has even been negotiated in at least one instance by an automobile.
 With approximately an addit- ional mile of road bed to be- constructed, together with the surfacing of the whole project, there is every prospect that the new highway will be ready for traffic early next summer.
 Construction work on the new bridge will start next spring as soon as conditions are favor- able. The necessary materials will be hauled to the site dur ing the winter.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE COMMITTEES
 ARE NAMED

Preparations for the annual community Christmas Tree were set in motion at a meet ing held in Chamber of Com merce Hall Friday evening, during the course of which Rev. s. V. Warren was elected permanent chairman and the following committees were ap- pointed:
 Finance John Hovland, E. D. Haddon, Noel M. Traversy. Purchasing Mrs. A. J. May CT, Mrs. s. V. Warren, Mrs. w. M. Sullivan.
 Tree committee-Holger John son.
 Decorations Mrs. Robt. Nak- Xii, Mrs. J. Gillis, Mrs. Thos. Powers; Messrs. Ernest Blue, A. J. Mayer, Ben. Oien, Harold Johnson.
 Program Miss Iris Cheno- weth, Mrs. Harold Johnson, Mrs. Hubert Thomas.
 The Moose Lodge, following it's established practice, will al- lot to the Christmas Tree fund $1 for every child in the com munity.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

Bogoslov Island, noted vol canic islet in Boring Sea is once more in the limelight as a re. suit of new eccentricites. The island is reported by Com. mander Jas. F. Hotel of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland to have moved four miles east of it's charted position. A new peak has risen 175 feet above the sea from 1000 fathoms of water since the last visit of a coast guard cutter to the is- land in 1907. No channel now exists between Castle Rock and Grewingk and conditions are radically changed in other re-  spects, Com. Hettel stated on returning from the north last month. i.
 Bogoslov was located 25 miles north of the west end of Unalaska Island and rose from the sea in 1796. In 1883 a new volcanic island rose near the island, with which it was con. nected by a spit from 1884 to 1900. The spit has since disap- peared. Bogsolov was named by the Russians and means Word of God"
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
ONTARIO INTERESTS
 PURCHASE RED TOP

Sale of the we'll known Red Top group near the head of Bear River to the Trethewey interests of Cobalt is amour ced in recent Victoria press reports. The sale price of the property is placed at $250,000.
 The Red Top group compris- es 12 claims, situated directly across Bear River valley from the George Copper, and was owned by John McNeill of Stewart and J. J. Copnors, for mer mayor of Juneau, prior~to the transfer.
 A highly important feature of the deal is that it brings into the local field a strong Ontario mining organization and the first from that section to take an active interest in local development.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
RUFUS AND ARGENTA REPORTED SOLD TO
 BIG COMPANY

The joint sale of a controlling interest in the Rufus and Ar genta properties in the upper Bear River section to a big op- erating company of eastern Canada was announced by the Victoria press early this week. The purchasing concern is des- ignated as a subsidiary of the Noranda Company, a large mining concern operating in Northern Quebec.
 The sale contract is said to provide for the merging of the two we'll known local proper ties on a share for share basis, the purchasers to receive a con- trolling interest on a basis of 30 cents share, in consider ation of which they are pledged to expend $48O,00O on development. Operations are scheduled to commence next spring.
 The properties are located on the north slope of Bear River valley, opposite the George Copper, now under develop ment by the Consolidated Min Ing and Smelling Go. Wm. For rest and B. O. Erickson are the locators of the two proper ;ies and the principal share holders in the Rufus and Ar genta companies.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

The Moves Boat Co.,, operator of the mail boat M. V. Fair banks and other vessels on the Hyder-K -Ketchikan run, has re- duced passenger fares between the two points to $5, according to recent announcements. The freight tariff has also been lowered to $4 per ton on the Moves vessels. The cuts repre- sent a fifty per cent reduction il former charges.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03


 With more than a half mill lion dollars already invested in the Willow Creek district in de- yelopment and exploratory work, mining and milling equipment and in the acquisit- ion of adjoining properties, the Fern Gold Mining Company, owning nearly three miles of ground along the strike of the vein, is planning a further large expenditure to put it's properties on large produc- ing basis.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

The prospective sale of a con- trolling interest in the Silver ado property to the Premier Gold Mining Company is rum- ored in local mining circles but could not be confirmed up to the time of writing. One re- port ayers that a deal has been definitely arranged and is awaiting final confirmation by the head officials in the east.
 Another rumor has it that the Premier company has secured control of a number of proper ties lying between the Prosper ity group, on which it is now running tunnel, and the Sil- verado, in addition to the lat ter property.
 Late reports from the south indicate that similar rumors are prevalent in Vancouver but are apparently based on the To- cal rumors.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

T. w. Mcdonald, former U. s. Commissioner for Hyder precinct, was a passenger to Ketchikan on the Norco Tues day night. MT. Mcdonald plans to leave Ketchikan in a few days to spend the holidays at his home in Portland, Oregon.
 He will return to Hyder early next year to look after his local interests.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
DEPUTY CLERKSHIP
 IS RESTORED

The local office of deputy clerk of the U. s. district court, the recent discontinuance of which, together with the $50 a month salary and office rent al attaching thereto, caused the resignation of T. w. Me- Donald as U. s. Commissioner and also created a situation heretofore unheard of in Alas ka by causing a federal office to actually go a-begging for want of the usual clarnorous crowd of office seekers, has once more been restored, with all the various emoluments heretofore attaching to the po- sition.
 Photographic advices announc- ing the restoration of the of- flee by the Attorney General were received by the Chamber of Commerce from Alaska del- egate Dan. Sutherland a few days ago and were confirmed by W. c. Arnold, newly ap- pointed U. s. Commissioner, on his arrival from Ketchikan Wednesday.
 The restoration of the clerk ship is due mainly to represent tations made to the depart ment of justice by the Hyder Chamber of Commerce, follow the action of district judge T, M. Reed in closing the Commis- toner and recorders office, ow- ing to his inability to- find a suitable incumbent. Deprived of the small salary and office rent allowed the Commissioner for fulfilling the duties of dep- uty clerk, apparently no one wanted the office of Commiss- toner and judge Reed was left no alternative but to close the office and abolish the record ing precinct. Realizing that the situation thus created was high ly detrimental to the communi- ty through not only preventing ready access to the district rec ords and causing much trouble and delay in transacting busi- ness with the recorders office in Ketchikan, in addition, to hindering the administration of law in the precinct, the. Chamber of Commerce placed the situation before the depart ment of justice and delegate Sutherland, with the above stated result.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

The motorship Norco arrived from Seattle direct Tuesday evening. with 7s tons of gener- al cargo, consisting principally of merchandise for local bus mess houses.
 After dischaIging, the vessel sailed for the south via Ketchi- kan.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03
ADANAC OUTLOOK
 VERY PROMISING

The results of the past sum- mer's development operations on the Fish Creek properties of the Adanac Mines Go. were of distinctly encouraging charac- ter and have enhanced consid- erably the outlook for that ex- tensive and we'll situated prop erty.
 One of tn e most gratifying results of the seasons activi- ties was the developmeI of a fine ore body of high grade character in a winze sunk 75 fet from the portal of the 100- foot tunnel on the Lucky Boy Extension, one of the 26 claims owned by the company in the Fish Creek area. Samples talk en from the winze during the sinking process assayed as high as $163 per ton, while a ton of ore shipped to the Trail smelter late in October con- tained values amounting to slightly over $96 per ton.
 A new tunnel started during the season is expected to strike the same vein about 150 feel below the winze. The new bore was in about 30 feet when work was suspended for the season. Operations were in charge of Thos. Robertson, o1 Victoria, an experienced min ing man.
 The Adanac Mines Go. is the development of a small syndi- cate composed largely of Vie toria people and is incorporat- ed under the laws of Alaska, The capitalization is $750,0OG and nearly 55O,OOO shares of it's stock still remain in the treasury
 In addition to it's Fish creek holdings, the company also owns six promising claims on American creek, adjoining the Vancouver and Terminus prop critics in the upper Bear river valley.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

Jens Pederson, former local manager of the Salmon River Dock Co.,, was a visitor in Hy- der during the stay of the Nor co Tuesday night. MT. Peder- son, who has been in the States for some time, was enroute to Ketchikan for a visit.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

Clay Porter, managing direct or of the Porter Idaho, will leave for the south next week to spend the holiday season.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

Cigarettes-2O cts. per pack age; 2 for 35 cts. Cartons $1.50 at Traversy's.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

c. A. Banks, manager of the B. c. Silver, was an arrival from the south Thursday.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

New line of kerchief sets,gar- ter sets, purses, etc. for Xmas. gifts-Bcundary Gift Shop.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-12-03

Bert Edmonds is operating a stage between Hyder and Stew art.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08

amounts by these methods, always
covering himself with hopelessly COM
promised lesser men who dared say
nothing. AS to Mr.. Malet, that was
merely bad luck and not in the first
design don't suppose Raxon had
anything personal against him, but he
recognized the opportunity to escape
from a troublesome position. The only
purely personal spite was in the case
of Mr.. Neeland Barnes. Raxon was
intending to buy big house at Mar
ragansett and entertain largely"
II don't remember the name there"
said Barnes.
"He left the pier" Milman an
swered. "Raxon is curiously sensl-
tive TO ridicule. He could not remain
to be pointed out as the man Neeland
Barnes had contemptuously tossed
into the ocean. 1t took him several
years to get his revenge, but it was a
complete one. He boasts that he
never let's up, and ascribes Indian an
cestry to this unamiablo quality. His
most spectacular hatred was that my
poor friend Hazen Brewer incurred.
Brewer committed suicide because
he had plunged into perjury man
who was near and dear to him. This
was man unused to finance, who
trusted Brewer with his fortune and
mortgaged his home in vain effort
to save his friend. Brewer felt dis
graced. / think this emotion was far
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Cling to Custom of
Carrying of Mates

A curious marriage custom persists
in Abchasia, a district Of the eau
casus. On the wedding day the bride
withdraws to the darkest room Of the
house. At dusk the bridegroom, sup
ported by a bodyguard Of friends, all
fully armed, rides up to the house, dis
mounts, and hammers on the door
with dagger hilt.
The door opens to reveal the BRIDES
male relatives, just as ferociously
equipped, and the two parties prompt
sly Join in mock combat.
Eventually the defenders retire, the
bridegroom rushes in, seizes his bride,
filings her across his shoulder, and,
carrying her out, leaps on his horse
and gallops off with his capture to the
accompaniment Of the victorious yells
Of his supporters.
Shortly after, the defeated relatives
of the bride mount their horses and
give chase. When the bridegroom's
house is reached both sides join in q
contest to see who can drink most
wine!
Abchasian girls decline to give up
the rite, and few would accept any
sutton who did not intend to carry
them off by force.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Happiness in Labor
Great Joy of Life

/ believe the right question to ask,
respecting all ornament, is simply
this: Was it done with enjoyment
was the carver happy while he was
about 1t? It may be the hardest
work possible, and the harder because
so much pleasure was taken in It;
but 1t must have been happy, too, or
It will not be living. 80. q
We are not sent into the world to
do anything into which we cannot put
our hearts. We have certain work to
do for our bread, and that is to be
done strenuously; other work to do
for our delight, and that is to be done
heartily neither is to be done by halves
and shifts, but with will; and what
is not worth this effort is not to be
done at all. Perhaps all that we have
to do is meant for nothing more than
an exercise Of the heart and Of the
will, and is useless in itself; but, at
all events, the little use it has may
well be spared If 1t is not worth put
ting our hands and our strength to-
John Ruskin, in "The Seven Lamps Of
Architectural
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Blanket Sail Saued
Life of ".Jef" Dnpis

Use of blanket as a sail once
saved Jefferson Davis, later to be
president Of the southern Confederacy,
| from death at the hands of hostile
Indians, writer In the Kansas City
| Star recalls. He was Lieutenant
Davis then and had been sent to sup-
erintend the cutting Of timber on the
banks Of the Red Cedar river in north
ern Wisconsin. His task consisted
mainly Of cutting logs, dragging them
to the water, fastening them together
in RATS, and guiding them down the
Chippewa river and thence to the Mis-
sissippi.
Once Davis party, padding along
stream, was halted by party of In
dams who demanded trade of to-
bacco. Davis and his men padded
over to the bank to parley. Some one
in the party discovered that the peace
full ones Of the Indians were merely
cloak to hide their hostility and
warned Davis Of the danger. The SOL
diers hurriedly pushed out into the
stream and the Indians followed.
Realizing what little chance white
men had against such experienced
paddlers, Davis conceived the idea Of
rigging up sail with a blanket. a
strong wind made this rather danger
Gus, but as 1t was chance between
death from the Indians and possible
death from drowning, they were WILL
ing to take the risk. The sail was
quickly hoisted and it worked well.
They soon sped on far ahead of their
pursuers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08

Find Red Riding Hood Character in Legend

Little Red Riding Hood was real
girl, but her history has been altered
In its journey down to modern nur-
series. Abraham Of Chiuna, knight
of the Seventh century, who claimed
a girl named Mary as his niece, walled
himself up in a solitary cell as monk
after changing his mind at the altar
about matrimony. Mary used to don
her red hood each day and carry
boiled milk and butter to her uncle,
passing 1t to him through the one win
dow of his cell. The former knight
also was visited by monk whose
name was Wolf and whose character,
according to ancient historians, quite
justified the appellation. He used to
fall in with Mary and would make
pleasant inquiries concerning the con
dlments beneath the napkin in her
basket. Arriving nowhere with his
suit he carried the damsel off to a
-neighboring city where he finally de-
serted her. The uncle's wrath was so
aroused that he left his seclusion to
search for her in the guise of cava-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Golf Instructions

An absolute beginner was toiling
round the links wondering if the game
was really worth while and vowing, to
his grizzled Scottish caddie, that this
would be his last round.
"And what should I take now?" he
asked moment later, finding his ball
in terrible lie.
"Well, mon," replied the caddie,
ayou have three alternatives. For a
start, you might take me and get me
something to drink; secondly, you
might take a. your clubs home and
give up golf; thirdly, you might try
THROWN the bal"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
By WYNDHAM MARTIN
Copyright In the United States
WNU Service

picture from an envelope. els that
he?"
"As remember It, yes" said
Barnes' 'but It's years ago, and there
might be possibility Of error"
Milman passed the photograph to
Floyd Malet. y.
DO you recognize him?"
There was excitement In the sculp-
tors voice. TITS the man with the
fur coat who came to my studio that
night. This is the man, I'll swear.
What's his name?"
"That is the man to whom you all
owe your misfortunes-Paul Raxon."
It was thin, narrow face that
stared back at them, but 1t was not
the face Of fool. Few men without
the early advantage Of financial train
ing had impressed themselves on Wall
Street as he had done. The collapse
Of International Motors and the fail
ure Of the Hazen Brewer crowd to
break him made Raxon for the mo-
ment the most spectacular figure in
New York. And vet none Of Milman's
guests had ever before seen a photo
graph Of him. He had a knack Of out
whiting the newspaper photographers.
He had smashed many cameras. 1t
had come to be understood that to at
tempt to photograph him was to in
cur the enmity Of man who never
forgave or forgot.
"That he broke Professor Bradney
was a precautionary measure and not
born Of any personal malice No doubt
his subordinates had found the pro-
fessor was not rich and supposed him
ripe for the fall. There is hardly
doubt that he has made enormous
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Three National Capitals

The nations capital was moved
from New York to Philadelphia on
December 1, 1890, for period Of ten
years, ending December /, 1900, prior
to its removal to Washington. After
the burning Of the capitol during the
War of 1912 a strong movement arose
for removing the capital from Wash
ington. In fear of such result the
local interests formed the Capitol
Hotel company, and erected a building
for government occupancy until the
repairs on the capitol were finish. It
was occupied from 1914 to 1919 and
was afterward known as the "Old
Capitol" and was used in the Civil
war as military prison.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-08
Answers-No. I

balboa.
2SSt. Augustine, Fla, 1865.
8EThe area of the earth's surface
is 1917, 100000 square miles.
1.-The average persons range Of
visibility is 2.98 miles at five feet
above sea level.
6Once, In 1929.
6-Revival Of the classic arts in Eu-
rope after the depressing influence Of
the Middle Ages.
7-Australia.
8-Phi Beta Kappa, organized In
1776.
9NNathan Hale.
10-The steel and iron industry.
11-Myopia is a defect of vision COM
monty called short-sight.
Psychologists reckon the earth's age
at about 1,497, 100000 years.
19-1619.
14-17O1.
15-Barney Oldfield.
16-John Barrymore.
17-Australia.
19-Francois Villon.
19-Admiral Farragut.
20-Water.