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Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

The interior of the Bank of Hyder has been greatly en- hanced by the installation of beautifully grained, three-ply wall boarding on the upper walls during the past two weeks. The new wall covering is panelled and finished in nat ural color and presents a de cidedly pleasing aspect. Other sections of the interior have also been repainted and varn- ished and double windows have been installed.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

of mining activities, as none oI the mine equipment was in- volved in the fire. Such DOT tions of the crew as cannot be cared for at the mine will be temporarily quartered at other nearby camps of the company and the B. c. Silver manage ment has offered to provide quarters for 50 men in the B. c. Silver bunkhouse.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Mir. E. E. Hall, of Winnipeg, president of the Riverside Min ing & Milling Go. and interest ed in many other local enter prises, left Tuesday for the south after 8 brief visit.
 Mir. Hall was accompanied by his nephew, Arthur Hall.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Ross Nicholson, who has been in the employ of the Premier company for the past two or three years, left Thursday for Vancouver, after resigning his position.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Joe Green, former local resi- dent, was an arrival from the south Thursday in connection with his mining interests.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Mrs. Ernest Blue and daught- CT, Betty, left Tuesday morn- ing on a trip to Vancouver.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Every citizen of Hyder should attend the big dance Feby. l1 and become a member of tho Public Library Assn.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Paul Meger returned We'd nesday from a visit in the Ket- chikan district,
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
GREAT FIRE DESTROYS LARGE SECTION
 OF PREMIER

COStly COlIIdgraClOnS III Cne history of the Portland Canal district occurred Friday after room, when fire destroyed a major portion of the main buildings of the Premier Gold Mining Company's camp at Premier, B. C., 13 miles north of Hyder.
 Starting about 80 in the kit chen of the messhouse and famed by strong north wind, the flames speedily devoured that extensive structure, in which were situated the kit chen, dining room and library.
 As no water was available for fire fighting, the efforts of the mine personnel to check the onward sweep of the flames with snow and hand apparatus were of little effect and the fire soon spread to the adjoin- ing commissary building, con- taining large quantities Of clothing and other valuable supplies.
 From this fresh starting point the fire speedily engulfed the big community hall and read ing room, the two-story build ing occupied by the postoffice and Killias store and the big, six-story bunkhouse, capable of housing several hundred men. Owing to the buildings being situated close together, the fire spread from one to an- other with almost incredible speed and nothing could be done to stay it's progress until all were practically consumed.
 With the big bunkhouse blaz- ing fiercely, it appeared that the small bunk house, located a short distance south of the large bunkhouse, would also be consumed; but the open space between the two struct- ures gave the fire fighters their first effective opportun- ity to combat the flames and the blaze was halted at this point about 3:30 D. m., after five of the camps largest structures had been consumed to their foundations.
 The residences of general manager Dale L. Pitt, and as- sistant manager Bert. Smith, situated north of the fire area, were untouched and the apart. ment house and mine hospit. al, situated some instance away were not endangered.
 The big 400-ton concentratol was also in the direct path ot the fire, but fortunately at considerable distance away, and was undamaged, although it was feared for a time that the flames might reach the plant by way of the small bunkhouse and the adjacent machine shop and compressor house.
 Aside from the big bunkhouse none of the dwelling houses of the camp were involved in the fire. Owing, it is said, to the rapid spread of the fire, little was saved from the contents of the burned buildings, even the personal effects of most of the bunkhouse occupants be- ing destroyed.
 No official estimate of the loss was obtainable up to the time of writing, but unofficial figures indicate a probability that it will approximate $100,- 900 ar more. So far as could be learned the loss Is largely GOV covered by insurance.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
PORTER IDAHO
 ANNUAL MEETING


 The annual shareholders meet ing of the Porter Idaho Min ing Company was held at the company offices in the Fraser Hotel, Hyder, B. C., Monday afternoon and resulted in the reelection of all officers and directors, with one exception, Nj. Savovich, of Hyder, Alaska, replacing Joseph Morin on the directorate.
 Clay Porter, to whom is due the chief credit for placing this fine producing property on the map of Portland Canal mines, was again reelected to the post of manAging director.
 MT. Porter's report of his ad- fninistration of company af- fairs during the past year, as presented at the meeting, was as follows:
 During the past year we have done 1900 feet of develop ment work, being 500 feet of cross cut and 800 feet of drift 
 ing on veins, in addition to the work done in taking out high grade ore for shipment. We shipped 125.374 tons of ore to the Trail Shelter, averaging approximately .101 OF. of gold, 519 oz. of silver, and 845 lbs. of lead per ton.
 In the lower level we have drifted both ways on the vein, and have passed through sev- eral high-grade shoots, but most of the ore is of milling grade. The vertical depth is 425 feet, and the ore is still mostly oxide. and carbonate.
 The surface above the place where the cross cut intersected the vein is covered with rock slide, so we could not tell much about it, but I don't believe that we have reached the vein upon which we worked on top, for the strike is not the same in drift as it is on the surface. We are, however, going across to cut the vein that outcrops, known as the Winze Vein, from the surface of which we have shipped about half the tonnage of high-grade to date. We will reach our objective about Febraury 18th, and if nothing has occurred to the vein, it should contain plenty of shipping ore. We will also pick up any veins between.
 The Premier Gold Mining Company is driving a cross cut tunnel across our property, and are 538 feet in it. They have cut several veins, but only one that out cropped on the surface. This vein is seven feet wide, and the vertical depth is 160 feet. We have a shallow working at the same point on the surface, from which we shipped some high grade ore. 1 have not seen this tunnel, nor the vein, but our Superin- tendent reports two and one half feet of good ore on the hanging wall, and about the same amount of milling ore farther back. At about 100 feet depth they cut a vein re- ported to be four feet wide. There is some very high grade ore on the hanging wall, and judging from the samples 1 have had, it will make ore across that width.
 We had the property survey ed last summer, and are now going to crown grant. The property consists of eight claims and three fractions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Ray Snyder returned Wednes- day on the M. V. Fairbanks from a visit in Ketchikan.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

For a good time attend the Library Assn. dance. Feb. II.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Royal Spiendor That
Once Duzzled Europe

Europe was dazzled by a display of
royal pomp unequaled in the history
of pageantry, when Henry VIII met
Francis of France on the Field of
the Cloth of Gold.
For his entertainment a temporary
palace was built at Guines, near Cal
ais, covering three acres. No fewer
than $500 tents stood around it to
house the knights and ladies of his re-
splendent train. Their chapel had 80
priests to serve it and for the 20-odd
days they were in France 1900 sheep
went to form one item of their menu.
There is picture in Hampton court
which will give you some idea of the
splendor of the day. 1t shows the
Great Harry, that giant ship, with her
sails of damasked cloth of gold and
four royal standards flying from her
fo'c'sle, sailing out of Dover harbOr.
Other ships bearing Yeomen of the
Guard, drummers, fifers and banner
bearers, are making ready to follow,
and the water is thronged with small
boats full of spectators, one of whom
is graphically represented in the act
of being seasick.
The diplomatic results of this mag
niticent display of wealth and power.
it is sad to read, were as near nothing
az doesn't matter.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Wonderful Toles Told
of Monster Serpenfs

From time immemUrial the sea SER
pent has figured in story and legend.
Pliny, the Roman naturalist (23-79
A. d. tells of enormous water and
land serpents. some SO large that
whole armies were sent against them.
The hardy Morse fishermen gave
thrilling stories of sea monsters.
CLAUS Magnus, Swedish bishop,
wrote of "a very large serpent of
length upward of 200 feet and 20 feet
in diameter, with a row of hairs feet
in length hanging from the neck,
sharp scales of dark color, and bril-
liant, flaming eyes. 1t attacks boats
and snatches away the men by rails
ing itself high out of the water, and
deyOurs them" Hans Egede, a Nor
wegian missionary to Greenland, tells
of encountering, on July 6, 1874, "a
very terrible sea animal, which raised
itself SO high above the water that
its head reached above our maintop.
1t had long, sharp snout, and blew
like a whale" The oarfsh, with a
body from Is to 80 feet long. and al
most as thin as a ribbon, is believed
by some naturalists to be the creature
which gave rise to many remarkable
yarns. told from ancient days until
now, of 'sea serpents." The siIvery
body, crossed with dusky stripes. the
grotesque head and face, with en-
iarged fins tipped with red, waving
above like horses name, might well
give foundation. il is said, to almost
any story. Still no one can definitely
say that the sea serpent does not ex-
list
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Guinea Foul Resisfs
Appeal of the Wild

Guinea fowls have been dOmesticated
all over the United States, comments
scientist of the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture, and have had
plenty of opportunities to escape to
the wild They have shown little
indication of desiring to do so. and
this seems rather surprising, in view
Of the fact that they have done so
il, some of the islands of the West In
dies. They were certainly introduced
long ago into most of these Islands
and are now found in wild state In
Jamaica. cuba. Porto Rico, Domini
can Republic, and few of the Lesser
Antilles Where the mongoose Is pres
ent it preys extensively on guinea fowl
and keeps their numbers much In
check. ON Barbuda in the Lesser An
TILES, which was made into a sort
of game preserve more than 200 years
ago, The birds still flourish. Wild gui
nea fowl have been directly intro
duced into the southeastern states In
recent years. but the outcome of these
experiments is not yet known.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Chairman Didn't Quite
Get Idea of Lecture

Being a Scot, and therefore a SEN
tlmentalist, | have always had an APP
preciatiye eye for good-looking women.
AS consequence of many wander
ings thought | could give a lecture
about the ladies of many lands. l
gathered lot of pretty photographs
ladies walking in Hyde park, dusky
maidens dancing in the South Sea is
lands, and that kind of thing-and
wove a CHEEKY lecture. Sovereign
Woman: Being the Impression of
Man liz Thirty eight Countries" 1t
went well
! delivered IL In a Surrey residen-
tial town. My chairman, who had en-
tertained me ardently at dinner, said
the customary things chairman is
expected to experimentation culled
from who's WhO"-and concluded
by remarking, Now | will call upon
our lecturer to give you his expert
ences with 80 women In different
csuntriesf The audience reared l
biushed, The chairman inquired in
loud whisper, "Have / said anything
wrong ?'-Sir John Foster Fraser in
London Graphic.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Hunanaing Bird Small
but Famed as Fighter

A mans bravery can never be
judged by his size. Frequently the
midget has the spirit of raging lion
while the big, hulking 200-pounder
has the timorous heart of a rabbit.
The same law of nature applies to
birds, Kendrick Kimball writes, In the
Detroit News.
The humming bird, sometimes called
the Jewel of the air" because of his
flashing luster, is only three inches In
length. but his courage knows no boun-
daries. Humming birds are fearless.
They will attack hawk, crow or an
eagle, and against such a nimbe adj
sersary the bigger bird would have no
chance.
With his rapier bill, which he thrusts
into flowers for their nectar, the hum
ming bird is capable of dealing an adj
sersary sharp prick which would dis
courage further aggressiveness. Among
themselves, the humming birds fight
frequently. Like skilled fencers, they
thrust at one another with their long,
needle-Hke bills, dueking and darling
so fast that the eye can hardly follow
them as they maneuver for openings.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Insect Hunters

Giant hunting grasshoppers nearly
five inches long, that prey on small
animals such as mice and the young
of ground-nesting birds. are found in
the Congo.
They rival the kangaroo as jump
ers and can leap a considerable dis
lance on to their prey. The hunting
grasshopper Is not so great Ieaper
in proportion to its size as the king
grasshopper. the young of which, even
before its wings are developed, can
jump hundred times its own length.
Very few men can cover more than
twice their own length in a jump
The hunting grasshopper is the larg-
est of all grasshoppers. Its great front
lip hides a pair of jaws as effective
as a hay-chopper, and Its appetite
makes 1T plague to mankind.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
"FHty-Four Forty"

The phrase Fifty-four forty or
fight Is believed to have originated
with William Allen. who was United
States senator from Ohio In 1874, at
the time OF the controversy with
Great Britain over the Oregon boun.
Diary. This slogan, which helped 10
elect Polk to the Presidency, meant
that Great Britain must recognize as
American soil the whole Pacific coast
from the northern boundary Of CALI
fornia TO the southern limits of Rus
sian Alaska, the line of latitude 81
degrees 40 min. north, or else the
United States would declare war. The
matter was settled by treaty in 1876.
without war, by making the forty
ninth parallel the boundary line west
to the island of Vancouver, which was
given to Canada
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Ants Never Found at
Loss in Finding Water

In a thirsty land where, as some
times happens in South Africa, a
three-years' drought dries up every
blade of grass. the white ants always
have water. The reason has been
found by NJ. Marais, South African
naturalist The ants are water-find-
ers and well-sinkers.
On a Transvaal farm while a mans
well was being sunk the borers came
upon a tiny twe-inch shaft running in
to the earth. The ants had been
there before theml They had sunk
an ant well Go feet deep to where
water was to be found.
Up and down this shaft, night and
day, WITHDRAWING ants went, each
bearing its drop of water. 1t took
each ant half an hour to get down to
the reservoir. draw its water. and
bring it up to the nest. Then down
again it went There appeared to be
night shifts and day shifts, and the
night ants worked the hardest.
1t may be true, as declared by NJ
Forel, the greatest living authority on
ants, that they are creatures working
almost wholly by instinct, and only to
the extent of about 2 per cent by In
telligent or reflective observation but
when 1t comes to water finding, their
intuition makes them hard TO beat
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Nature AlrDays Fair

How just Is Nature In distributing
her gifts. AS tribute for the gossa-
mer skin she doles TO the true blondes
and the Titan blondes, she is greedy
in the coloring pigment, for eyelashes
and eyebrows. With the stirring, vi
vacious beauty of the Black-eyed-
san type, she mingled nice brownish
skin, none too delicate perhaps, but
which is far more resistant to sun
and wind than that of the fairylike
blondes. To the face that is not per
feet In any sense, she adds the body
silhouette of beautiful dryad. In
each case, there is sure to be one
feature, fact or figure that is nearly
beautiful.-The Dance Magazine.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Here Endeth the Lesson

A thrifty Scotch farmer started on
each day by reading a chapter from
the Bible to his field hands. One
morning during the harvesting season.
he struck the sixth chapter of Chron-
icles, which consists Of 81 verses of
genealogical names He droned on
until he came to:
"And Stadium begat Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah begat Azariah, and Azariah
begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat job
3zadak."
Then he paused and looked over the
leaf
''Weel, my friends" he said, "they
begat ane anither RIGHT down to the
end O. the page and lang way over
on the ither side, so wen jist leave
them to it Off WI ye to yer work"
Boston Transcript
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Disappointing

The big house in the wood had
been untenanted for years and was
supposed to be haunted.
In despair the owner had the place
redecorated, fitted with electric light
and every possible labor-saving de-
vice, and offered the whole concern
at a very modest rental
Later he happened to near that a
man had been shown over the house,
and in great excitement be rang up
the agent.
SIS 1t true some ones taken that
house at iast?" he asked
The agents voice was sad.
$50 far he's only taken the electric
light fittings" he replied. "Per'aps
he'll come back for the rest"
The monitor., 1928-08-10
POPULAR ST. LOUIS GUEST
LAVISHLY ENTERTAINED

Miss Ruth v. Minor of st. Louis,
Mo-, who has been the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl L. Waldron, 2423 Ma
pie street, for two weeks, returned
home Saturday evening.
Miss Minor was royalty entertain
ed while here and left praising
Omaha highly. Mrs. Waldron intro
duced Miss Minor with beautiful
pink tea.
The following social affairs were
given in her honor:
Five theater parties, by Mrs. Rhe-
via Harold, Mrs. VIM. McAllister,
Mrs. Jessica Wright, Mrs. Russell
Reese and Mrs. d. E. Oliver
Two breakfasts in the park, one
by Mrs. Blanche Buford and Mrs.
Bessie Peoples, another by Mrs. j. S.
Turner and Mrs. Helen Mouton.
She was one of the honor guests
at Mrs. A. l.. Hawkins beautiful
whist party, Mrs. divers and Mrs.
Murphy's delightful garden party,
and Mrs. Frank Blackwell's dinner
party.
She was also an honor guest at
Mrs. Theo. Thomas bridge party, the
Domestic Science Bridge clubs party
and the Bridge club meeting at the
home of Mrs. Edith Gray.
She was one of the guests invited
at Mrs. H. Greenfield's, at the Trus-
tees Helpers clubs picnic.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
First Maple Sirup

Maple sugar making is an ancient
art entirely confined to the North
American continent. Before the ad-
vent of the white man, the Indian had
learned to extract and concentrate the
sap of the maple tree. On the ap-
proach of spring the trees were gashed
with the tomahawk, and a wooden
chip or spout inserted to direct the
huid drop by drop into receptacle
on the ground The sap was caught
In a birch bark dish and boiled In
earthen kettles. The small quantity
of dark, thick strip thus made was
the only sugar available to the In
dians and is stated by early writer's to
have been highly priced.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
His Occupation

81 hear your son has taken up a
profession, Mr.. O'Casey." remarked
the visitor.
"He has, indade." rejoined the host
Hes phwat they call 'cross-exam-
iner.''
This was too much for the stranger
And phwat's a 'cross-examinerT !"
he asked.
For minute or two O'Casey was
at loss, but eventually he pulled
himself together.
Sure, it's fellow who asks you
questions, an you answer the ques-
lions, an then he questions the an
swers," he returned easily.-Montreal
Family Herald.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Birds Language"

A scientist who has been making a
study of the songs and noises made by
birds, says that the African finch
seems to have vocabulary of about
300 words and apparently an alphabet
of "a letters or symbols. Instead Of
singing when II opens its beak, ii
really makes little speech of many
words. Often the bird win use a word
one day and not use 1t again for
many weeks
1t wakes up at the same time every
morning. and usually makes the same
morning speech of about 20 words
that lasts IA seconds. Its daily sched-
ule varies less from day to day than
that of human beings
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Versatile Publishers

The Centroizdat, central publishing
house Of the Soviet republics, faces
big task in supplying books to the
various small nations Of Russia In
their respective tongues. Most Of the
books are textbooks, printed to sup
ply the demand of the newly liberated.
backward peoples for education and
knowledge. Six fundamental alpha
bets are used to print the AZ dialects:
Russian, Latin. Hebrew. Arabic, Goth
ic and East Gothic.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
First Door Knockers
Utilized as Weapons

The decorative quality of door
knockers has been gaining in recogni-
tion and is now held in poular favor,
SAYS a writer in Your Home Maya
zine
Door Knockers" reads Your Home,
were little known in the obscure
reaches of ancient history, and their
development from articles of mere
utility to objects of art has covered
centuries The Greeks considered it
a breach of etiquette to enter house
without warning the inmates. Spar
tans gave this notice by shouting their
arrival, but the Athenians announced
themselves by using the knocker,
which introduction was doubtless
made at the time when doors super
seeded hangings for purposes of great
er privacy or safety. First 1t con
sisted of a rod-like piece of Iron
chained to the door, but unfriendly
visitors sometimes wrenehed II from
the door and used 1t as weapon of
offense against the inmates. 1t was
then that the form was changed To
that of heavy ring fastened by
strong clamp or plate to the door. thus
serving the double purpose of knock
er and handle. From Greece the Gus
tom was transmitted to the Romans
and through their conquests TO nearly
every country of Europe. II was not
long before they were very much elab-
GRATED. beveled, chased and designed
in many variations, of which repro
auctions may be found for the door
that would be interesting today"
The monitor., 1928-08-10

Little Maragret mad been presented
with q splendid toy with which she
was never tired Of playing; in fact,
she played with II all day long.
Margaret" remarked her mother.
"how is 1t that You never play With
any Of your other toysT'
"Oh, let her play with It," protested
the child's father. "As soon as the
novelty wears off she'll stop"
A few minutes later mother noticed
her little daughter examining the toy
very closely, and asked what she was
doing.
Looking for the novelty that wears
off.D the little one replied.-Pearson's
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Fen Left-Handed People

From the meager information ac-
cessible on the subject It appears that
primitive peoples are as predominant
ly right handed as civilized peoples
Any theory which seeks to explain the
origin of right handedness must go
back farther than civilization. Accord
ing to the bureau Of American eth.
nology, there are very few cases Of
left handedness among the present
day Indians. It il supposed by that
authority that the Indians were pre-
dominantly right handed before their
contact with Europeans.
The monitor., 1928-08-10
Not Case of Attraction

When two small objects are float
ing near each other In a basin of wa
ter why are they suddenly drawn to-
gether as if by magnet? The bu-
reau of standards says that the
weight of the floating particles
stretches the surface Of the water,
forming dimple when the two par
ticles come close enough; the two
dimpies coalesce into one, throwing
the particles together. The action is
due to surface tension, In virtue of
which the surface is constantly striv-
ing to reduce its exposed area to a
minimum. Washington Star.