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Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
CROUNDHOG DAY.

While giving an evening lect- ure Henry Ward Beecher was interrupted by a loud imitation of cock-crow from the gal lery. Looking from his watch to the window the noted speak CT replied to the embar- rassment of his heckler:
 'It can not be that I have talked until daybreak and yet it must be. The instinct of the lowers animals is infallible."
 The Grounding Day myth is no more a test of the infalii- bility of animal instinct than was Beecher's pun. If it serves as a test at all it is a test of human gullibility and super stition. And if the test shows 2 high percentage of both gull libility and superstition it would not be surprising, for most people will believe any ching about the weather, whether prophecy, almanac prediction, "sure sign" or "say4 ing"
 Nevertheless, the Groundhog- Day fable is an interesting and valuable bit folklore wor- thy of perpetuation and of annual commemmoration. The groundhog's shadow doesn't determine the weather one way or another, but it plays an important part in the tra- ditions of the country. This weather fable is a part of the true American folklore. That some abide by the groundhog's forecast does not in any meas ure detract from the value of tradition as folklore.
 As the Groundhog Day story goes, there will be a return of wintry weather if the ground hog is frightened back into his hole by his shadow. In those parts of the country where the groundhog makes his bur :ow wintry weather persists several weeks after February 2, so the prediction is without ! value except to make a dark 1 and dismal February day tol- erabie to those who trust that | 3 sunless February 2 augurs an early spring.
 And, by the way, the sun shone brightly in Hyder for a short time Thursday morning,
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

First Partner: 'In what posit- ion does your son wish to en- ter the business?"
 Second Partner: Well, so far as I can make out, he wants to start near the top and loaf up- wards"
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
Clay Porter, Managing Director.

A total of 125.374 tons of ore
 (net smelter weight) was ship ped to the Trail smelter during the year and yielded gross re- ceipts of $39, 58O.67 from 134. 23 OF. of gold, 64,954.O5 oz. of silver, and 103,728 pounds of lead. Freight charges amounted to $1,168. 48 and 5melter treatment and deduct ions totaied $2,973.63, leaving the net smelter returns from ore $35,438.56 for the seasons operations.
 Total receipts from all Sources during the year amounted to $37,809.2O while expenses, including $7,095.O9 for ore packing by pack train,
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Abe had shot man, and was sentenced t o be electrocuted. On the morning of the exc cution the warden told him how sorry he was, and how it was going to cost the state five hundred dollars to electro cute him.
 Bum business" spoke Up Goldberg. " Give me fifty dol lars and Pll shoot myself"
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
PORTER IDAHO
 ANNUAL MEETING
Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1 of packing 50%.
 Every year about this time someone has a dream about the Porter Idaho escrow stock. We anticipated that dream this year, and thought that we would be one step ahead, so we renewed the Escrow Agree ment on December 5th, 1927, but did not advertise the same. However, there is more stock in escrow for 1928 than there was in 1927. I am sure of this, for I have the Agreement and the escrowed stock in the Com pany's safe, and both will re- main there until February 1st, 1929, the expiration date of the Agreement.
 I wish to take this opportun- ity of thanking the Directors and everyone who has worked with me, for the efficient help chat each has rendered at all times, and trust that the com ing season will be a most suc- cessful one in the history of the Porter Idaho.
 Respectfully submitted,
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

"Eaves dropping again." said Adam, as his playmate fell out of the apple tree.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

How time flys between seven and eight in the morning!
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
Just for Fun

A feminine writer says no wife should suffer in silence. But if she is silent, how can she keep from suffering?
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

but if the Groundhog was bit late in rising he failed to see his shadow, as it was cloudy during the rest of the day.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

In Utopia the rents are just as high as here, but the tenant acquires title to the property after he has paid for it seven times.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04
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Hyder weekly herald., 1928-02-04

Jimmy giggled when the teacher read the story of a man who swan a river three times. You do not doubt that a train ed swimmer could do that, do you?" asked the teacher.
 No, sir" replied Jimmy, "but I wonder why he did not make it four and get back to the side where his clothes were"
 E. D. Haddon says a great many people are a bowling success at just bowling.
 An old countryma1, who had been to a nearby city for the first time on business, return ed in a bad temper.
 At that hotel" he complain ed, "they kept the light in my bedroom burning all night. l couldn't get a wink of sleep" "Why didn't you blow it out?" asked his wife.
 
 Blow it out?" said the old man. "I couldn't. It was in a bOttle!"
 A man seldom hears the knock of opportunity if he pays too much attention to the knocks of the neighbors.
 Times haven't changed much. Back in pioneer days the pe- destrian had to dodge the deadly rattler, also.
 The catalogue price enables you to estimate the cost of keeping daughter in college. Just multiply by three.
 When one of these old boys gets the flapper craze, it seems peculiarly fitting to call him g sexiginarian.
 General Booze has never lost | a battle. Ask the men who ! fought him.
 How time flys between seven md nsnphA s,o 4Ln
Evening star., 1928-11-18

The matter was expected to come be-
fore the convention of the National
Guard Association Of the United States,
at Hot Springs, Ark, for discussion
Field Artillery organizations Of the
National Guard have been ordered by
the War Department to render annual
reports on each gun and howitzer bat
terry on their target practice OF the
year. The forms. the War Department
points out, can be filled out at the
firing point. which would make them
very valuable to commanding officers
and instructors for use when conduct
ing critiques Of problems fired Such
use of these forms also should increase
the value of service practice and the
interest taken In them.
Company F, 12lst Regiment of Engi-
neerS, celebrated the anniversary of its
organization at a dinner last night IN
the lobby OF the armory. The food was
prepared by the company cooks
Pvt. Amos G. Patch. Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division Special
Troops. has been honorably discharged
on account Of removal from the District
of Columbia
The following of Company A. 12lsl
Engineers. have been ordered dropped
as deserters from the Guard as of the
dates following their respective names
they having failed to report for drill on
or after that date, and all efforts to To-
cate them having failed: Pvt Howard
M. Webb, May %. 1923, and Pvt. Mack
Davis. April 3, 1928
The following have been transferred
from the active to the reserve lists of
their respective organizations, for the
reasons given: Pvt. Conrad E. Grohs,
Headquarters Detachment. 29th Divi-
sion Special Troops, because of business
interference with his military duties
Pvts. Eugene r. Weisbender. Company
C. l2lst Engineers. and Irving A Aro-
nowsky. Company D. 121st Engineers.
because of educational interference with
their regular attendance at drills
The following of the 260th Battalion
of Coast Artillery have been transferred
from the active to the reserve list of the
organization: staff Sergt. Carroll G.
Yoakum, for educational reasons. and
Pvt. Charles j. Hayden for business in
reference
D, l2lst Engineers. has been honorably
discharged on account of his removal
from the District of Columbia
The following organizations have been
ordered to prepare for the annual i'll
ventory Of Federal property in their pos
session. under the direction of the Reg
ular Army instructors. during the cur
rent week:
Battery B and the Headquarters De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery. on
Evening star., 1928-11-18

reprinted times without number-how O
headstrong Balkan prince had stolen 1t
from his fauily's royal collection for
woman'S whim, and had been SeQueS-
tered under guard for three years to
keep him out of reach of his enchant-
reSs when the theft and its motive were
discovered; how the woman had worn
it triumphantly in her tawny, unbobbed
hair ever since, declaring that If they
wouldn't let her have the prince. she'd
at least have the emeraldS, and leaving
the royal relatives to Sputter helpleSsly.
1t was the emerald comb of Sheila
O'Shay.
Barbara held the huge, glittering
ornament in her hand for a moment,
her head dropping lower and lower
Then her face lifted. Peter saw her
gaze dart from side to side, up and
down the deserted, sun n-drenched street
He had never seen such utter. trap
ped terror on a human countenance
Her fingers wrenched franticalIy at the
comb. breaking it tooth by tooth, jewel
by jewel into fragments. Some of them
dropped to the pavement, but she
stopped to pick them up Then she
ran, her two laden hands pressed tight
against her breast to the sewer OPEN
ing at the corner
"Dont!" Peter cried out hoarSely
but she did not hear him He could
not himself have told whether iie was
protesting against her act or against
the whole world in which such things
could bean instructive, Mortified de-
nial of his senses.
He saw her kneel in the dry rubbish
of the gutter and thrust her hands
through the storm grating that covered
the entrance to the sewer pipe When
she withdrew them. they were empty
She turned then, and ran back to the
house as swiftly as she had come. Her
Skirt and her light colored stockings
were streaked with CRIME from the
gutter. but she made no effort to brush
off the dust; she did not even look
down. With that white tortured face
staring straight ahead, she fed up the
driveway, passed within three feet OF
Peter without seeing him, and dashed
into the house.
ITO he continued
Evening star., 1928-11-18

who takes an oath as solemn as the
oath of enlistment. and then does not
live up to 1t, cannot be depended OH
In anything.
Other things to be done to improve
the organization he outlines as follows
BE studious. drill hard. enroll in the
Army correspondence course and learn
all there is to learn. The more you
learn of military science, the better you
like 1t.
play hard, enter into athletics
! compete for a place on the rife team
and. If interested in any particular
sport. promote it yourself and be re-
warded by seeing what success you
can make Of it, Battery A has the
use of the drill hall every Monday
night.
If each man does his best to carry
| out this plan there will be nothing that
can stop the battery from reaching the
holding that place.
Believing that to the victor belongs
the spoils,' a Christmas present of 10
crisp greenbacks will be presented to
the member of the battery, instructors
included. with the greatest number OF
recruits to his credit on December %
| next"
A study is being made in the War
Department of proposal for a re-
organization of the 42d, or Rainbow Di-
vision. which, during its American ex-
pedltionary force period, consisted of
the National Guard troops of 26 States
and the District of Columbia 1t was
the real all-American unit of the war,
as subsequent enlistments and replace
mentS put In it representatives of prac-
tically every State of the Union While
not generally known, the reorganiza-
| ton of this famous war division in
wolves many problems, among them the
approval by the 26 States and the Dis
trict Of Columbia and an increase In
the appropriations by Congress to take
care of the units that would have to
be formed.
Should the War Department and the
States and the District of Columbia
all give approval to the revision. some
doubt is expressed as to whether Con-
gress. in its economical wisdom, could
be prevailed upon to provide the ap-
preparations necessary to take care of
the units which would have to be or
ganized. Considerable work would be
involved in the reorganization of the
division. as the National Guard units
that would be taken into the 42d would
have to be replaced In the present Ma
! tional Guard organization.
Evening star., 1928-11-18
District National Guard

Laxity In attendance at drills of or
ganizations Of the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia has been so
prevalent of late that O number of the
unit commanders are beginning to take
charge OF the situation, with view to
bringing the weekly drill strength up to
what 1t should be. There Is always a
noticeable falling of In attendance i'm
mediately following the annual en-
campment period, due probably to the
| fact that the men are fed up on SOL
diering, but before the end OF the year
there Is usually a pickup.
However, the attendance has been
| going down continuously, according to
the drill reports. There is little dispo-
sition to court-martial men for failure
to attend drills, but the officers have
full authority to give summary courts to
men who remain away without a valid
excuse. It Is realized that a number OF
such courts do not help the esprit OF
the organization, and every effort Is
made to keep the morale as high as
possible.
On the other hand, continued abb
Sence of men has its effect on the
armory training schedule, with the re-
| suit that when the organization goes tc
camp the units are held back by the
men who failed to keep pace with their
military instruction by attending drills
Every effort is being made with the
| facilities available to make the armory
attractive for the men, but at the best
the facilities are probably the poorest
In the country.
One of the organizations which is
complaining of this lax attendance is
Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery, and
Capt. Louis M. Gosorn, its commander
Is among the first 10 take active steps
to correct the matter. In a formal no.
tice to all members of the command he
says that at no time since it was or
ganized. on July II. 1924 has the ac-
, tive enlisted strength been SO low and
| the attendance as lax as at the present
time. He is urging every member OF
the command to do something to bring
it back to its previous high standing
| He plans to do it by having each man
attend drills regularly, be present on
time and neatly uniformed and induce
at least one recruit to enlist.
| Then. as to the absentees: Have
some one talk to each habitual abb
sentee and If he is only good at making
| excuses, then get a good recruit to
| take his place and get rid of him for
| the good of the service. He says that
service In the National Guard is hon.
orable military service and too good for
q trifiing man, and adds that a man
Evening star., 1928-11-18

Don Ellsworth's wife. formerly the famous
no, trace, Or. Cayanaugh; the great crimi;
nal PSYCHOLOGIST, learns that their married
lie has been very unhappy.
Peter Piper. reporter on the heraio
tries to see Dr.. CavanauGh. Instead ne
meets Barbara Cavanaugh, the attractlye
Don Ellsworth before his marriage. - 49,.
An unidentified body is found IN the tule
marsh outside the city. II is burned beyono
recoRnition. but from a small patch OF Scalp
DR.. Cavanaugh Identifies 1t as the Dody OF
hears him tell this to Peter. Peter, ALREADY
knows somethins about the murder and his
instinct is to protect her.
Mrs Kane. ,Sheila O'Shay,,s waiting WON: Tom-
an. is arrested and admits that her miStIesS
forced Don Ellsworth to marry. her by threat
ennR a breach OF promise suit. -,
Peter snd DR.. CavanauRh Searcn tne pou--
dor of the murdered woman. the preacn on
promise papers have been taken: but shfS sriS
Orme" Peter goes on the trail OF Orme;
He runs him down at an automoblle tourists
camp. Orme is an lrreSponSlbe. tempera-
mental artistic and refined man who does
not seem capable of committing murQer
Finding Orme so helpless. Peter asks Dr
CavanauRh to help him out at the trial
DR.. Cavanaugh agrees to examine Orme.
Continued from Yesterdays Starr
Evening star., 1928-11-18
CIVILIZATION EXACTS
TOLL FROM ESKIMO
Modern Living Proves Hard on
Teeth of Alaskan Natives,
Doctor Finds.

SEWARD, Alaska LIBERALIZATION
has brought the Alaskan natives new
comforts and advantages, but it Is ruin
ing their teeth. This opinion was ex-
pressed here by DR.. Bart c. Larue after
a Summer spent on the Martha Ange-
line, medical boat of the United States
Bureau of Education. DR.. Larue treated
1000 natives at the many points where
the ship stopped along the Yukon
River.
Among the old bucks and squaws
little attention was required" the dem
tiSt said. They can gnaw jerked carl
bou and dried fish as vigorously as ever
until their teeth work down to healthy
gums. The younger natives, quick to
adopt ways and foods of the white man
took much attention"
The Martha Angelire has taken
medical attention to the Eskimos and
Indians along the Yukon River for the
last three Summers. A dentist was
added to the staff for the first time this
year.
The advent of the boat was great
occasion along the river The news
travelled by native telegraph and In
dians and Eskimos f1ocked to the river
in large numbers. For hundreds OF
miles along the tundra of the lower
Yukon Indians camped all Summer
waiting for the boats. Many were not
reached because of lack of time.
Evening star., 1928-11-18

wednesday; Company B, l2lst Engi.
neers. and the Medical Department De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery. on
Thursday; Batteries A and C. 26Oth
Eoass Artillery. on Friday, and the
Onlted states property and Siisbursinv
omcers' Storehouse on Saturday.
This will leave five Organizations to
oe eXamined the following week. INCLUDE
ing the Medical Department Detach.
ment I2lst Engineers, the Headquarters
sno service Company. l2lSt Engineers,
ano companies E. D and c of the same
examinations were conducted last
Thursday night at the Coast Artilisr,,
Armory. at Water and o Streets south.
west. OF applicants from the ranks for
promotion By commission as second
neuCehsntS OF Coast Artillery. The re-
port OF the results Of the examination
VIII not be made for several weeks.
Wnen the successful candidates will be
plscea on an eligible list from which
VIA oe Seiecteo men to I'LL vacancies
as tney occur in the Coast ARTILLERY
battalion. The examining board vas
composed of Maj. Frank G. SchofieId
U. 5. Army. instructor OF the Coast
Artillery unit; Maj. Walter w. Burns.
commanding the militia Coast Artillery
battalion. and Capt. Stewart M. GRAY.
| son, commanding the S.edical Corns de-
tachment of the 260th Coast Artillery.
! The five members OF the guard who
TOOK the examinations for West Point.
one OF whom will be selected. are
anXiously awaiting the results OF the
markings OF their papers by the United
States Civil Service Commission. which
conducted them on behalf Of the local
National Guard. 1t was said at brigade
headquarters that 1t was not yet known
Just when the papers would be out. but
1t probably would be only a short time.
The enlisted men who took the ex.
animation we're Paul v. Evans. Edgar
c. Doleman. Douglas G. Gilbert. VIII
liam j. Cave and Ralph e. Ramsey.
The name Of the man who stood
highest in the examinations will be-
certified to the War Department ss
soon as the report is made. and he
then will be required in the Spring to
take the regular entrance examination
for the Military Academy
Only one appointment has been al
lotted to the District of Columbia this
year. whereas heretofore. in most years.
the local organization has been able
to get at least two. This was made
possible because some of the States to
which had been allotted one Of the
appointments failed TO take advantage
Of the opportunity to send one Of their
guardsmen to the military schools, and
as the local guard always has q num-
ber Of candidates they were given to it.
Two men were appointed last year
Evening star., 1928-11-18

~ ETER closed DR.. Cavanaughs door
behind him in state OF un-
accustomed mental turbulence.
He loafed along the hedge-bor-
dered path which led from the
side entrance of the office to the front
driveway, chewing a twig which he had
absent mindedly plucked from the close
ly woven leaves of the box.
There was something intimldatlng 10
ordinary folk about the detachment OF
science, the impersonal clarity of knowl-
edge. Peter no longer thought Of the
doctor merely as an expert in field
which interested Peter only as a source
Of CODY on occasion The pSychiatrist
loomed before his distorted mental Wis
ion as q marionette master pulling q
hundred invisible wires. There had
been disturbing quality in his laugh
ter-Something Olymptan and aloof, as
if he alone knew what hidden paths
they we're following, as If they were all
acting out a plot with the involuntary
Jerks of puppets while he sat behind the
screen and held the script that gave
meaning to their actionS-held 1t by the
power that came from understanding OF
the mysterious springs of human con-
duct.
Peter shook his head impatiently and
tossed the twig away.
I'D better go to bed and get about
As hours of Sleep" he muttered. THE
pursuit of crime is beginning to tell
on me-"
Nevertheless, he continued to loiter
by the side of the hedge. Were all the
people in the world more or less
cracked" needing only push to knock
them off the narrow wall of normality
like Humpty Dumpty?
True. Orme might have killed Sheila
OShay without being insane-and he
might. on the other hand. be unbalanced
without having killed Sheila O'Shay.
They were no nearer to finding out why
ne had written that threatening letter
why he had changed his name and
fed. why that flight had been so in
conclusive, so easily abandoned. than
they had been on the night when the
letter was first found. And whatever
Orme's relations with the dead woman
might have been they did not explain.
Ellsworth's unwillingneSS to have her
disappearance made public, his purloin-
ing of the evidence of the contemplated
breach of promise suit, nor Mrs. Kane S
effort to prevent the Identification Of
the body.
Despite weeks Of headlines and front
page stories. thousands of words thrown
INTO type and out again, Investigations
nd suspicious the tuie marsh mystery