davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
ATHLETIC CLUB NOW
 ACTIVE

The Hyder Athletic Club, or ganized recently under the auspices of the Community Club, is now fully launched on it's career, with between 20 and 25 members enrolled. Pending the arrival of cata- logues of gymnasium apparat- us, the club has set up basket ball equipment for the use of the members in Pioneer Hall. The big hall is open to club members three days a week, the afternoons being given ov- CT to the juvenile members of the organization and the even- ings to adults. Additional gym nasium equipment will be in stalled as soon as it can be se- cured.
 Members of the club are re- quested to turn in their month. ly dues to Hubert Thomas, as the funds are needed for cur rent expenses.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
sAWMILL NOT SOLD

Rumors to the effect that the Hyder Lumber Company saw mill and business has been sold to Anthony Whitehead are somewhat premature, &C., cording to parties in position to know the facts.
 It is understood, however, that overtures for the purchase of the mill were made recent ly by MT. Whitehead, but no deal had been concluded up to the beginning of the present week.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
RICH ORE AT
 NUKA BAY MINE

Ore of fabulous richness is reported to have been found on the Babcock and Downey property in the Nuka Bay dis trict. It is also said that there is a considerable body of it in sight, according to reports re- ceived in Seward.
 Reporting the new find, the Seward Gateway says: "de- velopment work has uncovered hundreds of feet of ore run- ming SIS, but the latest big, rich exposure, assaying $8,8O0, has all the appearance of be- ing a tremendous body. The hanging wall stands straight up."
 The owners are said to have ordered a 25-ton Denver mill for delivery in the spring and have also enlarged their stor- age bin and made other prep arations for a very active seas on of mining.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
BOYLE REAPPoINTED

Frank A. Boyle has been re- appointed by Judge Justin w. Harding as United States Com missioner for the Juneau pre- cinct, according to Juneau re- ports; which also say Howard D. Stabler has been confirmed by the Senate for District At torney for the First Judicial Division.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

That the great Yakutat earth qauke of 1899 caused a vertic- al lift in the land areas as far east as the west shore of Lynn Canal, is indicated as a strong probability by a study of the mean tide levels made by the U. s. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey bench marks established on that shore by the bureau in 1890, showed an average of 2.4 feet in elevation in 1928, according to recent announce ments.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
PROSPERITY MINE SYNDICATE NEW
 DEVELOPMENT

The Prosperity Mine Syndi- cate, Limited, advertised as "a partner with Premier in the famous Prosperity group" has been added to the list of local mining organizations and has created a decidedly interest ing situation with respect to that noted property.
 As explained by a prospectus issued by leading Vancouver brokerage concern, the situat- ion is this: The Premier Com pany have acquired a 76 per cent interest, right and title in the Prosperity group and the remaining "A per cent is owned by the new syndicate, which has acquired the rights of own ership formerly held by Messrs. F. R. Jancowski, Eli Watland, G. D. Davis and Geo. Mehlfeld, the original owners.
 It is the latter interest that has been capitalized under the above title, with a stock .capi- tai of 480,000 shares of $1 par value. Under the terms of an agreement with the Premier Company, Premier is to pro- vide all funds required for de- velopment of the property and is to be repaid out of the mine earnings. Following such reim- bursement to Premier, net pro- ceeds from the mine are to be divided between Premier and Ethe Prosperity Syndicate on the basis of 76 per cent to the Premier company and 24 per cent to the Syndicate. Of the total 48O,0OO shares of capital stock, all but five have been issued to the original owners as and for the purchase price of their interest in the group. This means that on the basis of $1 per share the vending interests have received the equivalent of $479.995 for a "A percent interest in the group.
 The prospectus points out specifically that the Premier company are not shareholders in and are not in any way con- ! nected with the Prosperity Syndicate, the sole relationship being the joint ownership of the Prosperity group on the in- dicated basis.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
BOXING LOCALIZED
 IN ALASKA

President Coolidge has signed the bill recently passed by Congress authorizing t IT, round boxing contests in Alas ka, acording to wire advices from the Alaska delegate re- ceived in Juneau a few days ago.
 The bill in question was large ly sponsored by the Alaska di- vision of the American Legion.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

Harry Shaw, pharmacist, who has been connected with the Hyder Drug Go. since last fall, left for Seattle Thursday.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23
CHARTER STEWART PEACE R. R. LINE
 NOW ASSURED

Governmental opposition or behalf of the government. owned Pacific Great Eastern railway to the charter rights for construction of a new rail line from Stewart to the Peace asked by the Canadian North eastern Railway Company, has been withdrawn as a result ot conversations between the gov, ernment and representatives O. the Northeastern, according tt announcements from Victori; Wednesday.
 Following conferences be tween Premier Tolmie ant other government officers as sociated with the P. G. E. ant Northeastern officials, it wa; reported on reliable authorit. that the conversations had re suited in mutually satisfactory arrangements respecting thu territorial areas of the nev railroad and the Pacific Grea Eastern.
 AS a result of the understand ing, it was said that priority will be given the government line in determination of its in. tentions to extend the P. G. E. north and east from Prince George to the Peace river country and the Northeastern will confine it's charter appli- cation for the present to au, thority to extend its line from the Bear River section to 8 point on the Finlay River near Fort Grahame, while the Northeastern main line exten- sion from the end of the pres ent grade 12 miles north of Stewart, will be curtailed pending the development of the Pacific Great Eastern plans to an approximate dis tance of 260 miles between the Bear and Fort Grahame, according to the press reports of the settlement. It is also un. derstood that the Northeastern will not be hindered in it's con. templated construction of a northern branch line along the Bell Irving river to the vicinity of Teslin Lake, near the north ern boundary of B. c. Prov. ince. This branch, according tC the terms of the charter appli. cation must be completed within 8 years, while the mair line eastward must reach its objective within 5 years.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

Jas. M. Mcdonald of the Woodbine staff was a passen- ger to the south on the Thurs day boat.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

Attorney Ernest Blue returned Thursday from a business trip to Vancouver.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

Noel Traversy left Wednes- day on a business trip to Ket- chikan.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

E. D. Haddon. manager of the Bank of Hyder, left Monday evening on a business trip to Vancouver.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-23

Rev. Fr. Leray left Thursday on a visit to Terrace, B. c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31

spent money lavishly for monuments
and the like at Gettysburg and Ante
tam, but the nation seemed to have
forgotten the deeds of vaior of her
sons on the plains at Fredericksburg,
the woods of Charlottesville and the
Bloody Angle" at Spottsylvania. Here
in field and wood drenched with the
best blood CT America, countless thous-
ands lie buried where they fell, in
shallow, unmarked graves. However,
Congress recently has appropriated a
large sum of money to establish bat
tlefeld park on these fields, but as yet
the work has not progressed beyond
the surveying and map-making stage.
This work has not been easy, for there
are but few survivors among those
who taught there, and the records are
meagre and often inaccurate How
ever, the engineers state t.iat many of
the trenches, earthworks, etc, made
during the fighting, although often
overgrown with trees and brush, are
in excellent state of preservation.
A week, especially in the fall, could
be spent most proftably in that re-
gion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31
NORTHWESTERN PIKE AND
BATTLEFIELDS OF VIRGINIA

(By C. H. Shaffer, Washington, D. c.
The completion of Highway so, of
which the Northwestern Turnpike
forms a large part, will afford easy
access to the historical battlefields of
Virginia. At Fairfax this road inter-
sects the famous Lee Highway. Turn
ing south on the latter one soon passes
through Centerville, where the prelim-
mary skirmishes of the Battle of Bull
Run were fought. Soon after comes
the old stone bridge over Bull Run.
The Lee Highway passes over new
concrete bridge a few rods below the
old bridge A few miles further on
one reaches the Stone House, used as
a field hospital in both battles, and
now used as a private battlefield mu-
scum.
The Henry farm, on which the
first battle of Bull Run was fought
and on which the second terminated, is
in sight of the highway. Up to a few
years ago this place was still used as
a farm when it was bought by a
Southern organization which is plan
ming to make it into battlefield park.
Large sums of money have been set
aside by interested parties to build
monuments, markers, etc. At pres
ent the farm looks much the same as
it did when the armies first met there
in 1861, except that the old house was
completely destroyed in the more san
culinary second battle. On the old
foundations has been erected crude
modern frame building occupied by
the present caretaker.
Mrs. Henry, the 86-year old window
of a surgeon of the Navy, was killed
in the house in the first battle and was
buried in the yard near the house,
and her two children, who deid many
years later, lie by her side. Theirs
are the only graves marked. Num-
erous depressions in the yard show
that many soldiers killed there were
buried where they fell.
Near the house is a red sandstone
monument erected in 1865 by North
ern organization and in the brush near
the highway is another monument to
mark where a New York regiment
stood fast until almost wiped out"
in the second battle. Both monu-
ments are in sad state of disrepair.
If one has the time he should take
in the battlefelds in and around Fred
ericksburg, about 81 miles south of
Washington. In these great battles
it is estimated that over 100000 men
were engaged and that over 100000
casualties resulted.
9th the North and the South have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31
GLADES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Miss Beulah Alexander returned to
her home on Sunday afternoon after
spending the weekend near Grants
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Orendorf, Peter
Opel, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Opel spent
Sunday at the home of Henry Opel at
st. Paul, Pa.
Mrs. F. J. Glotfelty and Orval Glot-
felty were shopping in Oakland one
day last week.
Miss Lucille Glotfelty spent week
with relatives near Oakland, returning
to her home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Alexander and
children spent last Sunday in West
Virginia with relatives and friends.
w. M. Bowser purchased a new
Ford sedan last week.
Samuel Teets and family spent Sun
day afternoon at the NJ. E. Bowser
home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31

spare time and were then spread on
the barn floor and stirred occasionally
to keep them from moulding.
In November, when the glut on the
market was over, P. T. Cartwright sent
his team with his wagon to my place.
We shoveled chestnuts into bags and
with my team and wagon two wagon
loads, consisting of eighty bushels of
the nuts, were delivered at his store,
for which l received $500 per bushel.
E. w. KELSO.
Mt. Lake Park, Oct. &c, 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31

Mr.. KelsO Remembers When Chest
nuts, Selling at S1.00 Per Bushel,
Were Brought TO Local Merchants
by the Wagon Load.
To the Editor of The Republican.
l note in The Republican of Octo-
Der 18th, your Mountain Lake Park
correspondent asks the question does
anyone remember when chestnuts were
brought to the local stores almost by
the wagon load.
Yes, remember two wagon loads in
one day and the season l allude to the
nuts sold for $500 per bushel early in
the fall but the price dropped to $1.0O
per bushel later. l made it rule not
to sell for less than $500 per bushel.
The chestnuts were picked during
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31

By a series of experiments it has
been ascertained that germs and bac-
terra are more active at height Of
1000 feet than at lower levels. In
fuenza germs were found active at a
height of 2 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
SUPPORTS HIGHWAY BONDS.

There is a general feeling among the
newspapers OF the state that the COM
ing legislature should pass the $780,
OOU, 900 bond bill asked by Commits
Sioner Bapcock This plan would give
the state the greatest economy In
highway building and maintenance. 1t
is proposed that this bond issue WILL
be retired from state highway FUNDS.
Since the gas tax is now up, one-tnuo
going into the county road 1und under
The state amendment, the legislature
should enact another measure or COM
panion bill increasing the gas tax TO
three or four cents. The increase
would insure the present revenue Tor
good roads and would not be noticed by
anybody, besides placing the cost OF
good roads where 1t belongS-upon the
packs of the road users. The tourist
then would contribute something to-
wards the maintenance OF the good
roads which he enjoys using in the
summer time. Whatever we do, we are
going to pay a tax, whether 1t goes
into the states good road golfers or
not Old man depreciation exactS his
toll regardless OF what economies we
think we are making. What we save
in gas taxes, we must more than make
up in car depreciation. The bond is
sue will give us the better roads at
once, and the increased gas tax will
produce the funds to retire the bonds
Tracy Headlight Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04

sinking fund and pay 100000 inter-
est each year, assuming that the state
would pay per cent on the bonds
and get per cent on the sinking fund
accumulatlonS. In practice, however,
the state usually gets more interest
on what it loans out than it pays on
what it borrowS.
At any rate the sinking fund and
interest allotments each year would
be well under $l,8OOyO00, or less than
one fifth of the motor vehicle receipts
The saving in maintenance alone
would amount to more than the inter-
est. 1t is quite clear that there would
never be the slightest danger that
there would be any need to use the
provision Of the constitution which
permits a general tax levy in case
FUNDS are needed to pay the bonds.
That provision, however, serves a
useful purpose. BY placing the credit
of the state behind the bonds, it gives
the state the lowest possible interest
rate.
The constitution limits the amount
of bonds which may be issued in one
year to $10,000,000. This is one rea-
son why $20,000,000 is named as the
amount recommended for two years.
Another reason is that the engineer
ing staff of the highway department is
organized so it can easily supervise
the additional work if $l0,000,000 a
year were added to the construction
program, but there might be difficulty
IN expanding the organization so as
to give proper supervision to much
larger program. Still another reason
is that new grades must be given
time to settle before paving is built.
If much more than $2O,OO0,0O0 were to
be spent for paving in the next two
years, it would be necessary to rush
grading work to shorten the waiting
period between grading and paving.
The waiting period is essential for
good paving where there are heavy
cuts and fills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Din of Modern Battle
Ended Drums Prestige

It was France which took the init
alive, years ago. in doing away with
the drum. Other nations followed
the example, and long before the
World war the drum had disappeared.
1t still figures in military bands. Of
course, but it plays no more part in
warfare than the harp or the violin.
Thus ended long and honorable
military career. The Greeks ascribed
the invention of the drum to Bacchus.
The Egyptians charged behind rank
Of drummers. Pizarro found drums
IL South American temples. The
Puritans of New England used the
drum as a church bell and as a call
to arms against invading Indians.
The heroic drummer boy was the
stock figure of authors from Pliny
down to Kipling.
But France pointed out to the world
that the drum was serious encum-
brance to marching, that rain spoiled
1t, that its calls could not be heard
In the din of battle. that it took two
years to train an efficient drummer.
and that the Instruments abandon
ment would release many young men
for active service.
The drum was accordingly done
away with.-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Laughter Puts Joke
on the Fault Finder

AS long as life lasts, we shall find
that troublesome, unpleasant person
who seems incapable of saying sin
gle word without finding fault.
And there's nothing to choose on
this point between men and women.
Some of the former can be really bad
at the game. For, after all, it is a
silly game, which may become men.
ace to our peace of mind.
1t seems to be an inseparable part
of the mind of some folk-this fault.
finding. Often it is based on mere
nothings.
There's one thing these pernickety
people don't like They hate you very
badly If you laugh at them. 1t upsets
their rhythm. And most of the fault
finders work to rhythm. Put them
off 1t and they are undone.
OF course, says London Chronicle,
there are more ways than one of
laughing at them. You don't need
TO laugh outright. A twinkle of the
eye, steady. amused look, sly dig
-metaphOrically. of course, although
nice Eighteenth century one
wouldn't be amiss sometimes bit of
leg-pulling; any of these methods are
warranted to disturb the lines of at
tack of these fault-finders.
No, indeed; they can't stand being
laughed at.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Happy Gorilla Family.

The gorilla is homogeneous and d.
vorce and remarriage are not among
his problems. When domestic rela.
tions have once been formed they re.
main until death doth part" No com
panionate or trial marriages in the
forest. The young cling to the family
group until matured. and often longer.
bringing their own mates to live in
the habitat of their parents The repu.
tation of this type of ape for ferocity
Is said to have been greatly exaggerat-
ed. AS might be expected of an ami
NAL loving peaceful home life with its
family. the gorilla. naturalists assert
rarely becomes dangerous unless at.
tackled. In defense of its family or It.
self. however. IT will savageIy attack
an aggressor who forces It into battle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
HOW TO KEEP WELL
By the educational Committee of the Minnesota Stat.

the fever continues the family physi-
clan should be called at once. But
above all be careful with cold around
children.
1.-THE reason why these colds are so
much more dangerous to very young
people is found in the anatomical con-
ditions of children and also in their
lack of resistance to the germs which
seem to increase with age In young
babies, the upper part of the respira-
tory tract is comparatively narrow and
the internal opening of the ear is
relatively wide so that the infection
can readily pass to the middle ear to
work it's havoc. Whenever doctor is
called to see baby who is supposed
to be suffering from collie or teething
an examination of the ear and his
tory of an attack of snuffles sometimes
explains the child's crying and fever.
"Colds enter, as rule, through the
nose and mouth and start with So
called cold in the head or snuffles; If
they are not controlled early, which
can be done by proper measures, they
may descend toward the lungs until in
about two weeks after the original in
lection the child will be suffering from
the justly dreaded broncho- pneumonia
which carries away so many children
whose lives could have been spared by
the timely advice and treatment"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Earth's Motions.

The Naval observatory says that It
cannot say that the earth has any Ger.
tain definite number Of motions. "Pop-
nlar Astronomy" by Flammarion and
Gore, gives the following as the IL
principal motions of the earth-Other
authorities might regard their number
as greater or less than II: Rotation
on its axis, revolution about the sun,
procession of the equinoxes, motion
around the center of gravity of earth
and moon. mutation, variation In the
obliquity of the ecliptic, variation in
the eccentricity, motion of the peri
helion, planetary perturbations, mo-
ton of the sun around the center of
gravity of the solar system and the
suns motion through space.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Odd Creatures Found
in Subterranean Life

Subterranean animal life presents
many curious features. The life Of
the animals Of the caves Is unique
The subterranean forms of life de-
velop, reproduce and die entirely with
out sunlight. Among such forms of
life there is none of the mammal
form. except species of rat: and
there is no cavebird. Then, too, none
Of the subterranean animals requires
much nourishment.
The greater abundance and variety
of this life Is met In grottoes with un.
foreground rivers. Usually the subter-
ranean life resembles the general
types of the country. 1t has entered
the caves and there become accli.
mated, undergoing curious adaptive
notifications. So 1t happens that we
generally find, in modified forms. the
life of our own time. In some cav.
erns, however. there seem to be dis
closed the remains of an ancient an
imal life that has everywhere else dis
appeared from the terrestrial rivers.
living only in the caverns.
The creatures of modern species
that have adapted themselves to un-
derground conditions are sharply diff
ferentiated from the jewellers in the
light. Their skin Is of whitish hue
or else transparent. The eye atrophies
or altogether disappears. The optic
nerve and the optic lobes vanish. Ieav-
ing the brain extraordinarily modified.
Other organs develop in proportion:
those of hearing, smell and touch be-
come enlarged to a degree. Sensitive
hairs, long and coarse. appear all over
the body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
Woman Knew Good Thins.

During the mining boom days I'm
Nevada a woman came to Virginia
City from San Francisco and dis
played a handful Of stock certificates
in the famous Comstock mines. She
said that she had been persuaded to
buy them, at few dollars q share,
and that she had been informed the
stock had now gone up to 5000 a
share. Being informed that was the
price quoted she declared she wanted
to sell. Buyers appeared SO willing
even at that price that she became
suspicious and went out to see the
mines and mills. She knew nothing
about mining, but such was the actfv-
ity and the prevalent atmosphere of
optimism that she turned to her son,
who accompanied her, and said, "Tt
will &c to thousand. Come on
home. Detroit News.