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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12

shown a Washington, D. c. press despatch quoting Walter Newton, one of president Hoover's secretaries, as saying that prospects of a silver con- ference were remote, said:
 T am pleased to observe from the press reports that the United States Chamber of Commerce is still showing in- terest in the calling of an in- ternational conference on sil- yer.
 "The communications that have been received by our committee from the leaders of many governments evidence an intention to have the matter settled at an early date by an international silver conference. These communications clearly indicate the leaders believe the president of the United States by reason of the economic sit uation, should and will take the initiative. International sentiment demands the calling of the conference and it will be called"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Makes Good Cleanup

Vim. Abbott, a resident of he Fillmore Inlet section, near he mouth of Portland Canal, applied this week at the U. s. Commissioners office for Ter ritorial bounties on 16 eagles and II hair seal, shot by him during the past three weeks or SO. MT. Abbott will receive S1 for each pair of eagle claws and $2 for each seal scalp.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Injury To Road Signs Unlawful

Destruction or injury to shelt- CT cabins and structures anG the destroying, injury or de- facement of signs or signals posted on public highways giving distance, direction, warning or other notice to the public, is punishable by law, with severe penalties for vio- lation, under the provisions of an act passed by the last Ter ritorial legislature, reading as follows:
 Section 1. Any person who shall wilfully destroy, iniurc or deface any sign or signal or shelter cabin erected near or along any public highway designed to aid or inform the travellers on such highway as to distances or directions or giving shelter or warning or notice as to grade, curve or crossing, or otherwise designed to make travel safe, or signs designed to mark the lines or limits of game reserves, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1, 100000 or by imprison- ment for not more than one CD year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the dis erection of the court.
 Section ?. Any person guilty of violating any of the provis- ions of section 1 of this Act shall be answerable in damag- es for any injury sustained in person or property by any per son or corporation as a result of such destruction, injury or defacement of any sign or sig nal as described in section hereof.
 Instances of such types of willful vandalism have become increasingly apparent in this section during the past year. Road signs at several points have been damaged in clearly wanton manner and others have been badly defaced by shooting. It is understood that
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Premier Co. Announces
 Quarterly
Dividend

Press reports announce that the Premier Gold Mining Company will pay quarterly dividend to share. holders on October at the custom ary rate of 3 cents per share, or total of S150.000 on the million dol lar capitalization. Payment will be made to shareholders of record Sep tember 18th.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
FIRE DESTROYS
 WOODB|NE OFFICES

The main office building
 and the assay office of the Woodbine Gold Mining Com
 pany on the Woodbine prop.
 erty, just north of the Premier
 were destroyed by fire of un-
 determined origin about 5:3O
 p. m. Wednesday evening,
 with a loss of approximately
 S6,OOO.
 Hugh B. Mcclure, manag-
 ing director of the Woodbine company, informed the Herald that the fire may have start ed through the ignition of a coat hung behind the office stove. The coat, however, was wet, having been worn by MT. Mcclure on a trip through wet brush shortly before be- ing hung up. MT. Mcclure is inclined to think the garment was too damp to ignite, save in the event it had fallen against the stove. Some wood on the floor by the stove may also have become ignited, but he is unable to determine how it could have happened as it was not in close proximity to the stove. AS both buildings were roofed with sheet iron, the possibility of the fire start ing on the roof of either build ing is also considered remote.
 MT. Mcclure, accompanied by MT. Edwards of Stewart, had left the office and gone to the cook and bunkhouse for dinner some thirty or forty before the fire was discovered. The first intimation they received of the blaze came as a result of seeing a paSserby staring in the direct ion of the office buildings. Thinking the man was looking for someone, MT. Mcclure went to the cook house door and found both the office buildings in flames, one struc- iure being almost consumed. From this MT. Mcclure be- lieves that the fire must have started very shortly after he and MT. Edwards left the of- flee.
 With both buildings wrap ped in flames, nothing could be done to check the fire and both structures were consumed with all their contents; which included an expensive assay outfit. Fortunately the cook and bunkhouse was sufficient Iy far away to escape ignition, although the intense heat from he burning buildings made it necessary to wet the wall clos est to the flames.
 The main office was a two. story structure of several rooms and the assay office,
 t<ated a few paces away, was 1ne-story.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
League of Nations Wants
 Silver Farley Postponed

A press despatch from Paris, France. Wednesday reported that the League of Nations has announced itself favorable to a postponment of the world silver conference, sched- uled for September IT, owing to conditions in India" Just what these conditions" may be was not intimated in the reports.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
School Year Starts

The Hyder Public School re- sumed sessions Tuesday under the direction of Miss Isabel Thoma and with several more pupils in attendance than were enrolled last year.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Relief Work Starts
 in Stewart District

Unemployment relief work in the Stewart district was authorized last Saturday and is now in full swing with some 50 men employed at the road camp established under relief ltlans laid out by w. K. Gwyer, pub lie works engineer, and John Ander son. general road superintendent.
 The relief program will include construction of about miles of new road to the Stewart highway system in addition to considerable road i'm provement work, including some on the Stewart-Hyder road
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12

Hector Mcdonald, Premier mine foreman, who has been on the sick list for a long per iod, left Thursday for Van- couver, from whence, it is un- derstood, he will proceed to Arizona.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12

in several instances road mark CTS have been damaged in such manner as to indicate that the acts were deliberate, vicious and animated by malicious motives.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Texas Bridge Repaired

The Bureau of Public Roads has repaired the Texas Creek bridge by installing pier to replace the one damaged by high water recently and the bridge is reported again safe for car traffic.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
DISCUSSES
 ROADS OU Il OOk

VI ACiiitoiidl IOdu eApcuul lures next year is decidedly un favorable in view of the prob able shortage of Territoria funds was indicated by Will. jam E. Hesse, Territorial High. way Engineer, in a statement given to the Hyder Weekly Herald during a visit of sev- eral days in the district dur ing the past week.
 During the course of his stay MT. Hesse inspected a major portion of the local road sys- tenn and expressed warm ap- proval of the excellent manner in which the Bureau of Public Roads has opened up the dis trict to exploitation by high way construction.
 Relative to the outlook for Territorial road construction activities next year, MT. Hesse said:
 Our Territorial road build ! ing program started this sea- son with $109, 1000 less than we had two years ago, which is only half the story. The ap- propriations exceed the antic- ipated revenues by about $300,000 so that our road ap- propriations are not actually in the treasury and available.
 "The latest report from the Auditor and Treasurer indicate that we are going to be down to the blanket financially by the first of the year. I cannot even see any probability for in- creased road expenditures next year if we are going to have something like half million dollars less next January than we had last January.
 There are three road build ing agencies in the Territory at the present time, two of which are Federal and the other Territorial.
 "The Alaska Road Commis- sion, created in 1905 under the War Department, is supported by Congressional appropriat- ions amounting at this time to about $800,000 annually. In addition to this, Fund B." commonly known as the Alas ka fund, amounting to about $130,O00 year, is likewise spent by the Alaska Road Commission or, to be more ex- act, 65W of the "B" Fund, amounting to S130,000, is ex- pended on roads under the di- rection of the Alaska Road Commission.
 "The Bureau of Public Roads under the Department of Ag- riculture confines it's road building activities to the First and Third Divisions for the reason that their funds, which are likewise appropriated by Congress, may only be spent in the National Forests. This appropriation for the 1881 season amounted to about 1 $934, ,000. It will be seen that 1 while both Federal road build ing agencies have approxi- mately the same amount of funds the Bureau of Public ! Roads activities are concen- trated in 32,800 square miles of National Forests so that ]
  where the Alaska Road Com- mission has about $1.7O road | money for every square mile of territory in which it is call ed upon to build roads, the Bureau of Public Roads has about $28.0O or sixteen times
 Continued on Page 4
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12

W. w. Metcalf left this week for Seattle and will proceed later to California for the winter.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
PREDICTS 6O CENT
 SILVER IN 6O DAYS

Noil uh AiilCi ldliOLlol SOilS I SSc to discuss silver within 30 days and that within 30 days after such a congress is held silver will be 60 cents per ounce, was predicted by Senator Key Pitt man, of Nevada, at a meeting of the Northwest Mining Asso- citation held in Spokane, Sept. 2, according to press reports.
 The premises upon which the Nevada senator based his remarkable pderiction are not indicated in the reports.
 Senator Pittman in his addres declared that the president of the United States, although a man familiar with mining, does not understand the silver ques- tion, but I am wiling" he added, Ito bet that within 30 days he will call an interna- tional congress to discuss silver and within 30 days from that date silver will be 60 cents per ounce."
 Senator Putnam declared that the production of silver as com pared with gold has been uni form for centuries and statis- tics compiled from reliable sources prove the silver pro- duction has been IA ounces to enc ounce of gold.
 "One-half of the gold of the world is in the United States and yet we are having a de- pression not paralleled in the history of our country" Sen ator Putnam said. II have re- gently returned from China and Japan, where I interview ed bankers and business men in those countries, and found that a Buick car, valued in this country at $2,000 would re- quire about $9,000 of silver at the present value to purchase that car. The result is that these nations are not buying from America or in fact are not buying at all only absolute necessities.
 India" he continued, "has sold 138,OO0,OOO ounces of sil- yer and has 4OO,OOO,OOO ounces yet to sell, and it may be sole at anytime for figures as low as 20 cents. Remove that fear and you will go a long ways toward silver regaining its own.
 Thirty nations of the world are in favor of a world con- ference on silver. Two nations object to it. At a convention of bankers in Cleveland recent ly, President Hoover spoke of overproduction of silver. He erred in calling it an overpro- duction. What he meant was an oversupply. Silver product ion in 1880 was back practical ly to that of 1913. Neither gold or silver has kept pace with the population growth and business increase.
 "You couldn't approve the re- mobilization of silver from the standpoint of a mining man and get any place. I tried it for Is years. It has got to be approached on broader plane. It has got to go beyond the commodity aspect and be treated from the monetary metal standpoint. I ask that the president call world con- ference on silver in order that countries can be induced to de- sist from further debasement of silver through the melting of their coins"
 Senator Pittman, upon being
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12
Lyons Reopens

Harry Lyons has reopened his meat market in Stewart on strictly cash basis.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-09-12

MT. and Mrs. Douglas Rae and children left Monday night for Van couver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25
The Bidding,

The Bidding.
 The following hand was played in a duplicate contract champion ship match, both sides vulnerable South the dealer opened the con- tracting with one spade. West passed. and North, with three and one-half quick tricks in his hand, gave partner a force by bidding three hearts. East passed and South bid three spades to show five-card suit. He need not hurry to game as, due to North's force, the bidding must be keut open un- til game is arrived at. North then bid four spades, which became the contract.
 The Play.
 West has the opening lead and leads the five of diamonds - his fourth best diamond. Dummy plays the nine, East the jack, and South. the declarer, falsecards, winning the trick with the ace. The ace of spades is led by declarer and then the four of diamonds which Is trumped in dummy with the six ot spades. The king of spades is re- turned from dummy, East plays the nine declarer the deuce, and West the eight.
 The declarer can see that he must lose one heart and two clubs. Where can he pick up an extra trick? If the heart suit could he established, the clubs could be dis carded on them. The declarer de- cides to give the opponents a chance to make a mistake and leads the deuce of hearts from dummy, East plays the nine, de- clarer the three, and West the seven spot. There are no more diamonds or trump in dummy. resitaes to lead his ace of clubs suit in dummy. While this is the the guess and makes the wrong guess, returning the seven of dia- monds, his partners suit, which ing a club from dummy.
 The queen of spades Is led, pick ing up the 10 of spades in the carded from dummy. Then the six the king of hearts Is returned which picks up the last heart from East. This makes the four and eight of hearts good in dummy up- on which the declarer discards his two losing clubs, and the pack and four of spades In his hand are good for the last two tricks.
 By giving the opponents a chance to make mistake, the declarer has made two txera tricks which gives him six odd, but the two extra tricks are scored only as overtricks as the small slam was not bid.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Miss Albina Malanga of East Farm street entertained at a shower on Thursday evening in honor of Miss Mary Forrucci. The guests included Misses Mollie Forte, Constance Burket, Sadie Ma konis, Eva DelGobbo, Addie Jay, Cecelia Heffrin, Winifred Panaci, Thresa Cretella, Phyllis Marciano, L. Summa, P. Brouri. M. Massarelli, K. Spellman, H. Guiditta, Lena Or sini, Mary Abimolanklo, Lena Dob kins. Olga Egert, Cell Gucchitta, Gertrude Kravitz, Elsie Mahoney, Josephine DiCarlo, Anna Siano, Angeline George, Bernice Urban, Henrietta Vanguard, Anna Pechu- konis, Nellie Fasano, Selma Davis. Nancy Panasi, Gertrude LaRusso, Rose Cristino, Anna Rinaldi, Vera Malanga, Jennie Summa and Mrs Pisani, Mrs c. Forcucci, Mrs Car mella Forcucci, Mrs Polese, Mrs DiMartino and Mrs L. Calabrese. Mrs M. McEnroe, Raymond Me Enroe and the Misses Geraldine, Anna and Grace McEnroe of New Britain recently visited Mrs Thomas Hurley of South Leonard street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

The of regret that inundated us when of Father Buffers transfer still fingers He frightened the dark of cloth and radaed the vtazng force of religion with personality. He taught youth the value of Christian creed. that parallel with every day life and wasn't merely
 Sunday cloak that spotted easily with daily He built religious character through love fear We'll Father But Ter in with Waterbury life but we'll forget For cloth illuminated with the fires of hope of long ing of comfort we'll remember his pry devotions a ire the altar before which bends the knee We'll remember his years of to often sacrifice his beautiful sonaity, his words of comfort his great Christian He shepherded his flock sunshine and rain, sickness and health He among doing good And he'll go among others continuing good For of sueh Father Butler
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Popovers Dan Commerford spent weeks Block Island. Amy Dunn returning to the College of New Rochelle Ncolna Flamma tells the Chicago river flows away from its mouth Tell Rip Nolna. Mary Chip man postcards Lake Champn where he's engaged for the moment in painting No Fishing signs. Deputy Super Eddie Mungs day leave of absence Attorney Bill Keavney Joe Muve and Joe Brennan will be hosts Tuesday evening officers and executive committeeman of the Cath ollie University Alumni the Hotel Waterbury. Lieutenant Mt Meuen duty. Sergeant Johnny Bowling and Ser sant Gibbons alternating pinch htters the desk Chief Henry H. Heman laid aside his famous white and helmet and disconnected the alarm his home What does fireman do vacation? Huh he visits fire stations in other cities and and talks smoke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25
SOCIAL \. PERSONAL

Miss Bertha Kerzner was honor
 ed at a bridge and shower given I at the home of Mrs Abraham Matzkin of Abbott avenue, on Wednesday evening. Mrs Matzkiii was assisted as hostess by Mrs Samuel Matzkin, Mrs Abraham Green and Mrs Harry Reese, Prizes at bridge was won by Mrs Joseph
 Matzkin, Mrs Rose Goluboff, Mrs Gertrude Matzkin, Mrs Hyman Green, Mrs Harry Lebon, Mrs Louis Madnick, and Mrs Joseph Kriegler. Among the guests were
 Mrs I. N. Albert, Mrs A. Samuel Fucker, Mrs Jacob Bromberg, Mrs
 Solo, Mrs Samuel N. Levine, Mrs
 Joseph Matzkin, Mrs Samuel
 Blumenfield, Mrs Morris Malkin
 Mrs Antone Rose, Mrs Heisler, Mrs
 Rose Goluboff, Mrs Joseph Krieg- Ter, Mrs Samuel Madnick, Mrs Abraham Rixkin, Mrs Samuel Will ion, Mrs Hyman Green. Mrs Ben jamin Ross, Mrs Emanuel Matz- kin. Mrs Alexander Fink, Mrs Louis Berezitsky, Mrs Cohen, Mrs Hy- man Winig, Mrs Louis Madnick, Mrs Harry Levon, Mrs Harry Franklin, Mrs Solomon, Mrs Charles Madnick, Mrs Krinsky. Mrs Hyman Kerzner, Misses Ella Matzkin, Gertrude Matzkin, Mar
 ion Frank, Katherine Bruccoleri and Harriet Reiss.
 A bridge was given on Wednes- day evening by Mrs George Wright of Woodtick road. High score was made by Mrs Charles Fleming and Mrs Howard Stills was given consolation prize. Other guests at- tending were Mrs Grace Cross of Prospect, Mrs Roger LaVigne, Mrs Walter Werner, Mrs Beatrice Booth of Prospect and Mrs J. w. Tice of Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

for movie fans. What about the of Hollywood? What about their real instead of reel names? You'd guess that Joan Crawford baptized Lucille L Sueu
 That Jean Harlow gave up her of Haean Car pener That Barbara Sanwyek Ruby Stevens when little gal That Myrna Loy Myrna Williams That Minnie Riggs became Evelyn Brent Greta Gustaon gave way Greta Garbo. And that Marie Deser's uine seup Leila Koerber. And your Pola Negri once Appoonia Chaloup Ina Claire, lnez Pagan. hat Jack Oake etstened Lewis De Lane Ofield. June Marlowe Grizelda Goten Mary Astor Lucille Langhanke eh?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Editor Tall Tower Topics: When the schools open would suggest that the sessions S30 and continue until l2 And from 30 o'clock In this hour day would be made This would be equal to live school day. In this the school days lost could be made thirteen weeks because only thr teen days lost think fair way of doing 1t and the children of regular vacations during the next summer the usual closing time. would like hear from Superintendent Donovan this question: whether he favors 1t or have heard several teachers they think it good idea That why writing Tall Tower Topics because know everybody will it in your column-Inerted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Editor Tall Tower Topies Tonight were going to tell you what happens little girls who college It may sound incredible but you have put the if isn't true Since the situation fit coed we won't use names Enter coed into the kitchen of her working inr mother who her the institution of higher learning The slightly ill; just cold that
 must checked Mother suggests hot of tea and eag to exploit the domestic abilities of the collegiate member Of the family co-ed perform the little duty in behalf o her dear dad Miss Coed immediately water in pan and sits by reading until the aqua boi While the water bubbles like the New York show. fast and furious our woudoe detan buried deep in thoughts of Freud Adler Comes tie sudden realization of her kitchen taskl She hues to the range the bubbng and seeks her mother With
 look of great genuine despair her face she breaks the sad nsss fo her mother Mother thak I've burned the water (And they peaehss.) - F. N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Monkey business little monkey business at Fulton Park oh oh Departmental carpenters building monkey shed in the greenhouse This the monkeys do their monkey business in comfort during heat will obtain If happen to visit the monkey house. the words of Washington Grant somebody. Don't Monkey With the Monkeys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

On the towns merry go-round. To Mlie S. Your lette received Thanks shown Tall Tower Topics Irene Carey is spending weeks in Detroit Frank Lacill has entered George Washington college in Maryland. Ncl San Joe Day Malcolm OLeay and Al Genu have returned Cath university. Hal Jaeger leaves Friday morning his studies a Williams. Halls junior
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Editor Tall Tower Topics: Why of the unemployed cleaning back yards that need attention? It would make jobs improve appearance of Idle trucks could be purpose And would give trucking few dollars to spend What you think of my dea?-E D. R.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25
Brother and sister. a load of wood
Our hero corner.

Our hero corner. Brother and load wood and Brooklyn The conveying said load contracted collapsed Patrolman Richard Mccarthy the He running and the little continued their rejoicing Step Dick where the boys (Ihanks K. C. for this one.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

By VIM E. MCKINNEY American Bridge Leagu

Don't be too quick to grant losing tricks. Give your opponents chance to make a mistake. If they make the right play, no harm is done, but extra tricks are often produced when they make the mistake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25
THE LEGION CONVENTION
 IN REVIEW
Good evening.

The legion puts beer to vote,
 To see again who'll be the goat Full payment of the bonus bill.
 Is frowned upon, bitter pill, They've held of course, their big parade, Of such things are conventions made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25
The Miller $ Peck Co.

2 o'clock. Burial will be in James cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-25

Announcement has been made or the engagement Of Miss Ruth Cap
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