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The Washington times., 1931-07-10

DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January T. 1881. 323.
Excess of temperature since July ].
1881 90.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
tion since January I. 1881, 5.2s.
Excess of precipitation since July I,
1881. IA.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides 3:S5 a. m. and
as? D. m; low tides 1898 a. IN. and
1921 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides 4:26 a. m. and
asp p. M: low tides 11:S2 a. M and
11:1S p. m.
THE SUN AND MOON
The sun rose today 1850 a. m. and
sets 1885 p. M.
The sun rises Saturday 4:S1 a. m.
and sets 1885 p. m.
The moon rises today 1882 a. m.
and sets S:11 D. m.
The moon rises Saturday 1902 a. m.
and sets 3:11 p. m.
6,nNnA A a
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
WEATHER DETAILS
FORECAST UNTIL sP.M. SATURDAY

FORECAST UNTIL SIN SATURDAY
For the District of Columbia-Mostly
cloudy tonight; Saturday generally fair;
not much change in temperature; gen.
tie northerly winds. becoming variable.
For Maryland-Mostly cloudy with
showers this afternoon and possibly
in extreme north portions tonight; Sat
urday partly cloudy; gentle to mod
crate shifting winds.
For VirRinia-Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday, possibly showers on the
coast: not much change in temperature:
gentle to moderate shifting winds.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
w. S. Van DYKE

uho has thrilled you uieh such pictures as
white Shadous in the South Seas" and
"Trdder Horn" has directed this, his mos
fascinating romance Of dangerous love.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
they TRIED TO MAKE A LADY
: &V OF THIS LITTLE SAVAGE BEAUTY
Peter B. Ky1e'S

celebrated novel Of East Us. West comes to
the talking screen With all the glamour and
seductive beauty Of the pen of the master.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

from the major point of the editorial, proclaiming the inn minent "gold boom."
 This is a matter of particu- lar importance in Pacific Northwest, where gold is pro- duced. It is cited here for pur- poses of information and en- lightenment.
 The public must not grow over-enthusiastic about gold production; it must not dip in- to it's pockets recklessly to if nance mining promotions. To be well-informed it needs to know that an era of very ac- tive mining for gold is at hand, for there are various means by which some parts of our citizenry may profit from this fore-sighted information.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

;ay. Whether we have the most corrupt nation is a mat Ire of opinion. but heaven k ows it is bad enough.
 But sti..! the reformers are clamoring fc" more laws. Where it will all end no man can foretell. Every new law for the regulation of shis and that adds to the battalions of office holders already feeding at the public crib.
 Thoughtful men are begin hing to realize the seriousness of the situation. Only by an al oused public sentiment can we hope to stop the orgy of laWmaking and lawbreaking which threatens our social structure and makes liberty a mockery.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
Fake Prize Schemes

A rather ancient scheme for separating the unwary from their money is being worked again, both in the United States and Canada, according to a leading business mems magazine.
 The plan is to insert an ad- vertisement containing a per fectly simple puzzle which any one can easily solve, and offer prizes for correct solu- tions. A favorite prize is a building lot"
 Of course, anyone who sends in a solution of the puzzle wins a lot, but he is informed that he will be expected to re- init a small sum-in one case SITS for the deed and other incidental expenses connected with the transfer of the prop erty. The "lot" is very small and the SITS fees alone would net the seller around $230 an acre for some worthless land.
 So, if the winner swallows the bait he is out just $7.75 for the priviledge of working the puzzle, while his name is passed along to other swind- lers as that of an easy mark.
 There are many perfectly legitimate prize offers adver- tised in various periodicals, but those which require a payment of cash before the prize is delivered arc generally fraudulent and should be shun- ned.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
"G c L D OM" ERA
 C o N F R NTS WORLD

Business Chronicle, Seattle )
 Revival of gold mining is un- der way. That it should come IS inevitable under present monetary and economic condi- tion. Some authorities predict that revived interest in gold is the precursor of revival for the entire metal mining in- dustry.
 Back to the mines is not an idle slogan today; it is a sign-post pointing the way to individual security and pros perity," comments Mining Truth, Spokane, Leon Star mont managing editor. "Gold will come first, and gold prop critics naturally will be the first to be financed; but all other metals will follow"
 These and other more en- thusiastic statements about re- vived interest in the yellow metal and beneficent results to follow from increased pro- duction of it are contained in a lengthy editorial. Zeal for the cause of mining perhaps leads to over-statement of facts but that detracts not at all
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
TEN YEARS OR so AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
 June 2, 1921

The Board of Trade excur- Iionists from Vancouver and other British Columbia towns have come and gone, leaving pleasant memories and bear ing with them the good will of the entire populace. They divided their time between
 Stewart and Hyder, this being he only town visited outside of the province, and were coyally entertained in each place, the Citizens Association making the arrangements in Stewart and the Pioneers of Alaska, taking the initiative here. The visitors numbered about 200.
 Mrs. Sullivan turned her canary bird out so it could ex- ercise its little wings. It exer- cised them all right. Another case of "gone but not forgot ten."
 Two caterpillar trailers ar rived on the Prince George for the Premier. This looks like the wagon road would be used some, even after the tram is finished.
 Homer Ficklin has a logging contract for Lawrence and Workman on the Marmot.
 Mrs. Ed Fernald returned Thursday from Portland, where she spent the winter. She brought in about 100 chickens, white leghorns and barred rocks.
 Three cows in town. Watch your step.
 Paddy Mcdonnell has open ed his road house at Ameri- can Creek.
 Harry Tanner arrived from Seattle Tuesday to commence development for the season on the Fish Creek group owned by the Fish Creek Mining Company, and will have at least 6 or 8 men employed all summer. The property, of w. R. Tonkin of Se- attle is president and J. A. Hall of Hyder is secretary, is considered one of the best shoWings on Fish Creek. Mrs. J. A. Hall and daughters Irene and Helen, went up to Bear Lake Saturday to spend four or five days with a party of Stewart campers.
 Members of the Vancouver Board of Trade excursion re- ported an amusing incident at Alert Bay, where resides the most uncivilized tribe of h. dians left in the west. The old chief of the tribe made an inn passioned speech to the visit ors, who applauded vocifer- ously and sang; For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" Then the interpreter told them what the chief said, which was in effect that before the excursion came the weather had been good; that ever since. they landed it had rained, and he wished the damned white folks would go to he'll out of there so the sky would clear again.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
Laws and Corruption

Remarhing upon the ten dency toward the regulation of every phase of human conduct by law, a recent speaker quot. ed Cicero: ''In the most cor rupt nation you have the most laws"
 There probably has never been in all history a people burdened with so many laws as exist in United States to-
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Changes M Display Advert sng for current weekly issue ds be presented not later than the Wednesday evening preceding the day of issue Saturday. or insertion will be delayed until the follow ing week.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
AN INDEPENDENT
NEWSPAPER

This newspaper is not connect ed in any with any stock brokerage firm other establishment interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes formation relative to local ing development that is not be- neved to be in full accord with fact
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

"Will you be my wife?
 "Yes 1 know it sounds ridicu- lous."
 "Yes, 1 know itsounds ridic- ulous; but Pm not so particu- lar as some men are.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
Historical Dates Next Week

June 7 Independence
 Resolution. 1776 8 Andrew Jackson
 son Born. 1845 9 J. Howard Payne
 Born. 179l 10 Lindbergh Re-
 turns to U. s. 1927 II Great Detroit
 Fire. 1905 12 Greece King
 Abdicates. 1917 13 H. Beecher Stowe
 Born. 1872,
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

A monument honoring car rier pigeons that served in the World Was is soon to be erect ed in Paris, as a gesture to the thousands of birds killed while carrying army messages.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

The production of silk CO., coons in Japan is largely a household industry, furnish ing partial employment to more than 2,000,0OO families.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
INTERESTING NOTES

Work has been started on the worlds largest ship, the 73,000-ton Cunard liner at Clyde, Scotland.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

More rigid examinations are being prescribed for pharma- cists. We imagine they must be qualified to concoct a nif- ty nut sundae.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

Tribesmen high in the Him. alayas are said to live to be 100 years old. But we can't understand why they would want to.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

Cain might have turned out better if his mother had been up in child psychology, or if there had been a Boy Scout troop in Eden.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

A factory without windows is soon to be built in Fitch burg. Mass, and is expected that efficiency will be increas- ed about 30 per cent.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

The hottest country in the world is the Arab kingdom of Yemen, where the tempera- ture sometimes reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06

We read that a comedian tainted when he faced the mi crophone for the first time. Thereby setting a, fine exam pie.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-06-06
Just for Fun

An old darky got up one night at a revival meeting and said: ''Brudders an sisters, you knows an I knows dat 1 ain't been what I oughter been. Pse robbed hen roosts and stole hogs, an I lied, an I got drunk, an slashed folks wi nah razor, an shot craps, an cussed, an swore, but I thank de Lord der's one thing I ain't nebber done: 1 ain't nebber lost my religion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Need More Boston Tea Parties

In a recent issue. the Saturday Evening Post rendered a real public service to the people of the United States in its straight from the shoulder editorial criticizing the orgy of spending by members of legislative and tax disbursing bodies. It pointed out that spending other peoples money is favorite pastime of politicians and that when they have cleaned out everything and everybody. they do not stop but simply hunt for new ways to jack up old taxes or to find new things to tax. The people have stopped their wild spending but the politicians are still on tax-dsburslng spree.
 Ways and methods of spending and f. nancing that would meet with the sever est reproduction in the case of an indivd- ual, are considered perfectly sound procedure by the politicians, said the Post. Reek- less and prodigal private and public spend- ing have exactly the same finish. he pub lie-improvement-vote-b legislator IS worse for the country than fire and pestll- ence."
 It likens a majority of our public lm- provements to yachts, where the upkeep IS worse than the first cost Such improve ments bring swarm of public servants who must be paid out of new taxes.
 It cites England, Germany and Russia where paternalism and actual conhscation of property have caused tax loads and de- struction of wealth which can and will wreck any government. In eoncluslon 1t says: Our greatest need right now IS fewer cocktail parties and more tea parties of the Boston kind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Sympathy For Edison

The concern and sympathy of the entire nation were aroused by the news of the serl- ous illness of Thomas Alva Edison. His advanced years and the nature of the disease made it cle-r, even before bis physician said it. that the great inventor probably would never again be "out of danger
 Other men have invented useful and m- portant things, but few of them are as well known to the public in general as Edison. Perhaps it is because the sage of Menlo Park" has invented so many articles of m- mediate interest, service and pleasure to the average person. His long and busy life - Mir Edison is in his 18th year and his constant interest in new things for future development have made him familiar fig ure to all of us and have kept us interested in his next move.
 America hopes for Mir Edison's recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Working Against Accidents

The loss of life caused by automobile accidents - 32.50O in 1930-is well known It is estimated that there are 35 non- fatal serious injuries due to automobiles to each fatality.
 According to Harry Tucker, Professor of Highway Engineering at North Carolina State College. specific measures for eliminat- ing accidents can be directed along the fol- lowing lines Elimination of highway and railroad grade crossings; separation of grades for the most important highways as well as for streets; better highway design; fur ther improvement in safety features of cars; more rigid control of pedestrian traffic; fix ing the responsibility upon the individual motorist
 The Massachusetts experiment with com pulsory insurance has not been success. according to Eliot Wadsworth Chairman of the Committee on Insurance of the House of Representatives of that state. lie says that ''the compulsory law has failed in providing what is most essential. namely. a motive to make drivers of automobiles more careful and eonsiderate.
 A financial responsibility law with de- merit rating similar to the law in force Tn Connecticut which provides penalties in the form of TO-, 25 and 50 per cent increases in the insurance rates for drivers who have accidents and a 10 per cent reduction for good record is being looked upon with more favor Under such law the person having an accident would have to pay his legal liability or be refused the right to drive. A number of states have at different times considered the Massachusetts compul- sory insurance idea but. profting by it's ex- perience, have not taken the jump.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Here, There And Everywhere

istration of Governor Weeks in 1909 suggests that Connecticut should not entertain an exaggera.- fear of bonding as a method of financing the necessary under takings of the state. As the im- pending retirement demonstrates, bonding can be restorted to oc- casionally without running the state into bankruptcy. Provided sound financial management con trols the operations, bonds fre- quently can safely be used to raise the funds which cannot always be had through taxation when the need arises for large expenditures.
 Small danger exists that Con- necticut will ever acquire the habia of obligating itself beyond its means. It's customs of meeting It's obligations promptly, If not ahead of time, is well established, and it's position now is such that 1t can contemplate any reasonable bor- rowing operation without fear. To do so unless definite need arises would naturally be foolish, but no less foolish would be refusing to do so If, thereby, it can better full fill its obligations to its citizens. In some circumstances ,the payment of interest is far preferable to the postponement of und ertakings which, in fairness to its citizens. the state should not neglect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
BEARDS.
(New York Herald-Tribune)

(New York Herald-Tribune)
 In 1880, in Worcester, Mass, Jo- seph Palmer was thrown into jail for refusing to shave. In 1881 two citizens of Centralia, Wash, have been put in the stocks because they shaved in violation of muni- cipal ordinance providing that no Centralian should shave until af- ter the pioneer festival.
 Boards come and boards go; we hope that Centralia Is omen of new dawn of hirsute virility, for we have been passing through frail and beardless period. The stout men who sailed their little boats across the Atlantic and dis covered and settled America were no shaven changelings. The smooth chin was an effeminate note which reached England with the Restora- tion, shaving the faces of all Eng land and white America, too, and white America, too, and even set! ting wigs upon the solid heads of the founding fathers of the repub- lie. Our natural yirility, of course. reasserted itself; by the war of 1912 the naval commanders had progressed to side burns;" by .he time of the Mexican War boards were grow-back In to favor and the shortage of strops in both armies In the Civil War led to the magni- ficent restoration of the national beard. Lincoln, who had cam paigned smooth-shaven, gave White House sanction to the beard Gre fraihing. to be sure, from covering his upper lip), and the White House was consistent home of the beard (except for accidental vice-presidents) throughout the great republican era which ended when Grover Cleveland went to Washington. Mckinley was the first republican to shave his chin.
 A generation has grown up which regards the beard as either a joke or an antique. Sometimes 1t even goes so far as perversely to regard young mans beard as a sign of effeminacy. It is an ignorant age, knowing nothing of the original strength of Samson, proud of its own hairless debility. We hail the example of Centralia. Let men. as we'll as women, show that they dare set new fashions and return to old ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Good Signs

An order for seven carloads of tomatoes for the west greatly cheered the Ontario Growers Market Council the other day. The large order is believed to be the result of campaign for better packing The growers of the Niagara peninsula are going to keep on improving their packing in hopes of wider distribution of their wares from the garden of Canada to spots less favored.
 Here's a woman who has lived in Russia for five years and likes it and would not go back to her native England for anything She's only one. but she's the first one we've heard about. Maybe she's starting some kind of parade or something.
 The Milwaukee railway has had it's first gain in two years. Steel Upturn. Oil Re- cession. Signs of Cheer Who said we were pumping along the bottom? We've stopped. We've considered the situation. We've gone into low, and we've started up the hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
The Glass Taxation Menace

Equality of taxation was one Of the cardinal principles of the United States gov ernment when it was founded. That we have drifted far away from this ideal IS evidenced by the variety of special taxes and class taxation that now apply to our eitl- gems and industries.
 Insurance has been prolific field for taxation. The companies are comparatively few in number and have small voice in political matters. Insurance taxes must be added to insurance premiums. The average insured person fails to realize that in this manner he is subjected to class taxation and assessed large sums in support of govern ment which are not levied against his more careless neghbor who does not protect his life or property with insurance. thereby throwing on the state the possibility of maintaining destitute or dependent persons.
 Class taxation in the insurance field IS illustrated by receipts of the Montana ln- surance Department which increased from Soo,878 in 1909. to $37l500 at the close of 1850. Not over l-2 per cent of this total was devoted to state supervision Of insurance companies: 97 1-2 per cent was diverted to the general tax fund of the state, according to promsnent Montana life insurance executive who said:
 My company, like all other business pays Federal income taxes. State taxes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Ambition Leads On

The plucky girls of today are quite some contrast from the young women of the shel- tered old times. There is Ruth Nichols who while lying on hospital cot at St John, New Brunswick, said that just as soon as she gets out, she is going to pur- sue her ambition to be the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic. A cracked vertebrae and wrecked plane couldn't hold that girl back,
 What would the old timers have said if they had had such independent and self reliant daughters? Would they have applied to have their liberty restrained and guardl- ans appointed? But today. if the parents think the girls are too venturesome they just have to stand it. One can't help ad hiring the courage of such young women who completely disregard any alleged physl- cal inferiority supposed to attach otheir sex It raises the question whether there IS any weaker sex. But one can hope that in their new freedom, they do not venture be- yond reasonable limits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
The Breaking Down Process

Violation of the prohibition law is so fragrant in this country that any boob can see it" said George L. Baker, dry mayor of Portland, Oregon. in New York city,
 Enforcement IS the most trying work of municipal state and federal authorities Mayor Baker said. because people who are ordinarily strong for general enforcement of all laws and are good Americans under or dinary conditions violate the prohibition laws and contribute to the breaking down of other laws. They feel that their personal liberties are being restricted
 Our tendency to legislate on every phase of human liberty has augmented the break ing down process of respect for law by both young and old rich and poor. Unnee- essarily restrictive legislation always brings law violation, and continual law violation brings disrespeet for law
 Proposals for anti-gun laws which deny private citizen the right to own or possess small arms, are among the perennial samples of restrictive legislation that would make law breakers out of otherwise w-abiding citizens. This nation must curb its ten- deney to substitute law for character or we can look for more law breaking instead of less.