The
McCarthy
Weekly News
Bantered as second class matter. Septern
ber 17th, 1918. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
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C. F. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
McCarthy, Alaska
Saturday June 12th 1920
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
There exists in the State of
Washington and on the entire
Pacific coast a temporary gaso
line shortage. To eliminate
this shortage and to supply in
dustrial and agricultural re
quirements it has been found
necessary for motorists through
out ,he state of Wrshington to
c rtail the use of gasoline for
pleasure riding twenty five per
cent, for a period of approxim
ately ten weeks.
A a conference, the represent
atives of the oil companies stat
ed that such curtailment wonld
eliminate the shortoge and bring
about normal conditions at the
end vhat period.
The transportation problem
no longer exists and within two
weeks sections now without gas
oline will have been supplied
Exports for the last 5 months
according to statistics obtained
from the Government, have av
eraged but two per cent of the
available supply.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to an aco of the terri
torial legislature, there is here
by made, imposed and levied
upon each male person, except
soldiers, sailors in the navy or
revenue ecutterservice, volun
teer firemen, paupers, insane
persons, or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alaska
or the waters thereof, over the
age of twenty-one years and ’,n
der the age of fifty years, an an
nual tax in the sum of live(!§5.00)
dollars, to bo paid and collected
in the manner provided by law
and deposited by the treasurer
of the Territory of Alaska in a
separate fund called the ‘school
fund,” and used for no other
that* school purposes.
Said tax is due and payable
on the first Monday in the
month of April and becomes de
linquent on the first Monday
in the month of August of each
year.
All persons subject to this tax
are hereby notified to pay said
tax to the school tax collector,
and in case of failure to do so
the penalties provided in Sec
tion 6 of chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be im
posed .
John Underwood.
School Tax Collector
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