THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septeni
ber 17th, 1918 at the tost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
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Saturday May 28th 1921.
decoration day
Just a shovel and a rake will \
be nil that ’* Ttq’on d rejt Mon-!
1 i
day nt the eometer.v to help com-:
memo rate D *coi ation Day, sev
eral of the graves, needing atten-1
tier Ar hours work by half a
dozen willing1 workers will sure
make a difference.
Andy Taylor, who for the!
past tew seasons has been!
guide for hunting parties in the
"White river district, left last
week en route tor a trip to Si
beria.
He will first visit Seattle and
there meet John R. Burnham of
New York, at whose instigation
the project is arranged.
At Seattle they will purchase
horses and supplies, taking the
boat lor Nome from which place
they will be transported by a
government revenue cutter to
some place on the Siberian coist |
•with a view of studying condit
ions in that section besides hunt
ing and prospecting.
i
As the head or the American ^
game Protects e Associate«nMr,
Burnham will make a special
study of all wild animals and
much valuable information wil
be g lined by this trip to Siberia.
(Rice Lake, Wisconsin)
A peculiar accident is report
ed from Abbotsford. Fred
Wedeking, a young man of that
place, slipped and fell on a bowl
ing alley, striking the side of his
head against the corner of an e
lectric niano, No one saw the ac
cident, but a few seconds later
some one noticed that one of his
ears was gone. It was the first
he had heard about it, bnt sure
enough upon making an investi.
gation he found he was minus
an ear. The lost member was
found lying on the floor near
tne piano and with its owner
was taken 10 Doctor Johnson’s
office, where it was put back in
place, and is throwing on again.
Some ear for music.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to an act of the terri
torial legislature, there is here
by made, imposed and levied up
on each male person, except
soldiers sailors in the navy or
revenue cutter service, volunte
er firemen, piupers, insane ner
sons or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alasaa
or the waters thereof, over the I
age of twenty one years and un
der the aye of fit' y years, an
annual tax in the sum of five
(7>.(X)) dollars to be paid and col
lected in the manner provided
by law and deposited by the!
treasurer of the Territory of .a - I
laska in a separate fund called
the “school fund,” and used for
no other than school purposes.
All persons subject to this tax
who are in the territory of A
laska on the first Monday in
the month of April shall pay
said tax on or before the first
day of May in the same year, &
all persons arriving in the Terri
tory of Alaska after the first i
Monday in April shall pay said |
tax within thirty days after
such arrival. PROVIDED, furth
er, that all persons subiect to
said tax shall pay the same with
in ten days after a written or
oral demand by the said School
Tax Collector made within the
period between the first Monday 1
in April and the first Monday in
August in each year.
(Signed) Sam. Seltenreich.
School Tax Collector.
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
To open an account, place the amount of your deposit
in an envelope and mail to us. By return post you
will receive a bank book showing amount of your deposit.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
THE CONCRETE BANK
ESTABLISHED 1909
DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OK TUB WOULD, MONEY REMITTED BY WIRE
TO ALL PARTS OK THE UNITED STATES & CANADA.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
The following schedule will be in effect for the month
of May.
Cordova to Chitina 2nd * 5th - 10th - 13th -17th -20th
23rd - 27th - 31st.
Chitina to Kennecott 3rd - jth - 11th - 14th - 18th -
21st- 24th - 2wth.
Kennecott to Chitina 2nd - 5th- 10th - 13th 17th
20th - 25th • 28th.
Chitina to Cordova 3rd - 6th -11th - 14th - 18th - 21st
26th - 2v>th.
The above schedule subject tochange.
CALEB CORSE# Supt. P. W. SOMMER Agent
A RCT1C B ROTHERHOOD
CAMP 33
Meets every Monday evening
at A. B. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
Initiation E^ee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickell A.C
McCarthy, Alaska
JOB
PRINT
ING
GOOD WORK
Mews OFFICE
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Legally arranged.
Cordova, Alaska