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McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter Septem
ber 17tli, 191S. at the lost Office, a
McCarihy, Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Harwood Editor
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Saturday November, 1, 1924
Hallowe’en
Next to Christmas the grea
test day, or rather night, of the
year for the children is Oct 31.
For days prior to this day
the youngsters may be seen cast
ing furtive giances at old gates
which may, without difficulty, be
seqarated from their hinges and
transported to parts unknown.
Loose wagons, also, and small buil
dings of the portable type seem
to have a great attraction to you
tlifu. attention and often the mor
ning of November 1 st, these may
be seen decorat ing or desec rat
big places that were never meant
for such things.
As dusk fades into darkness
on this night of nights wierd sh
apes, draped in white Lit hither
and thither as if disembodied
spirits had come togambjla wh
ile on our terrestrial sphere. The
mystery people of the spook wor
Id come into their own and the
black cat for once is immune as
he pours out his dirge from the
back fence. The dark corners, th
ey say, are pacued with horridle
goblins.
Tile origin of this night is some
what obscure and various theor
ies are advanced to account for
it.', being. We remember the one
our old maternal grandmother
used to regale us with as a child
which was that on this night
back in England it was once the
custom to seize any ladies who
happened to be abroad and, lift
ing them from the ground, place
a good hearty kiss on the place
intended by nature for such a
proceeding. And on this night
several thousands of elderly
maidens were want to don their
most festive raiment and sally
forth their hearts beating strong
with hop^.
The Presidential election cam
paign is winding up and the zeal
ous candidates of the four parties
are putting across their final bar
angues before sitting back to
watch the bulletin board as the
will of the electorate is made ma
nifest.
Never has a campaign been
carried on in the United States
with bitter feeling running riot
as in this election. With four part
ies lined up each overflowing
with bitterness against the other
three it promises to be one of
tiie bitterest fought elections in
the country.
As the different party lead
ers continue to berate their opp
onents with harsh and bitter in
vective, th« thought comes to all
sane and free thinking individua
Is that such a course can prod
uce no good to a country. The
instituting and agiting of class
hatred is a rather common ineih
od of getting into the limelight
but is scarcely an adequate exc
use tor supposedly sane and high
minded men calling each other
pet names as would a couple of
school boys.
How much longer cav the hu
ge body of workers in the U.S.A
be fooled by scheming politicians
who call themselves “Labor Rep
resentatives”':' Is not the man
who works with his brain a labo
er just the same as the man
who works with a pick and shov
el? Then why should the two qu
arrel and be filled with hatred j
for each other. The college prof
essor is a laborer just the same j
as the blacksmith with the bank j
roll often in favor of the latter.
A country divided against itself
will fall.
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