THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the lost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
R. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, March 7, 1925
SALESMEN & SALESMANSHIP
The above subject in vary
ing degrees has been perhaps in
every mind in McCarthy for (he
last two weeks, as well it might
be. To most of them who have
worked during this time with
one eye on the front door and a
path cleared to the back door
the word “salesman” is synonom
ous with all that tends to ment
al worry and anguish and they |
think that the species must have
been sent to Earth along with j
other plagues of Biblical fame
such as the locust and flies etc.
But in these times of business
congestion and keen competition
salesmanship is one of the most
important factors. The greatest
difficulty a manufacturer or
producer has to overcome is the
getting of his article befor the
public and there are two ways
of accomplishing this—first by I
j
judicious advertising and second !
by travelling salesmen and a
personal canvas.
In order to be a successful j
salesman one must be a keen
judge of human nature and app
roach each individual in a manner
best calculated to a rouse his inter
est. Perhaps this is the chief rea
IN THE COMMISSIONER’S
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION,
McCarthy precinct.
IN PROBATE.
No. 63
In the Matter of the Estate of William
Davidson, deceased.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON ADMI
NISTRATOR’S FINAL ACCOUNT
1NG.
Notice is hereby given that on the 7th.
day of March, 1925, C. W. Lloyd, ad,
ministrator of the estate of William
Davidson, deceased, filed herein and
submitted to the court his final report
and account as such administrator, and
that said court has by order duly made
and entered herein, appointed a day
lor the hearing of objections to said
accounting and the settlement thereof,
to wit, the 9th. day of May, 192.'), at
the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and that Such hearing and
settlement shall be had and held on
the date afore said at the court room
of the United States Commissioner,
in and for McCarthy Precinct, Third
.Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Probate Court
on this 7th day of March, 192a.
C. H. Sundmacher
U. S. Commissioner and ex oiiicio
Probate ,1 udge.
First Publication March 7, 1925.
Last Publication March 2^, 1925.
sou for considering the success
fill salesman a pest and nuisance.
Because he or she is enviously
better versed on the article or
articles to he sold he or she is
able to overcome our arg uinents
as to its undesirability and quite
logically prove to us that“>»ohoine
should be without one” Thus he
forces us to come from under!
cover and say flatly that we do
not desire his article in any way,
shape or form or sit down weekly
and admit that we cannot see how
we ever got along without it. The
thought of being worsted is
naturally abhorrentand we vent
our spleen on the poor innocent
salesman or saleswoman.
Mr. Hanson of the C.R.N. N
came up from Cordova on to
days train.
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