THE
McCarthy weekly news
Emcreu as* second class mailer. Soptent
ber 17th. ISMS ai lhe host Office, ai
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act ot
March 1879.
Subscription Rates
Single (Copies $ 25
Three Months 1 .25
Six Months 2 .50
One Year 5 .00
Payable In Advance
C. F. M. CORK.
M. M. COLK
Manager
Kditor
Situraay April 30th 1921.
OUR IMPRESSIONS OP
THE PROPOSED Tax
T i * yearly tix 01 Alaskan
newspaper, vvi ch included
inthe experimental list pre >ared
by the house ways and means
com in h tt e, of which Eisner of
Coidova i- chairman, is not a
surprise, tor, strange to say, the
average m m pictures the Alaska
publisher as a lucky fellow with
pockets full of money, fairgame
for contributions, free advertis
ing and local publicity.
True, the proposed yearly tax
for weekly publications is very
small, in fact, only twenty five
dollars, but how often do we
have that amount in a lump sum.
If we were fortunate enough to
have that much atone time, we
should be tempted to buy a tick
et to Cordova,and take a vacation
on the chance of coming back
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The total anountef tevenue
likely to be collected irom this
source, judging by the latest list
of Alaskan newspapers publish
ed in the last report of the Gov
ernor of Alaska will ,iot exceet
eleven hundred dollars, an insig
nilicant sum lor a source of rev
enue, which in some instances;
works a hardship on the publisl
er.
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Now if Mr Eisner and his
. associates had introduced a
j measure calling for a tax of
fifty cents on all mineral loca
tions. this sum would bf**Arery
insignificant to each owner, hut
■ the total returns would be suf
| ficient to be of some benefit to
I Alaska, one would imagine.
Anothe proposed tax which is
i going to hit the small commun
ity hard, is that, of twenty dol
lars yearly for dance and assent
bly halls(ivnted for any purpose)
That is all very fine for halls in
such places us Juneau, Cordova
and Ketchikan
Herein McCarthy we have as
fine a hall as in many towns ten
times its siz«\ It, is owned by
the .ocal cunp of the Arctic
Brotherhood, who built it in
1917 at an expense of five thou
sand dollars.
Now the membership of the
brotherhood has dwindled down
to very few. The total indebt
jednesson the hall etc. an.oui ts
to a thousand dollars, eight
j hundred dollars of which is so
I cured by a mortgage and the '■
Brotherhood is having all it can j1
do to keep the interest paid up J
and the insurance, thereby pro-1
! tecting its creditors.
I ii they had to pay twenty five
! dollars a year they would be i
about crippled.
The hall is a great acquisition
j to our town especially so in the
past three mo iths when the
Atnletie Club has been such a
I strong ’’get-together’4 influence.
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(Boston News Bureau)
The Japanese Embassy says —
*‘The question of Yap is not a
question between United States
and Japan. It is a question to be
disposed among all Allies and
associated powers. The note of
Secretary Hughes is addressed
to the British government. So
this embassy, or the Japanese
government, is not in position to
express views independently
about this note.”
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OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
To open an account, nl--i.ce the amount of your deposit
in an envelope and mail to 11s. 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 ai l parts of tub world, monev remitted bt wire
TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED 8TATK8 & CANADA.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
Railway Time Table For April
Following: train servico for bal
ince of month, Cordova to (’hit
ina, Hth. 12th. loth. 19th. 23rd.
20th. & 29th.
CALEB CORSES Supt.
Chitina to Kenneeott & Chitina
to Cordova, 9th. 13th. 16th. 20th.
24th 27. and 30th.
Kenneeott to Chitina, 11th.
14th. lcth. 22nd. 26th. and 2Sth.
The above schedule subject to
change.
F. W. SOMMER Agent
A [l ’.riO B BOTHEUHOOD
CAMP 3?
Meets every Monday evening
at A. It. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
Initiation Pee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickel 1 A.C
McCarthy, Alaska
JOB
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GOOD WORK
News OFVICE
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F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Motary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
legally arranged.
Cordova, Alaska
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