THE
. McCarthy WEEKLY NEWS
Entered as seoond class matter. Beptem
ber 17th, 1918. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
C. P. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
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Saturday J uly!5th 1922.
INVITE CORDOVA HERE
Our exciting ball game played
on the Fourth proved that there
are still enough good players
here to challenge Cordova to a
match and justify an excursion
from Coast friends while this
beautiful summer weather is
with us.
The last excursion was such
a success that the 0. R. & N. W
Ry. has promised to repeat if
sufficient inducement is offered..
We would suggest, however/
that the game be played in Me
Carthy, for its ball ground is in
splendid shape and not exposed
to any* glacier winds—which
were noticable on the Kenneeott
ball ground last year;
It might also be arranged for
the train to stay over two days,
having the game on the second
day, this would give the visitors
a chance to visit the various min
ing camps in this section, all
very interesting from a tourist
point of view.
The Pioneer Hall would again
be thrown open in the evening
for a dance, as last year, fend
many who visited us on that oc
asion would be glad to come
again.
In return we might recipro
cate and’ pay Cordova another
enjoyable visit this Fall, for this
exchange of visits has done a
great deal to bring the coast fend
theinterior to a pleasant under
standing of each other.
DANGER IN GOVERNMENT
HYPOCRISY
Hypocrisy in government has
done more than anything else
to create disrespect for law.
While it may be true that nat
ional morals differ completely
from the code set up for indi
viduals, the fact remains that
the national hypocrite always
must suffer when the mask is
torn off. /
The United States stands to
day as the greatest bootlegger
in the world and the apotheosis
of buncome. On the one hand
appropriating money for the
punishment of individuals traf
licking in liquors, on the other
openly selling booze on Ameri
can owned ships, the govern
ment presents a spectacle of
humbuggery more dangerous
than astounding, for there is
nothing of news in the disclos
ure that American ships have
been selling booze outside the
three-mile limit. This is and
has been always a matter of
common knowledge.
The startling development is
giving the information officially
to the public, which has known
all about the condition and wink
ed at the violation without con
cern. Shipping men, many
of them supporters of prohibit
ion, always have contended that
American ships cannot hold
passenger trade as against for
eign ships if the American ships
are dry, and as the dollar has
been the standard of morality,
the result has been a wet fleet,
with America forced to depend
on mouth-to-moutb advertising
of the fact that prohibition real*
4y had no meaning for the A
merican government if the
blinds could be drawn down.
Dragging the issue into the
sunlight at this time is likely
to have a far-reaching effect on
the future of the American mer
chant marine. Perhaps the
the throwing of the. bombshell
was foreseen and explains the
urgent effort to obtain a ship
subsidy. The issue should be
squarely faced.
A dry fleet is a dead fleet,
yet American ships are neces
sary to American process.
While prohibition is the law,
the United States should run
dry sBips or no ships.
Government violation of its own
lswsisadangerons precedent for
any country to .set, and hypo
critical evasion of the spirit of
the law is no better.-—Cordova
Daily Times.
GOOD ROADS
Good roads are the foun
dation for the upbuiding of a
nation. The Kenai- Seward
road is a concrete illustration of
the benefits to be derived from
an efficient means of transpor
tation.
Built but a few years the nu
cleus of a small agricultural
section has been opened, ranch
es dotting the roadside for a
distance of several miles from
town. From the amount
of slashing and cutting, other
ranches are evidently under
way.—Seward Gateway.
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THE ALASKA BONE DRY LAW
U?. ’ .
In response to requests from
a number of our readers, we
have secured a copy of the Al
aska Bene Dry Law, from which
the following are extracts:
Be it enacted by the Senate &
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That on or af
ter the first day of January, an
no Domini, nineteen hundred &
eighteen, it shall be unlawful
for any person, house, associat
ion, co mpany, club,corporation
his, its or their agents, officers
clerks, or servants, to manufac
ture, sell, give or otherwise dis
pose of any intoxicating liquor or
alcohol of any kind in the Territ
ory of Alaska, or to have in his
or its possession or to transport
any intoxicating liquor or alco
hoi in the Territory of Alaska,
unless the same was procured
and is possessed and transport
ed as hereinafter provided.
That any person or persons or
any house, company, association
club, or corporation, his, its or
their agents, officers, clerks or
servants, who shall, directly or
indirectly, violate the provisions
of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or
shall be imprisoned for a period
of not more than one year, or
by both such fine and imprison
ment. *■ *
Sec. 14. That it shall be unlaw
ful for any person to import,
ship, sell, transport, deliver re
ceive or have in his possession
any intoxicating liquor, except
as in this Act provided.
Sec. 15. That any person who
shall in or upon passenger coach
street car, boat, or in or upon
any other vehicle commonly used
for the transportation of passen
gers, in or about any depot, plat
form or waiting room drink any
intoxicating liquor of any kind,
or any person who shall be
drunk or intoxicated in any pub
lie or private road or street, or
in any passenger coach, street
car, or any public place or build
ing, or at any public gathering
or any person who shall be drunk
or intoxicated and shall disturb
the peace of any person, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.