THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, undor the Act of
March 3. 1879.
L. M. Lander Manager
11. B. Lander Editor
Subscription Rates
Single Copies 25
Three Months 1 .25
Six Months 2 .50
One Year 5 .00
Payable In Advance
Saturday May 10, 1924
Mining in Alaska’s Copper Belt
The report that the Hubbard
and Elliot mine is to start work
ing on a more active scale than
hither to afore is received with
interest by old timers in this sec
tion and is regarded as another
evidence of the prosperity that
is bound to come to this section,
within a short time. The condit
ions are gradually improving and
with more business the local rail
way will be aole to lower the
freight rates.When this happens
there will undoubtedly be many
small properties, now inactive,
opened up and entered into the
ranks of the producers, As it
now stands, there is no profit in
shipping anything save the high
grade ore, running over fifty per
cent copper. It is impossible to
work the immense low grade de
posits such as the Hubbard and
Elliot property,without installing
expensive concentrating machin
ery.
With such propei ties as the
Westover and Green Butte a low
tariff on both the steamers and
railroad would mean production
for a certainty, and several other
groups of claims within a radiu&
of twenty miles would be devel
oped. This will all come, one o$
these days and when it does Me
Carthy will be one of the best of
Alaska’s towns.
An nouncement
The anniversiary of the birth
of Florence Nightengale, May T2,
will be observed throughout the
country, including Alaska, as
National Hospital Dsy Its pri
mary importance is to make the
general public more familiar with
hospitals and the splendid serv
ice that they are constantly ren
dering to humanity.
Governor Scott C. Bone com !
mending the idea, calls the atten
tion to the following endorsement
by President Calvin Coolege, un
tier tne date or iviarcn i-i aaares
sed to the Secretary of the Nation
al Hospital Day Committee at
Chicago:
“ The observance of May 12 as
National Hospital Day through
out the country, with the aim to
direct public attention to the tine
humanitarian effort of these insti
tetions of mercy, is deserving
of all cooperation and support. 1
have been much interested in
learning that this movement, al
though originating as recently
as 1021.has not only spread thru
out the United States and Canada
but has beeninaugrated in a num
ber of other countries. In select
ing the birthday of Florence
Nightengale you are making the
occasion, incidently, a memorial
to one of the great women of the
nineteenth century. I extend my
earnest wishes for the wide ob
servan ce of the day,and my hope
that it may be productive of re
suit calculated to further advance
the Americam hospital system
The News Office does Job
Printing
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOORS
TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT. PLACE THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DEPOSIT IN AN
ENVELOPE AND MAIL TO US. IF YOU SEND CURRENCY. REGISTER YOUR
LETTER. BY RETURN MAIL YOU WILL RECEIVE A BANK BOOK SHOWING
YOUR DEPOSIT.
THE FIRST BANK 2F CORDOVA
RESOURCES NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS
Drafts On All Parts Of the World, money remitted By telegraph
rrT
THE ALASKA CAFE
Under New Management
Private Boxes
Pem I Jar
PROMPT AND COURTEOUS
SERVICE
Proprietor
m McCarthy ; m
W DRUGSTORE H
We wish to invite you to examine our new
and complete line of KODAKS.
THIS STOCK IS BEING SOLD AT CATALOG
PRICE.
We also carry a fine stock of KODAK SyPPLIES that will be
of interest to you.
Ben Jackson Proprietor
NOTARY PUBLIC
Yes! You bet I go to
THE OWL
For a game of cards
Or to see the boys
It's that new place
Just opened on
FRONT STREET
Prop*
Louis Manchini
Clean Up The Town
Commencing Monday the Com
mercial Club secretary states the
following live days will be devot
ed to cleaning up the town. The
work to be done yet-amounts to
far more than has yet been ac
complished and it is requested
that everyone get busy.
Alaska exports for the month
of April, according to Customs
Inspector J. C. McBride, amount
ed to $1*543,276. The following
table gives the value of the differ
ent commodities:
Animals $275
Curios
1 Fish
Purs
931
565,344
56,402
Ivory
Jewelry
Copper
Lead
50
50
899,259
5,400
Trophies, Specimens etc. 100
Wood, Timber and lumber 870
All other articles ie. Manufactur
ed fur, Lead bullion, Palladium
and oil paintings 14,004
Value of products from the Uni
ted States, returned 97,633
Value of foreign products 5,681
Value of exports in 1923 was
’ 1,174,051 for copper.
All other exports are normal