I
THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter, treble in
ber 11th, 1918 at the tost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act oi
March tt. IS79.
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C. F. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
Saturaay June 18th 1921.
Fur Industry Is Taxed
By Territorial Legislature
The Legislature passed the
fur tax which in its final and
adopted form creates the follow
ing revenue rates:—
License for P1 ur Farming $10.00
Stationary Fur buyers 25.00
Itinerant fur buyers 150.00
Polar Bears 2.50
Brown Bears 1.00
Grizzly Bears 1.00
Black Bear 50
Fox, cross
Fox, silver
Fox, black
Fox. blue
Fox, red
Otter,
Otter, sea
Wildcat
Moose trophy
Caribou trophy
Deer trophy
Sheep trophy
Goat trophy
Any peit not specifically
tioned in above schedule
1.50
3.50
3.50
1.50
50
50
100.00
so
10.00
5.00
2.00
5.00
5.00
men
lu
In many cases the above tax
will put the trapper out of bus
iness as he will not be able to
compete with the furs ot‘ states
and countries where no tax ex
ists
Take the case of the muskrat
trapper, for instance. Thre
have been times when the lur
sold for ten cents, and a ten
cent tnx added would cause the
trapper to be where he started.
The territory is in ne ed ( f rev.
rnue, but a new industry should
not be burdened with taxation,
at least until it is developed to
a point where it, will be self slip
porting. — Valdez Miner.
C ity Katin is Say Skirts
Should Be Worn * onger
Chicago. — An of'icial »*epo»’t
explaining why a ten acre swamp
adjoining the suburb of Forest
River, where wealthy residents
had complained of the ravages
of mosquitoes, had not been oil
ed. was placed on file in the city
hall.
1 It stated that there was not
sufficient funds and that the
oiling would *.ot be necessary
if the women did not insist on
wearing their skirts so short
NOTICE
Notice is hereby driven that
pursuant to an act of the terri
; tonal legislature, there is here*
i bv made, imposed and levied up
ion each male person, except
soldiers sailors in the navy or
; revenue cutter service, volunte
'er firemen, paupers, insane per
sons or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alasifa]
or the waters thereof, over the;
ape of twenty one years and un-j
der the ape of fifty years, an
| annual tax in the sum of five
(5.00) dollars, to be paid and col
lected in the manner provided'
by law and deposited by the!
treasurer of the Territory of A-1
laska in a separate fund called
the “school fund,” and used for
no other than school purposes.
All persons subject to this tax
wdio are in the territory of A
j laska on the first Monday in
the month of April shall pay
said tax on or before the first
day of May in the same year, &
all persons arriving in the Terri
j tory of Alaska after the first
j Monday in April shall pay said
; tax within thirty days after
such arrival. PROVIDED, furch*
er, that all persons subiect to
said tax shall pay the same wTith
in ten days after a written or
oral demand by the said School
i Tax Collector made within the '
period between the first Monday
in April and the first Monday in
August in each year.
(Signed) Sam. Seltenreich.
School Tax Collector.
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
To open an account, place the amount of your deposit
in an envelope and mail to us. 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 OK THE WORLD. MONKV REMITTED BY WIRE
TO ALL PARTS OK THE UNITED STATES At CANADA.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
CALEB CORSE'i Supi.
F. vV. SOMMER Agent.
McCarthy Meat Market and Bakery
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at A. B. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
Initiation Fee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickell A.C
McCarthy, Alaska
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