THE
McCarthy weekly news
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March Ik 1879.
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M. M. COLE Editor
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Saturday April 8th. 1922.
Tin1 time is rapidly nearing
when the battle of the Primary
will take place, only for the Re
publican candidacy for delegate
will there beany contest, asall
the other candidates fall in line
for the General election in Nov
ember. In the Republican
Candidate for Delegate Mr. Ga
len, we have a man of ability,
knowledge, and one who will
work untiringly to accomplish
what he starts out to do.
If he represents us at Wash
ington, we know he will serve
us well.
PROPOSED CH A M BER
OF COMMERCE PLAN
Acting on the principle thal
‘‘the Lord helps those who helj
themselves” it is planned by the
Cordova Chamber of Commerce
to hold a convention of rep re
sentatives of all Alaskan Com
mercial organizations in tha'
city early in July.
These bodies have ahead3
been communicated with and i
all goes well, an All Alaska Con
mercial organization will result
therefrom, this will do more
to help the Territory, than the
individual bodies could do in a
thousand years, for each work
er will know all Alaska is behind
him.
The personnel of these org
anizations is composed of busin
ess men, who know (none better)
just how much our Territory
requires readjustment, and that
a great deal can be accomplish
ed by the right kind of public
icity brought before the right
kind of people.
It is only reasonable to sup
| pose that a publicity bnreau
| maintained in Alaska by Alaska
j people with Alaska money will
1 get results.
Remember the lesson in
the Primary book?
“If «ilJ the men in the world were
one bi^r man,
If all the trees in the world
■ were one big tree,
; If all the axes in the world
were one big axe,
j And the great big man took the
great big axe and .chopped down
j the great big tree! ! !
Well, if all the Commercial
| organizations in Alaska were
rolled into one! * World it
help Alaska? I'll ask you!
ABOUT MINING & FREIGHT
RATES
j
John. E. Barrett, accompanied
by his wife, arrived at his
home last Sunday al ter an ex
I tended visit to tne States.
Mr. Barrett is more than con
; fident of the future of this sec
tion; especially since the discov
! ery of a large body of ore in the
Green Group which has justified
him and his associates in mak
I ing preparations for developing
! the property on a large scale
I this coming season.
i
The work planned for this
year will be mainly devoted tc
| determine the volume of ore ae
,; cessible and not with an intern
,; tion of shipping immediately.
By the introduction of a com
; pressor, the old method of drill
ing by hand will be eliminated
Prior to leaving Seattle, Mr,
: Barrett had a long conversatior
II with Mr. Stannard, President o;
Vote for
James L. Galen
for
DELEGATE to Congress
In
Republican Primary. April 25th 1922
He believes that it is only by encouraging capital to in
vest in the North that the resourcs of the Territory,
now lying dormant, can be made to play their part in
making the people of Alaska prosperous.
He believes that private enterprise in developing our
resources should receive fair and even liberal treatment
to the end that Alaska shall be made an asset for the
people now living here, and not conserved entirely for
the use of future generations
He stands for Alaska for Alaskans, and in this regard
he favors all rational measures which will prevent the
extinction of the great fishing industry and promote its
growth along safe and sane lines, and thus preserve the
fish as a perpetual source °f wealth and employment for
the people who live in this Territory.
Alaska needs capital. If Mr. Galen serves in Wash
ington, he will invite it to invest in Alaska by attractive
legislation and all other fair means.
(Watch this Space for further announcements
OF WHAT MR GALEN STANDS FOR)
the Alaska Steamship Co. on
the general mining situation in
this section. Mr. Stannard stat
ed that his Company was look
ing forward to increased activi
i ty in thissection and particulary ,
pleased to hear that the Green
Group would ultimately become
a shipper.
Regarding the freight rates
for shipping ore from McCarthy
to Tacoma, Mr. Barrett under
stood they were governed by
the market price of copper and
at the present price of that
metal the rate is $17,50 per ton
for high grade and $10 for low.
The freight rates on mining
machinery etc. from Seattle to
McCarthy were also brought to
Mr. Stannard’s attention and he
said that these rates would in
time be adjusted in favor of the
shipper, especially if the count
ry developed more ore, thus giv
ing the Copper River & N. W. Ry
Co. more tonnage, which would
not only help them but would be
a benefit to the smaller operator.
NEW BOAT FOR ALASKA
TRADE
Seattle, April 8th. Superin
tendent Pierson of the Alaska
Steamship Co., is now in New
York seeking to purchase a
passenger vessel to take the
place of the lost liner Alaska.
If he does not succeed the
Alaska S. S. Co. will build a steel
craft probably in one of the
Puget Sound ship yard which
has submitted tentative bids
! that were considered reasonable
I
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