The
McCarthy
Weekly News
Entered as second class matter. Septem
her 17th, 1918. at the Post Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
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('. F. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
McCarthy, Alaska
Saturday July 3rd 1920
INDEPENDENCE DAY
With well swept sidewalks,
clean streets and all the busin
ess houses decorated, McCarthy
will present an attractive ap
pearance to the hundreds of vis
itors who will be here next
Monday to celebrate Independ
ent ;e Day. Everything has
been done to make the program
a success and if old Sol will
only show his independence by
shining, we do not know of a >
more ideal spot in which to cel-1
ebrate the glorious day of our
forbears than our little towrn of
McCarthy. Here‘s for a good
time!
LABOR SHORTAGE
The labor shortage has never
been more acutely felt in this
district than at the present time
copper and placer mining &
the Federal Road Commission
work are all being held back on
account of it.
This condition is one of Alaska’s
greatest handicaps and it needs
government assistance.
We do not say the govern,
ment should adjust the wage
scale, but the cost of supplies
must be reduced. For in
stance, sugar, wThich is a com
modity every man must have
in this climate in some form or
other; at the present price
no property owner can ever
entertain any idea of making a
higher wage as sn inducement
to labor.
Until supplies are more nor
mal there is little hope of bet
ter results for employer or em
ployee.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to an act of the terri
torial legislature, there is here
by made, imposed and levied
upon each male person, except
soldiers, sailors in the navy or
revenue ecutterservice, volun
teer firemen, paupers, insane
persons, or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alaska
or the waters thereof, over the
age of twenty-one years and un
der the age of fifty years, an an
nual tax in the sum of (ive($5.00)
dollars, to be paid and collected
in the manner provided by law
and deposited by the treasurer
of the Territory of Alaska in a
separate fund called the “school
fund/’ and used for no other
than school purposes.
Said tax is due and payable
on the first Monday in the
month of April and becomes de
linquent on the first Monday
in the month of August of each
year.
All persons subject to this tax
are hereby notified to p^y said
tax to the school tax collector,
and in case of failure to do so
the penalties provided in Sec
tion G of chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be im
posed.
John Underwood.
School Tax C ollector
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COBDOVA SKAOWAY WrANGKLL ANCHORAGE
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 6th, 1919.
The following schedule will be put into effect.
Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and
Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kennecott Tuesday and
Friday.
Trains leave McCarthy for Chitina, Sunday and
Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesday and
Fridays
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
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