THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter, JSeptem
ber 17th. 1918. at the l ost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under ilie Act o
March 3. 1879. „
C. O. Marwood Editor
U. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, January, 3,1925
MORE ABOUT ROADS
Wo lead in different news
papers recently of proposed new
routes into the Gulkana and Chi
sana districts at present served
from McCarthy, which shows
that other towns are alive and
aware to the advantages to he
derived from being the supply
centre for the outlying mining
districts.
We believe that McCarthy
is the logical supply centre for
these districts and are aware
that the newspaper talk of other
routes is mere propaganda to J
boost their own stock in view ot
the new appropriation asked for
by Colonel Steese to expend on
such projects in this part of the
country. But logical or not the
fact remains that the best road !
or trail regardless of distance
or convenience will take the pre
ference. Give any packer the
preference of a good road or tr
ail two hundred miles long and
an almost mipassiole route one
hundred miles long both leading
to the same point and see which]
he will take.
Tie int‘res-s concerned in’
ti t so u.s, r c s io« k to McCm thy
as their supply centre. The pr««j
ect in the White River Disti id,
headed by ex—Governor William
Sulzer, turns naturally to McCar
thy but if some other point beats
us to the road there interests ha
ve no other choice than to turn
there for their supplies and oper
ating base.
Why then, does McCarthy
continue to idle and let this opp
ortunity slip from her grasp to
strengthen her position in the
| district. The proposed road has
already been well commenced
and the bridge over the Nizina
is well nigh completed and the
only logical outcome now is to
continue the route from this po<
nt either in the form of a wagon
road or, in view of scarcity of
funds, a good pack trail. Other
wise the money already spent to
this point is dead loss.
Where is our McCarthy bus
iness club? The judicious expen
diture of a little time and mone.\
Right Now will come back a hun
drcd fold within the next few
years.
The time is ripe NOW and
delay is dangerous, so let us was
te no time in getting into this mat
ter and protecting our interests.
It is the “Go get-it” plan that will
win the cay in this case, not the
‘"wait-anri-hope” system.
ICONOCLASTS
In ancient Greek history we
read of a body of men forming
themselves into a group for the
purpose of committing whole
sale destruction upon public
and private property because
fclie.N were dissatisfied with the
existing form of government
They would go forth at night*
concealing a hammer in their dr
ess and attack the priceless pie
ces of sculpture which lined the
thoroughfares of Athens smash
ing them to pieces.
In present day history we
have had our iconoclasts in the
suifragettes of England about
the years 1910 to 1912 when they
too. iii o del* to show their diss
alisl'.iction with existing law
carried concealed hammers and
took to smashing huge plate gla
ss winnows and destroying price
le‘,> paintings in public art gall
eries.
This is adespicible practice.
Tim world needs builder!-not
iconoclast s.
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