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C.P.M. COLE. MANAGER
M. M.COLE. EDITOR
McCarthy, A1 is lea,
Saturday, February 16th,1018.
wake up, McCarthy.
This town is beginning
to come into its own.
Now that the Commercial
Club is thoroughly re establish
ed, the members are getting
busy with matters which have
long required attention, and
before many days have bassed,
various impnovements will be
accomplished.
It is encouraging to find
that there is an abundance of
enthusiasm in our busiiess men
their previous lack of interest
^as no doubt due to winter
lethargy.
It is coming to the time
when all nature wakes, Br'er
Bear will shake himself from
his winter nap,
Wake up — McCarthy!
We have received word from
the Alaska Bureau, Seattle
Chamber of Commerce asking
that they be placed on the ivic
Carthy Weekly Nelvs s ubscrip
tion list
THE WORLD STARVING
TO DEATH
'< 1
The Literary Digest for Feb
ruary 9th publishes an instruct
ive article under the above head
line.
It states that a dangerous
Alaska's Branch Banking System
BANK of ALASKA
CAPITAL
and SURPLUS $105,500.00
BANKS AT
CORDOVA
S KAOWAY
ANCHORAGE
WRANGELL
Commence this month and
bank with this institution; a
bank that does not measure its
success ii dollars alone.
CORDOVA OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson, President
W. R. Hillery Vice-President
(Managing)
B. R. Colketfc Asst Cashier
famine is creeping over Europe,
The slight restrictions placed
upon American tables are as
nothing compared with the ser*
. ious deprivations suffered by
the inhabitants of the belligerent
countries of Europe.
Prance is seriously short
of both meat and cereals, while
England is in difficulties over
her meat supply.
Scandinavian countries are also
suffering.
Information received from
Germany'{establishes the fact;
the harvest has brought no re-1
lief and prospects are more
gloomy than was the case last
year. Milk is already
so scarce there is barely enough
for infants and invalids.,
The potato crop did not turn
out satisfactorily, and food sub
stitutes are more used than ever
One of the socialist papers
made mention of the foo l-profit
eering which is rife in Germany
and was suppressed for so doing.
It ran:
“Agricultural producers and
rich city residents are living in
plenty. As food-hoarding is no
longer prohibited, every million
aire and war-profiteer has kitch.
en and cellar full of ham and
bacon, while the middle clas>
manages to maintain a precar
ous existence by spending all
it possesses on food, but the
masses are staiving. Thirty or
forty million starving people are
not going to sit silent. We
.might n tve within a month an
absolute c nastrophe in German -
y and a < <i lapse even more ser
ious tn in mat in Russia, and as
i result i German defeat and
the entire loss of the war.”
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COPE BUILDING
If we are going to fight this
war out in Washington, why
send more troops to France? —
New York'World.
Go back to the simple life,
be contented with simple food,
simple pleasures, simple clothes
Work hard, pray hard, playi
hard. Work, eat, recreate and
sleep. Do it all courageously.
We have a victory to win.
-HOOVER.
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