The
McCarthy
Weekly News
Entered as second class matter. Septem
her 17t.lt, 1918. at the host Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
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c. F. M. COOK. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
McCarthy, Alaska
Saturday JulylOth 1920
COPPER MOVING
SLOWLY
(Boston News Bureau 6-25-20)
Boston- One of the four big
copper selling agencies in the |
first twenty days of this month 1
sold but. 5000.000 pounds of
copper, including both domes
tic and export business
i
It is Impossible to dispose of
Copper at anything like t1 e mar
ket prices that are nominally
quoted One of the independ
ents had a bid for some metal
and held firmly to 18 & a half
cents, the next day the pros
pective buyer said he would do
business only at 17 and three
quarter cents. He got his cop
per and was told he could have
‘’several million” pounds more
at the same price
Various trade estimates of
the copper surplus have been
heard, but it can be stiled that
the surplus of refined metal
ready for sale stands today at j
cui C(C,((t,(t0 rents. Withj
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railroad congestion, a labor
strike paralyzing consumption
i i the Connecticut Valley and
with no export demand, copper
ia in no demand at present.
Dr. Hawes, who practised
dentistry in McCarthy some
years ago, is now loc ited at
Ryder.
Dr, hl.vfch has built up a splen
I di ! prictice to the westward,
with Seward as his headquart
ers
Joseph K Green has been ap
pointed Unite1 Sta-.es Deputy
Marshal at Hyder to succeed
Senator John Konan, resigned.
Mrs. Helen Hell, one of Alas
ka‘s hot known business women
vi'ire l Hyder recently.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given tint,
pursuant to nn acr, of the terri
torial legislature, there is here
by made, imposed and levied
upon each male person, except
soldiers, sailors in the navy or
i(.‘venue ecutterservice, volun
tei t firemen, paupers, insane
persons, or territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alaska
or the waters thereof, over the
age of twenty-one years and an
def the age of fifty years, an an
nual tax in the sum of live(S3.00)
dollars, to bo paid arid collected
m 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 otnei*
that, scnool 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
| ire hereby notified to pay said
I tax to the school tax collector,
and in case of failure to do so
the penalties provided in Sec
tion (i of chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be im
posed.
John Underwood.
School Tax Collector
Your persona] business interests would be bettered by a
bank connection. We believe* that this bank can serve you
advantageously.”
BANK OF ALASKA
Capital $17(),000.(X)
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
Cordova Skaoyvay Wrangell Anchorage
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 6th, 1919.
^he 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.
CALEB CORSER Supt. F. W. SOMMER Agent
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Legally arranged
Cordova, Alaska
A RT1C B ROTH ERHOO D
CAMP 38
Meets every Monday evening
at A. B. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1st.
Initiation Fee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickel 1 A. 0.
McCarthy, Alaska
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