THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the Fost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
K. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, May 10, 1925
"IN THE SPRING
A YOUNG MAN’S
FANCY ETC.-”
“Ho, Ho, Hum.” we yawned,
as we sat staring vacantly at a
piece of paper upon which we
were vainly striving to conjure
something which might serve to
fill up that empty column, for to
morrow would be Saturday and
'time and tide’ never yet waited
for the weary editor.
‘ Springtime may be a wond
erful season for love lorn swains
to pen impassioned notes and
grind out mushy sonnets, mutt
ered we, but it is 'the bunk’ for
inspiring ideas in the brains ol
budding journalists, while the
great outdoors beckons with
both hands for us to cone out
and gambol awhile in some sunny
n >ok.” And despite all our eff
mts our usually dormant brain
seemed more stagnant than ever
and the elusive ideas refused to
take lot m. We ranged over a',1
current topics from “Henry
corn's Air Flivver" to the “Price
®f potatoes in Sweden,” and from
the “Boll Weevil Epidemic in Sou
th America” to “Who put the Nc
In the Probate Court, McCarthy Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division, Territory
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of
Austin E. Trim, deceased.
No. 70
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly and regularly
appointed administratrix of Austin E.
Trim, deceased, by said court on the
6th day of May 1925, and has qualif
ied as such administratrix. That the
creditors and all persons having claims
against the said estate are requested to
present the same, with proper vouchers,
within six months after the publication
og this notice, to the undersigned at
her place of residence and business in
the town of McCarthy, Alaska.
Dated at McCarthy, Alaska this 6th
day of May, 1925.
Bessie G. Trim
Administratrix of the estate of
Austin E. Trim, deceased.
rth Pole in ihe middle of the
Artie Ocean, and why didn’t they
pick a more convenient place?”,
but rejected them all as unserv
iceable. Even the Standard Diet
ionary ot Facts, refused to insp
ire us and that vacant space look
ed bigger every minute.
But we knew that our dreams
would be haunted if we went to
bed. without finishing it so we
took a plunge and for twenty
minutes we scribbled furiously
in an effort to collect, congregate,
segregate and otherwise put to
gether a conglomeration of ‘bunk’
which might pass under t he guise
ot an editorial. Which done we
heaved the pencil at the cat, kick
ed over the chair and stumbled
into bed
The way of the t. ansgressor
is a veritable path of roses com
pared with the thorny trail of ye
weary editor and il you don’t
think so just try it once.
Uncle—"Well, and how many
times were you spanked in sch
ool today?”
Kid — “J dunno. I never take no
notice of what goes on behind my
back.
We know a girl who is so
j dumb she thinks a boycott is a
little bed.
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