THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the Post Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
L. M. Lander Manager
R. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday March 24, 1923.
Pep, Push and Progress
When men men get together in this
North of ours the conversation invari’
ably turns to "What is wrong with the
country?”, and after everyone advances
bis private idea as to how the millen
ium could be attained, someone gener
ally advances the right answer, which
is,’’Plenty of pep will push a district
aloag and compel it to progress".
Alaska is similar to all sparsly set
tled countries, in that ev eryone works
toward his own ends independently
of his fellows. This holds true with the
hunter, the trapper, the miner the
merchant and the general population.
We all lose sight of the fact that
to attain a good road or trail, an enter
t ainment or any economic betterment,
everyone must boost. We are prone
t o put a thing to one side and then
to forget entirely.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
fully typifies the importance of the
citizens all working for the advance
ment of community wealth. Results
already obtained prove that by impro
ving business as a whole the individ
ual enterprise is benifited accordingly.
This group of men persistently adver
tise the op portunities presented to all
homeseekers and investors who wish fo
settle in Alaska. This is not done on
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account of any love for Alaska, but as
a cold business proposition. Every
new settler and enterprise that comes
to this country means just that much
more trade for Seattle. We buy most
of our groceries from Seattle houses
so the greater the population of Alaska*
the greater Seattle's prosperity.
This same propositon also applies to
the different districts in Alaska. We
all realize that were the numerous val*
leys adjacent to McCarthy equipped
with a system of roads and trails this
town would materially benefit from
j mines being opened up. Were any new
prospects developed the owners would
be able to put machinery and supplies
on the ground and operate at a profit.
The completion of the Nizina bridge
will enable the operators on the dif
ferent creeks to cut down on their
overhead and thus ensure a profit from
poorer ground.
At the present time the Copper
River valley, from one end to the
other is filled with opportunities, and
everyone should bend every effort to
ward realizing on them. This can be
done if all of us will Push the opportu
nities of the district foward with more
Pep; When we do this we will
witness Progress.
Herring Industry shows Large Gains
Better methodh of curing
and packing Washington and
Alaska hsrring has increased
the value of the herring pack
from $27,462 in 1912 to $3,600,000
in 1922.
Until recent years, imported
pickled herring usurped the
market in this country, about
100,000,000 being brought in
from foreign shores.
The war cut off imports
and the U.S. Bureau of Fisher
ies took up the task of educa
ting the Northern packers. After
a period of two years the Bur
eau turned their work over to
the Fisheries College of the Uni
versity of Washington.
Education along this line has ac
Bomplished a gain of approxim
ately $3,570,000 in 1922 over the r
L912 pack.
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ORIGIN OF THE OPAL
A dew-drop came, with a sparli
of flame
He had caught from the sun’s
last ray,
To a violet’s breast, where he lay
at rest
Till the hour brought back
the day.
The rase looked down, with a
blush and frown
But she smiled all at once* to
view
Her own bright form, with its
coloring warm, '
Reflected back by the dew.
Phen the stranger took a stolen
look
At the sky, so soft and blue
And a leaflet green, with its
silver sheen
Was seen bj the idler too.
A cold north wind, as he thus
reclined,
Of a sudden raged around;
And a maiden fair, who was
walking there,
Next morning, an opal found
This above all: to thine own
self be true;
And it must follow, as the night
the day,
Thou canst not then be false to
any man.
—Shakespere
A great memory does not
make a philosopher any more
than a dictionary can be called a
grammer. —Cardinal Newman