THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the lost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
R. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, January 9, 1926
THREE FREIGHTERS
ALASKA RUN
WASHINGTON - The Unit
ed States Shipping Board today
sold to the Alaska Steamship
Company three vessels, Jeptha,
Depere, Derblay for the insig
nificant sum of $270,000.
SEATTLE — The three ships
sold today to the Alaska Steam
ship Company by the Shipping
Board are steel vessels '>000
deadweight tons each, and are
now in Lake Union and are pure
ly freight ships. A statement
concerning the purchase of the
ships given out this afternoon
from the office of the g neral
manager of the Alaska Steam
ship Company says, “Thrse
ships are being added to our
fleet to increase its flexidility
and to put the Company in a
position to take care of the
largest seasonal peak business
that might develop in Alaska,
both as to frequency of sailings
and in enlarged capacity.
hounds Like It
Grace: He is a man with r.n
iron nerve, a will of steel, but a
heart of gold.
Jacw: Ah, a man of mettle!
TOURIST PLANS
FOR SUMMER
Pleased with the success of
last summer’s tourist party, the
New York agency of Gillespie,
Kinports and Beard is planning
to bring another group through
Alaska next season. The booklet
announcing the tour reached
Cordova on the last mail. The
agency brought a party of twen
ty five through Cordova last
summer, taking them over the
Richardson Highway.
WE LEARN
EVERY DAY
(JuneauEmpire)
In answer to a request from
a Juneau reader of MacFadden
Publications, Inc., for entrance
of the joung man of the home I
into a contest for which a Han
ger “motorbike” is listed as the
prize, the following reply lias
been received:
“It was our hope tint we'
could let the Ranger "motor, j
bike” offer apply to all of our
readers, regardless of where
they live, but we have since
found that the duty which will
be necessary when sending a|
bicycle either to Canada or a I
foreign country, is far too heavy
to permit us to make the offer j
outside of the United States
“Therefore, it is with con-!
siderable regret that we tell you j
that you are ineligible to com
pete for our bicycle offer in its
present form.
“jlf we can arrange to purch
ase bicycles in your country,!
thus eliminating the duty, we
will let you hear from us again.”
Just The Boy For The Job
Father: “I want to appren
tice my boy to you.’
Master Plumber: “Where is
e r
Father: “Well-er—he forgot
his references and has gone
back home for them.’’
Master Plumber: “Righto!
I’ll take him!”—London Opinion.
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