THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class malter. Septem
her 17th, 19IS. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
li. M. Lauder Manager
It. K. Lander Editor
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Saturday January 5, 1024
Alaska’s Schools
That the Schools in Alaska are as
good as the schools in the states is daily
becoming a more recognized fact. Be
cause children do not get the frills of
education in this country, we have been
orone to look down on Alaska’s curricu
lum just a “Ieetle bit”.
There can be no better boost for A
iaska’s schools than the report cards of
students that go to the states for their
high school courses. An unusually
large percentage of these students make
grades anyone might be proud of. Per
haps only the brightest chileren reach
the states, but we don’t believe this to
the case. We do believe, however that
the Students have an unusually good
education given them at grammer
school, else they could not hold their
own at the outside institutions. Asth.
majority of these students come from
small villages or isolated spots where a
high school is unheard of we are com
pelled to believe that the three R’s are
drilled in far more thoroly than in a
city, because in the latter place there
are too many frills added to make edu
cation more, ‘‘attractive ’, ‘ interesting”,
Or in other words, easier to take.
The city child is prone to remember
the sugar coating on the pill but not
the pill itself. The educators who lay
down the rules would do well to rem
ember Aristotle’s homily, ‘there is no
royal road to learning”.
of washing his tooth brush live
or six minutes a day and stil^
having it dirty so he got busy
and evolved a new brush that is
perfectly steiile. When he was
outside last summer he applied
for a patent and received the in
dorsrmect of dentists, who state
that the invention should be a
world beater.
The new brush consists of tw0
parts, the brush proper and a
detachable bandit . handle and
brush separte very easily, and a
new brush is quickly put in.
According to present plans a
brush can be made for a nickel
and thus would enable anyone
making use of the contrivance to
have an absolutely sterile tooth
brush each day foi a very small
sum.
If the extra brushes can be
manufactured cheap enough the
inventor should realize quite a
lot from his idea.
Correction
.
Thru misinformation, it was
stated in last week’8 issue of the
News that the gingerbread boys
and animals received by the child
ren of McCarthy for Christmas
were sent by Judge Coppernoll.
The donor was Warren Nelson,
instead.
J. E. Barrett came in from the
Green Butte today, bringing Mrs
Barrett back from her visit.
Chitina
Passengers on Tuesday’s train
report seeing a bunch of ptarmi
gan consisting of several hun
dred bird8 at mile lo8.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Phillips
who have been conducting the
Loomis apartments in Seattle the
past year, are leaving Seattle to
day on the northbound Alaska.
Mr. Phillips was, for a number
of years, telephone operator at
the local depot, and they will vi
McCarthy
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sit here before settling down.
Mr. Joe Gyer. who formerly
was in charge of the roundhouse
at Chitina. returned to Cordova
on the last Northwestern.
, A couple of grizzly bear skins
slopped from here are being held
in Seattle oecase papei >, showing
ttiat the transportation license
Had been paid, did not accompa
ny them. Instead of requiring a
transportation license for the
shipping of their skins, a bounty
should be paid for grizzly bears,
which are very ferocious animals
in spite of Dr. iiornaday’s state
meat to the contrary.
Mrs. Nelson McCrary and two
little daughters are in from the
fox ranch on the Trail. They will
be guests of Mrs. Julius Struck
for a few weeks.
Five days of the new year are
passed. Are your resolutions as
lasting as the holiday heddache?
LEGAL
ADVERTISING
Notice of Forfeiture
To Fred B. Tracey—
Administrator of the Estate of Dr.
C. L. Hale.
The Heirs and Assigns of said Estate
You are hereby notified that I, the
undersigned, have performed the nec
essary amount of labor required by
law, viz 16 days per annum, to hold for
the years of 191 7-Tb-’20 22 and for
he year ending 12 o’clock meridian
time, July 1st, 192-3, the Powell Pla
cer claim. The above-mentioned claim
s situated on Rex creek, about S^/4
miles from the Nizina Postoffice, Ni
zina [unorganized] Recording District,
and is on record at the McCarthy, A
laska.
And if within ninety days after this
notice by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your portion of exDend •
iture as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will become the property of
the subscriber under Section 2324, re
vised Statutes of the United States.
A.Lj. Powell
First Publication Nov. 3, 1923.
Last Publication Jan 5, 1924.
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