THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class mailer. Septem
ber 17th, 191S. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act ol
March 3. 1879.
L. M. Lander Manager
R. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday March 22, 1924
Let the Editors Talk It Over
The Washington Journalistic Asso
ciation holds an annual convention
which is attended by practically every
editor in the state. The meetings are of
great benefit, especially to the small
town and country editor, wl o returns
home refreshed and brimful of new
ideas. We have for a long time cherish
a dream that the editors of Alaska
might some day hold a convention.
If the idea meets with the approval
of our brethern of the press, we shall
at once dig up the family savings bank
which we relegated to the scrap heap
when we assumed the editorial chaii,
and all that remains of our monthly
income after the butcher and baker
have been paid will be hoarded into the
convention fund. With luck, we will
no doubt be able to attend, if the con
veniion isn i held before 1*135.
Each conun unity represented would
be immensely uelped, as methods of ad
vtnising and e c. would be fully discus
sea. 1 nt ieiiin-ry would be more close
iy knit together, as a program of adver
tising Ala-.ka could be adopted that
wo.ud iavor i.ocne section. A campaign
u educate xviaskans on all of Alaska
by means of the Territorial papers
ought to be arranged.
But by far the greatest good would
be to the editors themselves. What a
glorious feeling to mingle with those
who know that editors are but human,
that they "eat the same food, wear the
same clothes, are wet by the same rain
warmed by the same sun and moved by
he same emotions” as other folks. We
Alaskans Outside
L. H. Biow and wife formerly
residents of this section, have
been living at Riverside, Califor
nia for the past two years, but
are now planning on removing to
Carlsbad Beach, which is not
far from San Diego.
Mrs. Caleb Corser and two.
children, Jeanette and Catherine
have been living at Glendale Cal
iiornia, since last September
They will spend the hot months
of the summer at one of the
beaches. At present. Mr.Corser’s
mother is visiting the family.
Louis Day and wife, formerly
of this section, have a delightful
home in Zenith, a suburb of Sea
ttle.
Mrs. William James, who went
out for medical treatment last
fall, is much improved in health,
but will remain in the states un
til completely cured.
Mrs. Jake Nafsledof the Lower
Tonsina, who went outside for an
operation at the Virgina Mason
Hospital, Seattle, is now residing
with he*r sister, Mrs. S. B. Thom
as of Monrovia, California- Her
health is greatly improved anu
she is getting terribly homesick
for Alaska.
F. A. Ivtrsonancl wife, who
have spent tile past winter tour
ing Washington, Oregeon and
California, are returning passeu
gers on tiie steamer leaving Sea
ttle today. They will probably ar
rive in McCarthy on next Satur
day’s train.
There’s Always A Reason
When attending a formal din
ner Don’t:
Whistle during the soup cour-e
maybe the host iias provided oth
er music.
Ask who the homely mutt at
would suggest that the Stroller bring
his sob room along, with an assistant
preferably a lady, if he can secure on*
as comDetent as himself. After spilling
our tales of woe on the Stroller’s — and
his assistant’s shoulder — we’d all come
back refreshed, with renewed vigor to
endure our martyrdom until our sav
ings bank was ready to be opened again
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOORS
TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT, PLACE THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DEPOSIT IN AN
ENVELOPE AND MAIL TO US. IF YOU SEND CURRENCY, REGISTER YOUR
LETTER. BY RETURN MAIL YOU WILL RECEIVE A BANK BOOK SHOWING
YOUR DEPOSIT.
THE FIRST BANK 2F CORDOVA
RESOURCES NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS
drafts On All parts Of The World, money remitted by telegraph.
THE ALASKA CAFE
UnJfr New Manojcmrnt
Private Boxes
PROMPT and COURTEOUS
SERVICE
Lem 11
Proprietor
m McCarthy h
« DRUGSTORE S»
If'YOU’RE going out in the sun
SNOW GLASSES
ARE ESSENTIAL
We Have Them
Hen J ick.son
Proprietor
Yes! You bet I go to
THE OWL
For a game of cards
Or to see the boys
It’s that new place
Just opened on
FRONT STREET
Louis Man chi ni Prop.
| the end of the table is; it may be
your neighbor’s ex-husband.
Don’t discuss the oil scan da}
| someone present may be involv
ed.
Don’t comment on the rotten
stuff served; it comes from the
same bootlegger as yours.
Don’t pretend to recognize the
silver; you may have to borrow
! some yourself some day.
Don’t teil the sweet young
j thing at your l ight how charm
j ingshe is; your wife may be look
.
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Old Whaling Station
Now A Herring Saltery
The summer’s work at the her
ring saltery located ac Port Arm
strong, about two hundred miles
I
south of Juneau, is h h 11 swing
The port is beautifully located
in a spot protected bv outlying
islands from the sea. It was for
merly an important whaling sta
tion, but the immense buildings
are now mostly idle and the
wharf piling sadly in need of re
pairs.
Busy Season At Canneries
A number of canneries, inelu
cling the Chomley Cannery north
of Ketchikan have begun prep a
rations for the season’s work
carpenters and supplies having
arrived on the last boats. Trave
lers returning from the states
report that the operators and em
| ployees are [eager to leave the
cities and come North for the