THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter, Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the Post Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
K. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, December 5, 1925
STILL ON THE JOB!
Recent word received from
cx-Gov. Win. Sulzer shows that,
as might be expected of him, he
is still on the job every day untir
ing, in his efforts to bring1 heme
to those resporsible the necess
iiy of opening in') the rich remit
(ii j of Alaska with roads to help
those who are spending fortunes
in an effort to develop the count
iy
To us tliis suggests the N b
ezna and White River country,
rich in copper and gold quartz.
And as the time approaches h r
Congress to dole out to the Alas
ka Rond Commission its allow an
co for operations next year we
Should til. be on tire job with Mr.
Su z- r to s< e that our share is
forthcoming to extend the Sour
cough road toward this goal and
anu to change it from a hlinde
ail. v into a self supporting high
way which wbl, in fact, ’pay for
iiseil many times over when the
\/hhe River claims beg. n to
produce.
A Trustworthy Boy
Jimmy—“Tmister, chaise.”
( onductor— “ Where i«»r”
Jimmy - “Can’t tell ya, it’s
a surpi i>e , arty
STRONG PROTEST
VOICED BY BONE
IN C. S. MONITOR
In a brief statement to the 1
Christian Science Monitor, Bost
on, former Governor Scott C.
Bone recently protested strongly
against the abandonment of the
Alaska Railroad characterizing
such a step as “the height of
government folly in perfect keepi
ing with the short-sighted polio
ies that have throttled the Territ
ory ever since its purchase from I
Russia.”
The statement was made by
ex governor Bone at the telegra I
phic request of the Monitor. lt|
follows m full:
Will Be Profitable
‘'Such a course would be th#
height of governmental ioil.\ in
perfect keeping with the short
| sighted policies that have throttl
ed the territory ever since its
purchase from Russia. Of course
the 1 abroad is not at once a pay
ing proposition. This was true of
j the transcontinental roaus in the
ir earlier stages. Suite smen
whose vision did not reach bt y
! ond the Uocky mountains jeei*-d
j at those projects just as passim
: ists toaay with scant knowledge
of the Northland belittle the first
great step toward development
up there. Once Alaska is freed
from bureaucritic rule and perm
itted to go ahead, The Alaska
itailroud will pay and pay band
somely. Al/eady it is justifying
! itself in Oenef.t to the interior
and the territory as a whole
without any concurrent plan of
development and under an im
possible system 01 P'oueral ad
ministration.
“Alaska is costing* Uncle
Sam loo much. 1 am in perfect
I agreement with Congressmen
Trei.uway and Free on tnat score,
i lie expenses can and should be
materially curtailed, not by ab I
1 andoning the railroad and calling!
a halt to read and trail building, 1
i but by coordinating, concentrat j
ing and simplifying the official
system and bringing it close!
home to Alaska. Lt is a long
range rule and multiplying agen !
1 cies that involve the real burden!
and entail the actual waste.
i
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