THE
McCarthy weekly news
Watered as second class mailer. Sepiem
ber 17th, 1918. at the tost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under ihe Aci of
March 3. 1819.
L. M. Lander Manager
It. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday May 12, 102-1.
Farm Machinery Rates
The commodity rate recently declared
by the C. R. & N.W. on farm im
plements would seem to presage a gen
duction on all freight raees.
The present head of the railroad, Mr
Knickabocker, was at one time con
nected with a railroad in the States
that had been constructed for the pur
pose of taking out ore from a group
of mines. As time passed the mines
began to be worked out, so the owners
of the railroad were faced with the al
ternative of developing new revenue,
or closing down. The road passed a
undeveloped farming country, and all
all efforts were bent toward coloniza
tion. The result is, that today this
road is paying a better dividend than
during the days of mining activity.
The present operating expenses of
the C.R. & N.W. total around three
million dollars per year and during
the year ending 1922, one hundred and
seventy some regular trains went from
Cordova toKennecott, and back, Thus
each trip cost approximately seventeen
thousand dollars. Naturally with oper
ating expenses so so high the freight
rates are pretty steep.
There is not enough business to do
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LEGAL ADVERTISING
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska
April 21, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that Matilda
P. Roberts, of McCarthy, Alaska, who,
on April 21, 1923, made homestetd
entry, No. 04176, for NH.1/^, EV£N
wy4, lot 1, Section 17, Township 5
S, Range 14 E, Copper Fiver Merid
ian, has filed notice of intention to
make final three-year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be
fore William D. Coppernoll, at Mc
Carthy, Alatla, on the 9th day of
June, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Wm. Godfrey, of Kennecot, Alaska
Charlie Kello, of Kennecott, Alaska
R.L.H. Marshall, ot McCarthy, Alaska
Nils Tjosevig, of McCarthy, Alaska
Prank A. Boyle
Register.
Date of first publication April, 28,
date of lastpublicaticn M;y IC, 1123
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
Notice Is Hekeby Given that
the undersigned has been duly appoin
ted School Tax Collector for McCar
thy District in conformity with Alaska
Session Laws, 1916, and amendments
thereto.
All male persons between the ages
of twenty-one and fifty years, except
soldiers in the U.S. Army or sailors in
the Revenue Cutter Service, volunteer
firemen, paupers and insane persons,
are subject to a tax in the sum of Five
($5.Cu) Dollars.
Should you be livi ng in Alaska pri
or to the first Monday in April, 1923
said tax is delinquent after May 1st,
1923. Should you arrive in Alaska la
ter than the first date above mentioned
tax will be delinquent thirty days after
your arrival, or ten days after notice is
given you.
All persons, firms or corporations
employing labor shall furnish list of
employees to collector and are author
ized by law to deduct amount of tax
from wages of employees.
Fines and imprisonment are provid
ed by the Act above quoted for those
who neglect to pay tax or furnish list
of employees.
Dated at McCarthy,, Alaska, May 10th
1923.
R. E. Lander
School Tax Collector for McCarthy
District
but very little rate cutting as yet. How
ever, with the new commodity tariff on
m McCarthy sa
M DRUGSTORE M
CONFECTIONARY,JEWELRY & NOTIONS
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LONG LAKE ROAD HOUSE
LAKINA GAME FIELD —
The Best Place For
HUNTING PARTIES
Sheep, Goats, Bear, Grouse and Ducks.
FOR FISHING
Grayling and Trout
TROLLING
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IN SEASON.
Gas-boat or Ro wheat ary time Gcrd Board Home Conking
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THE ALASKA CAFE
Under New .Management
Private Boxes
PROMPT AND COURTEOUS
SERVICE
CKarlev Ukong
Propriefor
farm machinery in effect, farmers w ill |
be a >le to get in labor saving
device,, from the outside that will
speed up production, make land clear
ing eas e , nnd bring in more families
to this section.
With mare people in the country
more supplies will be needed and the
railroad will naturally reduce rates with
the increase of revenue. %
And Then The Sugar Beet
Reports from the government ex
perimental farms indicate that sugar
beets grown in Alaska contain a large
amount of sugar and that it is of as
good grade as the sugar produced in
Montana. The main thing needed to
grow beets is water and plenty of sun
shine. All theories of this industry a
gree that the more sunlight a beet
crop, has the more the sugar content.
There is certainly enough sunshine
and plenty of moisture in this coun ry
to grow plenty of beets.
Why doesn't some farmer put in a
small crop, have it analyzed, and if the
result is good, try for a cooparative re
finery.
Missouri Editor Peeved
” The editor does not want anyone
to send him any more copies of his
paper in which they find mistakes.’
c impl&ins a Missouri exchange. ” I f
they find a perfect copy however, he
will pay a big price for it. If the fool
critic hunts for mistakes in newspaper s
and finds them all, he is kept busy.We
will be pleased to buy copies of any
papers that can be proven entsrc.v
free of errors, either typographically
or in statement of fact. We will also
be pleased to find a merchant who
never made a mistake putting up an
order; a lawyer who never lost a case
through his own errors; a doctor who
has never wrongly diagnosed a case; o
a druggist who never made a mistake:
a post ffice official who gever put mail
in the wrong box; a woman who has
never forgotten to put in Salt while
she was cooking or to put tea in the
tea pot before putting in the water.
Bring in some of your mistakeless
paragons who find it so easy to crit.
icize the newspapers and we’ll give ’em
the chance of their lives to find out if
they are really human.”
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