THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second olass matter. Sepiem
ber 17th, 1918. at the l ost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
U. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, January 24, 1925
LOOK AHEAD
On all sides these days one
hears persistent grumbling and
worry ing about the hard times!
and general lack of activity in
the town and about the district,
and one gathers the general imp.
cession that 1 uin, disastrous ami
sure, is slowly descending on ;
our fair burg.
Gone is the spirit of optim
ism and cheerfulness which pre
vailed during the past summer,
fall and early winter, when things
were thriving and general prosp
erity was shaking hands with ev
eryone in general. It only takes
a few short weeks to change the
outlook upon the bright and sun
ny side and cause so many to see1
only the dark ana dismal.
It should be horn in mind
that this is a generally quiet p< r;
ioci oi tile year. N>*t only in our I
little corner of the globe but ov j
er the entire continent this cond J
itiou arises every year. Ii is the
reaction from the business and;
bustie a.K* rush of the year which
gradually increases until it reac
lu s the culminating point in the
holiday season about Christmas
and the New Year then stops to
take abreathing spell. In order
to function properly anything,
whether a piece of machinery,
vegetable growth, the human
body and brain, must have a cer
tin amount of rest,, of rustication
after which it will function agian
with renewed vigor and vitality.
This is what is happening now
and the pessimist, predicting cer-j
tian disaster and heaping abuse
upon our city, needs only to cast
his gaze a little way into the futu re
It is not so foggy that even the
nearest sghted may see pros
perty peeking around the corner!
and just waiting a while before
bursting on us with a smiling
countenance. It is held by many
that a period of renewed activity
is due for McCarthy and we share
the general belief that lbiW wiil
be the best Year that the town
has witnessed in many Years. |
One outstanding fealuie which;
is also one of the greatest causes
of a big slump and general bad
times is the fact that the average;
individual cannot stand pros-;
perity any better than lie stands
a depression. By this we mean
that about seventy five per (rent
of the peopie let prosperity' go
to there heads like strong wine
and fail to mane provisions aganst
the future. They begin to pros pel'
and immediately they build for
themselves palaces of luxury of
pleasure, of good living, forgetful
dial tnetr palace is a flimsy
structure built on the sands and
when the time conies when they
must pay lor their pleasure they
have nothing with winch to pay.
ImmediaLly a loud uprour is raised
someone has bought ruin upon us
our government has dragged us
into the mud and are a set oi
nincompoops;everyone is toblame
but themselves. An ancient sage
once made the remark tint noone
ever got something tor nothing.
If he got Ids just daserts he now
rests in tbe Elysia r'ields. favored
ol tie {.ics m d h h i itl wreath
odorns his br tv . £\ r no trueo
words were spoken,
The wise man lays up store while
he may agaeintstthe ime when he
may not. The foolish one spends
his bounty while he can get it and
when it stops he tries to hoi row
from his wiser neighbor,
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