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O.F.M. COLK. MANAGER
M. M.COLE. EDITOR
McCarthy, Alaska,
Saturday. December!"!. 1917
FROft* WAR AND
SEDmCfc, € COD LORD
DELIVER ?JS!
With the declaration of war
ui>en Austria, making five mil
lion more. dien enemies. — the
President’s :instructions as to
the treatment o} these — and
Gove* revs intituling of a
Council of lo fence, we are look
ing serious matters closely in the
face.
Noting tic recent visit of
the [ S. M a rshal with the Pros
ecutir.g Attorney, and its sob
sequent results; we know that
the arm of the law is I ke the
mills of God
” Tr.o they grind exceeding
slowly
Yet thei grind exceeding
small.”
The spread of German pro
paganda is alarming—rnd yel
we know it rests with each and
everyone of us to fight it.
Every part of the Union suf
fers from the pest in some form
In Denver Black Hand letters
are prevalent. In Halifax mu
nition explosions take place. On
our own Coast are many ship
wrecks. In cities Red Cross
chapters are attacked with ac
cusations of graft—all these aid
the power of Kultur.
The man who covers up sediti
ous utterances is as much a
traitor as the speaker—and the
person who pooh poohs the need
for saving food, is another dis
ciple of Wilhelm.
It behooves us in our daily
routine to put a stop to this and
to make opportunities for doing
Furthermore; on no account
should officers of organizations
to aid the war be other than
citizens of unquestioned loyalty
to the Stars and Stripes.
The President’s instructions
regarding the treatment of alien
enemies within our gates strikes
home to some of our townspeople
whom we have known and res
pected many years. It is hard
that the innoceot must suffer
with the guilty, but at thessme
time it was harder for the unsus
pecting Belgian* when the dev
astating Hun overan their peace
ful lives, creating more havoc
than we <»;«n ever learn.
it was hard upon the victims
of the I.usit in";, and those in
raided homes in England, on
lonely widows and spinsters all
over the world.
Our own fair land is learning
agam to its cost that “War is.
Hell”.
But its better to smoke now
than to smoke hereafter
The cold December days
are come
To freeze the wicked and "the
good.
Some folks perhaps will
be quite numb.
Because the Smart Ore grabs
the Dull One’s wood.
McCarthy Movies
Sunday Night
Pa the News.
Drama.
Reels all First class.
Admission 75 cents,
School children 25 cents
J. H. MURRAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McCarthy, Alaska
F. N. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Legally Arranged.
DR. J. L. HAWES
Dentist
Back in six weeks.
Foster Building McCarthy
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Holiday Offerings
At The GOLDEN
Everything of the choic
est to drink:
In Bourdon Bonded
WHISKIES we offer,
John Walker,Yellowstone,
Old Taylor, Belmont, Old
Crow, Sunny brook.
In Rye we have Hermitage,
Golden Wedding and Amer
ican.
Also John Dewar & Son
Black & White and Perfect
ion SCOTCH WHISKIES.
Old Fay in Blend; and
Barrel Good?.
Three Star Hennessey
and Blackberry BRANDY.
Gordon, Holland, V. H. <&
Sloe GIN.
Ia WINES we have Nmtvo
Cliquot or CHAMPAGNE,
Port, Sherry,Claret, French
& Italian Vermouth, anb att
aorta 0f LIQUEURS,