The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday June 19th 1920
N0.34.
Fourth of July
Celebration
With cash donations in hand
of $175. the Committee for ti e
4th of July celebration announce
that a program of attractions
will be provided, which will
afford amusement for old and
young.
Posters are being prepared
with the list of events, the prize
for each one will be cash
The crowning attraction will
be the dance in the evening,
with the special music of the
Kenneeott Jazz zz Band.
Victor Marshall underwent a
minor operation at Kcnnecoft
hospicrl lasv Monday and is re
covering rapidly His mouier
spent, several days witn dim
this week.
Mrs. George Scottentertaili
ed at her car on Kailioau liov\
last Sunday afteircii Tile
guests were 12 of the children
and the same number of ladies.
Dainty fruit punch, ice cream &
cake were served.
Mr. H. H. Waller, U.S.survey
or arrived htre on Wednesday
from Seattie en route to Chisa
na, where he will spend several
months surveying the Sargent
property at Nabesna,
He left with Murie’s pack train
next moruing
Andy Taylor and Bill Grah
am arrived from Chisana last
night, the first over that trail
since the break up.
Jimmy Brown and Lou Hend
erson left for Chisana this morn
ing to get Jimmy's pack string
and return here unreadiness for
hunting parties.
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SOURDOUGH TRAIL
The good news has been re
ceived in town that there 1s a
licod chance that some work
may be done on the Sourdough
trail after all this summer.
During Mr. Waller’s stay in
McCarthy he stated that it was
Col. Gotwals intention to have
the work done as some addition
al funds had been secured.
The question of naming the
r >ad foreman also came up. It.
is generally considered that as
Gus Johnson made such a good
job of the first part of the road
he is the logical man to finish it
Tom Lyi.ch is spending some
time at the Regal property, su
pervising the assessment work
!• > Uiis yen'. Mike Knowles
u il Wyrick are there also
. Whelan arrived from Cal
| : t 1 I is vu t-l and proceeded
ce o ;)an < ’ eek to take the
>s ,<> <-i .or* ti n with Mr. G
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o'- t 4\ EWS
• o;!'U!.u ro set the
* u;u » d * 'ox cai last
» • . i.ii5u. V\. H Uong
• y * in tell, *11' b is now
Co ..(* iho ;.os(j]lui.
Tne X i ty develo > *d tue f ict
that one oo ie beiow tne c.irtle
is broken wnicn will necessitate
a cast being pi iced on ins toot
lor soil) - weeks.
„ Harry vY il.sou (Scotty) is in
inmat0 01 uie hospital through
colliding with an ore bucket.
He hopes, oovvever to iiave re
coveied sufficiently to give a
wrestling exnibition on the 4th.
Oapt ana Uichard Osborne
are rejoicing over the ai rival
of a little son yesterday.
Mrs. Schwartz and little baby
daughter nave made such won
derful progress in the last two
weeks that they leave on to
morrows train for their home
in Chitina.
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TELEGRAPHIC
(Special to the News)
AIRPLANES FOR ALASKA
Seattle, June/|8. Special to News
An airplane service is being
established by the Alaska Air
craft Transportation Co be
tween Valdez, Fairbanks. Idit*
rod and Nome, about the end of
July, according to James P. Ho
man., secretary of the company.
Seattle Two hundred work
ers for the Alaska Government
Railroad, arrived here todav
from San Francisco on their
way north.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Los Angeles. Secretary Dan
iels and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt are aboard a war ship
and plan to inspect Alaskan
i waters soon after the Democrat
ic Convention.
AIRPLANE SPECIALS
j Co enhagen is planning to use
! sea planes for seal whale hunt
ing in Denmark straits this
summer
Spokane. E. E. Tattersfield
after leaving an airplane with a
parachute was struck by anoth
er plane but saved himself after
falling four hundred feet by
opening a second parachute.
Pensacola. Fla, Two seaplanes
crashed in midair killing Wm.C.
Livingston who fell five hundred
feet into the gulf.
Excelsior; Mo. George M. Und
erwood lost a hand and a leg
today, through a train running
over him when bandits had
tieu him to the track
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
San Francisco, June 18.Special
to News Contractors are
(throwing a high board feice a
. round the auditorium to prevent
the Democratic convention being
rushed
Washington. D. C. Attorney
General Palmer inaugurated the
prosecution of the soft coal prof
iteers today.
TOWN TOPICS
Notices of tne General Elect
ion to be neia on November
-rid, nave oeen pust-u today.
in aduiuon ui loo voting pre
cincts already e»t<ohslied in
tins district, a new one nas been
made wiui a poihug l,iace at the
Mother L.oue buimiiouse.
The Government survey, in
charge of Mr. r red Uahiquist
is in camp at mile idl. The
party is at present sectiornzing
tins district, as an aiu to home
steaders. Tiie party includes
Messrs. Arnold, Collins, ward
Fisher Bros. Bussey uu Sim
onses.
R. L. H Marshall lanued a
carload of gasoline last wee a.
Dick Woodman has secured
the contract lor removing i.isu*
laters and wire from tne old
Mother Lode telephone line .id
has started the work.
Fine maps of Alaska, Kroll’s
pocket map and traveller’s
guide, showing all the latest
information, just received at the
Post Office store. $1.0u.
Read about your Souraough
friends in the Pathfinder. Read
of the devolopment that nas
been done already in this great
territory.