THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septem
ber 17ill, 1918. at the lost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March B. 1879.
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Satuiday April29th .19-22.
PRIMARY ELECTION
McCarthy on Election Day
was even quieter than usual, al
tho lots or campaigning was
done. Galen secured a forty per
cent majority without much of
fort. Our old friend Frank Fos
ter topped the polls with 52.
There being no contest on the
Democratic ticket all but two
Democrats stayed at home.
RANCH HORSE BURNT
( Valdez Miner )
Sergeant Row bottom, of the
Signal Corps, wired to the Val
dez on Tuesday morning that
the ranchehouse of Frank Bing
ham, at Willow Creek had been
destroyed by fire the night be
fore.
Rowbottom stated that when
he arrived at the ranch house
on Tuesday morning nothing re
mained of it but a few smoking
timbers.
Bingham was not there, nor
had he found any trace of him
at any of the stations either bo
the north or south.
i
j
j Believing that there was a pos
sibility that Mr. Bingham might
[have met his death in the fire
j that destroyed his home, U, S.
j Attorney Sherman Duggan
j started an investigation to learn
i what had become of him. In
| response to a message of en
jquiry from Mr, Duggan, Sgt.
j Rowbottom answered that he
j arrived at the Willow Creek
j ranch house at 8 O’clock Tuesday
i and found it it in smoking ruins
[and that there was no sign of
j the owner about, that he search
ed through the ashes without re
! suit.
The horses and cattle were a
bout the blaee but there was
only a sufficient quantity of feed
in sight to feed the three calves.
A burnt alarm clock found in
the ruins had stopped at 1.55.
In front of the ruins were
piled considerable bedding, fur
robes, a heater stove and heavy
box of goods. In the toilet were
found five guns and a fur coat
and in a canvaa frame cache
were found books and clothing
which had the appearance of hav
ing been recently placed there.
A dining table, with certain
eatables, was found to the north
of the house.
This salvage, which had un
doubtedly entailed considerable
labor and time, caused Sgt,
Rowbottom, who bad Knowledge
if the local reputation of Bing
ham for eccentricity, to make
•a make a more diligent search
for the missing man, but with
out success.
George Forback, of Cordova,
who was en route to the Slate
creek diggings, told Sgt, Row
bottom that he had seen Bing
ham at the Kenney Lake road
house on the night, of the 17th.
(Monday ) and that Bingham
stated he had intended going
with McCrary, but that McCrary
was a day ahead of him.
The Kenny Lake roadhouse is
twelve miles south of Willow
Creek.
COURT NEWS
Through her Attorney, Mr.
i Medley, Mrs Nils Tjosevig has
j taken an appeal to the District
Court from the decision of the
Probate J udge, McCarthy Pre
cinct, awarding the property to
the widow and the dissallowance
of the administratrix’s fees and
expenses in the estate John Un
i derwood, deceased.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
COOWNER
To G, Sestich
His Heirs and Assigns:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
That during the calendar year
1920, the undersigned expended
more than One hundred dollars
on each claim in labor and im
provements upon the Rambler
group of Copper claims, situa
ted along the Dan Creek, a trib
utary of the Nizina River, in the
Nizina (unorganized) Mining Dis
trict within the McCarthy Re
cording Precinct, in the Terri
tory of Alaska, in which lode
mining locations you claim an
undivided 1-3 interest as shown
by the Notices of location, there
of on record in said recording
precinct,
That said labor was perform
ed and the expenditure and im
provements made as and for the
annual labor for the respective
calendar year by the provisions
of the Revised Statutes of the
United States,, and amendments
thereto, concerning annual labor
and improvements upon mining
claims, and the amount so ex
pended was the amount requir
ed by law to hold said claims for
the year 1920, during which the
same was expended.
You are therefore indebted to
the undersigned in the sum of
$333,33,1/j and an additional
sum of $1V,50-recording fees, a
total of $350,83,V3 and you are
notified that unless you contrib
ute and pay the undersigned
your portion of such expendi
ture as a co-owner to wit:
The sumof $350,83,within
ninety days after the personal
service of this Notice upon you
or within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, which
ninety days shall be computed
from the date of the last publi
cation as below stated, your
claim will be forfeited to the un
dersigned who has made such
expenditure and will become his
property in the manner provided
by law.
Payment of such amount may
be made to the Post Master, Mc
Carthy, Alaska, or by deposit to
the credit of the undersigned
with the McCarthy Mercantile
Co. at McCarthy, Alaska.
Dated this 23rd. day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1922
George Marhoffer.
First Publication Feb 25th.l922.
Last Publication May 13th. 1922.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Office of Chief Clerk.
Cordova, Alaska.
April 11th, 192?
Proposals will be received at
this office until May 5th, 1922,
for the performance of the fob
lowing service:
From McCarthy to Chisana.one
round trip a month, weight of
mail one hundred and fifty
pounds a single trip, each way,
running time not to exceed seven
days in each direction.
No bond will be required of
the successful bidder, but a sat
ibfac-tory guarantee will be re
quired from a responsible party
oucliing for the ability and re
sponsibility of the bidder.
Such guarantee should accom
pany each proposal.
Bids on this service should be
made stating the price per
round trip.
Alvali Eames,
Chief Clerk.
ORDER
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