Weekly
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday ju iy 3rd 1920
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NO. 36
Fourth of July
Celebration
Prospects fora great time
this week end are more than
bright. All prepara'
tions have been made by resid
ents and visitors continue to
arrive , On Monday there is
sure to be something doing for
every minute of the day, and
lastly but by no means least the
Big Ball.
Running race for tiny tots, ev
ery plrtce a prize.
A bucking contest is being a
rranged and a special exhibition
of riding.
Winners of Ball (lame $50
100 yd Free f<>r all 10.
Ladies Race 5.
Girl’s race 10 to M 4 & 2
Boys race 10 to 14 1st $4 2nd 2.
Free for all 0 - 10 1st $4. 2nd 2.
Free for all under 0 1st $2.2ndl
Sack racs free for all $5. ,v 2.50
Fgg & spoon race two prizes
Potato race
Peanut race 14 and 1 50.
Packing contest 1st prize $15.
2nd prize 10.
Its going
To be at
Pete
Johnson’s
T>
Head about your Sourdough
friends in the Pathfinder. Read
• >f the development that has
been done already in this yreat j
to rritory.
TOWN TOPICS
Mr. Daniel Jones, superintend
ent of road work for the Alaska
Koad Commission paid a visit
| to McCarthy this week to en
| quire into the needs of this part
j of the country.
He also made a trip to Nizina
river and the trail where the
wagon road is to be built.
He says that the A. R. C. has
enough money to do some good
work if labor can be obiained.
Mr. Jones will use every ef
fort to secure funds for the I
| building of a bridge over the I
river also, for, as he rightly j
I argues, that need is as great as |
j the wagon road.
Two carloads of freight arr-<
| ived, including horses, inachin
; ery and supplies. The camp is
! being pitched today and right!
latter tin* Fourth the work will ;
I be in full swing. Messrs. Mike
Johnson. Tedd y Holmes, and |
•I, S. Taylor arrived on yester
day s train to be employed by
| the A . R, (J.
(Jus Johnson can use twenty j
men on the Road Commission
work. Four dollars and board.
Good chance to make S600. &!
board before snow flies.
The local restaurants are
working overtime to be in read
iness to handle the crowds
next Monday. They say there
will be no shortage oi good eats
Our local attorney, .foe Mur • I
ray, arrived from the head of
Young creek on Tuesday last |
and will remain over for the >
Fourth. Air. Murray has
had a considerable amount of
dead work to do on his proper
ty this season but expects to
be in good shape for mining
very shortly' and then all the
gold in the boxes will be velvet.
Charles .mb he is bringing!
a. large party in from the Moth '
er Lode Mines.
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I
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Ben Jackson and his partner
returned today f om their hunt
in^ and prospecting trip to the
head of the Chisana. They
had a perfectly wonderful time
as per usual, but brought back
no bear.
Mail from Shushanna arriv
ed Thursday evening.
The Government survey par
ty which has been camped
here for some weens is moving
six miles out on Sourdough trail
today. Ceorge Ander
sen's teams were employed to
move the outfit.
Mi’s. Garvey passed through
McCarthy today, on her way to
join her husband on Rex Creek
Through the courtesy of the
officials of the Copper River &
N. \\. Ry. Co. our regular mail
service has been augmented
by special trios, averaging at
least two outside mails per
week which are more thsn ap
preciated by the town folks.
We will be pleased to show
our customers the Hart Scharf
fner & Marx Suits which have
just arrived at the McCarthy
Mercantile co.
Mi*. A. C. Baldwin, U. S. Sur
veyor, arrived on yesterday’s
train: He leaves in a few day8
to survey Hie Tjosevig property.
A carload of horses arrived
yesterday, sixteen of which
were s<»ld within an hour to the
M u rie Transfer.
NOTICE
I wish to thank the following
for contributing so liberally to
wards the street cleaning in
McCarthy for the Fourth.-Alice
McAllister, Hotel Golden, Mrs.
Cope, •). B. O’Neill, Blanche
Smith, George Andersen, Merle
Lee, Post Office, Lillian Allen,
Jack Conway, Archie Pauline.
v Lee Yancy.
CHITINA NEWS
Special to News.
Chitina is having a good fish
i ing season. Grayling are plen
. tiful in the lakes, trout are be
ing caught in O’Brien creek &
salmon in plenty dipped from
the Copper river.
T e travel from the interior
is keeping up steadily, every
stage having capacity loads,
At the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. O. A. Nelson, a very pretty
wedding occurred on the last
day of June, the contracting par
ties being Miss Evelyn Johnston
formerly if Sault Ste Marie
Mich, and Mr. Lawrence Brown
who has resided for the past
year here.The bride was charm
i ing in a white embroidered voile
and carried a shower bouquet
| of wild roses and buds which
j were tied with narrow stream -
I ers of pale pink ribbon, a larger
i bow completing the beautiful ef
feet. The bridesmaid was Miss
j Nita Johnstone sister of the
i bride, becomingly attired in a
j costume of rose and white silk
jjersey. The bridegroom, who
| served his country in the aviat
; ion service in France looked ex
! ceedingly well in his uniform.
Mr. Paul Schwartz who also
served overseas,was groomsman
attired in the uniform of the U.
| S. Infantry. The ceremony was
j performed by J udge O’Connor
i in the presence of relatives and
intimate friends.
i EVERYTHING FRESH lor the
j FOURTH,- Watermelon, Cantel
j opes, Cucumbers, cherries, rhu
! barb and tomatoes. Turkeys,
I fresh killed broilers and fryers
| Imported Roquefort. Oregon
| Cream and Limburger cheese.
: Prices attractive.
R. L.H. Marshall.
Pete Erickson. Charlie Ander
son and W. F. McKay, all of
j Kennecott, renewed their sub
j scriptions to the “News’* for
| another year.