The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, August 1, 1^5.
No. 31
I SEE BY THE
V,
PAPER THAT:
Jimmie Brown and Bill
Wyres came in with pack train
from Shushanna Sunday.
Harry Boyden and Bill
Berry also ‘tot in from the Shu
shanna country with ;i large
pack train Saturday and report
a very hard trip owing to the
swollen rivers. They were forced
to raft the outfit and swim the
horses in several places.
Myles (Scotty) Atkinson was
taken to Kennecott hospital yes
terday by Dr. Gillespie suffering
from an attach of influenza.
Now what we want to know
is who is coming down to look
for Enoch?
Miss Ruth Wold, sister of
Sig., accompanied by Miss Myrtle
Nelson arrived in McCarthy via
excursion today and will spend a
week here.
Mr. Jones, representing Sell*
illing’s products and Mr. Jeffrey
of the M. Seller Co., are in these
parts today.
Prank Harrow recently of
Seatlle has taken over the barber
chair in the Alaska Soda Foun
tain, recently vacated by J. W.
Nicliell.
AHen Parlor Furnace
Gives twice the heat for half
the cost. Can be hacSin any enain
el finish to match your furnit
m e. Burns c >al or wood.
Appearance, Economy,
Comfort
R. L. H. Marshall
E. T. STANNARD
ARRIVES KENNECOTT
E. T. Stannard of the Kona,
ecott Copper Corpora tun arriv
ed last night via sp -cial train
from Cordova. He was, aeromp
anied by Colonel Jaeul'ng of
Utah Copper fame and reputed
one of America’s foremost min
ing men ,
The tiain arrival was lat*
last evening having been delay
ed awaiting bridge repairs along!
the line.
INFORMATION SOUGHT
Infoi mation is sought by
Meeza Mohammed Hadi, of Todd
12th. Ave., Sea-tile, Wash., cone
emi g two Persians, Hadji Moii
a mined Hasson Abdul Auli and
Mirza Hussain Khan Kelante i,
thought to have died in Alaska.
Information concerning these
men should be sent to the G v
ernor’s O.'fice at Juneau for trail
smission to the inquirer.
SEVERAL BUNTING
PARTIES DUE
Some three or four hunting?
parties are slated to start from
here during August tor big
game hunts into the White River
and Nabezna country.
Johnnie Nickel) with Jimmie
Brown and pack train are billed
to leave about the 10th. with a
Pittsburg party while Anderten j
and Anderson will ‘puli’ about
a week later with Mr. Peak, of
Texas. Harry Boy den, also, is
negotiating fo** a trip.
According to reports the
prospects for a big season of
bear, moose, caribou, and sheep
are most promising.
L. A. Levensaler came in on
last night’s special and will go to
Dan Creelc Sunday.
HEALTH BOARD
FOR DISTRICT?
A movement is now under
way for the establishing of a
Health Bo rd in this district.
Dr. Gillespie of Kennecott is the
lending figure in the movement
and it is hoped that he will have
the baching of every last Citiz
en in his endeavors.
An efficient Board of Heal'h
is one of the gre ite.st necessit*
ies in any community.
FIRST AID LESSONS
AT KENNECOTT
The Department of the Jnt
eiior are engaged in giving a.
s«M ies of practical lectures on
‘first Aid” in mine accidents.
Mr. Russell Thornberg of
Anchorage is at present at the
Kemiecott mines in this connec
tion and some two hundred men
have passed tests in arterial
bleeding, fractures, and artificial
respiration.
Much good is expected to
result from these Kctures in the
saving of lives when a few sim
pie remedies administrated at
the proper time mean everything
pi such cases as mentioned above.
ASK BRIDGE FOR
CLEARWATER STREAM
A petition was circulated
this we**k about town to enlist
government aid to bridge the
Clearwater st ream between You
ng Creek and Dan Creek on the
main route to the Shushanna
country. The former bridge, a
private structure was washed
away in the recent high water.
It is hoped that early act
ion may be obtained.
I If you have views on any
I current or local events or any
S other matter to get off your
clmst, why not send in an artic
i le to the News. We will gladly
publish it.
DEATH FROM
UNKNOWN CAUSES,
JURY'S VERDICT
A coroner’s jury silting
Sunday on the dentil of John
Newman returned a verdict of
“Deutli from tmlinown c mses.”
The body was in such a
state of decomposition as lo
render any satisfactory examina
lion impossible but it was found
| that the side of the face and
| head had been badly hurt as
from a blow and there were scr
atches or cuts on the legs and
forearms which tended to prove
theory that it was the work of
| a bear. No evidence of suicide or
I fold plav was detected.
Internnent took place Sun
day afternoon in McCarthy cem
etry and wrote the final chapter
I of a mystery and tragedy that
has stirred and occupied the
minds of everyone for nearly a
month.
i
Mr. Newman has always been
| a friend of everyone w ho kn«w
him and his untimely death has
I been felt by tiie community.
GRAHAM - RUSSELL
I
A quiet wedding was sol
emnized today (Saturday) at the
office of the U. S. Com nissioner
when Mrs. P. Russell was un
ited in marriage to Edward Gr
aham.
Both of these young peo
! pie are well known residents of
! McCarthy and a long and pros
perous married life is the wish
of the community for them.
Build Now
While lumber is cheap and
plentiful
The best of FIR in assorted
dimensions
J. P. Hubrick