The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, v;>ni is, 1^5.
No. 16
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
H. f. Gaskill, of the Green
Butte Copper Co., returned to
McCarthy last Sunday after hav
ing spent the greater part ol' the
winter In Los Angeles.
C. H. Kraemer returned on
Sunday from Cordova and dip
arted immediately for Chititu
Creek with part of 1ns summer
crew.
Mr. Dippermaii, formerly ol
the staff of the Anchorage .Mas
kau and more recently of the
Cordova Times, is a McCarthy
visitor.
A. E. Trim who has been
confined lo bed ior soaie uays
was reaioved lo tvennecoii hosp
ilai Friday.Ji is feared liial it is
a case ol append nails.
Sig. Wold, who lias spent
t.ie winter in Seattle, Los Angeles
ana Duluth, returned 01: today’s
train lor aaoiner busy season in
McCai itiy . Vvelcoine dome, big 1
Geo. Madden, foreman lor
the Uhititu Mines ior some years,
arrived m town ior ine mining
season today ana will go sirai
ghl lo tne cieeKs to begin oper
a ions, tie oroughl nine of h.s |
olact evv with him.
Wm. Trim, brother of A. Hi !
Trim, returned from ins trip to ;
the Eastern States today. He
Wv-nt on to Kennecott to see his
brother who is in hospital there.
Mr. Clyde Nettleton of Cor (
dova arrived in town today. He |
will take a p notion with the Dan
Creek Hvdai.he Mining Co.:
operating the new c»>m ressor.
| SCHOOL
ELECTIONS
The annua] election of of fie
ers for the School Board look
place Monday, April 6 in the sell
ool building, a holiday hav ing been
declared tor the occasion. The
voting resulted in the re election
of Mr. Fred Overlander and the
election of Mrs. J. ,Hubrick and
Mr. C K. Pugh to the positions
v leaded by Mrs. Barrett and Win
Longiey. Tile voting' was except
lonaiiy light and quiet prevailed
along the entire ironi.
Air. Pugh was almost disqua
lified on the grounds of non citiz
enship, lie bemg from Missouri,
Itiit iln*» ivms nipf r i i 11 I and lii^
eleci-ion aliowed to stand.
The town reals content that
the all airs of the school are in
competent hands.
GREEN BUTTE MAN INJURED
Enoch Carlson, of the Green
Butte, had his hand crushed
while working in the mine on
i'u**da,y. He was hurried to
Kenuecoit Hospital for medical
attention where it was found
that he would not lose his ting
ers as it had been previously
feared.
Axel Backlund came back
on today’s train from a short
trip outsidi .
R. L H. Marshall has purch
used a new EorJ truck for his
delivery service this season. He
lias already been giving it. a
tryout and says it works fine.
.1 J. Price is in town for a
few days on business.
Marlin Radovan is a McCart
hy visitor today.
Bob Johnson of Chititu is in1
town this week en l on company
business.
ROaD WORK IS
PROGRESSING IN
I
NORTH DISTRICT
i
Construction and mainten
j since vvoi k of the Alaska Road
Commission at the westward
and interior is being carried
out according to program and
good headway has b^en made
so far according to Col. J lines
G. St-eesc, President of the Com
mission who returned to Juneau
headquarters last night on the!
steamship Yukon. Colonel Steese |
nas just completed a trip of insp;
ocLion of projects in the Cordova,
* aJdez and Fairbanks district'.
Election of the two, 180-foot
truss spans over the Nizina brid
ge, out from Chitina, had started
wiieu Colonel Steese was tiiere.
1 he approaches to the bridge
had been completed and all mat
erial for the work was on the
ground. A remarkable work of
moving supplies and equipment
in the winter was accomplished
when three tractors and three
five ton Helt caterpillars moved
300 tons 15 m.les over the snow
in 13 days when the temperature
hovered between 30 and 40 deg
lees below zero,
Word from J. H. Murray at
Juneau today says that the Lit
eracy Test Bill passed the House
and that the Bone Dry act rep
eal was killed by 10 to 6. He
says that he will introduce a
bill in tiie House for an approp
riation for tne Chisana trail.
Jno. Peterson has returned
from the Outside to work again
at Chititu.
Mrs. Hedderley arrived on
today’s train to join her husb
and who is employed at C. R.
N. W. roundhouse.
Dr. Council leaves Cordova
at 7.30 to attend A. E. Trim at]
Kennecott hospital.
STIKI NE Li IVER
TRANSPORTATION
LJNEWLLL BE READY
TO HANDLE RUSH
TO THE CASSIA R
The Barrington Transpor -
ation, with Captain Sid Barring
ton at the helm, is making stren
nous efforts to be in shape to
take care of the rush up the
Siikine river this spring when
the rush to the Cassiar starts.
Captain Barrington Jett
Seattle for Wrangell some time
ago to superintend the overhaul
ingofhis fleet of river boats in
anticipation of the rush and writ*
es Outside now that the work is
! pioceeoing at a good rate aud
that by the time navigation opens
he will be all ready to go, and
not only that but in position to
give the stampeders the best
service that they have ever had
in the history of theStickineand
Dease Leke.
Beginning May first, the
Barrington Navigation Company
will have a sailing from Wrangell
for Telegraph creek every forty
eight hours. There will be no
i delays and the powerful river
boats will sail on schedule time
As soon as they unload at the up
river point, they will return to
Wrangell for a fresh load of
stampeders and supplies, keep
ing up the service all summer or
as long as the business offered
warrants.
Many who intend going into
the new diggings this year will
await the opening of navigation,
and go up the river with their
summer outfit of supplies and
machinery thus avoiding the
hardships of the trip over ice
and snow.
With the greatly increased
service of this year, there will
no congestion of freight any
where on the river.