The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy,
ALASKA, SATURDAY
APRIL 7, 1923
No. 22.
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Losen
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, Says CooMdige—
Gossiper’s
Col umn
When theGossiper dropped in
today he opined: Things are iho
vi ig around the village lately.
Teams are moving lots of freight
o.i t to the glacier and then mov
back to town for more.
Jack Carrol moved part of his
summers’s supplies out Friday.
Roy Snyder is helping him and
Bill Rede went along as trail
cook. The boys expect to move
clear into Chioane instead of re
laying to the glacier.
Dan Cambell and <’Too Much’’
Johnson moved another load a
peiceof supplies out toward the
glcier the middle of this week
Then Charley^ White, Mother
L«>ue employes for some time
pa>i, moved his personal effects
ctown to McCarthy and is now
contemplating a move to one of
nearby mines.
Business also on the move.
lioyftSnyder bought a half in
terest in the taxi concern for
merly owned by Henry Olsen
and George Anderson. The new
stationary will read, ’’Olsen &
Snyder”.
Lainen has decided to move
down to, Prince Rupert, where
he will join his brother who has
a logging business in that place.
Lainen has disposed of both his
wood saws, his live stock and
all accessories. He states that he
does not intend to return to the
McCarthy district.
•
Miss Janette Ptolemy, who
has been employed at the Ken
necott hospital hospital for the
past winter was a passenger on
the north end local en-route to
her home. Aftar visiting her
parents for a short time she
will continue her journey to the
city of.Princetown, New Jersey,
where shs has beenemployed as
head nurse in a large hospital.
Miss Ptolemy is well fitted to
assume her new duties, having
had a vast amount of practical
experience ” Overseas”.
Miss Ptolemy leaves a large num
ber of friends, both in Kenne
cott and McCarthy, who wish her
the best of luck in her new posi
tion.
Mrs. Martin Radovan of Dan
Creek, returned to her home on
Monday.
Charles Johnston, who has been
employed as engineer for some
time past by the Kennecott Cor
poration, was a passenger on
Thursday’s local, en-route to the
States.
Friday’s train carried thirty -
five passengers for Kennecott.
They were eight days overdue,
owing to the train being unable
to travel against the recent Cop
per River ” zephyr ”
Mike Knowles arrived in town
with the Chisane mail Sunday
evening. He reports a pretty
hard trip.
A letter received by one of the
residents here from Win. Long
ly states that he had a lot of
trouble crossing the glacier. He
was on the ice a week before he
managed to make the summit.
Pete Johnson r ecently purch
ased the sawmill formerly owned
by George Anderson, and is put
ting it in shape to begin opera
tions in the near futu re.
J. P. Gaskell and his brother
Hal arrived in the city yester
day fom Cordova. Mr. J.P.Gask
ell wiii re-asfeume his duties, as i
the manager of the Green Butte
mine. Some new equipment also
arrived on the train Friday, and
will be hauled out to the mine in
a short time. A new truck and
a team of horses belonging to the
Green Butte also arrived yester
day.
Everyone who was at the dance
Saturday evening is telling every
one else that he should have been
there. Not for some time have we
had a dance with more ’’pep” to
it. The Kennecotters,. who came
down some forty, strong on the
special train, contributed their
share to the evening’s pleasure.
The music furnished by Mrs.O
•Neil, at the piano, Miss Ptolemy
and Roy'Snyder at the drums,
and Dr. and Mrs, Mohr chiming
in with the violin; was sure
snappy. After the dance all
flocked to the Alaska Cafe for
lunch*
Hearst Buys Baltimore Sun
Baltimore—April 6
Frank Munsey, owner of the
Sun published in Baltimore for
a. great many years, has sold out
to the Bearst Syndicate. The
Sun is one of the foremost pap.
ers on the Eastern coast, having
the record of being as accurate
and conservative a sheet as any
published in the ^United States
Brands Poincaire As Assassin
Paris—April 6
One of the most famous worn
en anarchists of this city today
accosted President Poincaire on
a boulevard and publicly denoun
ced him as being an assassin.
San Francisco April 7— Rabbv
Alfred I. Lafoof the Bush Street
Temple was beaten to death in a
hotel room by an unknown sea
man last night.
t
Washington April 6
In an interview today Vice
President Coolige predicted that
the re-nomination and re-election
of Harding wodld be demanded
by the people. He based his per
diction on the assumption that
people will have recognized the
President’s worth in the matter
of cutting expenses and keeping
this nation out of the present
European tangle.
Poles Attack Russ Legation
Warsaw Poland April 6
Feeling against the Russian
government reached a climax
here today when a mob number
ing 10,000 persons stormed the
Russian legation at Warsaw on
account of the recent execution
of the Roman Catholic vicar gen
eneral at Moscow.
LATE TELEGRAMS
New York.April 7
John H.Clark former Supreme
Court Judge, declared in an ad
ress this evening that the chief
issue of the coming presidential
election would be the League of
Nations.
Washington April 7. The govern*
ment has given out a statement
that it in possession of informa
tion conclusively proving that
the pubic has been fleeced out of
one hundred million dollasrs by
Texas oil operators.
Helena—April 7
Nine inches of snow has fallen
in this city within the past thirty
six hours
San Francisco—-April 7
John Rapp, old Alaska pioneer
passed to his reward in this city
Mr. Rapp was one of the earliest
Alaskan pioneers, having come
to the Klondike in 1875. \