The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday m iy l'nn 1920
iN'O. 29.
STRELNA LIVELY
The t rains on the North End
are making Strelna their over*
night stopping place instead of
Ohitina for the present.
Just now the steam shovel crew
makes Strelna its headquarters
and the Dwyer Inn is a very
busv place these days.
Several of the properties in
the vicinity are expected to open
up as the season advances, and
many prospectors are returning
In the United States Commission
ers Court, Third Judicial Division, in
and for McCarthy Precinct, Territory
of Alaska.
IN PROBATE
I n the Matter of the Estate of
Olive Walters, also known as Molly
Parks, deceased.,
Notice of final settlement of final
account.
Notice is hereby given that W. H.
Longley, the administrator of the es
tate of Olive Walters, also known
as Molly Parks, deceased, has return
ed and presented for settlement, and
filed in above < 'ourt, his final account
of his said administration of above es
tate, and that Thursday the first day
of July at 10 o’clock a. m. at the
Court room of the above named
Court in McCarthy, Alaska, has been
duly appointed by the Probate Judge
of Said Court as the day for the final
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and file ex
ception in writing to said account and
contest same.
Dated at McCarthy this lirst day
of May 1920.
C. Parker Smith
U S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
First Publicatioi May 1st. 1920.
Last Publication June 5th. 1920.
PERSONAL
The last outgoing boat from
Cordova carried a large number
of passengers from this section
Chas. Graber and wife left on
a trip to the States. Mrs Ahrens
and family to spend the sum
mer in Tacoma, M. L. McAllis
ter to take a trip to Chicago on
combined business and pleasure.
The Revd. Mr. Shriver and
wife left on the Alameua to
make their home at Cle Jl1uid,
Wasn.
Mrs. Fry and children expect
to leave very soon on a trip to
the States.
Dad Wakefield was a visitor
to town this week.
Joe Craig, who prospected
the he id waters of Dan creek in
1910, is in town for the lirst
time for several years. He is
now blacksmith for the tele*
jghone gang and says he prefers
it to mining, at the present
price of bacon and beans.
Joe was the hero of one of
the good Nizina bear stories,
which leading part he took in
the summer of 1912, most of
one day of which he spent in a
tall tree waiting for the bear to
move.
i
Ben Evans, who came to town
last week with the telephone
crew, left for the interior min
ing camps on Wednesday.
D. D. Clark left for Dan creek
to spend the summer.
Fred Stoter has just finished
oAerhauling the pack rigging etc
for the Murie Transfer co.
H. Kavanaugh, our deputy U.
S. Marshal, returned from Val
i dez on Friday’s train
I
| The owner of' the roll of bills
advertised lastwtek, was found
I at Kennecott.
TELEGRAPHIC
EASY MONEY
Los Angeles. May 14th. Spec,
ial to the News, Thomas R.
Abernethy, negro pullman poi
er, has been arrested and con
fessed that in three months of
smuggling liquor from Mexico,
he made enough to buy a hand
some house, a five thousana dol
lar auto, valuable saddle horse,
ana was negotiating to buy an
air plan e.
Washburn, N. D. On account of
a dog molesting his cattle, Har
ry Layer killed eight members
of the family of Jacob Wolf a
neighbour, Layer confessed
today that the murders were
committed with a shotgun and
hatchet; only Lmma, the eight
month old baby escaped, as she
was sleeping in her cradle and
was overlooked.
Washington. The President
this afternoon vetoed the Legis
lative Judicial Bill, because of
the section putting under Con
gressional control all Govern
ment publications. Pe said bill
would give Congress censorship
encroaching on executive funct
ions.
W. M Goodwin, the genial
accountant at Elum 0‘Neills, is
taking a well earned rest.
He made the trip to the Mother
Lodo with Jim Murie this week
returning today.
A1 Doze is ploughing this
week.
Ernest Gherkin is relieving at
Blum’s store.
Cap. Hubrick returned from
his bear hunting trip at Icy Bay
with live brown bear to his
credit.
The School term was complel
ed yesterday, Dora and Mary
McDonnell and Victor Marsh
all have passed the eighth grade
| and are ready for high school,
I all the other pupils have also
j great merit.
LOCAL NEWS
Seven] bents of the Chitina
I bridge went out early this week,
t It will take about a week or
ten days before the work of
driving the new piling is be
gun. The passengers, mail and
express all cross by means of
a ferry during that time.
Baseball enthusiasts are re
quested to meet at the Ball
Park tomorrow afternoon at two
o'clock.
Several horse deals have been
made this week. A1 Fagerberg
sold a buckskin to George And
ersen, who sold a black to Ooze.
Mrs. Woodin and family are
moving to Blackburn next week
We have been setting type
this week to the musical accom
pianament of Marshall’s which
denotes that the warmer weath
er is here.
Some large size mosquitoes
have been seen this vceh.
Latest magazines just arrived
at the Post Office store.
Handsome brochures of the
new spring styles have been
received through the mail by
our local residents fi om the Poy
al Tailors of New York, The
McCarthy Mercantile are local
Jealers.
We received on this mail a
copy of the “Hearings before
the Committee on Commerce U
nited States Senate, on Alaska
water Transportation,” through
the kindness of Mr. George
Gaigsby.
An interesting account of
the mining properties near Val
dez, Alaska appears in the April
Pathfinder. Send your
order in early. Mr. F.
tCeinpher, the Territorial Rep
resentative expects to be in
this section snortly.