The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday J r.mry j.nn 1921
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DOG RACE
The long loot ed for event,
the dog race for the three 1 un
dred dollar purse will take ( lace
on Tuesday February 1st. wind
and weather permitting. There
is every indication that these
conditions will be favorable
The judges have decided that
the race shall start from the coi
ner of Barrett Way and First
street and the finish will be in
the same place.
There are already three en
tries the teams according to all
accounts are about eve lly match
ed, and have been strenuously
training for several weeks.
The three dogmushers are
all tough on the trail and it looks
like even betting between Scotty
Atkinson, Carl Anderson and
15J11 Berry.
iXXJAL .< EVVS
Ed. Youn^, the local game war
tien, spent several days m this
vicinity this week on business
connected with his office, return
mg to ins home at Chitiua on
loaavs train.
Word w\is received at this of
fice oi a severe snow slide at the
huhoard & Llhot mines, Kotsina;
and that one oi the employees
narrowly escaped. Be was car
ried down »jver twTo thousand ft
The Golden Cafe, which has
been clo^^u ior nearly i year,
was reopened this week under
new'management, Mis. Marshall
whose reputation .is a fine cook
is well Known, being the new
proprietress.
Fred Overlander and Al, Pa
ger berg returned to their farm
at Gong lake on tins morning’s
train.
As soon as the road to Long
Lake is placed on the estimates,
Frank Iverson is going to buy an
antomobne
The Merchants Restaurant
is now known as the Alaska
house and Cate*
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TELEGRAPHIC
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FOUR POLICE OFFICERS
MURDERER in SEATTLE
Seattle. Jar. 2Police Detect
ive O’Brien was killed and Pat
rolman T. An^cl ard>eilMc
Millan >ei i(iisl^ w»ird<< •: M
Friday in battles with John
Schmitt, a bandit.
One of the battles took place
in the Capitol Hill district, the
other at the cornert f Second &
Cherry.
Angel and McMillan have died
from the shooting by Schmitt
which makes four officers kill
ed by bandits in two weeks, in
cluding Patrolman Stevens, shot
two weeks before.
A double funeral took place on
Monday wh«'n a large number of
officials business men and
friends paid their last respects
QUICK WORK BY JURY
Seattle Jan. Twenty seventh.
1 The trial of John Schmitt, band
it, for the murder of Detective
O’Brien and policemen Angel
and McMillan took place today
beginning at nine this morning
I The accused plead guilty. The
jury which included four wo
men returiK'd 'heir verdict of
guilty at five o m Exercising
! the privilege allowed by the laws
j of Washington, the jury speci
feMl that the death pen lty be
levied.
Twelve Thousand Dollars
SubscrP eu for Bereaved
Families By Citizens.
$18,(XX) has been subscribed
by Seattle citizens for the
ilies of the four murdered offic
ers
More Police Asked For
Mayor Caldwell of Seattle has
asked the city council to increase
the police lorce and make a
special effort to rid the city of
these dangerous gunmen and
criminals.
THECOPPEit SITUATION
Boston, January 7th. — The
sudden revival of interest in
copper shares in Wednesday’s
trading was the result of ru
mors and private dispatches
trom New York to the effect
that “something big” had hap
pened to improve the whole cop
per outlook. Amnmjr nth* r
things it was stated that a copp
er pool had been formedin which
90l>,000,000 pounds surplus of
rt fined and blister copper would
be corailed and controlled in a
way which would prevent pres
ruinous price cutting, and inci
dentally big losses to the pr »
during interests.
It was further stated that an
important conference to this end
was taking place in the big city.
THUGS GROW BOLDER
Seattle January twenty seventh
Private Meyer Einstein,
driving an Army car. was held
up at seven this evei ing at the
gate of Fort Lawton by bandits
presumably outlaws, who later
held up two boys at eleven.
RACE RIOTS In The SOUTH
Sever-'l lynchings have taken
place recently following race
riots in North Carolina, tvo
negroes were lynched by a mob
and thirteen otners had to be
J removed to another penitentiary
i for safeaeepojg.
The steam irs Northwestern
and Admiral Watson were both
scheduled to leave Seattle lor
Alaska this morring.
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Mail from the freighter Cor
dova Mould rtach iiere in the
[ next lew uays.
CASH PRIZES
TO
POOL PLAYERS
T1 e Pool Tournament at the
Alaskan Billiard Hall commen
ces the First of February, The
first prize is a twenty dollar
gold piece ynd the second prize
is a ten dollar gold piece.
The following Knights of the
Billiard Cue have signed up to
participate in the contest.
Roy Snyder rated at 100
Ernie Gherkin 100
John Nickell 83
C. P.Smith 80
V. Anderson 73
S. Atkinson 70
Chas. Lubbe 70
M. Fry 55
H. Olsen 53
W. Url iss 55
G Gwinn 50
J Swanson 50
P, Thornton 50
O Bachman 50
W. Eng * 45
W. Nelson 4,>
J.B. O’Neill 43
C. Cole 85
Lea Yancy 35
S, Soltenrich 33
W. Weyers 33
Jack Conway 35
VV, Goodwin 33
The “Frame Ups” will be
published from time t> time.
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A meeting of the I03 il * : 1 > >1
board took place this morning
I at the residence of Mrs Kefoir
i in which several matters of in
terest were taken up and dis
posed of to the satisfaction ot
the board.
Mrs. B. V. Erickson has »c
cepied a position at the Golden
Cafe.
Done forget the social events
scheduled on page four.