The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy,
ALASKA. SATURDAY Junem 192u
NO.35.
Fourth of July
Celebration
The cash prizes for the base
ball match and the athletic
events on the Fourth of July
programme have been appor
tioned as follows;
Winners of Ball G ime $50
100 yd Free for all 10.
Ladies Race 5.
Girl’s race 10 to ’4 5.
Boys race 10 to 14 1st $3 2nd 2. j
Free for all 0 - 10 1st $3. 2nd 2.
Free for all under (5 Iso $2.2ndl
Sack racs free for all >5. & 2.50
Pie eating contest 1st $3 2nd 2.
Egg & spoon race tw.» priz.*s.
Potato race
Peanut rac«
Packing contest 1st prize $15.
2nd prize 10.
KENNECOiT NEWS
The Kenuecott titaeodi team
are fully deajr.ni u i j> ji'uig
home die oaeoa »a u.u r'ourb 1
of J uiy match.
The mascot will tK- rigui on
hand and too oi ^ >me ^ouig
in for uaru iviuumy.
Dan Camp Den uas u.utdii a
position in tue power plant,
JacK Howard ana r'renon
leit yesterday ou uun* vacation
to be spent in me Stales.
to be at
Johnsons
WHAT?
TOWN TOPICS
Everyone is well pleased : t
the prospect of a finished road
over Sourdough Hill to the
Nizina river. Gus Johnson
will be in charge of the work,
which will be accomplished as
soon as possible.
Deputy Marshal Kavanaugh
dug up another cache of booze
somewhere in the vicinity of
the ball park this week.
Nobodv knows the name of the
owner, but we hear it was
such “bad medicine” they gave
it a decent burial to get rid of
it
J. A Fagerburg will arrive
next week with a ear load ol
i.orses for Jocal buyers.
Jim Morres came down from
ivennecoit tins week and will
spend the rest of ih- summer
on L) in Creek with . iill Meyers
doing .ssessment work on their
property They Will ;eave right
after the Fourtn.
Jill Ling :s town this
weeii. He is leiVtng * norow
for N zina river, where from
now on he wdi c > id ict the fer
ry, m iking regular trips daily
rill the freeze up
Muries pack-train left for
the 'reeks this morning with
passengers, mail and freight.
Overheard at the hospital.—
Patient. “Sav, nurse, do ^ou
know what a humdinger isV
“No, what is it” Patient. “A
humdinger is a fellow who can
make a deaf and dumb girl say
“oh! you boy!”
At the Ban anza. —
Foreman to new miner going on
shift, T.a.m. “Here, young
fellow, where’s your lamp?
New arrival - “I don’t need a
lamp. I’m on day shift.”
TELEGRAPHIC
(Special to the News)
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
San Francisco. June 26th.
The majority of the delegates
have arrived.
Daniels, Marshall, Colby and
Payne have arried.
James Hamilton Lewis i« mak
ing a fight for the Vice Pres
idential nomination.
A bitter fight is being waged
by the “wet” and “dry” forces.
McAdoo h;»s annouced that he
will not permit his name to bj
presented unless there is an
open iield.
No other aspirant for the
nomination has developed much
strength at this time.
There is a strong belief on
the part of some leaders that
Wilson will be named.
Chairman Cummings has an"
nounced that Wilson will accept
the reservations in the League
of Nations provided they do not
nullify.
FISHERIES TREATY
Washington. June 25. Senator
Jones in a letter to Secretary
Colby protested against the pro
posed fisheries treaty with Bri.
tain which, he charged propos
ed to grannt British fishing ves
sels seventeen years preferent
ial privileges especially in Alas
ka waters.
Read about your Sourdough
friends in the Pathfinder. Read
of the development that has
been done already in this great
territory.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. John Amber,
our former townsfolk, are now
located at Iowa Park, Texas and
conducting a soft drink parlor
and rominghouse.
LraB. Hurd; a former MeCar
thy merchant is also in Texas
where he was intersted in three
oil properties, all big money
makers. He is now investing
in an airplane manufactury.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rowe,who
spent several years in this sec
tion of the country, and left here
about eighteen months ago, are
now in California where they
intenu to invest in a fruit ranch
Mrs. Rowe made a trip to
Scotland last summer and also
visited the battlefields of Europe
and ner brother’s grave on the
Somme, where he was killed in
action, a lieutenant in tiie Can
adian artillery.
Vvoru has been received lure
oi me death in Seattle of All rod
Forsberg, an olu lesiuenl of
AieCartuy ana employe*. 01 the
railorad wim me section cie\v .
Thedeceaseu teit i.ere in poor
health two months ago hoping to
beneiil to toe trip.de leaves an
estate valued at eight thousand
dollars.
Mrs. L. H Uarvey is a as
senger on tl e Alaska, and will
arrive in Mcv^rtny next weeit
on her way to Nizma to spend
the summer. This is Mrs.
Carvey’s first visit North since
1M6.
Bill Weyers arrived from Can
yon City last week. He spent>
the winter hunting and trap
ping.
Two trains in yesterday, one
local, and ths special from Cor
dova with mail from the North
western.
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