The McCarthy
Weekly
VOL: 7.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday November 17,1923.
No. T[
Telephone Line
Under Construction
The Alaska Road Commission
is at present constructing a Fed
eral telephone line from (Jhitina
to Kenny Lake road house. At
this point it will connect with
the government line that comes
in over the Valdez trail. This
seems to be substantiating the
rumor that the telegraph line
frym Valdez to Fairbanks will
be converted into a telephone
} ine.
Martin Ellison and .Julius
Struck have charge of the con
struction work which will be
completed in a few weeks. The
crews will then be sent to Goko
na where a sawmill is being put
Valdez Loses Again
It is said that the A R. C. dis
bursing office will be moved to
Chitina from Valdez. The move!
is a logical one as snow on Thom
pson’s Pass hear Valdez closes
tile trail for the greater part of
the year, while travel to Chitina
continues the year around.
Elks To Hold
Benefit Smoker
The local Elks, following their
“Big Brother”,plan are inaugura
ting a smoker at Kennecott, Dec
ember first, that the entire pop,
illation of kids in the durro
will be able to receive presents
and see Santa at a community
Christmas tree, December twen
ty fourth.
Posters are out and the tickets
are on sale at two dollars each*
The bouts will begin at eight
o’clock sharp.
According to advance infor
smation, the amokershould prove
successful both form the stand
point of excitement and benefit
I
Town Talk
George Flower of Long Lake
left today for Seattle where he
will undergo an operation at the
Virginia Masons hospital.
George has been under the di
reetion of Dr. Gillespie since the
latter’s return from the States,
but last Saturday the doctoi a*l
vised George to undergo the op
eration, that a com plete cn re coula
be effected. During the past week
George has been down at Long
Lake [Hitting ids atfitrs in shape
I for the next few months.
Lou Anderson the Chititu claim
owner left for his residence on
[ that creek eariy monday morn
ing. He conteinplates being out
of town for several months this
trip.
Lou Anderton, vv ho formerly
conducted the Alaska Cafe, was
ill town for a day or so this week
Lou is employed at the Erie and
states that it is one tine place to
work.
Jack Schultz returned Thurs
day from a trip to Cordova. Jack
wili remain in town for a week
| or so and rest up from a hard
summer’s work. While he L on
the rester’s list Jack is putting
in new partitions for the News
office and fitting a new winter
rt>of on the Latton house. Dur
ing the coining cold weather.Mr
Schultz will be employed by the
railroad, either in the shops or
in one of the piling camps.
Jimmy Morris, who is emp
loyed at, the Green Butte was a
couple of days visitor in town
during the past week.Jim states
that the Green B tie i* better
than ever, a six foot chute of ex
1 ceedingly rich ore having been
struck recent.;, .
Stork Again
Visits M’Carthy
There is an increase in the
; powell f'amilv to tne extent of a
fine five pound baby boy. The
; stork brought the new arrival at
five minutes to twelve, Wednes
day evening.
Art, the big chested daddy,
states that what the boy lacks
in size he makes up in voice.
i
According to Mr. Powell, the |
j
junior member of the blacksmith
1 ing firm will assume active con
| trol on December first.
Doth mother and son are do
in^ v. el , an d an exi ededhome
in another week.
News* Finally Gets
A Home
After this week the News will
have a permanant home at num
her One Riverside Drive, the
management having purchased
the Jack Schultz residence.
There is ample room on the
lot to expand the present plant
so consequently we are now pre
pared to grow with the town.
Better light, more space and
a more convient arrangement of
accessories will enable us to take
care of our increased volume of
business in a prompt and coinpe
tent manner.
Fred Overlander, who arrived
in towrn from Strelna where he
has been employed during the
past;summer,has moved his stove
up from Long Lake and is pre
paring for a nice comfortable
winte r.
Ernie Lottsfeldt, Green Butte
engineer, arrived in town Friday
Evening for a vacation.
Neat attractive Job Printing at
The News Office.
, LEGION DANCE
| SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
You’ve got to hand it to the
boys that helped show old Bill
Hohenzollern where to get off at.
They’re right in the front line
ranks when it comes to putting
pep into an undertaking. The in
itial dance given last Saturday
evening by the newly organized
American Legion Post, at Ken
necott, to commemorate the fifth
anniversary of the signing of the
armistice, was one of the most
enjoyable social events of the
year. That was the general ver
diet of those who attended, whic
included a goodly number who
hadn't used their dancing pumps
since the big masquerade.
Tiie recreation hall was very
effectively decorated with em
blems and reminders of the great
conflict. Mrs. Paul Latham and
Wilbur Lloyd furnished the mu
sic—anil it had Some kick. At
twelve the mess call was sound
ed and the chow line formed; but
no such coffee or cake ever came
out of a rolling kitchen.
The gross receipts from the
dance were fifty dollars, of which
eighteen was net. Captains Os
borne and Richardson, who had
charge feel assured that the co
operation shown by the entire
camp and McCarthy augurs W'ell
for the success ot the Jack Pier
son Post No. 1. An Auxiliary is
to be organized in the near future
Mrs. H. I. Gaskill, who has
been visiting her husband for the
past couple of months, was a pas
enger on today’s local,en-route to
Los Angeles where the Gaskill
home is located. She was accom
paaied as far as Chitina by Mr.
Gaskill.
Miss Cosby Jackson was in
town from Kennecott this after
noon. She rode skis both ways.