THE AVALANCH
VOL. I
McCarthy, Alaska, Saturday, September 9, 1916.
NO. 5.
The War
During the past two weeks the
situation among the wTarring
powers of Europe has developed
rapidly. Probably the most
noteworthy incident is the entry
of Roumania as a participant on
the side of the allies. This op
ens the way for the advance of
the force of French, English and
Serbs now at Salonika, to attack
the Bulgarian and Teuton forc
es through Roumania. In the
event that this attack is success
ful, the severance of the railroad
communication between Turkey
and her allies will cause serious
results to all concerned. The
Roumanians and Bulgars wrere
never the best of friends and the
loosing of her army of about 600,
000 well drilled and equipped
troops by the Roumani ins may
result in the restoration of Ser
bia and an application foe terms
of peace by Bulgari i. Germany
is hard pressed by the English
ana rrenon on tne west and c i
hardly afford to weaken her lines
to come to the aid of her allies.
Austria is hard pressed by the
Russians and Italians; the Rus
sians state that they have now
thirteen million men in the field
ready for service and with this
stupenduous force will continue
their advance upon the Austri
ans until they are forced to sur
render. The Italians, after the
capture of Gorizia, secured a
foothold on the great Corso pla
teau which extends from Goriz
ia to Treiste, a distance of twen
ty miles, and are now advancing
as rapidly as.possible against the
latter city, though met with a
stubborn resistance by the Aus
trians. On the Franco-German
frontier, severe attacks by both
Contending forces have resulted
in heavy loss of life and but lit
tle advantage. The declaration
of war by Italy against Germany
will release a million men of the
Italian army for service against
forces of the Central Powers
other than the Austrians to which
opponent Italy has hitherto
been limited. As a resume of
the situation, it looks as thoug
the allies had finally discoverd
the “tendon of Aichilles ’ in the
attack from the south and east.
Unless the approaching winter
causes the contendants to cease
fighting and to once more hole
up during the cold weather, it is
possible that peace may ensue
within the next three months.
All lines of business are im
proving in McCarthy and newT
buildings are showing up in all
parts of town.
Judge Faddis and John John
son returned Tuesday night
without a bear.
Finest. Copper
The Regal Mines Co. has com
pleted its assessment work on
Regal Mountain for the current
year and Mr. E. F. Gray, Man
iger for the company, has left
for the Copper Mountain prop
erty near Strelnn. Before leav
ing McCarthy, Mr. Gray let a
cotract t o Peter Do vino for a
large amount of work to be done
in continuing tin* shaft and tun
nels on the property. The com
pany has a tine showing of high
grade ore a ad expects to be on
the shipping list in a short time.
Copper Again
Chris Tjosevig reports anoth
er tind of high grade ore on the
property of the Kennecott-Tjo
sevig company. With the show
ing now in sight the future of
the mine is assured. A ship
ment of a number of tons of high
grade is at the depot awaiting
transportation to the Tacoma
smelter for a test run. It is es
timated that there is now in si
ght at the property, in the nei
shborhood of half a million dol
lars worth of ore and the sur
face is hardly scratched.
Miss Ethel M. Case, of San
Jose, Cal. arrived last steamer
and will have charge of the lo
cal school for the next term.
James Heney is arranging a
cellar under his restaurant buil
ding and will be a great improv.
ment.
Harry Fagerberg was up from
Long Lake, he has been remod
eling the sawmill and will soon
start the mill again.
Here’s The Coal
George Rust returned yester
day from a trip to the Woodin
property on Fourth-of-July creek
Mr. Rust reports the discovery
of a six foot seam of coal within
fourteen miles of McCarthy.
The coal is of good quality and
is now being used at the Wood
in camp for blacksmithing and
cooking purposes. Mr. Rust
has made application to the Sec
retary of the Interior for a per
mit to mine under the recent
leasing act and intends to haul
coal to town for domestic use
the coming win, e1'.
Moose Moccasins, $2.25 Todd.
O. F. M, Cole is in from the
Nizina and will return tomorrow.
F. H. Foster is Real Es ate
Agent, look at new sign.
The McCarthy Bar have hung
a bright new sign over the street.
House Lining 5c. per. yard,
Todd.
A. Ketterer is excavating for
anew building to be started at
once.
Blue Denim and Khaki .Jump
ers, $1.00. Toda.
Mrs. M. P. Fry e, of Cordova,
lS UlSiting JVLl'S. 'i iill JlChstiOnj
uus weeiv.
Filsou Fur Trimmed Khaki
Parkas, Laige sizes, Toad.
Jas. Keney has a new ,,Res
taurant” sign in front his place
of business.
E. F. Gray is arranging to go
outside on important business.
Work at the Rrgal Mines will
continue under contract this
winter.
Mrs. Roberts, of Blackburn,
has the prize garden for this dis
trict, she had one head of lettuce
weighing one and a half pounds.
It is only two days until the
peals of the school bell will sound
over the village to once more
call together teacher and pupil.
The first rain to indicate cold
weather has fallen last night and
today and the snow is creeping
down the mountains.
Sam Seltenrich is in town to
dispose of his Laundry building
as he expects to start a chicken
ranch on his homestead.
Chas. L. Graber has sold his
house on railroad property to
the company and will move in
to the new horn they have built.
Laurie Bros, have rented the
warehouse back of Chas. Chong
and have placed a large sign at
the entrance reading: “Ware
house for the store of quality.”
Fels-Naptha soap 75c per car
ton, Royal, Prices or Schillings
Baking Powder, 50c. Max-I
Mum Coffee, 40e, Everything
else at the same low prices at
Todd’s.
A. .T. Henneke, foreman for
the Regal Mines Co. is in town
and will arrange for his family
l-o come hero from the outside
and will take up their residence
here for the winter.
The Kennecofct-Mef ’arthy auto
service winch Ins been out of
commission for a month on ac
count of waiting for repairs has
res a m ed their reg ul a r sc hcd u le,
‘heir time card appears in this
issue.
F. TL Fosf or has opened a re
nl estate. ofTee in connection
with 1 is law business. Mr.
Fester is an old real ( state roan
r»d lr»s a good list of town lots
for she. Mr. Barrett, the town
site nu n, is platting some more
mope tty which will he handled
by Mr, Foster.
Camp McCarthy No. 33 Arc
tic Brotherhood will be installed
on Monday next at Marshall’s
Hall. A. E. Todd has been ap
pointed to act as Grand Deputy
Organizer and will be assisted by
a team of huskies none of whom
weighs less than two hundred
and fifty pounds. The entire
team are bruisers and ex-prize
fighters and it is expected that
the luckless novices will have a
pleasant time.
We are now in daily communi
cation with the Esterly and Bir
ch camps by telephone and are
advised that water is scarcer
than gold in those diggings and
unles the streams increase soon
this will be an early season of
shut down the plants.
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