A. B. MAIQUER^DE BALT
The annual masquerade ball of
the A. B.s was held last Satur
day evening and was a great
success as far as a jolly good
tim<?p,y?_s concerned, though the
was furnished b'.v^OYrsj a credit
the piano and Koy Snyder at the
drums. Mrs. M.S. Wilson of Keir
necottvery kindly contributed
tiie violin playing, which was
greatly enjoyed.
The costumes were surprising
ly good& the judges, Mrs. Wood
11111 , Messrs. Dennis and Cole,
had a hare; task, The prizes
Avere aw a rd e d a s folio w s: -
Best Dressed Gent, One pair
°f Florsheim Shoes, presented
by the McCarthy Mercantile Co
Joseph Keith “Sailor"
Best Dressed lady, Five dol
lars in merchandise at the P, O.
Store. Mrs-Vic Olsen ‘Grecian”
Best Sourdough, either sex, A
slab ol Bacon, presented by
NilsTjosevig.There were no sour,
doughs, so the slab was awarded
to Tom Seitsinger and Arthur
McDonnell ’’Jack of Hearts and
Jack of Dianiaonds"
M ts. Origin il c 1 i racter, (man)
Briar pipe, Alaska Pool Hall.
Frank New York
Most Original character, (lady)
Big box of candy, Golden Hotel.
Miss Stuart ‘‘Bowery Tuff”
Best sustained character, eith
er sex, Chicken dinner for two
Greenstone Inn Walter McDon
nell‘‘OKI King Cole”.
Best colored man, One years
subscription to the “News” Con
Miller “Hindoo”
subscription to the Ladies Home
Journal Mrs. Burns ‘The Poor
Little Kich Girl
Best Clown, Chicken dinner
lor one, Golden lunch counter
Hide Danielson
Best Yamayama girl, Box candy j
McCarthy Drug. Mrs,Snyder.
Most comical character, lad,\
Five transportation all winter to
tlie Kennecott show or vice versa,
Mcarthy Garage. Mrs.Seltenrich
Prize VValtz, Two couples tied,
Mrs. Steel and V. Anderson,and
Dora McDonnell and W. Weitzel.
Cakewalk special cake donated
by Koy Burns, Margaret Cole.
Special prize Mrs.Nafs ted ’’Night
Box of Candy from Marshall’s.
TELEGRAPHIC
POPE CLOSE TO DEATH
Rome, Jan. 2()lh. The Pope is i
near death, suffering from the j
. . , ' T'Iks lirr> ’ 1 I
ttie last sacrament was admin
istered to him this morning.
Prayers are being offered to
| day in four hundred churches in
Rome
Cardinal Merry Del Val, who
assumes temporary papal auth
ority in case of the death of the
pope, took up his residence in
the Vatican this afternoon.
Saturday morning the pope
is still hovering between life
and death. Pneumonia has set
in.
THE POPE DIES
Received .">. p. m. Rome. Pope
Benedist Thirteenth died of
pneumonia late this afternoon.
CITRUS CHOP DAMAGED
Eos au ge’es, Jan 21. Snow 1*1 ur
ries and cold have damaged the
citt us crop of Southern (tali for
nia
Over a million oranges have
been frozen on the trees in South
era California,
hays retires
Washington, Jan. 21st. Post
Master General Hayes defin
itely announced tonight that
ha will retire fron the cabinet
on March 4th. to head the mov
ing picture syndicate.
GERMANY MUST PAY
Paris. Jany. 21st. Premier Poin
care, in a recent speech said
that Germany need expect no
leniency in the matter of repar
ation. that France proposed to
compel her tow live up to the
Versailles terms.
POOL
The Golden Pool Tournament
opening game was played on Jan
uary 15th, where Gwin 40 and
Pitoff 45 matched their skill lor
skill for seven frames, result
ing in a victor^ v,win* AV,1°
had a good lead till the finish of
I the 5th. when he stood 53 Pitoff
28, then Pitolf hit his stride -
Gwin says he let him win, any
how Pitoff scored his 45 in the
7 th frame & Gwin stood 35.
Jan 18th. Tom Seitsinger 50
and Fred Stoter 45, this was a
walkaway for Stoter, Tom did
not seem to get down to business
Later in the evening the veter
an Schultz 125 defeated Felix Sa
his, 4u, the Golden tonsorial art
ist, In a long struggle of twelve
frames^ Schultz made a good get
away by claiming26 balls out of
the first two frames. At the
end of the 7th frames, after 3 j
fouls had been called on Felix, i
the score stood Schultz 83 Sabis
11. Here Sabis came back to:
earth and doubled his score in
the next two frames, then some:
one heard him say “no sleep, no j
go”, and when the referee de
clared Schultz the winner in the
twelfth frame, Felix had but tidi
ly-one.
Jack Schultz ' 125
Roy Snyder 80
H. Go rekin 80
C. Lubbe 65!
V. Anderson 65
Win. Urlass 66
B. Hennigan 55
Tom Seitsinger 50 ;
G. f’itoff 45
F. S to ter ^5 :
Felix Sabis, H. Mitchell, M. At
kinson, W. McDonnell, Art Me
Donnell, Win. Graham, G. Gwin
Carl Anderson, Henry Hoffman,
Harry Nelson, Halma Jacobsen
all 40.
G. Anderson, J. B. O’Neill, L. HJ
Woodman, all 35
Cole 30 Brehmer 30.
Pioneers of Alaska
The McCarthy Igloo of the Pi
3neeTs of Alaska, is to be in
stalled this evening, Grand Pres
ident Eames having arrived on
todays train for that purpose.
_> itj.reacity ii au
j one all over the Territory and
land accomplishing great things.
Under search warrant on
Thursday evening, Deputy Mar
shal Kavanaugh searched the
Golden Hotel and Pool Hall, for
incriminating evidence under the
Bone Dry Law, but no evidence
was secured.
ASA C. BALDWIN
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
SEATTLE, WASH
u!2 Hoge Building
McCarthy
Alaska
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Legally arranged.
Cordova, Alaska
ftiow is the Time
to Put
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