The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday January 1,21924
No.' X
Local Inventor
Leaves For States
On the eighth of this month
Chick Nelson, the Tooth brush
King, shook the dust, or rather
snow of Alaska from Ids loot and
started out for the states to de
vote his remaining years to the j
pleasent task of saving the hu
man race by furnishing it with
sanitary toothbrushes. The hu
man race is expected to donate1
a few shekels, however.
Chick intends to place his in 1
vention ih the hands of a produc!
ing company on a royalty basis:
The invention has all the ear i
marks of a winner and everyone
wishes Chick success with it.
Concern Pelt
For Mushers
Bill Wier and Ben Evans, who i
left with the Chisane mail and
freight some tin'* ago were
expected b ackby the ti*hst of the
month and grave fears are being
entertained for their safety. Tiie
inushers hadn’t enough dog feed
when they left to last them until
now and in case they are trap
ped on the glacier their own sup
;>h is low. There is a chance that
the outfit is .>tili at Chisane but
this is considered unlikeK.
Joy Ride To
Green Butte
It is said that a crowd from
vennecott intend to take a ride
o the Green Butte tomorrow
norning bright and early. Pete
irenewick is to haul the joy rid
‘ s with his team. About twenty
*cople are contemplating the
.rip.
I ry the News for job printing.
Why Not A Dog Race?
While the snow is on the
ground and some five hundred
dogs are spending their time
howling and fighting, why does
n’t someone propose a dog race?
Last winter there were faint
signs of action and every dog
musher spent hours driving his
dogs. It matters not, how many
teams were driven around the
stove, it gave eveayone something
to talk about. This year the dogs
shouldjbe taken out on a real road
and a real race run.
Incidently all those interested
in basket ball are thinking of do
pig a little playing and we have
been asked, why a meeting for a
team hasn’t been held. Why not
try to liven things up a bit':' The
■talk of a ski tournament has also
died out, as has the talk of a rink
Why not do something to liven
things up a bit. A little pleasure
hurts nobody.
—Editorial
A] Fagelberg arrived from his
ranch at Long Lake on today’s
train. After attending to busi
ness which called him to McCar
thy lie will return to Long Lake
John Wallin who has beenem
ployed at the Green Butte ior
some time left for the states
this week.
Carl Anderson left vesterday
with a load of supplies for Cliiti
stone
Jess Ellis who is employed at
Kennecott as a fireman was in
town Thursday evening.
Mr. A. G. Morey the Chitina
druggist and wife intend to leave
about the 15th for an extended
. trip to the states. They will tour
the coast and return in April.
Town Talk
The way Pete Brenewick is
hauling ice into town it looks
as though this year’s crop will
soon be harvested.
After a couple of weeks work
Axel Backman and Carl Ander
son have completed one of ,he
be s looking little set of one
horse bobs ever seen in these
parts. The boys will use the ve
hide to pull out a season’s sup
plies to their claims on Chiti
stone which they intend to devel
op during the coming summer.
While* we have been watching
Jack Frost flirt with Zero, other
parts of Alaska are reporting the
some of the coldest weather ex
perienced in years. After all. Me
Carthy isn’t the worst place to
live in the territory.
Axel Back man has been help
ing Pete Brenewick pack ice ill
a few of the ice houses around
town.
In spite of the trail which
was softened by the rain today
Bill Berry delivered a load of sup
plies to the Green Butte with a
car.
Jake Koski is down from the
Jumbo mine for a vacation. He is
a timber man.
“Slim” Lancaster was in town
Thursday and Friday from Ken
necott, where he is employed.
E. Sundberg left for states
this week. He has been employ
ed at the Green Butte for some
time past.
Doug McKinney and Harry
Boyden are cutting wood a mile
or so from town and are making
fine progress, in spite of Doug’s
modest assertions to the contra
ry.
Fair Year At Placer Mines
In Spite Oi' Handicaps
According to the advance notice
of the Geological Survey, the plae
er mines on the Nizinaand Cop
per river produced $150,000 this
past year as against $105,000 for
the year of 1922. In 1922 how
evei-, there were eight mines jn
operation and ninety-one men
were employed, while in 1928 the
number of producers decreased
by one and the number of men
employed by eleven.
In this section the decrease in
production was porportionately
smaller than in any other par \
of the territory owing to the fact
that water wasn’t as scarce. Cook
Inlet-Susitna’s production was
$ 230,000, or $63,000 less than 19
22: Yukon Basin, $1,650,000 or
$469,000 less than 1922; Kusko
kwim Basin, $3110,000 or $212,000
less than 1922. Seward Penisula
and several small districts produ
ced $1,200,000. or $76,000 less
than 1922. The total placer gold
production for 1923 was $3,560
000, or $935,000 less that 1922.
In spite of the continued low
price of copper the output dur
ing 1923 was aboat 86,000.000
pounds, 9.000,000 pounds more
than that of 1922. Practically al 1
the copper came from the Kenne
cott group and the Beatson Bon
anza, Prince William Sound.
The most important copper de
velopment was done at the W.
A. Dickey property, Rua Cove
and the Green Butte.Exploration
has shown that the latter prop
erty has three bodies of ore ag
gregating sixteen feet in thick
ness.
Capt. Hu brick was a busniness
visiter at Kennecott today.
i Roy Colby arrived in town
yesterday evening from below