SAFETY OF PRINCIPAL
Should be Your First Consideration
YOUR PRINCIPAL IS SAFE
If Deposited With
THE BANK OF ALASKA
“The Bank Of Personal Service ”
E. A. Rasmussen. President. Thos.S. Scott, Vice-President.
II. W. Achison, Ass’t. Casitier
Kcnnecott
McCarthy
Automobile Service
Henry Olsen
PIONEER MEETING
A successful business meet
ing of the McCarthy Igloo No.
25. of the Pioneers of Alaska
took place last Wednesday week
Feb. 15th.
The following applicants were
admitted to the order in true
pioneer style, making a total
charter membership of 3)1, Mike
Tierney, who has been in Alaska
since 1000, Aderion Carlson, ov
er 20 years in Alaska, Andrew
I. Satra, of Kennecott, who was
fishing in Alaskan waters in
1905.
Ed. Mullen, Long Lake, 21
years residence and Fred Engel
with a residence of 25 years.
After the Initiation Mr. Tiern
ey entertained the brothers
with a short story on early days
in this section.
After the Lodge closed a pleas,
ant dance was held, followed by
sandwiches, cake and coffee.
Many guests from Kennecott
were present and all voted the
Pioneear a bunch of good fellows.
The Committee in charge
of the big pioneer dance to be
held on the 17th March is getting
things in shape for the event,
which will portray the days of
’98.
Arrangements are to be made
to secure a roulette wheel from
Chitina. Crap and black
jack tables can be secured here.
COURT NEWS
On an order entered on the
20th. February, McCarthy, Ken
uecott, Bonanza, Jumbo. Mother
Lode and Nizina have been des
ignated voting precincts by the
U. S. Commissioner, Judge Cop
pernoll.
I
On the complaint of Fred
Pearson, Enoch Carlson was 1
charged with embezzlement.
The case was dismissed as the j
plaintiff withdrew the charge
on account of receiving a settle-1
merit in full.
In tiie matter of the Estate of !
the late John Underwood, the;
District Judge has dismissed!
the appeal of Mrs. Elizabeth j
Underwood and sustained the |
appoi ntinent of M rs. Nils TjoseJ!
vig as administratrix of the es :
tate.
An application has been filed
in the general land office by the
Tjosevig-Kennecott company for
a patent for twelve mining
claims in the McCarthy mining
district comprising a total of
235 acres.
The Elks Special Edition of
the Anchorage Daily Times, pub
lished on February 13th. is a
splendid issue of 24 pages
lo was produced entirely by
Elks, and was of such a nature
as to make any editor wish that
a herd of Bills would stampede
his composing room and turn
the place purple sometime.
NONSENSE
Everybody’s Magazine for Feb
ruary prints the following in its
Prose and Worse:
“Of all sad words”
St Paul train killed four heif
ers on Louis Bierte one day last
week.
You can’t have cream in your
coffee this morning because Ma
ry said it spoiled on her last
night.
He lost half his potato crop
because they sprouted on him.
Please excuse Johnny for be
ing absent yesterday as we need
ed him home for sausage.
Ma wants to borrow a cup of
lard off you.
Complaint received by a laund
ry from from woman who insist
ed that ‘‘lost her old man’s
shirt on her.”
McCarthy has some odd ex
pressions of her own: for in
stance, the following were over
heard here during the cold snap
“Gee, 1 nearly froze to death
last night when the fire went
ouc on me”
And it used to take afire de
partment to put it out.
Customer. "Tvo cansof milk,
please”
Grocer. ‘ Better take a dollars
worth.”
Customer, ‘‘No, thanks, the last
time I got a dollars worth they
all froze on me. And give me
fifty cents worth of spuds, the
ten pounds I got last week up
and froze on me.”
(That will look interesting when
it thaws in the spring.
REAL ESTATE.
James Hussey has purchased
a half interest in the Golden
Hotel building from Ed Lindig.
Archie Pauline has renewed
his lease on the building he
occupies with the Alaska Soda
Fountain, and has also leased
the adjoining store building for
merly occupied by J. P. Hubrick.
The lease is for a period of
five years, both buildings are
owned by the Laurie Brothers
of Cordova.
Bridge at Riley Creek on
Government Railroad Completed
Steel on the Riley creek bridge
was coupled up early this month
and the first through train to
Nenana from Anchorage passed
over it the next day.
The completion of the bridge
is practically fourteen days a
head of schedule and demon
strates again the rapidity of
bridge construction of the Un
ited States railroad.
Unlike the Susitna and Hurr
icane gulch bridges the Riley
Creek bridge was constructed
by the A. E. C. bridge crew.
The steel bridge or viaduct is
1,000 feet long and required 500
tons of steel.
Upon the arrival of the train
at Nenana a celebration was
held and the new observation
car was christened “Nenana.”
On return of Colonel Mears
to Anchorage the matter of stand
ardizing the grade of the railroad
from Nenana to Fairbanks will
be taken up.
With the completion of the
Riley creek bridge practically
through traffic may be maintain
ed until the spring break-up in
the Tanana when a ferry will
supplant the narrow-gauge now
crossing the Ice.
John Barrett, writing to the
News, states that his family has
been suffering from the flu,
and that the weather in Seattle
has been very unpleasant and
not to be compared with the
McCarthy climate.
Several new sleds are in course
of construction and several new
dogs are being broken to ham
ess in readiness for the McCarthy
Derby which will take place
some time in the spring.
A new weekly paper has
been started at Anchorage. It
is published by Mrs Southworth
formerly of Nenana and is called
“Town Topics ’.