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Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday December 30 th m2.
No. 8.
LATE LOCALS
Merchants say that the holi
days were pretty quiet as far as
business was concerned.
What if you don’t dance? Put
on your MASQUE COSTUME
get the mask from Ben. Take in
the ball you may win a prize.
Jimmy Hussy claims he can
play chess; so he’s thinking of
getting up a tourhsment.
Babbits are reported gunshy
n >\v a days, there are hunters
Li the woods.
It is reported that Roy Snyder
& Geo. Anderson, were cussi ng'
and discussing the frolicsome
propensites of the genus Canis |
and finally the argument
ended With a challenge to race
dog teams. ,
The boys say they will take on
any dog musher who is willing
enter the race.
Everyone at Kennecott ,says
that they will make a trip to Me
Carchy on Sig’s stage the even
ing of the New Year.
T. ictor Marshall who for the
P't-st couple of weeks has been
v siting his parents will return
t > Cordova to finish the school
t"nn. Victor leaves on the first
. train after the New Year.
;lill Herron and Henry, Olsen
have taken over Lainen’s wood
saw and promise to make the
dust fly at the wood piles around
our city.
We have been trying to gather
news this week so if all of the
main items of intrst do not appear
jn this issue we can be told all
about it at the Masque Ball.
There were about twenty peo
down from Kennecott during the
Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Lander and baby son are
to arrive from Kennecott on Sun
day’s train.
The youngest man in town is
unable to speak for himself so
he wishes to thank everyone for
the fine Xmas presents that he
recived.
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Capt. and Mrs Hubrick left Me
Carthy Sunday for a trip to the
states. They will be gone about
four months.
Capt. will go to Rochester N.Y
and get a line on all the latest
methods of photography, and
Mrs. Hubrick will visit relatives
and friends at Springwater N.Y.
Jack Shultz also is making a
flying trip to the states but will
return in a couple of months.
COURT NEWS
In the Commissioner’s Court
last Tuesday Joseph Hutchings
was fined $10 and costs for viol
ation of the Bone Dry law.
In the same court Richard ^
Welch was fined]$15 for the same
offence.
Both defendents paid their
fine.
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JUST RECEIVED- Fresh Pork *
Pork Sausage, Bologa, Head
cheese, Roasting Chickens and c
Fresh Oysters. Your Patronage 1
Solicited.
R. L. H. Marshall
TELEGRAPHIC
New Haven Dec 29
Secretary Hughes in a speech
here made the suggestion that
the United States appoint a few
of the foremost American fian
ciers to go to Europe and study
the economic conditions in view
of straightening out the present
reparation tangle.
When all is said and done the
whole thing would automatically
straighten its self out if the vic
tors of the war would wait for
their money and let Germany do
some work.
St Louis Dec 29th
Depressed on account of the
depreciated value of his bewery
W J. Leinp owner of the plant
comitted suicide today in his
office’
Before prohibition the brew
ery was valued at seven million
while at a forced sale recently
the plant knocked down for five
hundred and eighty thousand
iollars.
hausanee Dec 29th
The Near East Peace Confer1
mce is on the verge of failure
diiefly on account of the argue,
nent over the ownership of the
Ylosul oil fields which are claim
sd by the British.
Another point that is causing
. great deal of friction is, as to
vhether or not the Turkish court
las any jurisdiction over foreign
srs.
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Washington Dec.29th
Delegate £utnerlaud today pre
sen ted a bill to Congress that, if
passed will solve Alaska,s road
problem.
The bill provides that jAlaska
get a shareof the moneys appro
iated by Congress to the good
road fund. If Alaska can get a
proportionate cvt of the cash she
will receive approximately one
million dollars a year for the
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next ten pears.
Washington Dec 29th
Aooor<3ir>g to advices given by
the Treasury Dept there is about
one huhdred million dollars stow
ed in saftey deposit vaults.
This amount of currency out of
circulation is causing a rather
serious money shortage.
Washington Dec 29th
Senator Burnham today intro
dneed a bill into Congress to ex
tend one billion dollars in credit
to Germany.
The money is to be used to.
buy food for the starving popu
lation.
After passing thru the hands
of the finance committee the bill
will undoubtedly go thru the two
houses.
James Murie who went out rec
ently reports a trip to Mayo
He says that there are many
idle men in that district.
Mr. Murie lsfthere Novemder 10
th and returned to Cordova the
18 th of December, A record bre
aking trip.
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