The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday April 19,1924
New XXI11
Legion Post I
Fully Organized
The meeting of ex-service men
called a week ago Tuesday, by
Cammander Osborne, resulted i
in the formal election of officers
and the appointment of commit
tees for the fiscal year. It ^as
decided that the Post hold its
meetings on the second Tuesday
of each month eith *r at M( Carthy
or Kennecott, the place of meet
ing being based on the pro rata
membership of the two commun
ities. Bt tween regular meet i
ings the executive committee is
to get togather at the call of the
Post Commander.
Last Tue d y the executives
wt re called to a meeting at Ken
necott, for the purpose off ram- j
mg the Post’s constitution and
oy-laws. These will he adopted
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at the next meeting.
In a short time a unit of the I
i
Ameriean Legion Auxiliary will
be formed and will embrace all ;
elegible women both here and at
Kennecott.
Plans are already under way!
for a big blowout in the near fu
tu re and as soon as the entertain
men* committee is i ll set, some j
, thing will be sprung that will be!
remembered foralo,,g time to
come.
Iverson Brings Lives lock
From Stales
Arriving from the sta’es tod y
r.A. Iverson, who has been Lour
»ng California (luring the pisi
winter, brought in a shipment ol
torses, dairy stock and poultry
.vhicli will used to restock his
ranch located three m.les down
che river. One of the horses is
t le property of Pete Johns tor,
l is understood.
Mis. I verso:: arrived in McCar
t v about a w« e : ago, hut Ivor*
on came north on a fieighur
Commercial Club To Discuss
Inducements To Tourists !
I
Ragardless of the advanced ;
itinerary of the steamship and
railway companies, the Cummer
cial Club will go into session on
Tuesday evening to seek ways
and means for inducing the. rail;
road to route their north end lo i
cal so that it will tie up here in j
stead of at Chitina.
Half the tourists that come upj
are to be routed to Kennecott be I
fore going over the highway on i
account of the scarcity of accoin '
olations along the route. As the I
trip on the branch is of only a
day’s duration, and as it is as
handy to tie up here as at Chiti
11a, the Commercial Club has
hopes of inducing F. A. Hansen
t ) change the present summer
schedule.
IT tlie Clui)’.» petition is grant
ed, there will be an increased in
creased local income of approxi
mately three hundred dollars a
wee a.
Foster Arrives
On Today’s Train
Mr. Foster, formerly connect
ed with the Westover Mine arri
vevi on today’s train and will be
in town lor some time on import
ant on si ness. Liter he will go to
; ilie property for a time.
Secretary of Green Butte
Arrives r'rom East
H. 1. Gaskell, Secretary and
j Treasurer ol the Green Butte ar
! rived touay lrom a business trip
1
1 io hew Jersey, where he has
I oeen loealeu lor the past three
months attending private and
company affairs.
iu is repprieJ tn it loan
so i arrived today from bis
iniai trip lo tiie states.
Nel
an
School Election Causes
A Little Excitement
The School Board election on
the 8th resulted in a tie between
Mrs. Seltenreich and Fred Over
lander and between W.H. Long
le.v and lien Jackson, Mrs. Bar
rett being elected over Mrs.
Trim by one vote. Today the lie
was voted off, Longley andOver
1 uiderdefeating Mrs. Trim and
Ben Jackson. The returns were:
91 votes cast; Longley 51: Over
lander 44: Ben Jacason 43 and
and Mrs. Trim 42.
The referees in the l ist m itch
were: Boy Colby, “Shoity", Gwin
and Jim Morris those of the
ticst bout: Mrs. Oisen, Johnny
Nickellsand Frank Farnum.
All things considered, there
was quite a lot of excitement evi
enced, the talk actually veering
temporarily from dogs to local
politics.
Rat Farm To Be
Started Near Town
A bout a mile from town Nelson
Kunkel will st ring a fence aroutf
a little lake and then import a
stock of rrvsrals. It is his inten
tion to begin work in a short
time. According to him there is
no reason why the rats shouldn’t
thrive in the place he has picked -
Kunkel’s brother is slated^ to
arrive in a short time to assist
hi m in the new project.
| George Nickels arrived on to
day’s local from an extened visit
i in the states. Leaving here he
spent a short time at the Sitka
Hot Springs and then went on
i to Seattle and Wenatchee, on a
visit to his realitives.
Ben Jackson —
NOTARY PUBLIC
V
S moker Pans
See Fine Fights
Last Saturday evening the fan
element of Kennecott and Me
Carthy foreg tthred at the Ken
necott Uecre ition Hall to wa^ch
the cream of local pugdom sir it
their stuff.
The main event, a six round
no decision affair was one of the
n?aiest t lings yet seen, King fi
n illy winning over the French
Kid. Four perlims were fought,
but no serious damage was done
If Jones seeps on with his
smokers he wili soon have a
stable that will lay odds to any
>ug of any weight in the north.
Hunters Leave
This Week
Andy Taylor states that Jack
Dineen, Ernie Lottsfeldt, George
Birch and himself will leave for
a bear hunt, on the Chitina dur
the coining week, if the weather
permits. They expect to be out
at least ten days or two weeks.
Chisana Mushers
Heve Left
.Scotty Atchinson, Bill Wire
Jimmy Brown and Jack Carrol
have ail all left for Chisana with
supplies for the operators dur
ing the past couple of weeks.
Harry Boyden pulled out this
week with mail and supplies and
weather, per mi tting.Percy Thorn
ton,s outfit will leave next week.
"Charley Anderson, who had the
misfortnne to be burned out of
one of his cabins is now busily
engaged ha iling shpplies to the
section where he expects to pros
pect this summer.
Job Printing