The McCarthy
Weelky News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday Jane inth. 1921
NO. 32
Base ball
A very interesting game of j
baseball was played between
Kennecott and McCarthy teams
on Wednesday evening. For
the first four innings, Kennecot
was away behind, but-caught up
in the seventh, and tied in the j
ninth. McCarthy made the j
winning run in the last half of |
the last inning.
The personnel of the teams was
as follows; -- Kennecott Team.
Bruneile, Manager Catcher,Mey
ers, P, Sheppard, 1st b Scruby
2nd LommelJ, 3rd McGillvray
short, Saari, r f Cords c f Klost
meyer 1 f Menaglia.
McCarthy Team K. SnyderCapt
c-Gerkin, p- Sommer, 1 bO’Neil
2nd Snyder. 3rd Anderson, o f
Williams, r f Saxmon. s s Smith
1 f Edgon.
The score was; McCarthy 11.
Kennecott 10.
Jack Conwiy acted as umpire
and Harry Kavanaugh kept the
score.
FOR THE JOHNSONS
Dan creek, June 7th. A little
help for Mr. and Mrs Pete John
son from the undersigned
Robert ('orsi 5 00
Robert Johnson 15.00
Fred Stoter 10.(X)
John Ha the rill 5 00 i
D. L. Davison 5 00 |
R. Smith 5.001
Nick Arginos 5.001
Hjalmar Jacobson 5.001
Fred Algran 5.00 J
George Pittos 5.00
S. Nuckols 5 00
Erik N.vstrom 5 00
C. Erickson 5.00
Total amount 8U.OO
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johnson al
so gratefully acknowledge the
receipt of $15.00 from Gasb Ciri
son of the Jumbo mine and $5.00
from J. P. Hu brick.
Special advertising for the
‘Fourth 1 please turn in by the
30th. J une.
TELEGRAPHIC
ALASKA’S GOVERNOR
SWORN
Washington, Juno 15th. Scott
C. Bone was sworn Governor
today in the office of Secretary
Pall. Justice McKenna of
the Supreme Court administer
ed the oath. Among the Alask
ans present were Delegates Suth
erland, Committeeman McBride,
and Chas. E. Herron.
By a coincidence the swearing
in of the Governor took place
upon the thirty fourth annivers
ary of his marriage.
KOBli E E EEC A PTU RED
j Sentfle. Juno 16th. Eoy Gard
I ner, the train robber, who es
caped from his guards while be
ing conveyed from Sun Fruicis
co to McNeill 'slant! last Situr
day at Castle Pock, was recap
tured at Centralia 01 Thursday.
The bandit was heavily bandaged
for disguise and had been roam
ing ti.e streets for several days
he was arrested at noon by po
liceman Louis Sonny, who gets
the rewaru of five thousand.
The bandit was placed in Me
Neil Prison Thursday night
where he is now due to stay for
fifty years.
KENNECOTT OFFICIALS
EXPECTED
Seattle. June 17. C, T. Ulrich
Birch’s confidential representa
ive and Secretary of the Copper
Eiver and Northwestern railway
accompanied by E. T Stannard
are passengers on the North
western, due in Cordova, on a
tour of inspection.
CtI’NTS! Make your hat like
new for the Fourth of July with
a new Gros grain hatband. In
various shades at the Post Office
Store.
FOURTH OF JULY
An invitation is issued to
[one and nil to visit McCarthy
on the Fourth. Details are
now shaping themselves in pre
paredness for the big time
The sports committee have
arranged an attractive program
of sports and names, and the
list of prizes has an appeal for
evety one. Races will be run
jn the morning, and the bib
game in the afternoon, followed
by a tug of war. the winning
team to get $45 this will probab
ly be contested for bv several
teams from the different camps
The decorations will be on a
big scale and all the bisinews
houses are combining to make
everything a big success.
For the comfort of out of
town lady visitors and their
families, <’ap.Hubrick has donat
ed the large room at the back of
his store for a rest room.
The following is the prize list: --
Ball Game 75.00
Tug of War 45 00
Packing Contest 25 (XI
100 yard dash 10.00
Ladies race 5.00
Fat Man race 5.(X)
Running broad jump, fiee for
all 5.00
! Three legged race 5.00 [
Girls race, 10 to 15 3 & 2 001
Boys race, 10 to 15 3 & 2.001
Free for all, 6 to 10, 2.50. 1.50.&1 |
Under six 1.00, 50 & 50
i Pie eating contest up to 16 years
of age 2.00 & 1.00
Old mans race, GO & over 5.00
Broncho busting contest 10.00
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BtG DANCE IN EVENING
A big dance will be held in
the evening and arrangements
are in hand for everything of
the best, so make your plans I
to take in that big time.
Seattle June 18th. Secretary
Pall leaves for Alaska next
I month.
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Mr. Meyer Blum of Valdez,
js spending a few days in Mc
Carthy on business connecte
with the firm.
Mr. J. P. G is cell, ona of the
chief stockholders in the Regal
property, arrived in town last
Sunday accompanied by Tom
Lynch. They made a trip to Mt.
Regal this week. Mr. Lynch
will soon have a crew employed
doing assessment work on the
property.
Mrs M, F Ribirts, of Black
burn, the only lady homestead
er in this section, is returning
to her home, after spending
eight months on an extended
trip over all pirts of the Scites.
She is a pissenger on the
Northwestern.
Toe Green Group property
under the direction of J. L. Bir
ret will be developed no isiier
ably this summer. At present
seven men are employed on
road repairs and tram terminals.
Bill Slimpert hid a bad piece
of luck tins week, one of his
horses dying at the Anderson
ranch.
Celebrating his eleventh birth
day, Teddy Seltenreich is treat
ing his little friends to ice cream
and cake.
Charley Malander is spending
afevv li/s 11 town visiting his
friends.
Members of the McCarthy Ath
U tic club are reminded that
their June dues are away over
due.
.JO G BEEN PALLS PROM
TRAM LINE & IS KILLED
Through attempting to citch
a bucuec on the Bonanza tram
li ,eat one of the towers, Joe
Green, hoistman at the Bonanza
mine fell several hnndred feet
and wa* fatally injured and died
shortly afterwards last Thurs
day afternoon.