The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday February 9,1924
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A Good Suggestion
For Local Advertisement
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Editor McCarthy Weekly News
My Dear Sir:
As long as we ar e
li u in.' dances,smokers,and more
dances,and also a lot of talk about
“The Dog Race”, why not have a
big day for everybody? Say a dog
race, a skieing contest, then a
dance in the evening. The writer
on several occasions tried his
“derndest”, to get a few of the
dog mushers to hitch up their
teams, all at the same time, for a
picture; but so far has only suc
ceeded in getting Walter Eng,
to hitch up his pups.Tiie> e seems
to be a lack' of interest; or is it
selfishness? 1 am sure I cannot
understand why \\a should not
get together and 1 au eifry
body make a showing.
Regardless of weather conditi
ons, with the country under a
white blanket, we can always get
a good picture lor newspaper re
production, and I am willing to
take tile pictures,make the prints ,
and mail them to some of the lar j
ger publications, gratis. This
would be quite an advertisraent
for the “burg.” It would at least
[iiit it on the map, and perhaps
the secretary.of the Commercial
Club would hear from some *in
quinng tourist party.
Just think what a t rip we i ould
give a party coming here. They
could see the greatest scenery in
all Alaska,by taking saddle hordes
across tie Nailed, up »I;«• Chi<i
Stone, over the goat trail into the
Sko ai lias n, V ern e down the
Skolai to tin Fi ed« rika Glacier,
and across the N zina Glacier,
down the Nicolai trail, thence
over Nicol ii Hill and down Me
Car thy < rook.
A'l. the other towns are boost
ing,and adverising for the tout ist
“Cheechakos” Draws
Full Houses
The “Cheechakos”, which has
received such charitable mention
from every place where it has
been run, made its appearance at
ICenneeott,Wednesday afternoon
to a fu 11 house and in the eve
ning to a packed one.
The McCarthy residents were
there in full strength, as both
the speeder and stage carried
passengers.
The picture created quite an
amount of discussion, esyecilaly
among the old timers, who were
real cheechakos at the period in
which the plot of the play was
laid.
MUCKERS’ BALL
NEXT SATURDAY
Posters are out announcing a
real honest to goodness Muckers
Ball, at Kennecott, next Satur
day. The boys that are staging
the fun,are making arrangement
to entertain everybody that can
come both from here and the
Glacier city. It is said that the
dance will be one of the best
that has yet been held, so far
thi* year.
R L. H. Marshall, left Monday
for Cordova on a business trip
connected wild Ins interests in
MoCurtby. He expects to return
Monday’s local.
H is she asked you to go to the
Leap Year Ball yet':
trade; but poor little McCarthy
> its tight. She has nothing to
off.‘i but a little good advice—
Which of Course is Cheap.
A Subscriber
A Little Bit
Oi Gossip
Mrs. J. P. Hubrick is recover
ing from a very severe cold that
has kept her confined to her
home for the last ten days.
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Mrs. E. L. H. Marshall enter
tained at her home last Thurs
day evening in honor of Mrs.
Paul Latham, of Kennecott, who
has been her guest this week.
James Morris, who has been
employed at the Green Rutte for
some time, has resigned and is
now at home in town.
Joe Nieminen has severed his
connection with the Kennecolt
Corporation, and is Spending a
lew days in McCarthy.
Ed Gilke.v, who has been at the
Jumbo since he quit feeding the
hungry at the Golden lunch
counter, is back in town, having
come down lor good.
Mi s. Will Neys, whose husband
is watchman at the A. R. C. Ni
zi na ri ver b rid ge cam p, wen t to
Cordova, on Monday’s train.
Herman Hahn, an employee of
the Kennecott Corporation, is
spending a few days in McCarthy
it is imported that the laun
dry will open in a short time itn
der the efficient management of
Walter Chong, the chef of the
Golden lunch counter.Pete Bren
ewiek is hauling in the summer
wood for the new management.
Considerable use has been
! rna ie this ween of the ice on
jKcnmvott river by local skaters,
i Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O’Neill skeed
to Kennecott Wednesday foi the
afternoon performance of ’’The
’Chee:*.haKos".
Blackburn to Boom
As Tourist Camp
Mrs. Roberts, who recently re
ceived patent on her homestead
w’hich takes in the now defunct
town of Blackburn, states that
plans are perfected for the estab
lishment of a tourist resort.
She states that in a short time
she will let a contract for a sufti
cient number of logs to construe
a large hotel capable of accomo
dating all the tourist travel in
this section, in addition to the
hotel, it is planned to renovate
and refurnish the good cabins
| at Blackburn for the use of any
! families that may wish to use
! them. There will be the added
■ attractions of a skating pond for
winter and a ball diamond for
I summer with a fine golf links,
I if that animal is demanded by
i tourists from the states. ‘
Mrs. Roberts lias kept close
tab of the number of tourists and
! travelers that came up in this
' district last summer, and she
reasons that were interesting
trips into the sorrounding sec
tions arranged for, a great many
; people would visit this district
! each season.
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j Did you blush when she asked
! to escort you to the Leap Year
| Ball?
Kd Basset arrived from a four
months visit to Vancouver B. C.
j on last Saturday’s train and left
Monday for the creeks, where he
will spend the remainder of the
winter.
Final arrangements have been
! made for the smoker, T uesday
evening. The sale of tickets
is reported to be pretty brisk
The event bids fair to beentire
ly successful from every stand
point.