THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered us second class matter. Jjepiem
bor 17th, 1918 at the I ost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act oj
March .‘1. 1879.
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C. F. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. ('OLE Editor
Saturday February 12th 1921. j
CH [SANA TRAIL.
The Mail carriers on the Mc
Carthy- Cliisana route are ex
periencing unusual difficult^ s
in crossing the Nizina *nd Rus
sell glaciers this winter, no ap
propriation having been made tor
staking a trail across.
Tns was also the case last
winter and resulted in two men
badly frozen on the Nizina glac
ier, which, tho only lour milts a
cross is f all of crevices, invari
ably a strong wind is blowing
down from the Rohn glaej* r
which in ikes this short crossing
particulary dangerous.
At an expenditure of about
$3000. dollars a “double ender”
trail could be built around this
glacier on the East side, pack
horses having already been brot
around this way which shows
that the land route is not impas
sible.
This matter we understand
was brought to the attention of
of Mr Medley, a representative
oi tne Cordova Chamber of Com
merce, at an informal meeting
held in tne Liurie building last
Monday evening at which were
present some of the most prom
i ieat citizens of the town and
some Chisana operators, the lat
ter giving some interesting data
regarding the prohibitive cost
of freighting supplies to the in
terior camp under present con
ditions, to say nothing of the
dangers of crossing the glaciers
without stakes.
Mr Medley will present all
these facts to the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce on his return
to Cordova, feeling sure that we
will get some relief as all mem
bers of that live organization
take more than a personal inter
est in McCarthy and realize.that
to open up any country, trails
must be built and men’s lives
protected tiom such conditions
as exist between here and Chi
sana.
Last year Billy James, one of
the largest operators in Chisana
freighted in his outfit by way
of Gulaana, a distance of two
hundred and sixty miles, over
wi'ieh he broke trail, ii. order
to avoid travelling the danger
ous glacier, in spite of the fact
that the glacier i» one hundred
miles shorter.
He is intending to do the same
this spring, leaving the railroad
at Chitina.
It is very certai 1 that if some
tiling is not clone on the Amer.l
ioan side of the boundary line
in the matter of trails tne travel
, will be diverted to the < ’anadian
I sid's as a road will surely be
built to Chisana from that end,
and in ihat ease all the business
aid outfitting will be done from
Dawson — this is a much larger
question than many imagine.
The same Mail contract is still
in force now as it was three
years ago and there is no reason
why the usual appropriation for
slatting tne glacier trails should
not be on the estimates for this
spring. If it wete it mig.it not
only save a man’s liie but would ^
double the traffic between Chisa |
na&Uardovi via McCarthy.
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Motary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
legally arranged.
Cordova,
Alaska
OUR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
To open an account, place the amount of your deposit
in an envelope and mail to us. By return post you
will receive a bank book showing amount of your deposit.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
THE C ONCRETE BANK
ESTABLISHED 1909.
DRAFTS ON Al L I* A UTS OK ihe would, money remitted by wire
TO ALL I* A UTS OK THE UNITKD STATES *fc CANADA.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
The following schedule will be put into effect.
Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and
Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kennecott Tuesday and
Friday, and Sundays.
Trains leave McCarthy for Chitina. Monday and
Wednesday, and Saturdays
Trains leave C-nitina for Cordova, Tuesday and
Fridays
The above schedule subject to chance without not ice.
CALEB COKSER Supt. F. w. SOMMER Agent
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
CAMP 3?
Meets every Monday evening
at A. B. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
Initiation Fee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickell A.C
McCarthy, Alaska
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