The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, May 23,1.^5.
No. 21
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Dr. Swartz was called t >
Chitina Thursday on an urgent
case, Dr. Scruby accompanying
him.
J.S. Conway of Kennecott
paid a hurried visit to McCarthy
Thursday.
Why not a few more room*
ing houses for McCarthy? The
situation is serious when a man
is forced to take shelter in an
automobile for the night.
.Joe Borger left for Dan
Creek Friday to work with the
Dan Creek Hydraulic MiningCo.
for the season.
Martin Harrais had a fine
big horse shipped in from Seattle
last week.
The planer mines are prep
arinjr to start operations at last.
The season is about two weeks
later than usual owing: to the
cold weather and deep snow. Six
men went to Dan ('reek Thurs
t i a v.
Mr. Nils Tjosevijr left Frid
ay for his claim near the Green
Butte to do his assessment work
Mrs Tjosevijr and little Elinor
accompanied him#
MeCarthyites are triad to
see Johnnie Nickel] back at work
after the bad accident to his
fool two weeks ago when he had
it crushed in t he gear of a truck.
He is now able to walk without
cru tohes.
Howard Foster is in town
this week end on business from
his diggings at the Wustover
mine.
BIG CARL SUCCEEDS
IN TAKING LtPI
As a sequel to his attemp
l ist week to take his own life e<
mes the news that ‘Big Carl’ Anc
erson of Kenneeott on Thursday
had succeeded in the grim tasl
in which he barely failed las
week.
Though under guard at th<
hospital where lie was recovering
from the previous attempt, h<
managed to get out of bed am
made a break for freedom, elm
ing the guard he rushed outside
The alarm was at once given oul
and the local marshall calk'd. Ii
was thought that he had headed
for the brush along the railway
but instead he went up the hit
until he came to the steep bank
beyond the houses and leaped
over. His leg was broken in the
fall and he then apparently plan
ged his head into the stream and
held it there until drowned. Lift
was extinct when he was reach
ed.
The sympathy of the entire
community is aroused over the
sad case lor Carl was a gene*ra]
favorite and had not an enemy
except himself. Interment will
j be made in Kenneeott cemetry.
BKEN WICK AND HOYDEN
RETURN PROM TRIP
Pete Bren wick and Harry
Boy deni came in this afternoon
with tiie pack horses from their
trip with the Mount Logan equip
ment. They travelled a distance
of abonteighty five miles and Mr
Bren wick reports that the going
was fair for that distance.
The party will ‘hump’ their
outfit the remainder of the dist
ii.nce.
Messrs Richelson and Wld
ing were in town on Mother Lode
business for the greater part of
the day.
MAN POUND INSANE
i
£
, A coroner's jury on Friday found
t that Arshin Omar was mentally |
) deficient and would have to be j
1 removed to Morningside Hospital
’ for the Insane.
r Mr. Omar came to town sev |
t eral weeks ago as a stranger!
and seemed in full command of
j
* his faculties. But a few days ago
: lie seemed to be acting strangely j
‘ and on Thursday while at the
depot he became so bad that it
i was necessary to hand him over
to i he authorities.
He will be sent out on Sun
day to be taken South on the
S. S. Northwestern.
high wathr on Yukon
WASHES AWAY SEVERAL
HOMES DAWSON
Vancouver, B.C., May 15.— A
delayed message from Dawson
dated May 11th. stated the worst
flood ever known in Dawson,
caused the Yukon to overflow
its banks.
The city is flooded, the ad m
i inistralion building being surr*
joundedby water, the fire hall,
| Bank of Commerce building,
White Pass Transportation Com
pany’s dock and offices serious
ly damaged by the water.
Many homes in Dawson are
now under water and several <
have floated away. The govern- i
ment radio station is now out of ]
commission and no news can be <
sent out. The north anu the south i
approaches of the Klondike 1
bridge are impassable, cutting J
many off from town. 1
Owing to another bridge
being washed out near Cordova
j the train service was suspended i
i for several days this week. The r
SChitina bridge was replaced <
(Thursday and mail and freight ]
| service resumed today.
A.VIATOR FORCED
DOWN LAKEMINTO
FATliHANKS, May 11 —
Last Saturday evening, Noel
Wein who wasenroute herefrom
Wiseman in liis airplane, with
two passengers, phoned from
Nenana that he was forced to
land on the shore of Lake Minto.
He walked three days and three
nights to Nenana. Efforts are
being made here to get a sec.
ond plane in shape to go to Lake
Minto wTith gasoline. Shortage
of gasoline was what caused
Wein to make his forced land
ing.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
HOLD PICNIC
The school chrildren cel
ebrated the closing of the school
term by holding a picnic Friday
at the second bridge on the
Mother Lode trail. There were
games, contests, races and an
abundance of good things to eat.
One would almost judge that the
‘kids’ were glad to see vacation
commence from the way they
celebrated.
TO FILM STAMPEDE SCENES
Richard Suratt, wrell known
cine matographer who special
zes on northern pictures, retur
ned on the Princess Mary Tues
iay from a visit of several mon
ths in New York. Mr. Suratt
vill go into the Cassiar on the
!irst boat on an assignment to
!ilm the stampede scenes.
NOTICE
Owing to a misunderstand*
ng and at the request of Mrs.
rrim, the subscription for the
jhrildren of the late A. E. Trim
las been discontinued by the
Sews.