The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, January lo.i.c.n
OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
Mr. and Mr*. Max Rede and
daughter, Maxine, loft on Tues
day of this week for Cordova
where they will reside far the
remainder of the winter.
William Mahar was taken to
lvennecott hospital this week suf
fering from stomach trouble. He
has been suffering with this for
some time and is in bad oondit
ion.
Mrs. Jack Schultz went out
this week for an extended visit
to her old home in Detroit.
H. I Gaskill of Green Butte
lefr on short notice for the out
side to attend a director’s meet
in*' of the Green Butte Copper
Co. Some people have all the luck.
Bill Lang gave his trap line
a rest long enough to pay McCar
thy a visit this week.
Sig Wold, popular garage ow
nor of McCarthy, was given a
farewell party by friends in Even
imeott Monday night before leav
ing for the outside. Sig will spend
the winter with his parents in
Duluth, Minnesota.
Word has been received by
Engineer Anderson that funds
wi.i be available to re commence
operations on the Nizina bridge
about the l'irstot February.
Warren Nelson came into te
wnon Tuesday.
For Sale
THREE DOGS and HARNESS
and complete outfit for one yeai
ALL FOR s:;7f>
Apply I3 W. Holmes, McCarthy
Washington, I). C.
Jan. 5 and »>, 1925
Weekly News,
McCarthy, Alaska.
Alaska game bill passed Hon
se today and will become iavv in
few days.
Dan Sutherland
Delegate from Alaska
The above was received on
Tuesday of this week and will be
self explanatory to those in teres
ted in the game laws.
BOOZE TRAFFIC
, PROVES COSTLY
Mr. Hauer. U. S. Marshall from
Chitina, came into town Monday
having in tow one Mr. Blom arr
ested on a charge of violating the
Eighteenth Amendment. At the
hearing before the local court he
was hound over for the Grand
Jury with bail fixed at $ 3500.
Meanwhile Joe Neime lr.ngu
ishes in the local hoosegow upon
failure to furnish bail of $ 2,'>0
imposed tor having in his poss
ession the liquid cheer claimed
brought in by Blom.
ACCIDENT TO GREEN BUTTE
EMPLOYEE *
While at work for the Green
Butte Copper Co, Henry Ellison
had a bad accident, suffering
severe bruises and cuts about
the face and head necessitating
his removal to Kennecott hospit
al for medical treatment.
KENNECOTT MAN BADLY
HURT
A bad accident occared at
Kennecott on Thursday when
Bill Weitxel, head lineman for
the Kennecott Copper Corporat.
j ion, fell from one of the tram
1 towers leading to the Jumbo
. | mine breaking one leg in two pla
ces. The full extent of his injur
ies is not yet known.
SKATING PARTY
On Sunday last, a party of
young people took advantage of
the ideal weather to make up a
n skating party and journey from
Kennecott t*> McCarthy where
the overflow in the creek had
formed a large sheet oi smooth
ice.
There were eight or nine c.o
iipies in the party and everyone
enjoyed to the limit this ‘king oi
outdoor sports.
PREPARATIONS TO SCALE
MOUNT LOGAN UNDER WAY
Albert H. McCarthy, pioneer
explorer, i.s putting the finishing
touches to arrangements for his
ex|>e<lition to Mount Logan next
Spring and Summer, starting at
McCarthy,
The service?* of an experien
ced moving picture photographer
has been engaged by Mr. McCar
thy who hopes to procure some
wonderful pictures of the trip.
There will be no lack of opportu
nity surely for the trail will be
through a country unrivalled for
grand and beautiful scenery.
While this is a work ol' love
for a man ol Mr. McCarthy tern
perument, yet it will be underta
wen in the interests of geological
societies who hope to obtain val
uable information and data cone
erning the country travelled as
well as of Mount Logan itself.
The freighting of supplies is
in the hands of Andy Taylor and
Scotty Atkinson, than whom no
one is more capable. They will
begin hauling the supplies in the
near future.
The ‘Alaska Weekly’ of Dece
I mber 19 contains a poem written
| by Charlie Range, well known in
McCarthy and district, having
put iu several seasons on Dan Cr
eek. Tho poem is too lengthy to
reproduce here but is well worth
j reading.
I
GOOD REPORTS
OF ALASKA MINES
The Alaska Hills Mining
Company, whose mine it is at
Nuka bay, had a successful try
out of the Ball mill and concent
rator installed during tin season
and everything worked in a sat
is factory way. About fifty tons
of ore was put through the mill
arm yielded something over
$1,700, in addition to a ton or
more of high grade coneentrac
es.
The Anchorage- Alaskan
quotes Frank Short, who was
engaged to measure up the ore
in sight, as declaring that the
mine is one of the best he ha*
investigated. Mr. Short was form
eriy connected with the Kennec
ott Copper mine and was also
for a time with the Granby Com
pany in charge of development
copper property near Valdez.
FERN MINE A BONANZA
“The Fern mine in the Will
jow creek gold quartz camp has
passed the prospect stage and
is now a rich gold mine with
wonderful possibilities,” said
| Captain Nick Gaikema to the
| Alaska Weekly, upon his arrival
in Seattle this week. Captain
Gaikema and M. J. Conroy form
erly owned several of the claims
that now comprise the property
ef the Fern Gold Mining Gomp
any, and inspected the mine
just before his departure from
Anchorage.
1 RHODES-HALL PROPERTY
The Gustafson brothers,
operating the old Rhodes—Hall
gold quartz mine in the Fair
banks district, as managers for
the Cleary Hill Alaska Mines Co
mpany, brought in another good
sized cleanup, and stated to a
representative of the News-Miner
| that the showing greatly exceed
ed their expectations.