The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday July i6th 1921
NO 36
THE IRISH QUESTION
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London, July 14th. Lloyd
George and Devalera, the presi
dent of the Irish Republic, had
tea together today and talked
for two hours in an effort to
settle the Irish question.
The conference ended amicably
and will be resumed.
Irish men and women knelt in
Downing Street outside Lloyd j
George’s house, reciting the ro- j
sary and singing hymns, and
the Archbishop of Cantabury
held a service of silent prayer in
the cathedral for the success of j
the meeting.
COURT NEWS
In the Commissioners Court
last Monday morning, John Pe
troff, an employ*e of the Kent)
ecot Copper Corporation, was
sentenced to seven months im
prisonment by Charles Spong
berg for violation of section 1921
The following witnesses gave
evidence for the prosecution:
W. C. Douglas, Louis Willing,
Gus Carlson, J. Miller, Emil
Gusttavson and Alvin Wolle.
ANCHORAGE
HEADQUARTERS
(Anchorage Times)
According to a report received
this morning the Alaskan Road
Commission is seriously consid
ering establishing a sub office
in Anchorage The report states
that the office will be in charge
of J, A. Gorges, who will act as
disbursing agent for the South
western district.
In this connection it has been
suggested that the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce revive
the agitation to have the interior
department recognize this dis.
trect and establish aland office
in Anchorage, and there is the
vacant room formerly occupied
by the United States geological
survey. Anchorage certainly
needs and is entitled to a repre
sentative of this department to
further the needs of the grow
ing mining industry.
TELEGRAPHIC
POSTMASTERS APPOINTED
Washington. July 14th. Post
fnasters for four important off
ices in Alaska were nominated
today by the President as
follows
Alhert E Blackmar, Ketchikan.
Laurie Williams, Nenana.
T, D. Baker, Nome.
Jos. McNulty Sitka.
SUICIDES NUMEROUS IN
SEATTLE
Seattle, July 15th. Mrs. Reames !
wife of Clarence L. Reames, a
prominent attorney who assist
ed the attorney genera) of the
United States here during the
| war, committed suicide today
by asphyxiation.
Andrew Anderson, a Norweg
J ian who had worried over the
i fact that he had lost seven thou
sand in the defunct Scandinavian
American Bank of Seattle today
[ committed suicide by taking a
sandwich containing strychnine
which he made himself.
BIG PAPER MILL FOI
ALASKA
Washington. July 15. The For
est Service today sold a million
I cords of wood at sixty cents per
hundred cubic feet and other
wood to build.
The purchasers aie the Alaska
American Paper Corporation
j consisting of New York and Chi
| cago capitalists.
The timber is located on the
Bohm Canal fifty miles from
Ketchikan Cutting is to com
mence in October 1923. Mean
while the promoters will con
struct a four million dollar plant
Various rumors are current
concerning Federal appoint
ments in Alaska, but nothing
from any definite source.
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Mrs. Tom Lynch and son Roy
returned to their home at Strel
na last week after having spent
a very pleasant week at McCar
thy, celebrating the Fourth
with Mr. Lynch and friends.
Mike Knowles and Billy Mey
er have decorated the A B. Hall
in readiness for the Big Ball
tomorrow night which promises
to be one of the best events of
the season. The Kennecott
orchestra will be on hand with
their usual swell music and it
is to be hoped that every mem
ber of the Athletic Club will be
on hand to welcome the Cordova
visitors.
A mild form of influenza has
been prevelant amongst our can
ine friends
Dora McDonnell, one of our
mojst popular young ladies, will
leave next week for Cordova, to
wait for the Admiral Watson,
on which she will travel to Ko
diak to visit her relatives.
Her little sister Marion Wills,
will also make the trip.
Ole Farsvedt, who has been
on Rex Creek for several months
returned to town yesterday.
Mrs. Roy Burns of Nizina who
paid a brief visit to Cordova
last week, returned on feundav
and proceeded immediately to
the Creeks.
An interesting practice game
of base ball was played at Ken
necott last evening between
McCarthy and Kennecott, re
suiting in a win for the visitors
by a score of lJ to 4.
Judge O’Connor is a McCarth
y visitor, having arrived from
Chitina on last Sunday’s train.
Outside mail will arrive on
the local tomorrow, and the
1 Post Office will be open from 11
I a< in. till 2.p.m.
BASE BALL
AcceptingKennecott’s invita
tion and challenge at b ase ball
Cordova’s crack team wil arrive
tomorrow at the Copper camp &
the match will be played there
tomorrow afternoon.
The special train bringing the
team will also bring a large
number of fans and rooters for
the Coast boys.
LARGE PASSENGER LIST
Agent F W. Sommer receiv
ed word from Roy Do Leo this
A.M. that the Excursion train
with 200 passengers will arrive
here at2.30 ]>. m. tomorrow.
The train will stop here to
pick up passengers to Kennecott
for the Ball game Regular ex
cursion tickets will be sold, 85
cents round trip, including war
tax. Excursion will leave Mc
Carthy Southbound Monday
morning at 0 o’cloca. There will
be possibly about 125 women
and children.
We understand that fifty of
these will betaken care of bythe
Kennecott Company.
As the time of arrival has
not been definitely known, no
fixed program has been arrang
ed for the visitors at McCarthy.
The special will be met at the
depot by a Committee of Wel
come, J P. Hu brick, chairman
of tne Commercial Club and
others.
The first endeavor will be to
see that all the travellers have
accomodations.
Every resident has thrown his
home open for guests, so that it
will be a sure thing that every
I bed, cot and hook will be occu
pied tomorrow night.
The Athletic Club have arranged
for a reception and dance for
| the evening whicn everybody is
cordially invited to attend.