The McCarthy
Weekly News
VQL.3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday July sist 1920
NO. 40
TOWN TOPI< 'S
The demand for labor is as
great as ever in all the miring
camps. The Pan ('nek
Mining Co. can use a number of
men. The pay is 85 i5. per day
and oO (rent bonus for staying
the full season
Forest tires are raping in sev
eral directions and it is to be
hopeu that no great damage will
be done. People should be extra
careful of fire when on the trail
during this dry season.
A very sad occurence took
place on Wednesday the ‘28th,
when little Eddie Diffley, the
ten year old son of Mrs. Mike
Johnson was drowiud.
The child had not been seen
since four in ike alien.« « n l td
in the evening starch parties
were sent om. His clothes were
found on the shore of a small
lake across ihe trestle and some
time later Uie body was recov
ered from the lake by Gus John
son, George Andersen and Jim
Hussey.
An inquest was held next day
before C. Parker Smith as Coro
ner t nd a jury of Messrs Con
way (loreman) Marshall, Slimp
ert, Nickcll, Mitchell, Cole.
The testimony of the members
of the search party, showed
that the deceased’s footprints
wcjo the only ones at the lake,
and after examining the body,
the jury returned a verdict of
“death by accidental drowning.”
The cii cumstances of the acci
dent are very pathetic. The
mother and family had just come
to McCarthy on a visit to the
father, who was employed by
the Road Commission. The
little fellow had evidently gone
swimming alone. The entire
community is full of sympathy
for the family. The body was
shipped to Chitina, the home of
the family, where burial took
place yesterday. The McCarthy
ladies sent .many handsome
floral emblems.
TELEGRAPHIC
('UP STAYS HERE
Sandy Hook, July 27th.
(Special to the News)
The Resolute hits won the
fifth race so that the Cup stays
in America.
i Sir Thomas Lipton will clial
| lenge.
I
Washington 1*. C. July 2bth.
Ludenorff, the famous Ger
man warrior, iu a communica
| tion received here warns that !
; Bolshevism is threatening the
! wnole world.
Marion, Ohio. July 29th.
Harding plans a tour of the
principal cities of the country as
| far west as Denver.
Northampton, Mass. July 2‘J.
t i
Coolidge was formally notified
! today, he says the' country J
needs to get back to normal con- i
i 1
di turns. j
OIL WELLS at LOS ANGELES
Lcs Angeles. .July 29th, Earth
quake shocks in the past few
days have developed two oil;
wells in the heart of the city, |
a heavy flow of oil.
WHAT'S the GREAT IDEA?
! Mexico City. July 30th. The'
bandit Villa has surrendered j
and been given a pension for !
j life and restored to full citizen-i
ship.
Edmonton, Alberta. July 30.
j The Nome bound flyers have
I been delayed here several days
j on account of leaky gas tanks.
Flight will probably be resumed
! tomorrow.
Nome. Amundsen has arrived.
TRAIL NEWS
On Thursdays train Colonel J
C. Gotwals andMr. Daniel Jones
superintendent of the Alaska 1
Road Commission arrived to
make a brief inspection of the
new Sourdough road.
They traversed the entire
length of the work and express
ed themselves well pleased with
the progress already made.
They also went to the Nizina to
for a bridge site.
After supper a* the Rond Com
mission camp they left on the j
speeder, intending to stop off
at Strelna and motor to Bergs,
then ptoceed toChitinaand take
the train to Cordova next day.
Jimmy Brown arrived cn Tuesj
day from t'hisana with his j
packtrain. He has been helping j
survey7 at Xabesna with Mr. H
Waller whom he brought out
as a passenger. Jimmy leaves
in a lew days for Chisana again
MINK HAVING
AT McGALlTH Y
•John Barrett, is developing aj
new industry, a few weeks agoj
he caught a ft male mink and !
some young ones at the Green !
Group cache, these lie brought.!
down to Ids homestead and has
fixed up a comfortable home.
He has a trap set for daddy
mink at the same place as lie!
caught the others and expects
to bring him to his family soon.
The little fellows are growing
fast and do not seem to object
to being in captivity.
Wild currants and other fruits
are ripening rapidly and many
berrypicking excursions have
taken place in the last few days;
The Marshal’s residence is |
being improved with some add- j
itional bungalow windows and a
new malthoid roof this week.
PERSONAL
Mr. H. H. Waller, who has
been surveying the Sargent pro
perly at Nabesna returned to
town on Thursday. He spent a
couple of days at Nizina on the
way out. He left on Thursday’s
train for Valdez.
J. B. O’Neill is spending a
short visit at the creeks.
Mrs. Eckstrom is visiting
the Iversons at their ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fundeen are
receiving the congratulations of
their friends upon the arrival of
a baby boy at their home in
Chitina last week.
Chas. L. Graber writes that
they are now located in Alame
da, California and are enjoying
the sunny fcouth.
While playing around some
no al a mutes on Thursday after
noon Frankie W ills was bitten
by one of the dogs , and it was
f< und to be such ;t severe bite
that he was taken to Kennecott
hospital, where Dr. Gillespie
placed thirteen stitches in his
arm. He is now much better.
Pete Johnson lias staked a
homestead about fifteen miles
south and left on last Sundays
train with supplies and equip
ment. He expects to cut a fine
lot of native hay. Lou Hend
erson went with him.
A party of fishing enthusiasts
from McCarthy were the guests
of Mr. Henry Olsen for an auto
mobile ride and fishing excurs
urn to the Nikolai last Sunday.
Read about your Sourdough
friends in the Pathfinder. Read
of the development that has
been done already in this great
territory.