The McCarthy
Weekly News
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VOL. 4.
McCarthy, Alaska. Saturday February Ath 1921
NO 14
DOG RACE
Carl Anderson Wins in
2hrs 54Vnin ldsecs.
With a temperature of 32°be
low zero the long looked tor dog
dog race took place last Tues
day. On account of the extreme,
cold many were unabie to see!
' the start, but everybody turn
ed out to see the finish which
was spectacular to say the least.
Sharp at 11. If) Atkinson with;
his three dogs, Teddy, Nig A;
Beaver, owned by Fred '“teveir
son. jum .ed off on his twenty
six mile run, the course being
over the hill to the Brown road
house and return, instead of a
round the river.
Bill Berry, whose reputation
as a musher is well known all
over this district, was the next
driver, leaving at 11 45 with
lioy Snyder’s dogs, Buck, Nig
and Spot, the temperature
being twenty eight below zero
Carl Anderson, a miner from
Chititu and practically unknown
in the racing game, was the last
to leave, 2. 15. and the tempera
ture twenty six below zero.
Carl had bad luck at the start
his dogs attempting to run into
tneir kennels across the bridge
then swinging back into town
uragging Carl through the
snow, losing fully th: ee minutes
before he straightened out for
a fresh start. His dogs. Spot
Browne and Teddy were owned
by Bill Maher who had bought
them from Geo. Anderson a
lew days before the race.
Atkinson was the first to be
seen returning and was literally
cheered inu> the town on account
of the uime he was making in
such cold weather. When h cros
sed the line the judges, Tjosevig
Woodman and Gootnvin gave oni
tlic* official time as 2 hours, fifty
eight minutes fifty five seconds.
Berry In d bad luck crossing
the river, losing over twen t.v
minutes, was timed at three hrs
ten minutes and fifteen seconds.
Carl Anderson, the last to arrive
caased much interest, as the re
suit hinged on his time and af
ter he came in sight, no one drew
a breath till he finished winner
In two hours fifty minutes fifteen
seconds, almost four minutes to
spare.
At a meeting of the Republic
an club held on Wednesday the
names of local men were recoin
mended for appointments under
the coming administration.
Those ol John Underwood fo~
deputy U. S Marshal and Sam
Seltenreich lor U S.Commission
er were unanimously endoised
by those present in view of the
fact that both had resided in
McCarthy since its commence
ment, were property owners, &
interested i\» the prosperity and
development of the town.
'through a typographical
er or, Air. A1 Doze’s donation of
was omitted . rom the financ
lal statement of the kennel club
which appears on page J.
The account of the Alaskan
tournament appears next week
Lent begins next week, Feb
! ruary (Jth being Ash Wednesday
! Mail from the steamships North
western and Admiral Watson is
expected to arrive in McCarthy
tomorrow.
The school children were
granted an extra hour of recess
t<> see the dog race, much to
their delight.
Read our new Ad on page
Four
McCarthy Mercantile Co.
TELEGRAPHIC
HOUSE VOTES TO REDUCE
AR vIY
Wash. Feb. 3rd. The House
this afternoon voted to reduce
the Army to one hundred and
fifty thousand beginning Julv
fi rst.
Secretary of the Interior May
be Chosen from Puyallup.
Settle. Feb. 3rd. It is report
ed from W ishington that Hard
ing is considering W. H. Paul*
ham us of Puyallup as secretary
of the Interior.
Attempted Dynamiting at
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Feb 3rd. An at
tempt was made last night to
dynamite the American Legion
building here.
$500 Reward
Olympia Feb.4th. The Gov
ernor has offered a reward of
five handled dollais lor the
conviction of the parties wl o
attempted the dynamiting.
Poland Seeks Financial Aid
Paris. Feb. 3rd. President
Paderewski lias arrived in Paris
to enlist financial aid incase
I the Bolsheviki attack Poland
again in the spring.
Mr. E. F. Medley, a piornin
ent Cordova attorney, ai rived
! in our city on yesterday’s train
to spend a few days here on
legal business.
PERSONAL
Johnny Nelson, the genial man
ager of the Chitina Cash Store
was a visitor to McCarthy this
week,
To a representative of the News
Mr- Nelson stated that he in
tends to enter the mining game
this coming season, as he owns
a. third interest in a vailiable
placer property on White creek
which is a tributary of well
known Valdez Creek
Mr- Monahan is associated
with him in the enterprise,and
both feel that by giving their
personal attention to mining
these large alluvial deposits,
they will make a great financial
success
Mr. Martin Fry lift on Tups
dajs train en route for Sin
Francisco where lie will join his
family. He has sixty d lys lea/i.
Word has been received t'nt
vlr. and Mrs. Muncaster are
now in Vancouver. B. C getting
their outfit ready to return
north to their stock ranch at
Canyon city. They will visit
the new silver camp at Mayo, on
their way up the Yukon in the
spring.
Boosting Carl’s ieam int>
town last Tuesday Bob Will
iams lost his voice, and hasn’t
found it yet.
A handsome set of sheep horns
has been presented to the Gold’
en Hotel by Lolonel Stevenson
Very fine photographs of the
dog race were taken last Wed
nesday by Mr. Hu brick, who
now has them 01 sale at his
store.
j The new residence which Mr
Tjosevig is building on Second
street, is almost complete, and
| they expect to move into their
'new home this month.
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