The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday .i mu-iry 1st 1921
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DOG RACES
From the Golden Hotel to the'
Browns roadhouse and back, a|
distance of twenty five miles ,
was the course of which the j
first of the season’s dog races j
took place lasu Sunday amid
much excitement.
From start to finish throngs
of people Were on the watch, & ^
when Scofy Atkinson, driving
the winning team, came into
sight on Sourdough Hill he re
received quite an ovatio i.
fie maue a very spectacular
finish. Over a thousand dollars!
changed hands.
Col. ,7. Stevenson’s, Teddie
and Beaver driven by Scotty At.
kmson, carrying 4o los. indue
ing harness, started at eleven o
clock, light sin.w falling and (J° j
below zero, finished at twenty j
eight and a quarter minutes at-'
ter two.
Time, two hours, fifty eight,
and a quarter minutes.
Geo Anderson’s Spot and Wolf
driven by Charlie Lubbe, carry
ing twenty six and quarter lbs.
including harness, started at
twelve noon with a light snow
falling aim 5° below zero, finish j
ea ax ten minutes to live,
l'mie, lour hours and fifty
m in u les,
Koy Snyder’s Buck and Bob,
driven oy himself, carrying iiu
poiinus, lncluuing harness, start
eu at twelve thirty, light snow
ana e° uelovv zero, finished at
one minuio past lour.
xjuitr-. mite liOuis, thirty one
minutes.
Tlie next race will be held on
Suiuay January 16th for a
i i.i>e m ^ i it. and already a
great interest is being shown,
a mi ge number of entries are
expected.
COURSE. Prom Barber Pole in
front of Golden Hotel, McCarthy ^
over Sourdough Trail to Brown’s
Roadhouse, thence down the Ni
zina River to mouth of Kennecot
liiver, thence up the Kennecot
to starting point. The portion
of the trail unbroken on the Ri
ve rs* to be plowed out.
Conditions —
1. Each team to consist of not1
more than three dogs and driver !
no loose leaders to b. permitted I
'1. Sled -- Anything suitable to;
driver.
11 Sta*t -- Teims to start thirty ■
minutes apart firsi team leav-1
ingat ten A. M. Position o, start |
ers to be determined by draw-!
ing.
i
4. In case of one team overtak- |
mg another, the lead team sliall!
turn oiii.il necessary, to allow
ttie otuer to p.tsr>. rj l,e overtak
ing team at all times to have the
ngnt oi wa.>.
a nacn m river to register in at
rii'ow n’s Mo uihouse.
b. Driver must cuter tile entire
anile Willi tiie same uoj;s used
in start ®l >gs to ue eitlier ill har
ness ai uiwiieu to sit u; or riding
ou stee. ii mail t tints in benind
Learn anti siea a a i not holding
onto sieu tne time tn u river's
arrival lo cornu.
i. Winner — Tne winner will be
J ueclareu to be me team and drr
ter inaKn g me lastesi, nine over
tne prescrioed coarse, corauy
I mg w 1 tii tne rales laid down a
j oove.
J6. Purse— Tne purse and en
trance fee will oe s,>lit as fol
lows First 7j% Second 23%
Entrance i-e to be $2u.00 for
each team
. R ice to be go ver ie 3. and timed
b.v.thite jaunts.
If, in the opinion of the judges
snow or weather conditions are
not favorable, they may post
pone race.
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Pred Cope and |
iiitce, Molly McDonnell, are
leaving on Monday for Cordova,
where they spend a year.
It is with very much regret
that we see these residents leave
as tney cave been here since
stampede da^ s and have been
always active in the towns inter
ests.
A fa»ewell party will be held
at the A. H Hall tomorrow, Sun
day evening; to bid Mr, and Mrs
Lope and Molly goodbye, every
one is invited t»* attend, ana a
lu ch will be served bv the
ladies.
Dan Pearson, who success
fully underwent an operation
lor appendicitis last week t
Kennicot hospital, was visiting
McCaithy friends yesterday.
| The Littin building on Harr
iett Way, has been re-opened by
Sam Sel ten rich as a butcher
shop, where he sells everything
that grows a hoof or wags a fin
Mrs- Wells ‘and family have
moved to the Lubbe apirtment
above the Post Office
Mrs. F. Ahrens, with Louise,
Margaret and the new baby .Via.
rie, returned home on Christmas
I Eve; her father, Mr Sylvester
j accompanied them and will make
1 his home here.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
The Childrens Entertainment
last Friday was a huge success
jin every way: the children ren
dered an excellent program,
then welcomed Santa < la us, tl e
part ably taken by blank 1 ven
ison, wl o dispensed gilts ud
goodies to all,
A. B
5th Annual Masque
Ball
Has been postponed until
January loth.
NOTICE
To whom it may concern:
I, the undersigned, do not as
sume any responsibility for the
acts of J. F, Dennis and John
Gallagher, who were associated
with me in tnefirmof Dennis,
Gallagher and lo. Dated at Me
Carthy this 23rd day of Decem
ber 1920. J. A. Pager berg
NOTICE
Having taaen over the interest
of my partner Chris Kadovich,
the Golden Hotel will hereafter
be conducted by me, and I
assume all liabilities.
Thanking you and hoping for
your further patronage
James Hussey
A R0T1C B UOTHERHOO D
CAMP 33
All A. B. member's are re
quested to attend an import mb
meetingat the Barrett residence
next Thursday at 8- p. m.
A petition is now in circula
tion to secure a much needed
wagon road to Long Lake,
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