The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VI1
McCAKTHY, ALASKA, SATURDAY December 29, 1923.
No. V IJ l
Soldier Is Frozen
Wliilo on Way To Vald* z
U. S. Tele *4' l':l i >i I Opel llof Ld
mr a I u rpiiy. who is sr i i i me i it
•leaver Dam on l ho V ddez t r i|
' vent ly Ind an *‘a > •no urn mil
'Veil nil'll proved iaial.
Last Snad i\ Mtry si ira i
>r \ thioz on suo'Yslio s, inlet <,
.154' to spend C i ns mis in • un •
»lace and when at t In onn of 40
tom's in- hiii >d to not: ly i Laver
him of his arnv il it Valnez the
.-oldiers at the u>rm •:■ pos beyan
omi! • i t tin u' iv.1 liars to: nis
i Jo I y.
In eonsepnenre, anothei sold
or by tin1 name oi Mitchell who
- also -slationed a S3 aver Dam
, -ried out on Murphy’s trail.
vi i \ I’o.ii , some Hides I rom
i au i Date. Mitchell Ion n d that
.rpny n .d to ,;nuoneu Ins webs
i t h o . iso >.t rayed off the t rai I
icno v ini4 the latter was a cite
o take,Mitchell feariny the worst
..de hts way to tie relief cabin
tin pass aim wired to Valdez
assistance ,
I'he >*‘areiline.' party met Mur
i y m 11 e i went \ t) i < e miles out
Vaiuez. He was staggering a
g through the drifted snow, al
*st completely exhausted. The
seuerers took him aimin' their
c k trah to \\ ortman’s soi • I 1 ions
i st i iii ii la n i s ami fi rst aid I lad
eu HiiminisLe.reu.
Murphy’s lianus and foot wore
»zen and he was very weak but
•will be lully recovered irpm'l
i > efforts of his long battle with
io Vvild in a short time.
Johnnie Crate the (’opper Crn ,
r halt-breed that was hi rested
st week by I’.S. Deputy Boyer
fChitinaon the charge of cache
obbery, pleaded guilty and was
■ntanced Uo a three months res
ience in he Chitina ‘skooKuni
anise .
Things Look Bright
| On (’hitistone
A good surface showing duos
not make a Bonanza, hut It does
make a prospector feel good.
Carl Anderson and Axel Hack
man arrived in town last Sunday
from their copper elaiais w hich
are located on the Chitiseone.
Last fall the partners went up
tht' river to do some isessment
work on the claims and the show
ing made was so good that the
boys intend to develop the prop
erty as much as possible, then
influence outside capital.
They are at present building a
sled and getting an outfit togath
er.
It is stated th ii w hile there is
nothing to lie excited about thy
ch i ices are goo i for toe de
velopim lit t>i' a mine.
What is needed now is trails
portation; the main thing that is
retarding development on tiie
other side of the Nizina.
Taylor Has Pair fill Accident
Friday morning Andy Taylor
suttd rod a painful accident while
In*'pine,' load a car of logs. Ever
since it was erected, Andy has
been iiahdling t lie big derrick
that A. K. Trunin uses to load
i
in nine' tim hers conisgned to K*hi
necott. Vestei day morning Andy
in som • manner got Instinger in
the tickle and narrowly missed i
losing Ins hand. The linger was ,
badly lane orated buU no bones j
were broken |
_ j
Hoi; Joe Murry
Arrives From Coast .
I
rod ,y’s train had as a return
ing passengerthe local repersent
ative to legislature Joe Murry,
who has been attending court
since the beginning of the last (
term. After a short stay in the 1
eityhe will leave forYoung creek >
Tcvtm Talk
Martin Hansen was ;i Christ
mas visitor from Kennecott.
.Jor Niominen, who is employ
ed at the Jumbo returned to the
mini* Friday attei* a few days va
c ition in McCarthy.
Carl Engstrom who is employ
ed as mechanic at Kennecott
was in town Wednesday.
E.J. Lotts fold t, engineer for
tin* Green Butte was in town
over Christmas, visiting friends
Amel Swanson of Kennecott is
down for a vacation.
Christmas comes hut once a
year, so Whiskc.\ Dick was in the
city for a few days.
.Jack* Conway, who is employ j
ed at the Erie, was an overnight
visitor this week.
Joe Sou liners who lias been
in t he employ of the Green Butte
for the past, year is ''own on a
vacation
iviylor .Jones of Kenneeott was
n town a couple of days this
week.
Jimmy Morris who is in the
‘liiploy of the Green Butte spent
Christmas with iiis mother Mrs
Under wood
Charles An.dt 1 sen arrived in
own from Long Lake last Satur
lay. He has brrn attending Geo
bower’s trap line since the Geo.
eft for the states and has made!
ionie tine eat lies. Amongst other i
>elt<, Anderson has a big coyote
don on display, which was trap
>ed this fall. It is said that this
nimal is becoming quite com
non in the immediate vicinity.
Ed BViggon who has been em
>loyed at the Green Butte for a
ew months past came dow n to
ipeiiu Chriftmas with friends.
I
Child ten Gi ^e
Excellent Program
Practically every om* in town
turned out on Christmas Eve to
attend the program given by the
school children at ihe Pioneer
Hall. That it was well worth get
tine out lor was attested by the
generous applause that followed
each number. Every child "did
himst If proud" in his recitation
Little Graham Trimm. w»ho made
his first appearance on the stage
deserves especial mention for
the expessive manner in which
he proclaimed his "Love For San
ta.”
Ted SHUnreich as Santa Claus
and Marion Wills as Mrs. Santa
Claus in the playlet, "Mrs. Santa
Comes Into Her Own” canned on
a somewhat heated argument on
the question of "Who does the
work”, in a startlingly realistic
fashion. When the old saint was
given a chance to spend a rest
j ul afternoon while looking after
the house for Mia. Santa, he de
eided that "delivering die goods”
wasn’t half the battle. Beit said
to his credit, however, that he
was far mote resourceful in dea
ing with the questions that came
up than any real husband has ev
er proven to be under similar cir
cu instances..
The music for the evening was
unusfually good, the Chrisimas
Carols and songs being rendered
with skill and spirit
The character of the entertain
ment shows what kind of work
is being done in tthe McCarthy
school, and Mrs. Refior deserves
great credit for her excellent
work. Mrs. ,1. B. O’Neill assisted
with the musical rehearsals un
tiringly, and played the accom
paniments artistically,
After the program Santa Claus
same and distributed toys and
books and nuts and candy and
Continued on page ‘6.