The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL; X
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
Apr. <•>, 1927.
No. 17
DR. WHITING
TO WRITE MEMOIRS
Dr. Whiting, a widely known
pioneer physician of Alaska, now
a practitioner in Seattle, is com -
posing a book of memoirs, in
which he will tell of the building
of the White Pass & Yukon Rail
road and the Popper River and
Northwestern Railroad, under
that great railroad builder Michal
J. Heney, long since passed to
his reward. Dr. Whiting was the
chief physician and surgeon on
both of these projects. He was
the intimate associate of those
who were in authority on the
White Pass and Copper River
roads and his memoirs will con
tain first—hand information of
those stirring pioneer days.
HATCHERY STILL SMOULDERS
Seward Gateway
Though weeks have since i
the local fish hatchery burned to;
the ground it is reported by two!
high school lads who visited the
plant site that hot coals are still
underfoot, presumably where the
coal bin was located and which it
was thought has been smoulder
ing ever since. The Ford truck
and the Star touring car, which
also went up in flames, were in
vestigated and it was seen all
parts of the motor had welded
togedier.
PRICE CUTS ANNOUNCED j
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New York; Pierce Arrow |
Motor Car company announced J
price reductions varying from |
Sdd5 to $500 on series 80 models
The new prices are the lowest in
the company’s history.
A Scotchman has offered
$25,000 to the T'irst person to
swim the Atlantic oceon.
NENANA ICE POOL
Following uro the dates and
hours oil which the ice has moved
at Nenana since the pool has been
an annual big sporting event.
1917 - April 30, 11:30 a. in.
191 s—May 11, 9:3)5 a. in.
1919—May ‘5, 2:33 p. m
1920 - May li, 10:40 a. m.
1921 - May 11, 0:42 a. m.
1922 May 12, i :20 p. m.
19255 — May 9, 2:09 p. m.
1924- May 11, 3:10 p. in.
1925- -Mrfv 7, 6:552 p. m.
1926- April 20, 4:03 p. m.
Any one wishing to get in
on the minute pool call at the
Pastime.
PARIS SCRUB WOMAN IS
RATED MILLIONAIRESS
Paris: A millionairess scrub
woman who rummages in garbage
cans and begs on the side, has
been found by the police. Priv
ations, they say, are killing her.
Keeping secret her name, the
authorities nevertheless vouch for
her ownership of the apartment
building where she lives in an
unheated attic room. Her income j
exceeds that of Premier Poncare
Besides the Paris building, she
owns two houses in Arras, three
farms and some securities, all
valued at more than 2,000.000
francs. i
famous criminal lawyer
IS GOING TO RETIRE
Chicago; Clarence Harrow, j
famous criminal lawyer, defend j
er of Leopold and Loeb, the Me ■
Namaras, “Big Bill Haywood and j
counsel for John Thomas Scopes
in the Tennessee evolution case,
has decided to retire from the
i
j practice of law after litty years
! work. He was 70 years of age
| April l*th.
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IRON CROSS FOUND IN
STOMACH OF STURGEON
Karlen, Germany. — An iron
cross in the stomach of an eighty
pound sturgeon, caught in the
Rhine, near Karlen, in Westphalia
has sol veil the mysterious disap
pearance of a crippled war vet*
eran who was believed to have
hni led himself into the river in
a fit of despondency, brought on
by realization that he could never j
recover from the effects of shraj
pnel wounds.
Two fisherman land the
stm geon. Among numerous ob
jects in the stomach was found
the iron cross, second class,
with the name Sergeant August
Stief thaler engraved on the
back.
UNUSUAL ART EXHIBITS
WILL BE BROUGHT WEST
Seattle, - Exhibits of national
and international interest, includ
ing oils and water colors, indust
rial art, craft work, fine printing
architectural designs and sculp
tur«, will he brought to Seattle
during the coming year by the
Seattle Pine Arts society, accord
ing to the schedule outlined at
the twentieth annual meeting of
the organization.
The plans call for a series
of monthly exhibits, open free
of charge t > the public, in the
Fine Arts gallery, 823 Skinner
building. An exhibit of early A
merman furniture is planned for
May, immediately after the pres
ent Northwest Artists’ display.
EXTRA FINGERS AND TOES
I
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Biddeford. Me ; A baby boy
here has an extra finger on each
hand and an extra toe on each foot
all perfectly developed.
UPPER YUKON RIVER
WJLL BE IMPROVED
Victoria. 13. C. —The Doinin
iou Public Works Department
announces plans to improve navi
Ration on the upper Yukon and
Stewert rivers. Increased traffic
because of mining developments
around Mayo and Richmond and
growing tourist travel are assig
ned as reasons for the proposed
improvements. The first step is
the removal of the Rock Rent
rapids, where the steamer Daw
son was wrecked last fall.
RADIO SQUAKS AND HOWLS
REPRODUCED ON RECORDS
Washington, D. C.—A novel
type of evidence was officially
taken into custody by the federal
radio commission in the form of
phonograph- records actually re
producing interference noises
which obstruct radio listeners
in New York City.
Eric Palmer, of New York,
made the records, which contain
a fine set of squeaks and howls,
by placing the phonograph mec
hanism in front of a receiving
set horn and tuning in upon the
various broadcasting operations.
KENNECOTT MOVIES
Sunday April 24th
Bebe Daniels
in
‘The Crowded Hour”
Gang Comedy
News Music
Wednesday April 30th
Antonio Moreno-Helene Chadwick
in
‘‘The Border Legion”
Comedy
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