The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: IX
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday.
Dec. 4, la-6.
No.49
BRIEF LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Olson
of Kennecott, entertained Mr.
and Mrs. P. J. Iverson, and Mr.
and Mrs J. P. Hu brick to turk
ey dinner last Saturday evening.
G. C. “Shorty” Gwinn had
the misfortune to dislocate his ■
shoulder, while helping load hay.j
Miss Perris arrived on:
Tuesday’s train, she will take the j
place of Miss MacElwan on the!
nursing staff at the Kennecott.
Hospital.
Mrs. J. P. Hubrick enter-;
tained Mrs. .1. .1. Price, Mrs. A !
V. Doze, and Mrs. A. E. Barrett i
at five hundred, Friday evening, j
j
Tim plans are being i id j
for a Christmas dance to he heid
Christmas night in the Pioneer
Hall. Every effort will be made!
to make it a huge success, and
every one will be assured a good
t.i me.
Mrs. K Kennedy on ter Lai j
ned at cards Thursday evening]
in honor of Mrs .1. J. Price.
Mr. andMrs. K. Sain don taking'
first prize, Mrs. R. Snyder and
S g Wold got the consolation.
Hill Lubbe left on Friday’s
train for Chitina where he plans
on working until Spring.
Arnold Wolb has accepted
a position at Kennecott lower
‘•amp.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Iverson
and ('apt. and Mrs. Hu brick,
•were entertained at a. dinner
party at the home of Mr. and
Mi's. Louis Widing ai Kennecott
Saturday evening of this week.
Miss MacElwan left Fri —
day for Chitina to visit Mrs. O
A. Nelson, before leaving joi
)>er home in the States.
FLAG OR EM 11LEM
| CONTEST SUGGESTED
FOR ALASKA
l
Does Alaska need an of ficial
j emblem or flag? We have a Terri
torial seal, an Alaska flower the
for get me not, and a fairly ad—
! equate number of lethal holidays.
; but. have not as yet an official flag
!Governor Parks has brought to
i the attention of the Department
the fact that Alaska stands alone
among the various states and.ten
itories of the United States in lids
last named regard and has sug
gested the advisability of launch
ing a flag design contest among
the school children of the Terr—
itory. The matter lias been re —
fen ed to the Alaska Department
of the American Legion for action
since this organization probably
is in a better position than any
other to foster such a movement
Several Legion posts already have
taken favorable action and it is
likely that a definite plan will be
worked out and announced in the
near future.
Flag designers among any and
| allot the school children in Alaska
I therefore should be studying the
| matter with a view to submitt
ing designs to the ling committee
at the proper time and place. It
I is expected that substantial and
j attractive prizes will be prod vied
for tlie winners. It is also the hope
i of the sponsors of the movement
j tliat the Alaska Legislature will
, jjiink enough of the design chosen
to adopt it as Alaska’s olficial
flag at its 1927 session which
i convenes in Juneau next March.
Alaska School Bulletin
!
. i
J. J. Price returned today from
the States. He and Mrs Price
‘ j will leave tomorrow for Dan Creek
They will start freighting in the
summers supplies at once,
i
, ROADS IN ALASKA
Alaska’s vast, area is divid
ed into many Minin# Pi comets.
Comparatively few of these dis
tricts are easy of access. Tran
portation is the problem. Good
roads are the solution.
Having spent more than
twenty-five years mining in vari
ous parts of Alaska. I can test ify
to the loss and the obstacles d tie j
to lack of transportation. i
Darin# the past twenty years j
mv efforts have been in the
(’handalar. and the While River.
Minin# Districts, and the facts
herein presented are hot except!
ional cases, hut representative of
the aver,ure Minin# Precincts, :
not served by rail or.water trail
spoliation in Alaska.
Darrin# the camps that are
served by rail, or water, I con
tend that more than one-third of
all moneys expended, or the
values of the minerals taken from
the #ronnd. in Alaska, has been
consumed by the sin#le item,
excessive freight costs, due dir-,
eetly to lack of roads. In other
words, roads enabling the
economic haul in# of freight to
and from the mines will make
possible a savin# of more then
one-third of the total cost of out
put.
To the uninitiated this state
ment may seem inorebible, but
not to the raining men, in Alaska,
who have been through the mill.
The Chandalar Mining Dis
trict an important gold quartz
and placer camp—has been
worked continuously since dis
covery. The gold thus far pro*
duced exceeds five hundred
thousand dollars, and of this
production more than one half
j has deen expended in hauling of
j supplies, and machinery to the
! mines, Two hundred thousand
j dollars of this tremendous frei
ght has been a loss due to the
fact that there is no road to the
Chandalar Mining District.
More serious still is the fact
that lack of transportation makes
impossible the development of
this great gold quartz anb placer
District.
XMAS
XMAS
There is absolutely nothing
that you can semi out to your
friends for the holidays that will
be appreciated so numh as the
Ilubriek, Tinted Panoiama pier -
m es. In mailing tubes, or Framed
and crated ready for mailing.
J. P. Hubrick
The tremendous mineral r e
sources in the White River Min —
ing District are still more inacc
essible.
Our transportation costs in
those two Districts have exceeded
$150,000. and of this amount more
than SI00.000 can be charged to
lack o' roads.
In these camps vve have 50%
loss chargeable to the averse frei
ght conditions. This percentage
of loss is greater than the average
onedhird loss cited for other
camps, and shows the appalling
handicap mining is laboring und
er in interior Alaska.
Without road conditions being
improved in these Districts, min
jng in tlier * is doomed, but with
only fail- roads cutting the costs,
the mineral industry in there can
be made to pay for many years
in the future.
The construction of roads to
the Mining Districts will go far to
solve Alaska’s Problems.
Road matters in.Alaska are
in capable hands. The Alaska
Road Commission and Col. Steece
deserve commendation. The app
ropriation they ask should be all
owed.
Some of our States expend
millions of dollars on a single road
projects, yet Alaska does not get
sufficient road money to enable
her to progress intelligently in
real road building. Why not give
' Col. Steece a chance to finish the
I railroads and so accomplish re—
| suits worth while?
Respectfully submitted,
Win. Sultzer
“Signed”
Nov. 15, 1926
Washington, D. C.