The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday March 12th 1921
NO 19
AMUSEMENTS
A Dance will t>d held on Tues
day the 1"). under the auspices
of the McCarthy Athletic Club,
Commencing March 20th a
series of Basket Ball Raines will
he played between Kennecott &
the first game will he played at
McCarthy.
Basket Ball is being Keenly
enjoyed by the Belies, A svviit
games were played several even
ings this week. On Wednesday
(ladies night) lady spectators
are very welcome.
The skating down the Kennecott
lias been extra good tins week x
many skating parties have been
enjoyed.
Owing to a serious illness. A.
Lang, Clerk of the Di>.t Court
resigned his position on Feh.2r\
to take effective at once. On
March 1st Judge E. M. Brown
appointed C. H. Wilcox to suc
ceed Mr. Lang, A. E. Bunker
Chief Deputy and C. J. Todd was
appointed deputy clerk
Valdez Miner.
Outdoor Sport at Anchorage
William Corey recently won
the twenty mile ecu race at
Anchorage recently, with a team
of seven dogs, his time being
one hour 4*2 minutes, 2‘5 seconds.
The other starters and times
wt re;— Thomas McRae 1 :o9:f>9.
Lieut. Hervey 2:00:39.
Nellie Neal 2:29:00
Leonard Sappella, winner of
the Nome derby, was also pres
ent at tiie races, but did not,
enter, as his intention was only
to travel an exhibition race with
his Siberian dogs.
The ten mile ski race,'in
which there were seven entries,
was won by K. Hang in 47 min
utes 10 seconds.
Many McCarthy people had the
pleasure of meeting Miss Austin
Kennecott’s new nurse* when
she visited our city yesterday
with Mrs. Gillespie.
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| TELEGRAPHIC
I ALASKA TO LE STUDIED
Washington, March 11th. Tlie
new Secretary of the Interior
announces today that he will
visit Alaska this coming sum
mer to study conditions.
MARSHALS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO SERVE OUT
TIME
V\ ashirgtin. Match 11th. The
administration announced leder
j al .Marshals doing satisfactory
j work will be allowed to serve
. out their time.
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I MOKE TROUBLE In BERLIN
1 Berlin, March lit.h. Ten
thousand workers, maty cany
nur red Rags gatheied at Lust
> gurten l ist night and demanded
tile overt hiow of the Gei m; n
government and tha' protelariat
government allied with soviet
Russia.
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Appropriation for Two Years
| Olympia. March 11th. The
| Legislature adjourned tonight,
having voted twenty sevt n mil
lions for government expendit
ures for the n°xt two years.*
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March 11th. AtTokio address
ing the house of peers foreign
minister Uchida declared that
Japan proposed to hold the
mandate for the Island of Yap,
| granted by the Allied supreme
| council, no matter whom it dis
| pleased and further said thal
1 Japan had no intention of recog
nizing soviet Russia.
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PERSONAL
.1 ust now a number of Chisana
visitors are in town
Carl Whitham who is one of
! the C'hisana opera tors, arrived on
Monday evening by dog team,
to procure his seasons outfit.
Tony Grisko, fur trader of the
White River is also in town, look
ling into conditions in the fur
i market. He has a large stock
of fur on h ind, but is not well
pleased with prices offered by
fur buyers in the States.
Pete Kiklund, ai oil er pros
pector from Chisana, is here on
his yearly visit.
They will all return in a few
few days to the interior camp.
Andy Tayl< r, who sustained
injuries to his hand some days
j ago and had to stay over fo~ med
j ical treatment, is doing very
well a ad e.\i ecis to *>e able to
start out very soon.
D;i 1 Jones Resiirns As
Superintendent Of Roads
(The Valdez Aliner)
Dan, .Jones, superir tendent
°f the Alaska Road Commission
; has resigned his position and
! will leave soon to accept a simil
ar position in Washington.
Hawley W. Sterling, a resident
J ol' Fairbanks, has been promot
ed to the position and left soon
j after to meet Col Gotwals,
I whom he accompanied into the
Kantishna district.
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j Seattle, /larch nth.-Representa
i tives of the Kennecoott Copper
Corjtoration say that the ad
vance of 70 cents a ban el on
fuel oil Mareh J, adds $450,000
annually to the cost of operat
j ion of the Kennecott mines, its
! railroad and steamship lines and
| adds that the raise imposes
the hie >'< cessity of the immed
iitedi elop nent of the Alaska
oil fields.
Stephen Birch, head of the
Kennecott Corporation, is ex
pected to visit Seattle this month.
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Nizina Placer Produced
$120 000 in 1910
The News has just received
from the Department of the In
terior, bulletin 714-A. “The
future of Alaska Mining and
The Alaskan Mining Industry in
1919. Papers by Alfred H.
Brooks and G. C. Martin, togeth
er with a comprehensive map.
Coreerning this region tne fol
lowing is an extvact:
The productive mines of the
Popper River Region in 1919 in
cluded three copper mines, one
gold lode mine intheChitina val
ley and about 21 gold placer
mines of the Nizina, Chistochina
and Nelchina Districts.
The hydraulic placer mines of
the Nizina wee worked on a
large scale. Gold worth about
v 120,000 was recovered by seven
mines operating in the summer
About 77 men were employed
and considerable placer copper
was also recovered.
Report of Roads and Trails
A copy of “Tiie Report up
on the Construction and Main
tenance of Mil it .ry & Post Koacl
Rridge*? & trails in Aliska,” be
in«r the report of the Chief of
Engineers, 1920 has been re
ceived. The total expenditures
during the fiscal year amounted
to S35S,601,25.
A map of part of Alaska, show
ingconnected system of roids
and trails constructed and pro
posed by the Alaskan Road Com
mision was included.
A. L. Powell, came down this
week from Kennecott, and at
present is preparing to leave
lor his property at the head of
Rex Creek, where he intends
! to operate this season His
| wife will accompany him: they
| are staying at their ho n » o i
I Front Street. His partner
j Sam Tildeu, will arrive shortly.
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