VOL.r>.
NO. 22
McCarthy,
ALASKA. SATURDAY June 17th 1922
TELEGRAPHIC
NEW GENERAL MAN R
FOR ALASKA S.S. & C.k. >.W.
Seattle, June 10th. i H.
Knickerbocker has be- u < oint
ed general manager * h Al
aska Steamship Co. m e Cop
per River and N- , stern
Railway under Vico i’resident
Stannard, with heacupiai ters in
Seattle. The appointment is ef
fective on July 1st. Knicker
bocker has been cem ml super
intendent of the , -a gon Short
Line Railway
SERIOUS FI* »N LONG
is; a >
New York. <• i6;h Four
hundred sumim r homes at Ar
verne, Long Island, nousing over
twenty thousand people, were
destroyed by fire last night, in
volving a loss of Jive millions.
AMERICAN SQUADRON IN
ASIATIC v. aTERS
Hong Kong Jin > iGtlj. Practical
]y che entire American squad
ron is in Asiatic w iters at Shing
hai.
SOUTHERN lRi^.vND WANTS
REPURL 1C
Dublin. June lVth, Southern Ire
land is opposed to the direction
of parliament as provided under
the terms of the Anglo-Irish
treaty, this is evidenced by the
vote which was polled today.
NOTICE
Thru my Banking Connections
in Cordova, the Bank of Alaska,
I am prepared to handle Tele
graphic Transfers, and make re- j
mittancesby Bank draft to any
point in the United States or
Foreign Countries.
R. L. H. Marshallj
PERSONAL
Asa C. Baldwin, U. S. Mineral
Surveyor, arrived on Tuesday’s
train and will spend the sum
mer in this section of the coun
try, having surveys to make on
Dan, Glacier and Rex Creeks,
also at Mt. Regal. He left on
Thursday for Dan Creek. Oscar
Anderson and C .F. M. Cole acc
ompanied him.
Mike Knowles loft yesterday
for Chisana to get his horses
which have been wintered at
Horsefelt. He will return in ten
days.
A. E. Trim and family have
moved from their ranch 'to the
Mother Lode lower camp for the
summer. Trim and Jack Maloy
have a contract to supply min
ing timbers to the Mother Lode i
Mr. and Mrs Bob Williams,who
left here last winter, write from
Oakland, California, saying that
the States do not come up to Al
aska, and they are coming back.
Mrs. Pete Johnson took her
first vacation in years when
she spent several days visiting
Pete’s ranch this week. Grass
knee deep, and every thing fine,
the ranch looks good to her.
Spend the Fourth in McCarthy.
OF GENERAL INT EREST
Mr. L. A. Jarnagin arrived this
week from the States and has
purchased the stock & fixtures
of the McCarthy Drug Store,tak
ing over the business today. Mr
Jarnagin is adding a beautiful
stock of high grade jewelry he
has brought with him. He is an
experienced watchmaker and
jeweler and was formerly locat
ed in Emmett, Idaho.
Mr. Jarnagin is well pleased
with the outlook of McCarthy
for his business location and is
sending for his daughter, a
young lady of seventeen years
to assist him
Cap Hubrick will now devote
all his time to photography etc.
Fred Stoter has gone across
to the creeks to do assessment
work for Jas .McGavock.
Billy Bold, who was operated
upon for appendicitis at Kenrr
ecott hospital this week, came
through the operation safely and
is now doing nicely. His many
friends wish him a speedy re
cove ry.
Mrs. A. G. Morey of Ohitina,
was a visitor to Kennecott this
week, and stopped off at McCar
thy long enough to greet her
friends.
Mrs. Dwyer of Strelna and Mrs
Tom Lynch were in McCarthy
this week.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to announce to the people of McCarthy
and surrounding country, that I have purchased the
stock and fixtures of the McCarthy Drug Store from
J. P. Hubrick and will conduct that business from
this date. The same first class grade of stock
will be carried and in addition to this I have brought
a $3,000. stock of high grade Jewelry direct from
the States. I am a watchmaker and jeweler
of 2o years experience, so you can be sure of first
class work at reasonable prices.
Come in and have a look even if you don’t wish to
purchase.
L. A. JARNAGIN
TOWN TOPICS
The Fourth of July will be a
great day in McCarthy this year
much interest is being shown
by nearby camps. The Green
Butte boy shave announced their
intention to attend ”en masse“
and have backed this with con
tributions. Mr James Gaskill
headed the list with $50 and sev
eral hundred dollars was raised.
Next week the town donations
will be collected and the pro
gram arranged.
Mr. R. L. H. Marshall has
purchased a Ford truck and is
now able to make rapid deliv
eries within a large radius with
Victor as chauffeur. This par
ticular car is one of the used
trucks auctioned by the govern
ment al Valdez last month, where
it was bid in by George Ander
son, shipped to McCarthy and
sold to its present owner.
In the matter of the estate of
Otto Lubbe, deceased, Probate
Judge Coppernoll on June Gth,
in response to a petition of the
widow, issued an order setting
aside the whole estate for the
widow and minor daughter and
releasing the administrator,
closed the estate. The estate
includes three and a half lots in
the town of McCarthy with all
buildings, household furniture,
etc., also right of homestead of
decedent
Dionisios Kontogianotos ,a
miner at the Mother Lode, died
on June 9th at Kennecott hos
pital of miliary tuberculosis aft
er an illness of ten days. De
ceased was 38 years of age, a
native of Greece, where his fath
er is still living. The funeral was
held at Kennecott on June 12th.
and was largely attended by his
countrymen.
Spend the Fourth in McCarthy