The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 2.
McCarthy, Alaska. Saturday, November 1st, 1919
NO. 52.
BURIED TREASURE DIS
COVER?^ near McCarthy
$6,000 WORTH of WHISKEY
FOUND
It was a nice sunshiny morn
last Tuesday, so Deputy Marsh
al Kavanaugh and Commission
er Graber took a stroll up the!
Mother Lode Road.
Acting on a powerful “hunch”
they stopped a few miles from
town and began a little prospect
ing on their own account. They
Soon succeeded in striking the
pay which was a cleverly devised
cache of four fifty gallon barrels
containing over one hundred and
fifty gallons of that beverage
known as “hooch”. The en
trance to the cache was a gopher
hole quite a distance awray and
artfully concealed.
The artistic sense of the offic
ials was not so great for they
destroyed the “works”, except
ing an axe and some other tools
which the Marshal brought back
to town.
The owner can have these by
applying at the Marshal’s office.
By order of the Court, the
personal effects of the Silberg
Estate will be sold by Public
Auction on Monday Nov. 10. in
the A.B. Hall by the administra
tor, J.B. O’Neill.
Mary Rosich has sold her in
terest in the Golden Cafe to H.
H Mitchell, who is now sole pro
prietor.
Oscar Anderson and Ed Mul
len were in town from Long
Lake this week on business.
Messrs. Laurie, Marshall, Doze
and returned this week from
Jury duty in Valdez, they will
have to return there again later
in the month.
Successful Halloween dances
were held last night both at Me
Carthy and Kennecott,
Kennecot’s latest acquisition
is A. J. Chamberlain of Chitina,
aged 21 and weighs 2751bs.
TELEGRAPHIC
NATION WIDE COAL MINERS
STRIKE TODAY
Indianapolis.Oct. 30. (Special to
the News.) A general strike oi
coal miners will be effective at
midnight on Friday.
The conference of United Mine
Workers have issued a statement
claiming that miners are exer
cising their constitutional rights
in striking, and declared that
the officials had given profound
consideration to President Wil
son,s statements.
President Wilson's announce
ment of threatened industrial
war foundno defender in thecon
ference
Washington, Oct. 31. Special to
the News. The Government is
preparing to take drastic meas
ures to deal with conditions
arising in coal field areas%
The railroads have been ord
ered to confiscate all coal in
transit if needed in their oper
ations.
Secretary Lane announced as
Cabinet met, that the Govern
ment would not hesitate to cur
tail the consumption of coal in
industries to fifty per cent
At the conclusion of the Cab
inet meeting the Attorney Gen
eral announced that the Fuel Ad
ministration would control the
handling of coal and use his au
thority under the Lever Act.
Denves, Oct 31. Special to the
News. Federal troops have been
asked to aid the National Guard
smen to preserve order in the
coal field areas.
Seattle, Oct. 31. Special to
the News, Six thousand miners
in this state will lay down their
tools to join the nation wide coal
strike.
Cliff Cayouette has followed
the crowd to Kennecott. The!
Lower Camp is his address at!
present:
TRAIN WRECK ON SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC
r»s Angeles. Oct 30. Special
to the News. A train wreck oc
curred today near Ogden, Utah,
in which nine persons were
killed and forty injured.
MOSES AMENDMENT TO
PEACE TREATY REJECTED
Washington Oct, 31. Special to
the News. The Moses Amend
ment to the Peace Treaty,which
is the last of those proposed by
the foreign relations committee,
was rejected by the Senate. It
dealt with voting power in the
League of Nations.
BEEGUIM’S KING VISITS
WASHINGTON’S TOMB
Washington Oct. 30. Special to
News,King Albert andhis queen
are spending a few days at the
Capital. Today they visited Mt.
Vernon and laid a wreath on
the tomb of George Washington.
Oar popular young former
townsman, Merle Range, writes
from Bellingham, Wash., that he
is prospering well. He has a
bright orange Grant Six, and
between the car and the coal
mine he has his hands full. He
hopes to visit McCarthy next
summer.
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A COMPLETE LINE of
ladies suits, dresses, waists &
winter coats. Also child
ren’s goods in great variety.
Mail orders given immediate
attention.
Dougherty’s, Cordova,
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Mantles, chimneys etc for
Alladin Lamps at Post Office
store.
New magazines at the Post
Office Store. We will take
orders for subscriptions.
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INTERESTING TRIP IN THE
INTERIOR
O. P. Free berg, who has been
connected with th* Kennecott
Copper Corporation for the last
few months, left last week for
his home in Portland.
He arrived in Whitehorse last
May, and as soon as navigation
was open, left in his own pow
erful 22 ft motor boat on a long
hunting and prospecting trip.
All the principal tributaries of
the Yukon were visited right to
St. Michaels, including a trip up
the Tanana to the Crossing.
Brooks, in his opinion, has jl
bright outlook as a placer camp
lack of water has so far been its
great drawback, but now a pro
ject is unde" way to drive a 1900
foot tunnel and convey water
from the Tolovana; in that case
Brooks will produce $3 000,000.
The chief of the reindeer in
dustry, Mr. Lopp, is very high
ly spoken of in the interior
country. Herds of reindeer are
being offered for sale at $33%.
per head. Messrs White, Whit
ley and Clark of Fairbanks were
making arrangements at the time
Mr. Freeborg left for a herd of
100 which they intend to pasture
in the Rampart country.
For sourdoughs who do not
long for the “flesh pots of Egypt’
reindeer raising is an ideal life.
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ALASKA TO BE SCREENED
Big plans by McCarthy resident
The growing demand in the
movies is for nature pictures, es
pecially of those which are not
seen by the average traveller.
The old “Love and Intrigue” pic
tures pall on the movie fans.
Thousands of people are clamor
ing to see such pictures as a
hunting trip to the White river
and the big game to be seen on
such a trip. Such pictures as
these are to be produced by a
prominent McCarthy resident,
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