News
VOL: 5.
McCarthy, ALASKA, SATURDAY September, 28rd, 1922.
No. 46.
TELEGRAPHIC
NEW SOLDIERS BONUS BILL
Washington, Sept. 22nd. Bur
son introduced to the Senate to
day a new bonus bill providing
twenty dollars a month for each
month of service.
SEATTLE MURDER CASE
Seattle. Sept 22nd. Clara Ska
rin, who was arraigned this af
ternoon pleaded not guilty to
the charge of murdering Ferd
inand HochBrunn and not to
having confessed to killing him
TURKS ISSUE ULTIMATUM
Constantinople. Sept. 22nd.
The Turks are on the point of
issuing an ultimatum to the All
ies demanding the evacuation
of Thrace within forty eight
hours. The British and French
are occupying Chanak, the Asia
Minor sideof^the Dardanelles
and refuse to permit the Turk
ish Nationalist Army to cross
and occupy this city.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Washing ton,Sept.22nd. Congress
adjourned sine die late this af
ternoon.
Congress in its closing hours
voted a pension of one hundred
and fifty dollars a month to the
widow of General Gorgas who
stamped out yellow fever at
Cuba and Panama.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
Fresh Veal, Lamb, Pork Loins
Fresh Killed Broilers, and Roast
ers.
Your Patronage solicited.
R. L. H. Marshall
ABOUT McCarthy
An informal meeting was held
last Tuesday evening in the
Commissioner’s apartments, to
discuss the advisability of chang
ing the name of of pur town.
The chief reason being the
fact that mail for McCarthy oc
casionally goes to Signal Corps
station McCarty, on the Tanana
River and vice versa.
Several short talks were made
by business men present against
change. It was decided tho, that
this matter be referred to the
Commanding Officer of the Sig
nal Corps, Washington, D.C. with
the request that the present
name be changed. * Regarding
the name of the depot, Mr. Bur
roughs will take this matter up
with Supt. Corser and thought
that the officials would consider
favorably the change from Shu
sharma J unction to McCarthy.
COURT NEWS
In the Commissioners Court
last Wednesday Ed. Hammer
was fined* $10 and costs for
imbibing too freely of intoxicat
ing liquor.
In the same Court on Friday
afternoon, Oscar Bachman was
charged with the same offence.
He pleaded not guilty and de
manded a jury trial. The follow
ing jurors were enpanelled:
Messrs. C. E. Osborne, W. R.
Lummel, W. A. Richelson, R. V
Watkins, O. E Bogart, J. A.
Erickson, H. D. Scruby, J B.
Bundren, L. Woody, Arthur
Dunseth,, Tom Marvick and J. P
Hubrick.
Mrs. J. P. Hubrick, Mr. and
Mrs Lou Anderton aad Ben Jack
son were witnesses for the
prosecution and Carl Anderson
Ed. Hammer and Harvey An
derson appeared for the defence.
After an hour’s deliberation
the jury returned a verdict of
guilty with a recommendat
ion for leniency, but that a rep
rimand be given the defendant
for his behaviour in the court
room. He came up for sentence
this morning and was fined $25
and costs by Judge Coppernoll.
OVERLAND HOTEL BURNED
Chitina. September 22nd. From
our Special Correspondent,
Detective flues were the cause
of a fire that completely des
troyed the Overland Hotel here
this morning; a burned out stove
pipe collapsed just after the
fires had built up for the day,
and though every effort was
made, the fire could not be
checked, the building was cov
ered with metal sheeting and
the fire burned as in a stove.
The hotel was owned by George
Blouen and was recently leased
for two years to A. B. Jermane
formerly of Anchorage. Mr. Jer
mane and young son were the
only occupants of the house at
the time. The entire populace
turned out, the railroad bridge
crew and the section crew gave
able assistance to the bucket
brigade, small hosewas used but
the real work was done by hand.
The water supply which is piped
down from the hill, gave out for
a pipe parted at the burning
hotel: this was fixed, and a re
serve reservoir was turned in at
the source, and a good supply
maintained. The morning was
dead calm, which saved the sur
rounding buildings, the only one
burned being a small frame build
ing formerly used as a bakery.
The Chitina Cash Store and
the Commercial Hotel buildings
were in great danger, a3 the
flames mounted high, most of
the front windows being shat
tered by the heat Blankets were
hung over the fronts of the
buildings most exposed to
the heat, and by keeping them
soaked with water, the buildings
were saved. The owner of
the building George Blouen, left
for Seattle about ten days ago.
It is believed that the loss is cov
ered by insurance.
0HIT1NA NEWS
Announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Edna Thaw*
ley to Mr. Sydney Raynor of N e*
nana and Anchorage. Mr. Raynor
has been manager of Captain
Lathrop‘s moving-picture house
at Nenana and has been transfer
red to Anchorage. The wedding
will take place in about a fort
night.
Late news received states that
Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum are still
in Anchorage. They write they
are well pleased with the town.
The frame building that was
burned adjoining the Overland
Hotel was used by feline and
fowl families. Carl Lottsfsldt is
responsible for the story that
nine lives were lost in the fire—
one cat was burned.
The Bigelow mining party ar
rived last night in a Buick car
from Fairbanks, and left this
evening on a speeder for Cordo
Mr, R. Hi Humphrey, and Miss
G, E. Humphrey brought the par
ty in their car and will start on
the return trip to Fairbanks to
morrow. They report seeing a
number of caribou on the Trail,
and met a Chitina hunting part
ty at the Rapids, consisting of $
O. Breedman, C.Corser and Sen
ator Hill.
PERSONAL
Miss Mary McDonnell return
ed to McCarthy this week and
will spend a couple of months
with her relatives.
Victor Marshall left on last .
Sunday’s train to continue his
high school studies in Cordova.
Fine vegetables grown on the
Barrett homestead are on dis
play at the News Office.