The McCarthy
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Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
JULY 28, 1928
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REPORTS FROM
CHITINA
In an interview with Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Schell, of Cineinnatti,
Ohio, seasoned travelers, our Chi
tina correspondent was pleased
to note that they declared them
selves happiest, best entertained
and cared for in our own Ameri
can possessions. The travelers
arrived iu Chitina last Saturday
over the Richardson Highway in
a Galen stage. They reported a
delightful trip, and registered
no complaints, in spite of one day
of rain. They found the Highway
most interesting and asserted
that nowhere in the world had
,they been better fed# than in the
roadhouses along the way.
The couple has been traveling
a year, during which time they
have visited Japan, Corea, Man
churia, China, the Phillippines,
Burma, India, Ceylon, Australia;.
New Zealand, the Fiji Islands the
Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Schell re
marked that in spite of Kipling’s
’’East is East and West is West
And never the twain shal. meet”
this blending seems to have
been accomplished in the Hawai
I
in Islands. He asserts that one
needs go no further than the
Islands to study tropical condi
tions and the people of the Orient
as there they live under far bet
ter conditions than in their own
• ountries. Of course, if one wish
<‘S to study the countries them
selves and especially if one wants
to learn to value the comforts of
Hie United States, it is necessary
to visit the Orient proper,
Thpy missed the pirates opera
ting between Canton and ' Hong
Kong by ten days. The bandits
they missed by a mere stroke of
luck, changing their route at the
1 ist moment.
They had already been over
much of Alaska, enjoying their
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REPORTS FROM
CHITINA
trip in a leisurly manner. They
went to Dawson, down the Yu
kon, back to the coast, over the
Alaska railroad to Fairbanks, and
over the Richai dson Highway to
Chitina. From there they took a
speeder trip to Kennecott, and
then ovdr the Copper R iver rai
road to Cordova, where they took
a boat for Seattle.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Schell re
commend the Alaska trip as
most interesting and exhilira
ting.
Admiral J.V. Chase, Lieutenant
A. G. Howe, Lieutenant E. R.
Rein burg and M. B Chase arriv
ed in Chitina from Valdez over
the trail last Friday and left on
Saturday for Fairbanas over the
Richardson High way.
A party of thirty seven tour
ists most of them from southern
California, came to town last
Saturday, en route to Fairbanks.
A number of them took the trip
to Kennecott as the train hap
pened to be going thru.
PARTICIPANTS IN
THE BIG FIGHT
Those who will do battle at to
night’s smoker to be held at Ken
necott, have been announced as
follows; Main Event, 6 rounds:
Battling Malone vs. Kid Salymer
weight 160 pounds; Preliminaries
4 rounds each, Red O’ Conner vs.
Kid Roberts, weight 133 pounds;
Silas Smith vs. Kid Sullivan,
weight 105 pounds; Barney Goo
gle vs. Kid Mutt, weight 46
pound; Final Event: big wrestling
match, John Bogeson vs. Gordon
Bottorff, weight 180 pounds, 15
minutes to a fall. It is understood
that intensive training has been
going on for some time.
PERSONALS
Encouraged by the reports
brot in from Chisane, John Nic
kill left last Tuesday for his
claims in that region.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O’Neill en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Caskell.of
Green Butte at dinner last Sun
day, the occasion being Miss Dee
nie’s ninth birthday.
Colonel Stevenson came in 1 rom
the creeks yesterday.
Jack Conway was down for a
time this morning from the Eerie
mine visiting the children in town
Mrs. Kate Kennedy received a
new Dodge car on last Saturday’s
train.
Frank Iverson made a business
trip to Kennecott yesterday and
brot Miss Mildred Erickson back
wihh him for a short visit at the
ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Koy Snider spent
the week at Nikoli
From all indications at least
one new nurse will be needed
soon again at the Kennecott hos
pitsl.
A. E. Trimm has the contract
let by the Green Butte company
for repairing the trail to their
camp. Robert Veach, Victor Lan
ge and Jack Bishop are working
for Mr. Trimm.
Mrs. Trimm and children have
been camping on the Mother
Lode trail.
Mrs. Robert’s garden on her
ranch at Blackburn is in splendid
shape. She has a large variety of
vegetables, including some -very
hardy bean, tomato airb cacum
ber plants, as well as berries
and a lovely assortment of flow
ers.
Pete Perrin is in town from
the Mother Lode,
Pete Laloff came down from
the Green Butte.
HENRY OLSEN JOINS
THE RANKS
Last Thursday Miss Dora C.
MacDonnel and Henry Olsen
were united in marriage by Jud
ge Coppernoll at his office. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Wills of McCarthy, and the groom
operates a local garage. They
will make their home on Front
street.
After the service the young
couple rode to Nikoli for a brief
outing. We understand that Bill
Reed followed them with a car
full of tin cans.
The newly married couple have
our best wishes for happiness
.and luck in The Big Adventure.
GREEN BUTTE MAKES
COPPER SHIPMENT
On to-day’s train the Green
Butte mine sent out a carload of
copper ore for shipment to the
smelter at Tacoma. The ore was
freighted down from the camp,
twelve miles above town.
LARGER SCHOOL
FOR KENNECOTT
Another building is being re
novated to be used for school
purposes, as the number of child
ren in camp make necessary the
employment of two teachers
when school opens in September.
FIRES THREATEN
BRIDGES
Mr. Trimm and Bill Weare
have spent most of the week fight
ing fires along McCarthy creek,
which threaten the destruction
of bridges on the Mother Lode
trail.
Yesterday there was an unu
sually large fire at Swift creek..