McCarthy Mercantile Co.
General Outfitters
McCarthy Alaska
“Alaska Soda Fountain^
ALL
CIGARS *
KINDS OF MIXED
CIGARETTES
BILLIARDS
DRINKS
CANDIES
Ice Cream and Ice Cream Sodas
Cigars and Tobacco ’ Furnished Rooms
“THE GOLDEN’
THE PLACE WHERE FRIENDS MEET
POOL SOFT DRINKS CANDY
JAMES HUSSEY
*
W/iere Quality and Service Are First
The Greenstone Inn
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
The Alaska House *
Roy F. Burns
DINNER PARTIES
A SPECIALTY
BAKERY IN
CONNECTION
Kennecott Laundry
Family Work A Specialty
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Mrs. Pete Johnson’s
ROOMS — MEALS - BATHS
McCarthy,
Alaska
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The inhabitants of Alaska are'
more or less peaceful citizens, as
anile, and dkfl't r< nets do not
amount to more than a wordy
battle, or fisticuffs at the most,
but one night in this past week,
we were awakened by a regular
tusillade of shots. As it was
in the dead of night and the man
of the house w^as out of town,
this family deemed that“discret
ion was the better part of valor
and did not go out to find out
what was going on until morning
when we expected to hear of at
least one or two dead men, but
lound that by a miracle no one
nadoeen hurt, and only a broken
window or so had resulted from
the disturbance.
As the parties interested do
not care to talk, and appear to
treat the matter very lightly,
there will probably be nothing
more heard of the affair, unless
the authorities take it up.
We do not know anything of
the merits of the case, and we
can not imagine any that justify
a man running amuck with a, six
shooter, we are fully aware that
when places of a questionable
character are permitted in the
residential and business part of
the town we must expect to
hear of a “rough house” once in
a while, but lav^ abiding citizens
and those with families protest
against being disturbed quite so
rudely.
When the Attorney General in
1918 made a ruling closing the
restricted districts he certainly
could have had no conception of
the ultimate result.
We are not out to reform the
earth or trying to order other
peoples affairs or presuming to
suggest anything to the author
ities. but we do know from our
own experience, that the pres
ent conditions are most unsat
isfactory, and we cannot help
but express the opinion that the
ruling should be rescinded.
Deputy Marshal Kavanaugh
left on last Sunday’s train to
attend the District Court, which
convened last Wednesday, the
19th.
Mrs. M. F. Roberts of Black
burn and Charlie, Kello left on
iast Sunday’s train en route to
Valdez to attend Court as wit
nesses.
GOLDEN CAFE
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Of MORRISON BROS.
OPEN SEVEN A. M- TILL ONE A. M.
McCarthy