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McCarthy, alaska. Saturday December aist 11121
NO 8
ThcMcCarthy Weekly
News wishes every
one
A Happy New Year
COMMUNITY CHIU ST MAS
Christmas was a truly festive season
in McCarthy, and everyone reports ha\
in*r had a wonderful time
The Community Christmas entertain- ;
ment, was well attended and much en
joyed. In the rendering of the program,
the children acquitted themselves in a
manner which would he a credit to
older performers The Yuletide carols
were beaut ifully sunir.
“The Schoolboy's Christmas Dream"
a little plav, was performed by the fol
lowing children. who thoroughly enjoy
ed appearing in costume and doinir
their stunts:
“Schoolboy‘‘ Ted Seltenreich
“Christmas Fairy" DeanieO'Neill
“Sandman" Marion Wills. “Him*
Bird of Happiness" Catherine Cole.
“Fairies of Peace and Ooodwill"
Frances and Mary Burns.
“Brownies" The Spirit of (livinjr Frank
Wills" M esse Hirer Boy” Wilbur Raanine
“F.skimo" Fred Seltenreich. “Norweg
ian" Bud Seltenreich. ".Japanese"Yt rn
a Wills. “Scotcnman" Robert Burns.
“Dutch" Margaret Cole. Santa Claus
who was imperson.it -d on this occasion
Mrs.Sidtenriih. made a sensational
entrance via the fireplace, and danced
round the tree with the children, then
distributed ■Hits to them all.
The committee * wishes to thank all
those who assisted in decorating, etc.
A oak..:vC ol which remains
alter evt rylhing was purchased, will be
disir.buteil amonu the younjr actors
who "ill each rceive 50 cents but
\erha, ‘25 cents.
A jolly dance was held at the
hall in the evening, and .every
body was glad to sec Key Sny
der back at the drums.
To be able to run the auto
stage till ihiisimas, speaks
mucli for our climate, but Hen
ry 01 s* u has had to change to
sleighs now, and made the first
trip o n thene vv selled u 1 e tod ay.
Pound a live Leghorn chicken
Owner can have same by prov
ing property. News Ofiice.
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Pete Brim wick and his son
Leonard, were in town for the
Christm is celebration.
Dog team rides have been en.
joyed by m my this week, the
veather is perfect and soave the
trails
Arthur McDonnell is in town
for the holidays.
A number of the hoys from the
creeks were in town for Christ-!
mas.
Victor Marshall spent the:
holidays with his parents and I
leaves imiin Lumurmw iu iiuniu
lii'ih school in Cordova,
Hill Lan»r, the Nizina Dapper, .
was in town i‘i>r t’llristmus.
i
Joe Kaufman was in town from
Nizina for the holidays.
( hi istii as Day itself was the
occasion of many dinner pirties
Mr. and Mrs Walter Sommer
entertained Mr. and Mrs. F. A,
IveT*son.
Mr. a id Mrs. ,T. H. Huhrick’sj
quests were Jack Schultz. Beni
Jackson and Eric Danielson.
At the O'Neill home, covei s
were laid for eipjit, the quests
. beinjs: r'raiiK Fai nan, Chi is Pet
erson, Lou and Carl Anderson
i
and Anoy laylor.
M r. and Mrs. Snyder were host
and host >ss to aputy of young
folks, including Miss Stuart. Do- j
ra McDonnell, Mrs. Meei, V. j
Anaerson, Henry Olsen, Bill
i Berry and others.
i
Mrs. Underwood entertained
I her son,Abe Morris, Prank Doug
las, J, Summers.
Dinner guests at the Cole’s !
: were George Nickles. H.H.Mitch
j ell, Oscar Anderson, Charley
Lubbe, Mike Knowles and Win.
Hennigan.
I Billy Ui lass and Charley Pog
i elberg weie guests of the Wood
i e j
i mans.
Val Morrison, Jam}s Hussey j
;and Harry Bigoff had seats at,
' the Wells family table.
j
TELEGRAPHIC
Seattle, Dec 31, Judge Ronald
Inis ruled that the stockholders
in the Scandinavian Ameiican
B-nkmust stmJ an assessment
of one hundred per cent on their
stock.
Mineola,Dec. 30th. The Larson
Monoplane this m rning, bioke
the wo Ids record for continuous
flight. having been in the air for
twent.v six hours sixteen min
utes thirty five seconds.
Butte mines on the reduction
plan in the Butte Great Falls A:
Anaconda districts will re-open
m January on a wage decrease of
lifty cents a shift.
A new Commissioner has been
appointed i’jr this Precinct, Mr.
Coppernoll of Valdez. He ar
rived on today’s train and will
assume his new duties at once.
A TOUGH TKIP
Roy Snyder, Miles Atkins.»n
w Hill lieri'i , leturned lo MeCa
rth.v on vMiristmas morning, af
ter a trip of several months to
Dawson and st1rroundin<jr count
ry. They made the trip over in
in two weeks from here to the
month oi White L’ivei; visiting
many camps on the Canadian
side and spending over a month
in Dawson.
lieturiling by the way of the
Rohn G1 >cier, whu’li hrs not
bet'll staked yet. foi winter trav
el, Berry Jell into a crevice over
eignty feet deep, where he re
mained lor .several hours. With
the aid of a nail he found in his
pockei, he managed to dig steps
in the sides which afforded him
protection until his partners ap
pea red. With the aid of a long
lash rope and all the dog chains
he was hauled up to safety. Ex
cepting a few bad bruises and
the partition of his nose being
broken, Berry is all right He is
notoriously ventniesorne, but ad
mits that when he reached the
top, he had had a plenty of that
ex perience.
(Jhisana mail left yesterday.
I
PIONEERS OP ALASKA
I The Pioneers of Alaska are pre
j pared U> iotin an i^ioo at Me*
| Carthy. All members of the
i Arctic Brotherhood in good
| standing and those who have
been in the country since 1905
| si re eligible for membership.
Twenty fi'x* members are nec
lessary to obtain a charter, the
I cost of which is fifty dollars.
1 All those who are interested
are requested to communicate
with C. P. M. Cole who has been
! authorized to make all necessary
| arrangements. As soon as the
required number has been se
cured, Grand President Alvnh
Eames will immediately come
to McCarthy and install an Igloo,
Messrs Eames and Dooley
j paid a visit to Chitina this week
and installed an igloo at that
place.
I _ &
A fatahty wh'ch cost the life of a
valued citizen, and cast a terrible
gloom over the whole section occurred
this week when Charles. W. Hoytt
chief engineer lor the Kennecott Cop
per Corporation wascaughtin a snow
slide near the Jumbo Mine and total
ly buried. Continued digging re
covered the body after 24 hours, but
life had long been extinct.
At Kennecott the entire camp is
stunned at the casualty, for Mr. H V
had been there si ice 1915, a id every
one in cimp was his mend.
He was 35 years of age, unm^ried,
and leaves a mither ani broth:r a"
Chillicolhe Ohio.where the b>i/ will
will be shipped for burial.
To his sorrowing relatives we send
our deepest sympathy, and re mi i to
' grieve with his many friends, feeling
the ways of the Almighty are past f.nd
ing out.
NonoH
All are requested to attend an
i open meeting of the McCarthy
! Commercial Club next Monday
I evening in the a. b. Hall at 8 o’
i clock.
Several matters of interest to
this section will be taken up &
it is be hoped that every one
| including ladies will be there.