VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska,
SATURDAY, March 2* ,
No. !:>
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Mr. Flanagan, of the “Dry
Squad,” and Mr. Harry McKa.no,
district prosecuting attorney,
came to McCarthy on a pleasure
jaunt Monday, returning the lol
lowing morning to Cordova. Gas
unities wore light.
H. I. O’Neill returned to Cor
dova Tuesday.
II. M. (Fob) Harris has seve
red his connection wilii the Owi
Cafe and departed Thursday for
a trip Outside.
Howard ions tor arrived in
town on Saturday last and is ore
paring to ccnnience operations
on the Westover copper properly
Mrs. Wills and fiiuily depar
ted to]- Kodiak Thursday, the
e >ctor having prescribed for toe
health of Mrs. \Vills. I f conditions
are favorable she will make her
p -rman-mt home there.
Don’t fo rg* t the date of the
School Boani election. Mommy.
April bat the school houso. 1; is
the duty. of everyone to turn out
a ad vote. The interests of the ch
iidren are of vitae importance.
A, rt Powell mu! C \ ha e joined
the throng of Sprint? hyoid - seek*
ers’and art1 preparing to take an
outfit to his ground on Chititu
Creek.
Gus Carlson, Oi’een Hufcte
foi-eman, paid McCarthy one of
his semi - occasional visits this
week.
Harry Boyden mushed in
from the Shushanna mail trip
Saturday last and set out again
Wednesday on another trip
over the glacier. Airs. Boyden
is again accompanying him.
Alaska game
commission is
APPOINTED
W ;is!iins^toii, — Secreta ry of
Airrieultiiro J inline has appoint
ed tin* A Iasi,.i Game Commission
as follows;
Clin rles T. (! uniiner, of Janonu.
Thomas D. Jensen, of Nome.
I)r. W. H. C!i iso, of Cordova.
Dr. Proslon S. Whitne.\. F i n
ianks.
Ernest, |\ Walker, who \vi 11 ivp.
resent the BiologicI Su rvnp, will
he exeeulive oi i,eer ot th*-* Comm
ission.
ioe Commission will administ
er the in w .duslu Came Law.
r a E V A RE C UM [ N G !; A C K
V\ 01 d Iris been received that
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Woodman
m- m Gor'd ova and will be back
in the old town next train. Mr.
Hancock and son also are on
their way and Chas. Kraemer,
new manager for Child u camp,
will arrive this week end. Tiup
all come back.
It is reported that our
old 1.bend ihil Lough v lias
returned to Alaska but lie has
favored Sou tin astern Alaska
with his presence this time.
We wonder if tne Cassier gold
rush has ^ot Bill too?
Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Radovan walked in from Dan
Creek this week. They say
they could have ridden in
bill, like the retreating soldier
they didn’t want any horse to
hold them back.
James Hussey was a pass
enger to Ciiiiina on Thursday's
train, expecting to return Sun
day.
Mr.and Mrs. C. R Pugh were
at home to a number of their rail
way friends Thursday evening.
PIONEER WANTS
MONTHLYPAYFOR
ALASKA
WORKMEN
Tim IVtensburs? Tj'loo of flip
Pioneers oi Alaska Ins instruct
*• d its d( location to the Grand
lul'tM. which convenes at Juneau,
' 'os iv11 I n to urge the G rami
i-Joo to <riuHi record in favor of
m <4- slation providing for a mon
tidy pn.\ day fur labor in Alaska
r.rnl to tiKu the matter up with
1!a-* Legislature now in session
according in ilob Keteheson, one
°* the d> legates and who holds
lim proxy of Neil MacGregor,
In*1 other del)>gato.
Ivir. Keteheson, who arrived
on bi n Admiral Rogers and is at
ihe Al iskaii Motel, is a business
man ol Petersburg, nnd before
-(>ing there was a resident ol
Dawson, Nome and Cordova in
burn. Me strongly favors the leg
islalion asked for by the Peters
burg Pioneers.
Tlit> i esolution adopted by
the Petersburg Igloo is as foil
ow s:
Me it Resolved, That the del
eyates to the Grand Igloo, meet
ing in Juneau March lb, 1925, be
instructed to bring before the
Grant1 Igloo the necessity of a
monthly pay day for labor in the
Te -rit.ory of Alaska, and that
the Grand igloo bring this matt
or up before the Legislature
now in session, insisting upon
the passage of a law to that eff
ect.
SAILINGS
The Steamer Nebesna will
sail from Seattle April 0 and
the Cordova April 10, carrying
passenge rs.
Afar re u Nelson is in town
on business this week.
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SENSATIONAL FIND
PORTLAND C \NAL DiSTLICT
Alaska Weekly
In the public, e.ve this week'
I is the !». C. Silver min*-* of the Po
: rtiand Canal mining district. This
: property is adjoining tiie Prem
ler mine and lies in the same mi
neralized zone. Exploration work
is being carried on by diamond
drilling. The Alaska Weekly has
received a letter sent out by C.
A. Banks, mining engineer and
i managing director of the B. C.
Silver, jie says:
1 have to inform you that
j diamond urilling from our No. 3
! level has just intersected a very
important orebody. The drill pas
s.ed through fifty eight feet of
ore’ which, allowing for the d p
m tiie vein, indicates an orebody
of forty five feet in width.
"Ten feet of the drill core
averaged $’22.60 per ton; twelve
feet averaged $30.00 per ton and
nine, feet averaged $40.00 per ton.
The whole orebody is of coin me r
J cial grade.
‘‘Further drilling is being
| pushed ahead, to determine the
j extent of this orebody/’
The American Smelting &
1 Inclining (Joinpanv, operators of
I
j the Premier Gold Mining Comp
any's property, have a minority
interest in the B. C. Silver. Cont
’ roi rests with the Seluke Min
| ing Corporation, of London, a
powerful mining concern, with
properties in South Africa.
TR A.PPER FEARED
LOST
The rumour has reached
McCarthy that Jack Dolan, well
known Shushanna trapper and
old sourdough, has been lost on
the trail. According to reports
he left Shushanna for Snag River
and had not been heard of for
about three months when repor
ts began to come in from Indians
of the district that, "He no come
back”.