The McCarthy
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday May 22nd 1920
NO. 30.
BASEBALL
Owing to the cold weather
last Sunday the baseball prac
tice was postponed, but there
is a big turn out expected to
morrow afternoon.
Bill Henry, who sowed his
wheat while the snow was still
on the ground, tells us that the
grain is now several inches high
and coming strong at his ranch
on Sourdough hill.
Pish is now abundant in the
streams nearby; a fine mess
was caught by one of the lady
anglers this week.
With the aid of a pair of hus
kies John Barrett made a fine
job of jading the school hill &
the approach to his garden to
make it easy driving for the
truck
H. H Mitchell, the "ice man“
is well supplied with that com
modit.v and can supply all your
wants in that line as the season
advances.
Fine mips of Alaska, Kroll’s
pocket map and traveller’s
gu-de. showing all the latest
in term ition just received at the
P< .*■ • oft ice store. Price one
doli'i r.
i ny girl secretaries of con
gre »smen created a sensation
i u-ly when thev appeared for
t .ui uuties, tripping gaily thru
ilie House Office Building in
W riaington, D. C., clad in frank
auu becoming overalls, a protest
ag u ist the high cost of living,
ivliss Laura Volstad, who as sec
ret try to her father, typed the
Volstad act, was among them.
LOCAL NEWS
Gus Johnson, who has been
at Kennecott for several months
is leaving on the next train for
Chitina and will join the Road
Commission on the Fairbanks
trail for the snmmer.
Gus will return here next fall
and be busv electioneering and
we expect him to head the polls
a» our next road commissioner.
Another horse sale was made
this week, when A1 Fagerbe rg
disposed of a handsome black
gelding to Mrs. McClellan, he
is leaving on the next train , en
route to the States to purchase
another car load of horses, and
return with them immediately.
Jack Reynolds from Kenne
cott was a McCarthy visitor list
Sunday.
Bob Williams made a trip to
Copper Creek yesterday.
L. H. Carvey made a brief bus|
iness trip to town this week1
Nizina,
Joe McLellan returned from j
Shushanna on Monday. He has1
completed his freighting con
tracts over the Glacier, and is
taking a short lay-off.
A number of men from the
telephone gang have become
interested in mining and left
this week for the creeks to roll
boulders for the summer*
Cliff Cayouette came into
town last evening from the head
of Dan creek, where he is doing
assessment work. He is consid
erably handicapped by the late
season
Sam Means returned to Ken
necott Tuesday.
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TELEGRAPHIC
KILLING IN W. VIRGINIA
Special to News — May 20.
Fourteen killed and thirty are
wounded as the result of a con
flict between minerr who had
been discharged and detectives
who attempted to drive them
from their homes in the villages
of Mate wan Lynn Co. The may
or of Matewan was killed bp De
tective Feltz, who was in turn
killed by the chief of police.
HIGH COST OF LIVING
New York. The National Pre
fc-uved Food Association has an
noui.ced that its members will
^tay out of the sugar market
untiU the price comes down.
VVasnington. Organized lab
ov served notice on Congress
today that it will fightanti-strike
bills until profiteering corpor
ations are curbed.
BOLSHEVIKIS
Trkio. Many soldier* returning
from the Siberian front are all
preaching Bolshevism.
i onstantinople. Bolshevism
engulfing Turkey.
PRESIDENTIAL
Washington. Senate has ord
j ered an investigation of Presid'
I ential campaign * xpenses.
Chicago. With delegates elect
' ed in all save three or four
; states, u is ipparent that no
J candidates nave anywhere the
j majority for the first ballot of
| the Republican Convention.
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The Copper K Vir Bridge was
repaired in record time, and
trons are now running on
schedule time
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PERSONAL
Mrs. J. B. O’Neill and Deanie
are planning to leave about
next Sunday to spend the sum
mer vacation “outside”. They
visit Mrs. O’Neill’s parents at
Kent and later spend some time
at the beaches.
Mrs. Refior, our estimable
schoolmistress, left on Wednes
day s train to spend her vacation
in the States. The entire
j roll of schoolchildren gathered
I at the depot to wish her good •
j bye and a pleasant journey.
Mrs. Murphy of Cordova, is
the guest of Mrs. W. M. Pry
this week.
Mrs. Pete Bren wick was in
town last week, the guest of
Mrs Pete Johnson.
Joe Murray left for Young
Creek this week, to prospect &
do assessment work.
KENNECOTT NEWS
The annual ball given by the
Staff last Saturday evening was
a brilliant affair. The decoration
scheme,programs, refreshments
were unique, and the masks
of the Kennecott Jazz orchestra,
led by Miss Schultz, A’hich per
formed in public for the first
time,was pronounced wonderful.
The Jumbo tram shuts down
today for improvements and
alterations to the tram hou&e to
be made.
Dr. Gillespie successfully per
formed an operation on a valua
ble cow at Kennecott this weekj
removing an eye; but owing to
an overdose of the anesthetic, the
animal died.