The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, February 7,
No. 6
OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
Mr. Harry MarshallJJwho ■
has been visiting his brothert
R.L.H. left for the little corner
of heaven known as Montana.
Luis Manehini of the Owl
Cafe, left for Seattle on Tluirsd
ays train.
Fred and Enoch Carlson ot
Green liutte went to Cordova on j
Tuesday of this week, whence
they intend going to Anchorage.
J.C. Leen. furrier of Cord
ova was in town the fore part of
this week on business.
Geo. McClomle, formerly of
l he C.R.N.W. at Cordova, has
i> »en transferred to McCarthy to
repl ice Otto A making who has
been transferred to tin* Chitina
ill vision.
Fred Anderson, brother of
Engineer Anderson of the A.R.C
arrived in town on Monday’s tr
am to take charge of theoarpent
e r wo k on the brid ge.
Little Dickie Schneeberget
of Kennecott is seriously 'll with
pneumonia am* the entire t om
inanity is expressing sympathy
a.id hoping lor the little fellow’s
speedy recovery.
Mr HmJiilestone su| erintend
ent <>*' the A. R.C. is in town t ns
ueeK in connection with the
Nixina Bridge construction.
Mi'. J.H Muric Inis received
word from his daughter Eliza
I e h announcing Ikt marriage
o.i the loth, of this month.
And there was one who Jell
by the wayside and failed to arr
ive at Green Butte in time for
Ids shift.
AND IT WAS RAISED
in McCarthy
Alaska is not commonly re |
garded by the public at large as |
a stock raising counlvy and es[)i
ecially interior parts are regard.
cd as particularly un-suite.t to!
' i
the breeding of live stock. Hut, |
Mr. Prank Iverson, a rancher on i
the outskirts of McCarthy, item I
onstratod recently that we can i
raise hogs, and hogs of the fin j
csL grade at that.
While at the local depot hist!
Week we saw some enormotm,
animal sacked aad ready tor del :
ivery to the Green Butte Coiiper
Mines and after due deliberation ;
we decided that the said carcass
was not an elephant But a huge
i swine of the common barnyard
I variety. Mr. Trim ( Junior ) v as
there at the time and after reg
ai ding the huge bulk for a min j
ute or two he turned and dein j
anded of Mr Pugh, “Who killed j
mat cow?”
Reports from the Green j
Butte are that it was necessary
to haul it into the saw mill and
cut it into sevt ral sections before
it could he taken by train to the
j upper camp,
J. .J. Price of Dan Creek
arrived in Cordova on the S. S.
Alaska Friday morning l'rotii
Seattle and \v,ll oe in McCarthy
Su nday.
Andy Taylor and A E.Trim
got back from there freighting
trip Friil.iy afternoon having de
posited their freigutat U; y son’s
and leaving Bill Lang in charge.
Tney will take another load as
Soon as Mr. McCai thy comes in
person with the ia.>i of the suppj
lies. He is expected Sunday.
One lnoio shock like this
! and th 3 editor vvi 1 never recovt r
i
; from it. A man came in and paid
his subscription this week with
out being asked for it.
WORD FROM NEW GUINEA
Quito a stir was caused in|
these parts recently by news of!
large gold deposits found in
British N“\v Guinea and were
discussing the advisability of
deserting Alaska and chasing
elusive Dame Fortune in the
equatorial regions.
Paddy Devlin went so far as
to take a job in hope of making
a si.ike to .ly to the new field
and wrote to the Island for
information.
Follow*mg is the answer in
pat t from tin* information bureau
of Port Noresly Territory of
Papua:
Now Guinea is the largest
island in r,ii»/world next to Green
land. Tie.e are three colonies
in New GuinearTerritory of Papua,
Territory of New Guinea, and
Dutch New Guinea. The Dutch
own the western half of the
island. Australia owns Papua and
has the Mandate from League of
of Nations over New Guinea,which
Australian troops grabbed from
Pi t. m August, 19-4.
Payable gold occurs in both
Papua and New Guinea; there
lias not so far been any discovery
of the precious metal in the
l)utcli colony. Prospecting in
any part of the island of New
Guinea is fearfully expensive
because the prospector cannot
use horses or mules, etc, and
has to depend on man—back to
transport his food and equipment
through the jungles, There is no
possible chance for lone hand
prospecting in the island. At
present alluvial gold mining is
existing on the old-time fields
by the miners going over the
old woi kings in the creeks. A
new find is badly needed to give
the industry a push ahead.
Prospecting is carried on
with the aid of the native inhab*
itan ts who make excellent carries
and labourers in the claims. All
food has to bo carried from ihe
coast; every it.» m req"ired has
to travel on th 1 p > tors backs
Heavy jungle makes prospecting
difficult excipt .do die water
courses. I reckon a man should
not contemplate such aventu' o
in New Guinea unless lie has at
ieast5,000in hard cash on arrival
at Port Moresby.
And he would then embark
on a venture that will give him
lots of adventure but very little
actual monetary return lor his
strenuous toil. Por hardly any of
our pioneer prospectors have ever
made even a competency. Most
of them, alas, h ive died in the
country from which they tried to
j lift the veil —the fate of most
i pioneers the world over.
I am sorry l cannot be more
j optimistic, but 1 always tell the
j truth to you fellows on the
j other side of the Earth.
| ANTONES KITTENS HAVE
ARRIVED
i
The long - heralded caterpill
ars for use on the Nizina Bridge
construction arrived on Monday
via freight from Chitina each
j one accompanied by its valet,
j Their headquarters will be at Sig
Wold’s garage and the public is
warned that any teasing or feed
ing of these animals is prohibit
ed as it tends to make them very
savage ( the "cats” • not the val
ets ). One of them met with mis
fortune Tuesday when it broke
through the ice while attempt
ing the river route to the bridge.
Its two brothers were called up
on to pull it out which they did
without mishap.
FROM NOW ON
MEALS AT THE GOLEN
WILL BE 75^, SANDWICHES
25^ WITH COFFEE 35^.
i BOARD AND ROOM $2.50 PER
DAY.