The M cCARTHY
VOL. 5.
MoQARTBY, ALASKA. SATURDAY July 1st 1922
NO. 34
TELEGRAPHIC
AMUNDSEN IN THE ARCTIC
Nome. Alaska. June 30th.
Amimdseb and party sailed on
the Maud yesterday afternoon
for the Pole. He and Elmer Pull
erton, of the Canadian Royal
Air Forces will attempt a non
stop flight for Point Barrow
and Feitsberger in about three
weeks.
FIGHTING fN IRELAND
Dublin, July 1st. Following
thirty six hours of fighting, the
Court Building, stronghold of
the Irish Republican army und
er Rory O'Connor was complete
ly occupied by the forces of
the Provisional Free State Gov
ernment this morning.
ANOTHER RAILWAY STRIKE
Chicago. June 30th. The lead
ers of the four hundred thous
w aiv<3 thousand railway shopmen
this afternoon refused to delay
the strike called for ten to-mor
row morning pending the neg
otiation and settlement of diff
erences to begin at 2. p, m. by
several railway Labor Boards.
Later. Harding has made it
clear to the leaders of the uuion
railroad men now going out on
strike on account of the cut in
wages that the government pro
poses to keep the roads in oper
ation.
Non-Partisan wins Primary
Fargo. North Dakota. J uly 1st
Former Governor Frazier, a non
partizan, has won the Republic
an senatorial nomination defeat
ing Senator McCumber in the
Primary.
PERSONAL
Harry Boyden, Bill Wyers and
H. Devlin arrived from Chisana
yesterday with 24 head of pack
stock which have been winter
ing on the range at Horsefeldt.
Bill Berry and Ben Jackson
who left April 1st on a trip to
the interior, returned to Mc
Carthy on Thursday. They
travelled over the trail from
McCarthy to Chisana by dog
team where they built a boat
and went down the Tanan a
landing at McCarty on the Fair
banks trail, where they took an
automobile to Chitina and
then travelled by train from
Chitina to McCarthy.
Lawrence Barretfc is expected
to arrive here in time to spend
the Fourth with his parents,
Mr. Jarnigan has received a
telegram from his daughter stat
ing that she is a passenger on
the Alameda which sailed from
Seattle on June 58th.
Jack O’Neill had a marvelous
escape last Wednesday evening
from what might have been a
serious accident. Dri/ing the red
car from the warehouse up 2nd.
St. the machine skidded at the
culvert and overturned, pinning
him under the car. Fortunately
Billy Urlass was close at hand &
ran to his assistance so Jack
was able to crawl out with a bad
cut on the head and a severe jolt
ing, A box of dynamite was in
the car and many sticks were
smashed.
J. H- Murray is in town from
Young Creek where he has been
prospecting extensively.
NOTICE
Thru my Banking Connections
in Cordova, the Bank of Alaska,
I am prepared to handle Tele
graphic Transfers, and make re
mittances by Bank draft to any
point in the United States or
Foreign Countries.
R. L. H. Marshall
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Mr. J. H. Reynolds of Kenn
ecott has been appointed U. S.
Deputy Marshal and entered
on his new duties In McCarthy
yesterday. ^ He has been em
ployed at the Kennecott for sev
eral years, he is a married man,
his wife and family live in Taco
ma.
Mr. Meyer Blum, President of
the First Bank of Cordova, is
spending a few days on busi
ness in McCarthy.
George Anderson secured the
contract from the Mother Lode
Coalition Mines Co. and has com
pleted painting the smokestack.
Tom Lynch, who has been to
the Westover with a party of 5
men doing assessment Work re
turned to McCarthy yesterday
Andy Taylor arrived from
Ghisana last week after having
spent several months in the in
terior, he came out to meet Mr.
R. M. Dial, who is interested in
mining property in the White
River district, and who arrived
on last Saturday’s train.
They left for the White River
yesterday. Mr. Dial is a resi
dent of Akron, Ohio, and this is
his first visit North. A jovial
Easterner of 250 pounds, Mr
Dial finds everything very pleas
ant so far, but reserves his de
cision as to how he will feel after
travelling 100 miles on tne deck
of a cay use.
George Maxwell and partner
who have been prospecting in
the vicinity of the Kiagna river
arrived in town last night.
On account of the high water
in the Chttina river they built a
raft at the mouth of the Kiagna
to make the crossings. Taking
their rifles, bedding and sup
plies they towed the raft safely
about fifteen miles but just be
low Henagator’s cabin the tow
line broke and the raft was
wreceod in a bad eddy, their be
longings a total loss.
Another chapter of bad luck
for the prospector,
JULY THE FOURTH
Even though it is several days
before the Fourth, quite a num
ber of visitors have already
arrived in town and it is expect
ed that there will be more peo
ple in our city on that day than
there have been for several years
The Green Butte Copper Cor*
poration will close down on the
3rd. until the 5th. the men of
this camp are determined to car
ry off most of the*prizres. any
way the drilling contest and the
tug of war.
Kennecott and the mines will
close down all day on the 4th &
practically the entire camp has
signified it* intention of cele
brating in McCarthy.
A most attractive program of
sports is arranged, offering the
following tempting prizes:
Drilling Contest 1st Prize $100.
2nd prize 50.
Baseball Game 100.
Tag of War 100.
Packing Contest 1st Prize 30
2nd prize 15
Horse Race Free for all 20
Hundred yard Dash 20
Fifty yard Dash 15
Ladies Race 10
Also about one hundred dollars
for the children’s events and
incidental expenses.
Spend the Fourth in McCarth y
An ideal place to spdnd a short
holiday is up the Nickolai,where
the stream affords excellent
fishing and the mountain one of
the finest scenery in Alaska.
This trip is becoming more
and more popular. Henry Ol
sen is now running regular trips
and has tents there for the com
fort of visitors.
A Dodge car arrived on the
last train for Roy Snyder*
Bud Sargent and Jimmy
Brown have just arrived in town
from Ohisana.