The McCarthy
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Weekly News
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McCarthy,
ALASKA, SATURDAY JUNE 2, 1928
No. 30
Re presen tati ve Re t a rn s
Representative Murry of this
district was a passenger on the
train that arrived at McCarthy.
Sunday morning. Tuesday, he
left for his claims located on
Young Creek to ascertain the a
inouut of damage done to his
'rfcummer’s c uUit. Joe received ad
vices that one of four trees that
his cache was built on had blown
down across the tent, and that
the place seemed pretty badly
smashed up. Joe intends to* be
out about ten bays.
Our local representative states
that the recent trip to Juneau
la unn i<ti biicnL juui.’i ne nas oeen
in 18 years, and he enjoyed hiin
relf immensely.
Work on Kennecott Road Nearly
Completed
Work on the upper end of the
Kennecott road was finished last
Wednesday after several days
labor had been expended by as
many men as could be persuad
to come to work. The Kennecott
Corporation paid $150.00 for the
won* done on their property and
also contributed a box of powder
to be used for blowing the large
bo aiders that are distributed so
freely along the trail.
Scnuhz, who has the contract
for the work on the lower end
oi the trail has all but finished
his end ol the job, and is do
ing some pretty tine grading.
The work on I lie upper end
consisted mainly of draining,
sci aping off mud, and hauling in
gravel, wnile most of the work
on this end consisted of getting
mens, large and small out of the:
way.
Cars can now make good time
between Kennecott and McCar
thy, without anyone becoming
seasick.
Local Man Sustaines Painful
Injury
Thursday evening Win. Reid
' suffered a rather severe acci
dent that resulted in his being
confined in the Hospital.
Reid, accompanied by Bill
! Hair started for Kennecott in a
| f<Y>rd' roadster, the property of
| the McCarthy Garage, and as
they were passing the local
; roundhouse of the Copper River
& Northwestern something went
wrong with the steering gear,
and t.iecir attempted to crawl
up the side of the building.
Hair managed to jump out in
1
uiiijc: uv^ [j i cvcuu in iir^triL i ( mil '.it?
ing in the sains hup, but as Reid
| was driving he had to sit and
1 take it.
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As soon as he could be e£ti i
cated from the wreck, it was
discovered that one of his legs
useless; so he was immediately
taken to the hospital. An exam
ination proved that the hip bone
was cracked. Dr. Gillespie
states that the patient should be
on his feet iu a short time..
All of his friends are extrem
ely sorry for Bill’s misfortune
but they are also glad that the
accident was net more serious.
Baseball Collection Made
Wednesday evening the base
ball committee, composed of Van
nie Anderson, John Nickells, and
Dick Lander made the rounds
of the town and collected funds
to be used toward defraying the
debt contracted by the purchace
of balls and bats, and the cost
of new wire etc. Fifty-four dol
lars were collected, and the new
equipment paid for. With the
funds collected from the dance
Thursday evening, the team is
slightly ahead of the game.
Job Printing at the News Office.
McCarthy cleans
KENNKCOTT?
The score at the end of tha
frame Thursday stood, McCarthy,
8 Kennecott thrpe, and the last
half inning remained unplayed.
There were nine hits and liv*
walks chalked against Selmyhr
the Kennecott twirier, and six
hits and four walks against Ear
nie Lottsfeldt the McCarthy’s
thrower. Both Bill Hair and
Fieagle slowed good catching
throuhoutthe game. Hair mak
ing some very good catches, at!
times when Lottsfeldt gave away
with a few wild pitches.
The rest o the lineup was as
| follows:—Kennecott: Gilkey .first
Wilson, second; Fleagle, third
Lawrence, short; LI I is, r.field;
Nujak, c.field; and Nish, 1,field.
McCarthy: O’Neill, first; Nickels,
| second; Snyder, third; Gerken,
. short; Sommers r.field, Reid, c.
field; and Olsen l.tield.
Plenty of errors were made
but no record was kept. On the
| whole, however, both sides put
‘ up & good game.
Jack Bishop, the teamster, who
i ’’lines-’em out”, and the e.\-catch
. er on big time circuits was the
boss of the diamond, and rend
ered some good decisions His
impariality pleasing everyone.
LOCALS
A1 Doze came in from the Green
Butte Friday to plant his crops
John Barrett is in town tor a
few days.
A1 Jackson returned on Wed
nesday to Chititu, where he will
put in a new pipe line for Art Po
well.
Carl Anderson returned to his
home on Young Creek Monday.
Jack Bishop is spending a few
days in town; he Will return to
the road camp soon,
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Joslyn Scores Alaskan
Bureau racy
Seattle May 30
Sneaking at an entertainment
•given by the Arctic Club to the
Congressional party. Falcon Jos
l.y n stated that, *”Alaska has a
carpet bag government that
has never worked and never will
work’’.Senator Warren of Wyom
ing, the official spokesman for
the Alaska bound Congressmen,
did not commit himself, though
several members of the party
indicated that they were in sym
pathy with a change of policy,
regarding Alakan government.
Congressional Party Sails
Seattle J une 2
The congressional party com
I Posed of four senators and twen
j ty-eight representatives* sailed
| f°r Alaska last night aboard the
I transport Cambrai. Their
| purpose incoming- North is to
j naake a study of the territory
| for military and naval bases, and
| to make tentative plans for the
I general development of Alaska.
I - Alleged Fairbanks Post office
; Robber Arrested
Seattle June 2
Robert H. Hoyt, a tobacco mer
chant of Fairbanks, was arrested
here tonight, charged with hav
ing robbed the Fairbanks post
| office last Octobea. Hoyt had just
(arrived from San Francisco to
! visit E. R. Peeples of this city.
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Baseball Dance
A dance was given Thursday
evening after the game by the
baseball team. Mrs. O’Neill and
Roy Snider outdid them selves o
the piano and drums; but the at
tendance could have been better
The majority were from above