News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday December 9th 1922.
No. 5.
LOCAL NEWS
Gus Carlson the well known
miner, who is now employed
at the Green Butte spent a few
«d ays in town this week.
He reports that the temperat
ure w?as 18° above when he left
camp. At McCarthy we had 28°
below the same day.
Mr. Carlson returned to the
liiinf\ where he will be located
nil Christmas.
N *ttleton Shoes- At Marshall’s
Mr. Danielson, the well known
electrician from Kennecott was
in the city Thursday.
It is reported that Fred Stev^
enson had an accident recently
when he attem pt id to cross the
Nizina river.
This is the way we got the de
tails: Mr. Stevenson while freig
hting his supplies got into an
overflow and in trying to avoid
the water, Stevenson’s outfit
went thru the ice, drowning his
1 orse and taking his outfit down
the river.
This accident adds one more
r * ison to the already long list
of reasons for a bridge across
the Nizina river.
Harry Cloes, the game warden
is spending a few days in town.
Dog Collars, Single-trees, Web
bing and Snaps. At Marshall’s
We’ve had quite a call for local
news lately, so drop in when
yeu are in the mood to talk, we’re
not rushed for time.
WELL - KNOWN MUSHER
ARRIVES
Sid Johnston after an absence
of two years rambled into town
yesterday from Chisana.
It took him ten days to make
the trip out from Chisana. He
arrived aothe relief cabin one
day ahead of Mike Knowles. John
ston states that the mail carrier
was on mighty slim rations, havf
ing been sixteen days on the
trail from McCarthy.
Sid and his wife spent a busy
summer prospecting on Pan
Creek over the line. Some of the
M
ground is reported to be pretty
fair: Sid and his wife taking out
five hundred dollars in a short
time: by panning and shoveling
in.
Everybody is reported well in
Cbisana with the exception of
Mrs. Jamas whe is suffering ter
ribly with rheumetisim
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are loc
ated abo ut forty miles up Pan
Creek from Bonanza the nearest
neighbor being Bill Wyers who
recently killed a beautiful silver
tip bear.
Game is very plentiful in the
Pan Creek district and there is
only enough game being killed to
supply the wants of the prospec.
tors.
Sid will make the return trip
after the mail from the Victoria
arrives. Sid says that he will take
any other odd letters when he go
es back.
Be goodnatued here, and you
won’t regret it hereafter.
TELEGRAPHIC
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TEN MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
Astoria Dec,8 th
Twenty seven buisness blocks
of the city of Asioria are totally
destroyed by a lire that started
at 2 A.M. Friday. The cauze of
the blaze is unknown.
A conservative estimate of the
damage by financial experts
places the loss at $10,000,000
Astoria Dec, 8th
Norris Staple the well known
fiancier dropped dead here whi
le giving assistance to firemen
today. Staple was president of
the Astoria Bank of Commerce
Astoria Dec. 9th
Seven hundred and fifty people
were rendered homeless by the
fire. All of the cities along the
are rushing supplies of food and
clothing to the destitute famil
ies.
Washington Dec. 1th
The Senate will argue the ship
susbidy bill Monday.
Harding in announcing his
message to congress delt chiefly
with prohibition, foreign credit
and child labor. He states that
he intend* calling a confer
ence of governors in an attempt
to gain their cooperation in pro
hibition enforcement.
The War Department announ
ced that General Wood has asked
the administration to be resigned
from his post of Provost for the
U. of Pennsylvania. He will ret
ain the position ot Governor Gen
eral of thePhillipines.
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LOCAL NEWS
Old timers predict a cold win
ter. we do admit that the win
ter of 1917 was was a little chil
ly but just because it has been
2b below zero the past lew days,
is no reason to get cold feet
now. The weather is going to
get warmer when the moon
changes.
P. L. Neil and Al/ah Eames,
post office inspectors, gave
the local office an inspection
last Saturday, returning to Cor
dova the following day.
Our Deputy Marsnall, Jack
Reynolds says he has the cool
est house in town—in the good
old summer time.
The wood saws are now work
ing overtime and everyone else
is working overtime to pay for
the wood.
No idle men in town, the re
opening of the Erie Mine taking
most of those who came down
recently from the Green Butte
Dublin Dec. 8th
Rory McConner and Liam Mello
ws; the latter a noted rebel gen
eral, who were captured during
the insurrection against the free
state: were executed in Mt. Joy
prision.
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