The McCarthy
Weekly News
0L.4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday February 12th 1921
NO 15
PERSON-AL
Mr, J. H, Murray, local re pres- |
entative for the Trrritorial Leg
islature, leaves m xt week for
Juneau, w here the house opens
March 7th, He will make a
short visit to Valdez,
Mr, and Mrs, Walter Som
mer and daughter returned home 1
l ist Tuesday after a sixty days J
visit te Los Angeles and other
cities;
Our old friend Hill McKay,
who left here last summer, on
one of his lom/ prospecting
trips, has reached Dawson, and
the following paragraph taken
from a Dawson newspaper
shows he is still going strong. j
‘ W. P. \1cKay arrived in Daw- |
son from Wood ('hopper creek;
Alaska, \vhe»e h«* spent about1
a month looking over the neigh-1
bonny: rivers and creeks.
Mr. Mckay is a husky old ti-j
mer ot ihe \ ea*’ ’97 who can!
strike out for a long trip on the
trail without thinking twice on
the m itter.
He mushed from Woodchonper j
to Eurle ana from there took
Percy Pe Wolfe’s stage to l_>nv\ ,
son.
VlcK'av has been pretty weil
all over the Northland, spending
a number of years here and in
Chisana, also putting in consid- j
erable time at Kennecott, 19.>
miles from the Alaskan coast
with Cordova as the railroad ter-1
mm is.
Mr. .vlckay says that some of;
the bigge-1 copper mines in the
world are in Kenneem. Six hund
red men are employed.
Alex Lesp«ranee is going to
hold onto OLD TIMER McKAY
until the next meeting of the Yu
kon Order of Pioneers when he
will pun him up, he says, and
he wont let him get away from
the Masque ball either.”
Valentines, very reasonable at
the Post Office Store.
Sad Death
of Oscar Hansen
-At the Bonanza Mine last Sat
urelay, Oscar Hansen ot Nizina.
who had been employed there
but a short time, fell down a
sto,ye over a hundred feet and
was so seriously injured that lie
died on Thursday the 10th.
He was an owi er of nr perty
at Rex Creek and Ohittistone
with Carl Anderson. Deceased
was thirty six vears of age, a na- ]
t ve of ^om\hj, vl.tre hits moth*;
er still resides. He was well
beloved by the entire commun
ity, who, with his p irtner mourn
his loss.
Our hearts re sad, for today
we have buried one of our Alas
kan friends of which there are
hue few of the old brigade.
Osc-i" Hansen now sleeps in
the sunshiny graveyard, under
the shelter of the everlasting
mountains. Daring and brave
he was, and loved adventure,
w is always cheerful and smiling
and was plucky to the end when
the accident overtook him, which
resulted in his d3it 1.
A hundred of nis friends from
all over Uie country followed the
casket from Kennecott. Heart
felt words were spoken by Mr.
.7. Murray after which the
Lord’s prayer was said. The
hymns, “Abide with me” an 1
“Jesus Lov«'r of my Soul” were
sung by the choir. The casicet
which was covered with beauti
f;: 1 flowers was then lowered, j
until that d\v when all things)
will be explained
“Vi elsked dig —
Gud hvile dig —
Saav veil, Oscar.”
Lincoln's Birthday today.
Income tax returns must be
made before March L L 1.
TELEGRAPHI
St. Augstine, Fla Special to
the Weekly News President E !
lect Harding has indicated that
he nas decided upon the num
bers who will comprize the new
Cabinet. With the exception of
.Justice Hushes, who has accept
eci the office of Secretary
State no names were made pub
lic.
Washington. Senator Borah,
11j tne Senate today charged
Great briton with conducting
propoganua in this t< i 1 u3 00
deter American Naval Building.
FuRI) PLANT RE-OPENED
Detroit. Feb. 11 th.
Ten thousand employees re
turned to work Monday at the
Ford Plant
Washington. The indications
are tnat out tnree hundred
ujou.muju \mi1 be appiopuated
lor Aiasnaii roau v\oin tins sea
son.
Oconca, Georgia. Ln a cyclone
at inis cii^ tou.uj oiie w hue boy
anu cvvent-1 nVe hegioes were
K illtiu.
beattle. Al. Uyan, veteran
Ponce sergeant, ui^s here tins al
lernoon
beattle, reb. lltn. The Gov
ernment Gutter Areata seized
cue launch Searchlight with nb
casesoi whisKey On boata, and
brought tue tnree bootleggers
up on a charge of “craft hire.” j
..iavil,y ironed, the prisoners,
were orot from Port Townsend
today.
M. M, Cole, notary public,
Specialty, income Tax Returns.
Read our new Ads on pages
Four and Six.
McCarthy Mercantile Co.
i
McCarthy athletic club
“All work and no play, makes
Jack a dull boy.” This is the
opinion of a large number of cit
izens of McCarthy, who met on
Thursday evening to discuss
the formation of an Athletic Club
Twenty members were en
rolled, and the following officers
elected:—
President, Robert Williams
Secretary Mrs, O’Neill
Treasurer. Hoy Snyder
Trustees, W. M. Goodwin two
yeai term, Mrs. Cole one year
term, Jas Hussey, half year term
Membership committee. Messrs
Snyder, Conway, O’Neill
Ladies committee, Mesdames
Williams, Snyder and Cole
Very interesting taiks w^rs
given by Messrs. Williams and
Slimpert on the subject,
jintuition fe«s were fixed at two
dollars, 1 • respective oi dues, la
uies tree,
Arrangements are being made
.o lease the A, B, Hall, where all
Kinds oi indoor sports can be
enjoyed,
A ousiness meeting will be held
toniglit m tne Heney building,
tile use of which George Ander
sen has again kindly donated,
it is ui> to every m in and worn ,n
in town to oe there,
The campaign to raise funds
to aid in feeding the starving
children ot Europe was held in
this division during the month
oi January.
McCarthy’s donation to this
fund was $J4. subscribed by the
following: —
(J. Spongberg and Andrew Brask
$5.0o each. Henrc\ Hoffman $3
Frank Iverson, Joim Nelson,
J. P. Hubrick, Edgar Davis
$2 each. K. L. H. Marshall
Jack Conway, Warren Nelson.
John Barrett. Kerry Olsen,
Hat Connelly, Tom {smith John
Miller, J. C. Cannon C. F. Cole
John Pitcln r, John Undeiwood
$1.00 each, NeJs Nelson 50c.
Catherine and Margaret Cole
25c each.
The money has been forward
ed to the Local Chairman, Mr. A
J. Adams of Cordova