The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 1.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday, august 10th, 1918
N O 41.
AMUSEMENTS
At the Movie Show tomorrow
evening special appearance of
Doi othy Dalton in a Five Reel
(hmedy entitied“Chicken Casey’
Also Lion’s Cartoon.
Pathe News and
Ed icitional pictures.
Picture Show and Dance at
Kenneeott this evening in aid
of the Red Cross.
Refreshments served.
A number of McCarthy people
are going by automobile.
Join the crowd, have a good
time, help the cause along.
Miss Elsie Ware has accepted
reappointment as school-mist
re ss at Kenneeott,
Dick 'Voodman has put the j
skids under his residence, and
will move it to the Second St.
frontage of his lot.
Elizabeth Faddis was delight-j
ed yesterday to receive a notifi
cation from the Department of
Education at Juneau stating that
she had successfully passed her
examinations and is now quali
fied to enter high school.
At a meeting of the School
Board a telegram from Miss
McCarthy was read stating that
she would not return for next
school year.
It was lecided to communi
cate with a lad> from South
Eastern Alaska with a view to
appointing her.
A new garage is being built
at the Mother Lode plant.
Mike Molenski, the Placer op
erator from Rex Creek, visited
town this week.
Dentist
of the firm of Prs Daggett and
Blyth. Cordova Alaska.
Ivi ay be consulted at the
GOLDEN HOTEL
McCarthy. Alaska
Contract let for
Building Cabins
The contract for the building
of the two most important re
lief cabins on the Cliisana trail
has been awarded to D Wood
man of McCaathy according to
a notification recently received
from Road Commissioner James
Wilson Valdez.
STRELNA NEWS
Ole Berg, of the North Midas
Copper Co. is making great
rtrides with its development.
A cyanide plant is under con
struction which will treat 200
tons of ore a day, the ore averag
ing 80 to 500 loll irs a ton.
4500 ft of t • am will run from i
the mine to the mill, and a saw
will be installed which will cut
10,000 feet per day.
5 miles of auto road has Veen
built which crosses the Kuskili
na River. The bridge at this
point was built by Gus Johnson
a splendid structure 300 ft 1 >ng
80 ft span, and unlike the Nijjna
Bridge, is there to stay.
30 men are employed on the
property, its outlook is A. 1.
The Nugget Creek Copper Cor
poration, under W Dubois, is
also doing considerable work.
With a view to handling heavy
shipments this f all by auto truck
forty men are now empk>3Ted on
road work.
The first sufferers on the Ni
zina River through the loss of
the bridge were Mr and Mrs
Rodovan and Jim Burgess, who
in fording the river last week
got into quicksands and had a
very narrow escape from drown
ing.
No matter how hard we strive
for just ordinary life saving ne
cessities in this section of the
country, it seems as though we
are Jonahs when it comes to gat
ting a bridge that will stand
long enough to help us.
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CHISANA NEWS
Chisana: July 29th. (Special
to the News)
On the 26th of the month
the first rain of the season fell,
and it has kept up to date, all
the streams are very high, good
i water for mining.
The mosquitos are one mis
erable pest this season.
Up to the present the miners
had dams to impound the water
in order to sluice, it takes four
hours to fill the pond, the water
in which is exhausted after one
hours shovelling in.
A f 3W days ago our mail ar
rived on the pack train, so every
thing was dropped in order to
read the news of the world war.
We certainly feel the absence
of the six young men called from
this camp.
Carl Whitham, old timer and
prosperous miner of this camp
leaves today to join the colors.
At present this camp has an
awful black eye, needirg quite a
few pounds of beef, it begins to
look, too, as tho there will be a
scarcity of meat this winter, for
by sizing up the herd of mala
mutes to be fed, the outlook for
human cor. sump cion is doubtful
Sam Shucklin and W. W. Har
vey spent some time with us,
they say this balmy air is just
the thing for tourists.
It is reported that our govern
mentis to build some relief
houses on the trail for the bene
fit of the Chisana people: they
a e getting generous for us, they
b lilt a bridge o/er the Nizina
River, that the fog from the
glacier washed out as soon as
the crew and Road Commission
got off the wrorks (tough luck).
The sheep in our locality are
similar to McCarthy prices,
when we come along, they go up.
Albert Dennis has been ap
pointed agent for the “McCarthy
Weekly News” at Kennecott.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Two large hunting parties in
town today, Cap. Hubrick’s left
this afternoon with 26 horses
5 guides. C. Baxter, the well
known guide of Yukon Territory
came overland from Whitehorse
to meet the William^ jjarty, and
they will leave tomorrow for
the hunting grounds.
Game Warden Peter Ericksen
received a pleasant surprise in
the mail yesterday when his
salary was raised $10 a month.
C. E. Hirdning tin man who
brought the fourteen thousand
dollar sawmill plant to Chisana
has bought Harry Boyden’s
property in McCarthy-he ~will
house up his plant and sbend
next winter in McCarthy.
Hirdning is a first class saw
mill man, has spent twenty one
years in Alaska and the Yukon.
Hasn’t seen the outside since
coming North.
New Supply of War Savings
Stamps received at the Post
Office today.
New books at the Post Office
Rinehart’s “Kings, Queens and
Pawns” Services Poems includ
ing new “ Rhymes of a Red
Cross Mar*’’-and many others.
"New stock of Alladm Lamp
Chimneys q,nd Mantles on sale
at the Post Office.
DRY WOOD
Stove Wood $6.50 per Load.
Wood in 16ft. lengths $9.00
per cord
Murie s Transfer