The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, Alaska. Saturday August. 14th 1920
NO. 42.
TOWN TOPICS
Messrs. J. H. Shirk of Peru,
Indiana, and P. M. Saw tell of
Boston arrived on Thursday’s
train on route for a big game
hunt in the White river country
Cap. Hubrick is guide for the
party, which will take 4b days
for hunting and then go out by
way of Whitehorse. Bill Slim
pert as guide and Walter Quon,
cook, accompanied the party.
Messrs. Beach, Godley and La'
dew, were the members of the
New York hunting party to arr
ive here Thursday. They made
an early start next morning hav
ing Andy Taylor as guide, with
Pete Bren wick and Joe AJcLelh
an packers and Oscar Hansen
cook. After a 50 day hunt they
have arranged to travel through
to Whitehorse
Mi*. Beach lias a motion 'pic
ture machine which is record
ing their trip. A visit was
made to Kennecott on Thursday
to film the copper camp.
Another reel was devoted to Mc
Carthy objects of interest.
The forty horses required by
tin* hunting parties were sup
plier by the Murie Transfer Co
and the entire outfitting done
by the McCarthy Mercantile Co
SOCIAL
.1. B. O'Neill was the host at
: stag dinner iit his residence
last Monday evening Eight
guests sat down ton gastronom
ic triumph at the hands ot Mr.
Bill McKay, who was chef for
that special occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. ,J. Groff and
sons of Kennecott were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kavan
augh last Tuesday, for an auto
mobile trip up to the Mother
Lode, and afterwards at dinner
at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubrick enter
tained tlie members of the
hunting parties at dinner on
Thursday evening. Mrs. Barrett
assisted the hostess.
TELEGRAPHIC
(»c[((i; ] to the News)
PLANES REACH ALASKA
Hazel ton August 13th. Ti e
Nome flyers have arrived here
and expect to fly to Wrangell to
mori'o ,v,
CZAR’S JEWELS IP U. S.
Washington, August 13th, The
Government has seized one hun
a red and thirty one diamonds,
the property of the late Czar of
Russia which were being smug
gled into this count iy by the
Bolsheviki.
A NEW TYPE OF SWINDLE
Boston. An*;. IT < 'harles
Ponzi, an ex convict, has induced
forty thousand people to invest
fifteen million dollars in fraud
ulent schemes concerning the
French foreign exchange.
EUROPEAN SITUATION
Washington., August 11th. The
President in a note to the Ital
ian government, pledges the
support of this nation in main
taining the territorial integrity
of Poland.
He proposes as a. solution of
the situation the withdrawal of
the Russians from Poland and
also the withdrawal of Allied
troops including Japs from the
Russian Territory.
Mr. M. L. McAllister, who
has been on an extended visit
to Chicago and the States of tno
middle west, returned home on
last Wednesdays train.
Read about your Sourdough
friends in the Pathfinder.
The Cordova ones appear in
the J uly number.
TRAIL NEWS
Mike Molenski was a McCar
thy visitor this week, to secure
supplies. He is still taking: out
the gold from his claim on Rex
Creek, Nizina.
Hr. Gillespie paid a visit to
the creeks this week.
Martin Radovan arrived in
town last evening from Dan Ck.
j on a business trip.
Harry Hoyden arrived back
from Chisana with his pack
train on Wednesday. He leaves
again in the morning with mail
and freight.
Monthly mail service to Chi
sana leaves tomorrow.
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News of FORMER RESIDENTS
Sammy Potts, our former to wns
man, is prospering finely at
jHyder, where lie has the town
j wired for a messenger service
R. L. Stewart is also located
at Hyder.
I
! doe Nevinsand dim Riley, old
timers in the Copper River dis
trict, have taken to the seafaring
life; they are now on the China
route and have already made
several voyages to the Orient.
The summer vacation is fast
i coming loan end and die ehil
j dren of school age are beginning
i to think of school and studies.
j
| Their schoolmistress, Mrs. May
i Refior, has been spending her
; vacation in the States, and is
expected to return here the lat
! ter part of this month,
j
I Victor Marshall, Molly and
Dora McDonnell will enter hign
i school expecting to continue
1 their studies at Cordova high
; school.
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PERSONAL
Mr. Ed Young, Territorial
Game Warden whose headquart
ers at Chitina, arrived here on
the last train and will spend
some time on official business.
Miss Dora McDonnell is en
gaged upon some special clerical
work at the office of the U. S.
Commissioner.
Mrs. Martin Fry has arrived
in Idaho and is visiting relat
ives.
Buster Foster, who has been
the guest o( the Barretts for
some weeks, is reluctantly think
mg of his return to Cordova.
He is anxious to go on a sheep
hunt first, and secure at least
one sheep to take home.
Billy Bold returned to Kennec
ott this week after a vacation
of several months.
Little Gwendolyn Brimmer
returned North from California
last week and will make her
home in Cordova, with her
mother,Mrs. Charles Neil Wade.
Mr. Georye Rust was a return
iny passenyer on Thursday's
train. He spent over eighteen
months in California, which he
enjoyed yreatly, but he prefers
the North, where he expects to
locate ayain Mrs. Rust remain
ed in California on account of
poor health.
Mr. John Muller, assistant
cashier of the First Bank of
Cordova, made his first trip to
the Interior this week. He
spent several days at Kennecott
also visited the mines, and paid
a visit to McCarthy, leaviny on
Wednesdays train for Chitina.
from which point he will visit
the Slate Creek placer cam]) be
fore returning* to Cordova.
Mr, Walter. B. Heisel, Govern
ment Timber Ayent, is spend
iny some time in our town on
business.