The McCarthy
Weekly News
YOL. 2.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday, February 8th 1919
NO. 15
DANCE TO-NIGHT
A dance will be held this]
evening in the A. B. Hall under
the management of the A. Ks
Everyone is welcome.
Good Music
Good Floor.
Good Time.
MOVIE SHOW
The Movie Show was held
last evening instead of Sunday
this week, an excellent prog- j
ram was presented including!
W. S. Hirt in the “Desert Man4 !
and Charley Chaplin in ‘‘The |
Adventurer”.
A. B’s
The Arctic Brotherhood moV
at a well attended gathering < n
Monday evening when Neil Van
Hots ten and Will Bub be weie
initiated into the order.
dust Received: Fresh Shipment
Beef, Pork, Iviutton, Oyster*.
Bolegna, Head,
wu rst. and
K B. H. Marshall.
FIFTH BIBEBTY BOAN
The Fifth Biberty Loan will
will be launched the first week
in April. This will be the
last, of this series of war loans
and of shorter duration than
the previous loans.
Scratch tablets 1 a cents, at
the Weekly News office.
COURT
NEWS
CASE BOUND OVER TO
GRAND JURY
In the Commissioners Court
this week before Judge Parker
Smith, Mrs McCullum was
charged with infringement of
the bone dry law and bound
over to the Grand Jury.
The informant Tlmro fjind
strum was detained as a witness
under bonds.
This is the first case which
lias been bound over to the
Grand Jury from this town
since the enactment of this law.
Hon. J. H. Murray was coun
sel for the defense.
A la-ge audit nee was present
at the hearing and followed J^o
case with interest, so much so
that one citizen int^rrupUd the
proceedings and was fined $10.
for contempt of court.
Infche ciso of Clo linand
Miller vs. C .ream t > reejver c< r
tain monies
The defendant did not ap
pear on the date specified, tho
Oscar H ms »n ivportel having
erved the summons.
PROSPECTOR RETURNS
Sam Means returned to our
city on yesterdays train, having
spent several months on the
coast, paitof which time at La
louche duringtde influenza op'
domic.
Although there were one
hundred cases there, Sam was
not a victim which he considers
due to fresh air treatment, tho
we think he might have talked
the germs to death.
He wishes to emphatically re
fute the statement that he has
come back to go to work as he
is equipped with 100 pounds of
rabbit wire and bait.
He will leave soon for his rab
bit patch on the Nizina flats.
NEWS ITEMS
The Mother Lode plant closes
down tomorrow for a few days,
in order to thoroughly o’ erhaul
the machinery.
Clifford Oayouette is in town
(or a vacation. Soon after his ar
rival a dance was arranged Joi
Saturday night: Clifford would
not think he had been to town
who has-a^iaL^ »/dra! mouths
is in town preparing to leave u,i
ais property soon.
Air. Louis Widing is in town
on a short furlough from Foi t
Liscum and will letur/. on the
next train
[Jen, of Shush an n a,
Mrs. P. H Oils en I f to Jay
ior Chitini, u lie i e > he will stiy
l fow \V.“!vS.
Chas. Hlrdmng has urcha>
ed 1: e lot cn Second Street lac
ing I! arret Way from Jo' n Bil
tuff and will erect a substantial
building in the soring.
Woo lin leaves on the
next- train for i he Fast on
mining a id family b .s n s).
Cn account of a severe storm
raging at tii ? lower end, the
train service will probably be
held up a few days.
There have been several cases
of chicken pox among the child
population the past few weeks*
all mild cases.
Nels ' ovig returned from
the coast yesterday.
Lincoln’s Birthday next Wed
nesday.
RED CROSS
A turkey and chicken dim
an 1 dance will be given by tie
lied Cross on Washington'?
birthday at tilt McCarthy hot*
The business houses have d*
nated the funds.
Everything has been arrang
ed tj insure a thor oughly goo<
time, which will be made com
plete by the knowledge that you
are helping those less fortunate.
Entire proceeds go to the Red
Cros-.
A shipment of 50 sweaters
was sent to headquarters from
AlCv’arthy c.ki pter this week.
In t!te li t of Donations t
the 1 tt. Li css 1 inner publ"
1 s■) w< e , B. fernith was cr
e 1 \\i h £1 rj his should
Le ui 5:5.
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topuii
Next Frid ij
k mine’s D iv
w.
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Wk*ks, mantle.*, and chimneys
for Alladin lain >s have arrived
at Post Offers store.
A crate of live poultry ship
od in by the Dan < 'reek Mining
Co created a sensation at the
depot this week. The\
were liberated in the warehouse
pending instructions from the
owner; but it was a harder task
to muster them again.
After a strenuous chase in
which A1 Doza had to climb the
rafters and Murieand John Nel
son were floor m magers, th*'
wily chickens werecoralled A
were taken to new quarters, all
except three, which took refuge
and were found next dayy undei
Ambers steam laundry in ichiu
ery in storage.