The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday August ntu 1921
NO. 40
HUNTER HERE FOR SHEEP
AND MOOSE
Mr. R. H, Rockwell, taxider
mist for the Brooklyn Museum
arrived here yesterday, & will
leave Monday morning for the
White River country, there to
secure sprciirers of Alaska
sheep and moose, for the mu
seum..
A new building is almost com
pleted to be entirely devoted to
the animals of North America
and here the Alaskan specimens
will have a prominent place.
Mr. Rockwell says that many
thousands of people yearly visit
the Brooklyn Museum and lec
tures are given twice weekly,
an enormous interest is shown
in all Alaskan subjects.
It is Mr. Rockwell’s intention
to specially study the environ
ment of the game, and he has al
so come equipped to make death
masks of the animals right af
ter they are killed, so that when
he mounts them they will be
absolutely true to life, thus en
hancing the value of the collec
tion
Jimmy Brown will escort Mr.
Rockwell to the White River,
they will be gone about thirty
five days.
NOTICE
Special School Election
A special Election will be held
on Monday, August 15th for the
purpose of electing a Treasurer
of the School Board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
John R. Underwood.
Sam Seltenreioh; Director,
McCarthy School Board.
The above election will be held
at the McCarthy Drug Store,
between the hours of 8. a. m. &
5, p. m. next Monday
TELEGRAPHIC
MISSING PRIEST POUND
MURDERED
San Francisco. August 11th.
Win. A. Hightower, a baker, has
been charged with the murder
of Father Heslin the missing
(Johna priest, whose body ridd
led with bullets and cruelly
beaten has been dug from the
ocean beach where he had been
hidden by slayer. The motive
wus evidently not robbery as
money and jewelry were found
upon the priest’s person.
ANOTHER PRIEST IN
DANGER
Seattle. August 12. The Seattle
police say tiiat an attempt was
made last night to bum Father
Bebe, who was sleeping in the
south part of the catholic church
which was destroyed by fire
last night.
VALUABLE LIBRARY
Wickersham has placed a library
containing many volumes on Al
aska with the Historical Society
for safe keeping to be given ult
imately to Alaska.
PRESIDENT’S FATHER
, MARRIES
Monroe. Michigan. Aug. 11th.
Dr. T. Harding the father of the
President was married this af
ternoon to Miss Alice Severne,
his office attendant
The bridegroom was 76 years
old and the bride 52.
LEGION VISITS PARIS
Paris, August 12. Two hundred
and fifty representatives of the
American Legion arrived this
afternoon received the military
honors accorded returning j
heroes.
i
TWENTY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS MORE FROM
ALASKA
i
The value of the Territory’s
mineral output in 1920 exceeds
that of 1919, according to the U
nited States Geological Survey,
of the Department of the Inter
ior, which has just made public
the figures for 1920 on the min
eral resources of Alaska, prepar
ed by Alfred Brooks.
The value of the mineral out
put, of Alaska in 1920 was
$23,303,757, in 1919 it was $19,
620,913.
The gain in 1920 was due en
tirely to the increase in the out
put of copper, which was 47,222
771 pounds in 1919 and 70,435,363
pounds in 192u.
EXTENSION ON OIL-LAND
We are indebted to Delegate
Sutherland for the following tel
jegram:—Washington, August 11.
j The time for adjustment of con
flicts in Boundary lines of oil
land areas lias been extended to
Jannar.y 1st 11122 for all permit
tees who made applications prior
to January 1st 1921. Order
issued by the Cc mmissioner of
the General Land Office August
bth. Dan Sutherland. Delegate
from Alaska,
TOUGH PROPOSITION
Washington, August 12th. The
problems of prohobition enforce
ments were laid before the Cab
inet this afternoon, and it was
decided that the administration
must formulate prohibition pol
icy. _
HARDING SOARS AS
AN EAGLE
Harding was today made a
life member of the Eagles. He
wrote on the ritual “Any real
man should be glad to subscribe
to such obligations.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The president of the Athletic
Club, Bob Williams announces
that about the first of Septem
ber he will be prepared to do
nate the use of horses and
scraper and his own work, to
the preparation of a skating
rink site and asks all members
and those interested to assist
also on that day, as it will then
be a simple matter to have a
fine skating rina next winter.
J. H. Murray came into fown
from Young creek on Thursday,
Carl Anderson and Scotty Atkin
son also.
Pete Amundsen, who has been
outside since 1918, has returned
to Alaska and left for Dan ck.
this morning.
Mrs. John E. Barrett and son
Lawrence will leave here on next;
Wednesday’s train, and will sail
from Cordova on the Alameda
lor Seattle, where Lawrence will
enter High School.
A meeting of the Republican
Club has been called for eight
o’clock this evening in the A. B.
Hail. Business of an important
nature.
A Base ball game will be play
ed next Monday evening at 7.
between picked teams of Kenne
cott and McCarthy.
Superintendent Dan Jones, of
the Road Commission, arrived
on today’s train. He states that
it is owing to delay of freight
shipments, that road work has
been held up till now but it will
begin almost immediately,
Mr. G. W. Truby,federal stock
inspector, who is under special
engagement to the Territory, is
spending several days here, in
specting the cows of the dis
trict. ,
Good news has been received
from the Green Group that high
grade ore had been struck in a
new tunnel of which we will se
cure full details next week.