The McCarthy
VOL: VI I
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday M^cii «, 1.^4
No. XVIII
One Angie Ci
The Tourist Trade
C>. A. Nelson, the ('old mission
“i‘ and onergetie business man
Chilian was a visitor in McCar
'll,- and Kea.ieeott during the
i si wet'iv, all nding to personal
.. '•rests, la a short interview
\ i l. . a representative of the News
n 1 i soil gav.* out a few points on
til tourist trade which are being
oveI'iooKou b\ praetieail.v every
o, i* rt'i.iacu * with toe courist
trash-.
i ne tourist is not coining 10
Alaska to see our farm>. or cities'*
void Mr, Nelson, “o u rathei tin.?
l-iing’s pecular to this country.
People do not go to Calilornia to
s v glaciers or mountains, yet
hoio is glacier and mountain
m aery in that country which
Avail repays a visit. When tour
sts come to Alaska, they ai'e in
cut on seeing every mountain
mu glacier alonuj tin* route.They
ire neither interested or desir
*us of seeing the tanning dis
tricts nee" use such t!lings are
mmmonplace. Our summers are
due. but like the farming, should
not be stressed overmuch. Both
iie farms and summers appear
to be over rated.
"in my opinion, the agricultur
al districts will eventually beset
tied by the Scandinavians and
Finns, who, are especially adapt
;d to Alaska’s climate.’
iVi,r. Nelson left- on this morn
ing’s train to Chitina. Before he
f it, he stated that the contract ;
on the tunnel wotiid probably be
tinished during the coming sea
-.011. Last year the work was
slowed up by the numerous boul
dens, otherwise last fall would
have seen trains running through
an open cut.
Clifford Cayouette the Dan ;
Creek claim owner is spending a1
few days in town.
Chitina Brevities
Kd Holmes who has a trap line
I along tin* Hanagieta valley arri
ved in Chitina the llrst of the
; week. He came across the Chit
ina river and into S?tretmi then
into C.utina by train. Trapping
was very good and Holmes has
alivge catch to show for his
winter’s work.
"The iure oi the North”, otili
drags ,em bach' Jrom the softer
- 11:11 e i __ "C ini”. W an s
wlio shook Alaska’s sno\\s < If
Ins muckluks some live years
;g >, and de.> u t *d to the land »»!
oranges and movie stir scandals
has i etn ned to Clntina. Wors 1
than thi', he has purchas'd a
dog team and a two year outfit
and has started into the Robin
son Uiver connlry, where he
will buck Nature’s shell game
otherwise known as chasing the
elusive nugget or prospecting
Mike McKinnon, who has been
“shackin',” on the north end run
this whiter, is now transferred
to the Cordova yards, where he is
employed in me same capacity,
it is considered probable that !
the Road Commission will soon i
. . . . I
reconstruct the garage, winchi
i
was totally destroyed by lire aj
couple of weeks ago.
A good deal of bridge material
is moving out toward the Go
kona, now-a-days,and it is expec
ed that the bridge will be com
pleted sometime during the com
ing season.
Chitina progresses, now when
milady wants a choice cut of por
ter house she phones to Louis
Bregoaze and gets it or mayhap
{.he old man wants a clean shirt;
he merely steps to the phone,and
tells Billy Tibbs to send up the
best. The two merchants have re
cently installed phones, so now
everyone in town is on the direct
ory, except residents of the
Heights.
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LOCAL COUPLE
MARRIED
l
Puesday evening Miss Vera
Siebertand Walter Holmes, both
of McCarthy, were joined in mat
rimony by LT S. Commissioner
Sundmacher. Miss Siebert was
a former Seattle j^irl and has
parents residing in that city.
Since her arrival hero last fall’
I she has been employed at the
Alaska Cafe and more recently
lr;s cone u.'ted the McCarthy
Rooms.
Holmes has been employed at
the 'Jreen Butte and during the
i past winter, by A. E. Trimm.
Botli the newlyweds have the
host wishes of everyone and it
hoped they enjo^v a happy and
prosperous career.
Wednesday evening, a party
was given in honor of the happy
event and about forty guests
were invited. Mrs. Sam Selten
reicli acted as hostess, ably sec
onded by Sam. Refreshments
we e served throughout the even
ing and an excellent time was
had by all.
Mushers Leave
For Chisana
During the past week there
hace been three teams left for
Chisana. Jimmey Drown and j
“Too Much”, Johnston pulled out
with four or live dogs, Wednes j
day morning, and yesterday j
yesterday morning they were
followed by Pete Ecklund and
Hans Runig with their team and
Scotty Ate Season and Vannie
Anderson uau theirs. All the
sleds were heavily loaded but it
is expected that good time will
be made.
Eckstrom, Dunig, Anderson
and Atehinson will be back.soon
but the others will be out until
summer packing begins. •
’Tis Said That -
Louie Witling was down from
j Kennecott on a business and
j pleasure trip, Thursday evening.
j Bill Berry and Roy Colby ar
j rived from Chisana, late Satur
I
day evening.
Frank McCafferty, the A. R. C
i^iis engine expert came up from
Chitina this week, to look over
the Commission’s equipment.
Frank McKenna, of Kennecott
arrived on Monday’s train from
California, where he spent the
winter.
Pete Johnston was an over
niidit visitor in town last Tliur
sday.
Jim Bolton and Arthur have
a contract to cut fifty cords of
dry wood about live miles out.
i Page 2 Col Mj
Water Holds Development
Of Copper Creek Property
Warren Nelson arrived in town
the latter part of this week from
Copper Creek, where he is sink
ing a hole to bedrock. He reports
that he is having a tot of trouble
awing to the fact that the water
monies in as fast as it can be
pumped out, with a hand pump
It is the intention of Mr. Nelson
to install a five1 horsepower gas
mgiue and a centrifugal pump.
With a rig of this size, a small
drum and clutch can be instal
led and ail the muck hoisted.
It is expected that sufficient
development work will have been
accomplished by spring to deter
mine whether it is feasable to
operate the property as a hydra
ulic proposition.
As far as they have gone, it
looks pretty good, and Nelson
says that the men interested are
in hopes of being able to operate
this season.