The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VI I
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday December 8, 1923.
NouV.
Fur Market On
Rock Bottom
If you have any fur to sell
now is the time NOT to ship to
the states. At least this is the
advice of a Cnitina merchant, who
just received returns on a large
mixed pelt shipment that was re
cently sent outside. The returns
were exactly one half of what
was confidently expected.
Why fur should be low when !
the trappers begin sending the^
first catches to the large firms I
is a mystery. True the price of !
the raw pelt is controlled by bid !
ding of the market buyers, but
this should noi cause the market
no fluctuate continually.
A weil furred pelt has a cer
tain intrinsic value >hat shouldn't
> controlled by snpp.lv. The do!
.uand is the con t rolling factor of \
most articles and i! tin* fur trade i
v re n’t so crooned,demand would j
• >nt>rol tho price.
Trappers m the vicinity of Chit
na art* holding off for a raise. !
Old Time Resident
Of This Section Dies
Mrs. Dee Davis,tor many years
' resident ot Alaska and for ten
ears a resident of Chitina pas
sed quietly to Iter reward, the
■arly part of this week, at Yog
.rt’s Sanitarium iit Bellingham,
\Vashington.
After a long illness in Cordova,
Mrs. Davis was sent to the sani
tarium by the Pioneers, ot which
organization site was a member.
Mr. Davis, a Pioneer and for a
a under of years an A.R.C. team
ster, is undergoing treatment
at the Bellingham institution, so
was with his wife at the lime of
her death.
Wanted, Clean cotton rags at the
t ws Office.
CHITINA
John Nelson and Art Laverty
| returned Monday from a three
day vacation trip out the trail.
They went out as far as Gokona
and had a pretty tough trip.Com
ing back toward town,they found
the trail like a boulevard, a cater
piller having gone over the route
Deduty U. S. Marshal) Boyer
returned Monday from Vaidez
where lie has been attending the
court.
Wm. Clark, Sam Frazer and
Charles May man, who have been
on jury duty at Valdez,returned
Monday.
Gus Wilson who was exonerat
ed of the charge of assaulting an
officer, recently, returned home
Monday.
Wind and snow storms out
of Cordova are causing the rot
ary crews to hunt their macki
naws and otherwise prepare to
buck* snow.
Sled Upsets
Mail Schedule
John McCrary the mail carrier
between Chitina and Gulkana re
cently escaped a set ions accident
by good luck, more than any
thing else. John had a trailer in
| the shape of a sled, hooked on be
hind his Ford truck snd the sled
slipped off the road on a hill be
yond Tonsina’ and the road be
mg icy, the truck went along.
The brush and trees stopped
the descent and later the outfit
was hauled back to the road by
a couple of A.R.C. trucks.
Neat Attractive Job Printing
done it the News Office
Town Talk
.Johnny Hill, who has been em
ployed at the Green Butte for
some time past is engaged in
i putting a new foundation under
tlie McCarthy Garage. He has
also taken a contract to move the
frame house belonging to Mrs*
Kennedy, down from Dynamite
hill to the lot formerly occupied
! by her hotel.
The Seltenreich family have
moved into the big log residence
on Dynamite hill.
Mrs. Minchine has accepted a
position in the Alaska Cafe.
Mrs. Powell and b iby son ar
rived home from Kennecott on
Thursday’s train. Doth mother
and son are feeling tin*', and Art
states that he hasn't walked the
floor yet. More than most dads
can say, Art.
Gus Carlson of the Green Butte
arrived in the city the early part
of the week and will spend a few
days in town before returning
to the mine. Ho reports every
thing in tine shape.
Charley Range arrived in town
Wednesday to secure medical
treatment for an old affliction
that is bothering him. Everyone
on Dan cieek is reported “up
and kickin’.”
It is reported that young Jack
Bishop won’t manage to be in
to discuss ways and means
with the boys for some time as
the Trimm outfit has secured a
contract to putKennecott timber
up to the tram station until the
next consignment of freight ar
rives about the twentieth.
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Lutfisk— At Marshall’s. Your
Patronage Solicited.
Gaskill Leaves On
Business Trip
Mr. James Gaskill, manager of
the Green Butte Corporation
left yesterday for the states jn
response to an urgent message
from Mr. Phillips, one of the big
stockholders in the Corporation.
The business conference will
take place at Los Angeles and
will prob ably detain Mr. Gaskill
until the middle of January.
The purpose of the conference
was in no way intimated.
Laundry To Open This Week
The new proprietors of the
McCarthy Steam Laundry will
state they will probably open
shop sometime this coming week
They have been cleaning shop,
making minor changes and gel
ting acquainted.
Their intentions are to do wet
wash, rough dry and finished
vork at current prices. They
will also do cleaning and press
mg. Satisfaction is guaranteed.
Elks’ Smoker A Success
The Elks’ Smoker was a sue
cess from every standpoint and
is said to have been the best, so
far staged at Eennecott. Lack of
AlcCarthy fans was not intention
al, as most of them couldn’t get
away in time to reach Kennecott
before the fun began.
Bill Marhar arrived in town
|ast night for a few days visit.
Wm. Myers arrived from the
coast this week, where he has
been employed on a bridge gang
New Stock of Hickory and Ash
Skis— At Marshall’s.