A. B. MASQUERADE BALL
The big dance of the whole
year which has become an anu
nal institution- the Arctic Broth
erhood’s Masque Ball will be
held next Saturday evening.
Every effort is being made
to make the dance a big success.
In addition to a splendid list
of prizes in the donation of which
the business houses have been
most generous, there will also
be a prize waltz and a special
prize cake walk.
$100 In Prizes
Saturday January 14th.
Best Dressed Gent, One pair
ol' Florsheim Shoes, presented
by the McCarthy Mercantile Co
Best Dressed lady, Five dol
lars in rr.ei chandise at the P, O.
Store.
Best Sou i do igh, either sex, A
slab of Bacon, presented by
Nils Tjj>evig.
Most Original character, (man)
Briar pipe, Alaska Pool Hall.
Most Original character, (lady)
Big box of candy, Golden Hotel.
Best sustained character, eith
er sex, Chicken dinner for two
Greenstone Inn
Best colored man, One years
subscription to the “News”
Best colored girl, One years
subscription to the Ladies Home
Journal or the Delineator. The
News.
Best Clown, Chicken dinner!
for one, Golden lunch counter
Best Ballet girl, Box of candy j
McCarthy Drug Store.
Most comical character, lady,
Five transportation all winter to
the Kennecott show or vice versa,
McCarthy Garage.
Prize Waltz, prize given by the
Aactic Bion eri.ot d, chicken
dinner lor the winning couple at
the Greenstone Inn.
Special Prize, Box of candy at
Marshall’s.
Best cake walkiug couple, A
special prize cake, From the
Greenstone Inn.
Booby Prize, ‘-‘Mastery” Gold
en Barber shop.
TELEGRAPHIC
ARMS PARLEY
Washington, Jan. 6th. The
Arms conference regulating
submarines agrees that mer
chant vessels must not be des
troyed unless the crew and
passengers have first been plac
ed in safety, also that merchant
vessels must be visited and
searched to determine its char
acter before it can be seized.
IRISH TREATY
Dublin, Jan. 0. The Dail Eirenn
voted down todnj Delavera’ssub
stitute for the Irish treaty sign
ed by the British Dail delegate
Delavera has resigned the
Presidency of the Republic.
Delavera declared tonight that
il the Irish ti eity were ratified
he would die rather than become
a British subject.
NEW PROGRAM
Washington, Jan. (j. Harding,
the republican leader, will out
line the new legislative program
at White house conference on
Saturday night.
Tokio. Jan. (5. Kiima; the war
time Premier uied to-day.
ALLIED COUNCIL
Cannes, Jan. 7. Lloyd George,
addressing the opening of the
Allied Council today •'■aid that
people must work out tl e r own
economic salvation.
The council api io\id tl e calling
ol an economic conleierce in
w hicu Kussia ana Germany will
participate.
The Allied Suj.n n e Council
has called a European economic
conference in March to be held
at Genoa, the United Stales and
all the European nations are in
vitea with tne exception ol
Turkey.
To Masqueraders
All who attend the ball are re
quested to hand in a card at the
door stating wiiac enaraettr
they represent.
In future no aogs will be ai
lowed in the A. B. Hall.
Masquerade suits for rent at
the Post Office Store.
BASKET BALL GAME
The McCarthy basket ball
players will have a practice
game at the Hall this eveiJng.
No matches have yet been ar
rranged but it is believed that
alter a lew practice games the
strength of the team will be de
termined and then some chal
lenges will be assured, so the
public can look forward to see
ingsome more stirring games
snch as it was our good luck to
enjoy last winter.
An interesting game of basket
b ill vv is pi tyed at Kennecott on
Tuesday evening of last week
bt tween teams representing the
Mill and Leaching plant on one
side and the Warehouse and
General office on the other
the Mi'l and Leaching plant team
winning by a 37 to 19 score.
The game was much more in
teresting than the score would
indicate, as both teams were go
ing at top speed from whistle to
vhistle with the exception of a
few times when time out was
taken because of injuries to the
players.
Toe Mill and Leaching plant
team had in Meyers. Morrisand
McGilvraacombination that was
hard to beat. These three
men. with Schultz of the General
Office were the bright lights of
the game. The line-ups follow:
Mill and Leaching Plant.
McGilvra. F. Morris, F. J.W.
Johnson, C. Sheppard, G. Meyers j
G.
Warehouse and General Office:
C. H. Jo.mson F. Schultz. F.
Saari, C. Brunelle G. Wold, G.
Goals from Field:- McGilvra-J
Meters - u, Schultz,-f, Saari - <*,
Morris 3, .Johnson 1, Shepperd 1
Goals from l'oul line - Meyers-1
auari - 1
On the Copper Rivar Railroad
dating from January 1st the
war tax has been discontinued
on all passenger tickets, freight
and express The war
tax is still in effect on telegrams
OP LOCAL INTERFST
The drill which in to be used
tor the testing of the Nizina bar,
has been brought from Young
creek and delivered at station 94
it is believed that Gus Johnson
will return shortly and begin
operations.
Mrs. Aron Erickson and Mrs.
Victor Olsen spent Monday vis
iting at the Iverson ranch, and
returned to Kennecott in the
evening in Mr, Iverson’s sleigh
To make an additional attract
ion to the masquerade; the man
agement has arranged for trans
portation of lady guests from
Kennecott free of e l arge.
ASA C. BALDWIN
U. S. Alineral Surveyor
SEATTLE, WASH
512 Hoge Building
McCarthy Alaska
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Legally arranged.
Cordova, Alaska
Now is the Time
to Put
Vour Aladdin
IN ORDER
COME in and get a folder en
titled, “How to Put Your
Aladdin in Order." It will
tell you how to make your Aladdin
give better service than ever. It’s
yours FREE. We also carry a full
line of
Mantles. Chimneys and Wicks
Get ready now for the long winter
evenings when you will need the
pure w'hite light of the Alad^- ,v*r
your indoor work or pleasur
At the Post Office Store